Hollywoods big night . Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. As we come on the air tonight, for nearly 100 million americans, there is no escaping the wrath of this winter. Take a look right behind me, a thick coating of ice covering roads and trees. And there in tennessee, a state of emergency tonight. In alabama, watch this. That pickup truck no match for those icy roads and to the north, the beautiful blanket of snow at the white house later turning to rain, a dangerous mix. And behind this storm, an arctic blast striking denver tonight set to reach all of the way across the country. That forecast in a moment. First, abcs linzie janis starting us off from monterey, tennessee. Reporter overnight, more than threequarters of an inch of ice in some parts of illinois, vehicle after vehicle spinning out today. Extreme weather wreaking havoc in 18 states. Traffic snarled to practically a standstill on washington, d. C. Area highways. This driver says it took him two hours to travel a quarter mile. But thats nothing compared to the accidents causing this tieup in alabama overnight. All right. So im going to start by showing you what the ice looks like. Reporter neil johnson showing us the ice covering interstate 65 stranding drivers in their vehicles for 14 hours. We walked through miles to get to our hotel. Reporter also stranded, a group of College Basketball players, leaving their bus and walking to their hotel. Local police spotting them, giving them a ride the rest of the way. Today, pounding rain along i40 in tennessee, the state now declaring a heightened state of emergency. Over 30,000 residents without power in the storms wake. We are in monterey, about 80 miles east of nashville and the entire town is without power, the ice splitting trees like this and knocking down power lines. Residents tell us it may be up to a week before they get their power back. Cecilia . Thank you very much. Leading us off, abc meteorologist, rob marciano joining us. Still snowing behind you, rob. How long is this storm going to last . Reporter the cold air is still here. The snow is sticking off the roadways. That will continue the next several hours. Tonight at midnight, we expect a bit of a changeover. But the rain snow line is along the i95 corridor. Snow totals some areas could get up to 10 inches. Pockets of it inland. But the bigger cities, 3 to 6 inches generally speaking. But another shot of cold air coming in. And most of the country will be below the freezing mark. Denver is in the eye of the storm. How bad is it there . Reporter this is one of their biggest storms of the year. They could see up to a foot. This will continue right through tomorrow. Some of that energy is going to get into texas and dallas has a winter storm warning in effect through monday for the threat of icing. Rob out there in the storm for us, thank you. Turning thought to nascar. The review board denying kurt busch upholding his suspension for Domestic Violence. Also today, this on the window of his garage at the Daytona International speedway someone scrolling, ray rice, a nod to that nfl scandal. Heres abcs Mara Schiavocampo with the story. Reporter as trials are under way for the daytona 500, tonight one of racings biggest names, sidelined. Nascar has indefinitely suspended driver kurt busch. Reporter the penalty coming after a Delaware Court found busch committed an act of Domestic Violence. Busch has denied the assault allegations and appealed but lost. The panel therefore decided to uphold the original penalty assessed by nascar. Reporter buschs former girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll claims busch choked and beat her last fall as she shared with good morning americas michael strahan. You just cant believe that someone that you love, who youve spent four years with, could hurt you like this. Reporter nascar now becoming the latest Sporting Organization to step up their antiDomestic Violence stance. Last year the nfl adopted a zero tolerance Domestic Violence policy after tmz sports released this Surveillance Video of Baltimore Ravens player ray rice knocking out his thenfiancee. Rice was dropped from the team. And Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was suspended last year after facing child abuse allegations for allegedly beating his 4yearold son. There is no tolerance and this is such an incredible sea change in this country. Reporter as for busch, he plans to appeal again but will not be competing in tomorrows daytona 500. Mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. And from the nba tonight the miami heat revealing that forward chris bosh is out for the rest of the season. Doctors found blood clots on one of his lungs though a Team Statement says his prognosis is good. Bosch bosh was admitted to the hospital on thursday after feeling pain in his chest for several days. And we move overseas to the International Hunt for three young girls believed to be on their way to join isis. Their families pleading for them to come home, telling the girls, mom is really worried. Heres alex marquardt. Reporter these are the last glimpses the girls before they disappeared, caught on security cameras walking through Londons Gatwick airport as they headed for their flight to turkey. Tonight, the families of the girls pleaded for their daughters to come home. We miss you terribly and are extremely worried about you, said the family of 15yearold shamima begum. Get in touch with the police and they will help to bring you home. We are not mad at you, we love you. The family of the 16yearold Kadiza Sultana saying, we as a family are feeling completely distressed and cannot make sense why you left home. British Prime Minister David Cameron today called their disappearance deeply concerning. We all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult. Reporter the three girls are straight a students at this high school in east london. I thought that first of all it was a joke saying they are off to syria. I still dont believe theyre going anywhere other than a holiday. Reporter theyre now believed to be heading to turkeys 500milelong southern border with syria, a border thats all too easy to smuggle yourself across, as weve done several times. If successful, its feared the girls would join hundreds of other foreign women who have left to start a new life in the Islamic State as jihadi brides. Alex marquardt, abc news, beirut. And another headline from the region tonight, americas new secretary of defense is in afghanistan just days after taking the job. Ash carter met with the new afghan president. Carter says he and president obama are now considering slowing down the withdrawal of u. S. Troops scheduled to be in afghanistan until the end of 2016. And in dubai a raging fire has damaged one of the worlds tallest buildings. Take a look at this. The 86story highrise is ironically called the torch. High winds fanned those flames and sent debris flying. Hundreds of people fled to the streets. The fire appeared to start around the 50th floor. Fortunately no one was hurt. Back to new dales