st. nick and the space nicks. i ve never seen this. i m very excited. you have your mug now and you re going to go through that. so you re officially part of the overnight family. you ve been indoctrinated with us now. i m happy to be here. merry christmas. always good to have you. but first, it is a white christmas for parts of the country. philadelphia and many cities in the northeast got a few inches of snow, but it won t last long due to a coming meltdown. it s part of a system that snarled traffic and delayed airline passengers. as abc s alex perez reports. reporter: blankets of snow from central new york to northern california, creating christmas chaos for some parts of the country. we re hoping we don t sit on the runway. we did that the last time. reporter: in chicago, paula and her three daughters arrived early for their christmas eve flight. they are among the millions taking to the crowded skies. come on, we just want to get there. come on. we re going to b
welcome back, everybody. we now have an update on the temple shooting in suburban milwaukee. the gunman in that case, wade michael page, shot himself in the head after being wound bade policeman. we re also hearing stories of heroism from inside that temple. as abc s alex perez reports, two were just 9 and 11 years old. reporter: they were among the youngest at the sikh temple and some of the bravest. this 9-year-old and her 11-year-old brother were playing outside when they heard the gunshots. we heard a shot which we thought was a fireworks. but then it wasn t fireworks it was bullets. and we saw a guy, he got out of a cab and he fast walked and hit two people who were getting into their car. reporter: the children didn t hesitate. they ran into the temple to sound the alarm.
the dl doctors at that particularclinic do not have those credentials. the burning this morning after the train derailment in ohio. fire officials in columbus say they have ruled out sabotage or a terrorist attack. leaning more towards a mechanical failure. abc s alex perez reports from the scene of the explosion. [ explosion ] jesus [ bleep ]! reporter: a frightening boom and orange glow of raging flames visible as far as ten miles away. it was 2:00 a.m., sean wall had come home after working the late shift. he grabbed his phone and started recording. reporter: what did it feel like on your skin? it felt like standing next to a bonfire. standing next to it i mean putting your hand right there next to the heat and your skin is starting to tingle and feel as much pain as it could. reporter: it all happened after 11 cars of a massive
very cool. got that for my future father-in-law for one of the holidays. does he like it? he loves it. really good. little service. vodka. never. first, stunning new pictures overnight of the destruction we just talked about. we are getting this from the denver post. an estimated 300 homes lost in just one colorado springs neighborhood alone. destruction especially clear from this view from the sky. look at all the foggy area, that ash area, in the aerial photo right there. thousand of people are spending another sleepless night fearing the worst about their home. abc s alex perez reports from the fire zone. reporter: in a matter of hours, these colorado suburbs became a raging inferno, dozens of homes consumed by flames. hundreds desperate for answers. mind dy levinson, like hundredsf ores, got a text message from authorities saying she had
destroyed. back to the story we mentioned at the top of the show. police in chicago are hoping for a peaceful memorial day after a weekend filled with violence. four people were killed and more than two dozen injured this weekend as abc s alex perez reports. one victim shot is a 7-year-old girl. reporter: little deja smith was doing what she loves to do, playing with her friends on her bike outside her south side chicago home when she was caught in the middle of a drive-by shooting. doesn t make sense all this shooting, you know. every day. reporter: the shooting that injured deja was just one in an outbreak of violence across chicago this hot memorial day weekend. one person has died so far. at least 24 people were shot and injured between late saturday afternoon and early sunday morning. police believe most shootings were gang or drug related. and it s frustrating that you are here one minute talking. the next hour, you are dead from a single gunshot wound. reporter: desp