To live up to the galactic expectations early today starts right now good morning im dara brown. Im philip mena Winter Weather has already snarled traffic for millions of travelers running into ice, freezing fog, and rain across the u. S. Nearly 4,000 flights were delayed this weekend and frustrating situations at a couple of major 00. 00. Nbc Morgan Chesky joins us with more on the holiday rush. Reporter a few days to go unless christmas and weather not making it any easier for the tralv travelers. Everybody needs to keep a close eye in the days ahead. The Holiday Travel rush brought to a scary halt on virginia roads. Nearly 70car Chain Reaction accident shutting down interstate 64 in both directions near williamsburg. I got out of my car and assisted a woman whose leg was pinned inside her door. Reporter he kaurpcaptured t video after his car slid on black ice smashing into the pileup and he walked away and 51 others were taken to the hospital. We do not know the cause of the accident at this time but we do have causative factors which is heavy fog and icy Road Conditions that morning. Reporter despite potentially dangerous weather, more than 100 million americans opting to drive to their holiday destinations at least 4 Million People are under flash flood watches across the southeast. A storm system is expected to dump heavy rain and bring with it gusty winds major travhubs miami and atlanta expecting delays Mother Nature is not the only problem. At l. A. X. This snarled and delays planes. Air travel nationwide expected to jump 5 with 7 Million People planning to fly between now and new years day in seattle, the issue was short staffing a lack of baggage handlers led to some missing flights, bags, and waiting hours for answers. And while it is now officially winter, the forecast here in atlanta not looking like a white christmas. That said, for those heading home on the day after christmas, which aaa says that be the busiest day, forecast nationwide calls for a warmup so the drive home shouldnt be too bad. We will take it morgan, thank you. Nbc meteorologist is here. Gulf musk to atlanta, mississippi and alabama as well. The Severe Weather threat has diminished the last several hours and continue to make its way offshore the bands of moisture still a problem for a major hub of atlanta. So today we are forecasting possible delays likely for charleston, south carolina, to atl, charlotte as well and could see minor delays for jacksonville, florida. This front will continue to make its way through. The problem is we are dealing with that freeze dog effect. If youre hitting the roadways, the roadways will freeze over overnight as temperatures fall below the freezing mark and then warm up. So dont be fooled by the warmer weather that is headed our way. We might have been fooled but now that you mentioned it, we wont. Thank you so much. Capitol hill is quiet amid the holiday break. The buzz around impeachment is still building there is new information about that infamous day last july when President Trump called ukraines leader asking for a favor. A trove of recently emails the president kept up his attacks on democrats ahead of the Senate Impeachment trial in a flurry of tweets claiming their case is dead reporter in a search for impeachment evidence, Senate Democrats seize upon newly released documents. This email is explosive a Top Administration official, one was requested stop the aid. Reporter that email discussed the suspension of military aid to ukraine part of 146 heavily redacted pages obtained by the center for Public Integrity written on that same july day when President Trump raises the issue of a favor to ukraines president zelensky seeking an investigation of the bidens. Just 90 minutes after that call that prompted impeachment. It was not just a good call but a perfect call everybody said it was perfect. Reporter a white house budget official sent an email urging budget and pentagon aides to please hold off, sending to ukraine nearly 400 million of u. S. Aid by congress and Michael Duffey adds senator Amy Klobuchar requesting why the secrecy . What a great question thats a question i want to have answered. Reporter Administration Officials pushed back. There were a lot of emails back and forth about timing of this the aid was released. Reporter the White House Budget Office says the military hold was announced internally a week earlier, july 18th. A spokes western telling nbc news to pull a line out of one email and fail to address the context is misleading and inaccurate democrats argue this new email information should become part of a future senate trial because it shows there are other officials who had knowledge of the when and how behind withholding ukraine aid who could be called to testify as witnesses. But republicans counter that it is not the senates job to do more investigating after the house already voted to impeach, so the kind of trial that will happen is still a stalemate. No agreement in sight thank you, kelly. Overseas to north korea where there is new evidence the country could be getting ready to test more Nuclear WeaponsSatellite Photos show increased activity at a missile factor there and that has u. S. Officials on edge. Nbc molly hunter has the latest. Reporter the reclusive strong man kim jongun meeting with his top military officials as the u. S. Braces for the Christmas Gift threat by north korea. U. S. Officials tracking north koreas actions hourbyhour ready for taea test of a longre missile capable of reaching the u. S. New evidence that test is eminent. Commercial Satellite Photos are showing improvements to a facility associated in the past with Ballistic Missiles including a temporary structure that could accommodate a launcher arm. Reporter reason diplomatic talks have faltered and earlier this month, kim jongun mounted a white horse climbing the countrys tallest mountain signaling he was making an important decision. A war with north korea could cause hundred of thousand of casualties and the options of sanctions on the north korean regime has been all but exhausted. Reporter President Trump has hailed this as his signature Foreign Policy achest and a test now could cause a breakdown of diplomatic talks. A chicago man arrested in connection with a shooting that left 13 people Wounded Police say it happened after an argument broke out during a house party. The victims range in age from 16 to 48. Authorities say 37yearold Marciano White has been taken under custody. The party was held as a memorial for a guy killed earlier this year the shooting marks another grim milestone. More people were wounded in this incident than any other single incident in the city since 2013. Boeing star line capsule has safely returned to earth after a test mission but flight ended early after an internal clock error which prevented the unmanned capsule from connecting with the International Space according to nasa, an official say they are investigating the cause of the failure but, overall, considered the test flight a success boeing and nasa plan to execute a Space Mission with astronauts sometime in 2020. We are one week left in the regular season, the nfl playoff picture is nearly complete the chiefs are a lock after cruising to an easy win over the bears. Reigning mvp Patrick Mahomes a fire rushing for that touchdown there and put up two more in the air and kansas citys defense stifled chicago allowing only a single kick through the upright. Chiefs win 263 cowboys on the ouletside lookin in after a crushing loss to the eagles head coach jason gartrett was i the hot seat and praeblctically this one if carson wentz and company beat the giants next week, they are heading to the playoffs. The ravens are perched atop the afc locking up Home Field Advantage with a win over the Browns Cleveland got on the board first. But then Lamar Jackson got to work baltimores quarterback made yet another case for mvp, throwing three touchdowns and running for over 100 yards ravens win it 3115. A stunner up in seattle where the cardinals beat the playoffbound seahawks kenyon drake with a huge 80yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Cards never let off the gas. They won it by two touchdowns. Another record for the saints receiver Michael Thomas broke the single season record for most receptions with 145 catches this year. He finished against the titans in this one with 136 yards and a touchdown. Saints win it 3828. Great games there. I love to watch it all day long. What is going on with the weather, jan essa . Im not in a good mood because my cowboys lost. Focus on the weather tough conditions for the southeast and portions of the midatlantic we will see 1 to 2 inches per hour with this storm system. It will pull offshore by tomorrow afternoon if youre traveling today, you will see major delays from new orleans all the way to atlanta now the good news. Now we are seeing a warmup for today. Look akansas city. T i see you san antonio. Youre at 69 its so important we look at that christmas forecast and its coming up. We look forward to that. 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