we start tonight in lubbock, texas, where icy roads cause multiple car crashes and even had tow truck driver planning to stay away. >> just a regular tow going here to there, we wouldn't go do it. it's not safe enough. >> reporter: 120 miles up i-27 is amarillo. folks there received up to a foot of snow, but you know that famous line about neither snow nor rain? >> this is what we do. this is our job. >> reporter: but letter carriers like tex roberts would appreciate a little help. >> it would be great if the homeowners would make a path for us on their porches and ály make sure it's not icy and slippery. >> reporter: heading east to little rock, arkansas, not much snow or ice, but the city is ready even if they aren't happy

how has texas gotten snow and we don't. >> reporter: that was lubbock? >> lubbock texas. >> reporter: all right i've had enough. let's go live on sky 6. me being a snow lover and winter weather fan this has been an disappointing season. but we have pleasant of time left to -- plenty of time left to get snow. we're seeing sleet pel let's in the -- pelin the city. you can see this moving west to east at the same time the temperatures are climbing south to north. all this will pull away. during the course of the day everything will switch over to a cold rain. street level route 22, pennsylvania turnpike we're picking up sleet pellets across berks county. farther north we get into the lees port area and lehigh valley. they are picking up snowflakes. this will transition over to plain rain. quakertown 30 degrees, pottstown 30. oxford 34. ken net square, 33. chemplet 34. no -- chester 34. glassboro and buena, 35. same number gandys beach. avalon already 43 approximate. same thing store atlantic city, browns mill 32 and ewing 32 degrees today this will be a rai

more than 20 degrees below average today in lubbock, texas. 17 below in dallas. 15 in phoenix. and 14 below average in oklahoma city. even the arizona desert got a rare dusting of snow to kickoff 2015. enough for a snowball fight in one neighborhood. and enough farther north to hide the red rocks of the grand canyon under a blanket of white. a colder than average start to the new year with storms already impacting most of the country and just getting started. jacob rascon, nbc news, dallas. >>> and as we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, that could just be the beginning of what we're in for over the coming days. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is out on the plaza tracking it all for us. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. you're right. we're looking at our first storm of 2015 bringing snow and ice all the way down to texas. we have winter weather advisories in effect through the night for an additional tenth inch of ice and one to three inches of snow, especially back toward lubbock, texas. tomorrow our focus shifts to severe storms. we're looking at a slight r

. >> june 9th, 2012, lubbock, texas, 19-year-old chelsea and her friends are headed to a birthday party at a club. as the girls are in the parking lot, an suv approaches. >> all the windows were rolled down and it was some kids. e i just figured they were going to ask if we were leaving so they can get our parking spot. >> chelsea and her friends are too stunned to be terrified. >> that's when he said give me all your [ bleep ]. i said, what. i said, is this a joke. and he said, no, this is not a joke. he said, i will shoot you, give me your purse. >> chelsea hands over her purse, and as the suv speeds away, she notices something. >> there was a little girl in the backseat. she was just sitting in the very back of the vehicle, just not more than a year and a half old. >> immediately chelsea calls 911. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> hi. we were just mugged. >> where are you at right now? >> we're at the back of -- parking lot, the club in the depot district. the car mugged us and then backed up and hit a car and drove away. >> what kind of vehicle were they in? >> it was a silver taho

two to four inches of snow fell in west texas in lubbock and that snow came down in the form of rain in other parts of the lone star state. so much rain that police and tow truck drivers were called in to help cars. >>> in other news a maryland woman trying to get to work this morning was struck and killed by a car. delia goncalves has the latest on the investigation and why the victim's body was on the road in plain view for more than four hours. >> reporter: a horrifying scene for commuters and neighbors in landover. >> i think that's disgusting. that's not good. we should not have to come out of our neighborhood and see a body still laying here. >> reporter: it was 6:00 a.m. police say a woman crossing route 202 at matthew henson avenue was struck and killed. the scene, scattered and blood and closed. her body covered in a sheet. but in plain view. police even allowing a woman to walk through the crime scene just feet away from the body. >> that's why -- >> shielded in any way from folks having to see that? >> at this time that's part of the investigative process that our accident

