. >> albuquerque, new mexico, just after dawn on friday, march 9th, 2012.shc cameras roll as state troopers race to interstate 40. >> in pursuit of an orange school bus. one tire is blown at this time. approximately 65 miles per hour. >> outside the city, a man is speeding east in a stolen school bus straight toward the city line. >> be advised, kind of hanging off. >> the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yasrd. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant before turning around and heading back to albuquerque. >> is there any number? >> negative. >> for now we just know it's the one male driver. that's all we have? >> now, state, city, and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit determined to stop the empty bus before it reaches albuquerque's early morning rush hour. >> albuquerque, all units, 65 miles per hour. >> the plan, stop the vehicle with spike belts, also known as stop sticks. strips of metal barbs designed to puncture tires. >> 137th. >> mile marker 137 is 13 miles from the albuquerque city line. at 6:27 a.m. the bus appe

it became albuquerque's bear.ming and looking for her cub, this traumatic incident occurs, yet they are reunited and able to be turned loose. i think it is a story of hope, you know. >> many wildlife officials rely on airbags to cushion the fall of bears they have to sedate, a development they owe, in some part, to sparky the bear. >>> december 6th, 2010. in tucson, arizona, another animal is stuck high on an electrical pole. this time, a cat who's been up there for three days. >> i just thought the cat might either slip and fall off or get into the power lines and get shocked and die. >> but kim, the cat, surprises everyone. >> on a monday, cameraman andrew brown heads out to cover the story. all day, phone lines had been buzzing in the newsroom. >> people were so upset about this cat being on this pole and them not being able to get it down that i didn't know what to expect, but i knew it was going to be kind of crazy. >> when andrew arrives on the scene, a crowd has formed. looking 30 feet up at one very confus

further down the road in albuquerque, they were stopped again. >> they went immediately to the money because they knew where it was. >> they took the $17,000. >> took the $17,000. >> what crime were you charged with? >> we weren't charged with any crime, no crime at all, first stop or second stop. >> what reason did they give you for taking all your money if you weren't charged with a crime? >> they didn't give us a reason. >> in the united states, you are ninnocent until proven guilty bt this kind of seems like you're guilty. >> right. >> they were stranded with no money and no transportation. skinner and his son were victims of a controversial law enforcement practice known as civil forfeiture. under it, local police often working in cooperation with federal authorities can seize people's money and property simply based on the suspicion it might be tied to a crime. >> i went to college here at new mexico state university. >> brad cates is a prominent new mexico attorney. we met him at his ranch in las cruces. >> most people are not walking warned 20 or 25 or $30,000 cash. >> first

and in 2009, bill is back in albuquerque to help celebrate smokey bear's 65th anniversary. but no one involved will forget that fateful day in october when a pilot and his passengers were lucky to escape with their lives. >> you know, with ballooning, the takeoff is optional. landing is a must. and so we just had a landing we didn't expect. >>> all of the people we've met in this hour have been changed by their experiences in ways, large and small, and whether they were saved by others or they found a way to save themselves, they feel lucky to be alive. if you have a video you'd like to send to us, logon to our website, caughtoncamera.msnbc.com. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera. >>> it's tuesday, december 29th. and right now on "first look," breaking news overnight. captured, the affluenza teen and his missing mother in police custody. busted at a mexican resort. we've got late-breaking details. >>> extreme weather. more than half the country impacted by severe snow, rain and ice. as fatalities rise. >>> a grand jury votes against indict

high as eight-feet, which made travel difficult.interstate 40 had to be shut down all the way from albuquerque to the texas border.officials say more than ten-thousand homes in eastern new mexico lost power because of the storm. that same system also left snow on the ground in parts of texas.at least six inches piled up in the amarillo area - keeping motorists of the road.and to the north in oklahoma, a wintry mix left highways and bridges very parts of the state.several drivers across the south say they were caught off guard. "we're coming from mississippi, it's been like 70 80 degree weather, yeah 70s and 80s in mississippi and we get up here and we're like freezing to death." death."several highways had to be shut down and residents were asked to stay off the roads because of black ice. at the same time, texas is dealing with spring-like weather.today communities in the eastern parts of the state are cleaning up after tornadoes ripped through the area.at least 11 people were killed in the dallas-area saturday night.several of those deaths came when a twister crossed a busy interstate.the to

