. >>> breaking news, american student kenny deland jr. has been found alive speaking with his parents on the phone. what we know right now. >>> overnight, a major storm hits the northeast. millions hit with heavy snow, ice and rain.

thank you. >>> and joining me now is kenny deland jr.'he phone. thank you both for being with me. we said that the last time you spoke with your son was november 27th. carol, what with you tell me about that conversation? >> you know, it was like any normal conversation that we have had. he's telling me about the time that he's having in europe, and he was looking forward to coming home for christmas, and starting to put the plans in place for that. >> and before he went silent over the last couple of weeks, ken -- was it typical for there to be long stretches without hearing from your son? >> no, i would hear from him frequently. not every day maybe necessarily, but every other day at the very least where he would check in and see how i was doing, and i would ask him how he was doing, and he enjoyed all the international travel that this trip had provided him, and he took lots of pictures. >> ken, the public prosecutor there said this. the young man reportedly told several people that he had arrived in france underprepared and was having

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college student kenny deland jr. missing from france on november 29th. one french official from the prosecutor's office says the young man reportedly told several people that he arrived in france underprepared and was having difficulty making friends, and seems to have left voluntarily. >> deland's parents dispute that assessment. cnn's melissa bell brings us the latest. >> reporter: social media posts give little away. just images of a young american enjoying his exchange program in france, but kenny deland jr. vanished 15 days ago without a trace. after leaving the home of the host mother he was staying with -- [ speaking non-english ] she explains she has only spoken once to kenny's mother, never to his father, but agrees to speak to the cameras. she told us that of all the exchange students she had had at her home, kenny deland jr. seemed to be having the most trouble fitting in and settling down to life. she also says she inundated him with messages to which he hasn't responded, and he was seen an hour south of

. >>> kenny deland jr. has not been seen in more than two weeks while in france. there is a french investigation. >> he was looking forward to coming home for christmas. >> reporter: kenny deland jr., a college student from upstate new york studying abroad in france, hasn't been heard from in more than two weeks according to his family. >> we're waiting. we're worried. we don't know what -- you know, where he is. >> reporter: this is deland caught on the store's security camera december 3rd in the last known footage of him. a missing person's report was filed getting local police involved when he didn't return to his host family or show up for classes. >> i haven't heard anything from them. >> reporter: that store deland was seen be in is an hour's train ride south where he was studying. deland appeared to leave school from his own accord. he told people he arrived in france under prepared and was having difficulty making friends. he also mentioned he wanted to go to marseille before returning home. >> i feel like i'm not receiving any information. it's been very d

but kenny deland jr. vanished 15 days ago without a trace.with. she explains she's only spoken once to kenny's mother, never to his father but agreed to speak exclusively to cnn without the camera. what the host mother told us was that of all the exchange students she had had at her home, kenny deland was the one seeming to have the most trouble fitting in and settling down in grenoble. since he disappeared she has been inundating him with messages to which he hadn't responded. she was reassured by the sighting of him an hour from here in the sports shop. it gave her hope that he had gone and cut off communications voluntarily. it was taken on december 3rd. kenny deland spent just over $8 before vanishing completely. leaving behind only pictures of himself for facebook posts. the last time he showed up at school was november 28th. by the 29th when he failed to turn up a missing persons report showed up. he left his host home that morning. he hasn't been heard from since. we show kenny's picture in hopes someone may find them. when we find his

. >>> american college student kenny deland jr.france, after being reported missing two weeks ago while studying abroad. his father getting the news with a cnn producer that his son was actually in spain. so what was he doing for two weeks and why did he seem to vanish without a trace? here's cnn's melissa bell. >> reporter: after more than two weeks, word from an american student who vanished in france the moment the family of kenny deland jr. had been waiting for. >> and then he just stopped and said, wait. wait. it's kenny. i have to go. and the line went dead. >> reporter: he got the call from his son. >> it was about 15 minutes later that he called me back. and he just said he's alive. >> reporter: the family later releasing a statement saying in part we are so happy to announce that kenny is safe. kenny is in spain and his mother is in france preparing to see kenny and hopefully bring him home for christmas. adding, without the media's help, kenny would not have seen himself in the news. the 21-year-old senior at st. john fis

