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delaware. >> what we're learning about the investigation new action to address the surge of migrants crossing the u.s. border. >> what authorities are doing today at two border crossings this is former president trump's immigration rhetoric. why critics are comparing his rhetoric to germany. >> a new warning about rising flu, covid and rsv cases. e.r. visits among children have doubled in one week, but the cdc is now predicting plus a two. >> year-old is honored for bravery after what happened to her on the playground and later, what's so different with office holiday parties this year. from abc news in new york? >> this is america, this morning. >> good morning everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with the weather and travel delays this morning. at the beginning of this busy week before christmas, looking at the radar right now, some of the busiest airports in the country are on alert as a storm system

moves into the northeast. >> following a weekend of heavy flooding for millions of americans this morning, a damaging storm barreling up the east coast is expanding, kicking off this week before christmas with treacherous travel for millions of americans, a widespread 2 to 4in of rain are expected from delaware to the canadian border. more than six inches could fall in parts of new england, with wind gusts up to 60mph possible along the coast. >> fear worry, anxiousness. just figuring out how we got to set up for the next storm and what time the high tides are coming. >> the storm already drenched florida with tropical storm like conditions. this video showing severe flooding in miami and parts of south carolina got nearly a foot of rain, swamping charleston. accuweather captured firstrillionesponders rescuing drivers in historic georgetown, south carolina. hundreds of flights have been delayed at airports in atlanta, miami and fort lauderdale beginning this week until january 2nd, 39 million americans are expected to fly with peak travel expected this thursday and friday. this storm already putting a damper

on holiday travel plans. >> i'm excited and yeah, i'm. but we're going to have to wait in long lines. but it's fine. >> much colder temperatures will return after the storm. we'll check your forecast in just a few minutes. >> the government is finding southwest airlines a record $140 million for the flight cancelation meltdown over the holidays last year. that's when operational delays stranded 2 million passengers as the airline already paid out $600 million in refunds. the fine is 30 times larger than any previous fine. southwest will also be required to issue credits for significant delays that are the airline's fault. a scare for president biden in the first lady, a car slammed into a vehicle in their motorcade last night. abc's derrick dennis reports on the investigation. mr. president, why are you losing to trump in the polls? >> president biden was answering a reporter question in delaware last night when, out of nowhere biden seemingly startled at the

sound of a crash as he left a visit to his campaign headquarters and was immediately rushed into his waiting suv. secret service agents surrounded the car with weapons drawn, the driver getting out with hands up. turns out a car had hit a parked secret service vehicle in the rain and was left with a damaged bumper. neither the president nor the first lady were hurt. the secret service says a vehicle securing the president's motorcade was struck by another vehicle. there was no protective interest associated with this event at all. police say investigators are working to determine if driver impairment was a factor. sources say it appears there was no ideological motivation behind the crash from the video, it appears the driver cooperated with secret service agents, keeping his hands up. andrew rhiannon. >> derek. thank you. breaking overnight, north korea has launched its first long range missile in about five months, and a japanese official says the missile is likely capable of reaching anywhere in the u.s. the test missile reportedly

landed in the water off japan. north korea also fired a shorter range missile over the weekend. the launches are believed to be a response to increased nuclear cooperation between the u.s. and south korea. >> us border officials are announcing more changes today to address the migrant crisis at the southern border. the new action comes as president trump faces scrutiny for his immigration rhetoric, which critics are comparing to the rhetoric used by in world war two. abc's liz landers is here now with details. liz good morning. >> good morning. ryan. and authorities at the southern border are taking new action today because of the surge of migrants crossing into the u.s. this morning, officials at the u.s. mexico border are temporarily suspending freight train crossings in el paso and eagle pass, texas. in order to redeploy resources elsewhere. it comes after authorities reportedly apprehended more than 4000 migrants in the area yesterday alone. temporary closures were also recently imposed at a port of entry in

arizona and at a pedestrian entrance in san diego, so over the weekend, senate negotiators failed to reach a deal on a framework for border security improvements, which republicans are demanding as a condition to pass more funding for the wars in israel and ukraine. republicans point to national security concerns at the southern border and the smuggling of drugs. a truck driver at a cargo facility in california, just across the mexican border was recently arrested, accused of carrying 3,000 pounds of meth and more than 500 pounds of cocaine inside packages of jalapeno paste. but democrats say if the problem of illegal immigration was solved today, the illegal drug supply in the u.s. would be unaffected because they say the drugs mostly come through legal ports of entry. >> they're poisoning the blood of our country. that's what they've done. former president trump is facing criticism for his immigration rhetoric, speaking about, quote, blood purity, echoing slogans of world

war two. >> trump doubled down at a campaign event last night, saying the u.s. needs a clean up . >> we will begin and we have no choice. the largest deportation operation in american history, one of trump's rivals in the republican race, chris christie, blasted the former president, quote, he's disgusting and what he's doing is dog whistling to for americans who feel absolutely under stress and strain from the economy and from the conflicts around the world. >> as for those bipartisan talks in washington on new border security measures, lawmakers did report progress yesterday while also downplaying any hope for a deal before the holidays. as andrew. >> liz, thank you. now to the war in the middle east and the discovery of a massive tunnel not far from israel's border with gaza, it's raising even more questions about intelligence failures before the october attack by hamas. here's abc's alison kosik this morning.

