And with a vengeance. And anybody outside gets a ste of that. The northeast is seeing a dangerous storm. Its brought snow, flooding and tornadoes to the midwest and south, and now were aut to get it. Well geto als forecast and the misery being caused at the airports in a morning. Lets start with nbcs ron mott in the thick of it up in massachusetts. Ron, good morning, whats it like there. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. Light snow falling at the momeme. This is going to be the start of what people think is going to be a big winter of snowfall here, so its coming dn, and its going to be coming down all day. This morning, the northeast and new england getting hit with the snow and s set while millions of americans elsewhere are digging out and drying out from the deadly mess left behind over the past several days. In iowa, whiteout conditions, wind and ice making for treacherous travav. In missouri, major flooding and claiming at least ten lives, the going tough to say the least. It has been a very difficult several days, and this threat is clearly not over. Reporter next door, a school bus was swept away in floodwaters in illinois. Emergency responders rescuing all the teenagers aboard. A state of emergency in oklahoma after freezing rain, ice and sleet left nearly 200,000 without popor. Were doing okay. It could be worse. You know, at least we didnt get hit by the tornadoes like they did down in the dallas area, so, you know, you have to count your blessings. Reporter and in texas a better look emerged at the devastation of at least nine tornadoes that killed 11 people and in garland, udora barnes is picking up the pieces after riding out saturdays tornado in her bathroom. All the damagagis just unbelievable. Its heartbreaking, you know. Youve been here so long, so to lose, i mean, practically everything, is just its the stuff you see on tv. You dont think its going to happen to you. Reporter elsewhere around the state record snow. Lubbock saw blizzard conditions, roads, the mayor declaring a ate of emergency set to last all week, and some areas of new mexico buried under two feet of snow. Now, for folks in and around boston, ththhope is that this is not the start of what we saw last season. Set an alltime record for snowfall, more than 110 inches. Guys, just to put this into perspective, the average owfall in boston is s st 43. 5 inches. That was a lot of snow, so here we are. Its winter. Back to you. Wow, hopefully not a start of that kind of season again, ron. Thank you very much. And als here with some good news hopefully. How long is thisoing to last . Can we keep ron mott up for a sec. You can hear, hi, ron, you can hear that bouncing. Youre getting some sleet right now, right . Reporter yeah, its a little wet mix, a were expecting it may be to tutu over later in the m mning so the morning commute is going to be a little slick here. Just out getting the streets cleared off for the folks heading into downtown today. In fact, were going to get some radar verification of that. Thank you, ron, so much. You can see the areas of pink. Look at the temperatures, boston 34, and you can see the pink. Thats the icy mix. Its pushing on up. The snow is moving to the north, and youre getting that icy mix coming in. That blue line is the freezing line. Neneyork city at 40 and d bany at 29 so were looking at snow there. Right now 37 Million People in the path of winter weather. Scranton, albany, hartford, boston, burlington and portland all being affected by this. So for today that wintry mix will start to push to the north. Staying snow up into central and Northern New England so dangerous travel, low visibility, and look at the snowfall totals. Upwards of a fooooor more in parts of northern and central new england, but heres what were really concerned about, the icing. Look at this, from utica, new york, all the way into central maine. Were looking at upwards of a tenth of an inch. Thats where you lose traction. A quarter of an inch though in parts of massachusetts and on into New Hampshire so were going to be looking at some big problems as far as the roads are concerned right ononnto this evening for parts of new england. Its going to be a real mess, and when we come back a little river flooding on the mississippi which unheard of this time of the year. You mentioned the roads. Theres also the skies, and we ve the second straight morning Flight Cancellations and delays tied to these storms. They are mounting this morning. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren is at Laguardia Airport here in new york along with my mother who is awaiting takeoff this morning. Kristen, good morning. Give us some good news. Reporter good morning. Ill say hi to her, yeah. This is not how you want to start the morning for your mom or for anyone out here. Already cancellations and delays. Nationwide, were already looking at 659 cancellations, 374 delays, and thats where were starting. The most delayed flights in laguardia along with atlanta and detroit. The most cancelled flits so far this morning are at newark, chicago and dallas. Think about it. Its like a domino effect so what happens in a place like dallas or chicago, definitely doesnt stay there. The weather has really thrown a wrench into the enenre system. Weather, we saw 5,100 delays, saw almost 3,000 cancellations nationwide. All those people on cancelled flights still have to get where they are going so expect another very, very busy day as this storm moves east. Savannah . All right, kristen, thank you very much. Meantime, the manhunt for a texas teenager who used a controversial affluenza defense to avoid prison t me for a dely drunk driving crash is over. Ethan coucucwas detained in mexico last night. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has that story. What can you tell us. Reporter carson, good morning. The socalled affluea teen and his mother had been on the run for several weeks. Now the District Attorneys Office here confirming overnight that the pair is in mexican custody. This morning the search for affluenza teen ethan couch a his mother tonya is over. Memecan Officials Say the pair was picked up by immigration authorities around 6 00 p. M. Monday in the popular resort town of puerto vallarta. Couchs hair apparently dyed black. Two weeks ago the fbi and u. S. International manhunt offering a reward after the 18yearold failed to check in with his probation officer in ft. Worth, texas. Its our number one priority right now for our task force. Reporter couchs case drew worldwide attention after he killed four people while driving drunk in 2013. We need ambulances. Its bad. We flipped and, oh, god. Reporter his bloodalcohol content threretimes the legal limit. During sentencing his attorney claimed the teen did not understand the consequences of his actions because of his affluent upbringing. A judge gave him ten years probation, sparking widespread anger. Kevin mcconnells then 12yearold son lucas was seriously injured in the crash. I think he was never taught that actions have consequences other than the easiest way out. Reporter earlier this month cell phone video of this party surfaced on social media. A spokesperson for the Tarrant CountyDistrict Attorney said there. Alcohol use would violate his probation although couch is not seen drinking g the video. I think that was the e igger of what forced him to run. I think they ran because that video was released and the fear at he would now finay be loed up. Reporter local sheriff here had previously said that couch faced upupo ten years in prison for violating his probation. Now he could be in even bigger trouble, and his mother could also face charges, and weve reached out t their attorneys. So far weve n n heard back, and right now its unclear when they might be extradited back here to the u. S. Savannah . All right, gabe, thank you very much. We turn n w to politics, the president ial race where donald trump is launching new attacks against fellow candidates and the largest newspaper in a key battleground state. Well talk to mr. Trump live in just a moment. First, lets go to nbcs Hallie Jackson on the trail this morning. Hallie, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, so far this campai donald trump has spent the least amount of money of any republican candidate, but thats about to change. Trump now announcing hell start spending big in january, taking no chances, he says, ahead. Iowa caucuses. Its just one of the highlights with trump back on the campaign trail for the first time in a week. In person after a long christmas break all i could do was tweet. Reporter and in his element donald trump letting loose on chris christie. You know, the people in new jersey want to throw him out of office. They say why isnt he running new jersey. Reporter on hillary clinton. What she did with the emails is criminal. Reporter and without mentioning clintons husband at his rally overnight trump is hitting him hard on twitter after news the former president will Campaign Next week in New Hampshire wrwring bill clinton was terrible, failed badly and was called a racist when he hit the trail for his wife in 2008. Clintons campaign insisting now she wont t bullied or distracted by attacks trump throws at her and former will challenge trump. Under fire for what clinton has called his penchcht for sexism. This morning trumps daughter is defending her dad as one of the great advocates for women. On the cover of town country but its the front of a different publication that has trump fid up after a New Hampshire paper ripped him as crude blow hard comparing him to the bully biff froroback to the future. Sit down reporter the paper, which endorsed christie, quickly called out by trump. Because you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. Reporter along with the publisher. Hes a low life, im telling you. Reporter and while republican rival jeb bush looks ready to mix it up. Donald, ill take you on oneonone in a debate any time any place, you name it, and ill do it. Reporter its trump still leading in New Hampshire, by double digits, now remindidi supporters to vote but fumbling to remember when. Its so important that on february 8th, 9th, what you there. And on february 9th, you get in and vote. Eporter donald trump loves talking about his poll numbers, but theres one poll he hasnt mentioned yet. A new one from gallup showing him in second place for title of most admired man in the worl tied w wh pope francis. Savannah, number one on that list, by the way, president obama. Hallie jackson, you just teed up mr. Trump quite well. Hes on the phone. Mr. Trump, good morning. Good to talk to you as always. Good morning. Let me start with the latest tweet you have talking about bill clinton. You say he had failed badly in the 2008 campaign when he acted as a surrogate for his wife, and you added he w called a racist i know y choose your words carefully. Are you yourself calling him a racist . No, he was called that by the obama campaign. He was called it loud and clear. He was extremely insulted. Why did you put it in your tweet if you dont believe it . I didnt say it. I didnt call him a racist. You circulate it had to 5. 