Announcer from abc news world headquarters, this is abc world news tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with an American Family like millions of others on this Holiday Weekend returning home from vacation. The gutzlers were flying back to illinois from florida. The dad, piloting the small plane when it crashed. The lone survivor, a 7yearold girl. Disoriented she walks away from the wreckage deep in the kentucky woods somehow making her way in the dark to this remote home for help. That little girls survival tonight being called a miracle. Abcs Gloria Riviera starts us off. Reporter today in rural kentucky investigators sifting through the crash site looking for answers. It all started last night just before 7 00 p. M. The gutzler family flying back from the holidays making an emergency call to air Traffic Control reporting engine problems. The pilot looking for the closest airport but then silence, contact lost over memphis, tennessee
Good evening and happy thanksgiving. Im kate snow in for brian tonight. And in a week that brought a lot of news, n much of it good news, it seemed as if america paused today to give thanks, take a breath and reflect a moment. There were those who celebrated quietly with family, and those who chose to hit the stores. Yes, even on thanksgiving day. Well get to the shopping and what americans are most thankful for on this night, but lets begin with the festivities and National Correspondent peter alexander. Reporter no rain on this parade, but in new york more than 3 million fans braved the cold as those massive balloons floated through manhattan streets. Similar thanksgiving celebrations in chicago, houston, and here in the Nations Capital where runners tried to keep up with the rest of those turkeys. Along l. A. s skid row volunteers continued a 70yearold tradition feeding more than 2,500 homeless. From the white house the president worked the phone to thank americas troops. To our Ser
Good evening and we will get to that deadly storm and the next system now moving in in just a moment. Breaking news tonight, we have learned what the president is about to do, his new immigration plan addressing the nation a short time from now, strong opinions on both sides of this. Weve seen the images of the young dreamers with their message, Immigration Reform starts here. Otherwise belief the president is overstepping his power. President obama is expected to lay out legal status for up to 5 million unthe documented rim grants, including parents of children born here in the us. Reporter the president is preparing to announce the biggest change to our immigration system in nearly 30 years, and he will do it on his own in defiance of congress. The white house is saying this is all about keeping families together. The single Biggest Group affected will be the more than 4 million undocumented immigrants who have children, who are u. S. Citizens or have legal status. They will be eligi
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. In the blink of an eye, the the change as the post sent colder air. St. Cloud, minnesota, got more than 13 inches of snow, a record for november. Heres how quickly its spreading. Wichita, kansas, tie aid record yesterday at 77 degrees. It could plunge to 15 overnight. Sanford, texas, has gone from 85 to an expected low tonight of 12. We have more now from jamie yuccas of wcco, our cbs station in minneapolis. Reporter in nebrask aicy roads and stuck cars brought traffic to a crawl and put people power tout test. Curtis flowers spend the morning moving cars off the road. The secret, is put the vehicle in low, stop spinning, and let it roll. Reporter slick roads in minnesota caused a semistruck to jackknife overnight when another semilost control and slammed into it and the surrounding police cars. There were no serious injuries. The storm dropped almost 25 inches of snow in parts of michigan,
Good evening. And its great to have you with us on a monday night. And we begin with the urgent warnings. Bostons mayor saying get off the roads. Boston and much of new england in a snow emergency as we come on. Look at this satellite image tonight. The storm sweeping across 11 stating and pounding new england yet again. Still churning at this hour. Burying boston in snow. And this is what it looks like on the ground there tonight. People walking down the street. And look at those cars covered. The plow can barely fit through. This picture saying it all tonight. No more. This is their third crippling storm in a matter of weeks. In the west tonight, these images of a windwhipped fire in Northern California homes destroyed. More on the scene there in a moment. But tonight, another storm coming bitter cold too. And we begin with meteorologist rob marciano leading us off from boston. Reporter david, if this isnt a snow emergency, i dont know what is. Look at all this snow. And there are mo