Taylor. Thanks for 3 3 3 3 millions of americans are hitting the road or taking to the skies today. Its expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the Holiday Season. Instead of snow. Though. As c b s news correspondent don champion shows us. A lot of folks along the eastern part of the country could be delayed by severe thunderstorms. 3 pkg natsbeep from the roads. Nats. To the friendly skies. People across the us are making their way home for the holidays sot mos . . For the first time triplea predicts the number of people making a journey 50 miles or more between christmas and new years will top 100 million. Marking it the growth. sot mos standup don champion cbs news new york, ny the holiday rush comes as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes threaten parts of the south to the ohio valley. sot eric fisher meteorologist weve got cold dry air coming down across the plains and very unusually warm moist air thats being lifted up out of the gulf of mexico so were really watching this area in particular shows area on map storms grounded several flights at San FranciscoInternational Airport tuesday. Cristina durana and her kids were on their way to disneyland sot Cristina Durana its their Christmas Gift from their aunt in San Francisco and its the first time we are supposed to be together for christmas. Rounds of heavy rain are expected across the eastern half of the country ahead of springlike weather christmas york. 3 3 the busy travel season is being fueled. At least a little bit by renewed confidence in the economy. And low gas 3 authorities in northeast nebraska are investigating the deaths of two people whose remains were found in a burnt out pickup monday afternoon. The truck was found still burning in a field nine miles north and one mile west of pierce just after 3 oclock monday afternoon. Once firefighters put the fire out. They found the remains of two people. The Nebraska State Patrol says theyve made a preliminary identification of the bodies. They think those people died because of a murder suicide. Both are believed to be from northeast nebraska. But their names are not being released at this time. 3 no one is hurt after a trailer fire in milford, iowa. The Milford Fire Department was called out just before three oclock monday afternoon. The trailer was fully engulfed in flames. It took firefighters half an control. No one was inside the trailer at the time. Its considered a total loss. Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this. But thats going to be hard because of the extensive damage. 3 a man who was born in northeast nebraska was killed in a Suicide Attack in afghanistan. 45 year old joseph lemm. Whod been a new York City Police detective. Died in afghanistan when a suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle full of explosives into a patrol. This video shows lemm when he returned home in 2013 from his first tour in afghanistan. Surprising his teenage daughter brooke. His son ryan. And his fiancee christine. His mom. Shirley lemm of wisner. Tells the omaha world herald that after graduating from beemer in 1989. Lemm joined the air force. Then he eventually became a new York City Police officer. After the september 11th terrorist force reserves. He was serving his second deployment to afghanistan. 3 a high speed chase crossed the border from nebraska into iowa yesterday morning. Just after 11 a m. Police in Dakota County nebraska started chasing a reckless driver in a black s u v. The chase eventually wound through south sioux city. Across the vets bridge. And onto wesley parkway before ending with the vehicle stopping at west 3rd and perry. The person inside the vehicle ran away. So far. He hasnt been located. 3 sioux city fire rescue is honoring the memory of the citys first female firefighter. jean ee jeanne vuh kul skus vakulskas joined the department in 19 85. She retired on her 55th birthday in 2007. She passed away sunday at her home. Her fellow firefighters remember her as one of a kind. And say shell be missed. 3 she did so much to help us that the more diverse we can be as a department, the more we can look like our community, the better we can serve our community. So, we appreciate everything jeanne did for her whole career and our thoughts are with her family at this time. jean ee kull skus vakulskas was 63 years old. Her funeral will be this morning at 10 30 at Saint JosephsCatholic Church in sioux city. Visitation was at the meyer brothers Funeral Homes morningside chapel last night. 3 the man who was convicted earlier this year of rigging an iowa lottery game to win a multi Million Dollar jackpot is now facing similar charges in other states. Reporter kim saint ong onge has more. 3 former Security Director for the multistate lottery association, eddie tipton, is now accused of rigging 2 lotteries in kansas back in 2010 totaling 44thousand dollars thats on top of allegations he also rigged the Computer System to win lotteries in colorado, oklahoma and wisconsin. Tiptons brother and friends claimed the multiMillion Dollar jackpots, then paid tipton half the earnings. [duration 0 04]2750, 34 55 34 59 Kevin Johnson des moines lottery players i talked to. Want the book thrown at tipton. Sot Kevin Johnson des moinesi play powerball once in a while but its right up at like 200 million right now so like everybodys out playing it, but that hot lotto . No, i havent played it since. Sot deb grenko des moinesits ridiculous. I hope they prove it and i hope he goes to jail. Tipton was already found guilty of fraud in october and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Jurors says he rigged the system to buy a 14 Million Dollar wining hot lotto ticket. Right here in des moines. I spoke exclusively to tipton as he was leaving the polk county courthouse after that sentencing and asked for his reaction. Sot eddie tipton convicted of fraudfileshock, thats it. Now, tiptons facing even more charges including ongoing criminal conduct and money moinespeople pay into the lottery to play to win and wheres that money now . It went to shouldnt have had it. 3 theres no word yet on when tipton will stand trial on any of these new charges. 