sure. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, norad - a day, 365 days a year, norad defends north america and as they happen, all around the world. we use our satellites, fighterjets and radar systems to do that. rudolf�*s no gives quite a heat signature which helps us lock straight into him and santa and allows us to track his path throughout the globe as he does his deliveries. i path throughout the globe as he does his deliveries.— his deliveries. i can imagine rudolf's nose _ his deliveries. i can imagine rudolf's nose is _ his deliveries. i can imagine rudolf's nose is very - his deliveries. i can imagine rudolf's nose is very red - his deliveries. i can imagine | rudolf's nose is very red and his deliveries. i can imagine - rudolf's nose is very red and shiny. what about santa himself, is he happy about being tracked? you have been doing it for about 70 years but he has been delivering presents for thousands of years?— he has been delivering presents for thousands of years? absolutely, he alwa st thousands of years? absolutely, he always try to _ thousands of years? absolutely, he alway

. >> norad is a binational command with allies in canada.rom the air domain and maritime domain and if they become a threat, we would prosecute those threats to north america. we do that each and every day, 365 days a year and this one special day we get to track santa claus. todd: how crucial is rudolph's knows? >> are a crucial. our satellites which are infrared capable, when rudolph gets airborne that knows shows up, it does put off her heat signature and the satellite capabilities track that heat signature. it gives them a safe passage as well to commercial areas where other aircraft can see them and also gives him deicing capabilities. the weather we have now star trek for santa claus. griff: to make it clear, this year norad has the ability to know if children are in bed or not, is that correct? >> santa has that ability, norad does not have that ability. that is who i would be worried about, making sure you are in bed for santa claus. carley: santa doesn't want to give out the cold. you can track santa at noradsanta.org or call 800-hr

next case, we're getting very serious here, norad north american aero space defense expand gearing up 67th year of tracking santa claus. joining me mow from norad headquarters is lieutenant colonel maxim courage good to see you thank you for being here i've talked to your folks before about this and year past. how does the santa tracker work? >> well we track santa with the three military systems. the first one being radar that including warning system up in the north satellites and military aircraft, of course, assigned to norad. as soon as the warning system detect cairn tay departure from north pole norad transfers tracking responsibility to our globally integrated satellite constellation sat lutes are in orbit 22,000 miles above the earth and are equipped with a sensor to detect heat and from rudolf nose to that of a missile launch so no issue whatsoever tracking santa. and then -- norad fighter aircraft. >> sorry to interrupt you but it looks like you have not committed this to memory. are you sure you're up to the job in? >> of course we are. we do this every year and been doing

the north american aerospace defence command, or norad, tracks santa's yuletide flight every year.d the south sandwich islands, and more than 4 billion presents have already been delivered. bill lewis is norad's santa tracker spokesperson and earlier he told us how the agency got involved in following santa's sleigh. 2a hours a day, 365 days a year, norad defends north america and tracks aeroplanes, missiles, space launches and etc. as they happen all around the world. we use our satellites, fighterjets and radar systems to do that. well, rudolph�*s nose puts off quite the heat signature and it helps us lock straight into him and santa and it allows us to track his path throughout the globe as he does his deliveries. he always tries to communicate with us and give us an idea of what his path might be. i don't think he really truly locks his path in until he is out and about due to weather, but i know when he comes over north america and the norad aircraft go up to find what is approaching us, he does slow down a little bit because we can't keep up to him. even with our fighterjets.

