Minutes into the toll plaza from golden gate field. A couple of problem spots in richmond area 80 westbound by the rich monday parkway semi truck and see significant got into it and traffic is flowing nicely. A car fire in los altoses in a few minutes. A sixyear old lot her mother on Christmas Day and is get him from livermore fire and police. Matt keller is in livermore with the story and how all of us can help out. Matt . Yes, reggie, the Livermore Police and Fire Department are still trying to help little girl they met on Christmas Day. They are raising money for funeral spends for her mom. This is video released by the Livermore Police department showing them dropping off parents to the sixyearold karma staying in a local hotel with her 39yearold mother after relocating to california from florida. The mother had a medical emergency related to a preexisting condition on Christmas Day and died at hospital. The officers and Fire Department learned she could not celebrate christmas because of the medical condition her mother. It consumed the rest of or day. How is it possible that on Christmas Morning this little girl will lose her mom . The firefighters and Police Officers bought gifts for cam ma and brought them on december 26 so she could celebrate the holiday in the wake of a tragedy the police and fire are asking for your help with a gofundme page to pay for funeral expenses with a link at abc7news. Com. A tough story. 500 pound elephant seal is captivating so many us. She could be pregnant. She is certainly strong willed. She tried to cross highway 77 over and over yesterday. C. H. P. Is concerned she could try this morning. This is highway 77 where she could be swimming around in the water. The officials thing she wants to get to dry band to give birth. John it o will have the efforts to keep her safe at the bottom the hour the. Fires arrived in antioch at 1 30 and saw flames shooting through the of roof this house two people and their dog got out okay. The home is on Cherry Street and sequoia and we are trying to find out what starts the fire. Federal agents have joined the investigation into the cause of this fire in Russian River. The Fire Destroys the Russian RiverHealth Center over the weekend and according to the Santa Rosa Press democrat it is one of three suspicious fires set a few blocks from each other since december 17. 14s say it is too early to say if this is an 1,200 customers of braving the cold after an outage last them without heat. Thousands of pg e customers lost Natural Gas Service on sunday. Police say 100 customers got heat restored last night and still is trying to figure out the cause of outage after a regulator at a gas facility malturninged. They are trying to stay warm in the cold. It is cold. Cannot make coffee. Cannot do anything. Cannot take a shower. Pg e crews are going doortodoor to relight the pilots. Residents can call for an appointment if they are not home end the crews arrive. Alameda county need your help to fine the men seen on your screen leaving the eden village facility in Castro Valley on sunday. The sheriffs say angelo is familiar with the area and has been found at restaurants near Castro Valley boulevard in the past. If you see angelo call the Alameda County sheriff right away. Fresno police say a man attacked over the weekend was the victim of the hate crime and police say the incident began as the 68yearold man was waiting for a ride to work. Two white men pulled up in a truck and occurred at him and police say he feared for his safety and tried to cross the street but the truck want into reverse and ran him down. The truck two occupants jumped out and punched the man in the face and body and said why are you here . And police say it is unclear if the map was mistaken for being muslim. To people have been arrested in belgium suspected of planning attacksen new years eve in brussels. Islamist state propaganda and military uniforms were found in the homes of two suspects. They did not find any weapons or explosives. The searches were not connected for the terrorist attacks with four other people held for questioning before being released. And now more on the japanese we apology for forcing thousands into sex slavely called comfort women and the agreement between japan and south korea is 18 raise and drawing heavy criticism this morning. Japan is offering 8. 3 million payment to support the remaining victims of those who came forward only 46 are still alive. Many korea as are saying the apology does not go far enough and said it should go directly to the victims rather than a fund that will help them. What is the feeling among mean in the bay area. The half victims have been exextremely disappointed and feeling like japan is conducting Public Relation performance on the international stage. The deem includes a promise between the two countries to stop criticizing each other and to consider this issue resolved. In the east bay neighborhood some spotted a Mountain Lion near some hopes. The big cat was seen yesterday morning and it ran from the portrero avenue until the hillside natural avenue. It was not showing any signs aimpression and animal control officers were called but they were unable to find it. All the San Francisco food bank is counting on donors to make sure service continues into 2016 and is 500,000 behind in contributions compared to this time last year. People are couple on the food