but kenny deland jr. vanished 15 days ago without a trace.ng the home of the host mother he was staying with. she explains she's only spoken once to kenny's mother, never to his father, but agrees to speak exclusively to cnn without the camera. she told us of all the exchange students she'd had at her home, kenny deland seemed to be the one having the most trouble fitting if had and settling down to life. she's been inundating him with messages, to which he hasn't responded. and she added she had been reassured by that siting of him about an hour south of him in that sports shop because she said it confirmed the possibility and her hope that in fact he'd gone and cut off communications voluntarily. it was taken on december 3rd. kenny deland spent just over $8 before vanishing altogether, according to his family, leaving behind only facebook pictures of his life in france from paris to the university. the last time kenny deland showed up for lessons here at the university he was studying at was november 28ing. a missing person's report was fil

but kenny deland jr. ace after leaving the home of the host mother he was staying with. she explains she has only spoken once to kenny's mother, never to his father, but agrees to speak exclusively to cnn without the camera. way the host mother told us was of all the exchange students she had had at her home kenny deland seemed to have the most trouble fitting in and settling down to life here. she said since he disappeared she has been inundating him with messages to which he hadn't responded and she added she had been reassured by the sighting about an hour south of here in the sport shop because it confirmed the possibility and her hope that in fact he had gone and cut off communications voluntarily. it was taken december 23rd. he spent just over $8 before vanishing all together according to his family leaving behind only facebook pictures of his life in france from paris to the university. the last time kenny deland turned up for lessons at the university he was studying at was november 28th. by the 29

kenny deland jr.as last seen on surveillance more than a week ago now at a store about 60 miles from where he was staying. the 22-year-old senior at st. john fisher university in rochester, new york, he was due to come home this week for the holidays after a semester abroad. the family says they, quote, fear the worst. >>> back here now, repairs under way tonight following that devastating oil leak in kansas, shutting down the keystone pipeline. nearly 600,000 gallons spilling into mill creek in washington county. pipeline officials now say the oil is contained. the pipeline carries oil from canada to refineries in the u.s. gas buddy tonight warning that gas prices in some areas may rise if that pipeline remains offline. and newly released satellite images showing the oil spreading through creeks and waterways. environmentalists concerned about potential long-term damage throughout the region. >>> when we come back here tonight, that breaking news, the young man authorities believe was behind a multib

. >>> breaking news, american student kenny deland jr.ive speaking with his parents on the phone. what we know right now. >>> overnight, a major storm hits the northeast. millions hit with heavy snow,

the family of kenny deland jr. ceived a call from kenny in the early morning hour. kenny is in spain and carol, his mom, is in france, preparing to see kenny and hopefully bring him home for christmas. the family had been searching for him since hearing from him november 27th. he was reported missing by fellow students november 29th. the family has not said what kenmy told them about where he has been and what he is doing. joining us, john miller, and errol lewis, and nayya, and errol, you said, he is probably traveling around europe, and i thought you were wrong. you were right. >> i had some experience with this in my 20s. you get a euro rail pass and you can ride any where on my train in europe pretty much for free. so you get around and one trees to see a little bit of the world. >> yeah, but that is before cell phones. i did it too, and your parents are not expecting to you check in every day. this was strange. he had checked in every day for weeks and he went dark -- >> it sounds like a heck of a trip. call yo

. >>> breaking news, american student kenny deland jr. has been found alive speaking with his parents on the phone. what we know right now. >>> overnight, a major storm hits the northeast. millions hit with heavy snow, ice and rain. after ripping through the south, more than 50 reported tornadoes. we're live in the heart of the storm as ginger tracks its path. >>> winter virus spike. the white house announcing they'll distribute free covid test kits with flu numbers and hospitalizations on the rise and an antibiotic shortage. what to know before gathering for the holidays. >>> guilty. a texas jury convicts a former police officer of manslaughter for shooting and killing a black woman in her own home. the fallout this morning. >>> urgent search for this white hyundai spotted around the time of the idaho student murders. law enforcement going through more than 22,000 records to track it down desperate for a break in the case. >>> new overnight. tyler perry's candid confession, opening up about attempting to take his own life when he was you