the norad santa tracker is back up and working.an see the satellites. >> just passed the solomon islands. just passed the solomon islands. en route to the federated states of micronesia. >> stay tuned for a special report on all of this. somara, let's keep most of the skies clear for him. >>> yes, it may get bumpy when he gets to the great lakes. the reindeer like to play in the high altitude snow. it is not just the east coast, but christmas eve, 39 million people impacted by winter weather and out to the northwest. hello, seattle. portland. look at that storm. cold front is moving onshore into washington and oregon today and northern idaho and rain. very heavy rain and gusty winds inland could lead to reduced visibility. the showers will spread into the rockies as we head through today and sunday. how much snow are we talking? we could see anywhere from 6 to 12 inches in the higher elevations in the rockies and lower elevations with 1 to 4. making for a nice white christmas. here is a look at the rainfall. heavier totals up to 5

this is a terrific service that norad does.different places in the government can really have good surface-facing with people in the public, with americans. this is a heck of a way to do it, as you can see the system that heavy built out will to track santa, by the way, this is all live to make sure christmas is, i believe, christmas eve has already started across planet earth tonight already, anita. so for kids in the united states to be able to in realtime see where santa is, is a very good service. anita: yeah. and the hi of all the other things norad has to keep track of, right? the really serious things, and they still make time to do this. it is so nice. we do hope to get our representative from norad to explain how all of this works and get an update on how the progress that's santa's making. i think he's got some extra presents this year. but we will bring him in when we get him. and we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ subject 1: on christmas day, we were in the hospital. it was her first christmas. it was our first christmas bein

with santa's sleigh all packed and full of toys, tonight a special mission for norad tracking the yuletidenfrared sensors on satellites, which are in geosynchronous orbit about 30,000 miles above the earth. >> reporter: rudolph's brightly lit nose serves as a guide for norad's cutting-edge technology. >> he's got rudolph in the front with a red nose that gives us a little bit of heat and we have infrared heat-seeking technology that can pick that up as well. >> reporter: families can keep up with santa's flight path in realtime on their website. >> it's very active you can see your area around the world and when santa is showing up. we don't know what santa's route is. we watch it realtime. we pick him up with our surveillance systems, and very often we have fighters that stand alert and very often we'll send fighters up there too just to say hi and wave and the pilots enjoy it. >> we pick him back up as he travels through alaska with our f-22 fighter jets. >> reporter: norad has been tracking santa on christmas eve for 67 years, and tonight over 1,500 volunteers are working the phones ans

peopople can fofollow his s chc journey through its website,e, the norad websitite and d sosoc mediannels and the e mob app, behind the scenenes ththe someme big stufuff gogoing on h 1500 volulunteers wiwill be wor tomorrowow to fieleld phone e c from k kids whwho want to know where sasanta is and whatat isi delilivery schedule is all abab and when is he comiming toto t pepeninsula anand the north bay the soututh day. >> absbsolutely. >> the holidaday trtradition be in 1955 after a kid mistakenly called the colorado military command asking to speak. >> in the cold air moving three the u.s. will give them an extra kick, the jet stream, he will be able to fly through and make a quick >> the last word. >>> dry christmas weekend, strong storm tuesday, another chance thursday and friday. >> >>> breaking news tonight, that historic winter storm crippling holiday travel and knocking out power across the country that monster of a storm is on the move states of emergency declared because tens of millions are grappling with what's happening and what's to come. the bomb cyclone swirling a dange

>> call 877-hi-norad or n noradsanta.org.d we've done about 45,000 calls. i just came off the call floor. it's fantastic to talk to these kids and their parents. >> it gives fantastic feedback every year. this has to be one of the more fun things you do all year. >> it is. it is our favorite mission by far. obviously we defend north america 365 days a year 24/7, but this one is our favorite by far. >> it's important work. of that whole crew pulling the sleigh, do you have a favorite reindeer? >> i have a favorite reindeer. he's in the lead and he has a big red nose. i won't mention him by name. >> just a few clues there. we truly appreciate you joining us and for keeping this fun holiday tradition alive. thank you so much. >> thank you, paula. >>> it's one of the highlights of the season in addition to the norad santa tracker, a visit with old saint nick. for many kids, seeing a santa that looks like them can make the holiday even more special. cnn's ryan young has more on the growing demand for a more diverse santa. ♪ >> wha

