Who is cleaning up her city. One cigarette butt at a time. Deborah good morning and thanks for joining us. Im deborah souverain. Americans across the country are dealing with historic weather on this Christmas Day. From record breaking highs in the northeast. To flash flood watches down south. To snow out west abcs Kenneth Moton is keeping tabs on the weather. And has more. Holiday weather for the record books. This christmas morning, the Weather Threat continues for parts of the south with heavy rain causing flood watches. Sot no super we woke up to Civil Defense pounding on our door telling us we had about 20 minutes to leave our homes. In georgia and alabama, people evacuated their homes to escape flood waters. Nat tornado from the south to the midwest, severe more than a dozen were killed when two dozen tornadoes terrorized s sen states including mississippi. Itsselieved one stretched 150 miles destroying homes and lives. Sot governor phil bryantmississippi as you look at the damag
Considered armed and dangerous, after assaulting a Police Officer in knox county yesterday. Authorities were out late last night in pursuit of the man. Yesterday around 1 pm in niobrara nebraska, an officer attempted to arrest 25 year old David Hoffman of santee. Thats when authorities say, hoffman struggled with the officer and disarmed him. Once hoffman secured the weapon he pointed the gun at the officer and made an escape to the bank of the niobrara river. The Knox County Sheriffs Office says Police Conducted a search until about 10 last night. And the manhunt is still going. Anyone with information on his wearabouts are urged to Contact Police immiately. Jessica rae the ntsb has releasas new details surrounding that sunday night plane crash that claimed the life of the pilot investigators have deteremined the single engine plane that was found near pender nebraska, crash landed around 6 30 sunday evening. Land at sioux Gateway Airport was diverted to wayne airfield and nosedived,
One of the most forbidding places on the planet. Why whate going to reveal this morning will impact every one of us herer at home. The incredible live event only on gma this morning. And we do say, good morning, america, from here in tes square and iceland this morning, so much excitement for this un unprecedented live event. I guarantee you are going to learn something new this morng and as you can see, amy is there, were going to learn something and its also very cold, right, amy . Thats right. Robin,y far this is the coolest live shot i have ever been a part of literally and figuravely. We arere standing in the middle of the melting glacier and scattered all throughout this glacier are masve vertical sinkholes that are treacherous feet into the earth where ice is meltltgaster and faster as wate levels in the atlanticc rise even more. Now, behind me i have an Intrepid Group of ice clilimbers who are helping researchers gather data about that melting ice and how it affects all of us,
Mixed precipitation moving from south to north into the area. Temperatures are in the upper 20s and lower 30s on a relatively warm january morning. Weve got a light wind from the south between 5 and 15 miles per hour. Heres the dayplanner where were headed for a high of 37. Jessica rae tonya couch. The mother of ethan couch, known as the affluenza teen. Will be returned to texas to face a felony count against her. A Los Angeles County judge approved an extradition waiver for her. Tonya signed the extradition waiver and has been turned over to the la county sheriffs department. She and her son were detained in puerto vallarta, mexico last week. Ethan is still being held in mexico city. Jessica rae the armed activists who have seized a Federal Building in oregon are vowing they will not back down. They say they will only leave if the government relinquishes control of federal land. Group maintains they want peace. They have also made it clear. If provoked theyre not afraid to use force.
Steady or falling to around freezing through the day. The big story is the potential for a winter storm to track into eastern iowa monday. Timing and track of the system is still a bit uncertain but confidence increasing that iowa will be impacted by this sttm. This is a tricky system to forecast as models are indicating a surge of warm air mondaymorning. This means freezing rain sleet and snow will all be possible. Can you believe it . We say goodbye impacted by this storm. This is a tricky system to forecast as models are indicating a surge of warm air monday morning. This can you believe it . We say goodbye hello to anonoher year. Butt this ear still has one of its biggest shopping days on the calendar. That day is today shoppers are expected to snag more deals today than on black friday and cyberermonday. Shoppers are going for big post holiday discounts and some plan to buy presents for next year already and of course use gift cards they got for christmas. And if youre looking for