victim s family. reporter: for those who loved tracy tetso, a judge sentenced him to the maximum, 30 years. under the guidelines he will serve more than 18 years. while that gives them some peace, tracy s family will not have closure until her body is found. that s what makes the case so rare. it s the first murder conviction without a body. prosecutors believe it was a crime of passion, that she was having an affair. they played recordings of the couple s arguments. quit trying to cell every move i make. reporter: tracy vanished more than five years ago. this is the last video of her. she was on her way to meet her boyfriend at a motley crue contest. this is video of someone driving tracy s car after shes did appeared. dennis was the only one with a key. the judge said i can t punish him as much as i would like to. dennis tetso is a very decent human being. reporter: his lawyer maintains his client s innocence. he pleaded to the judge for mercy. dennis tetso plan
agreement it has with south korea. the white house press secretary robert gibbs issuing the following statement this morning stating the united states is firmly committed to the defense of our of our ally, the republic of korea and to the maintenance of regional peace and stability. for its part, north korea is blaming south korea for the skirmish, that according to reuters which reports north korea says the south fired the first shot but the white house states very clearly that north korea conducted an artillery attack against the south korean island, the attack prompted south korea to return fire. and scramble fighter jets. two people, we re understanding how on the island are reportedly dead. we know it s confirmed that one soldier is dead there. as a result of the artillery barrage, the conflict comes amid tension over north korea s claim it has a new uranium enrichment facility. you ll recall a month ago, the north korean leader named his youngest son as his successor.
night. there should be more of the same later today. at least one death is actually being blamed on the storm. on top of that, schools are closed because of the icy conditions expected again today. also, a storm dumped more than a foot of snow from fargo to minnesota. it took many residents there by surprise since forecasters had predicted only 5 to 6 inches. also, high winds made driving conditions even more treacherous. fargo does get a little bit of a break today but another foot of snow is expected to move in tomorrow night. i would be really mad at those forecasters. here is a look at your weather. snow from the western dakotas into the rocky mountains. another 2 feet in the sierra range. showers from seattle to san francisco and l.a. by tonight. thunderstorms along the gulf coast, georgia, and the carolinas. showers up to new england. meanwhile, 60s, pleasant here in the northeast. 70s in new orleans and dallas. 33 at omaha. 23 in minneapolis. 14 in fargo. just
we begin this morning with a provocative move. the president of south korea says the response to north korea will be firm. after the north fired dozens of rounds of artillery on to south korea s yeonpyeong island. a south korean official says that nation forces quickly returned fire. several hourses reportedly erupted into flames and residents rushed to evacuate. south korean tv showed plumes of smoke rising above the island, home to over 1,000 people. south korean officials say two south korean marines were killed and at least 17 soldiers and three civilians have been hurt. the latest information indicates the shelling appears to have stopped. according to south korean media the incident prompted south korea to scramble their fighter jets and the white house issued a statement strongly condemning the north korean attack, urging the north to halt its, quote, belligerent action. back at home as thanksgiving travelers pack their suitcases for this week s travel rush top secur
identification. over there, the graves of those who died in the earthquake ten months ago. and entombed beneath these mounds, thousands who died in the quake. then we came across this grave digger. how many of these holes did you actually dig yourself? he told us, five graves. he expects much more work to come. matt gutman, abc news, port-au-prince, haiti. qantas airlines is set to return some of those massive a-380 jumbo jets to the air. the six a-380s in qantas fleet have been grounded since a mid-air engine blowout three weeks ago. qantas now says it is completely comfortable with the aircraft and the two of them will start flying again on sunday. a snow storm and icy conditions are being blamed for at least one death in the seattle area. the wintry blast caused some long commutes home last night and the morning rush is expected to be more of the same. mid winter-like temperatures even forced the city to open several shelters for the homeless. in northern illinois,