morning america." happy shopping. good luck. have a great day. . making news in america this morning, blizzard-like conditions making a mess of the monday morning commute. more than 1,500 flights already canceled. millions from kansas city to chicago in the crosshairs. where the storm is heading next. >> plus, why a major east coast bridge had to be shut down in the nearly 12-hour long amtrak nightmare. passengers stranded with no working toilets. border clash. agents firing tear gas at migrants storming the southern border. a busy crossing shut down. the new images and what's next as president trump threatens to close the entire border. babies of the future? breaking news overnight as a

researcher claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies. how their dna has been altered. mission to mars. the nasa probe said to land today and the so-called seven and long way home.d. a dog missing for 18 months is found 1,200 miles away. this half hour, we hear from his owner. and a bear walks into a police station, but this was no joke. and we do say good morning, everybody, on this monday. we begin with the blizzard-like conditions making a mess of the morning commute. >> the storm stretching from kansas to michigan has forced millions of americans to change their post-holiday travel plans. snow has been falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour in some areas. >> check out this new video from iowa that shows the heavy snow falling as scientists launched a

weather balloon, but snow wasn't the only problem for travelers trying to get home after the holiday. >> reporter: overnight, blizzard-like conditions slamming the midwest. 50 mile-an-hour winds and heavy snow in kansas. this thundersnow caught on camera in illinois and at chicago's o'hare airport, nearly 800 flight cancellations and hundreds of additional delays. >> the frustrating thing is really because you cannot actually do anything about it. you're just stuck in here. everybody is in the same boat. you can't do anything about it. >> reporter: on the east coast last night, it wasn't the snow causing the headaches. drivers were stuck for hours on the delaware memorial bridge connecting delaware and new jersey. the bridge closed after a gas leak at a chemical company. this map showing the widespread traffic janmren i d. and it's -- it could be very serious. >> reporter: for people heading

to boston from new york city, a different kind of travel nightmare. >> it was incredibly hot on the trains over. everyone was sweating. >> reporter: a packed train stranded on the tracks for hours outside new york's penn station. broke down. we were stuck and sat for five hours waiting and repairs made to the train. >> reporter: amtrak blames debris on the overhead wire for the delay. what was supposed to be a four-hour ride turned into a nearly 11-hour ordeal. without working toilets. >> it was an awful trip. >> reporter: a frustrating end to a joyful holiday weekend, but despite the delays, some still found reasons to be thankful. >> it definitely made me get more schoolwork done on the train, and all i can say is i'm thankful the toilets didn't overflow like they thought they would. >> it's the little things. back in the midwest, some areas of missouri and illinois could get up to a foot of snow and later today, heavy rain could slow the evening commute from philly to boston.

a 'll have the forecast in just mow fes.me now to the dramatic confrontation at the southern border. hundreds of migrants from central america clashing with authorities as they try to step foot on u.s. soil. a a ali -- asylum seekers pushing past mexican officers and in the response, u.s. border patrol fired tear gas in the crossing of tijuana to san diego for hours. one photo shows a mother struggling to scoop up her children and flee the fumes. abc's lana zak joins us now with the latest from washington. good morning. ter: good morning to you, janai and kendis. or39 peo>>plepe ha rve been arrd now the mexican government says they will immediately deport the people who tried to violently cross over. a tense situation on the u.s./mexico border. migrants from central america breaking through mexico's police signs in tijuana, pushing past mexican authorities in riot gear barricades and surge into the no man's land between the u.s. and mexico. u.s. customs and border agents

responding with tear gas, temporarily closing the port of entry to all people on both sides of the border. the situation has been threatening to boil over for some time now. tijuana's mayor has called hundreds of migrants there a humanitarian crisis. during a protest along the border on sunday, some tried to appeal to president trump. this sign reading, mr. trump, help us please. another saying, mr. trump, we ot their future uncertain as president trump has tried to change the process for these migrants hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. >> we will close the border until we can get it under control. the whole border. i mean the whole border. >> reporter: overnight, president trump commenting about immigration and the criticism of his administration for parents tweeting, i tried to keep them together, but the problem is when you do that, vast numbers of additional people storm the border. u.s. customs and border

protection confirmed their use and not the u.s. military, their use of that tear gas, and they defended their actions in a statement writing, quote, in responding to some of these multiple incidents, cpb personnel were required to deploy crowd-disperrising devic. kendis and janai? >> thank you. the tensions between russia and ukraine will be addressed this morning during a emergency ofn io u t those tensions stem from the black sea where russia has parked a large ship under the bridge. you see right there, blocking access to ukrainian ships. on sunday, russia's coast guard fired upon and seized control of three ukrainian vessels, injuring two crew members. each of them blaming each other for the escalation. the parents of a young black man at the center of a deadly mix-up at the shooting at a shopping mall in alabama are demanding to see bodycam video.