bank for groceries especially children in poverty, the tell decemberly and those where severe illness. The food bank urn toes every dollar it receives into 5 worth of food. If you use over counter painkillers. There is a wanting. And love knows no distance extreme measure as man took to rope toly gulf while he was stuck at the airport. Are any you actually going to work this morning . Well, a few of you. Well, a few of you. Many often enjoy check out freezing cold neighborhoods, petaluma, rohnert park, napa and American Canyon and close to vallejo at 34. San ramon is 30. Hose is officially 34 but i tweeted the freezes telling in the south bay and you wrote be surprised how much frost is there. A light breeze at four Miles Per Hour across the bay bridge or the Golden Gate Bridge and temperatures in the lowtomid 50s with total sunshine and 101 and 880, it is 30 degrees. Chance of light rain across the north bay tomorrow and the rest of us are dry thursday and friday and weekend forecast is coming up. If you come to San Francisco by the bay bridge, in metering lights, holiday lit. Foes are taking their time coming in and not even coming in at all at 6 11. We will look at accident on the peninsula a car fire is out of the lanes now and they are waiting on a flatbed truck at page mill and i am not see too many delays cornered here and we will look at the new years day mass transit schedule when we come back. The fda released new warning of main killers amid increases risk of hurt attacks and strokes including we overthecounter aspirin and now requiring all manufacturers it update the labels for the drugs with more specific information about the risks. They say consumers can still take the painkillers but should be aware of what it can to do their health especially if taken at higher doses. Meteorologist mike nicco is tackling a question many of us have. And aboard is too hot to handle and the government investigation interest there and i quit smoking with chantix. I have smoked for thirty years and by taking chantix, i was able to quit in three months. And that was amazing. 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I quit smoking. Ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. Santa clara, San Francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. A big hit for rock roll fans, Lemmy Kilmister officer motor head has died saying he died on monday two days after he revealed his cancer diagnosis. To a lot of people he embodies rocknroll. He just. Not just in terms of the music but his spirit. His attitude that something that all the way to the agency of 70 he never compromiseed. He was 70 years old. We have told you about to time and time again and it has happened once more. This time at a mall in texas a hoverboard caught fire yesterday and exploded. Someone hat just returned it because it did not charge properly and the employees try to put it in a box and it burst into flames. Security quick to put it out no one was hurt. The federal government is currently investigating 22 reports of the hover more fires. Scary. This is embarrassing for a beleagued airline on Christmas Day a Malaysian Airline plane took off from new zealand and a few moments later the pilot radioed and asked why the route was taking the land south to another kiwi airport but the new zealand air Traffic Control was given out dated flight plan. The pilot turned around and continued to malaysia. The Israeli Supreme Court has partly overturn bribery conviction against the former Prime Minister who was arrested and six years behind bars and now he will serve only 18 months. He was Prime Minister as recently as 2009 and is first former Prime Minister to serve time in jail. Federal judge in san diego has dismissed a Class Action Lawsuit property by people who visited seaworld wrote claim they were deceive about how the marine park treats orc axes and did not need the standard to bring it on behalf of an entire class of we patrons in stone i dont and in san antonio and san diego and more. Breaking news authorities in mexico have detained the wealthy 18yearold ethan couch from the affluenza case. The teen and his mother were on the runs after he violated probation for a dangerous drunk driving accident. We will see you at 7 00. Marriage proposal can be the most memorable days of your life, it is supposed to be or just plain terrible. Man could not wait a moment longer to ask his girl to marry him and he texted her and planned to file home to phoenix this past weekend to ask his girl to summer him in opinion but bad weather machine the flight from ohare was canceled. Be stranded in the airport for 50 hours and i am. Hell holiday travel. So on sunday he decided to take a photo of the diamond ring and texted her his proposal. It took me hours to pick out this ring, but they were not good enough for you. She texted back yes. First of all, none of them was good enough, lacking in punctuation. And she said yes. The two problems. Reggie. Natasha you would not say yes in a text marriage proposal. Eight depends on a the person and b the proposal. Mike, back me you. He tried to make lemonade but he should have had for thought in planning a different route, chicago in the winter time so looking ahead, can he be a provider and good planner . Stand by. I stand by my ideas. Guys we could not keep slide down that. Tomorrow, the wet weather is across oregon and washington state. And it is