norad doesn't have santa on the move yet.ose places and on his way to new zealand. but as you can see, even though it's after midnight in the -- well, the far part of the pacific. no sign of santa, norad sleeping on the job. probably not watching as closely as they should. they say they're going to start at the top of the hour. questions need to be answered. why google has santa on the move and norad does not. anyway, whatever, they'll post santa going around the world shortly. coming up on midnight in new zealand. that's the start of christmas day and on to saaustralia and beyond. i'll be here, by the way, on christmas day, the christmas tradition. with the silly hat. i thank you for taking the time to join me this morning. i'm richard quest. in north america, "cnn chris morning" is next. for the rest of the world, culinary journeys around the world, around the clock. this is cnn. ♪ some are of intensity, others, joy. all are of - ahhhh. listerine. feel the whoa! for back pain, i've always been a te two and call in the morni

griff: you can call yourself to 877-hi-norad. but if you're not in bed, kids, he might not come to your house. todd: we talked about that, it's not his responsibility necessarily, norad's responsibility to make sure the kids a are in bed, that's your job, children. do it, make sure you in bed, and then the big guy will come down your chimney. carley: rick, do you have a weather update? rick: hold on, he had an injury in his antler, and it got an infection, so they had to remove his last year's antlers, and it made this one grow crookinged and stopped the other one from growing. todd: also thank you in advance for providing a weather update because we have a mess across our great country. rick: so much of the country is dealing with the cold, we're talking about coldest temperatures we've seen in years. 51 degrees in miami, 49 in fort lauderdale, 45 in tampa. these actual air temperatures. then you go to north florida, and you're below freezing. 29 in jacksonville, 24 in pensacola, and we have hard

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caley: last hour we checked in and they're tra tracking norad d we talked to jack and he said -- >> tonygriff: he's over the south pacific right now and tony told me the time on target for the u.s. is between 9:00 p.m. and midnight, but kids have to be in bed by 9:00 p.m. or else it's going to screw up the whole schedule. carly: very important news breaking detail. gibbs when you call in you'll get tony or someone else. to the best of my recollection. contribution 46 car pileup in ohio and three dead in that crash as the storm claims at least 12 lives across the nation. bringing frigid temperatures and hurricane-force winds. todd: snowpocolypse putting 1 million customers without power and parts of the midwest recording temperatures even colder than mars and arctic sea smoke from lake michigan pushing into chicago as air temperature hovers around zero. griff: and the travel chaos continues with 7,000 flights delayed today 3,000 canceled and cold air expected to last into next week. fox weather correspondent robert rayon the ground in georgia where the temperature is a frigid seven degree

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the norad santa tracker following saint nick and his journey to deliver presence across the country.acking santa's whereabouts in 1955 for those wondering if the recent freezing temperatures are going to affect santa's journey. think again. the weather will not be an issue for santa to complete his worldwide venture. so far, santa has delivered a whopping six billion plus presents his sleigh right now and his reindeer over montana. we're told coming up next in sports. the warriors preparing for their christmas day game against the grizzlies, but they'll still be without steph curry will share the latest on the status of the two time mvp as he works his way back from a shoulde in ♪ this rental car is so boring to drive. let's be honest. the rent-a-car industry is the definition of boring. and the reason can be found in the name itself. rent - a - car. you don't want a friend. you want the friend. you don't want a job. you want the job. the is always over a. that's why we don't offer a car. we offer the car. ♪ sixt. rent the car. it is off to a good start for the 49ers and their faithf

that's according to norad, the u.s. military agencies as saint nick is perfectly at home with freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall since he lives in the north pole. of course, the colorado springs based agency allows children to track santa's christmas journey online by calling norad and through social media every year in or the tenant explains how they keep up with santa. >> he's got a rudolph in the front with a red nose that gives us a little bit. he we have some infrared technology that can that up as well. so difficult to track because he's so quick, but it the other technology we have to come up and real-time onto the website. >> of course, of holiday tradition started in 1955, when a child mistakenly called the colorado military center asking to speak to santa. i didn't know that part of history. so cute. they've been tracking him for years. still to come, an update to that rescue mountain lion cub. >> what was found in santa cruz? so beautiful. the giants decided to do a little christmas shopping today. >> t

