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Failed to return home the national guard launched helicopters. but it was search teams on foot who spotted the first clue. >> we found a bunch of footprints in the snow from the kids, so we knew we were on right track. >> reporter: just down the road the family's overturned jeep and james glanton doing all he could to keep the family alive. >> he had a campfire set between the jeep and bank and he was putting rocks in the fire and getting them hot so the heat would come off the rocks and warm up the inside of the jeep. >> reporter: all six air lifted to a local hospital where much of the small...

Cycling now is ugly sweater weather. we'll get that in a couple minutes. areas of upstate new york already buried could see another 3 feet of snow before this week is out. in nevada, where temperatures in some areas are subzero, a family is recovering today after spending days trapped in their overturned jeep. we first told you about it yesterday at 3:00. miguel has more about what we learned about this christmas miracle. >> reporter: it began with a trip to play in the snow. james glanton and birl friend christina and four children took a trip to the seven troughs mining town, where the negat...

Family outing. james glanton is credited with saving his girlfriend, their two kids and his niece and nephew by heating rocks and burning a spare tire to keep warm. the body of nelson mandela will be lying in state in south africa today. thousands line the route this morning as his baed was moved to the main government building in pretoria. another memorial service will be held at the national cathedral in washington. speakers include vice president joe biden. it appears that terrorist assault on a mall in nairobi, kenya was far from a sophisticated attack authorities believed it to be. an...

Now to that first bit of great news out of nevada, a couple and four young children are alive tonight after going missing for two days in sub zero temperatures in this remote stretch of nevada. james glanton and christina macantee along with their two children and macantee's niece and nephew have the best possible ending. here they are arriving at hospital, some on stretchers. all okay. listen here for the impromptu applause. [ applause ] their hometown of lovelock is overjoyed. there was real panicsomefully because of the sheer cold. the temperature in this area had plummeted to a frigid 17 d...

>> the first thing he did was built a fire. i think that really prevented any serious medical problems for them. >> rorte police say it was a joint effort that led to the family's rescue tuesday afternoon. a couple of pings from glanton's cell phone eventually led pacific air patrol to the family. meanwhile, glanton's friend, using binoculars located them while scanning the mountainside. >> he's one hell of a guy, that's for damn sure. he kept them alive and warm. my hats off to them. not a lot of people are capable of that. >> reporter: all in all, the doctor says he's very surprised the fami...