abc's lynn sinzie janis again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, snow, ishgs even freezing rainmaking runways from the midwest to the northeast treacherous this delta flight sliding off a taxiway at new york's jfk had to be dug out. at chicago o'hare, this spirit airlines flight skidding off the runway. and check thought small plane on an expressway in the bronx. >> we are losing engine. tower, tower, we're losing engine power. >> reporter: the pilot, on his way to connecticut, making a miraculous landing. >> i'll never make it. where do we touchdown? >> we are going to touchdown on the deegan expressway. >> reporter: no one nurt any of those potential plane disasters. as pilots and airlines put safety first, it's sheer chaos inside the airports. >> we don't have a plane, we don't have a crew, then they say say have a crew, they don't have plane. it's a big back and forth. >> reporter: jet blue announcing today it is canceling dozens of flights out of boston's logan airport, saying it will take days, not hours, to get people where they are going. today, passengers departing for chicago experi

the forecast in a moment, but first, abc's linzie janis with the preparations tonig. >> reporter: tonight, this winter, about to go from bad to worse. the coldest air so far this season -- >> just one thing after the next. >> reporter: in its grip, 18 states from minnesota to maine, with wind chills set to plummet to 30 and 60 below. in chicago and steps across minnesota, school, already closed for tomorrow. forcing crews to work every day this month and wiping out the snow removal budget. in ohio and wisconsin, salt now a precious commodity. >> the town has used its entire allocation of salt for the 2013-2014 season. >> reporter: across the midwest this weekend, blizzard conditions. and tonight, the rush is on to clear as much of that snow as possible, before it turns to ice. >> get as much slush off the streets because it's going to be a very hard freeze and it doesn't matter what product you put on it, it's not going to move. >> reporter: but with all this cold, there may be one silver lining for die hard football fans heading to the super bowl. fears of bad weather at new jersey's met

abc's linzie janis again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, snow, ice, even freezing rain, making runways from the midwest to the northeast treacherous. this delta flight sliding off a taxiway at new york's jfk had to be dug out, then towed to the gate. at chicago o'hare, this spirit airlines flight skidding off the runway. to keep the runways operating here in new york, more than 200 pieces of snow equipment, including melters that can liquefy more than 500 tons of snow an hour. plows that can clear snow at 40 miles per hour and thousands of gallons of liquid anti-icing chemicals to prevent snow and ice sticking to the runways. and check out this small plane on an expressway in the bronx. >> mayday. zero nine juliet. we're losing engine. tower, tower, we're losing engine power. >> reporter: the pilot, on his way to connecticut, making a miraculous landing. >> i'll never make it. where do i touchdown? >> we are going to touchdown on the deegan expressway. >> reporter: no one hurt in any of these potential plane disasters. but as pilots and airlines put safety first, it's sheer chaos insid

. >> host: janis is calling from smithfield, utah. hi, janis. >> caller: hi. first of all, mr. levin, i am a great admirer of yours. i think you're a national treasure. so don't let the kooks get you down. >> host: janis, why do you think he's a national treasure? >> caller: i think he's got so many things right and so many -- he's got a wonderful mind. [laughter] i just admire his wonderful mind. but there was one thing i wanted to ask him, and that is as a conservative i'm, i've been concerned about the division among conservatives not over goals, but over tactics. it seems to be kind of creating a fission that i think's going to be very detrimental in the success of the goals we all want to achieve such as, you know, abolishing obamacare and stuff like that. because we argue amongst ourselves over the tactics of how to get there, and i wondered if you felt like that was a real concern or what your answer to that is. >> guest: i think that's a good question. the problem is, um, the republican establishment, the part of the ruling class, they've got withen their way. they nomi