about that alleged road rage shooting in las vegas. One suspect behind bars. The hunt for another under way tonight and now a new Police Report raises questions about whether this was really road rage after all. Abcs Kendis Gibson is in las vegas tonight. Reporter Police Searching for the driver of this silver audi captured on surveillance camera the night tammy meyers was killed a little more than a week ago. Investigators say the driver and shooting suspect, america nowsch, were in that vehicle when meyers was gunned down outside her driveway. It shocked this community. Reporter the 19yearold suspect sits in this las vegas jail now seen on his Instagram Page smoking. The teens longtime neighbor telling me hes had a troubled past. I think there have been some problems with some of the crowd hes hung around with. Reporter according to a newly released report, authorities now saying there were two different shooting scenes, one at this intersection, and one in front of the Meyers Family home where nowsch fired the fatal bullet that killed tammy meyers. He reportedly told his friends, they were after me and i got them. We didnt know how bad he was. Reporter but still there were a number of questions. Why did it take the Meyers Family nearly a week to tell police they knew nowsch who lives a block away and who in this sketch released by police a week ago . Nowsch is in court monday morning on three felony charges. The police are feeling fairly confident theyll get the second suspect soon. Kendis gibson on the story from the beginning. Thank you. Next to the battle against super bugs. New confirmed cases tonight, hospitals stepping up and telling how they clean medical devices after two people died in california. Is that enough to stop the bug that kills 23,000 americans every year . Heres abcs aditi roy. Reporter tonight three new cases of a superbug confirmed in North Carolina. Officials with Carolinas Health system saying two of the patients came to this charlotte area hospital already infected with the antibioticresistant bug called cre. Another patient was infected somewhere in the hospital, its unclear how. Antibioticresistant superbugs can spread by contaminated equipment or simple human contact, even doctors ties or hospital surfaces like walls or beds. Which is why hospitals across the country are trying new ways to fight an invisible enemy. Like using robots sterilizing a room with a uv light. The latest cases follow a cre outbreak at uclas Medical Center this week after Officials Say the superbug spread by endoscopes contaminated from past procedures. Officials at the North Carolina hospital say all of their endoscopes tested negative for cre. Every year, 500,000 americans get procedures using scopes. Their intricate parts can make them hard to clean. Ucla is now stepping up its sanitation process, going beyond standard guidelines. At the university of pittsburgh they sterilize the devices for 18 hours, using a special gas. The fda says its studying solutions, but some argue thats not enough. So we need better regulation, we need more education and we need better drugs to fight these resistant bacteria. Reporter here at ucla Officials Say theyve sent out 179 letters to patients who were exposed to the superbug. And now its just a waiting game. Cecilia . A waiting game indeed. Aditi, thank you. We turn to texas and the american sniper trial. As the jurys deliberations grow near, the hollywood film depicting the reallife murder is about to hit the big stage at the oscars. Heres lindsey gonzalez. Reporter the drama of american sniper chris kyles life played out on the big screen. But the final chapter is being written here in this texas courthouse. The timing, experts say, is unprecedented. The trial for eddie routh who admittedly killed kyle and his friend chad littlefield at a shooting range two years ago is soon to go to a jury. Closing arguments could begin as soon as monday, just hours after the movie american sniper goes up for six Academy Awards, including best picture. The jury was never told to avoid watching the oscars, raising some questions about whether hollywoods biggest night and the popularity of this film could play a role in that jury room. Though the movie depicts kyle as a war hero, joellan demitrius says shes confident those 12 jurors wont be swayed. Even if this movie wins six Academy Awards that jury is going to do their civil duty by taking into consideration solely the evidence and the witnesses that they heard in the courtroom. Reporter routh has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. One psychiatrist testifying that the marine veteran had severe schizophrenia and didnt know right from wrong. The prosecution claiming he was fully aware of his actions. Demitrius says in the end the emotional testimony will prove more powerful than anything ever created in hollywood. Marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. And theres much more ahead on world news tonight. Up next, giving a whole new meaning to caught on camera. The new tool helping police catch suspects in the act, courtesy of the suspects themselves. And countdown to oscar. Do you know what his real name is . 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At 500 feet long it takes more than 800 man hours to roll it all out. And for more oscar secrets, dont miss lara spencers special tonight. Abcs countdown to the oscars at 7 00 p. M. Eastern all leading up to that big night tomorrow at 7 00 p. M. Eastern, 4 00 pacific right here on abc. And i will see you first thing on gma. Dont forget this week in the morning. Have a good night. Next at 6 00 breaking news. Another Mission District fire rips through a residential building in San Francisco forcing people and their pets from their homes. Also breaking, driver in custody after several crashes in san jose, sending at least two people to the emergency room. A bay area man going for oscar gold. How it evolved from a student film, live from the red carpet in hollywood. Abc7 news at 6 00 starts now. A raging fire still smoldering right now in San Francisco. The second destructive fire to hit the Mission District in the last month. Thank you for joining us. Lets to right to cornelllive from market and Church Street. Reporter we can tell you that Church Street is still shut down at market. Firefighters have contained the blaze at 15th and church, involving three apartment buildings. But the blaze started at 4 15 this afternoon, quickly went to three alarms, smoke and flames got very intense. Wind doze at one of the apartment buildings a victorian apartment house were completely blown out. One firefighter on scene suffered smoke inhalation and he will be okay. No injuries to tenants at this point. A dozen people got out but a house cat was found in one unit, suffering from smoke inhalation. It was unresponsive for quite a while, but was given oxygen by emts at the scene and revived. The owner of one of the ground floor minimarts got out just in time. Come running, there is a fire and right away
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