good evening. christmas eve, just hours away and tonight, millions of americans are now on the move. dangerous storms and deadly tornadoes touching down. 175 million in the storm zone tonight. and let s get straight to the pictures. starting in the south, mississippi. at least two dead. you can see the sheer force of that twister. that ambulance, flipped on its side. and there, a funnel cloud on the horizon. in colorado tonight, they re battling blinding snow. we showed you i-70 last night here, backed up. well tonight, a repeat performance. a man walking his dog faster than the cars. the map says it all tonight. those storms moving in, and now, the new system hitting in the east. abc s senior meteorologist rob marciano starts us off with the harrowing images tonight. reporter: tonight, the deep south under a dangerous threat. severe damage in amite, louisiana. up to 20 house hit hard by a possible twister. and at least two confirmed dead in mississippi. winds strong enough
and gma is home for the holidays. we have seen the incredible reunions this week. now we ve saved best for last. this mom about to get the christmas surprise of a lifetime as gma says ho ho ho! it s christmas eve! and good morning, america. we are not going to keep santa for long. he has a lot of work to do this morning. and thank you for joining us this christmas eve. it is a busy one. busy day. all the latest on president bush in a moment. first, this from columbia, mississippi, a ambulance overturned. and this after a storm swept through the area. we want to get to matt gutman in columbia, mississippi, with the very latest. good morning, matt. good morning, lara. even in the darkness, you can get a sense of the scale of the devastation. this was the interior of a tire shop. the whole store was pushed back into the woods. guts of the shop were flung right up into the woods right there. it came so quickly, it didn t give some people time to seek shelter.
good thursday morning to you all. we have to start with this growing threat from those here in the u.s. who are now accused of siding with terrorists. three new york men now charged with trying to join isis overseas as well as making threats to carry out attacks at home even targeting police officers. abc s bazi kanani joins us from washington with the latest. bazi. reporter: good morning. the three men are now being held without bail. two of them arrested in new york. one in florida. investigators say they were planning to join isis and willing to attack here at home. three young men living in brooklyn, new york accused of plotting to help isis by fighting alongside the extremists overseas or attacking here in the u.s. by targeting police coney island or the president. if they were not able to go that they would seek to acquire weapons here, handguns machine gun and seek to attack very specifically police officers. reporter: the fbi swooped in to arrest the men wedne
telling colleges to stay away from his son. the fourth grade wowing them with his skills. lebron says it s too soon to make him heir to the throne. and we do say good morning, america. on this thursday morning, a lot to get to including two major developments in the war against isis. three big arrests in the u.s. men pledging their allegiance to the terrorist group in custody this morning. breaking overnight the executioner known as jihadi john has been identified. he s been the face of so many of those vicious isis videos. abc s brian ross with what we know right now. good morning, george. he s been the most wanted and reviled man on the planet. a senior u.s. official involved in the search for yahoo! this morning confirms to abc news that his name is mohammed emwazi. the bbc and the washington post are reporting this morning that emwazi is a native of kuwait who grew up in a well to do family in west london currently in his mid-20s has a degree in computer programmi
from his son. the fourth grade wowing them with his skills. lebron says it s too soon to make him heir to the throne. and we do say good morning, america. on this thursday morning, a lot to get to including two major developments in the war against isis. three big arrests in the u.s. men pledging their allegiance to the terrorist group in custody this morning. breaking overnight the executioner known as jihadi john has been identified. he s been the face of so many of those vicious isis videos. abc s brian ross with what we know right now. good morning, george. he s been the most wanted and reviled man on the planet. a senior u.s. official involved in the search for yahoo! this morning confirms to abc news that his name is mohammed emwazi. the bbc and the washington post are reporting this morning that emwazi is a native of kuwait who grew up in a well to do family in west london currently in his mid-20s has a degree in computer programming and went to syria to join i