. >> reporter: and icy road conditions reich these ones in lubbock, texas, leading to more than a hundred crashes. in salt lake city, a car slamming into a tractor-trailer carrying 8,000 pounds of crude oil. but back in california families and pets home for the holidays are at least able to enjoy a rare snowy new year's eve. and in the l.a. area more snow expected on the mountains and temperatures into the 30s. possibly meaning the coldest weather at the rose parade since 1952. john ehrlichmann, abc news, los angeles. >>> see what's in store for us on this first day of 2015, here's accuweather's justin povick. good morning. >> thank you kendis and reena. the northeast, to kick off 2015, will be quite chilly once again on thursday. a couple of pockets of snow. and some of the snows will be locally heavy. but, again, like i said, locally. so only a couple of areas looking at the bursts of moderate to heavy snow. watertown perhaps into the northeastern suburbs of buffalo. much of the northeast sunny. but there will be a gusty breeze. texas, on the other hand dealing with sleet and also freez

poor traveling conditions throughout the west texas panhandle, amarillo lubbock three to six.w before it is said and done even snow in to north texas and western oklahoma. oklahoma city south and westbound one, two, three inches possible here as well. the snow is winding down over the northeast for now but will be cold around a fresh breeze out of the north and the north an west and a couple of snow flurries off the coast of new england and great lakes. more substantial snow later this week in though upcoming weekend. all up and down the interstate 95 corridor and the northeast. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> thank you, justin. >>> investigators in maryland say they have found the bodies of two people in the charred remains of the mansion that burned to the ground. they won't reveal whose bodies they found. annapolis tech executive don pyles, his wife sandy and their four children were believed to be at home at the time of the fire. >>> hundreds of people are homeless this morning after a huge fire tore through their apartment complex in new jersey. flames engulfed the entire

this right through saturday 1 to 2 inches potentially in lubbock with mountain snow up to 25 in colorado springs and denver. later on this weekend, snow expands its way off to the north and east into the ohio valley. back to you. >>> turning overseas to that delta impose deadline by isis. jordan had agreed to free a prisoner in exchange for the release of a japanese journalist and jordanian pilot but government officials say it's on hold until isis provides proof that their pilot is still alive. >>> to a deadly attack on americans in afghanistan. three u.s. defense contractors shot and killed last night at the international airport in kabul. the shooter was shot dead by security. authorities say he was wearing an afghan police uniform but it's still not clear if he was a real officer. >>> senator lindsey graham says the taliban detainees released from guantanamo bay are already back in touch with al qaeda. they're being monitored by the government of qatar. graham believes it's only a matter of time before they return to terroristic activities. >>> a 19-year-old is claiming to be a hacke

this is in lubbock, texas earlier. it's pretty.d accumulate in parts of western texas which could get dicey. the lone star state's not alone. 24 states facing winter weather warnings and advisories today. there is your map. do stay safe wherever you are. >> police commissioner bill bratton is sending a stern message to his force. in a new memo to the nypd bratton called for respect as law enforcement officials get ready to say good-bye to one of their own. up next, will his words ease escalating tensions or will they ignite more anger? >>> hero's funeral is about grieving, not airing grievances. that's the message to the nypd from police commissioner bill bratton as officers prepare to say good-bye to wenjin liu. he's one of the two officers ambushed and gunned down in the streets of new york. his partner raphael ramos' funeral was last week and it was during that service some police officers turned their backs on mayor bill de blasio as he spoke. that was a silent symbol offrus. let's bring in sarah in new york. i wonder if we can

as this pushes into texas, thursday into thursday afternoon, some icy travel around lubbock, amarilloner state of oklahoma. reena and kendis, back to you. >>> weather is also a factor in the search for airasia flight that crashed last weekend. more bodies from airasia flight 8501 are being brought to indonesia this morning. the sea is finally calm and the sky clear in the search area today. that's good because time is running out to find bodies, debris and the all-important black boxes that may provide answers to what happened. >> we have bodies that need to be recovered on the surface of the ocean that have been pushed around for days now. >> because of those currents. the search area has now been expanded. singapore brought in an unmanned submarine equipped with sonar to help with the search. >>> north korea's reclusive leader may be softening his stance, possibly ready to sit down with his neighbor to the south. in his televised new year's day speech, kim jong-un said he's open to a high level summit with the south korean president if seoul sincerely wants better ties. kim also ann

