Socalled affluenza drunk driving teen is now a major case for the u. S. Marshals. For ethan couch who escaped jail time by pleading he was too spoiled to understand his crime. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest. Reporter this video posted on twitter showing ethan couch at a boos Party Standing near a beer pong table although not seen drinking according to authorities may have prompt d him to skip his probation fugitive. His mother tonya declared a missing person now officially part of the investigation, pictures of her pickup truck just released with investigators believingsley is with ethan which could land her in jail. If we can find out she helped him at all, i assure you, we will file criminal cases against her. Reporter couch was 16 when he killed four people while driving drunk but using the affluenza defense, his lawyers essentially arguing he was too spoiled to know the consequences of his actions, couch got only nowent grad, he is not a major drug lord or a kingpin. But think a
A look at the wild weather were experiencing this holiday season. Good morning. Welcome to today in new york on this saturday. Its the 26th of december, the day after christmas. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Im in for Gus Rosendale this morning. Hell be back next weekend. Good morning and Merry Christmas to you both. Its a little bit mild to start the day, but nowhere near as mild as it was yesterday. Widening the view, not a lot of cold temperatures here. Its 41 in monticello but thats the exception. On Storm Tracker satellite and radar, most of this activity isnt going to reach the ground. Possibility of a sprinkle or shower. Right now 54. Were going to see temperatures drop a little bit as we head on into the day. 49 degrees at 6 00 with mostly cloudy skies continuing. Rain tonight. Wintery weather possible in the seven day forecast. We begin this morning with new information on the tragic deaths of a family in bergen county. Police discovers the bodies in edgewater. Mrs.
12 days until christmas. Oh, we can start counting down. On the first day oh, i did not mean to open that pandoras box. Yes, you did. Erica grow in for Raphael Miranda. You dont sing, do you . Ill spare you right now. But you made me think. If this is the first day of christmas, my friend gave to me 60 degrees . Still 60 degrees in central park. We didnt lose much of the heat we got during the day yesterday. We broke record highs throughout much of the tristate. Were only down to 51 in danbury. 54 in farmingdale. Long branch right now at 57 degrees. On Storm Tracker satellite and radar, this is a threehour loop. You can see a couple sprinkle popping through sullivan county. Not a lot of rain in our area today. Right now it is 60 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Were going to stay in the 60s all day long. Of course, but when were starting out this warm, we dont have far to go before we already reach a record high. The record high for this date is 64 set in central park back in the 193
Coming up well speak about the true spirit of the season with card nay nal timothy dolan. And a look back the at how we shared holidays with you. And music from the gramming Award Winning group train and a surprise hoda couldnt wait to give to her up before her fans. Lets get to a chur with nbcs Kristen Welker. Kiss ten, good morning to you. Good morning to you. Merry christmas, everyone. Tens of thousands of faithful gather today for Christmas Day celebrations at vatican as pope francis delivers his traditional message. Last night the pontiff celebrated Midnight Mass at st. Peters basilica and urged the worlds 1. 2 billion roman catholics not to be in his words intoxicated by possessions and also sounded a cry to right injustice. Today, american troops posted overseas are also taking time to Mark Christmas and remembering family members celebrating without them back at heres nbcs Kelly Cobiella. Reporter it was a somber Christmas Day in afghanistan where they honored six Fallen Soldie
The seemingly unshakeable rit of donald trump marchs on. His popularity is exploding surrounding the proposal of his proposed muslim ban. According to a new nbc news wall street journal poll, 57 oppose his ban. And support for the ban out numbers the opposition, 42 on 36 p. And last night, Hillary Clinton says she does not find donald trump funny. But now he has gone way over ther saying now is not only shameful and wrong, its dangerous. Even ben carson is getting in on the action. He wrote in the uks the telegraph saying donald trump may be afraid of muslims but he and just hours ago after being indorsed by a key police union, an, very strict executive action. Anybody killing a Police Officer, death penalty. It ans going to happen. Okay. We cant let this go. But there could be trouble on thero horizon. Early signs of a fracture in the unofficial ceasefire between cruz and trump. Could that be over . Reporter its kind of interesting. When cruz was asked about trump in recent days, incl