thank you, linzie janis. >>> how fast is the cold air retreating? abc meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast. ginger? >> even faster than it came in. that's great news for a lot of people. we've all been suffering. a lot of folks. we looked at that length yesterday. 2,100 miles, if i get it right. and now, it's less than half of that. closer to 1,000. so, it is going quickly. and the numbers go with it. let me show you this, diane, because so many folks want to know, when do i start to be tolerable? well, by thursday, looking at 30s there in that aqua color. 40s and 50s. it pushes to the north. and friday into saturday, we go above average. for so many folks, mid-atlantic and northeast. >> boy, that looks great. so, who gets the prize for the longest time in the cold? >> yeah, the longest time, the biggest population. we're going to give it to green bay because right after that game that so many of us were watching, they did not have the coldest nfl game. but they got close. and then, right after that point, they went sub zero and stayed there f

jany said she's ending her campaign due to family issues. daughter said my children and their futures were motivation for their campaign. the campaign drove a wedge through the republican party. it was the rift that caused the most controversy. jany tried to position herself as a conservative. she faced a major uphill battle. so this statement on fox us? no surprise. i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> but it launched a nasty family feud. liz's younger sister is gay, married tw w.2 children. >> i love mary very much and her family very much. this is an issue in which we disagree. >> that disagreement played out in public. mary wrote on facebook liz this, isn't just an issue on which we disagreechlt you're just wrong. and on the wrong side of history. for a decade the former vice president has been open in his support for gay marriage. >> my view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. >>> a family friend says this was a mom thing ask won't be involved in politics. >>> a bidding war, men's warehouse raised a by the

jany said she's ending her campaign due to family issues.hter said my children and their futures were motivation for their campaign. the campaign drove a wedge through the republican party. it was the rift that caused the most controversy. jany tried to position herself as a conservative. she faced a major uphill battle. so this statement on fox us? no surprise. i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> but it launched a nasty family feud. liz's younger sister is gay, married tw w.2 children. >> i love mary very much and her family very much. this is an issue in which we disagree. >> that disagreement played out in public. mary wrote on facebook liz this, isn't just an issue on which we disagreechlt you're just wrong. and on the wrong side of history. for a decade the former vice president has been open in his support for gay marriage. >> my view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. >>> a family friend says this was a mom thing ask won't be involved in politics. >>> a bidding war, men's warehouse raised a by the for t

first of all, janis joplin, we didn't work with her, she just took it and recorded it.dvice would you have for justin bieber? a lot of people are talking about him at the moment. you had to come through all this teenaged superstardom. >> what i see with justin bieber is sort of what i see with andy. >> your brother, andy? >> yeah. heading for a brick wall, and that's a shame, because that's a great talent. this kid has a great gift. i would like to do the things he does. i would like to dance and do all those wonderful things that even justin timberlake does. so on that level, i'm sort of envious. but i think it's time to grow up and be what all these young girls love you, be a good example. >> do you need people around you telling you that? is that part of the problem? >> yes, and you have a lot of people around you that just want to have a party, you know? and live off what it is that you're getting attention for. i think that's the problem. it's always the problem. buying wild animals is one of the first signs, like andy had a baby lion. justin had a monkey. i'm goin

with more on all this extreme weather, we have linzie jan janis. >> reporter: the big thaw causing aon, to oregon. wind gusts of up to 85 miles per hour, sending trees crashing into homes. cars. cutting power to tens of thousands. >> the crash was the trees taking my gutters off my garage. >> reporter: you've already seen this incredible video of strong winds, wiping out homes under construction in raleigh, north carolina. but we now know the winds at city's airport clocked in at a record 86 miles per hour on saturday. in ohio ice jams caused a river to overflow. residents had to be rescued. pets, too. >> it was a bad situation. we just had to help them get out of there. >> reporter: in western new york, crews using boats, even a bulldozer, to free dozens of people trapped by floodwaters. >> we've lived here for 20 years and i've never seen the water come up this high. >> reporter: from pennsylvania to maine, the u.s. coast guard deploying ice breakers in rivers to try to stop the rising waters. >> just a few days ago, the hudson river here in new york city was full of ice. that ice

abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: the 33-year-old banker attacked by a gang of motorcyclists in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter, is fighting back. filing a legal notice. saying he intends to sue the city of new york and at least two police officers that were among the bikers in that now infamous road rage case caught on camera. one of the officers named, off-duty undercover police detective, boychek bradshaw. here he is on his bike. another video shows him bashing the suv. but he pleaded not guilty to assault charges in november. lien accuses the city of failing to adequately train, supervise, monitor and or discipline police officers. the question now, can the city and taxpayer be held liable for the actions of the off-duty officers? were those off-duty officers morally bound to act? >> the offices are not only morally responsible to act but legally required to act. >> reporter: lien is now claiming damages in excess of $75,000 for each member of his family. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >>> a frantic rescue on an icy lake in new jersey, when a man and his dog

it and not a penny more, and she also wrote the song "ball n' chain," which was later recorded by janist our whole camp is named after her in honor of her pioneering spirit. >> these girls are pioneers, too, not only learning how to drum, but learning how to be loud and proud. >> at drum camp, we're hoping that girls really develop their confidence in making noise. when girls leave our rock camp programs, i'm hoping that they're gonna come away with the feeling that they can do anything they want. >> the camp we visited was in new york city, but there are rock-'n'-roll camps for girls in other parts of the country, as well. so if you want to start drumming, start googling. for "teen kids news," i'm kristina. >> that's our show for this week. thanks for watching "teen kids news." we'll see you next time. >> here's a shout out to p.r. newswire for including "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, new york city. na's ana's animal adventures brought to you by sea world and busch gardens for more than forty years, working to preserve the world we share. (music)

of fines for consoles and nine sun slanting to take the story jack and caroline as they're in for janie at two fifteen centimeters of snow fell overnight at tree will return causing ks. love the ice storm conditions will continue for the next couple of hours across the south east but temperatures are going to be gradually winding up across the south and east but i'm thinking that the double digits on your finance that across the upper and middle class still a much lower than average minus six for the highest you can buy new friday snow is possible from their stay in to your saturday. now on the fleet son of the content a winter storm is coming and providing a winter storm conditions over much of the act for much of the center aunties and the sierra has allowed all you can eat getting as much as seventy five centimeters of snow into the next period they still want to bring health to try. temperatures are as follows them and i'm going to be going out with your extended forecast i do le. i knew. i did. one more story to share with you the slimy cal police in the united states as searching

linzie janis is at laguardia airport tonight. >> reporter: passengers still stranded from this week'snowstorm frustrated by long delays and cancellations at airports across the country. the roca family returned to chicago from a vacation in cancun friday to find their connecting flight to omaha canceled. >> we didn't know any of this was going on. so we should have stayed. >> reporter: the numbers are staggering. today more than 4,000 delays. but since the snow first started falling, more than 35,000. and tonight, jetblue customers at jfk firing off pictures of long lines. at laguardia, college student lisa cho spoke to us after spending thursday night on a cot. >> i was so tired. i just knocked out. it wasn't so bad. >> reporter: so you just heard from lisa cho. i caught up with her today. she is about to spend her third night at laguardia airport. this disruption far from over. david, there's already hundreds of cancerlations on the books for tomorrow. >> thanks. i want to bring in meteorologist brad nitz from ourtation in atlanta, wsb, tonight. it reaches further south than atlanta

and that's where abc's linzie janis begins our team coverage. >> reporter: as stranded passengers reach their breaking thought it wouldn't get any worse. >> it was tense for a while. there were people fighting. >> my frustration level is here in case you want to know. >> reporter: tonight, a bombshell from jetblue. the airline shutting down operations at four major hubs, new york's la guardia, and jfk. newark and boston's logan, until tomorrow morning. officials blaming a flash freeze from those plummeting temperatures in the east, and new rules that just took effect this year requiring more rest for pilots. >> i just want to go home. i just want to get back, settle in. >> reporter: america's travel nightmare now in it's sixth day. with more than 35,000 delayed flights and more than 16,000 canceled from the frozen zone to atlanta and florida. one airline offering evidence of the extreme cold. american airlines reporting from chicago, its antifreeze has been freezing. some travelers are trying to see the adventure. among the stranded, we met a group of college students trying to get home

