oh, my god. reporter: killing four in this chain reaction crash. he was convicted, but given only probation, not a single day in prison, partly because his defense argued the then 16-year-old was too spoiled to understand the consequences of his actions. couch was a boy then, now, he s a changed man, says his jail chaplain. i think he has made clear to me that he needed time behind bars, just to really get him to the place of ownership. reporter: tom, his attorneys tell us that couch feels true remorse. now, he s released, but not exactly free. he ll be under gps monitoring, have a curfew and won t be allowed to drink until 2026. tom? matt, thank you. and when we come back, the violent police arrest. the video going viral. why the police department is defending its actions. and that new video just in tonight, a big rig stuck on the tracks and the moment of impact.
the highways. more than a dozen semis and more than three dozen vehicles in all involved in this chain-reaction crash on i-94 in kalamazoo county, michigan. one person killed in this accident near flint. police outside milwaukee posting this video, warning about driving too fast on slippery roads. in chicago, this group banding together to help a taxi driver stuck in the snow. the mayor with this message for residents. i want to make sure. top priority, people s safety. reporter: for chicago s fleet of 300 salt and plow trucks, it has been a nonstop operation loading up with some 220,000 tons of salt, distributing it on the city streets. armies of snow plows and salt trucks racing to clear and treat roads across the region. back in chicago, more than a thousand flights canceled at the city s airports alone. i checked before i came, my flat status was canceled. i came anyways hoping something else would open up.
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saturday, targeting foreigners. the siege lasting 12 hours. the taliban later taking credit. guests tying bed sheets together to escape off balconies. at least 18 people reportedly killed. those americans now among them. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. the fiery pileup on an american highway. one person killed. the chain reaction crash. traffic backed up for miles. the pictures coming in right now. also, the deadly flu tonight. the 6-year-old girl dying after paramedics came to the home. she wasn t taken to the hospital. and now, the warning. and the major announcement about neil diamond and his health. the very personal struggle now revealed. we ll have that and more. kelly! we re out of body wash! what aou doing?? i thought you had a cold?? i don t need all this. mucinex fast-max is powerful enough to handle pretty much every symptom. name one. how bout 9? sore throat, cough, even. yea i can read, you know. we re done here. ahhh! boogers to
on that new embassy to former president obama? reporter: it had been reported that the president was planning to visit london in february and he announced via twitter he is cancelling that visit because of the bad deal the u.s. got on the u.s. embassy in london and that deal was the responsibility of the obamacare administration but in fact it was the bush administration that began the move to the new u.s. embassy. jon karl leading us off. thank you. the powerful winter storm tonight at this hour. dangerous snow and ice at this hour. more than 70 million in the path from mississippi to maine. more than 40 vehicles involved in a pileup on interstate 40. near nashville. temperatures are about to plunge more than 30 degrees and here s eva pilgrim on the chain reaction crash. reporter: tonight both hands on the wheel for millions, this powerful winter storm bringing