3 a guy from iowa man could be the oldest pilot in the united states. He just celebrated his 98th birthday the only way he knows how. By flying. 3 ernie smiths first pilots license proudly hangs on the wall of the red oak iowa airport. Its dated september 15th 1942. Smith says people ask him all the time what attracts him most about flying. He says you only need to look at the sunrise over the horizon to find the answer. Smith rents a plane at the red oak airport and tries to fly a few times a week. He plans to keep flying even when he hits 100. To keep flying. Ernie has to pass an aviation medical exam every two years. He says he 3 3 3 satellite and radar are showing clouds and Winter Weather on their way to siouxland. Details on your forecast next. 3 3 coming up. Passengers on a bus in kenya are being called heroes. Well show you how they protected their fellow passengers when terrorists attacked. 3 youre watching siouxland meteorologist cat taylor3 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 rain chances will continue through the morning and into the afternoon hours, as temperatures cool expect a wintry mix. Afternoon highs will top out in the middle 30s. For thursday, things should be a bit quieter with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will make it just above freezing on an otherwise very quiet day. Christmas day will be mild with temperatures reaching near the 40 degree mark, but as night falls look for a little rain eventually changing over to snow, and that snow chance should linger into the first part of the weekend. Sunday looks quiet, but we are keeping our eyes on a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. Stay tuned. 3 3 3 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this morning. The last morning. Facebook this about on were 3 3 3 were talking about on facebook this morning. The last surviving trans am from smokey and the bandit is going car . 3 3 an airplane manufacturer has to pay a multi Million Dollar settlement. And a new business is trying to keep drunk College Students safe. Marlie hall is in new york with our c b s moneywatch. 3 the federal Aviation Administration says boeing must pay 12 miilion dollars for failing to Submit Service intsructions to airlines in a timely fashion among other violations. Those instructions would help carriers to reduce the risk of fuel tank explosions. Boeing has agreed to pay the fine. us stocks rallied tuesday. The dow gained almost 166 points. The nasdaq added 32. bmw and nissan have teamed up to install 120 fastcharging stations for electric cars in 19 states. Drivers can charge their electric vehicles up to 80 percent in 20 minutes enabling stations are available now and you can find them in both automakers mobile apps. sober xpress could soon be at a campus near you. The ride booking business caters to College Students who want to get to and from parties and bars on weekends. The Service Costs 8 dollars for oneway for rides within 5 miles of campus. The sober express started at the university of connecticut and will soon expand to the universities of massachusetts and rhode island. thats your money watch. For more log on to cbs money watch dot com. In new york im marlie hall. 3 3 in kenya. Muslim bus passengers are being called heroes for banding together to save the lives of christians during an al shabaab attack. C n ns David Mckenzie 3 reporter pkgas follows David Mckenzie, cnn correspondent their aim is to cause terror and division, but alshabaab gunmen in kenya came up against a extraordinary show of defiance and unity. On monday, more than a hundred passengers were crammed on this bus traveling to mandera on the chronically insecure border with somalia. When bullets ripped through the side of the bus in an ambush. bus attack survivor there were about ninetwo groupsthey told us that, those who are muslims, to come out go back to the bus. A man on that bus told cnn that there were 12 christians on the busthe gunmen wanted to identify them and execute them. He says muslim passengers helped hide some on the busand they gave the women christians headscarves. Befor e the gunmen made them line up on the road. They stood strong, said the witnesstelling the terrorists quote if you want to kill us, then kill us. Here,alshabaab then fled. joseph nkaissery, kenyan interior cabinet secretary we are all kenyans, we are not separated by religion, everybody can profess their own religion but we are still. We are one country we are one people as a nation. And that is a very good message. Civilians have suffered through countless al shabaab attacks in the porous border region of kenya and somaliaearlier this year al shabaab attacked Garissa University killing 147 innocent students. They again singled out christians. More than 20 were killed in a shocking bus ambush last year. David Mckenzie, cnn correspondent tragically, a man who fled the scene and a passerby were killed by the gunman, but the death toll could have been that much higherand kenyans are praising the acts of these citizens who stopped this terrible attack. David mckenzie, cnn, nairobi. 