here's abc news linzie janis now. >> reporter: in the midwest tonight. heavy winds whipping up whiteout conditions. these roads in north dakota look more like the siberian tundra. in ohio snowy roads are making for some white knuckle driving. toe trucks working in frigid temps. >> it's bad. especially when the roads get icy. >> reporter: detroit seeing its snowiest january ever. all this cold bringing with it a bitter reality for american nine out of ten households will be hit with soaring heating bills this winter. some spiking as high as 24%. for the 7 million american homes and businesses running on propain. a gas shortage pushing up prices. one tip tried to pay a flat am each month to avoid those spikes. a couple tips for keeping your heating bills down, try this around sliding doors and windows to keep the draft out. experts say a lot of heat escapes around pipes. put that where the pipe meets the wall. david. >> thank you. good adds vice with those heating bills mounting. in new england is the hardest hit. we want to bring in the meteorologist in b

abc's linzie janis, now, gets a team of experts to help everyone do it. linzie?reporter: diane, as you said, it's one of our top priorities for 2014, slashing those household bills. tonight, we're here in texas, with a family looking to save money. and we've got the ultimate insiders to help them do it. monica and ryan sawyer from corpus christi, texas, face a texas-sized problem, every time the bills roll in. >> we have a discussion all the time about how are we going to save money? we need to cut here and there. >> reporter: cable, internet, electricity, phones. it's all piling up. nearly half of american families, revealed by that brand-new "real money" poll, say they think they're overpaying for those expenses. but there's a new company that says it's probably even worse than that. it's called billcutterz. >> everybody is being overcharged, in my opinion. >> reporter: meet founder, barry gross. >> we're just like a really good tax expert, that saves you money when you file your taxes. except we do it with your monthly bills. >> reporter: his team of savings e

>> i've seen janis joplin. i've seen david bowie, diamond dogs.isbegotten" on broadway considered one of the greatest productions ever. this was the greatest show i've ever seen in my life! it had it all! it was the greatest show in the history of entertainment. i don't understand it. i'm completely confused. there's like 100 people working on that show. millions of dollars worth of like robots and technology. how do they make money? >> one thing for sure about this area, quite a lot of businesses aren't spoken but governed by the yakuza. >> yakuza, that's the fraternal organization prominent in the entertainment and financial services sector, as they say, who is said to supervise things here. principally, your arcades, gambling, pachenko, adult entertainment, porn shops and sex clubs, along with other ancillary services. but how much actual boning is going on in the sex district? generally speaking, it's more a field of dreams than the actual act of sex. hostess cafes, for instance, where a lonely, overworked salary man can find the attention of

this friday less than a week is left until the peas comfort on syria which will be held in geneva on janie were twenty seconds the question of who will take part in it is still open taking note of the death toll the hun and twenty five thousand people the years of torture abuse and murders. it is impossible to think that outside when the will to unite the people of syria our position is clear we are in favor of the political solution which support the moderate opposition. we strive to provide humanitarian assistance in helping the destruction of chemical stockpiles. but this invasion of another influential political player in the region the un in geneva to also remains unclear. the sponsors of the peace conference the united states and russia cannot agree on where the township take part in it or not. a national referendum on the new draft constitution is being held in egypt the voting has already been clouded with the first victim an activist of the organization muslim brotherhood in egypt was killed in clashes with police and getting so big that were not the incident occurred near a polli