>> israel's military is revealing what it describes as hamas's largest tunnel under gaza, nearly two and a half miles long, large enough to drive a car through inside idf soldiers say they found weapons and even a rail system. you can see how deep this tunnel goes. this is something that would have taken years to build. the idf saying this probably took millions of dollars uxor families of some of the israeli hostages still held by hamas are now camping out inside israeli military headquarters, demanding a new deal to release their loved ones, their protests coming after israeli forces accidentally killed three hostages friday. a preliminary investigation found the three hostages left a building in an area of very intense fighting, carrying a stick with a white cloth. a soldier reportedly saw them as a threat and opened fire troops were ordered to stop firing, but another soldier shot and killed the third hostage. investigators say the men had

written these signs outside the building, pleading for help, saying sos and help three hostages written on fabric using leftover food. meanwhile back in the u.s, amid a surge of anti-semitism, synagogues and jewish facilities in at least 19 states and washington, d.c. received bomb threats yesterday, they and hundreds of so-called swatting incidents have been reported in recent days. that's when someone reports a non-existing serious crime arm in washington, d.c. a man was also arrested for spraying an unknown substance at people outside a synagogue. he's being charged with assault. andrew rhiannon allison, thank you for that. >> new video of a driver being rescued from a ravine in northern california. look at this. officers in sonoma county spotted the vehicle upside down about 60 miles north of san francisco. rescue crews in that chopper used a 100 foot line to reach the car and then airlift the driver, who is now

recovering. >> time now for a look at your monday weather >> an active monday setting up. if you are going to be doing some traveling. we will be talking about wet weather along with some locally heavy rain and some gusty winds. speaking of the winds, some of the winds can chop 5060 even close to 65mph right along the coast, and that could lead to some difficult travel and some power outages. then comes the snow, especially off the great lakes, into the higher terrain of western maryland and eastern west virginia. i'm accuweather's meteorologist justin pavuk >> coming up, the train collision caught on camera in texas. >> also ahead, a top republican party official faces punishment after being accused of sexual assault and a two year old girl is honored for her bravery after finding a gun at a

>> america's number one. most watched newscast. oh, my >> we're back now with an 18 wheeler demolish launched by a freight train near fort worth, texas. investigators say the truck got stuck at that crossing . the crash caused 17 of the ain cars and two of its engines to derail. the conductor suffered minor. injuries. >> the chairman of the republican party of florida has been censured and stripped of his authority and salary, as he faces a rape allegation, party leaders say christian ziegler is unfit for office. he's accused of sexually assaulting a woman after their alleged threesome with his wife was canceled. governor ron desantis is among those calling for ziegler to resign. >> a pro basketball player is facing murder charges in las vegas. chance, comanche and his girlfriend are accused of kidnaping and killing marina

rogers. she was reported missing two weeks ago. her body was found in a desert area in comanche. mostrillionecently played for the stockton kings and the g league, and previously played for the portland trail blazers in the nba. no word on a motive in the case. >> a new warning about a surge in respiratory illnesses ahead of the holidays. the cdc says 17 states and new york city are seeing high or very high levels of covid, flu and rsv. the agency says hospitalizations are up, which could force hospitals to ration care by the end of the month. >> rsv appears to be peaking in some parts of the country, but we are still seeing a lot of cases in florenza. like it usually does is running wild, and covid 19 hospitalizations have been up for the past five weeks. >> cdc figures show. e.r. visits for children doubled last week. health officials urge anyone who is sick to stay home. police in las vegas are celebrating the recovery of a toddler. >> six weeks after she accidentally shot herself. the two year old was presented with

an award for her bravery. a suspect had ditched a loaded gun in the playground of her daycare , and the gun went off after she picked it up, leaving her in critical condition to be that resilient and really running around after that incident happened. >> it just shows you how tough these kids can be, and she just has that survivor spirit and thoughts and prayers for her and her family. >> she is incredible. police say the fire department and other agencies have joined them in symbolically adopting the girl. >> coming up, get your vcr ready. the new craze surrounding vhs tapes. but first, not one, not two, three three rare pregnancies all at the same hospital. hospital. >> the bond now shared by these if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infections,

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was driving, but that person right now is not facing any charges. >> we turn now to north carolina and three women who now share an incredible close bond. they went through rare pregnancies, all of them at the same hospital. it's one of the rarest pregnancy conditions a mother can have of monoamniotic twins. identical twins sharing the same amniotic sac. the pregnancy is risky and it requires hospitalization at 26 weeks with around the clock monitoring. it was really hard to kind of swallow the fact that, you know, this is not going to be anything. >> what i imagined it to be. >> monoamniotic twins occur in only 1 in 8000 pregnancies, but just a few weeks after summer, morrison was admitted to a hospital outside of charlotte, north carolina. another woman, kierra davis, was admitted with the same rare pregnancy. >> i tried to give her, you know, some of the things i wish i knew when i got there that was really helpful because i was

like, oh, uh, it's finally somebody that's going through the same thing that i'm going through. >> two moms being treated on the same floor for a condition that occurs in less than 0.1% of all pregnancies. >> i think we just learned like, how nice it is to have that, you know, little village and just knowing like we weren't doing this alone. >> summer gave birth to two healthy twin girls. and remarkably, just a few days later, a third woman, victoria miller, was admitted with the same type of pregnancy. >> they told me that there were actually two other moms that were having the same twins, that i were all three women treated at the same hospital, all three giving birth to daughters, six little girls who are now thriving. >> it's just like a bond you can't make up. it's just just awesome. >> just awesome. six adorable babies and later on good morning america, the women discussed their new bond and what they've learned from each other in sports. >> the baltimore ravens clinched a playoff spot last night thanks to mvp style plays like this one

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