Athletes of the decade. 23time grand slam champion Serena Williams acing the competition on the female side. And lebron james was crowned king on the mens side. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 30th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have andrea here. We do begin this half hour with the monster storm covering much of the eastern u. S. The weather radar shows snow from kansas to canada and along the border. Theres rain falling now from the great lakes all the way down to the coast and down into the southeast. Its making the return from christmas or the trip for new years a misery for many. Abcs rob marciano reports. Reporter a major winter storm now reaching east across the country, bringing winddriven snow, ice, and rain as millions continue to travel this holiday week. Weve got to make sure that we Pay Attention to the everchanging road conditions. Reporter 32 million under weather alerts from kansas to maine. Heavy snow, low visibility, and high winds making
Were back with this big mess on interstate 75 south of tampa, florida. It happened when a truck carrying mail advertisements sideswiped another truck that was on the side of the road. The driver of the truck hauling those ads suffered serious injuries. It took hours to clean it all up. Once that was done, the highway was reopened. And this morning, were remembering the life and times of one of the defining legends of hollywood. Robert evans, a former studio executive behind some of hollywoods biggest films including the godfather and chinatown, has died at the age of 89. He suffered a stunning fall from grace back in the 80s. In 1994 he sat down for an abc interview on primetime live. Were opening up the abc news vault with sam donaldson. Imagine for a moment youd lived your life in hollywood, sat at its glittering corridors of power, romanced major movie stars. Oh, the stories you could tell. The man youre about to meet has done all of that and lots of it. When our judd rose paid a ca
applause welcome back. Now ladies and gentlemen, our next presenter is very nervous as it is his first time at the tonys, please get behind him. Give him a warm welcome, its neil patrick harris. It gives me great pleasure to be here tonight. Im currently working on a project in vancouver, not the king and i live but as a member of the community, i couldnt pass up the opportunity to come back to new york to be a part of this amazing night. This season, work by the men nominated for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical has been fearless, inspiriational, groundbreaking. The nominees are alex brightman, school of rock the musical. Danny burstein, fiddler on the roof. Zachary levi, she loves me. Linmanuel miranda, hamilton. Leslie odom, jr. , hamilton. And the tony goes to leslie odom, jr. , hamilton. cheers and applause in his first starring role on broadway, leslie odom, jr. Takes home a tony for his wonderful performance as aaron burr in hamilton. Thank you. Thank
Next presenter is very nervous as it is his first time at the tonys, please get behind him. Give him a warm welcome, its neil patrick harris. It gives me great pleasure to be here tonight. Im currently working on a project in vancouver, not the king and i live but as a member of the community, i couldnt pass up the opportunity to come back to new york to be a part of this amazing night. This season, work by the men nominated for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical has been fearless, inspiriational, groundbreaking. The nominees are alex brightman, school of rock the musical. Danny burstein, fiddler on the roof. Zachary levi, she loves me. Linmanuel miranda, hamilton. Leslie odom, jr. , hamilton. And the tony goes to leslie odom, jr. , hamilton. cheers and applause in his first starring role on broadway, leslie odom, jr. Takes home a tony for his wonderful performance as aaron burr in hamilton. Thank you. Thank you so much. I want to thank the broadway league, i w
applause welcome back. Now ladies and gentlemen, our next presenter is very nervous as it is his first time at the tonys, please get behind him. Give him a warm welcome, its neil patrick harris. It gives me great pleasure to be here tonight. Im currently working on a project in vancouver, not the king and i live but as a member of the community, i couldnt pass up the opportunity to come back to new york to be a part of this amazing night. This season, work by the men nominated for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical has been fearless, inspiriational, groundbreaking. The nominees are alex brightman, school of rock the musical. Danny burstein, fiddler on the roof. Zachary levi, she loves me. Ma leslie odom, jr. , hamilton. And the tony goes to leslie odom, jr. , hamilton. cheers and applause in his first starring role on broadway, leslie odom, jr. Takes home a tony for his wonderful performance as aaron burr in hamilton. Thank you. Thank you so much. I want to tha