Midwest is now dumping snow on northern new engnd. Half a foot has fallen in maine. Its also producing hick flooding in missouri where theyre filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging Mississippi River. Bad weather is blamed for more than 10,000 flight delays over two days and more than 4,000 cancellations. We have a team of correspondents deployed beginning with adriana diaz at chicagos ohare airport. Adriana . Reporter all day long, weve seen lines stretch across the length of the term naal as passengers try to get through security to their gates. Many flights werer canceled or delays. Crowded chaos took over the terminals here. Checkin lines six rose deep. Security checkpoints packed with passengers running outf patient. I dont even know what to think. Reporter 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of a nearly 1400 canceled yesterday. With an estimated 80,000 t ting through ohare today, emotions were high. I want to speak to someone. This is such [ bleep ]. Its such [ [leep ]. Reporter hundreds were stranded last night with no place to go. 850 were able to get cots but scott mill man and his girlfriend hope slept on n e cold hard floor after their flight to portland, oregon, was cancelled. Ive been using my coat as a blanket or a mattress. Yeah, this is my pillow right here. Reporter flightaware said ohares location is critical to air travel nationwide. Its a large hub for American Airlines and united airlines, as well. Chicago is a vital artery for system. Reporter as the wintry mix moved east dumpings much as a foot of snow from new york to maine, delays moved with i i more than 800 flights at new yorks three area airports were 400 or s at bostons log airport. Back here at ohare, ameririn airlrles rebooked scott and hope on another flight but it leaves next year on new years day. Is the airline paying for your hotel . No, they wont pay for anything. Reporter i iwill take at least one more day for flights to return to normal here at ohare. Part of the problem is flights are mostly full becausef the holidays leaving few sts for rebooking. Adriana diaz with the stranded travelers at ohare. Tror recollectional rains have swollen rivers in illinois and missouri. The m ssissippi river is expected to crest on thursday south of st. T. Ouis at levelel that could exceed the historic 1993 flood. Union, missouri, has already flooded. Russell kinsaul of kmkm is therer russell . Reporter yeah, jim, at least two dozen homes are underwater and a number of businesses, as well. This mcdonalds a gas station, a Sandwich Shop opened up a week ago is now flooded. There have been 13 deaths most from people driving through water rushing across roadways. Jay nex on declares a state of emergency. Was in the st. Louis area today touring some hard hit areas in st. Charles county. All of this heavy rain has created what is beak ten extra vertical feet of water. There have been mandatory evacuations and requests forevolunteers to fill sandbags. In st. Louis today, they needed volunteers to fill 20 thousand bags and some of those volunteers that showewe up today were children on their holiday break. In some places water is up to the rooftops of homes and some businesses are underwater. The burbis river is causing all of the flooding and theyre saying it will reach an alltime high when it crests later today. Russell kinsaul with the devastating floodwaters in missouri, thank you. Ts bring in eric fisher from our cbs boston station wbz. Bad. Get . Were watching a widespread arar of 8 to 14 inch rainfall. Just over the last seven days alone creating the huge issues weve been seeing in this Mississippi River basin. We look across 20 different states here. All these rivers that all feed into t t mississippi reachingg at least major flooding if not a record flooding. A lot of these crests the decades. All this water feeds into the Mississippi River at st. Louis crest ong thursday at 44 feet. 14 feet more to rise. Arkansas river at little rock will be cresting on friday at 26 feet. Very high water levels. Now, the good news is here that as we look over the next seven days, a much drier pattern sets up an all across the region. It wont stop the flooding expected butt least it wont exacerbate the problem anymoror garland t tas has begun the cleanup after tornadoes damaged tovight, David Begnaud has a heartbreaking reminder that property can be replaced but lives cannot. Reporter in bad shape. I` lost my wife. She was my bes friend. Reporter ruben porras and petra ruiz werearried for ten years with fouou young children. He had both worked as paralegals. For christmas, ruben surprised his wife with a special hair appointment. T she was on her way home saturday night when she connected with her husband on facetime. We were just talking about dinner. And all of a sudden, she jus started screaming. Reporter she starts screaming. And she all i saidd was babe, whats wronging . The image just became black. Reporter using a mobile app and gps, ruben tracked his wifesshone to the crash site and asked his brotherinlaw to drive him there. Blocked by fire trucks and debris, he ran the last mile and a half to find his wife. I see her vehicle. It was really it was crushed. I was hoping she would still be alive in there, you know . Reporter you crawled into the car . I crawled into the car to try to help her. Reporter about five hours later, porras came home and called his childrengether. I said mommy was in a terrible accident. And shes left us. But she wille watching over. Reporter petra ruiz was one of eight people who die in the city of garland. All of those victims dieie in eir vehicles. David begnaud with the heart breaking story. Thank you. Will be right back. Almostixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the countryre getting inn the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young actioioteams ofofigh school studentss are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on all cbs cares now to ethan couch, the socalled affluenza kid. Couch was wanted for possibly olating probation inexas after beating pron time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. After a threeweek manhunt, Omar Villafranca reports couch has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didt fool mexican authorities who caught the texas teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charge in the deadly drunkiving accident. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had almost akin to a Going Away Party. Reporter investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck i io mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of puerto vallarta. They fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. Which might have violated his juvenile probation. Even though hes 18, Tarrant CountyDistrict AttorneySharen Wilson says couch is only facing juvenile justice. Im not satisfied with four months in a juvenile facility. Were asking for him to be moved to adult court. Reporter couch was only 16 when he avoided jail time and was sentenced to ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. His defense team argued that the teen suffered from something they termed affluenza, arguing that his rich parents never taught him right from wrong. Sheriff, now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time well, id like for him to be held accountable. I dont think ten years probation was appropriate for killing four innocent people. Reporter even if couchs case is transferred to adult court, he onlylyaces four months in jail because he was convicted as a minor. Jim, mexican officials tell cbs news couch and his mher will be flown back to texas tomorrow. Omar, t tnk you. Chicago Police OfficerJason Van Dyke pled not guilty today in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. Van dyke fes first degree murder charges after shooting the teenagerer6 times. Dashcam video of the confrontation sparked days of protests when it was released last month. Van dykes lawyer says he may ask for r change of venue. The last day of the year is challenging days of the year for the new York City Police department. Bernardino have only raised the stakes. Reporter with over a Million People expected in midtown manhattan and a billion more watching on tv, new york officials are determined to make times square the safest place on earth. Mayor bill deblasio. Were the best prepared city in the country. We know how to do big events. Weve shown it time and time again. Reporter 5,000 uniformed and undercover officers will be in times square. Sners will be on rooftops garbage cans remomod,anhole covers sealed shut, radiation detectors deployed. This year the nypd established a 500person special Response Unit that holds regular drills. At a new operation c cter in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. On new years eve the room wl be staffed wh members of governmental and private agencies. Last month, chief james oneill gave us a tour. Do you think people should feel safe . You know what, im not going concerned but im not going to tell them to feel safe. I dont think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. Reporter but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. Commissioner bill bratton. The pattern this year has been terror attacks on relatively small soft targets with all the focus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area . Both through capabilities on the threaea analysis beforehand, the prevention side of it as well as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. Reporter spectators coming into this area will all be searchch and required to get to their places early and stay there. Jim, they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks orlcohol. Don dahler in times square whererit will be even busier in two nights. Thanks you. Now to new information about the federal governments handli of the texas ice cream maker blue bell, the subject of a cbs news investigation this fall. Department of justice has started an investigation into blue bell after their ice cream was link to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. Three people died. An fda investigation found listeria in three of blue bells production plants in alabama, oklahoma, and texas, as well as records indicating the company knew one plant was contaminated at least as early as 2013. The fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems. Including condensation dripping directly into ice creaand unsanitary equipment. In april, blue bell shut down all three production facilities and recalled all its ice cream. Sources tell cbs news, the justice depapament is trying to determine what blue e ll management knew about potentially deadly hazards in their plants and when they knew it. In october, gerald bland who worked at the blue bell factory brenham, texas, desesibed to on the factory floor. On the ftory floor. On the wall by the three gallon machine, if it would rain roof, it would just trickle down that wall. Roof. From the roof. Reporter would get intthe factory . Yeah. Reporter anothererorker terry scscltz told us his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere. Pot was, is that all youre going to do is come in here and bitch every afternoon . What do y y think his message to you was . Production was probably more important than cleanliness all three of blue bells plants are now back up and running ananby the end of next month, its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. Blue bell did not respond to our requests for comment today. This investigation into blue bell is being led by the same Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted the p pnut corporation of america. The companys owner Stewart Parnell got 28 years for peanut products. That is the longest sentence ever for a food d fetyrelated crime. Coming up next, walking while distracted is sending hundreds to hospitals. A former star of glee is and mike tyson loses to living well your immune system works hard to keepepou on top o oyour game. You can support t by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. And you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. No other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. Plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, minerals and herbs. So when you want to support your immune system, take airborne, and enjoy living welel politely wait, wait, wait you cant put it in like that, you have to rinse it first. Thats bakedon alfredo. Baked . Its never gonna work. Dish issues . 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The numbmb of er visits for related injuries most often due to falling doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500 with millennials ages 21 to 25 the most likely to get hurt. Its importbnt to recognize this as a problem. Reporter surgeon dr. Claudette lajam believes the true number of injuries is even higher. When they come into my office, for instance, theyll have an injury and theyllay they triried over the curb but theyll never admit na they were looking down at their phone instead of looking in front of them. Mall security cameras captured this woman who was so focused on her phone, she walked into a fountain. This man fell right ofthe train platform. We spotted jordan videochatting while crossing a busy neneyork street. Know i shouldnt. Kelly davis was working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. Have you ever had a moment where youve walked into something or fallen or posts. Reporter she may n n be surprised by the findings of a 2014 study that estimated nearly 10 of all pedestrian injuries are due to distraction. Jim, i know itounds obvious, but if youre looking down at yoururhone, you may not see an obstacle right in front of you in time. Chris, thank you. An unlikely pedestrian was that is just ahead. One of the stars of the fox tv show glee was arrested today for possession of child popoography. Mark salling played puck on the program. Police say they served a warrant at saings home and took the 33yearold actor into custody. Glee aired its final esode earlier r is year. Mike tyson was once one of the most feared men on the planet, but the heavyweight became a heavy weight on a hoverboard. Oh, my. That could be the hardede hes evevehit the floor. Tysons daughter got him the hoverboard for christmas and clearly, it won this round. In northern lifornia, this tuestion. Why did the elephant seal want to cross the road . 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A lot of people find theje are not any musicians of color out there doing Classical Music when there are actually in reality tons of us. Reporter clarinettist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist but not here. You usually see the same ones. But then i came down here, and theres a