interstate 40 in albuquerque shutdown. >> that is the major road. for the latest on the severe weather threat this morning, let's go straight to meteorologist pedram javaheri. what's going on? >> unfortunately, we have at least one more severe weather day in the forecast. an absolute mess when you take a look at the national perspective with nearly 1 in 2 people in the country dealing with inclement weather from the snow to the ice and blizzard and freeze threats across arizona. winter storm threat with snow coming in around new england in the next couple days. in alabama and georgia, some isolated tornadoes and damage. we talk about the incredible nature of the storms, we know 67 tornadoes reported in the past receive especialseven days. we had one at ef-4. that is about 1% probability of all tornadoes that come in at ef-4 to ef-5 scale. fatalities are occurring in this scale. that is where we saw the damage across texas. we are just getting these numbers in for the last few minutes. we know 20 fatalities related to tornadoes in 2015. that makes it

nearly 400 miles of interstate 40 from albuquerque to the texas state line has been shut down. >> i was coming through here because i figured it would be >> reporter: these truckers driving on i-40 were stopped near albuquerque. some of their rigs were rerouted and parked at the state fairgrounds. >> it's better than being in the weeds, you know, you could be on the side of the road. >> reporter: southeastern oklahoma is saturated with more than eight inches of rain falling on sunday. >> we're known for getting like 40 inches a year. we got a fourth of that this weekend. so it's a crazy year. >> reporter: as if these wintry conditions weren't miserable enough, oklahoma's also had three earthquakes over the last 24 hours or so. the most powerful one, 3.5 magnitude. 17 miles north of oklahoma city. >> mark strassmann, thank you very much. >>> missouri is under a state of emergency this morning because of these weekend storms. floodwaters are blamed for at least eight deaths across the state. rain over the weekend boosted st. louis to its wettest year on record. volunteers filled sandbags

which is closed from east albuquerque to the texas state line. officials say more than ten thousand homes are without power in eastern new mexico. governor susana martinez's emergency order activates the national guard to help stranded drivers. that white christmas came a couple of days late for parts of oklahoma. a nasty mix of wintry precipitation left highways and bridges dangerously slick in crews have been out in force clearing, salting and sanding various roads, and several highways have been shut down. officials are warning of black ice urging residents to stay off the roads. flooding has of other roadways inundated with high water. breaking news now. dramatic video just into our newsroom. this car was on the 15 this evening. nhp says it just caught fire. no one was hurt. here's that car now. the right line of i-15 is closed near silverado ranch. we have consumer alert from contact 13. sprint and verizon customers may have unclaimed money waiting for them.. but there's a deadline to both wireless carries are paying customers back for unaut

cops in albuquerque say... a man opened a "go fund me" account.. asking people.... to donate to "toys for tots." the thing is... the guy has no affiliation with toys for tots.. he was just planning to keep the money for himself! (24) "he did this page in such a professional manner, you would think someone in the marine corp designed it." (31) white flash (35) "how do you cheat kids? for someone to try to steal from them in our name, it's just unacceptable." (42) the good news.. no one was actually tricked by.... the fake account.. but... toys for tots is warning.... that there may still be we'll be right back with a final check.... on your forecast from bryan. you're watching channtion news.. where you ask and we investigate.. stay with us. breezy winds will continue tonight as our current storm system pushes through the area. expect lows in the low to mid through the area. expect lows in the low to mid 30s around the valley tonight and highs only in the mid to upper 40s tomorrow. the winds will remain breezy on will still be in place and it