not going to be here until tomorrow. Right now, it is freezing cold around palo alto and redwood city and on the peninsula at sfo, no delays because this is no cloud, unlimited sun and below average temperatures. Light rain tomorrow and otherwise 2015 ends and 2016 begins dry and the rain at 5 00 tomorrow morning around ukiah and as we head through the commute you can see light to dark green and very light rain through the area that pulls out at noon and it falls apart and a few sprinkles are possible by pack and during the evening hours and it is completely gone and we could get just enough to tip a bucket but mostly it is dry tomorrow and temperatures in the lowtomid 50s like today and we will be in the midtoupper 50s as we star the new year friday through sunday. San mateo bridge drive if you are headed from her hard to foster city it is typical 14continue meant drive with no delays cross the flat section of the highrise and looking good on the we peninsula and who daylight. We look at new years eve mass transit bart is running a sunday schedule on the new years day and extended Service New Years Eve until 3 00 a. M. And ac transit tremendous after 8 00 p. M. And muni is free after 7 00 with extended service to San Francisco. You have ever booked a hodel in an area you thought was mice and you were less than impressed when you a lifed . Michael finney lets us know how that happened. How much whole foods will pay after the Grocery Store chain after the Grocery Store chain was accused of vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. The abc7 news app on go on your schedule on one screen. The weather and traffic and news that lives where you live. Police wanting to take a close look at this photo. This man robbed a United States bank inside the Safeway Store yesterday morning. The man walked in, demanded money, and walked away with several hundred thousand after a teller filled several bags with cash. He described as african men, 5 8 and weighing 150. Whole foods will pay 500,000 dollars for over charging customers in new york. 80 types prepackaged foods were labeled and all labels were mislabeled. The company is not admitting being wrong but wants do put it behind us. And mike finney has the answers to your questions for those looking for a low tell room. We are staying at a lamp ton inn that advertised they are not tenderloin . That is a good question, the Convention Center downtown is actually in selma, south of market not the tenderloin but there are rules of advertising prices, there is no oversight on exactly where hotels are and where they say they are located. You need to when looking at a hotel check the address, not just what the Hotel Website description is, and, also, go to a bunch of websites can see what the reviews are and check it out open a map. Some of the websites actually tell you specifically what neighborhood the hotel is in. That is how big a problem this is. I would be mad. If you have a question record it open smartphone or tablet and just go to social and tag it with askgoneany. Your question could be answered right here. It is upsetting. You feel like you got tricked. More major flight delays because of the weather. Also, next at 6 30 the city of oakland delivering bad news for raiders fans as they reach a deadline in the effort to keep the team from going away. And in Sonoma County we are on elephant seal watch that has on elephant seal watch that has blocked traffic choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter sleep number, and the lowest prices of the season, Sleepiq Technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store, find the lowest prices of the season. Save 600 on the 1 rated i8 bed, plus no interest until january 2018. Know better sleep with sleep number. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Look at that. Coming up on 6 30. It is a cold start to the day. I am reggie aqui. I am natasha zouves. Dark and early. Meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the forecast. Thick fog. Inland and the peninsula and the east bay shoreline. Where we have fog we have freezing temperatures at 31 in livermore to 28 in pleasanton and black ice could be an issue across stanley boulevard. From our roof camera we are start off 2840 at 7 00, and nearly 50 at noon, grab the sunglasses, it will be chilly this afternoon, low 50s. Sue . Folks are getting out on the road and we not seeing any delays if you are headed to Golden Gate Bridge or the bay bridge toll plaza, right now degree going slow. Highway 4 and 101 from marin, all, hadding good. Thank yous sue. We are rooting for the huge 500pound elephant seal camped out along highway 77 37 after trying to cross the highway year. She refused to leave. Our reporter, john it o john it janet o is there. You could be able to see the head of the elephant seal. She is still swimming out here. She has been swirling through fight. Now, the elephant seal is believed to be pregnant and the Mammal Center said that could be why she is trying to cross the road to get to the dry field on the other side to give birth. They are continuing to monitor the onpound elephant feel who they hope stays here because it could be dangerous move to highway 37 were the seal first appeared out of the bay at 1 00 yesterday and made her way to eastbound highway 37 in front of traffic and tried to crawl over the median the she tried to do it several types much