blizzard conditions snarling traffic and causing headaches at airports around the nation. as it also caused cay us in one of the busiest roads in the east coast. seizes three ukrainian navy vessels. in alabama the family off a man mistaken shot and killed by police inside the mall should reveal all video of the incident. president trump revived a twitter attack of his own. and the couple that bought a

storage locker sight unseen only to find $7.5 million in cash. is it finder's keepers? millions of people are waking up to a blizzard warning as a winter storm wreaks havoc in areas from the great lakes. more than 1,000 flights got cancelled between chicago o'hare and can kansas yesterday. major airlines like united, delta and spirit are waving change fees for those willing to travel later this week. >> reporter: good morning. in just the last few hours that winter storm warning was switched to a blizzard warning for a lot of folks in chicago. that's a signal the worst is yet to come. the massive storm hit as more than gift million americans are heading home after the thanksgiving holiday. wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour.

huge buses stuck on the road. >> reporter: overwhelming cars and canceling and delaying flietsz. kansas declared a state of emergency. >> in my 19 years off a trooper this might be the top five across kansas in this area. >> reporter: they shared their view of whiteout conditions on twitter. >> this is so scary. >> this is ridiculous. >> reporter: they sought shelter in this gas station until the storm passed. >> you couldn't see anything, not eeven a foot in front of you. it felt like you were in a hurricane with snow. >> reporter: they put chicago under a blizzard warning. they cut it short because of delays. are you worried about travel ys >> yes. >> reporter: did you make any travel change snz. >> i did. i was supposed it go home tomorrow but i did today and

airlines were really great because you could change without any fee. >> reporter: well, here in chicago's miracle mile conditions are bad and expected to get worse. that's going to cause even more complications for road and air travel. philip, frances. >> see where we stand with nbc meteorologist bill karins. three 1/2 inches of snow in chicago. but rockford reported laechb inches of snow. kansas city biggest snow storm in four years and snowing very hard from chicago through central portions of michigan. the additional snowfall amounts are the heaviest as we go from flint to syracuse and throughout tonight into tomorrow morning. all included. 12 million people >> lot of people. rising frustrations fern to clashes near tijuana.

u.s. boarder agents fired tear gas on thousands of migrants, prompting oofficials to shut down the official port of entree. witnesses say children were heard screaming and coughing in the mayhem. it's the latest in what's been a tumultuous year of immigration policy for the trump administration. just last night "60 minutes" ran a report on the controversial separation of families, with homeland security saying they were caught unprepared. the president adding ooobama separated children from parents as did bush. in regards to yesterday's clashes, kirst dhs will not of entree for security and public safety reasons. >> reporter: drastic measures. the u.s. has shut down a major point of entree after hundreds off migrants desperate for entry

rushed the wall between tijuana and san diego. he says like many are worried president donald trump will make them stay in mex while seeking a better life. >> we don't want to be in cage, we don't want be to in prison. >> reporter: they're frustrated living in camps and makeshift shelters. they plan to surrender in person and file for asylum before it's too late. >> reporter: but many broke through the police line, crossing under the bridge, over a river fill would raw sewage. on the other side of the boarder some >> they are not criminals. they're seeking to protect their live to rebuild their livelihood. >> reporter: others protesting the military might at the board rp. does it feel like a war zone? >> it absolutely does and i think it's intimidation.

>> reporter: the migrants out of options, having nowhere to go. a black man killed at an alabama mall are calling for support. now investigators say they likely killed the wrong person and the real gunman is still on the loose. here with more. first a warning this contains video some may find disturbing. >> release the video. >> reporter: a family demanding answers. >> my son is gone. i can't get him back. but you, you vilified my son like he's a straight criminal. >> reporter: distraught and confused over police shooting of bradford. >> i had to get on facebook and see him bleeding. >> reporter: shot by a uniform

police officer working security. initially fingering bradford as a suspect, saying he shot an 18-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl during a fight and was seen pointing a gun. the next day "new evidence now suggests that while mr. bradford may have been involved in some aspect of the alteration, he likely did not fire the rounds that injured the 18-year-old victim. this information indicates there is at least one gunman still at large. >> reporter: the officer involved is on administrative leave. bradford's father says his son had a concealed handgun license. but now they have released little information about the shooting or the suspect still at large. leaving this grief-stricken family to wonder. >> no parent should ever have to go through this. >> reporter: when they will get answers.

the united nations will hold a emergency security counsel meeting amid a new risk between russia and ukrain. injuring at least six sails off the coast of crimea. russian officials confirmed they seized three ukrainian ships they claim tress pazzed illegally. u.n. ambassador nikki haley on twitter. tensions have simmered since they annexed. they're calling on russia to deescalate the situation. paul manafort is expected in dproert a status hearing in connection with special counsel robert 3450u8er's probe. and george papadopoulos is set to report to jail later today. let's go to tracie potts in washington. good morning. let's start with manafort.

>> reporter: so it's a status hearing on his sentenclast summ eight counts of fraud. related to work that he did his entire decade before he worked for president trump and then to avoid another trial, he pleaded guilty on two counts of conspiracy. when will he go to jail? for how long will he go to jail? that's what this hearing is about. his lawyers will make the argument on bhiz half. now none of these charges have anything to do with the trump campaign. they were a decade before he ever worked for president trump as campaign chair but they can put the squeeze on him to tell special counsel robert mueller -- he is the w pleaded to lying to the fbi about trying to set up a meetbug tween the trump campaign and russians who claim to have information on

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>> reporter: call it a modern day treasure hunt. bidding on abandoned storage units without knowing what's inside. dan dodson, an auction ear on the popular show "storage wars" recalls being at an event when a woman approached him. >> she says i want to tell you this story. my husband works for a guy and he bought a unit from you and it had a safe in it. >> reporter: but this wasn't any safe. >> normally they're empty but this time it had $7.5 million. >> reporter: in cold hard cash. but the story has another twist. dodson says the new owners got a call from the attorney representing the safe's original owners requesting their money back. >> they offeredgues 6 they gave $3.6 million.

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