kenny deland jr. was reported missing in france two weeks ago.e surfaced friday telling family members he was safe and in spain. deland's disappearance in november sparked a search through several countries. where he was and why he vanished is still unknown. >>> in peru, hundreds of tourists, including many americans, found themselves stranded at one of the country's most visited sites, the ancient city of machu picchu. all of peru is under a state of emer emergency. all trains to and from machu picchu have been suspended. that is the only way to get into that area. rafael romo joins me. raphael, talk about terrible timing. these tourists stuck at machu picchu probably had no idea what was happening. this is an unsettled situation in peru right now. >> reporter: yeah. you're absolutely right, jim. terrible timinged in. the south american country has had six presidents in less than five years. up until 10 days ago the turmoil rarely affected the hundreds of thousands of tourists, many of them americans, the inca citadel. it started december 7th wh

kenny deland is studying in france and he's missing. tonight, his family says, in their words, fear the worst. melissa bell is "outfront." >> he was looking forward to coming home for christmas. >> kenny deland jrr from upstate new york who's studying abroad in france, hasn't been heard from in two weeks. >> we're worried. we don't know where he is. >> this is deland. caught on a store security camera december 3rd in the last known footage of him. a missing persons report was filed getting local police involved when he didn't return to his host family or show up for classes. >> i haven't heard anything from him. >> that store deland was seen at is about an hour's train ride south of the university where he was studying. a prosecutor confirmed to cnn that deland appeared to leave school of his own accord, adding the young man told several people he arrived in france underprepared and he was having difficulty making friends. he also mentioned he wanted to go to mercai before leaving to go to the united states. >> i feel like i'm not really receiving any information. it's been very difficult. really someone else has been stuck in the middle to do the speaking for us. >> deland's school back in the

the family of kenny deland jr. say they haven't heard from him in more than two weeks. he's a senior at st. john fisher in rochester. he last made a purchase at a store on december 3rd. no one has seen him since. >>> first this morning we start with the clock ticking in washington, as it seems to happen almost every year. congress finding itself with just five days left to keep the government funded and avoid the latest republican threat to shut down the government. democrats looking to seal the deal on a full-year spending plan. some republicans may be trying to buy time until january. cnn's m.j. lee is live at the white house this morning. what is the white house's stance of where these talks stand and if any progress is being made? >> kate itlynkaitlyn, one offic talking to yesterday who has been involved in these talks said this time of year is the time of year when there is no weekend for people who work on these appropriations matters. the two sides are basically slogging through it right now. at the stage i'm told the two sides are presenting to each other vary v

. >>> we now know the whereabouts of kenny deland jr. the american student studying abroad in france who was missing last month. his parents say he called them and that he is safe now. >> french prosecutors tell cnn he was in spain. a college senior, was scheduled to return home to the u.s. tomorrow. cnn's melissa bell is here now. is it clear how he ended up in spain, if he's still there now? what do you know? >> reporter: it isn't clear at all how he wound up there, victor and bianna. he had a conversation with his father, in fact, his father heard from him for the first time in 17 days, even as cnn producer was asking he was on the phone to the father who was getting distraught. it had been such a long time. he wasn't sleeping, really breaking down in tears for the first time since this ordeal of his began when he got the message that kenny had been found. he's since had a phone call with him. the family put out a statement in the hours after the phone call in which the family didn't learn very much about what had happened, simply tha

. >> reporter: college senior kenny deland jr. heard from in more than two weeks, since november. >> we're waiting. we're worried. we don't know what -- you know, where he is. >> reporter: this is deland caught on a storage security camera december 3rd in the last known footage of him. a missing person's report was filed, getting local police involved, when he didn't return to his host family or show up for classes. that store deland was seen at is about an hour's train ride south of the university where he was studying. a prosecutor confirmed to cnn that he'd appeared to leave school of his own accord, adding, the young man reportedly told several people he arrived in france underprepared and was having difficulty making friends. he also mentioned that he wanted to go to mass say before leaving for the united states. >> i feel like i'm not receiving any information. it's been very difficult. you know, we've been really someone else stuck in the middle to do the speaking for us. >> reporter: deland's school and john fisher univers

