it's tuesday, december 29th an d coming up on "early today," breaking news overnight. captured, the affluenza teen and his missing mother in police custody. busted at a mexican resort. extreme weather. more than half the country impacted by severe snow, rain and ice. a grand jury votes against indictment in the tumere rice case. a drone flies too close for comfort to president obama's motorcade.

on plus much more on a very busy tuesday. "early today" starts right now. and good morning everybody. thanks for being with us. we start with that breaking news. affluenza teen, ethan couch has been taken into custody. his mother was also arrested. and both could not establish legal status for the united states. and he was involved in a drunk driving crash that killed four people and he was 16 that time and had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit. he was sentenced to probation and missed a check in later this molonth. they believe he fled after a video surfacedk,hat appears to show couch among the group which

although it's unclear if anyone the video was actually dr inking. extreme weather as winter hits with a vengeance. it's moouving north wreaking haopvoc across multiple states. it nocked over cars in iowa. in wisconsin, heavy snow and ice caused a gas canopy to cu ollapse on cars and pumps. >> and elsewhere in illinois, a school bus and tractor trailer were swept up in rising flood waters forcing emergency worker to rescue those inside and in missouri at least 10 are dead from continuous flooding. >> reporter: snow, ice and

plains and midwest. in iowa, as much as a foot of snow well. in oklahoma thousands were left without power because of the winter storm. one family thankful for a generator p. >> we have the heater and refrigerator. >> reportet chicago's o'hare airport is one of the trans transportation hubs with strandered travellers. this is part of the same system that dumped up to two feet of snow on new mexico and it's now moving to the northeast. >>er snow blouers ready. we're good to go. >> reporter: 12 inches of snow could fall in some parts of new england. >> and meteorologist bonny schneider will join us lately with the latest forecast. prosecutor says it was a quote perfect storm of human

boy with a toy gun. >> it was horrible, unfortunate, and regrettable but it was not, by the law that iends us, a crime. >> someone other than the elected county official who works closely with law enforcement officers should have probably made tha t decision. >> reporter: meanwhile, rahm emmanuel stopped his vacation early. and chicago police say they accidently killed a mother of five in the gun fire. >> the they're already looking into the chicago police department as a whole for their escalation protocols. >> edward, thank you. ock and roll icon has died at the age of 70 after a brief battle with an tremely

the hard hitting lemmy easily re ncognizable started as a roady for jimmy hendrix before forming motor head in 1975. and they revolutioned the music scene by blending heavy metal and pump and influencing acts from foofighters who tweeted. his birthday was christmas eve, dead at the age of 70. we're still in t middle of a presidential primary but the 2016 race is starting to have a general election feel to it. the fight between donald trump and hillary clinton escalating every day. and now he's drawing bill clinton into t crhe pay for.

baavck releasing a statement saying her husband is getting involved o now scheduled t hold campaign events on february 4th in new hampshire and trump tweeted late last night. and make of this what you will, on the same day bill clinton will hold that campaign event, donald trump will pick up the pace with his campaign. he said around january 24th, the campaign is going to start spending a lot of money. we don't wanted to take too many chances. we're too close. and a lot of publicity is being done for him for free on facebook. and the gop frontrunner generated just over 50 million

nearly double the combine 29.6 million total of all other presidential contenders. for ore on his feud, he'll talk to savannah guthrie on this morning onlltoday." family members of a three-year-old syrian boy arked an out cry arrived in canada. you may remember these photos of the lifeless body on the beach in september. his father survived. s uncle, aunt and cousins arrives in vancouver as refugees. his f her now lives in iraq. according to the international organization, nearly 3700 asylum seekers have died trying to reach europe. > and 911 calls reveal a

tried to get help for their scout master who was attacked by a bear. well, that plan to lure to the bear away worked. none of the boys were injured and the 50-year-old man escape would nonlife threatening injuries. for more now on that winter storm, here's meteorologist, bonny schneider. now finally east coast getting some too. >> right, it's the first measurable significant snowfall in new england and we're looking at ice accumulating as well.

of snow into northern new england. the problem is we're getting a wintry mix and this will change over to freezing rain at times. there's a concern for power outages and since so many people are traveling, be careful traveling on the roads. and in other areas, you're looking at that wintry mix with rain to the south of it. so, there will be a change over to rain and freezing rain. dangerous travel and low visibility. vi it's unseasonably mild across the southeast but things will change. wad tch what happens as we move aito 2016. temperatures are dropping, even in new york city. hal has tallahassee down to 60. and overall, we're looking at things getting colder, just like

temperatures in salt lake, only 25 degrees. now a closer look at the day ahead. we can see the mild temperatures across parts of the midsouth into the 50s. nice in florida in the 80s. there's the cold air, 17 in billings. thgsat is brutal. so, the cold air certainly is working its way to the east. we still have a couple days before it completely penetrates the country. thank you. almost 200,000,000 americans personal information is at risk. plus, what would you spend to clone your family pet?

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secret service stopped a man flying his drone by president obama's motorcade in hawaii. he was apparently unaware that the presidential motorcade was driving through. president obama and the first family are in hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. a securitu y researcher has uncovered a massive base containing 109 hn 191 million registered records going back to 2000. some of the information may have come from nation p e ilder, a campaign software v dor but they say they don't own the mystery data base. when one couple 's beloved boxer dillen died they decided to spend $100,000 to drone him.

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animal control as the critters mask mascot soaked it in. and the league's second best record as they hold off minnesota 101-95. curry, you hear of him? and 122-103 over the kings. and to baseball where the new york yankees just added one of the best closers to the game. che apman istyoving from cincinnati o the yanks for four minor leaguers and in case you missed it, the court jester of basketball has passed away. he wowed fans with amazing trick shots, combined with loads of comedy a big smile and plenty of charisma. meadow lark lemon was 83 yusooer ears old and died on sunday.

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going to the big screen. and bran stark for the first time since season 4. and marvel gave us a sneak peek as dr. strange. anm dustin bieber's record company is in hot waut wr the city of san francisco. they had advertise tnts spray painted oen sidewalks and they wayont to know who actually did the graffi so as to do them justice. no one from universal had comment. "soft kitty warm kitty little ball of t r". >> the family of a late new hampshire poet is suing the ople responsibility for the big bang theory saying they used lyrics without buying the

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leading the news in the detroit news, obama signs into law upton's law banning microbeads. they're polluting u.s. lakes, rivers and oceans.iit will be illegal starting in july 20 july. and the dog who died in the paris terror siege is being awarded a meddel for bravery.

he was killed by terrorists during a raid in paris last nth. it's been handed out 53 times since its inception. and in the guardian, a total of six people taken the to questioning and say belgium was the folk os of the suspected plot. a bridge in pittsburgh is noe morerr. yesterday, the 94-year-old bridge came crashing down. ine spection of the city's infrastructure showed it needed a replacement. china launche nod its most soatphisticated observation satellite. ite will be used for disaster surveillance and prevention and meteorologic forecast. this is not your typical

an elephant seal delayed motorristsests in california yesterday. it repeatedly tried to cross the highway. eventually wildlife service crews and officers were able to divert it back into the water. they have special boards like they do this often. it can't have been a quick process to get that guy across the road. >> and i like to see the reactions of the people who saw that. >> i wouldn't mind waiting in line to see him pass by. and time's square will have its annual confetti test. 3,000 pounds will be released when the clock strikes midnight on thursday night. actor jude law who turns 43, and

77 and tv legend mary tyler moore turns 79. and keep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm shannon mulaire. thanks for watching "early today." have a terrific tuesday. right now our first taste of

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