this morning on "world news now" the midwest is getting hammered by a deadly ice storm. cars are unable to get any traction on some completely iced over roadways. and that system continues to march east. we'll have the forecast just ahead. >> and we're learning more about the terrifying ordeal club goers went through in mexico. one american has been killed as we hear from a texas man thankful to be home. >> and new this half hour, what first kind of looked like a dinosaur creeping out of a florida marsh. >> it is. this is an alligator. what we're finding out this morning about that beast that's lighting up the internet. >> huge. and the high drama that lit up last night's episode of "the bachelor." can you guess who fell asleep during the rose ceremony. someone else got the

how did a bouncy house and a bart bag factor in? we have more in "the skinny." from abc news, this is "world news now." nothing sends you back to bed like a barf bag. >> it worked out well for her. we'll tell you about that coming up. we'll start off with the nasty winter storm. parts of 16 states from colorado to maine have winter weather alerts. areas of the central plains seeing snow and others with freezing rain. >> that makes for icy roadways. it doesn't make much for cars to skate across roads into accidents. in la crosse, wisconsin residents didn't need vehicles to skate on the streets. there's been a serious side of the storm. nine deaths over the weekends. hundreds of traffic accidents and a major traffic disruption.

chicago. >> reporter: from colorado to maine, residents on alert for a wintry mess. meanwhile the southern side of the storm spawning tornadoes. a big rig driver spotting this funnel cloud in houston. this surveillance video capturing the storm's power. at least 30 homes and this skyscraper damaged by storms in dallas where hundreds of fans were forced to shelter in place after the packers cowboys game. this truck going into an icy lake. everyone is okay. the coating of ice snapping trees and knocking out power to thousands in several states on a weekend that saw danger and death on slick roads. one kansas trooper narrowly escaping after swerving to avoid an out of control semi. another truck bursting into flames in nebraska after crashing into another vehicle. both drivers survived. at least nine killed on slippery

here in chicago drivers are dealing with rain and dense fog and in parts of the upper midwest, they're bracing for up to a quarter inch of ice. alex perez, abc news, chicago. and as we mentioned, that storm is making travel very dangerous. >> that's right. let's get the complete forecast from paul williams. good morning. >> good morning. we have slower travel expected along 95 because of rain. a touch of ice into western new york and northern portions of pennsylvania. cincinnati throughout all of the ohio valley region into indianapolis and indiana up toward chicago wet roads. kind of wet. to the west, total different story. another push are the river of moisture in the upper atmosphere. wednesday to saturday, heavy snow between one to three feet in addition to what we've experienced there. and a heads up, in the west midportion of the workweek looking for another set of widespread heavy showers along the coast causing fldi

over toward utah. paul, thank you. after facing criticism for attacking civil rights icon john lewis, president-elect donald trump spent part of martin luther king day with his son. >> martin luther king the third called the meeting constructive. he said they talked about voting reform and the president-elect said he's going to represent all americans. as far as trump tweeting lewis all was talk and no action, king down played it as things being said in the heat of emotion. he called lewis a bridge builder. lewis talked about standing what's up for what's right. >> when you see something that's not fair, right or just you have a moral obligation to do something and say something and not be quiet. >> lewis is among 35 members of congress oh who say they plan to boycott the inauguration. >> confirmation for two more

cabinet picks, secretary of education who lacks government experience but has been active in politics and education in michigan, betsy devos. meanwhile, ryan zinke will be in the hot seat for secretary of the interior. we're seeing signs that the obama family is getting ready for their new home. movers took some of the soon to be former first family's belongings into the nine bedroom home they'll be renting in d.c. they're staying there at least until their youngest daughter finishes high school. and u.s. marines are setting up residents in norway. it's about 600 miles from the russian border. the move is raising cold war worries since it coincides with people being sent to poland. a spokesperson says the

presence has nothing to do with russia. an american dead after gunfire in a mexico. the victim is an 18-year-old college student of denver. her brother says she was going to school and working to help her mom. a texas man who survived the shooting returned last night to the airport in houston where his mother was waiting. he was shot in both hands and said he never expected his vacation to end like this. >> i'm very grateful to god that he gave me the life and the strength to get out of that area on time before anything else worse happened. >> he says he was with a woman when she died and he's in a state of shock thinking about her and others lost. a florida fireman fighting for his life after trying to rescue three workers underground. the three man died from toxic gas fumes.