volunteers used boards to get the mammal back in the estuary. If she is about to give birth she in her prime so she has a lot weight and strength and could tear the board from her hands. The Mammal Center said they will not know for sure if she is pregnant until a vet checks her but this is the time of year elephant seals give birth and we talked to a volunteer and he said in the eight years he has been doing this he has never seen an elephant seal make her way to the highway but he has seen sea lions do this before. Hayward police are looking for witnesses who a hitandrun accident that claimed a woman love life. Two cars hit and killed a woman at 6 30 last night near tahoe avenue. The woman was walking in a lighted crosswalk. One driver stayed on the scene and talked to the police but the people in the other car, got out, looked at woman and according to police they left. The car is described as dark 1990s four door toyota with damage to the windshield and the hood. They were all men in the car wear hoodies. New details on a deadly hitandrun accident in San Francisco in the Mission District a week and a half ago. The victim now is identified as 28yearold man from San Francisco. Officers are still searching for the four door black honda or volkswagen and the person who was driving it on mission street. This happened near 26th at 2 20 a. M. On the morning of 18th when the driver hit him and took off. Dozen inmates jumped a jailer on christmas each at elmwood jail. Ten inmates were in an unauthorized area. Inmates attacked the jailer and punched and kicked him. The deputy had cuts and braces and possibly ligament damage. We have details in the mystery of a man body found bowed in a u heart at the hayward bart station identified as 40 year old named Jason Anderson of bay point. A man shot by bart police is new considered a suspect in his debt. On Christmas Day they spotted the man pup the u hall u hall and returns fire. Both are expected to be okay. Thieves ruined christmas for san jose students they are discover the kindness of strangers after the home of seven students was ransacked on Christmas Day, including laptops and scrawlry and friends from under the christmas tree. One student worked two jobs to by the presents. We come from a low income family and my sister and i work hard do get our family do a better police. It was devastating. Not having they will on the gifts i wobbled hard for. The landlord is looking into security of the willing and friends have set up a gofundme page to replace the stolen items can has now topped 11,000. We have a link on abc7news. Com. Affluenza teen who disappeared has been found. In mexico. Officials found 18yearold ethan couch and his mother in Puerto Vallarta on probation for killing four people in a d. U. I. Crash. At time the lawyer said he suffered from affluenza blaming the rich parents for coddling him into irresponsibility and he vanished after a video surfaced showing him playing a drinking game at a party. If the video is. Then 60 then 60ed, he faces 10 years in jail. The United States marshals tracked a cell phone linked to him and the mother could face serious charges when they are brought back to the states. Tamir rice is top trending on twitter as outrage grows over a decision not to indict a Police Officer for shooting and killing the 12 year old with protests continuing today. Several groups gathered at park where the boys with shot while holding a pellet gun in november of last year. The rice family is causing for people to express themselves peaceably and dally. The familiar said they are disappointed in the decision but not surprised. In chicago, an officer charged with murder in the shooting debt of 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald is expected to enter a plea today. Video shows the veteran officer van dyke shooting Laquan Mcdonald 16 times. Too much was carrying a knife and was walking away from officers when we van dyke opened fire and he faces six counts of firstdegree murder and official misconduct in the shooting. Santa cruz county them park remained closed after a rain crash injured after a train crash injured six people. Sky 7 was over the scene at the theme park. Four people were taken to the hospital. We spoke to another child who also was standing and she fell back or fell back against the wall and burned her head. The fire officials thing the throttle was stuck. It continues to move and crashed at a slow speed. The larger steam engine train picked up stranded passengers. Have you seen this graffiti all over San Francisco streets . The city is taking on. Justin bieber. We do mutt know if it is too late to say sorry, but the writing is on sidewalk all over the city mashing the latest album purpose. The city wants the we we record label to pay the bill because it was applied with permanent spray paint and the City Attorney fired off an angry letter. We want their full cooperation and the individuals responsible to get to taken care of. All the City Attorney has not heard back from Justin Biebers people and we have not heard back, either, after making phone calls. Officials are admitting they have no plan for a new stadium for the raiders as an deadline is looming. Tomorrow is the nfl guessed deadline to submit a stadium plan but the San Francisco chronicle reports say the leaders will not meet up. They want financing plans from oakland and day oh and st. Louis