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that's what >> from one dedic >>> albuquerqu frigh into another vehicle then nobody was injured. the house can be rebuilt. >> between two weeks, mike is back on the job. >> one of the first calls was a house fire. you have to be there when they call 911. that's what we do. >> from one dedicated city worker to another. on a saturday evening in albuquerque, new mexico, a bus driver's routine ride takes a frightening turn when he slams into another vehicle and then crashes into a bridge pillar. it all starts a little after 5:00 p.m. on october 17th, 2009. the bus drops off several passengers at a busy stop and is heading west on central avenue toward oak street, not far from the university of new mexico campus. albert sanduval is the bus driver. >> i took off and i was just driving and i was going right through my green light and about the middle of the intersection, i just looked and there was a little car right in front of me. >> the incoming car, which is turning left in front of the bus, is not slowing down and the two vehicles collide. >> not even really the time to look in the

albuquerque doubled as afghanistan. questionable karaoke skills. >> what was happening out there on stage? >> someone called it performing, others called it butchering. >> how is it to work with tina fey? >> very professional and modestly brilliant. >> today's kabul first licensed female driver hits the road. that sucks. that sucks for women. >> she's a promiscuous journalist that tina fey idolizes, but tina says it's not just because of her stunning good looks. >> she's so and so nice. and she's homely. that's hard. 6'7" here. >> you are nine. >> borderline ten. >> what are you here, like a 15? >> yeah. >> all of a sudden you're a little better looking. >> th talks about journalism people working in afghanistan and the insane politics. everyone who ever worked there says, it's crazy there a total of the heart >> whiskey tango foxtro opens next year. >> i like the title. >> anna faris does a little christmas shopping for her husband chris pratt. >> i love to get him like great knife. >> a knife. >> yeah. >> then kellycl

but, apparently, not. >> reporter: these truckers driving on i-40 were stopped near albuquerque. some of their rigs were rerouted and parked at the state fairground. >> it's better than being in the weeds, you know? you could be on the side of the road. >> reporter: s stheastern oklahoma is saturated with more than 8 inches of raifalling on sunday. >> we are known for getting like 40 inches a year. we got a fourthf that this weekend. so it's a crazy year. >> reporter: as if these wintry conditions weren't miserable enough, the state is also had three earthquakes over the last day. one of them, a 3.5 magnitudede oklahoma city. jeff? >> mark strassmann, thank you very much. >>> missouri is under a state of of these weekend storms. floodwaters are blamed for at least eight deaths across the state. rain over the weekend boosted st. louis to its wettest year on record. volunteers filled sandbags to ep the rising w wer away from homes and parts of missouri could see 3 more inches of rain today. the sizef the storm is slowing down air travel. airlines have cancelled more than 650 u.s. f

phoenix a 65, albuquerque 48. eric fisher joins us now. how do we explain this? boston. it might be just as warm on christmas day as the fourth of july this year. it has been a wacky one for us. norwood 61 degrees, providence 60 degrees, it is warm all springlike showers all day. a very mild hermas up and down the eastern seaboard and across the southeastern states. one round of rain is moving on tomorrow. between. we will lullsee -- in between. tomorrow evening. temperatures will be rising

out of albuquerque, new jersey by way of denver, colorado, presenting the number two-ranked lightweight contender in the "cowboy" cerrone! and now introducing the champion fighting out of the red corner, mixed martial arts professional record 24 wins, 7 losses, 5'8" tall weighing in at 154.5 pounds. fighting out of rio de janeiro, brazil presenting the reigning defending undisputed ufc lightweight champion of the world, rafael dos anjos! >> all right gentlemen we have gone over the rules. follow my instructions. we have a clean fight. "cowboy" cerrone. lightweight title is on the line. here we go! cerrone in the white, the southpaw, dos anjos, in the black trunks. we talked about needing to be fast-starting tonight, cerrone. remember in the first match-up dos anjos hit him with a hard right hook and changed the complex of the fight. >> and dos anjos connected with the straight left and that's a punch he used repeatedly against anthony pettit. >> and the leg kick cerrone will keep him away from the power side of rafael dos anjos. and critical he use that. >> and nice knee to the body by