hole in the florida keys while trying to fix a roadway. the fireman went in without his air pack because the hole was too small to accommodate the equipment. and there are concerns right now this morning that thousands of los angeles families may have had their health information breached. l.a.'s children's hospital says a laptop stolen from a doctor's car may have held information for as many as 3600 patients. families are being notified this week. officials believe the data may have been erased. and the social network that started with six second videos has died on the vine. >> the vine social media network app shut down at midnight. it was replaced by vine camera. >> new, okay. >> a rebranded app that will allow you to post your short videos now directly to twitter, but the separate social network is gone. that's what created stars. >> and previously posted vines are on an archive in twitter which acquired vine.

>> i've never used vine. >> i think i posted one video. >> i'm not sad to see it go because it was one more thing i didn't know how to use. >> it's amazing how people got 6 million videos. >> there are people who launched their careers based on vine videos. >> we missed the boat. >> that's why we're here. here's somebody who will be vining about this. the giant gator in florida lighting up the internet on twitter. what we're finding about this huge one seen on camera. >> and on the "the bachelor," bouncy houses to zero gravity planes. what will they do next to win nick's heart? we'll take a look. you're watching "world news now." "world news now" weather brought to you by stamps.com. msdoimt. fice. they have businesses to run.

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that dats dates back five centuries. local officials say none of the animals are harmed in the process. >> all right. well, here at home another kind of animal was turning heads inside a florida nature reserve. it's an alligator. but not just any alligator. this one is estimated to be 13 feet long. and possibly weighing up to 1,000 pounds. there it is caught on camera by a group of hikers. it just looks like it's lazily sauntering around. one marsh to another. >> look at the people in the back. what are they doing? >> they are trying to capture this moment on camera. at great risk, i would think. he also doesn't look like he's ready to run very fast. let's be honest. >> i've seen one that big, by the way. >> you have? >> for nightline i followed a family of gator hunters and i saw one 700 pounds. >> and we're -- a tip from the people who saw this. >> we're calling him godzilla. that's what he looked like going across the path.

>> i should have been more afraid than i was. i was so inspired seeing this amazing creature. >> incredible. as a matter of fact this alligator is no stranger. he's been around for decades and even has a name. he's called the big hump back. you can see right there. >> i'm good seeing him on the television screen. that's fine with me. >> that's fine with me. but he can't move too fast. >> we hope. i bet he could outrun any of us. just when you thought the gator could have his day in the sun. a movement is underway to dethrone it. >> the gator's cousin from down under is giving it a run for its money. >> not a bad sized crocodile. look at the size of that fella. >> yikes. that is the voice of matt wright discovering an enormous crocodile. >> not everyone in australia sounds like they host a nature show, but matt actually does. he has seen lots of crocs in his day. he said this could be the

biggest. what are the odds? a huge crocodile and alligator story on the same day. do you know the difference between the two? can you tell them apart? >> i can't. it's something with the nose. >> something with the nose and one has the teeth that stick up from the bottom up and the other has the top teeth. but i don't know which is which. >> producers should be googling this, telling this in our ear. >> you're on the wrong show, buddy. i'm okay. i don't need to get too close to tell them apart. if i can tell them apart, i'm too close. when we come back, episode three of the bachelor. who slept through the rose ceremony and who got the boot? >> stick around. you're watching "world news now." "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. who got the boot? >> stick around. you'

