And his wealth. This is tuesday, december 29th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this tuesday. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Were going to get started with the winter weather. Winter just kicked in about a week ago. It has been brutal though. Severe weather in so many parts of the country. Snow, sleet, freezing rain making travel treacherous across the upper midwest and great lakes. Many of those areas already have several inches of snow and are expecting more this morning. Tens of thousands of people without power. With more, heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter the midwest is in a blinding weather bullseye. In iowa, visibility is near zero. Drivers in des moines are sling off icy slick pavement on interstate 80. Those managing to stay on the road, and the plows, are fighting heavy snow. Wichita looks like an icy junkyard. People off in the ditch. A couple just stuck on the side of the road. Reporter in oklahoma, the governor has declared a state of
Hillary clinton, meanwhile, revealing her husband will start campaigning for her next week. And one of the biggestames in football, Peyton Manning tonight, lashing out. Its a joke. Its a freaking joke. The Famous Players coming to his defee, and the reporter, standing by their story. Good evening. I hope you had a Great Holiday with your family, getting back home, though, might be a different story. 7070 million americans tonight are facing winter storm warnings and alerts. Recordsetting snow and ice from xas to maine, before its done. And this is the satellite view of the massive system. First bringing deadly tornadoes over the weekend. Then blizzard conditions. Now, more than two dozen states tonight are bracing for more storms. Tens of thousands without power already. In oklahoma, power l les bendidi under the w wght of the ice. Whiteout conditions on highway 18 near mason city, iowa. And the system is moving east. Airports coast to coast. This image from chicago. Thousands of Fligh
In oklahoma, power lines bending under the weight of the ice. Whiteout conditions on highway 18 near mason city, iowa. And the system is moving east. Tonight, the lines growi at airporor coast to coast. This image from chicago. Thousands of Flights Canceled already. More than 40 people have been killed in the severe weather, and we have Team Coverage, beginning with abcs clayton sandell. Repepter tonight, the midwest is in a blinding weather bullseye. In iowa, visibility is near zero. Drivers in des moines are sliding off icy slick pavement on intersrste 80. Those managing to stay on the road, and the plows, are fighting heavy snow. Sleet and snow, snarling traffic from kalamazoo to nsas. Wichita looks like an icy junkyard. People off in the ditch, a couple just stuck on the side of the road. Reporter in oklahoma, the governor has declared a state of emergency for all 77 countieses theres floodinggn the east, is causing big rigs to slide, wedging cars on the highway. Nearly 200,000 hom
A car slammed into a pole, and the unconscious driver was trapped inside the burning car at the time. Within seconds, York Township fire chief nate tracy was out of his truck pulling the driver out of the vehicle to safety. The chief didnt put on his firefighter jacket before racing into action. You see him dragging that person from that burning vehicle. Incredible to see there. Absolutely. A warning to parents how easy it is for young kids to get their fingers into prescription drugs. Its not from pill bottles. Its those pill organizers that are really popular with people who use them to try to keep track of multiple prescriptions. Heres dr. Richard besser. Reporter its a sound no little kid should be making clicking open a pill box. Child resistant caps are designed to keep kids under 5 from getting into medications. What about pill boxes and organizers . In 2012, more than 65,000 children under 5 went to Emergency Rooms for medicine poisoning and in many cases it belonged to a paren
Standing by their story. Good evening. I hope you had a Great Holiday with your family. Getting back home, though, might be a different story. 70 million americans tonight are facing winter storm warnings and alerts. Recordsetting snow and ice from texas to maine, before its done. And this is the satellite view of the massive system. First bringing deadly tornadoes over the weekend. Then blizzard conditions. And now, more than two dozen states tonight are bracing for more storms. Tens of thousands without power already. In el reno, oklahoma, power lines bending under the weight of the ice. Whiteout conditions on highway 18 near mason city, iowa. And the system is moving east. Tonight, the lines growing at airports coast to coast. This image from chicago. Thousands of Flights Canceled already. More than 40 people have been killed in the Severe Weather, and we have team coverage, beginning with abcs clayton sandell. Reporter tonight, the midwest is in a blinding weather bullseye. In iowa