To you, we begin with a historic and dangerous flooding in the heartland. And it is devastating indeed. At least 18 people are dead in 2 states. These are some images coming out of missouri showing entire neighborhoods surrounded by water. A mcdonalds with water up to the windows. Residents are being told to be ready to evacuate at a moments notice and many already have because it is not over yet. More now from abc a megan hughes. Reporter along the rising rivers an army of volunteers armed with sandbags are fighting a tough foe. The water has come up fast. Reporter parts of the town of kimmswick already flooded. In union, missouri, a mcdonalds nearly submerged. A gas station under water. Rising rivers causing this Sewage Treatment plant to exceed capacity. And many rivers havent crested yet. Water is already touching the steel on this bridge on the historic route 66. More than 500 roads are already closed. In the national guard. Were dealing with an incredible amount of water coming at you here. Youre talking about almost ten more vertical feet of moving water. Reporter flooding blamed for at least 18 deaths in the region and across the country snowstorms are also proving deadly. In new york this crash between a fedex truck and black sedan on slick roads killed the cars 22yearold driver. Whiteout conditions from the northeast to the midwest made travel nearly impossible. By road, or by air. 850 cots were set up at Ohare Airport overnight. Thousands are stranded. Im just trying to get home. Its been a pretty long day. Reporter megan hughes, abc news, washington. A mess everywhere and itll be a much drier day today in the northeast although as you can see on the radar there will be some rain, sleet or light snow in the morning. Not so in the southeast where there is more rain in store. Accuweathers justin povick. Good morning, justin. Kendis and marci, thanks again. Good morning to you, as well. Were tracking some snow on this wednesday throughout the nations midsection that could cause slippery travel through chicago as we get through the evening rush. Later on this week new years eve forecast coming up looking quiet for the most part throughout the northeast but it is going to be on the chilly side. Those midnight temperatures mostly into the 30s and the 40s. Kendis and marci, back to you. All right, our thanks to justin. Breaking news right now. Two earthquakes overnight on the west coast, one with an epi epicenter in canada, a 4. 9 magnitude quake and people in shaking. Another, a 4. 4 magnitude in california hitting near devore. People also reported feeling the earthquake throughout the suburbs of east of los angeles which is about 50 miles southwest of the epicenter. A dozen aftershocks already felt. No major damage or injuries have been reported as yet. All right, now to the race for president starting with Donald Trumps increasingly personal attacks against Hillary Clinton. Yeah, trump opened up his Campaign Plane to reporters last night then went on the offensive against the democratic frontrunner. Hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist and all i did was reverse it on her. She has a major problem in her house. If she warrants to do that were going to go right after the president , the expresident and see how it all comes out. I feel confident it comes out well for us. He used the names Monica Lewinsky and paula jones in attacks against former president clinton and said his own Extramarital Affairs are fair game. He will begin spending 2 million a week on ads starting Hillary Clinton seemed to ignore trumps latest attacks and didnt mention him during a town hall in new hampshire. She also didnt answer reporters questions about the billionaires comments. One time only. Donald trump have made against your family. How are you . Good to see you. No response while greeting reporters. Her final stop. After the town hall she returned to new york for new years. One more final political note. George pataki has ended his campaign. He never really gained traction in the crowded gop field and he actually had trouble raising money and never appeared on the main stage during any of the republican debates. Right now a dozen republicans remain in the field for president. The Chicago Police officer charged with the murder of a black teenager has pleaded not guilty. Jason van dyke faces charges for shooting Laquan Mcdonald in 2014. Dyke wants to tell his side of what happened so hes not seen as a coldblooded killer. Chicago mayor rahm emanuel is under enormous pressure because of this case. Protesters seen here called for his resignation at a rally outside his house last night. U. S. Led air strikes have killed ten top isis leaders in syria and iraq over the past month. Among those Charaffe Al Mouadan who the pentagon says was directly linked to the leader of the paris attacks. A spokesman said al mouadan was west. Police in new york city say there is no specific or credible threat against tomorrow nights big new years party in times square. Here you see a live look there of the socalled crossroads of the world where a million will gather to bring in 2016. A lot are getting ready even at this hour. A big part of the celebration they did testing and it seemed to work just fine. The famous Waterford Crystal ball will undergo a test drop today. Okay. Im sure theyre all ready. Still ahead, is there year end price surge happening at the gas pump . Plus, new details in the arrest of ethan couch, the socalled affluenza teen. A pizza order leading authorities right to him. And a major mistake at a major american airport. Man all, all, all in together now we can make it better now cmon, can we do it . 