amarillo lubbock, 3 to 6, potentially a foot before it's said and done working its way into north texas and oklahoma city. south and westbound, one, two, three inches possible here, as well. the snow is winding down over the northeast for now but there will be some cold around, a fresh breeze out of the north and west and a couple of flurries coast of new england and off the great lakes. the potential, though, does exist for more substantial snow later on this week into the upcoming weekend all up and down the interstate 95 corridor and the northeast. t.j. and reena, back to you. >> justin, thank you very much. >>> we turn now to that scandal, deflate-gate. the new england patriots coach bill belichick can expect a lot of questions about those deflated footballs today. during his regularly scheduled meeting with reporters, deflate-gate looms over his team while the nfl's investigation continues. speculation runs wild over how the patriots' game day balls last sunday were reportedly underinflated. analysts say the case is clearly another black mark against the franchise. >> because they

one near dallas, one near lubbock. two both 3.5 earthquakes. for irving, the 17th earthquake since november 22nd. seismologists studying it right now. >> a lot of people tweeting about their dishes rattling. ginger, thanks. >>> now, to the other developing headline tonight. new sonar images coming in in that urgent search for the missing air asia flight that went down last week. let's get right to our aviation expert, retired colonel stephen ganyard with us tonight. you alerted this to us today. what do experts see in this new image? >> david, i talked to an undersea recovery expert today. and he believes what we see in this image is about the first 40 feet of this missing air asia aircraft. if you look closely, you can see the nose of the airplane. if you look even more closely you can see what appear to be the cockpit windows. but if you look around it no tail section, no wings, which suggests either the airplane broke up in flight or if in fact it might have skipped along the sea and broken apart then. >> so they believe perhaps they're seei

and dangerous wind chiles are moving through parts of the nation's midsection even bringing snow to lubbocktexas, and there's a larger storm behind it. it's expected to bring snow and ice from the planes to the northeast. let's get more from meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbm-tv. good morning, ed. >> good morning. take a look at how wide the storm stretches here. we see going from texas as you talked about all the way up to wisconsin and over to ohio and over to the east coast. and it's all tracking to the east. and as it continues on its way, we have snow, we have rain we have mixed precip and we do have the threat of icing in some areas. look at this across the entire country. we have winter weather advisories winter storm warnings and even the slight risk of severe for the gulf coast states. we'll focus on the northeast where we have icing in parts of ohio and kentucky as a freezing rain advisory is there and also icing and snow for the northeast as this winter storm continues to make its way to the east. so we look at sunday as it pulls through the area and wille'll wid

. >>> and check out the snow falling in lubbock texas this morning. fall in this part of western texas but the lone star state is not alone today. 24 states expecting winter advisories. >>> a small plane went down in kentucky killing four people. a seven-year-old girl on the flight miraculously survived and walked a mile to a home for help. she's been taking to a hospital with non life threatening injuries and has been released. >>> officials say aing a london nurse being treat forward ebola. she is the first person to be diagnosed with the virus on u.k. soil. >>> activists and friends of leila elkhorn gathered last night as a vigil for the youngster. born josh elkhorn left a message online for taking her own life. she wrote quote the only wayly rest in peace is in one day trans gender people aren't treated had way i was. >> a star he was the rhinestone cowboy before glen campbell. jik jimmy dickens died yesterday in nashville. best known for "may the bird of paradise fly up your nose." a real song. and "i'm little but i'm allowed." e died of the card

lubbock, texas, this is west texas. take a look at what happened here in the last 12 to 24 hours. was coming down. snow. more snow. things were covered in ice. there were downed trees and downed power lines. there was a lot of damage to trees in the area. very dangerous conditions fred. and this is what you have to look forward to as you travel home. >> oh my goodness. well folks are going to have to take it easy go slow right? >> right. >> or stay put. it's just too treacherous out there. karen maginnis. happy new year. >> happy new year. >>> the united states is hitting north korea with new strict economic sanctions. happy new year to them huh? it's in the alleged role in the cybersony attack. jordan chang joins us from forbes.com. and the book "nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world." even if the sanctions are aimed at the north korean government aren't the people continuing to pay the price? >> i don't think so. largely because these sanctions are indeed aimed at those three organizations, one of them involved in the hacking. two others involved in the sales of balli

