Telling nbc sports he may take legal action over doping allegations wh e the reporter who accuses him will not back down. And flight risk. Dozens of deades lead to a decaded old fuel design still being used in med evacs and hundreds of helicopters. Oghtly news begins right now. Good evening. On what is a dangerous weather night, in the next 24 hours more than half of the country will have experienced the most Severe Weather of this winter season so far. More than 75 Million People in the path of heavy snow, blizzard conditions and ice, another 30 million on alert for flash flooding across ten states. This system has already spawned deadly tornados and it is not moving quickly. Nbcs jacob rasco is where it has been snowing all day. Jake. Reporter good evening. Tonight the deadly and crippling storm is prompting evacuation, states of emergency and swift water rescues. The midwest and plain states are taking a direct hit on an abrupt end until what was now an unseasonably warm winter. Hav
And flight risk. Dozens of deaths lead to a decaded old fuel design still being used in med evacs and hundreds of helicopters. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. On what is a dangerous weather night, in the next 24 hours more than half of the country will have experienced the most Severe Weather of this winter season so far. More than 75 Million People in the path of heavy snow, blizzard conditions and ice, another 30 million on alert for flash flooding across ten states. This system has already spawned deadly tornados and it is not moving quickly. Nbcs jacob rascon is in omaha, nebraska, where it has been snowing all day. Jake. Reporter good evening. Crippling storm is prompting evacuation, states of emergency and swift water rescues. The midwest and plain states are taking a direct hit on an abrupt end until what was now an unseasonably warm winter. Havoc across the midwest in plain states today. Heavy snow, ice and galeforce winds spreading across 11 states. Missouri under
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 with passengers, running out of patience. Think. Im really nervous. Reporter 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of the nearly estimatey 80,000 trying to get to their destination through ohare today, emoti
Be right back. [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ] [ tree crashes ] [ wind howling ] 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 via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charged in the deadly drunk drying accident. Tarrant county deanderson. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learnrn through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they almost akin to a going away 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 surfa
Be right back. 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 via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charged in the deadly drunk drying accident. Tarrant county deanderson. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they even had something that was 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. Even thoug