this monday, december 11th. from abc news, this is world news now. a good morning to you all. we re going to begin this half hour with winter making an early appearance. there is more heavy snowfall in upstate new york and snow in the forecast all week. there s already a foot of snow on the ground in the buffalo area, and whiteout conditions exist on many highways. there are travel advisories now in place. rob marciano with more. reporter: more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. lake-effect snow falling from indiana to new york. thundersnow, startling west seneca. three miles south, this scene, the bills/colts game, snow falling up to two inches per hour, so thick at times you can barely see the field. indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, slick roads causing crashes. a jackknifed tractor-trailer causing backups. this car going through a pond. at the height of the winter storm almost 300,000 without power. there s tree
last night, we put the kids to bed and tiptoed out. they never knew the sitter was there, it was beautiful. we went out late, had a very good meal at an italian restaurant, we sat outside, a very pleasant night. a prie fixe meal, it was good. somewhere between it was somewhere between the main course and dessert, behind my wife, a rat ran down the wall. [ laughter ] and into a planter. then back up and back over the wall and disappeared. and man oh man, if you were looking for a way to get a well in the mood saying i just saw a rat behind you is not it. [ laughter ] the waitress comes back, she can see something was up because i m sitting on top of my chair now. and i say kind of quietly, bought i don t want to alarm everyone in the restaurant, i just saw a rat run up and down the wall. she said, oh, yeah, i m supposed to tell you that was a squirrel. [ laughter ] [ applause ] then we got the check. it was a romantic night. guillermo, how did things go for you? guil
my wife and i went to dinner last night, we put the kids to bed and tiptoed out. they never knew the sitter was there, it was beautiful. we went out late, had a very good meal at an italian restaurant, we sat outside, a very pleasant night. a prie fixe meal, it was good. somewhere between it was somewhere between the main course and dessert, behind my wife, a rat ran down the wall. [ laughter ] and into a planter. then back up and back over the wall and disappeared. and man oh man, if you were looking for a way to get a well in the mood saying i just saw a rat behind you is not it. [ laughter ] the waitress comes back, she can see something was up because i m sitting on top of my chair now. and i say kind of quietly, bought i don t want to alarm everyone in the restaurant, i just saw a rat run up and down the wall. she said, oh, yeah, i m supposed to tell you that was a squirrel. [ laughter ] [ applause ] then we got the check. it was a romantic night. guillermo, how
severe weather breaking out in mississippi, and alabama. that severe threat gets to the east coast tomorrow. i do not think there will be as we are weather overnight, but by midday that could change. showers and storms rolling in between 11:00 p.m. at 12:00 p.m.. isolated tornado as well, as it presses eastward. another line could come through mid afternoon an imaging wins and a smaller scale. that threat of severe weather through midday through early evening tomorrow. joel: thank you. our crews and mobile chemicals are on standby to go into first alert mode as that system gets a closer. we will put updates on our news at and the website throughout the day. track all on our first alert weather app. we have seen a lot of parents posting on social media that an older man has been taking pictures of their kids without permission. we contacted police. outside a shopping center, people are reporting this happening. what is going on? we understand it is going on at grocery stores
jessica rae: sioux city crews spent the day hussling to clear the streets in preparation for a busy new years eve celebration. jessica rae: and. we ll have the latest on the fire that destroyed an apartment building in sloan. these stories and more. on abc9 news this morning. jessica rae: good morning and happy new years eve. lawyers for ethan couch have filed paperwork to keep mexican authorities from deporting him. the so-called affluenza teen was moved to an immigration holding facility in mexico city yesterday. he will be held there during legal proceedings. which could take weeks or even months. couch was arrested with his mother on monday after fleeing to mexico while on probation for killing four people while driving drunk in 20-13. tonya couch is on her way back to the u-s, according to mexican she could face up to 10 years behind bars for hindering the apprehension of a juvenile. jessica rae: over the course of several years, dozens of women have accused bil