it happened a couple hours south of lubbock. what have you learned?eporter: let me show you around the scene there. right there is interstate 20. that bus was headed in the west direction when the driver lost control, the bus tumbled down the grass embankment. right back there where you see all the wreckers and people investigating, that have where those train tracks are. it just so happened that a union pacific train was coming through here at the time. the bus hit it was drag add bit before basically falling into pieces. 51 15 people were on that bus. they were transferring the inmates between prisons in abilene and el paso, texas. we understand that all of the prisoners have been accounted for as this investigation continues. >> so a corrections officer and four prisoners survived. how are they? >> reporter: yeah, they did. it's just amazing when you look at the pictures and know that some people made it out alive. a dps worker here said this is one of the worst she has ever seen. those survivors have been transported to an area hospital. i spoke t

it's been bringing some problems for the roads right in through the lubbock area.y've been dealing with icy conditions. again, some problems here. as we go throughout the day, we'll see this system continue to crank out the ice. just a little bit is all it takes to cause problems. west of oklahoma city and well to the west of dallas. this is all going to be moving into the ohio valley overnight. we're going to watch those areas shaded -- by saturday night. it also moves up into new england. starting out with some snow. it could be very heavy at times into the higher elevations. then on the backside of this look at this snow. it's not much. maybe 1 to 3 inches across chicago. but this is the start of the arctic air that's going to be moving in. here in the northeast, a little snow. well to the north of new york. it's up across upstate and over into jersey and into new england. now let's talk about that bitter cold arctic air coming down. temperatures across the plains 15 to 30 degrees below average. sunday is the day here in the twin cities. a high of just 1. by mon

one to two inches in lubbock with mountain snows on the way.ith accumulating snows in the middle atlantic. reena and t.j., back to you. >> justin, thank you so much. >>> in the west, a different danger measles. 84 cases have been reported in 14 states including arizona. as thousands of super bowl fans arrive for the big game. measles are all but wiped out in the u.s. until last year. some experts blame the outbreak on parents who will not get their children vaccinated. doctors say many are changing their minds. >>> security will be tight at the super bowl event. everything being brought into the stadium is being carefully examined, even port-a-potties. air space above the university of phoenix stadium will be restricted, but federal agents aren't so much worried about an organized terror attack but an individual inspired by rebel websites. >> witnesses set to take the stand against aaron hernandez. >>> the mother of the victim in the case is scheduled to testify today. as linzie davis reports different stories were told during yesterday's openi

. >> reporter: and more icy road conditions like these ones in lubbock, texas, leading to more than 100 car slamming into a tractor trailer carrying crude oil. families and pets home for the holidays are at least able to enjoy a rare snowy new year's eve. in the l.a. area more snow expected on the mons and temperatures dropping into the 30s possibly meaning the coldest weather at the rose pa raidrade since 1952. >> another reason to watch it from home. >> absolutely. more snow there than the east coast. >> they can have it. we diddor share, right? >>> this is just the first round of bad weather to slow down holiday travelers. >> our coverage continues at accuweather with justin povick. >> thank you. the southwest still digging out from snow. it's still snowing in fact, throughout portions of arizona. now moving into new mexico along interstate 40. western colorado southbound. gusty winds. even more concern is into texas and oklahoma as the snow transitions and freezing rain here early thursday into thursday afternoon as far north and east as oklahoma city with icy travel. heading in tow

we picked up one to three inches of snow down near amarillo and lubbock, texas where we have winter weatheright. up into new hampshire, we had not a lot of snow. again, only a few inches, but right at the time of day when all of the cars were on the roads and we had a 25-vehicle pile up shut down 93 in new hampshire for a time yesterday. you can see it just made such a mess. now we will talk about that wintry weather for some but it's mostly a rain event throughout the rest of the day today. on the leading edge of it on the northern side of it we have snow and ice. because of that, we have winter weather advisories. the purple there in western pennsylvania, that is the freezing rain advisory. an ice warning earlier today. a winter storm warning across new england where we will see most of the snow. add to that a threat of severe weather. we had some tornado warnings issued earlier this morning. we could see more tornadoes break out in louisiana and into mississippi and alabama. here is how today goes. you see the snow and ice across the interior northeast? that will be replaced by rain. in