wherein they vote next week so they can vote on which teams move to los angeles. And warriors put away sacramento yesterday at oracle arena with a triple double for the sixth time in his career for steph curry. He had 23 points. And the warriors trailed at the and the warriors trailed at the half but they woman at we are doing good with rain tomorrows. Everyone else is good at 58 to 64 percent of where we should be and the next chance of rain is across the north bay but very light. Walking the dog, frosty inland. And a lot of sunshine out there and it is dry so it could hurt the lurchings if you are jogging. Temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s and plenty of sunshine and machine dry is sunny and 54 and sunny and around 61 to 62 across the south bay and a few flurries falling and mostly sunny this afternoon in lake tahoe. The mention seven days are void of Mother Nature made snow but it is freezing cold. Sue . No chain requirements to lake tahoe and closer to home we will be at san jose this is highway 87 beyond the shark tank and you are looking at continue minute drive from highway 85 up toward 101 so it is looking good in san jose, as well. We abc7 has been talking about the elephant seal off highway 37 and i want do show you the slow traffic on 37 from vallejo to the scene of where the sea lion or elephant seal with people slowing and getting out of their cars and taking birds to see so a good idea to stay away from that. It is 40minutes from vallejo into novato. We will look at the new years eve mass transit schedule in a few minutes. If you fly today the ralph nightmare conditions for thousands of passengers sometime trying to get home from the holidays. Nearly 1,700 flies throughout the country have been canceled or delays so far and it is still early. If you want to put your kids to bed early, we have a way to do it, without missing the celebration, and netflix can help the ought bay area city help the ought bay area city where you live longer Sunnyvale Police are investigating a break in at the United States fire aways store. Police received a call at 4 00 a. M. They are not sure if anything was stolen from the store. We will stay on top of this with updates. You can follow us on twitter abc7newsbayarea. We have new video from c. H. P. This is the rescue of two snowmobileers who were stuck in a canyon in alpine county. This is open saturday. The two membership were riding their sonomas south of lake tahoe and they much stuck. It was getting dark. They superpower the night ducked under a tree where the snow did not fall with little food or drink in the cold snow both men were okay. Afires are go beyond the call of duty to help a girl who lost her mom on Christmas Day. How sweet. Livermore Police Released the video show them dropping off prepares to the sixyearold named karma. Her 39yearold mother died after medical condition on friday. Christmas afternoon. She was so genuine and sweet they felt compelled to bring her holiday clear. Cheer. Six years old and the first words were santa did not come because mommy would not wake up. Livermore police and file are asking for your help with gofundme to pay for funeral spents. You can help by going to abc7news. Com. Months of American Voters may have had their personal information hacked. An analyst came across a data base with names and addresses and birthdays and emails and Party Affiliation for 191 million voters. It does not have Financial Data or Social Security numbers. But it dates back to 2000 but no one has taken responsibility. You may have received a gift you did not want for christmas and if it is a gift card, target. Help you identity. They are partnering with Gift ExchangeCompany Called card pool an Electronics Trading company give you a gift raid and reception them which is slightly below the face value of the card. Target. Exchange gift cars for 600 beens including old navy and Cheesecake Factory and pottery been. Samsung pay launches in september and has reported a lead over apple and droid pay because it does not require retapers to install new equipment. They will expand into Online Shopping to come pete with papal. Happening right now we will check on trading on wall street in the green right now and up 170 points. Good morning, San Francisco based Ride Sharing Service lit has more cash to taking on uber, receiving 105 million invest 349 from the saudi prince according to the wall street journal from the said arabian prince. San jose and sunnyvale residents have the longest lie span in the nation. 82. 7 years the area has the lowest rates of smoking and obesity in the nation. As far as shortest life span in as far as shortest life span in the state that is of smoking. Los Angeles Times said this is an offer of extras for 25 35 a night for a mix high speed wifi and snacks and candy and water and fruit and drink vouchers and premium coffee in the hotel room. The dow is up 170 points and s p is higher, as well, and touch and go if we close the year positively and we will see. Only a couple of days to do that but if we have more days like this we will do it. A nineyearold boy if massachusetts was upset after opening the Christmas Gift and thought he would get a brand new play station but he found this. A wooden box. Cut to the same size at the gaming console. And handwritten know using Profane Language from the thief. It was like, you know, laughing in your face, he is crying and upset and in the playroom by himself and three wants to be alone so i was crushed. They went to the target to make it right and the company gave him a brand new play station but they gave him a 100 gift card. What do you tell the boy . As far as he is concerned, a rogue elf is to blame for this brouhaha and he write a letter to santa about the naughty elf. Whoa. But everything is fine. Netflix has a solution for parents would want to spend new years with their kids and party with their friends. They developed a cease of new years eve count downs that can be played for your kids on demand. It can happen at 6 00 p. M. So smart. This is a video you can choose. If they are supposed to be in bed at 9 00, it is midnight. 