from albuquerque, new mexico to the texas state line has been shut dodo."i was coming through here because i figured it would be better, but apparently not."tahlequah, ok saturated, with more than 8 inches of rain falling on sunday.(brian berry / tahlequah resident) "we're known for getting 40-inches a year, we got a fourth of that this weekend."(standup close: mark strassman, cbs news, el reno, oklahoma) ) (1:06-1:22) "and i iall of those elemenen were not enough, oklahoma fefe at leaea three earthquakes in the last day.. including one last night, when a 3-point-5 magnitude struck 17 miles northwest of oklahoma city. mark strassman, cbs news, el reno, oklahoma." 3 3 the storm system stretching from texas to michigan is disrupting travel across the country.one of the hardest hit travel hubs is chicago's o'hare airport... one of the nation's busiest.nearly 500 flights have been cancelled out of that airport alone... with hundreds more delayed. those include both flights to and from sioux city's sioux gateway airport.chicago's midway airport had cancelled abo

mexico, here's cheyenne cope of our albuquerque affiliate krqe. >> i'm standing in two and a half feet of snow, it's up to my knees and causing dangerous road conditions. several roads have been shut down due to dangerous conditions across the area. police are asking people to play it safe and stay off the roads saying they've never seen snowdrifts like this before. the snow started falling yesterday and hasn't stopped. a blizzard warning is in effect across the east central plains. yesterday people here in roswell scrambled to get last-minute essential supplies, clearing store shelves of snow shovels and other goods to tide them over through the storm. cope, cbs news. >>> more now on the forecast from chief meteorologist eric fisher of our cbs boston station wbz. even with all of this activity the storms aren't done yet. >> certainly not. very powerful winter storm here. jeff all sorts of weather hazards from blizzard conditions eastern new mexico and west texas, flooding in between, a tornado watch is in effect to the east, and more flash flood watches farther east than that. so ever

west are they getting snow in the rocky mountains states and ski temperatures in the 40s towards albuquerque. our future cash shows clouds starting out our christmas day. a chance for an isolated shower tomorrow but much of the day should be dried as we go into saturday morning in a way of cloud cover disturbance that will bring rain. looks like by saturday night we do have -- if you had out you will will encounter wet weather laden evening on saturday. until then it looks like it will be relatively quiet and mild temperatures and low 40s to the mid-50's across the tri-state area. watch out for patchy fog developing if you are heading out to midnight mass or any early masses tomorrow morning. another mild day with temperatures rising into the 60s for christmas day. we will chop down to the 50s on saturday back into the mid-60s on sunday and next week we will start off morsi double, temperatures and low 40s and we should drop out -- break into plenty of sunshine. there could be sleet mixed in well off to the north and there will be snow in our area, north vermont and new hampshire have had a

cops in albuquerque say... a man opened a "go fund me" asking people..... to donate to "toys for tots." the thing is.... the guy has no affiliation... with "toys for tots".... he was just planning to keep the money for himself! (24) "he did this page in such a professional manner, you would think someone in the marine corp designed it." (31) white flash (35) "how do you cheat kids? for someone to try to steal from them in our name, it's just unacceptable." (42) the good news.. no one was actually tricked by the fake account.. but toys for tots is warning.... that there may still be scammers... out there. up next... in today's health report.. yet another thing to think about.... before you pick up your smartphone. "i started having these shoulder pains and back pain and i didn't know what and back pain and i didn't know what they were coming from." we'll explain.. after the break. my neighbor says we can get gig internet speed from centurylink. if i had a gig, how long would it take to download an hd movie? oh, that's really fast. cen

. >> an albuquerque man is accused of breaking into his own mother's house just to steal a pot of stewthey have arrested 23-year-old jonathan ray, he texted his mother asking for some and she said no, and he broke into her home and took some of the corn based dish for herself. she found the gate broken and the pot of stew was missing. >> it was an unusual surprise in melbourne beach florida, hundreds of pots of coffee washed up on the beach here, cargo fell off the ship, and coffee drinker as like scooped up the coffee cans in a couple of hours. >>> still ahead on "action news" at noon, we could be flirting with new record highs, david murphy has the details in accuweather. >> a popular soda is making a come back, why you can't pick it up on wawa or anywhere else though. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there's limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in redu