here is bryce watching from lubbock, texas. >> very nice. >> and nicole said that she ran eight milese we are bringing you the news at humphrey's gym in celina kansas where i grew up. fantastic. i just got an e-mail from somebody named steve ramburg out in oregon and he said that during a hospital stay in december, he discovered there was no fox news on the private room tv. so for an upcoming surgery on his spine in two weeks, he will commute over 100 miles for a four-night recovery at a hospital that actually has fox news channel. thank you very much. >> i tell you what, i had it on during my surgery and recovery and it got me through. >> you decided to watch? >> of course. i requested it just like i've been doing for years. >> she's got the fox news tv app. >> sure do. thanks for the photos. >>> you just heard that the white house is not worried about the guantanamo bay detainees released this week for some reason. but peter johnson, jr. says it's history -- if history repeats itself, we're in trouble. >> hey kids, how about milk to wash down those chicken nugget as soon as one fast

host: anthony in lubbock, texas go ahead. caller: my comment this morning is about the proposal to pay for two years of college. i don't think it's a good idea. i went to a school and you see very little of these -- a technical school. they had a curriculum to get into college, and they also had skills that you could walk out the door and make good money. this was not restaurant wages. these are mechanics, bricklayers, plumbers. you've got a complete skill there at that school, and i think the government would be better off, instead of trying to create a situation like sending all of these people to community college. maybe everybody doesn't want to go. we don't have skills really in this country anymore. people are answering phones. they are working on computers. but real work, you just don't see it anymore hardly. that is my comment. host: all right, anthony, we will have the congressman respond. guest: for me, this is personal. one of the reasons i strongly believe in middle-class growth is i'm a product of middle-class gr

one of the things that happened right after the may 11 tornado in lubbock is that texas tech university began being -- doing research on windstorms and the effects of different materials. later on they founded the national wind institute which is doing important research on different simulating cyclones and different kinds of wind events and the impact it has on materials and certain building techniques. certainly that will be important to our country as we move forward. what does that do for the taxpayers? well obviously if we can learn more about predicting these -- outcomes, we can make our building stronger, but more importantly save lives. one of the things i know from a lot of the research that's been going on right now that designs are being incorporated in lot of buildings. i know recently i was at a new elementary school in my district and one of the things that we learned is that they incorporated certain building techniques within the cafeteria of that new elementary. so that basically the cafeteria became a storm shelter for the students going to that elementary. . those are

bill lubbock, texas. go ahead.aller: i stand in strong support of what the republicans are doing with these amendments to the spending bill. the reason i stand in support of it there is no reason they are trying to defund homeland security. they are trying to strip a piece of lemminglation threw in there that was unlawful. if you look at what they are doing, mr. obama, himself h said over 22 times he did not have the authority to do it. and then at the last second, right before the vote, right before the big vote there he wanted that latino boost. the latino boost there for the democratic party. it didn't work because there are a lot of latinos that are nots really impressed with illegal immigration. i live in texas. i know all about illegal immigration. some of these callers, if you they are calling in they have no idea what the impact is that the don't live along the border states. they have no they have no idea of the impact of illegal immigration. host: you are still supportive of the effort even though it's pr

we have some lubbock, texas nurses. all right. which hospital? the heavy rain coming out of the southeast. this storm system will make its way up the coast. we start with sunshine in d.c. rain changes to snow. we have warm weather in central florida with highs in the 80s. 20s in northern new england. we show you what is happening for the day today. icy mix in the pacific northwest. a lot of rain in mid-atlantic >>> 8:06. happy friday, bay area. you made it to the end of the week. and boy, we have a warm weekend coming your way. 68 degrees for today in san jose. 67 in san francisco. but look at the climb as we get into your weekend. expecting to break temperature records all across the board because we usually do not get this warm in the middle of wintertime. 71 by monday. good thing is winter returns by tuesday with showers on the way. more than that in just moments. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you very much. coming up next on trending as a member of our team ever used a celebrity to get out of a speeding ticket. in honor of