. >>> we will get you caught up on where santa is with the norad tracker.s apparently over puerto rico right now. i don't know if he is headed toward cuba or the dominican republic. maybe he is headed toward aruba. that is one that we would all like to be headed toward. >>> a mountain lion rescued from santa cruz earlier this week. she was found around the holidays. she was not in great shape. small, weak, and emaciated. her health is improving and she is staying hydrated and eating more. good news. we appreciate you watching. see you back here at 11:00 tonight. until then the news continues str ming on (gentle music) - hello, i'm sharon chin. every week, kpix is proud to introduce you to jefferson award winners, ordinary people who do extraordinary acts of service in the bay area. so now, we highlight several of our 2022 community heroes. a number of this year's winners prepare people for jobs. one man noticed a shortage of skilled workers in the construction industry, so he crafted an innovative way to train high school graduates. they get big skills buil

. >>> we begin with norad, the annual tracking of the whereabouts of mr. santa claus. he's apparently over alberta. he'll be heading south soon into the bay area. we'll let you know. >>> a lot of people out today in the bay getting the final presents. plenty of folks out in union square today. the same goes for the east bay. downtown walnut creek was packed with shoppers. all that was missing was a saxophone. ♪ [ music ] ♪°7 >> you'd have to go to union square to find that. it was packed with people today and tonight. betty yu was there to check out the final few hours of christmas eve. >> reporter: long after the stores closed this christmas eve, union square remained bustling with people taking in all of the holiday festivities. ♪ [ music ] ♪°7 >> reporter: on christmas eve, union square was a big draw for tourists and locals. people took plenty of photos and enjoyed the ice skate rink. there were balloon animals for the kids and a sea of bubbles. we met san francisco residents casey and chris in the crowd. >> we wanted to come down, see the lights. we got dinner in

joining us now to tell us more about norad santa tracker is jean husky.ar experience? delivery manager? jean good morning. this is very important news because now that we have technology, i want to be able to track santa. so i know when my kids are going to get the bag so to speak. for sure. for sure this is a great opportunity to actually this year. we're extending it beyond christmas eve. we actually started on the 19th at six am eastern standard time to allow people to bottom precedent. anybody with an active buick gmc or cadillac onstar subscription compress in up to christmas eve to find out what santa's actually working on. so if he's packing the sleigh or wrapping presents or making sure he has the warm clothes he needs. um and then, of course, we'll do our traditional christmas eve all the way to five a.m. eastern standard time on christmas day you can press in where and see where santa's at any, as you know, he starts in the far east and works his way over here to the north america territory where he eventually end up for your listeners and your

live look at the norad santa tracker. he is now in, i believe last time we checked he was in brazil. now he is in guyana. we're back in a moment. - life is uncertain. everyday pressures can feel overwhelming it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. it's normal. with calhope's free and secure mental health resources, it's easy to get the help you and your loved ones need when you need it the most. call our warm line at (833) 317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> tesla is putting a pause at its operations in shanghai. according to reuters, tesla reportedly canceled the morning shift. didn't give any reason. there were reports earlier this month that tesla planned to suspend model y production to new year's day. it comes as covid infections are rising after chinesed their zero-covid policy this month. >>> celebrations underway in bethlehem. they host thousands of tourists and pilgrims, including a church of the nativity, the exact site many believe jesus was born. this year the festivities look