bradford was killed following a shooting thanksgiving night. police identified bradford as the gunman, but later acknowledged he likely did not fire the shots that wounded two people. >> you didn't see no gun waving as you said and you shot my sonn >> h whe then it's a young, bla, it's always a confusing situation. at what point do we say enough is enough? that your training, your policy is broken. >> bradford's family said he had a legal gun which he was licensed to carry. they say witnesses told them he was actually trying to wave people away from the shooter. time now for a closer look at your weather for this monday morning. >> good morning. snow winding down for the windy city of chicago, but still very treacherous commute as we go throughout the morning hours. snow sliding north to east and

central and lower michigan where some spots could be topping half of a foot. lots of cold air, temperatures in the 20s and 30s. ere is it headed next? the northeast, rain coming into play toward the eveninshrug hour in new york city. heavy at times. late coming into boston. snows stay well north. i'm justin povick with your accuweather forecast. coming up, the christmas decoration that's in short supply this holiday season. but first, the breaking news overnight. the reported birth of the first babies to have their genes edited making them resistant to disease. the ethical debate this morning. plus, the bear who paid a visit to the police statio

babies arey developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait.

so a bear walks into a police station, and it's not a joke.in california north of lake tahoe. the bear stood up, opened the door. >> oh. >> and walked by those vending machines to check out the office. it eventually walked back out the same way. no damage reported. well, a bombshell overnight from a chinese scientist who claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies. it's a procedure denounced in the science world as human experimentation. the researcher made the up confirmed claim that he altered the dna of twin girls born this month. he said the goal was to give them a trait resistant to the v. it's a procedure that's e tortedly av rewrite thehi blueprint of life during in vitro fertilization, and it's banned in the united states because it's considered too risky. back in the u.s., president trump heads to mississippi today to make a final pitch for the republican in that state's controversial senate race. the president plans to hold two.

she is under fire for comments and photos considered by many to be racist. now she is face a new report that she attended an all-white segregation academy and sent her daughter to a similar school.is senator since the 1800s. ohio governor john kasich says he is very seriously considering running for president in 2020. he told our george stephanopoulos he is having conversations with his family. kasich has criticized president trump for his tone. he has slammed the president's policies on the national debt and immigration. switching gears now, "wreck it ralph" not only broke the internet, but helped break box office rec.tidsors. "creed ii," another movie seque.,el

the overall box office for the holiday weekend topped $300 million. that's a new record. well, you may end up spending your cyber monday savings on a christmas tree. prices are high because there is a shortage this year it turns out. ten years ago during the height of the recession, growers cut back on the number of trees they planted, and sellers have been forced to raise prices by as much as 15% this year. >> good newss you can still find a christmas tree. just might cost you more. >> yes. absolutely. just get a fake one. coming up, possible new trouble for facebook. the internal documents that have been seized. but first, the so-called seven minutes of terror that's expected today as a nasa probe lands on mars. mission ahead. pld record., rlnewow that. see how this gymnast pulled it off. off. see how this gymnast pulled it off.

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nearly 13,000 miles per hour to 5 miles per hour for a safe touchdown. nasa won't know if the landing minutes, a period they call seven minutes of terror.plns. the delay in communications between mars and earth, scientists here will not know what has happened until after the fact. so there is a lot that goes on that amount of time. one of the mysteries scientists are looking at is how mars and earth, which started out so similar, became so different over time. >> reporter: a few weeks after landing, a robotic arm will deploy instrum ttsenasmeo ur mars quakes and meteor strikes and heatrsursoenw down into the planet to hopefully tell scientists if mars once harbored life. >> life could have potentially

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power pole before arriving. you can see the car completely wrapped around the pole. the deputy has been with the decades. the suspect h eventually taken into custody. 85 people have died in the camp fire. nearly 300 remain unaccounted for. it destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. coming up at 5:00, we will hear from an update on this canine. he was injured on the job but still made a big difference. let's get a quick update on your weather and traffic. hey, gd mi.morning.ke victim about a mile in napa to .

the rest of us, high clouds and a little bit this is the view from t. maveta. 61 to 62 for lunch. 60 to 62 and partly sunny at 4:. not quite as cool as it was last night at 7:00. neighborhood temperatures and your c next. >> fairly quiet for the morning commute. southbound 101, still for the trucks to come through and give you a little bit more room on the southbound side. we are seeing light volumes from the north bay. a quick check of drive times. 580, tracy to dublin in the

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