News4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. Breaking off the top at 11 00, chopper 4 over the scene of a massive traffic tieup after the reports of a shooting. Check out this sea of headlights all northbound lanes on the parkway closed. There is a heavy Police Presence here on the scene. This is north of riverdale road. Right now we have calls into park police to try to get more information on this breaking story. When we do get the details we will bring them to you. First up tonight, a d. C. Concert virginia is open this even after a virginia teenager overdosed on the party drug molly. People who knew 19yearold victoria callahan. She is live at echo stage in northeast with more tonight. Darcy . Reporter well you see that im right across the street from echo stage. A lot of people are out here as well as police. A concert just let out. It is business as usual here, and all this as police and d. C. Regulators are investigating. Victoria callahan was celebrating her 19th birthday at echo s
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
Times squar that wasme. We want too get right to that middle of the country. Youre looking live at dallas, texas, where tornadoes left at least 11 dead there. In missouri, this morning, a state of emergency. Heavy rains leading to dangerous flash flooding. This drone video showi small creeks now spilling over theheir banks. More than a dozen deaths. 11 states under a winter storm warning. Four states u under a tornado threat this morning. This huge system i is stretching from new mexico and east. Our extreme weather team covering every angle for us rob marciano is in st. Louis for us this morning. Good morning, rob. Long. We got anotherer 1 to 3 inches coming. Flash flooding warning in effffect the rivers behind me continue to filling up. Overnight a state of emergency in the hearand, as severe ather pounds the region. Producing flash floods and at least 15 people are dead. The in tennessee, the river surginin to the highest its been in 11 years. There is the probably the worst floodin
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Tailgating tradition. Good tuesday morning, everyone. After recordbreaking december warmth, the first major winter storm battering several states right now. Absolutely. Lets get right to the radar. That massive system stretching from wisconsin to maine bringing everything from snow to ice to heavy downpours. This is the scene right now overnight outside of boston. The snow and ice snarling traffic and delaying flights on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. All this after the same system spawned deadly tornadoes in texas. Abcs megan hughes has the latest. Reporter after an unusually warm december, the first snow falls in massachusetts this morning. Ice melt and shovels fly off the shelves. It was kind of like black fridayish. Reporter in new york state, plow trucks are ready. First storm of the year. Theres a lot of accidents. Hopefully theyll be very minor. Reporter weather around the country has given them a preview from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous condition