3 after the break on siouxland news at sunrise. Theres a search going on for a mother and son. Well show you what federal agents are now learning about the affluenza teenager and his mom. 3 no delays at the moment across the region, but expect delays and tuesday. 3 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 rain chances will continue through the morning and into the afternoon hours, as temperatures cool expect a wintry mix. Afternoon highs will top out in the middle 30s. For thursday, things should be a bit quieter with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will make it just above freezing on an otherwise very quiet day. Christmas day will be mild with temperatures reaching near the 40 degree mark, but as night falls look for a little rain eventually changing over to snow, and that snow chance should linger into the first part of the weekend. Sunday looks quiet, but we are keeping our eyes on a potential storm system that will impact the area monday looking for 18 year old ethan couch. He vanished this month. The texas teenager is on probation after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. The Tarrant CountyDistrict Attorney says theyre following hundreds of leads all over the country. C b s news correspondent Omar Villafranca shows us why the teenagers mom has now also been added to the National Missing persons databases. 3 pkglocating this 2011 black ford pickup could be the key to finding ethan couch. Tarrant county Authorities Say the truck belongs to couchs mother tonya. They believe the mother and son may be ontherun together. nats Tarrant County sheriff, dee anderson. sot 11 17 08 sherriff theres a possibility that she or they may be in that truck, we dont know that for a fact. Over the weekend, a Family Member listed the 48yearold as a missing person. But authorities havent listed her as a suspect in the investigation. I think they would have to have specific evidence that she is intentionally hindering his apprehension Luke Williams is a criminal defense attorney in fort worth. sot 21 16 39 21 17 28 Luke Williams intv hrem30 that could be a number of things from hiding him, from purchasing tickets or physically transporting him. nats Youtube Video earlier this month video emerged online that appears to show 18yearold couch at a party with drinking possibly violating his probation. A few days later, he disappeared. sot sheriff 11 27 37 or attorney sot. I think once that video was made public that they felt like he was very likely going to be at some point locked up. nats 2013 courtroom walkin a texas judge sentenced couch to 10 years of probation after he killed four people in a 2013 drunk driving accident. His suffered from a controversial condition called affluenza and blamed his irresponsible behavior on his wealthy, privileged upbringing. Now Authorities Say, its time for him to face the consequences of his actions. sot presser wilson turn yourself in. sheriff anderson it would be mean were not quit looking for him and the longer hes 3 still to come this morning. Theres a new last minute option for some procrastinator s who havent finished their holiday shopping. Well show you how some amazon prime customers can get certain items and have them delivered in hours. Youre watching 3 sunrise on kmeg 14 for starting your morning with us. Im jacob heller. And im meteorologist cat taylor. 3 3 rain chances will continue through the morning and into the afternoon hours, as temperatures cool expect a wintry mix. Afternoon wintry mix. Afternoon highs will top out in the middle 30s. For thursday, things should be a bit quieter with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will make it just above freezing on an otherwise very quiet day. Christmas day will be mild with temperatures reaching near the 40 degree mark, but as night falls look for a changing over to snow, and that snow chance should linger into the first part of the weekend. Sunday looks quiet, but we are keeping our eyes on a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. Stay tuned. 3 if you procrastinated and havent finished your holiday shopping. Theres a new last minute option for you. Amazon prime customers in quite a few cities can order certain items and have them delivered in hours. Reporter Demarco Morgan went inside an Amazon Fulfillment Center to see how its done. 3 vo while crowds of Holiday Shoppers on 34th street dart in and out of retail stores. Five floors above. Employees bring some of the seasons yuletide joy to your door in two hours or less. nats onehour using the prime now app, last minute shoppers can choose from over 4000 items. Amazon guarantees delivery of gifts , pantry items and electronics through chistmas eve until the clock strikes midnight. sotdemarco and Landry Demarco so were talking about onehour, two hour delivery. How does this change a retailer like amazon and also the competition . Changes the game for customers, being able to get stuff delivered to you in an hour is a huge advantage. But it also is changing the game for our company too. Were adding more shopping days to the Holiday Season. Urban fulfillment centers, gfx in now available in more than 20 cities including places like San Francisco, houston, miami, and atlanta, are purposely centrally located. gfx out sot Stephanie Landry theres no way that we can get things to people in an hour if we werent in the center of the city. As soon as the order arrives, its processed, bagged and handed off to a delivery associate. Amazon prime customers willing to shell out an extra 8 bucks will h