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Couch was on the run after allegedly violating probation. He killed four people in a 2013 drunk driving crash but couch avoided jail time after his legal team claimed he was too spoiled to know right from wrong. His mother is expected to face charges. Both could be returned to texas as early as today. Admittedly weve been spoiled but gas prices have stopped falling. Right now theyre hovering a gallon. Aaa says prices on christmas the lowest in six years and prices almost always go down after new years years. Thats a gift. Dupont is saying off more than a fourth of its work force in delaware. The loss of 1700 workers will be quite a blow to the states economy. The chemical giant is cutting expenses before its merger with dow chemical which has yet to be approved. They can certainly feel the force in hollywood. The north American Box Office has passed 11 billion this year. Thats the first time it has ever been that high. 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But not on that list is seattles airport which is where the faa is still investigating a potentially deadly mishap involving an Alaska Airlines passenger jet. This one is really frighten. The pilot tried to land on what he thought was a runway but turned out to be a taxiway and Kayna Whitworth has the story. Reporter an investigation into how an Alaska Airlines flight could have landed on an active taxiway instead of a runway. The 737 aircraft was flying from chicago to seattle earlier this month when it was cleared for alaska 27, maintain 5,000 to establish localizer. Reporter thats not what happened. The plane cleared to land on a runway at seatac instead landing there. Thats not a runway. Its a taxiway. Luckily nobody was injured during the landing. The danger is not landing on a long strip of concrete. The danger is actually that somebody else might be on that taxiway. Reporter aviation analyst for abc news john nance was an Alaska Airlines pilot for 20 years and landed at Seatac International airport hundreds of times. Pilots from Major Airlines like alaska are certainly trained to recognize runway markings and taxiway markings. Reporter you can see them here. Both faa and Alaska Airlines is investigating and its preliminary. Kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Also on the west coast the fbi investigating the crash of a single engine plane into an Anchorage Office building. Of the cessna. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol but were told his flight was not sanctioned by the group at the time. Investigators in alaska say the victims wife worked on the sixth floor of that building but she was not in the office when the plane crashed. The search resumes this morning for craig strickland. Body of his hunting partner was recovered monday along with the singers dog who was found alive and well. They had been duck hunting on a lake in the northern part of the state when the boat capsized. Family members say they are holding out hope. The coaching carousel is firing up. The eagles fired chip kelly who had been with the team for three seasons. Kelly was criticized after certainly personnel decisions backfired and eagles missed the playoffs the last two season. College football, bowl details about one players incredible performance now from our friends at espn. Hes stan. Im neil. Were not doing this again until next year. Lets check out the texas bowl to get it started. Lsu and texas tech. Leonard fournette ready for action. He came to play, 44 yards untouched for a touchdown in the third quarter. Sets a single season record at lsu for rushing touchdowns. Lsu, 2824. Up 4227 fourth quarter. Fournette putting the caps on a great night of the his fifth touchdown and went through the air, four on the ground, 226 total yards they roll 5627. Purple, recognize. 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Mike tyson like many dads decided to go a few rounds against his daughters hoverboard and he had no real chance going against this opponent. Its a knockout. The former heavyweight just goes down. His 7yearold daughter knew this would end badly and the first few seconds of the video you actually hear her say, daddy, i dont want you to fall. This looked like a setup. You see him on a pink hoverboard. Tyson like so many dads before him this Holiday Season landed with a thud. The champ posted the video of the spill on social media right now. That is awesome. A priest in the philippines made the popes message about the church being more approachable he took to heart. Now weve gone too far. The congregation seemed to think did this priest fall . The Catholic Church not so impressed and the diocese suspended the priest saying he needs time to reflect on his actions and the diocese actually apologized on his behalf. He was feeling the holy spirit. It was lifting him up on to that hoverboard. 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The heavy rain moving east from the gulf coast up to the midatlantic. Expect some snow in the rockies and around the great lakes. Finally this morning we look forward to a new year that were look back at some of the past sports. Along with that came plenty of controversy. Heres abcs ryan smith. Reporter deflategate became a part of the National Dialogue as tom brady was accused of tampering with the air pressure in the footballs during the patriots route of the colts in the afc championship imga. The royals defeated the mets in five games to win their first world series in 30 years. Mvp steph curry and the warriors hoisted the championship trophy for the First Time Since 1975. American pharoah ended a 37year drought. Has won the triple crown. Reporter 21yearold Jordan Spieth set the golf world on scoring record and became the second youngest masters winner ever. Serena williams had her own grand slam chase and dominated through the first three majors tripped up by Roberta Vinci who pulled off the remarkable upset. Today is my day. Sorry, guys. Reporter floyd mayweatherer fought Manny Pacquiao ending with mayweather winning and ronda rousey had a stunning upset. Kobe bryant announced this would be his final season of his storied 20year nba career. In the womens world cup carli lloyd turned in the greatest performance ever scoring a hat trick 16 minutes into the game. Hat trick for lloyd. Reporter the u. S. Beat japan 52 for their first world cup triumph in 16 years. Thats the year in sports for 2015. 2016 expected to be another the olympics in rio next year, as well