. >> reporter: kenny deland jr., a college senior from upstate new york, studying abroad in france, hasn'td from in more than two weeks, according to his family. >> we're waiting, we're worried. we don't know what -- you know, where he is. >> reporter: this is deland, caught on a store security camera december 3rd in the last known footage of him. a missing persons report was filed, getting local police involved, when he didn't return to his host family or show up for classes. >> i haven't heard anything from him. >> reporter: that store deland was seen at is about an hour's train ride south of the university where he was studying. a prosecutor confirmed to cnn that deland appeared to leave school of his own accord, adding, the young man reportedly told several people that he had arrived in france under-prepared and was having difficulty making friends. he also mentioned that he wanted to go to marseille before he went home to the united states. >> i feel like i'm not receiving any information. it's been very difficult. you know, really, someone else has been stuck in the middle to do the

kenny deland jr.that eventually found him some spain. the official tells me he traveled to spain voluntarily when people he met in france suggested he go there. his parents say he finally returned their calls after seeing himself on the news. and i spoke with his father shortly afterward. >> he didn't really disclose a bunch of details yet. he made mention that, dad, you know, stop contacting news outlets. , you know. i said, but, ken, this is what parents do. we're worried about you. at this point it is showing how much we love him. you know, get him home. >> and the french official i spoke with on the phone called this official just before the show said that she is so happy that the french officials are so happy this has a happy ending just before christmas. you are in the cnn "newsroom" on this saturday night. up next, just a year or two ago airlines were practically begging people to fly. do you remember that? now frequent flyers may find some of the perks they used to enjoy becoming a thing of th

than two weeks word from an american student who vanished in france, the moment the family of kenny deland jr just stopped and said, wait, wait, it's kenny, i have to go. and the line went dead. >> reporter: a cnn producer was on the phone with kenny deland sr. when he got the call from his son. >> it was about 15 minutes later that he called me back, and he just said he's alive. >> reporter: the family later releasing a statement saying in part, we are so happy to announce that kenny is safe. kenny is in spain and his mother is in france preparing to see kenny and hopefully bring him home for christmas, adding without the media's help kenny would not have seen himself in the news. the 21-year-old senior at st. john fishery university in rochester, new york, had been studying at the university of -- his parents said they hadn't heard for from him since november 27th. >> for him to not reach out with no correspondence, this is very uncharacteristic of my son, and this is what creates all the worry that any parent could ever feel. >> reporter: his fellow students reported him missing on novembe

>> reporter: nothing for now about why kenny deland jr. didn't give his family any news for 17 days when he finally managed to speak to his father. we don't know what happened in the meantime. we learned yesterday from the father, jim, that beyond the change of clothes, the packed lunch and the wallet and the phone he left his host family with, on the morning of november 28th he had also taken his passport. now did that signal intent to cross the border? we still don't know. but the prosecutor in charge of the missing persons investigation in that town where keb ken deland jr. was had been studying and he was found in spain. and how he got there and why he went there and why he vanished so suddenly when he was used to giving his parents news. throughout they heard from him every other day. that is most uncharacteristic. we don't know why he vanished or where he went. but the news that he is well a huge relief to his father who have been telling us just this morning that he couldn't sleep as every day passed closer to that flight he was due

just images of a young american enjoying his exchange program in france but kenny deland jr. after leaving the home of the host mother he was staying with she explains she's only spoken once to kenny's mother, never to his father but agrees to speak exclusively to cnn without the camera. what the host mother told us was that of all the exchange students she'd had at her home, kenny deland was the one that seemed to be having the most trouble fitting in and settling down to life here in grenobles. she said since he disappeared she was inundating him with messages to which he hadn't responded and had been reassured by the sighting of him in that sports shop because she said it confirmed the possibility and her hope that he had gone and cut off communications voluntarily. it was taken on december 3rd. kenny deland spent just over $8 before vanishing altogether according to his family. leaving behind only facebook pictures of his life in france from paris to the university of grenobles, alps. the last time he turned up for lessons at the university he was studying at was november

