shouldn t have been driving and allowed her to drive. this is new day, with chris cuomo, kate baldwin and mikaela mer era. good morning, welcome to new day. thanks, for joining us. i m kate baldwin here in new york. reporter: and i m chris cuomo coming to you live from south africa where we are witnessing waves of emotion coming past us in front of the home of nelson mandela. the memorial tomorrow shaping up tomorrow to be simply epic. four u.s. presidents will be here. over 95,000 seats will be filled with no problem with tons of spillover. we will tell you who is coming and what it s all about. first, let s go back to new york with indicate with the top story. we will go back to you real soon. let s talk about the big story here in the u.s. a massive storm slamming the
is it likely she was so, people arc you, people get into issues newlyweds or not, it doesn t make you a murderer. the defense will say, pure and simple, anything else, speculation. first and foremost, the jerry selection. to be determined. thank you. great to see you. mikaela. all right, kate, thanks, so much. next up on new day, seaworld snubbed again, the bare naked ladies, now another band is saying no to performing at the theme park. more on the black fish ripple effect. chris, over to you. reporter: all right. thank you very much. it is shaping up that south america is going to be the focus of the world s attention, at least for tomorrow. you see what s happening behind us, we are waiting on word the president is bringing two former
drive drunk. tell us what happened here? there are so many questions. there really are. mikaela, this story draws into focus the issue if you can be held responsible for allowing someone else to get behind the wheel drunk. two teens knew their friend was drunk and let her drive. they say their inaction cost their friend her life. they have been charged with a misdemeanor. she was driving alone in july when she crashed the suv she was driving into a tree and was killed. her blood alcohol according to police was .27, three times the legal adult limit. now three of the teenagers driving with her are being held accountable for allowing her to drive drunk. these two juveniles knew she was intoxicated, knew she shouldn t have been driving and allowed her to drive.
mikaela. quite a way to start off the week. thanks, so much. let s talk about the deep freeze in dallas t. lone star state has been reeling since friday. snow and ice everywhere. roads and runways too slick to navigate. our storm team coverage continues. how is it looking, ed? well, good morning, kate, here at dallas, ft. worth, it s been the story. 4,000 people had to spend the night in the terminals friday night. that number was down to about 650 last night. anyway you counted is enough people inside these terminals to populate a small texas town. this is day four, dallas-ft. worth, travelers are getting desperate. reporter: growing frustrations for dozens of passengers after being stranded at the airport since friday. he is one of them. i just don t understand why they can t get the ice off the runway. you know, from canada, we ve
amazing, he was able to carry huge numbers of people around with him. easy to say, so difficult to do. the success is what makes him the man so revered here and around the world. tomorrow is shaping up to be an epic memorial. i know you will be there. it is something i look forward to you being there. thank you so much for sharing these memories. mikaela, back to you in new york thanks, so much, chris. it s a new beginning. the celebration of his life hasn t stopped since. we will have more from chris in south africa. let s talk about the weather. many of you traveling, smond a big travel day in the winter close to the holidays, dallas in particular. they have been having it rough at dfw. first you had freezing rain, now we are left with clear air, moisture, look at the temperatures right at the freezing mark if not below. everything is freezing on the surface, flight delays, about