tailgating tradition. good tuesday morning, everyone. after record-breaking december warmth, the first major winter storm battering several states right now. >> absolutely. let's get right to the radar. that massive system stretching from wisconsin to maine bringing everything from snow to ice to heavy downpours. this is the scene right now overnight outside of boston. the snow and ice snarling traffic and delaying flights on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. >> all this after the same system spawned deadly tornadoes in texas. abc's megan hughes has the latest. >> reporter: after an unusually warm december, the first snow falls in massachusetts this morning. ice melt and shovels fly off the shelves. >> it was kind of like black friday-ish. >> reporter: in new york state,

>> first storm of the year. there's a lot of accidents. hopefully they'll be very minor. >> reporter: weather around the country has given them a preview from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous conditions in wisconsin to floods in missouri where the state's death toll climbed into the double digits. a snowdrift in new mexico trapped betty and jimmy anderson in their car for 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. >> my wife, she was just shivering and shaking so i got into the passenger seat t cause the driver's seat was full of snow from us trying to dig out so we cuddled up together. >> reporter: air travelers also had nothing to do but wait. >> i've been stranded now in the airport for 50 hours. >> reporter: almost 3,000 flights canceled across the united states yesterday according to flight tracking service, flight aware. the weather system spawned more tornadoes bringing terror to florida and arkansas. >> drive. get on the gas and go. >> that's it. that's a tornado. >> reporter: whileleanup began

of splintered homes and debris show the aftermath of tornados that took 11 lives there. megan hughes, abc news, washington. >> thank you, megan, and that storm system still on the move. >> this morning, it will be a slick commute for most of the northeast. on the map here, albany, hartford, boston, all cities in that pink icy area. mostly rain for new york city and south. at least 6 to 12 inches of snow from wisconsin to maine when it's all over with. okay, let's get to the other major breaking news story from overnight. the capture of the so-called affluenza teen, ethan couch. >> this is the first image right here of couch since he was detained in mexico. note that he's dyed his hair black in an obvious attempt to avoid detectioio >> couch and his mother are now on their way to guadalajara where they're expected to eventually be transferred back to texas. couch was found responsible for a drunk driving crash that killed four people bacacin 2013.

privileged upbringing prevented him from being able to distinguish right from wrong and he avoided jail time. authorities have been searching for couch since december 10th for allegedly violating his probation. well, now to the race for the white house and donald trump is on the attack. he's taking aim at someone new, new jersey governor chris christie, and mr. trump still firing shots at possible rival hillary clinton and her husband, the former president. donald trump's new target. >> chris christie. >> chris christie. >> christie. >> christie. >> christie. >> reporter: going after chris christie last night in new hampshire ripping the new jersey governor for embracing president obama after hurricane sandy. >> it was unbelievable. he was like a little boy, oh, i'm with the president. >> reporter: the republican front-runner also blasting christie for the bridgegate scandal suggesting the governor knew about the lane closures. >> they're closing the biggest bridge in the united states, the most traveled on bridge, one of them in the world and most traveled on in the united states. you're doing that and you're not telling the governor.

>> reporter: the latest attack coming after "the new hampshire union leader" endorsed christie. >> what a pile of garbage that newspaper is. >> reporter: an editorial from the paper's publisher comparing trump to biff in "back to the future" movies. >> you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. it's also a failing newspaper. it's going down the tubers. >> reporter: trump also going after not just one clinton, but two tweeting "if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with hihiterrible record of w wen abuse while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong." that tweet coming after hillary clinton accused trump of sexism in an interview last week. and d an interview with abc news back in 2013, trump seemed proud to consider bill clinton a friend and he told cnn back in 2008 that clinton's infidelity was, quote, totally unimportant. >> only five weeks till the caucuses in iowa. new this morning, family

