Conversations of u. S. Lawmakers. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The potential for historic flooding in the midwest threatens to swamp hundreds of homes and stems from the massive storm system that killed 65 people as it moved across the United States. Days of downpours in the midwest have caused rivers to swell. Flooding threatens about 18 million americans. It is blamed for at least 13 deaths in missouri alone. Rivers, including the mississippi, could reach historic levels in the next couple of days. Don champion is in new york. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. Right now, officials are monitoring 19 levees that are considered vulnerable. The floods have already shut down highways and led to widespread evacuation. Missouri in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. Reporter missouri governor jay nixon called in the National Guard as the state grapples with deadly floodi
Now dumping snow on northern new england. Half a foot has fallen in maine. Its also producing historic flooding in missouri, where theyre filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging Mississippi River. Bad weather is blamed for more than tin,000 flight delays in the past few days, and more than 4,000 cancellations. We have a team of correspondents deployed, beginning with adriana diaz at chicagos ohare airport. Adriana. Appropriate jim, all day long, weve seen lines stretch across the length of the terminal as passengers try to get through security and to their gates, but many flights were canceled or delayed. Crowded chaos took over the terminals here. Checkin lines, six rows deep. Security checkpoints, packed with passengers, running out of patience. I dont even know what to think. Im really nervous. Reporter 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of the nearly 1400 canceled yesterday with an estimatey 80,000 trying to get to their destination th
Now to ethan couch, the socalled affluenza kid. Couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. After a threeweek manhunt, Omar Villafranca reports couch has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool mexican authorities who caught the texas teenager on monday despite looking very different he was first charge in the deadly drunk iving accident. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they party. Reporter investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of Puerto Vallarta. They fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. Which might have violated his juvenile probation. Even though hes 18, Tarrant County Di
Axelrod good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im jim axelrod. The deadly storm system that claimed 56 lives as it swept through the south and midwest is now dumping snow on northern new england. Half a foot has fallen in maine. Its also producing historic flooding in missouri, where theyre filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging Mississippi River. Bad weather is blamed for more than tin,000 flight delays in the past few days, and more than 4,000 cancellations. We have a team of correspondents deployed, beginning with adriana diaz at chicagos ohare airport. Adriana. Appropriate jim, all day long, weve seen lines stretch across the length of the terminal as passengers try to get through security and to their gates, but many flights were canceled or delayed. Crowded chaos took over the terminals here. Checkin lines, six rows deep. Security checkpoints, packed patience. I dont even know what to think. Im really nervous. Canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of the ne
During one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Its reported that the u. S. Government was spying on ill and it also swept up private conversations of u. S. Lawmakers. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The potential for historic flooding in the midwest threatens to swamp hundreds of homes and stems from the massive storm system that killed 65 people as it moved across the United States. Days of downpours in the midwest have caused rivers to swell. Flooding threatens about 18 million americans. It is blamed for at least 13 deaths in missouri alone. Rivers, including the mississippi, could reach historic levels in the next couple of days. Don champion is in new york. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. Right now, officials are monitoring 19 levees that are considered vulnerable. Down highways and led to widespread evacuation. Missouri in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding ev