after some areas received close to 16 inches of snow and nearly 400 miles of interstate 40 from albuquerque to the texas state line has been shut down. oklahoma is doling with a double what me, flooding in the oklahoma felt three earthquakes in the last day. >>> breaking news in boston, authorities are investigating a threat made against the city, jim. >> reporter: i will and, this particular threat actually came into the 911 call center in new york city this morning. the caller not saying anything specific but at the same time making what appears to be multiple threats against the city of boston, police here in boston are aware this alleged threat but the calls lack of specificity makes police here in boston question its credibility, no specific target or time or location was noted. the boston office of the fbi corn if you weres for wbz that federal authorities are also aware of the alleged threat, it came in when someone called in new york police department and made unspecified threat against boston, when the dispatcher on that line asked the caller to get more specific, the caller hung u

interstate 40 closed for more than 200 miles from albuquerque to the texas state line. in amarillo, texas, winds gusted up to 50mph, nearly 15 inches of snow created drifts that buried cars. in eastern oklahoma, that same storm system brought heavy rains and flooding. the illinois river is expected to crest at 29 feet. since saturday, nearly ten inches of rain has fallen in talaqa, where brian berry lives. >> we normally get 40 inches a year. we got a fourth of that this year. it's a crazy year. >> reporter: and a crazy month for the ayers family. they lost power for five days over thanksgiving when another ice storm hit el reno. >> it's starting to get old. they're trying to do what they can, but it that takes a long time to get this many people up with power. >> reporter: this massive pile is el reno's official dumping ground for folks who live here over the last two ice storms. the residents have brought all the branches and limbs that have fallen on their property and stuck them here, and, jeff, this pile just keeps on growing. >> glor: mark strassmann, thank you. t

. >> high, my name is staff sergeant anastasia fry, currently with red horse squadron from albuquerque, new mexico, and i just wanted to wish everybody back home merry christmas and happy new year, especially my mom, dad, and scott. have a good one. you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. my giant. you got your big games... ...and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season is won. everything in one place. my giant. >> some people say they'll be embarrass philadelphia he's elected. quinnipiac pole out today says 50% of those polled say they would be embarrased by having trump as president. only 23% said they would be proud to have him as commander in chief. meanwhile trump's democratic rival hillary clinton is announcing 2 billion-dollar a year effort to cure altzheimer's disease by 2025. clinton says her plan will quote prevent effectively treat and make a cure possible for the mind robbing disease. 5 million americans have been diagnosed with altsdz himi's. >>

this video is coming to us from albuquerque. you can see the snow is piled up on the sides of the roads. people trying to make their way throughout town. some footage coming to us from el passo, texas. snow there. it's 25 degrees in this region of the united states right now. so some parts of texas dealing with floods and tornadoes and damage that comes along with that. other areas dealing with this, snow hitting parts of texas and new mexico at this hour. so, we'll be keeping an eye on all of this throughout the morning. >> what a mess. all right. next in politics, has bill clinton heads to the campaign trail for his wife hillary clinton donald trump unleashes nasty comments about the former president's marital infidelity. what does the feud do to boston these campaigns. >>> remarkable new images of this ranging fire in southern california. you'll see a news crew in the thick of it. >> in the united states, not alone in dealing with parts or dealing with severe weather. this is from my home country england. many places there un

isis logan is a junior in albuquerque, new mexico. she has been theering tat of bullying and that also included threatening graffiti with her name on it. her mother believes the school is not doing enough to stop the harassme harassment. >> i got pulled out of class and they're looking for a girl who was making a scene downstairs. >> they told me it was in regard to the terrorists. i should think of it as that and not because it's her name. >> isis got her name from her mom who heard it on a tv show and she liked it. you may remember a san francisco woman named isis reportedly said her facebook page was disabled for the same reason. >>> the drug company ceo called the most hated man in america is back in the headlines providing a rare musical treasure. martin shkrelli. selling price is $2 million. the lenlenedary hip-hop group secretly made the double album. the owner not release it commercially. wu tang is giving some money to charities. sparked outrage by increasing the price of the cancer drug from $13 to $750 a pill. >> not going