4 million followers so that would suggest you approve of it. All i said is what they said, savannah. Thats what they said, called him a racist. Dont believe he is s racist, if you want to know the truth but they called him a racist. It was a miserable campaign. They did very poorly, and they are bringing him out again. Hes bng wheeled out, and were going to see what happens, but frankly he did very, very poorly. He was not good for her, and obviously she lost to obama, and that was the end of that, but they brought him how the before. You also said that he has this is a different tweet, quote, a terrible record of women abuse, and i wondered if you could get specific about that. What do you mean and what are you referring to in particular . Well, if you look at the different situations, of course, we can name many of them, i can get you a list and ill have it sent to your office in two seconds. But there were certainly a lot of abuse of women, and you lk at whether its Monica Lewinsky or paula jones or many of them, and and that certainly will be fair game, certainly if they that will be`fair game. You mentioned Monica Lewinsky. Are you saying an alleged extra marital affair, that, of course, hes now admitted, is that fair its not alleged. I dont think thats alleged. Hes admitted it. Well, if hes admitted ititou dont have to use the word alleged. Right, exactly. Are you saying an extramarital affair by bill clinton is fair game and something that you think should be talking ababt in the campaign . What im saying is very simple. If she is going to play the woman card because ill do more for women than hlary clinton is going to do for women, including the safety of our country which is good for everybody, but if shes going to play, which she started about a week ago, talking about oh, he mentioned and, you know, the whole thing, playing up the wons card very, very rongly, and if shes going to play that game and if hes going to be out there campaigning, then hes certainly fair game, and i think just about everybody agrees with me on that. This is a person who, you knowow hes g gng to be out, and i like the fact that hes campaigning he failed in 2008. He failed really badly. He frankly did a very poor job in campaigning, if you want to know the truth, and perhaps hell do well or perhaps hell do poorly, but if shes going to play the woman card its all fair game. You mentioned the Monica Lewinsky issue. In 2008 on cnn you called the e effort to impeach bill clinton for that nonsense and totally unimportant. Do you still feel that way, or have you had a change of heart . Well, you know, i tell this to everybody. I got along as a what they im dubbed as a world class businessman, which frankly thats whahai am, and i got along with everybody. I got along with the clintons. I got along with the republicans, the democrats, the liberals, the conservatives. That was my obligation. Ss a businessman i had to get along with everybody, and ill be able to do that as president. Ill be able to bring people together, but i got along with the clintons and got along with everybody virtually because that was when i needed approvals, washington, i i ways got what i wanted, and thats because i was able to get along with everybody, so you got along, but did you secretly not feel that way about them . Let me just tell you. When i was a businessman, i had an obligation to myself, my family, my company to get along with everybody and i did that probably better than most. All right. Mr. Trump, im out of time. Well have to leave it there. Hope to talk to you again soon. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. In other news this morning, Police Arrested two people overnight suspected of planning rror attacks in belgium on new years eve. The arrests came after a series of raids in brussels and other locations. Searches turned up militarystyle training unorms and isis propaganda material but no weapons or explosives. Prosecutors say the alleged targets were symbolic locations in belgium and say the investigation was not tied to the paris terror attacks in november. Now to the story we told you about at the top of the show, president Barack Obamas motorcade was ststped briefly on monday after a arone was spotted flying above its route in hawaii. The secret service says the operator was completely unaware was in t t area and immediately grounded that recreational craft after being confronted by the agents. You can see theres the man with the drone. He sat on the bench next to him. Theres the drone right there. No charges have been fileded the prprident was on his way back to his Vacation Home after a round of golf. All right. Lets get back to the weather. Mr. Roker . Thats right. Still got a lot of stuff to talk about as we show you currently, again, were watching this stormrm system making its way up into the northeast and new england. Weve got wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast, and well be looking at another system coming up. Well detail that comingngp in the next half hour. More rain and snow moving into the pacific northwest. Windy and sunny down in southern california. Thats whats going on around the country. Next 30 seconds. At weather. A few snow showers will track through today and tomorrow with mainly dry ather for the beginniig of the new year. Highs will drop from the 20s today and tomorrow into the mid teens for thursday and friday before climbing back into the mid 20s for the weekend. Well be back in 30 minutes, be sure to thats your latest weather. Savannah. All right, al, thank you. Coming up, the nfl launching a review of the stunning doping allegations against nfl star Peyton Manning. This morning the reporter behind that bombshell documentary and a pregnant news anchor passes out live on the air. What she saying about that frightening moment and how shes first, this is today on nbc. 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