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norad,d, the milititary agegenc monitotors the s skies abobove americica t tracks santa's move everygo to the website or mobile app and follow santa's journey. >> it's very interactive. you can see your area around the world and see when santa is showing up. we don't know what santa's route is. we watch it real-time. >> the tradition dates back to 1955 when a child mistakenly called military command asking to speak to santa. >>> a quick reminder. nbc bay area news is always on roku. just select the live tv tile on your home screen and scroll down to channel 133 to find us. and if you have a samsung tv, just go to channel 1035. more ways to watch our newscast whenever you want. that does it for the newscast at 4:30. jessica aguirre is working on the 5:00 newast. she'llsc j >>> right now at 5:00, with just over a day left to do that last-minute shopping, macy's workers in san francisco walk off the job. the reasons they spent the day picketing instead of selling holiday gifts. >>> also freezing temperatures across the country have a lot of people seeking warmth this holiday weekend. bu

the north american aerospace defense command, or norad, tracks santa's yuletide flight every year.da. en route to someone, puerto rico, apparently. there we go. —— sanjuan. now, let's look at the weather here on earth. good morning. the countdown is over — it is now christmas day — and a popular weather question for christmas day is, of course, will it be a white christmas? starting us off today, you'd be forgiven for thinking "no chance!" we're in some fairly mild air, really, top to tail across the uk, which is being pulled in from the atlantic on a south—westerly wind. but there is some much colder airjust sitting to the north of the uk, on the northern flank of this area of low pressure. this low will drive the weather across the uk this christmas day. it will push bands of showers through with some sunny interludes between times but occasionally, the showers lumping together into more persistent spells of rain, perhaps for northern ireland and northern england through the afternoon, later in the day towards the south—east. mild to the south. afternoon temperatures, 10, 11 degr

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the norad santa tracker following saint nickhe country d started tracking santa's whereabouts in 1955r those wondering if the recent freezing temperatures are going to affect santa's journey. well, think again. the weather will not be an issue for santa to complete his worldwide venture. so far, he's delivered more than five billion gifts, and he was last seen over bermuda. he's headed right now toward puerto rico. coming up in sports the 49ers extending their winning streak thanks to a dominant performance from georgia kennel. hear what the tight end had to say llowing the holiday weekend after a good start for the 49ers and their fans, the red and gold gained ground on the nfc s number one seed while also holding served with the number two seed. we're in the south bay beautiful weather brock purdy, making another start for the injured jimmy g. we pick up action late in the second quarter death sweep to ray ray mccloud, christian mccaffrey blocking and you can stop chasing. he's going to take this 71 yard. the longest play from scrimmage this season for the niners are up seven. nothi

the north american aerospace defense command, or norad, tracks santa's yuletide flight every year.red so far. let's have a look at the weather. the weather is going to stay mild for the rest of today, tonight, and for the rest of today, tonight, and for christmas day as well for most of us although it will stay pretty cloudy. of us although it will stay pretty cloud . ., of us although it will stay pretty cloud . . ., , ., ., cloudy. earlier on this morning, one weather watcher _ cloudy. earlier on this morning, one weather watcher spotted _ cloudy. earlier on this morning, one weather watcher spotted some - cloudy. earlier on this morning, one - weather watcher spotted some strange clouds over cumbria, satellite picture picks up the extent of the cloud that we have across the country. across the north—west we are seeing some fairly heavy bursts of rain coming in at the moment. the winds are coming from the south—west, bringing this mild air. we do have rain around which is turning quite heavy at the moment in northern ireland and it will continue to get heavier in western scotland

but we're also tracking santa in realtime with the norad santa track and shah gilani he just left -- he just left russia i believe. griff: yeah and todd loves me to bring this up baa that military is running this operation and it is absolutely streamlined, perfect, veryfect. they knew the -- very efficient. i can't pronounce the town he's in. carley: i just got an update and he's heading onto all the other boys and girls in the country. griff: our reindeer are training to help santa some day. that's their life goal. todd: nod this year because they're here with us but maybe next year. griff: this christmas eve update we have a once in a lifetime winter storm. 46 car pileup and three dead in the crash in ohio. the intense winter weather bringing frigid temperatures and hurricane-force winds to parts of the country. todd: 200 million americans remain under winter warnings or advisories and 1 million customers without power. parts of the midwest even colder than mars, that arctic sea smoke from lake michigan pushing into chicago as the air temperature hovers around zero there. carley: a

