How to stay safe if you found one under your tree. And good morning, america. Dan and paula are off. Im tom llamas here along with someone let us come in this moing. Rachel, good to see you. You too, indra. Good to see you. And roro hope you had a happy holiday. Cant leave ron out. The regular. We want to start with showing you the incredible video that were getting out of Southern California right now. Yeah, take a look at this. The hills blazing all along this highway, drivers blinded by the thick smoke. The flames whipped up by strong winds, ab well, and that fire right now is still growing. Families in the path forced to evacuate. Firefighters cutting short their christmas to fight these flames overnight, and abcs Kayna Whitworth is right there in Ventura County with more. Kayna, good morning to you. Very fast winddriven fire that has literally exploded overnight. You can clearly see the dramatic flames behind me and this road is closed but as these cars are passing me, these are o
Affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions, couch got onlyy probation. Nowent grad, he is not a major drug lord or a kingpin. But think about it. Four dead bodies and this guy walked with straight probation. I have never in my Law Enforcement career and thats 35 years now, seen a case that sparked such route outrange. Reporter calling an the sentence a miscarriage of justice, Authorities Say couch turns 19 in january and they had begun the process of moving this case to adult court even before he vanished. Authorities say they cannot talk about what exactly theyre doing or how its being done but theyre urging ethan to surrender adding they willind him and his mother one way or another. Reena and kendis. Thank you so much. Now some sports starting with new york giants receiver odell nfnf for one gamam following his nasty game long battle with Carolina Panthers defensive back josh norman on sunday. He drew threeee persona
The biggest deals of the season happening today. Plus, the best ways to return those less than perfect presents. Hoverboard horrors. The family that saw their scooter go up in flames, its the hottest holiday gift. It started like smelling and then smoking and then it like caught fire. And it was like a fireworks show. Like it exploded. This house catching fire while a hoverboard was charging. New details. How to stay safe if you found one under your tree. And good morning, america. Dan and paula are off. Im tom llamas here along with my good friend, cecilia vega. Someone let us come in this morning. I dont know how we all got here. Rachel, good to see you. You too, indra. Good to see you. Hope you had a happy holiday. Hi. Cant leave ron out. The regular. We want to start with showing you the incredible video that were getting out of Southern California right now. Yeah, take a look at this. The hills blazing all along this highway, drivers blinded by the thick smoke. The flames whipped
And Convention Center, and also at mandalay bay so they are using all three Convention Centers and they still want to grow. karen castro you may recall. The Las Vegas Convention and sitors authority purchased the riviera in febuary. The strip property will be imploded to make room for more convention space. The plan is to build a parking lot and exhibition hall. Were told ces has already expressed interest in using that space to expand the 2017 show. karen castro while preparations for ces 2016 appear to be going smoothly. There is road work along Convention Center drive. Coming up at 5, well let you know what the county is prepared to do ahead of the Biggest Convention of the year. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. paul joncich the same storm system that created tornadoes in the south and midwest has brought snow and ice to parts of the east. Heavy rain also brought record breaking flooding in missouri and illinois. Webb joins us live from goldens bridge, new york with the lat
Dave Courvoisier Patrick Walker joins us live at rainbow and alta with what investigators know so far. Patrick . Patrick Walker this mornings murder in the middle of this parking lot has come as a surprise to everyone ive spoken with today. And police say they have no witnesses. Its leaving detectives with more questions than answers. brandi giles works out at 24 hour fitness i dont believe it, because its usually pretty quiet on this side of town. Patrick Walker an Early Morning murder outside the 24 alta. Leaving customers shocked. brandi giles works out at 24 hour fitness we grew up here, weve lived in vegas forever, and ive never heard of anything like that happening, especially where i go to the gym every day, thats a little scary. Carlotta Winn lives nearby its a good neighborhood, very good neighborhood, quiet, you know, very good. Patrick Walker detectives say employees heard a single gunshot outside the building around 1 20 am tuesday. And they found a man dead inside a white