And the critic, tonight, sudd suddensudde suddenly making so many steamy mad. And talk about pressure. The whole school counting on this firstgrader. What they got, only if he makes this free throw. Good evening. Thanks for being here this saturday night. We do begin here with the blizzard of 2013. 45 million americans digging out from the snow. And after hurricanestrength winds drove that storm through, the next system on the way. Sam champion on that shortly. But first, the pictures tonight. Across a halfdozen states, images like this. This guys snow blower almost completely disappearing. This, so common today. Trying to get the cars that just vanished from the snow. Look at this behind me. One family put the camera on their back deck, once we speed it up, look at how quickly it covered the lens. This from nasa, two systems coming together to create this massive blizzard. Look at the northeast there. Disappearing under a massive storm. Of course the numbers telling the story tonight.
This morning we hear directly from those onboard for the first time. Theres no lights. No water. We cant flush. Highway to the danger zone and caught on tape. The corvette versus the chopper. Gripping video just released of a dangerous stunt in the desert for a top reality show. The chopper spinning wildly out of control and crashing. Unbelievably, the pilot walks away. And good morning, everyone. Happy mardi gras to robin. Shes going to be back in just eight days. You see it right there. Great to have Elizabeth Vargas here. Lara is back, as well. Were coming off another night of breaking news. North korea president obama calls north Koreas Nuclear tests a highly provocative act. Were going to have the latest on the massive manhunt for the exlos Angeles Police officer who is on the run. Youre looking at the latest Surveillance Video thats surfaced of a man who looks like dorner, reportedly buying scuba diving gear, just two days before the killing spree began. So, looking for a lot of
Harrowing hostage situation in the african desert. This morning, we have more information about an american killed by the islamic militants. And we know several other americans are in danger right now. Abcs investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been covering this from the jump. Hes with us, now, with more. Brian, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan. The death toll continues to climb with at least 1 american and 11 other hostages reported to have been killed. The algerian military has twice stormed the natural gas facility. But Authorities Say the situation this morning, is still not resolved. And a number of western workers, including americans, apparently remain hostages. The state department has now confirmed that 58yearold Fred Buttaccio of suburban houston, was killed at some point during the attack and subsequent rescue effort. But another american, mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, is now confirmed as safe. Cobb was the senior manager at the bp facility algeria. And
Shorter than advertised. Ron claiborne is drawing up litigation as we speak. We were able to get an official response. Wait till you hear how they are playing this one. Food on set to test this out. But first new details are emerging about how the deadly stand off in algeria ended. A raid by special forces with dozens dead including militants and hostages at least one of whom we know is an american. Brian ross has been working his sources and what do we know . Reporter good morning. Of the ten americans at the bp facility, seven got out but at least one died and the fate of two others is of growing concern this morning in the wake of the bloody attempts by the Algerian Army to rescue them from their al qaeda captors. The Algerian Armys final assault came after four days. In which the hostages were held under the threat of death by the terrorists. The army recaptured the bprun facility but not before the terrorists apparently executed the remaining seven hostages. Over the course of the
Huge shopping season. Tomorrow, cyber monday. Coming up, becky worley has the breakdown on online deals. Online sales up 20 this year. Also a thanksgiving tragedy prevented by a hero dad, his son fell down an old Laundry Chute and was trapped. Dad punched a hole in the wall. Well tell you how firefighters eventually got the little boy out. Check this out, the undersea video going viral today. Look at one of them climbing on the animals back to get the job done. But we begin with that record jackpot, 425 million, almost half a billion dollars there for the taking. Last nights powerball drawing came up empty and with no winner were now looking at the largest cash prize in the history of the game and the second biggest jackpot ever. John muller joins us live from new york city with the story. Theres my ticket to a dream take a look at that magic number in red. 425 million. No lines here on the upper west side. Be an early bird, get your ticket, because as the frenzy builds and the wednesd