. >> a legendary venue that once hosted janis joplin. >> we were concerned there would be raucous goings on. a lot of noise, disgruntled neighbors, but as it turned out, they were perfect tenants. >> we're not sure how perfect they were until we see the series. >> that's true. that's true. >> it's been 20 years since season 3, arguably the most memorable show was shot here in san francisco. remember puck? he went to prison for stalking and is now out on probation. pam and jud got married and live in san francisco. she's a doctor, he wrote a book about their experiences with pedro who died of aids. >>. this season, a new twist, an explosion of exs. the show's producers moved former boyfriends and girlfriends into the loft. let the madness commence. >> i just got done having sex with you, and you jump right in and have sex with somebody else. >> they're all gone now, moved out, and this place is back to being a former avalon ballroom available on the market for lease as an office or retail space, but the hot tub hookup hilarity lives on wednesday nights at 10:00 on mtv. kpix 5. >> wow. >>

abc's linzie janis with the families camped out at the airport. >> reporter: at airports across the country, passengers sprawled out, sleeping in chairs, on window sills, some lucky enough to snag a cot. >> horrible. never do it again. >> we were patient and hoping for the best, unfortunately we spent the night in the chapel. >> reporter: dozens slept on these camp beds, the doors opening all night long and letting freezing air in, all they had was this thin blanket to cover them. jamie gurcay is trying to get home to orlando. >> the lady told me the first available seats coming out of here were sunday morning at 6:50. no vouchers for hotel or food. >> reporter: what's your plan? >> i will sit here as long as i can. >> reporter: this group of college students camped out on the floor. how do you feel about spending another night here? >> i just got 24 hour wifi, i have netflix. so i'm okay. >> reporter: outside, airport deicers sprayed grounded planes. in chicago, the luggage piled high. as travelers hunkered down. >> our flight kept getting pushed back. >> reporter: nationwide, more than 25

this place has an interesting past that once hosted janis joplin and the doors. >> we were concerned that there would be, you know, raucous goings on. >> the house without ashley. >> a lot of noise. ♪[ music ] >> but as it turns out they were perfect tenants. >> reporter: we're not sure how perfect they were until we see the series. >> that's true. >> reporter: it's been 20 years since season 3 arguably the most memorable show was shot here in san francisco. remember puck? he went to prison for stalking and is now out on probation. pam and judd got married and live in san francisco. she is a doctor. he wrote a book about their experiences with pedro who died of aids. >> 7 strangers plus their ex- es. >> reporter: this season a new twist an explosion of ex-es. they moved former boyfriends and girlfriends in. >> i had sex with you and you went and had sex with somebody else. >> reporter: they are gone and this place is back to the former avalon ballroom available on the market for lease as an office or retail space. but the hot tub, hookup, hilarity, lives on. wednesday nights add 10:0

tonight, a major change is coming and we begin with abc's linzie janis with the storm hitting the west right now. >> reporter: tonight, the big thaw causing a big mess. from washington to oregon, wind gusts of up to 85 miles per hour sending trees crashing into homes, cars, cutting power to tens of thousands. >> the crash was the trees taking my gutters off my garage. >> reporter: you've already seen this incredible video of strong winds wiping out homes under construction in raleigh, north carolina. but we now know the winds at the city's airport clocked in at a record 86 miles per hour on saturday. in ohio, ice dams caused a river to overflow. residents had to be rescued. pets, too. >> it's a bad situation. we just had to help them get out of there. >> reporter: in western new york, crews using boats, even a bulldozer, to free dozens of people trapped by flood waters. >> we lived here for 20 years. i've never seen the water this high. >> reporter: from pennsylvania to maine, the u.s. coast guard deploying ice breakers in rivers to try to stop the rising waters. just a few days ago, t