a french official says kenny deland jr. is in spain.e finally spoke to his son after not hearing from him since november 27th and tells cnn he is alive. that's all i can say. cnn's melissa belas is reporting. do we know where he's been and what's been going on? >> reporter: we don't. it had been 17 days since kenny deland sr. had heard from his son and the producer happened to be on the phone with him at the end of his tether crying a lot at the fact he couldn't deal with this anymore. he hadn't slept and couldn't sleep until his son was heard from. it was then he received the news. he had a conversation with kenny and we've heard, of course, from the prosecutor that that conversation would have happened from spain. now, what we learned from kenny's father and yesterday is when he left his host family on the morning of the 28th we knew he was carrying a packed lunch, change of clothe, phone and wallet and discovered he had been carrying his passport. does that signal the intent he was going to cross the border. the family are clearly ju

. >>> this morning, french prosecutors were investigating the disappearance of kenny deland jr.studying abroad in france, but family and friends say they have not heard from him in more than two weeks, they're deeply concerned. this is deland caught on a store's security camera on december 3rd. it is thought to be the last known footage of him as he was entering a store. local police say they have been looking for him after a missing persons report was filed when he didn't show back up at his host family's home or his classes. that store he was seen at is about an hour train ride south of the university of grenoble alpes where he was studying. joining us to talk about this is his father ken and his stepmother, jennifer. thank you for joining us this morning. i know that you have a lot of questions. and so, i know that the fbi is involved in this. what have your conversations been with them. have they been able to shed any light on where he is? >> no. i have given the fbi all of our information. it has gone through the embassy. they're not able to share what's -- what the status

. >> the parents of kenny deland jr.n't heard from him in more than two weeks and they say it has been difficult to get any information from the authorities. deland say college senior at john fisher university in ra rochester, new york, and was studying abroad. melissa bell joining us now from paris with more of these details. parents speaking out, they're having a hard time getting any information. >> that's right. and it seems to be much nor than a language or distance barrier. first of all, what we have been hearing from french authorities who have now opened a meissing persons investigation in france say statement from the prosecutor near where kenny disappeared, the place where he had been studying at, saying they believed or they had no reason to suspect he hadn't left voluntarily. he had been telling people around him he had been struggling to fit in, to make friends, he was planning to travel to marseille and then there is that cctv footage that places kenny on the 3rd of december, several days after he stopped g

. >>> right now the search for an american college student in france, kenny deland jr. week. the fbi is involved. the young man's parents are desperate for answers. demarco morgan is here with the story. >> reporter: this is a tough story especially around this time of year. kenny deland's parents said he was first reported missing when he didn't show up for class. he didn't check in with his host family, and with one week left before the holiday, his parents are hoping his friends, classmates, someone knows something that could lead them to their son. this morning, the urgent search for a u.s. student studying abroad. >> it's not characteristic of kenny to not reach out to us and let us know what's going on.anda was supposed to returne from yk, sotern france. buhis moth rconcerning pl in la novemb >>heado filepo b not seen him in 24 hrs. i'm not there i'm here. >> reporter: the last time his parents heard from their son was on november 27th. according to the family he boarded a train near the university and headed south, his phone pinging along the way. on december 3rd

kenny delan jr. from upstate new york hasn't been heard from in more than two weeks according to his family. >> we're waiting. we're worried. we don't know what -- you know, where he is. >> reporter: this is deland on a security camera december 3rd in the last known footage of him. a missing person's report was filed getting local police involved when he didn't return to his host family or show up for classes. >> i haven't heard anything from him. >> reporter: that store deland was seen at is an hour's ride south. a prosecutor confirmed to cnn that deland appeared to leave of his own accord. he told people he had arrived in france under prepared and was having difficulty making friends. he also mentioned that he wanted to go to marseilles before he returned. >> i feel i've not been seeing any information. it's been very difficult. someone else has been stuck in the middle to do the speaking for us. >> reporter: deland's school at john fischer university released a statement saying the college will continue to do all it can to a sifs in the investigation to find kenneth deland but now the 22-year-old's family is asking for the community's help. >> we just shake our heads. we don't understand why