8 59 and choose your favorite cartoon energies so you can go out after they go to asleep assumeing you is a babysitter. We leave that part in. Ring in 2016 with abc7 and dick clarks new years rockin eve with Ryan Seacrest begins at 8 00 p. M. With a break at abc7 news at 11 and then court down continues at 11 30 with more new years rockin eve. We are in bed by 8 00 p. M. Such is life. And cold. If you can stay urge the covers, less do. You can injury the warmth because it is freezing cold. Even cities in the south bay, corps attend, campbell, sunnyvale and areas around santa clara and san jose and toward alum rock pushing around 31 or 30 degrees and 29 in danville right now a cool spot and 42 in San Francisco and 43 in san pablo and Half Moon Bay is chilly at licks which is 15 to 16 degrees cooler. There are still issues with freezing fog and possible in livermore at quartermile visibility and a temperatures of 31. Watch out for black ice. It is calm. From Mount Tamalpais total such shine today and light breeze and light rain across the north bay and vending wet next week. We will see a little bit of moisture from 5 00 until about noon tomorrow in the north bay and then, just sprinkles for the rest of us and it will be more cloudy than today with temperatures almost in the same ballpark lowtomid 50s and the midtoupper 50s friday and saturday and sunday before more clouds on monday. We will look at the bay bridge toll plaza we zoomed in with no reports of metering lights and remark is getting into San Francisco quite phrasally. Traveling on 80 the approach from golden gate families to the tolls is under ten minutes. The bay bridge toll plaza shows cars streaming through without delay. A go day if you have to come to the city. A look at new areas day and new years eve mass transit. Bart on sunday schedule newees day and ace trap it is free after 8 00 people and muni is fry with extended service. We back with seven things you need to go before you go. Need to go before you go. Can you take us with you he are seven things to know before you go. Firefighters arrived in antioch at 1 30 this morning to see flames shooting through the roof of the house, the Fire Protection district tweeted this photo. Two people and their dog got out okay and no word on what started the fire. More than 1,200 customers in Discovery Bay braved another chilly night wait for pg e to turn the gas back on and pg e now is trying to dope the cause of outage. Freezing cold in many neighborhoods and even the peninsula and around pinole. Temperatures this afternoon from june inland east bay to the south bay and not bay at 54 degrees. Enjoy the sunshine. We will not have much tomorrow. The travel nightmare continues for thousands of passengers still trying to get home from the holiday. Thousands of flights were canceled yesterday for bad weather and almost 2,000 flights have been canceled or delays so far this morning. We have been watching all morning and the elephant seal has stayed public in the bay trying to cross highway 37 in Sonoma County several times yesterday but she could be pregnant and could be trying to get to dry ground to give birth. Looking at light commute for the holiday week and the richmondsan rafael follow toll ten minutes from the toll and a problem spot is the elephant seal has caused bumpertobumper traffic on highway 37 with 40 minutes from vallejo to novato. All the affluenza teen has been caught in Puerto Vallarta. The 18yearold couple couch disappeared after invite lating probation for drunk driving crash that killed four people and willen turned over to the United States marshals. We continue right now online and twitter and facebook and million device. Stay warm the we have had forecast and freeze temperatures in some areas. It will be around for another hour and a half. Stay tuned. Stay tuned. We will see you in 25 minutes. Good morning, america. And winter whiplash. Deadly flash floods devastating the midwest. Dramatic rescues as the rivers rise. Including a High School Basketball team swept away on their bus. And now, snow and ice slamming the east as 20 states and an estimated 70 million americans face winter storm warnings. Breaking overnight, the socalled affluenza teen ethan couch captured in mexico after a massive manhunt. The 18yearold on the run for weeks with his mother, changing his appearance and fleeing the country after allegedly violating probation for a deadly drunk driving accident. How authorities finally caught him. Sun goes down, the hands go up also this morning a race against time to find a missing country singer. Disappearing while duck hunting in treacherous weather conditions. His boat found capsized, frien