janis joplin was one of the people that made her story famous and the didy essentially because she couldn'tedical help. her funeral was held in philadelphia and was attended by estimates of ten to 20,000 people. i mean that's how widely popular and how she connected with people and that indicates her great popularity. one thing about bessie smith in chattanooga that interests me is everybody knows the name betsy smith. i would venture that may be 95% of the people in chattanooga probably couldn't name more than one or two of her songs. i don't think many people have probably never really heard it. so that is an interesting legacy. ♪ ♪ >> i would like people to be able to look at the book and find interesting stories and inspiration from the people that live here that have worked hard and done well and have given back to folks and i think it's enriched the community a lot and brought a good feeling to all. >> from book tv trip to chattanooga tennessee we bring an interview with john wheeler come author of "the chronicles of cadilac dave: true confessions of a drug kingpin". >> i wrote "the c

we have it all covered here, beginning with abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, the polar vortex thaw, triggering massive flooding. >> i've lived here five years. and this is the first time that it's flooded this bad. >> reporter: in palm beach county, florida, nearly 22 inches of rain in 24 hours. residents wading knee-deep. some even using kayaks to escape. >> hasn't been like this since hurricane katrina, last i could remember. >> reporter: authorities say the driver of this suv died because she couldn't see where the street ended and the canal began. in georgia, strong winds sent a tree crashing through the roof of this mobile home, pinning a 14-year-old girl inside to the floor. >> very delicate situation where we had to keep the tree stable at all times so it didn't continue to fall on this young lady. >> reporter: rescuers used an air bag to prop up the tree to free her. her 2-year-old cousin found nearby was safely rescued, too. and check out this video in raleigh, north carolina. heavy winds ripping through these houses being built. farther north, at new jersey's freehol

janis. >> janis? >> i heard that by watching the weather channel. >> i think we should let our guest host name it. >> we will do that, but first i want to get to the earnings, here. we have a fresh batch of earnings this morning from corporate america and julie hyman. a big movementg in the shares this morning after a disappointing earnings report. ofexpected to see a lot disappointments in retail. this is not a huge surprise here. coaches one of those retailers who gave fewer discounts. those were the big themes of the holiday season, so it did take a toll. dropping, people basically shopping other places where they could get better deals. seemed like that happened at north american comparable-store sales. a huge drop. we will dig more into this later. the other numbers as well, there are so very many this morning that we are watching. let's talk about u.s. bank, for a moment. they came out and beat analyst estimates last quarter. setting aside less money to account for bad loans, the income -- the i

. >> janis joplin is another one you discovered. >> i didn't know her as well. >> but the history oflittered with the corpses of people sticking needles in their arm or powder up their nose. whitney houston had to know that. >> it's one thing to be logical. it's another thing whether it's a parent, a close friend, you know that the subject has sunk to that level to want to get better. >> the book is the sound track of my life. congratulations. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. please remember the spin stops here. definitely looking out for you. >>> after all the glitches, delaysnd exemptions, fixes and general chaos, there was no stopping it. as of midnight last night, obamacare plans are now in full effect. welcome to america's news headquarters and happy new year, everyone. >> happy new year. good to see you all. so as open enrollment continues, you can bet the white house and many americans alike will be watch to go see how things run as millions of enrollees can now head to their doctors for the first time and find out if it was worst the wait. we're live in

janis drives his towncar for a living, so he knows firsthand it's bad out there on the beltway. >> texting. you know, it looks like they're not texting, but they're, like -- >> reporter: it's no surprise to him that this four-mile stretch from 495 in montgomery county, from georgia av few to rockville pike, is the busiest and averages 260 crashes a year. some of them fatal. >> the other guy you want to go to the right, the other one want to go to the left, but they don't see each other, so they're, like -- >> reporter: state highway administration officials say nearly all of those wrecks have one thing in common. driver error. many told us they have to pay extra attention, because other drivers are distracted and driving dangerously. >> cut off on the beltway all the time. a little bit that i do drive on the beltway from here to 270 north, i can't -- i can't tell you how many times i get cut off, people not looking, zooming and my quarterpanel probably would have been hit a hundred times now if i wasn't paying attention. >> reporter: most of the hundreds of crashes from 2008 to 2013 were r

