this morning on "world news now," millions of people are on the move for the holidays. a record number this year, passengers on one airline already dealing with some tense moments as their flight made an emergency landing. this as we track a storm system moving across the country. the u.n. general assembly has overwhelmingly defied the united states despite a warning from president trump. it condemned the president's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. see how the u.s. is responding. and there's a new warning from oprah. >> the media mogul has posted, warning viewers, someone is pretending to be her on social media and asking for money. she says the whole thing is a fraud.

times square on new year's eve but still want an epic midnight moment. it's okay. a legendary rocker is here to rescue. and he's here to help us feel it in the air. that's a little bit of a hint on this friday, december 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> feel the confetti in the air you think? >> feel the confetti in the air. >> or is this related to yesterday's frat party story, the booze in the air? happy new year! we're going to start this half hour with the rush to get away for a holiday destination before the weekend storm hits. >> aaa is expecting a record number of americans to be on the move between now and new year's day, more than 97 million on the road and another 51 million by plane. >> the good news, aaa does expect the roads to be less congested today than yesterday. but at airports, travelers are being

backups and arrive two hours before a domestic flight. who does that? there were some nervous moments for air travelers in texas. a united airlines flight carrying 80 made an emergency landing in college station shortly after taking off from houston. smoke had been reported on board the plane. everyone is okay. abc's david kerley has more on the travel rush. >> reporter: kendis and diane, it is crunch time for christmas travelers. yesterday and today, friday, two of the busiest days for travelers trying to get home for the holidays. the weather is still kind of a threat over the next couple of days. the airlines watching it. they're not that worried. it is the sheer volume that worries them. there will be 20% more passengers at these screening points today and next tuesday. if thursday and friday are the busy get-out-of-town days, next tuesday, the busy day tr

get back. if you are traveling with presents, keep them unwrapped. don't forget there are new tsa procedures that you will be asked potentially to take any electronic larger than a phone out of your bag. this is because tsa is worried about explosives being put into electronics by terrorists. that is a new procedure being phased in, but you may see it if you're going through tsa. always the best advice, pack your patience, but so far, everything going smoothly. >> hopefully it will stay that way. the weather will have an impact on the millions moving around the country over the next few days. >> snow. rain and icy conditions are either here or on the way. accuweather's melissa constanzer has more for us. >> good morning, diane, kendis. there are going to be big travel delays as we head into the holiday weekend. we're going to focus on new england.

accumulations, rain. freezing rain and sleet. then into saturday, it's all about the rain. we're talking about heavy rain from nashville to boston. watch out for flooding on the roadways and snow off to the northwest. as we head to your sunday, watch out, there's a bit of snow pushing into the midwest. that could create some delays as well as some light patches of rain for the southeast. we turn to congress heading home for the holidays after passing a short-term bill to avoid a government shutdown. the legislation will keep agencies running well into january and includes temporary funding for a children's health insurance program that millions of low-income children depend

immigration and health care. democrats and republicans say they're up to the job. >> we're ready to work together across the aisle to ensure there is no lapse in funding for critical services. >> we hope the future will be different and our republican friends realize their legislative and political goals are better served by bipartisanship and compromise, rather than gridlock and strife. >> they will have to iron out the issue of the d.r.e.a.m.ers. and there's the effort to shore up health insurance markets as well. there's also this. the massive emergency package will have to wait until next year. the house approved $81 billion aid for the victims of wildfires and the victims of the hurricanes that impacted the virgin islands, puerto rico and texas. now democrats are hoping to use this leverage. more than 120 countries stood up to president trump to denounce his decision recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. the u.n. vote followed a

of threats from the ambassador and the president himself. maggie rulli has more. >> reporter: in an emergency meeting of the general assembly. countries overwhelmingly voted in favor of a non-binding resolution against the u.s.'s declaring jerusalem israel ales capital. >> this vote will be remembered. >> reporter: the lopsided 129-9 vote, a formal rejection of the trump administration's decision to move its embassy to jerusalem. >> while previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. today i am delivering. >> reporter: backing the president, u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley threatened to cut off money from any countries who voted against the united states. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. >> reporter: many long-time allies like the uk and france parting ways with the u.s. and

others like canada, australia and mexico were noticeably absent and abstained. the palestinians and their arab and islamic supporters asked for the vote, saying the bullying and blackmail tactics would not be tolerated. >> we appreciate very much that the majority of the international community decided to stand shoulder to shoulder with wisdom and international law. >> reporter: israel joined the u.s. in voting against the measure. nikki haley says that america still recognizes jerusalem as its capital city and are planning to move the embassy to the holy city. >> still a controversial issue indeed. and a major legal victory for the president. a lawsuit that said he is violating the constitution by profiting from his businesses has been thrown out of court. the suit claimed the president's failure to cut ties with his

own businesses harmed competing hotels and restaurants. but a federal judge here in new york threw the case out saying the watchdog group behind it failed to show any suffering because of specific actions by the president. the group says it is considering its next steps. oprah winfrey says someone is attempting to be her on social media in an attempt to defraud her fans. in one scam, winfrey says one imposter is asking for money if you sign up for an own account. she says not to share your financial info with anyone claiming to be her. social media platforms are working to deactivate the fake accounts. now to australia and what could be perhaps the cutest road rage incident ever. >> two koalas stopped traffic down under, brawling in the middle of the road outside perth. the driver who shot this video from her car tried honking the horn but they were not moving. >> she c