♪ ♪ tuesday morning skinny time means it is time to talk about "the bachelor." last night's episode pretty crazy. >> i guess after a week off the senior bachelor analyst is back in action. jack, what's going on? >> first time, not much going on. a first time bouquet. >> i like this. >> everyone is getting a rose by jack. i like this. >> let's get this thing going. headli h

women starting to question nick's intentions. 21 women started it. liz was sent packing last week. let's thin out the crowd with a rose ceremony. everybody was there but corinne. she decided to sleep through it because she had a rose from last week. three women ousted. haley, elizabeth, lacy, sia. -- see you. next up, group date with the back street boys. yeah. a couple of the ladies, nick and the back street boys. eventually after the practice and all of that, they get on stage with the band. they're doing a whole gig. danielle l. distinguishes herself, wins herself a one on one dance with nick. >> which was not at all awkward. >> it wasn't awkward at all. none of this has been awkward. the whole season hasn't been awkward. danielle l. gets the rose. and vanessa is going to be

around for a while. this is a zero gravity flight. she said i'm the luckiest girl. until she had to grab the puke bag. the flight -- >> there it is. >> grab the puke bag. she had some difficulty until she got back on the ground. i started feeling like i needed to grab the puke bag. >> nick was cute and supportive. >> he was supportive. and that leads me to say that i think vanessa is going to be around for a while. pool party the well-rested corinne decided to attend, and they wind up, shockingly enough, in this bouncy house set up in front of the mansion. there's the ladies watching what's going on. and there's corrine. they're watching and either

started to question nick's intentions. kiss count, kiss count, the kiss count stops at 10. >> oh. >> yeah. that's a season high for those counting. >> it is, indeed. >> it is? >> that's a record for this season so far. that's only three episodes. we have a little while to go. some housekeeping. another lady, dominique was sent home. there's 17 ladies left. lucky them. analyst out. >> analyst, thank you very much. wonderful job as always. >> and next to a video that may just lead to cuteness overload. >> seven-year-old competing on "your face sounds familiar" doing an impression of taylor swift, and she pretty much nailed it.

♪ you're the one why can't you see ♪ ♪ you belong with me >> that is so cute. not only did she win over the show's jury, live audience and viewers. she even got praise from perez hilton who tweeted this little girl doing taylor swift is everything i needed right now. >> she flips her head up, and the crowd goes nuts. >> even her makeup. >> and she sounds a lot like her. and finally a special happy birthday to a star who hasn't been seven since 1929. >> betty white turns 95. >> friends say she plans to celebrate 95 by having girls over for a friendly game of poker. and she plans to indulge in just one vodka tonic, she says. >> friends say every morning she reads the l.a. times cover to cover and she does all the cross

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lasts 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's the final countdown ♪ the final count down >> so there is no question that the millennial generation is having a growing impact on how the rest of the world lives, works and play. >> and now the shortened millennial attention span is why the nba is looking at shortening the length of their games. >> reporter: time-out. commercial breaks. replays.

a big part of every game, but more and more millennials are tuning out saying games are too long. the nba joining the nfl and major league baseball calling for ways to shorten game times as ratings take a plunge. >> people have increasingly short attention spans. it's something as a business we need to pay attention to. >> reporter: the nba commissioner noted the competition committee will be taking a closer look at game length. particularly the last few minutes with so many time-outs. this game between the houston rockets and the oklahoma city thunder with 24 seconds left to go the game didn't end until almost nine minutes later. americans under the age of 30 now watch 50% less television than in 2010. it's part of the reason major league baseball made a new rule limiting the time managers can spend on the mound to

thirty-seconds. it seemed like a good way to speed up the game, but then that pesky instant replay added five minutes. it's adding up to three hours and eight minutes for nfl games. that's six minute longer than games in 2008. roger goodell saying he want to take dead time nonaction out of the game. so we can make the game more exciting. >> all the time we're not watching the greatest athletes do what they're best at is a disservice to us as a fan base. >> reporter: abc news, new york. >> going to be interesting if they start cutting sports short. >> don't miss your facebook updates at wnnfans.com. >> stay with us. >> this is "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. tay with us. >> this is "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, signs of change coming to washington as president-elect donald trump faces off with democrats. more lawmakers are now saying they're not attending friday's inauguration and that fight is going on as the obamas start moving into their new home. new information about an american victim of a shooting rampage in mexico. her heartbroken brother speaking out and trying to hold back his tears. a storm on the move bringing ice into the northeast. treacherous conditions for this morning's return to work as well. your forecast ahead. look at that amazing alligator just out for a walk with witnesses close by. we'll hear from some of them coming up. and good tuesday morning to