. >> janis joplin is another one you discovered. >> i didn't know her as well. >> but the history ofof people sticking needles in their arm or powder up their nose. whitney houston had to know that. >> it's one thing to be logical. it's another thing whether it's a parent, a close friend, you know that the subject has sunk to that level to want to get better. >> the book is the sound track of my life. congratulations. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. please remember the spin stops here. definitely looking out for you. >>> welcome to our "the kelly file" special. i'm megyn kelly live from the world headquarters of fox news in new york city. tonight, a look back at 2013 and where we stand today. from the disastrous roll out of the president's signature health care law to political fallout from his broken promise. >> if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >> we'll look at whether obamacare and the white house can recover. plus, on a sunny afternoon in april -- [ explosion ] -- two

abc's linzie janis has the story. ♪ it's going down i'm yelling >> reporter: her hit song "timber" mayeek but this morning ke$ha's mother is revealing her daughter hit rock bottom and nearly wound up dead. >> well, we've learned that her condition was much worse than they thought and that this actually could have killed her. >> reporter: in a new interview, she tells "people" magazine that she nearly died from anorexia and bulimia telling me the doctors told me her blood pressure and sodium levels were so low. they said it was a miracle she hasn't already dropped dead on stage. at the american music awards in november, he said friends and family believed she was bulimic but was sneaky about it. she's been battling body issues since middle school but got worse after she signed on with sonnen berg. luke and sonnen berg deny the accusations they bullied her over her weight. "it is unfortunate that at a time ke$ha is suffering immensely her mother is staging this approach with the media, i give ke$ha my utmost support and well wishes for a quick return to health, he said. seibert is also i

and linzey janis has been covering from the start. >> reporter: it happened just over three months agoo sue the city of new york. an entire nation watched in horror as he and his wife and 2-year-old child were chased by a group of bikers. then dragged from the suv and beaten. now the 33-year-old banker seen in this photo with his daughter just weeks ago is fighting back, filing a legal notice on behalf of his family. saying he intends to sue new york city and two off-duty police officers. >> this document filed is putting the city of new york on notice of an impending lawsuit. >> reporter: the document filed on december 24th accuses the city of, quote, failure to adequately train, supervise, monitor or discipline police officers. they are seeking to get damages in excess of $75,000 for each family member. and one of the officers name was allegedly part of a group seen attacking the range rover. he pleaded not guilty. >> even if these two police officers are deemed to have been off-duty at the time of the incident, the city can still be held liable. >> reporter: the now infamous chain o

abc's linzie janis has more. >> reporter: lot of fans on the web expressing their support.at the top of her game. ♪ >> reporter: 26-year-old pop sensation kesha is stepping away from the spotlight, telling fans she's stepping into rehab for an eating disorder. she said in a statement, i'll be unavailable for the next 30 days seeking treatment for an eating disorder. ♪ >> reporter: the "timber" featuring kesha sit s in the to 100. >> making a name for herself with her powerful voice and eccentric outfits and those antics. her body, noticeably different today from this picture in 2011, when she was blasted by tabloids for her beach body. >> focus on her image and how she looks. >> reporter: key sha, a vegetarian said that she's trying to practice what she preaches. in real life, kesha is making the judgement to get help. the pop star checked into timberline nols residential treatment. kesha's announcement came after she released her self-directed video "dirty love." >> it's got to be so tough for young women in the spotlight. >> we wish her the best. >>> and coming up on "goo

abc's linzie janis has more. >> i told her my feelings. >> can i city audition -- >> yes. >> yes. >>niques. >> sometimes your best isn't good enough anymore. >> abby is saying they're not ready to compete against the candy apples and they're a mess. what kind of pep talk is that. >> reporter: and kelly hyland making headlines for an alleged catfight, feud escalating from tv to the courtroom. >> you have driven a wedge. >> things you say to them has driven the wedge. >> no, no. >> and it's not me. i would never allow this to happen. >> reporter: this morning, hyland whose two daughters dance on the show is explaining what she says led up to her alleged assault on the famously loudmouthed instructor back in november. >> i'm just not that type of person that would fight somebody unless i was provoked. >> reporter: are you disappointed in yourself at all for allowing yourself to be provoked by her? >> yes, i mean i don't think anybody wants to be provoked. you know, and -- but i was standing up for my kids. >> reporter: according to a criminal complaint filed this month miller claims hyl