norad posts the location of someone every christmas eve. it tracks santa as his sleigh makes progress around the world because i'm a reporter who follows the rules, i contacted the pentagon to find out if they were going to follow this policy about tracking people because, marcus, santa is real. marcus. >> yes. >> and they did not get back to me. i'm shocked. >> not a surprise. >> shocked. >> how dare they. >> i was just going to say the initial reaction is really what a broad rule. >> the nice thing about broad rules when you're in charge you can apply them when you feel like it. >> so true. >> scott, marcus, christmas just over a week away and last-minute shopping for gifts, retailers call this upcoming weekend super saturday. one final chance to get rid of the 2022 inventory. the day is a great opportunity for gift givers to get a great deal. >> shoppers should zero in on what retailers want to get off their shelves, games, toys, stocking stuffers, seasonal decor and holiday themed gifts. >> for more tips tune in. it starts at 7:00 a.m.

you can go to abc7news.com for the link to norad's santa tracker.is fun to watch and go all around the world and through san francisco. just ahead, another stage, more great dance moves. we told you about the eight-year-old who took the spotlight at his school's concert. this weekender stage next to the 49ers. ♪ karina: an eight-year-old that has already lit up social media showed off more of his dancing skills on a new stage at the 49ers game. >> take it away! ♪ karina: go jaden. look at those moves. he performed in front of thousands of people during the fourth quarter of the 49ers game against the commanders at levi's stadium yesterday. the team invited him to perform. hi school's winter concert have racked up millions of views on instagram. ♪ [cheering] we caught up with the second-grader last week and his home. he says when he feels the vibe, he loves to get up and dance. as a christmas gift from the nba, you can watch a whole day of basketball right here on abc 7. the action tips off at 9:00 a.m. with the 70 niners and the knicks. -- -- it wra

general glen vanherck, a four-star general and commander of norad, the north americanary rowspace defenseget to talk to someone of your stature this morning. where is santa right now? >> well, santa just entered russia. he's going to be there for probably the next one to two hours and tracked him since he departed the north pole a couple of hours ago. >> all right, santa is in russia right now. where is santa headed next? >> well, santa will leave russia, he'll continue his westbound journey into europe, but before that he'll go down south into the asia continent as well and so we look forward to seeing him here tonight, normally around 9:00 p.m. each night for the kids as long as they're in bed by 9:00 p.m., he should show up. [ laughter ] >> get to bed by 9:00 p.m. a genera jt told so m. now, you are very confident you know where santa is so you must have a lot of resources you're employing to track santa. what do you do to know where santa is? >> we utilize the systems we utilize every day to keep north america safe and starts off with the radar systems called the north warning system

minute, second to second control of its airspace the way we do here in the united states because of noraderican air defense system head quartered in cheyenne, colorado springs. so that is a weakness. is that going to be determining the war? probably not. but symbolically, the chance from the ukrainians to launch, conduct and successfully destroy even a tiny bit of russian military capability is quite important. final thought, jonathan. let's make a point here. ukraine has conducted a legitimate military military at against military targets inside russia. what russia is doing, carpet bombing, going after civilian infrastructure, that's a war crime. it's very different. >> right. and russia using drones to do so in recent weeks, and one of the targets ukraine seems to have hit back in russia, one of the places where those drones were being launched from. admiral, before you go, let's turn back to iran. you noted that the nation has reportedly executed the first prisoner known to be convicted for an alleged crime stemming from these protests which have lasted months now. what is your expecta

