Landscape. Well, it looks a little like the Arctic Circle in the midwest, which is now blanketed in storm warnings. Heres david begnaud. Reporter over the last 24 hours this has been the scene across ckrocross much of kansas of oklahoma. Every time it crackles it means Something Else is coming down. Oh, its coming down. Reporter an inch of ice covers power lines that knocked out electricity to thousands of homes and businesses. Oklahomas governor declared a state of emergency in all 77 counties. You know, all night we could hear the limbs cracking and the ice falling and we just didnt know what to expect. Reporter at least four people died after major flooding in texas. Authorities received nearly 37 calls for water rescues since thanksgiving. You are freaking lucky. I know. No way you should have survived that. Reporter in utah a 32yearold woman fell into this icy reservoir while trying to save her dog, who fell through the ice. Mantua Police Officer brad nelson led the rescue. Walkin
Lking to veterans about the real issues theyre dealing with can be awkward and uncomfortable. We think to ourselves, i never served. How could i understand . Theyll talk about it when theyre ready. And then we wonder why they dont want to talk. But when their behavior changes, when they withdraw to themselves, increase Substance Use or even talk about hurting themselves its time to act. Because if we dont, our families and relationships will suffer. Ask the hard questions. Listen to the veterans in your life and show you care. Make the call. It matters. When you recognize a veteran is in crisis call the Veterans Crisis line at 18002738255 and press 1. Theres more extreme weather in the forecast. With arctic air blasting the northeast, rain and snow in the west, and in the midwest, the historic winter flood is rolling on. At least 25 people have been killed there. Theres no peace in olive branch, illinois, where we find David Begnaud tonight. David . Reporter scott, at least half of the
Lauren shields seems like a typical kid riding her bike, hanging out with her big brother. [ laughs ]. Walking the dog. And swas a typical kid. Until six years ago, when her life took a terrible turn. Well, it was around the time of my seventh birthday that i started feeling just very tired, and i just was not like myself at all. I didnt have any appetite, and i lost all my energy. Doctors discovered laurens heart was seriously damaged. So. It was just [exhales] a complete shock, just to know that from one day to the next, id gone, like. I was never born with any defect or anything. I had simply just caught a virus that attacked my heart. Thats how lauren wound up on a list the long, long list of americans waiting for a transplant. We have, nationwide, 117,000 people are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, and simply put, there are not enough people registered as organ donors to save to save lives. Fortunately for lauren, a donor came through in time. She received her new heart
Retain its 15 seats plus win 6 seats. According to conventional and Mclaughlin Group wisdom and polling, the gop will safely win three of these seats from the democrats. The states of montana, south dakota and west virginia. That means a plusthree pickup for the gop, with three more seats needed to win the senate. The 10 remaining races are cliffhangers, meaning it is anyones game. Seven are democratic, three are republican. Lets begin with alaska. Incumbent democrat mark beggage versus dan sullivan. Who will win in alaska . Pat buchanan . Obama is to heavy a load for beggidge to carry. Sullivan will take it going away. I think beggidge can pull it out. Hes a we willknown name in alaska. By alaska standarders sullivan is a carpetbagger. Im betting beggidge will lose. Sullivan has had a number of bad turns in his campaign sullivan has crept up on him. Mark . I think beggidge wins as well. I just dont see how it can be pulled out i mean, mi by his opponent in any other way. Just isnt the
Hooplaha was formed because our founder wanted to find an antidote to bad news. He was sick of listening to the nightly news and hearing all the bad stories. I guess their founder never saw teen kids news. Anyway, the idea behind the site is to bring good things to light. They can cover stuff like inspiring animals, amazing nonprofits and charities, teens doing good, and, really, just individuals that have great inspirational stories, whether its overcoming adversity or just doing good things. This video is about a guy who started a whole new trend sending positive tweets to friends who needed a boost. And then they started telling their friends, and those people started telling their friends, and, then, soon it became a pretty, pretty popular following. The staff spends days scouring the web for feelgood videos. So, hes running the ironman for his brother. They also produce a lot of their own videos, like this one, about some kittens enjoying their first day in the great outdoors. Hoo