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Over one hundred and twenty two million are expected to be traveling during this holiday season.

That's according to Triple A's projections.

It's a two point two percent increase from last year, and the majority of the travelers will likely drive.

However, air travel will also reach new heights, with over eight million Americans flying domestically and four point nine million are expected to opt for travel via bus, plane, or cruise.

Members of Congress and groups representing Jeffrey Epstein's victims are accusing the Justice Department of violating the law by only partially releasing files related to the convicted sex offender.

The DOJ responding to the criticism by posting a lengthy fact sheet describing a quote arduous process and arguing the redactions and slow release are all part of their effort to protect the victims.

NBC's Ryan Noblest reports that thousands of files were released by Friday's deadline, but the Justice Department said it would fail to fully release all the doctors uments.

Republican Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massey says he and California Democrat Rocana are considering inherent contempt charges against Attorney General Pambondi over the handling of the release.

A major winter storm is set to slam the West Coast.

Forecasters say an atmospheric river will impact southern California during Christmas Week, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and dangerous travel conditions.

Paramount is presenting a new offer in its hospital takeover bid for Warner Brothers Discovery.

Mitch mccannon reports.

It comes after Warner Brothers Discovery's board rejected an earlier bid.

An express disappointment that Bellinia Larry Allison wasn't more involved in Paramount's bed.

Larry is the father of Paramount boss David Ellison.

On Monday, however, the company revealed the older Allison, whose net worth is reportedly more than two hundred and forty billion dollars, will personally guarantee forty billion dollars in Paramount's bid.

The Ellisons will let shareholders peer into the finances of their family trust.

After claims from Warner Brothers board of directors that Paramount had misrepresented itself to shareholders, Paramount's new proposal offers a five point eight billion dollar fee instead of the initial five billion dollars promised to shareholders if the deal were to fall through.

I'm Chris Krajio.

A group of people dressed up as Santa Claus stole thousands of dollars worth of groceries from a Montreal supermarket last week.

The group released a statement days later explaining the brazen heist was to feed the needy.

Calling themselves Robbins of the Alleys, the group said that a handful of companies are holding basic needs hostage while making record profits.

Metro, which owns the targeted grocery stores at the company, donates millions to food banks.

The stolen groceries were left at a public Christmas tree.

Turning Point, USA's first America Fest since the death of founder Charlie Kirk, is now in the books.

The annual conference in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, featured Vice president Jade Vance, House, speaker Mike Johnson, and borders our Tom Holman, among many other prominent conservatives.

Rapp superstar Nicki Minaj surprised the crowd with an appearance sitting alongside Kirk's widow, Erica, for an interview.

We welcome the Winter Solstice yesterday, which is actually good news if you like sunsh bree tennis now with more.

The solstice gave us the shortest day of the year that's measured in daylight time.

It's due to the Earth's north pole tilting away from the sun.

That's the science.

If you're a fan of longer daylight days, that all starts today, as we'll gain about a minute of daylight each day until the summer solstice June twenty First, Make no mistake, we are now in full winter mode and we have to get through that before measurable daylight appears.

Hang in there.

Thirty seconds in a flight.

Now you can note the speed announce to graphics there on.

The bottom of your screen.

Seven thousand feet in climbing.

Ooh Origin is making history with the first ever launch of a wheelchair user on a suborbital flight.

Aerospace engineer Mickey Benous and her five crew members lifted off from the company's West Texas launch site Saturday morning.

According to space dot Com, Benthas, who works for the European Space Agency, has used a wheelchair since suffering a mountain biking accident in twenty eighteen.

The brief flight lasted about ten minutes and reached the nultitude of about sixty two miles before the crew capsule safely parachuted back down to Earth.

I'm Chris Krosiu.