if some twitter user pointed out norad posts the location of a certain person every christmas eve, participate of the north american air defense, tracks santa as he and the sleigh make their progress around the world. now i am a good reporter, or at least i try, so i did follow the nbc rules and i contacted the pentagon for an official statement on whether they were going to post santa's location. i wrote it all out in the proper format and strangely enough the united states military has not gotten back to me on this very important question. but it would technically violate twitter's rules because, as we have established, santa is a real person. >> i was going to ask if you checked your twitter account to see if maybe they answered your question through there. >> it's almost like they have better things to do. i don't see it. >> like what? i don't know. >> i mean, santa will be there whether you like it or not. >> we'll be looking out for santa's list. you're on the nice list, scott. >> i heard that. >>> all right, speaking of locations and tracking certain locations, we're taking a live look

speak again, we're in the 30's, upper 30's 40's san francisco. 44 down south san jose, 45 ups, the noradta rosa. 35 napa. 41. but what we're really going to be watching all those lows, santa rosa 30's. we're going to see right there, those freezing or below freezing temperatures right there to the north like napa. >> novato also antioch and concord. but really it's the corner of your screen. we have this dense fog advisory that kicks off at 11. it's going to stay that way until tomorrow at 11. so not only are those cooler conditions, but that dense fog as well. so that means we could see maybe a some ice on the road. so that's an extra layer of something that we're going to watch for you as you wake up tomorrow morning as well. make sure to use your low beams with that extra holiday traffic. taking a look at 6, 15 2 addition to the dense fog advisory to the north. we'll be watching for some fog in the san jose area. as you wake up temperature show, you were going to be right there. a tick below average to san francisco. your average is 58, but we're going to be at 55 livermore tomorrow.

that's's accordingng to norad, mimilitary a agency knonown for tracking sananta as he delelive presenentschrhristmas eve. people canan follow his christm journeyy through i its website social m media channnnels and me apapp. behindnd the scenes,s, 1,500 volunteersrs will be wororking totomorrow t to field phone cal fromom childrenn who wantt to k where santata is as s well as h deliveryry schedulele. norarad's holiday traditionon b in 1 1955 afterr a kid misistak called thehe coloradoo military command asking to speak to santa. and as we approach christmas day, a bay area student is spreading a lot of cheer. take a look at an instagram post that's gone viral. ♪♪ >> that is 8-year-old jaden williams during his second grade performance at beachwood school in menlo park. he told us his goal was to make the audience smile and have a good time. i think he succeeded at that. jaden started dancing way back when he was 2. a classmate's mom posted that video on instagram and it has more than 600,000 likes. >> that feeling coming into my body. i just want to dance. i love dancing. it's in my blood.

that is the word from norad, the north american aerospace command.es and radar -- readying planes and radar to track santa. as a commander put it santa lives in the north pole, is ready for the arctic cold. he has done this for many years. dan: pressure on rudolph as well. karina: any advice to santa as he travels across the world? sandhya: he does not need my advice. he knows how to get through rain, sleet, snow. he has done it all. like you mentioned he is used to the arctic chill. i think santa will be just fine liver and gives. -- delivering those gifts. dan wants a skateboard. dan: a christmas display in kentucky got the attention of neighbors and eventually the police. this is what got neighbors so riled up. it is an american -- a mannequin holding up a beer, in nothing but a robe and socks. the homeowners says his favorite movie is national lampoon's christmas vacation. the character is the cousin eddie, he says everyone has a cousin eddie. that is a classic movie. people get taking taking things so seriously. it may be not the traditional hol

todd: we talked about that, it's not his responsibility necessarily, norad's responsibility to make sure the kids a are in bed, that's your job, children. do it, make sure you in bed, and then the big guy will come down your chimney. carley: rick, do you have a weather update? rick: hold on, he had an injury in his antler, and it got an infection, so they had to remove his last year's antlers, and it made this one grow crookinged and stopped the other one from growing. todd: also thank you in advance for providing a weather update because we have a mess across our great country. rick: so much of the country is dealing with the cold, we're talking about coldest temperatures we've seen in years. 51 degrees in miami, 49 in fort lauderdale, 45 in tampa. these actual air temperatures. then you go to north florida, and you're below freezing. 29 in jacksonville, 24 in pensacola, and we have hard freeze warnings that stretches across parts of the rio grande valley, all throughout the deep and north parts of florida. south florida, no surprise freeze watches -- no freeze watches at all. any blue

