Im ryan smith. T. J. Holmes is on assignment. Im reena ninan. We begin with the extreme conditions more arctic air for dozens of states. Among the hundreds skidding and sliding was this jet in the dallas ft. Worth airport. It slipped and got stuck in grass overnight. Theres more of the same in store for a part of the country that rarely sees Winter Weather like this. Our coverage begins with abcs susan saulny. Reporter a 2,000mile behemoth of a winter storm is blasting arctic air from denver to dallas california to the carolinas. Paralyzing entire regions of the u. S. So many drivers losing control like this truck slipping and sliding and ultimately crashing. He should have not slammed on his brakes but like everybody that gets on a bridge he slammed on his brakes. Reporter winter storm warnings not sparing the deep south, louisiana and mis, or the West Las Vegas is even seeing a rare dusting of snow. The storm announced its arrival in dallas ft. Worth in thunder sleet. Thats a thunderstorm with freezing rain. 37 cars piled up in amarillo. Slick roads turned big rigs into 15,000pound hockey pucks. State troopers across the storm zone continue to worry about drivers getting stuck. Looking for people stranded. Reporter around new england after a brief flirtation with warmer temperatures and sunshine arctic air is returning. In new york state, this man suffered a head injury after a chunk of ice from a big rig smashed through his wi windshield. I would say a foot long probably half a foot wide like this. A good slab. Reporter a warning to drivers everywhere as winter keeps a tight grip on much of the country, susan saulny, abc news, washington. Yeah, speaking of tight grip there are signs winter might not let go that soon. More than half of Lake Michigan iced over and 85 of all the great lakes. Meteorologists warn that could mean were in for a cooler than average spring. Lets get the shorter range forecast from accuweathers justin povick. Good morning, justin. Reena and ryan, thanks. And good morning. The north again shivering on this Tuesday Morning. But the southeast on the other hand dealing with rain and also some wet snow. Slippery travel along 40 from asheville to raleigh. South its a wintry mix around columbia and Southern Suburbs of atlanta all the way toward i10 as a chilly rain and there will be travel delays associated with that. Look at the cold to come. Again, tuesday right that late week. Reena and ryan, back to you. Thanks, justin. Another winter concern, road salt used in the recent snowstorms has made its way into the water supply near philadelphia. Yeah, road salt. Yes, residents in several towns have complained that their Drinking Water tastes salty. The Water Company has acknowledged runoff of the road salting is to blame but officials insist the water has been treated and is safe to drink. Well, in washington a compromise could be in the works to resolve a standoff over funding for the department of homeland security. Leading Senate Republicans are suggesting splitting president obamas contested immigration measures from the agencys funding bill. Those amendments have been at the center of the showdone. If theres no deal funding for the department will run out friday at midnight. Overseas and the latest on the war on isis. The new pentagon chief is calling top u. S. Commanders and diplomats together in kuwait to map out a battle plan against the terror group. At the end of the sixhour session secretary Ashton Carter declared isis hardly invincible but gave no hint of any major change in u. S. Policy. The head of the v. A. Is apologizing after falsely saying he served in the special forces. Secretary Robert Mcdonald made the comment last month while talking to a veteran. He apologized last night saying his comments were inaccurate. The apology was quickly acknowledged by the white house. A manhunt continues this morning for at least three people behind a bizarre home invasion. A Connecticut Bank executive and his family were terrorized, strapped with what appeared to be explosives. It was all part of an apparent scheme to rob a credit union. For more details, heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter police descending on a quiet Connecticut Community after a mother and her adult son were allegedly held hostage with in an elaborate bank robbery scheme with threats that they would both be killed with explosives. Theres no question that this was a very scary situation. Reporter a neighborhood evacuated. Schools on lockdown. Traffic at a standstill as parts of new britain, connecticut, essentially shut down. It began right here in another quiet town, bristol, connecticut. Police responding at 8 00 a. M. To reports of a home invasion. Sources say the 70yearold sources say the 70yearold mother was tied to a bed and that some sort of device was placed under it. The son, a bank executive, was reportedly taken 20 minutes away to achieve Financial Financial credit union threatened that a device under moms bed would be detonated if he didnt get them cash. The man somehow alerting a colleague who called police. The alleged crooks got away and by noon, authorities declared the devices safe. Both mom and son unhurt. A community on edge and the search is on for the suspects. Gio benitez, abc news, new britain, connecticut. A surprising twist in the las vegas road rage shooting. The suspect made his First Court Appearance and the 19yearolds Attorney Says his client felt threatened by the woman who died and feared for his life. The victims husband agrees it was not road rage, he says it was murder. Police say there was a confrontation after a short car chase that ended in a dead end. The suspect and the victim were neighbors. Authorities are trying to determine the source of a party drug molly that sent at least ten wesleyan students to the hospital. The universitys president is urging students to turn in campus drug dealers. At least four people still in the hospital. Molly is a refined form of the synthetic drug ecstasy. The school faced a similar scare in september. Well, starting today smoking marijuana for nonmedical purposes is legal in alaska. The law allows alaskans to smoke, grow and possess limited amounts of the drug in nonpublic places but buying and selling pot is still against the law. Lawmakers are still trying to work out how to tax and regulate the industry. Well, coming up, where to find free doughnuts this morning. Plus the incredible crash caught on camera. A car