>> right now in america this morning, travel cancellations and delays as blizzard conditions bear down on parts of the country. major interstates shut down the christmas storm on the move this morning, and a different kind of travel headache. we hear from the woman whose grandson traveling alone for christmas was put on the wrong flight. >> breaking overnight, the us launches new airstrikes in iraq. the target and the connection to the war raging between israel and hamas. the new cease fire

proposal now being floated in gaza. happening now, the manhunt for the suspect in a deadly mall shooting in florida. >> shoppers running for their lives. the reward now offered in the case and why police believe an accomplice is also on the run. caught on camera. >> the gold stolen from a museum on christmas eve. >> plus, one couple celebrates their extended family after an extremely rare pregnancy and later, a holiday feast for football fans. >> the big winners, losers and surprises from all the nfl action and the ultimate front yard holiday prank on the amazon delivery guy. from new york. >> this is america. this morning. >> good tuesday morning everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. we begin with travel trouble today for millions of americans trying to head home after the holiday blizzard conditions are hampering travel in parts of the country. >> meanwhile, we have new details on a different kind of

travel trouble. a six year-old traveling alone to his grandmother's was put on the wrong flight. the boy's family is now speaking out as the airline responds. >> but first, the weather concerns for travel today. here's abc's liz landers travel troubles plaguing the post-christmas crowd after a snowy holiday left highways a mess in the midwest. >> in nebraska, blizzard like conditions brought interstate 80 to a standstill. christmas day. the highway shut down for hours after whiteout conditions caused dozens of crashes. freezing rain in minnesota coated trees and roadways, and in south dakota, 50 mile per hour winds and heavy snow, forcing officials to close part of i-90. it was fog that forced southwest airlines to cancel dozens of flights in chicago over the weekend. the airline still reeling from the christmas chaos last year that left more than 2 million passengers stranded. the airline was recently hit with a record

$140 million fine. meanwhile, another airline is facing backlash, this time for a mix up with an unaccompanied minor. >> they told me no, he's not in this flight. he missed his flight. i said, no, he could not miss his flight because i have to check in. tag spirit airlines mistakenly flying a six year old to the wrong airport just days before christmas, instead of sending the boy from philadelphia to fort myers, florida, he was placed on a flight that landed in orlando 150 miles away. i want them to call me and let me know how my grandson ended up in orlando. how did that happen? >> spirit airlines saying the child was always under the care and supervision of a spirit team member. and as soon as we discovered the error, we took immediate steps to communicate with the family and reconnect them. as for the weather, the northern plains could see up to 16in of snow. the midwest and deep south get rain today, but no other major weather problems are expected. andrea

>> all right. liz. thank you. breaking overnight, us forces are taking aim at iranian backed militants inside iraq. the pentagon carried out multiple air strikes after a drone attack yesterday that injured three american troops at a military base in the iraqi city of erbil. it's the latest in a string of attacks on us forces in the region since october, after hamas attacked israel. >> in the meantime, christmas saw no break in the fighting between israel and hamas as the civilian death toll mounts. there is a new ceasefire plan being offered, but so far there's little if any, support for it. this morning, despite growing international calls for a ceasefire, israel is forging ahead with its bombing campaign in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, during a surprise visit with his troops, proclaimed we are not stopping. netanyahu saying the war will continue until hamas is destroyed. just hours earlier, one of the deadliest airstrikes for civilians since the war began, the hamas run gaza health

ministry says at least 70 people were killed in an airstrike on this refugee camp. dozens of women and children among the victims. also over the weekend, at least 71 israeli soldiers were killed, sparking renewed protests in israel. what the prime minister was heckled in parliament by families of israeli hostages held by hamas. >> we need someone to tell us what they're going to do. we need everyone to know that romi and many more hostages are still held, held in gaza, and we want people to remember them and to not forget that they're there. and they need to come home. >> neighboring egypt is now proposing a new ceasefire plan. it includes a mediated release of hostages and the formation of a new palestinian government in gaza. neither side outright rejected the offer, raising hopes for a new round of diplomacy. but there's also growing concern about a wider conflict in the region. iran says a high ranking iranian

general was killed during an israeli airstrike in syria yesterday. an iranian political group now calling for revenge. the us is hoping to work with israel to scale down operations in gaza, axios reports. one of prime minister netanyahu's top confidants will visit the white house today, where officials plan to discuss a time frame for the next phase of the war. >> officials in ukraine say they've blown up a russian navy ship this video of an explosion was posted online on a ukrainian air force commander claims it shows the destruction of a russian landing ship in crimea. ukrainian forces also claim they shot down five russian fighter jets. since friday. they're denying reports that russia has captured another town in the eastern part of the country, alexei navalny, the russian opposition leader who is a vocal critic of vladimir putin, has been located at a penal colony in siberia, considered one of russia's toughest prisons. supporters had been unable to reach him for nearly three weeks, but his lawyer was allowed to visit yesterday. critics believe putin is trying to isolate navalny and head of

ahead of the upcoming presidential election. >> a migrant caravan on the way to the u.s. from southern mexico has grown to an estimated 8000 people, most of the migrants are from central and south america. their journey comes as us secretary of state antony blinken heads to mexico city for talks on addressing the historic surge of migrants traveling north. more than 10,000 migrants have been arrested per day at the us southern border. >> we turn now to florida and the manhunt after a deadly shooting at a mall packed with holiday shoppers before christmas, police also looking for an accomplice. this morning, police in ocala, florida, northwest of orlando, have named their suspect in a deadly shooting at this mall that sent panicked shoppers barricading themselves inside stores. saturday oh my god. police say albert shell jr opened fire inside the paddock mall, shooting 40 year old david barron multiple times in what investigators say was a targeted killing. a woman was also shot in the leg. police ordering