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every nfl team will play next sunday the regular season's final day and that's when all the outstanding playoff issues will be decided. >> as for last night's action we get the highlights from our guys at espn. he's stan, i'm neil. we're going to do highlights. >> let's start with monday night football. we have the broncos and bengals. bengalalalready in the playoffs, broncos trying to get there. they went to overtime. it's tied at 17. brock osweiler, the backup quarterback in for the injured peyton manning to demaryius thomas. how does he make that catch? it's unbelievable. so, that led to this field goal attempt from brandon macmanus who had missed one earlier. >> badly. >> knocked that one down so it's 20-17 denver. a.j. mccarron and the bengals get a shot. so the broncos get their chance and broncos are in the

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e did head to the hospital and harlow tweeting that she and her baby girl are just fine. good news. >> good news overall there. so you may have seen the messages on facebook promising that, you know, mark zuckerberg is going to give away millions to regular people because he's just great, even mentioning the story was on "good morning america." >> but the only problem is it's all a hoax. to be elelible to be among thehe 1,000 winners the post said you have to copy and paste the text and post it in your own status. facebook quickly responded saying zuckerberg's pledge to give money to improve the world is real unlike everything you read on the internet. i never fall for those cut and paste things. >> that was my get rich quick plan. back to legos. >> back to lottery tickets. >> lottery tickets. well, if you try with your kids begging to stay up until midnight on new year's eve netflix may have a solution. you can call up a countdown to the end of the year any time you want. that's the key, you can do it at 7:00 at night. there's a choice of hosts drawing from children's favoritit

>> okay, so the streaming service says nearly half the parents in english speaking countries would like to put the kids in bed by 9:00 and more than 40% already use the countdown or plan to use it this year. netflix promises it will not tell the kids it's not midnight if you don't. >> or you can tell the kids it's going to be christmas tomorrow and thenn put them to bed early and then tell them in the morning santa forgot. >> once again -- wow, that's mean. don't do that. i'm just kidding. i'm kidding. finally a unique way to crank up some hype, a giant board used for the popular tailgate game cornhole set up at the goodyear blimp base in florida. >> that is huge then cheerleaders -- did somebody say cheerleaders -- from michigan state and alabama took turns tossing giant bean bags from the window of a blimp some 200 feet ove the board. the spararns and crimson tide e mascots were there. the school's football teams play

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thunderstorms and showers in the south and still more snow west of the great lakes. well, it's one of the most popular gadget gifts this year and possibly the pose dangerous. >> yeah, a lot of peiple are saying that. everybody is talking about hoverboards and clearly timed for this year's 30th anniversary of the "back to the future" s you might say people are falling head over heels for the two-wheeled devices and heading back nototo the future. but to the emergency room. >> abc's gio benitez has that story. >> reporter: as many reveal what they got for christmas, one of this year's hottestst gifts leavinin many in the hospital. wipeout after wipeout. even professional athletes like baseball player dan uggla hitting the ground. and this u. representatave taking to twitter to show off his hoverboard injury. we've seen the fires linked to hoverboards. the consumerroducts safety commission now investigating 21

country. even tweeting this warning got a hoverboard for christmas. might want one of these. major airlines even banning the devices from flights for fear of the batteries catching fire. >> i was surprise. i didn't think i would get injured that badly. >> this goes so fast. >> reporter: xavier terrell documented his first verboard ride. falls twice bloodying his knee. the cpsc says it received dozens of reports of injuries and is expecting that number to grow. experts urge everyone to wear proper safety gear before taking one for a spin. >> if you want to be someone taking careof yourself get wris guards and a helmet. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, , w york. >> i h he you have wrist guards and a helmet. you got one. >> i got a drone but it really is everywhere. i saw a church choir on christmas day using it as part of their performance. >> what? >> the verboards. that's incredible. >> i thought you got a hoverboard and a drone. >> no.

>> no, both are scary and dangerous. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great tuesdayay everyone. source, this is ??? . crews in cedar rapids are wwking extensive hohos, hoping to cleaeathe roads for morning commuters. the city is still under a snow emergency. one industry is hoping for a slower day after yesterday's snowfall. they went out on the roads when n eryone was told to stay home. now that the snow has cleared, presidential candidates are hoping to win over iowa voters. it's just five weeks until the iowa caucuses. good tuesday morning! its 430 on december 29th, just a couple days until the new year. here is a live look at crews are working this morning to get the roads