flying off that interstate. And the first grader needing a kidney having to look no further than his teacher for a Perfect Match. The Obama Administration is offering a new plan to help you keep more of your retirement savings. Its a rule that would require brokers to disclose any fees or payments they receive for recommending certain investments. Brokers would be required to put their clients interests first. Industry Officials Say enough safeguards are already in place. It could be months before the new rule is implemented. Paying by Google Wallet is about to get easier on your smartphone. Google has struck a deal with soft card a mobile payment voft ware developer owned by the three biggest wireless carriers. Not only is a Google Wallet getting some of soft cards technology, the google app will now be preinstalled on android phones from at t, verizon and tmobile. Target is oneupping its competitors slashing the minimum order for Free Shipping in half. Customers will now qualify for Free Shipping by spending just 25 on online orders. Walmart and amazon are expected to follow suit and some experts believe in a few years retailers will do away with charge are for shipping altogether. Well, coming soon from apple, ethnically diverse emoji characters. The male and female faces as well as the thumb ss up and thumbs down icons will be available in six different skin tones. Others including the princess and construction workers will also get more diverse options. The new icons wont be available until apple updates ios later this year. Heres our favorite story. Krispy kreme marking the opening of its 1,000th store by giving away free doughnuts. And all of a sudden im getting hungry. Today every krispy kreme location is handing out one free original glazed doughnut to its first 1,000 customers. The 1000st store in kansas city kansas, the first person through the door there will get a free dozen doughnuts every week for a year. You know whos very happy about this . Me. You. And who else . Youll have to go to penn station for one, right . Also our d. C. Bureau. Or load up the private plane and fly to kansas. Of course. Your private plane, not mine. 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Nearby residents were allowed back into their homes after a few hours. Now for a look at morning Road Conditions snow around the great lakes and in atlanta, further south roads will be wet along the gulf coast and icy from dallas eastward. If youre flying airport delays likeliest in atlanta and dallas. Both major hubs. Back to the news now with a breakthrough in preventing peanut i willallergyies in children. Exposing infants to peanuts before age 1 helped prevent a peanut allergy. Lowering that risk by as much as 81 . Dr. Richard besser says this one is a game changer. If your child already has Food Allergies they need to get skin tested before you introduce peanuts but for every other child you want to make sure when you start them on solid foods they get a wide variety. Stopping these foods, not exposing them could be the biggest risk of all. Theyre the leading cause of food allergy severe reactions and deaths. Unlike many other reactions this is not outgrown. Two remarkable children were making a more remarkable recovery. In a first of its kind 26hour surgery. More than two dozen doctors and nurses separated 10monthold conjoined twins. The girls shared several major organs including lungs, liver, intestines colon, pelvis and even the lining of the heart. While the surgery was successful they have a long road ahead. Theres to date for their release from the hospital. A first grader in texas is about to get a new kidney after a nationwide search and it turns out Matthew Parkers Perfect Match was right in front of him. His first grade teacher. Lindsay painter was the only match out of more than 70 potential donors and she said it was meant to be. Hes been on dialysis for two years. The transplant scheduled next month. A developing story from florida. The dramatic of a dozen trapped manatees. 17 of the animals became stuck in a drainpipe in a residential area of satellite beach. Rescue team from seaworld joined by local fire crews and other agencies have now freed all of the man fatherties. An endangered species they are often attracted to the warmer water in dine pipes during the winter months. A terrifying crash caught on tape in boston. You can see a pickup truck slamming into a light pole and exit sign. It plunges to the roadway below. Seconds later oncoming cars avoid another accident by hitting their brakes. The driver survived. Hes been charged with drunk driving. Another out of control pickup truck at the center of a highspeed chase in southern california. It started late last night in San Fernando Valley with a truck going as fast as 135 miles an hour. The driver led police on to at least three freeways and residential neighborhoods weaving in and out of traffic even hitting a pedestrian. Police finally rammed the truck causing it to lose control and slam into a car. The driver surrendered after a 30minute standoff. Taking a look at these. 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We have developing news construction crews are working through the night to repair a caltrain crossing damaged in a fatal collision. What does it meet for the commute . Matt keller has more from menlo park. Matt . It will not be good news driving this morning. You can see the workers are still here trying to get this crossing up and so they can open it up to traffic. I smoke with the supervisor and i asked how long it will take. He said he doesnt know. He is just going to waitandsee how it goes before he gives an estimate. Another worker expects it to take as long as the morning commute. It will be closed that long. Here is video of years crash, a car was hit by a southbound express moving at 79 miles per hour. Crews extricated the 30yearold female driver from the passenger side of the vehicle and pushed her to the hospital. She die add short time later. Reports indicate the Railroad Gate crossing was working. Not far from the street and when the light is red cars back up across the tracks and what happened is one person stopped on the tracks. 400 passengers were on the train that made impact. The train suffered significant damage no one was injured. Thousands of additional commuters dealt with delays and caltrain resumes service on a single track through the area. Another deadly accident happened in San Francisco an out of