. >> reporter: this command center is a bit like norad for packages, tracking all the fed ex flights. the weather every ten minutes to figure out if it's something we need to deviate our planes. >> 538. >> reporter: that's you. >> reporter: but there is no deviating drivers like jacob tucker. before sunrise, packages are loaded into delivery vance headed for you. >> just like santa's little helper. i feel like i'm able to give to the customer before the holiday season. >> reporter: all right. so d is today. first class postal service mail deadline saturday. monday is the priority mail deadline. after that, if i want to get these purple hats to you guys in new york, i'm going have to send them overnight, and that gets pretty expensive. >> kris van cleave reporting. >>> the holidays can be a difficult time for families who have lost a loved one to gun violence. yesterday marked ten years since the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. 20 children and educators were murdered by a young man using an ar-15 style rifle. since then there have been 143 mass sh

norad's deputy location.ad's deputy commander says children in the uk need to be in bed by 9 pm. traditionally we've seen santa arriving over the uk around 1130 at night, so that's why we keep repeating to the kids out there. be in bed by nine and keep the magic of christmas alive and you're going to wake up to a great surprise of having present properly under your trees or by the fireplace, depending on your traditions , tv, online and dab traditions, tv, online and dab b plus radio. this is gb news. now it's back to neil oliver live with . with. emily last week. so the anniversary of the loss of the penley lifeboat with all hands, she was the solomon brown, a 47 foot watson class vessel paid for like all rnli lifeboats by donations from the public on the evening of the 19th of december, 1981, the union store , a brand new 1400 union store, a brand new 1400 tonne coaster on our maiden voyage and making for our crew in ireland was in trouble around eight miles off the wiltshire lighthouse in south—west cornwa

norad's deputy location.ad's deputy commander says children in the uk need to be in bed by 9 pm. traditionally we've seen santa arriving over the uk around 1130 at night, so that's why we keep repeating to the kids out there. be in bed by nine and keep the magic of christmas alive and you're going to wake up to a great surprise of having present properly under your trees or by the fireplace, depending on your traditions , tv, online and dab traditions, tv, online and dab b plus radio. this is gb news. now it's back to neil oliver live with . with. emily last week. so the anniversary of the loss of the penley lifeboat with all hands, she was the solomon brown, a 47 foot watson class vessel paid for like all rnli lifeboats by donations from the public on the evening of the 19th of december, 1981, the union store , a brand new 1400 union store, a brand new 1400 tonne coaster on our maiden voyage and making for our crew in ireland was in trouble around eight miles off the wiltshire lighthouse in south—west cornwa

i know at or they can follow us follow centres on norad's santa dot or they can also view centre on youtube well as on their facebook. so there's number of ways to reach out , but the best ways to reach out, but the best ways to reach out, but the best way is to call us and there we're, we've got a team of volunteers that is over 750 strong this year in our call centre and i'll be one of them in, in a few minutes in order to actually take your and give you the positions of sends us . well the positions of sends us. well it's not only wonderful you so much to let's hear he's the deputy commander the north american aerospace defence command, and he's live there from peterson's force base in colorado, tracking santa. but it's nice. oh i'm going to have my stocking out ready for santa . oh, well, i hope you leave a carrot, a mince pie and a glass of sherry sherry . if we all come of sherry sherry. if we all come around to your house what's slightly worried me about is a bit of a star trek fan. what's on this space force base. i mean, have the americans got a space force. you know, who's the ene