Wearing the hijab to show solidarity with muslims. She got into troubling with her employer was when she declared that christians and muslims worship the same god. Wheaton college says that is not within its line of view. A u. S. Marine is accused of road rage killing on new years eve. Sarah mussquackner was a university of north texas student acting as the designated driver for friends after a party. Police say that shots were fired at her car and marine Corporal Eric Jamal Johnson is responsible. Johnson was arrested at his military base in arizona. Were going to turn our attention to the weather, extreme weather in the west. The first major el nino storm of the season has slammed california with record rains. Flooding roads, stranding motorists. Inundating buildings as well and turning back yards into raging rivers. Up to 3 1 2 inches of rain predicted to fall across the coastal and valley areas of Southern California through saturday. With 5 inches falling in the mountain areas. An
Mass, noting the simplicity of jesus christs birir. Pope francis condemned what he called societys intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth. He says jesus calls on christians to act in a way thaha is simple, balanced, consistent, capable of seeing and doing what is essential. The upsurge of violence in the holy land brought more tension to christmas celebratioio. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas joined christian faithful in bethlehem for midnight mass. Bethlehem has been at the center of violence, but as molly hunter reports, the celebrations have returned. Reporter mixed feeling between the celebration and the sad feeling. Reporter that sad feeling shared widely this year. After months of violenen in the occupied palestinian territories and israel left 19 israelis and more than 130 palestinians dead, israel says more than half of those palestinians were in manger square, the birthplace of jesus, the crowds smaller. Tourism suffering. People say theyve never see
Not exactly something for bing crosby song. Not quite especially not in the south where christmas was ruined for many americans. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest. Reporter holiday weather for the record books. This Christmas Morning the Weather Threat continues for parts of the south with heavy rain causing flood watches. We woke up to civiv defense pounding on our door telling us we had 20 minutes to leave our homes. Reporter people evacuat their homes to escape floodwaters from the s sth thehe weather turned deadly. More than a dozen killed when 24 tornadoes. And one stretched 150 miles destroying homes and lives. If you look at the damage here, it is as bad as any tornado that weve had and ive been through a lot of them. Reporter in wisconsin, crews are working overtime to restoto power after strong winds wreaked havoc in other parts of the a heavy downfall in omaha, nebraska, caused a traffic nightmare before christmas. S. Its impossible for me to get there. Its insane. Reporter a
The biggest deals of the season happening today. Plus, the best ways to return those less than perfect presents. Hoverboard horrors. The family that saw their scooter go up in flames, its the hottest holiday gift. It started like smelling and then smoking and then it like caught fire. And it was like a fireworks show. Like it exploded. This house catching fire while a hoverboard was charging. New details. How to stay safe if you found one under your tree. And good morning, america. Dan and paula are off. Im tom llamas here along with my good friend, cecilia vega. Someone let us come in this morning. I dont know how we all got here. Rachel, good to see you. You too, indra. Good to see you. Hope you had a happy holiday. Hi. Cant leave ron out. The regular. We want to start with showing you the incredible video that were getting out of Southern California right now. Yeah, take a look at this. The hills blazing all along this highway, drivers blinded by the thick smoke. The flames whipped
Whats wrong with that . Yeah, its a little different. Eating the colonels chicken is so popular kfc starts taking reservations in october. The wait time can be as long as six hours if you dont have a reservation. About 3. 6 Million People will feast on kfc today . Japan . In japan. I dont blame them. Good for them. I wonder if they prefer extra crispy or the original. Or the original. I was always an original person back when i ate the bird. It was good stuff. Love it. Good yard bird there at kfc. This is something of a christmas tradition, as well. Water skiing on the potomac near the nations capital. This is the 30th year saint nick has made the splash. He was joined this year by mrs. Clause, elves, reindeer, frosty the snowman. Surprised he didnt melt in this weather and even the grinch was there. We didnt spot any members of congress out there, but who knows. So there was a grinch you mentioned. So im sorry, kidding. Kids, if santa doesnt bring you what you wan this had morning, no