video saying "come on, boys, how am i going to get to work"? they eventually got out of the way. >> they are, i mean, i'm sure they're very angry right now. but it's really hard to see them that way, because they're so cute. >> why isn't somebody going in there to break it up. >> break it up, break it up! >> koalas have sharp nails. you should be careful. but i still want to hug them. >> this is why we can't have good things down under, fighting koalas. coming up, the time of year when everybody seems to be getting engaged and sharing their photos. these two are like that. and a special look at their wedding engagement photos ahead. plus, our stress-free guide to surviving one of the busiest shopping days of the year. first, a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather,

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>> so, as phil collins reminds us, christmas is acomin'. but right after that, of course, is new year's eve. >> that's right. and a legendary drummer/singer is giving us precise instructions on how to have an epic moment at midnight. >> okay. so here are your ingredients. bubbly, this song "in the air tonight" by phil collins, and a set of air drumsticks for your air drums. we'll let mike tyson demonstrate. >> mike tyson? >> sh, this is my favorite part coming up right now. ♪ ♪ i can feel it comin' in the air tonight ♪ >> i love it so much. by the way, could anyone hear that part of that song and not play the air drums? >> oh, my gosh, yes. >> if you want to ring in the new year just like iron mike, phil collins is sharing the

secret. he tweets -- everybody write this down. if you play "in the air tonight" by phil collins at 11:56:40, the drums will play. right as the clock strikes midnight. start out your new year right. >> you must be precise. start the song there, and if you remember what you started at midnight you'll get the drum. >> here's the thing. what does the song "in the air tonight" have to do with new year's eve? >> absolutely nothing. but it has -- >> we have no idea why phil collins is sharing this information. but we do know we love the drum solo. >> i love that we kept that clip from "the hangover" where mike tyson starts beating them up. >> shall we give it a shot, you think? >> should. ♪ ♪ i can feel it comin' >> i missed the cue.

the end. >> i think you were a little off-key. >> with my air drums? >> we need a little analysis. >> you both were pretty spot on. we got to do that on new years eve though. >> it reminds me of the time we were so excited to see phil collins, way, way, way down during the u.s. open. >> yeah. >> that we documented the whole thing to show little phil collins all the way down there. >> that oscar winner susan sarandon was sitting behind us the whole time. >> we were too busy going do, do, do, do, do, do! former baseball star daniel strawberry is out with revelations about his time in the big leagues. >> he has a new ministry. helping people fix their lives in the

he's talked about his battle with addiction, but he got very perm on dr. oz talking about battling sex addiction. >> he revealed he was so addicted he would have sex during games, in between innings. he says that his teammates covered for him. he'd pick out women in the stands and have stadium attendants talk to them for him, meet them in the clubhouse. he says he's fully focussed on helping others. >> wow. >> wow. moving on to meghan markle and prince harry. >> yes, they are in love and photogenic. they just released their official engagement portraits. and you can see them getting cozy on the grounds of windsor castle. it's now thought that they will get married there in may. the dress meghan is wearing is a one of a kind that costs $75,000. the couple is getting ready to spend christmas with the queen. of course getting a lot of attention for that, because she will be the first royal fiance

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bunker. >> they are focussing on the speed of this train as one of the focuses of the investigation, saying it was going 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. >> we have new developments in the deadly tour bus crash in mexico. several americans are among the dead. the american tourists dead now stands at eight. >> there were a lot of dead people. >> many of them passengers on board the "celebrity equinox" ship that left from right here in miami. >> terrifying attack. a driver in a suv plowing into a crowd of christmas shoppers in australia, injuring more than a dozen. witnesses saying they thought a bomb went off. >> at this time it is a deliberate act, however, we do not know the motivation. >> turning now to the sweeping tax overhaul, poised to reform the tax code for the first time in decades. >> it lowers the tax on business

from 35% to 21%. that's probably the biggest factor in this plan. we've become competitive all over the world. >> travelers trapped at the world's busiest airport. >> it's a nightmare. >> a massive power outage bringing hartsfield-jackson airport to a stand still. >> the lights flickered once. it was really scary. >> georgia power apologizing for the fire which they say started in a service tunnel. >> in london, they have created the rage room. >> ooh. >> if you despise christmas this is the room for you. you can go into a room, pay and beat the living crap out of a christmas tree. >> it's only supposed to happen in the confines of that room. >> only in that room? it's been staring at me so long. i'm sick of that damn tree. >> i am in the spirit.

>> amazingly. not a single ornament dropped from that tree when i tried to attack it. >> so why are you a grinch? do you want to share with the class?

making news in america this morning, record traffic could lead to record headaches for the big holiday getaway. >> this is crazy. kids are out of school. >> we heard the weather was terrible. they're talking about ice. >> what's different on the roads and at the airports this year including a change in airport security that could save you some time. plus, where rain and snow will be delaying travel plans. shutdown averted. >> the motion is adopted. >> congress making crucial decisions affecting everything from disaster relief funding and children's health insurance and a surprising new figure