Growing as new years fireworks are still planned, even as wildfires that have claimed at least nine lives caused tens of thousands to flee and decimated the koala population. Can new years resolutions do more harm than good . Its december 30th early today starts right now good to be back with you im frances rivera. Im corey coffin. We continue to monitor that massive winter storm that continues to churn across the country as another Holiday Travel week begins, the roads are being blasted by snow, ice, and freezing rain. It has sent hundreds of drivers sliding on these travel nightmares, we are joined by nbcs morgan chesky. Morgan, good morning. Corey, good morning we may be in the final few days of that dreaded Holiday Travel season but Mother Nature not making it any easier for millions of people to try and get back home. As new year travel heats up, a winter max keeping thousands stuck in 2019. Parts of the midwest blasted by snow in north dakota, blizzardlike conditions forced offic
Good to be with you. Im frances rivera. From headquarters in new york, welcome to weekends with alex witt. Alex is off today. The phone call to Vladimir Putin. What the president didnt say to the russian leader. Now the subject of criticism. A slippery runway leads to a close call. How pilots made a River Landing with everyone on board surviving. North koreas launch. Why now and what is the message pyongyang is sending to washington . We begin overnight with terrifying moments as the charter plane lands on the water. The boeing 737 carrying 138 people was arriving in the Naval Air Station in jacksonville from Guantanamo Bay when it crashed in the st. Johns river. It was not submerged. 21 people have been taken to local hospitals in good condition. Everyone on board is alive and accounted for. It is a miracle. I could have ended very we could be talking about a different story this evening. There is a lot to say about, you know, the professionalism of the folks that helped the passenger