shoppers to take shelter, officers locking down the mall for 12 hours. >> we heard two shots and everybody just rushed into our store and just like ran straight out through the back. >> the suspect was wearing a red hat, which police say may contain dna evidence. crucial to their case. but the hat is missing. authorities say this man took the hat from the scene. he's now wanted accused of tampering with evidence. >> there was a lot of people here shopping at the mall, which means there's a lot of witnesses that could potentially help us bring this case to a successful resolution. >> the one bright spot for investigators, they say the gun has been found, but no word on a motive for the shooting. a $5,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest of the shooting suspect, congresswoman marjorie taylor. >> greene has been the target of another swatting incident. police georgia say a man called them yesterday reporting a crime at greene's house. investigators say the call actually came from new york and there was no crime. greene was swatted multiple times last year in a post online yesterday, she criticized the fbi, but praised her local

police. >> time now for your tuesday weather >> andrew and andrea, let's talk about the flight cancellation, shall we? got 275 for tuesday and wednesday, 300. and what's going on tuesday? that blizzard still ongoing. so when you got snow and wind on the ground, it's making a mess too. with whiteout conditions and slick travel. and speaking of slick travel, i mean, with the snow, you're seeing 12 to 18in in a place like hamel. that's going to be difficult to trudge through. then i've got significant icing in a place like fargo and into thunder bay that's going to make slippery travel as well. and slippery walking on the sidewalks. speaking of travel, let's go to i-95 corridor. they're going to be dealing with dense fog advisories from oceanview all the way to and through boston. you know the deal. low beams on for that one. back to you >> coming up, we remember a

daytime soap opera star passing away far too young. >> also ahead, what's different when it comes to holiday gift returns this year and the fees and deadlines you need to know and later, monday night football shows us who's the new top dog in the nfl

night on abc. >> you haven't the foggiest idea who have your businesses. he's not some forge from philadelphia. he's a liar, a thief, a drug dealer. he's as violent as they come. he doesn't care about soap opera star kamar de los reyes has died. >> he was best known for playing antonio vega, a gang member turned cop, on abc's one life to live and gamers may remember him as the villain raul menendez in the call of duty franchise publicist says de los reyes passed away after a brief battle with cancer. he was just 56 years old. >> it is the day after

christmas, and that means a frenzy of returns, both in stores and online. >> abc's derrick dennis reports on what's different this year. >> this morning, all those christmas gifts that didn't fit were too ugly or were just downright wrong are going back. the national retail federation says consumers are expected to return $173 billion in holiday gifts this year. >> returning items is a hassle. you got to package things up, you got to figure out the shipping label. you got to make time for that chore to bring that item back. >> and kristen mcgrath with retailmenot says there will be more returns than ever. why? holiday sales were at record levels this year. nearly $1 trillion spent and all that buying simply means more returning and a lot of cases you can return turn gifts that were purchased online or in store to a retailer's in-store location. >> so that can be a lot easier for people rather than, you know , having to figure out how to ship a gift back. >> but check the fine print on your receipts. several retailers have added restocking fees or

return shipping fees. macy's charging 9.99. jcpenney $8. tj maxx 1199. and watch for return deadlines. target allowing 90 days for most items. best be returned by january 30th. macy's walmart and amazon. it's january 31st, except for apple product, which have a 14 day return window. the upside to returning in store is there's some really great sales going on right after christmas. >> retailers know people are going to be in store returning things, so they try to make it worth their while. >> got a gift card? enjoy the gift of time. federal law mandates gift cards cannot expire for five years. several states have even longer windows and if you don't plan to spend the money on that gift card, check out sites like cardcash or res.com. allowing you to sell your gift card for a fee and shoppers might look out with a so-called keep it return policy. some stores are telling customers to just keep it when the value of an item is less

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police near portland, oregon, are searching for some high priced artifacts after a christmas eve gold heist, someone broke into the rice northwest museum of rocks and minerals and ransacked a display case filled with gold items. surveillance images show the suspect inside the building. the value of the gold has not been made public. >> we now turn to one couple's expanded family this holiday season. they just welcomed two baby girls. the results of a very rare pregnancy. christmas came early this year for this couple in alabama. kelsey hatcher and her husband caleb just welcomed two baby girls after what doctors say was a 1 in 1,000,000 pregnancy. what makes these births so unusual is that hatcher has a rare condition called uterine didelphys, which means that she has two uteri. her doctors warned her that she could experience complications if she got pregnant, despite that, she had three normal pregnancies and then she got pregnant with two embryos, one in each of her uteri. >> as soon as she moved the

ultrasound line to the other side of my belly like she didn't even have the time to say anything. i immediately said, oh my gosh, there's another one! >> after 20 hours of combined labor, hatcher gave birth to daughter roxie last tuesday, followed by daughter rebel via c-section on wednesday. >> technically, by the book or not, twins, but they will just medically call them fraternal twins just because they are the same gestational age they're being carried the same. they're um, within like 3 or 4% growth of each other. so i mean, they're just right on track to be exactly the same after the births mom posting this update on instagram, our miracle babies were born. >> when they decided they were rare enough statistically, that they should just go ahead and have their own birthdays to. and congratulations to them. hatcher was already a mother of three before roxie and rebel came along just in time for christmas. >> coming up, one animal shelter's best holiday season ever, but first for tradition on the field for travis kelce and

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