meteorologist janis dean has the entire country covered from our fox extreme weather center. it's still pretty awful out there. >> you know, i'm like a broken record these days. storm after storm. then of course, we've got the warm temperatures across the southwest. because we've got this blocking pattern, we have a dip in the jet stream here across the great lakes, midwest and northeast, and over to the southwest, we've got this ridge of high pressure that's keeping things very warm and dry. this is the pattern we're going to see, unfortunately for the next week or so. taking a look at these clipper systems that ride that jet stream, giving us snow yet again for the northeast. not a lot of snow, but enough to cause a nuisance on the roadways. we actually have blizzard warnings in effect for the northern plains and the upper midwest where you see shaded in red. not a lot of snow, but winds in excess of 30, 40 miles per hour is going to blow that snow and make things very dangerous. we watch this clipper system move in and another one that actually could bring some snow to por

>> you go back to elvis presley, and janis joplin, and michael jackson, anybody more messed up than michael jackson? let's look at other celebrities just absolutely losing it because of fame. >> what the [ bleep ] you think. look at these guys, look at them. >> it wasn't a vacation, some sort of a joke. and i respect -- taking me seriously. >> you better be ready, friday, the 20th. to meet with me to let you know just how i feel about what a rogue little pig you really are. >> you judge me, condemn me. >> not anymore. >> winning. >> i'm really happy for you, i'm going to let you finish. but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. >> this, and this. yeah. >> sean, what we don't know and need the answer to, was justin bieber one of those few young people who signed up for his obamacare so he can get the health care help he needs and will he get to see the doctor he wants to choose? >> that is right, todd stearns, you like to write about the cultures? >> yes, american culture, i wonder if this is a great time to have debate on immigration policies. what does a guy have to do to get dep

abc's linzie janis has the story. >> i'm really not hungry so order me pancakes and a turkey bacon. >never see you naked and you always see me naked which should actually be the other way around. >> reporter: but on "vogue's" february cover a more glamorous lena dunham stirring up controversy. website jezebel.com so convinced the photos were doctored, it offered $10,000 for the originals before they were retouched. the before and afters now on the website with captions pointing out where dunham's jaw line has been narrowed. the neckline of her dress pulled up. her waistline slimmed, her hips pulled in. >> they didn't change her body that i could tell in drastic ways. i don't think they did anything major to her body shape. >> reporter: dunham defended the pictures telling online magazine slate.com, "a fashion magazine is like a beautiful fantasy. 'vogue isn't the place that we go to look at realistic women." but this morning, jezebel editor jessica cohen is standing by her decision saying this is about "vogue" and what "vogue" decides to do with a specific woman who has very publicly

of a very busy highway and out-of-control road rage and others were making calls to 911 and linzie janis is here with more. >> just imagine going down the highway with two cars not just chasing each other, weaving this and out of traffic awe ramming each at other at 100 miles of hour. >> this twisted pile of metal is the result of an extreme case of road rage. the first 911 call coming in at 6:37 p.m. on wednesday night. >> there's two cars thatting looks like road rage. they went crazy. >> reporter: the caller reporting two cars driving dangerously on washington state's interstate 90 near the city of issaquah. >> and one of them just -- pardon me? >> one of them just what? >> just hit the other one. >> reporter: the two speeding su. versus begin slamming into each other multiple times as if trying to run each other off the road. >> both of them are extremely dang dangerous. >> reporter: the terrifying scene playing out for ten miles endangering everyone on that road. more than a dozen 911 calls came in. >> i have no idea what the hell they were doing. they almost hit me. they were chasi