moments later mccracken says tractor-trailers began jackknifing all around him. trent-----i saw another semi go through my left mirror down the median and i saw another semi go by my right mirror. but mccracken's car was untouched and he managed crawl along the shoulder to the nearest exit. meanwhile, tonight the wreckage of some of those semis are sitting at shaffer's interstate towing in west harrison. "it was just busy around here until late last night." .. and at indiana headquarters in versailles investigators are reconstructing the accident, but with the number of vehicles involved it is a time consuming process. close-----the damage toll from this pile up is still being assessed, but with only six people sent to the hospital...investigat ors say it could have been a whole lot worse. i'm gordon graham fox19 now. weather now animation no more squalls today... just blistering cold. let's check in with 6:30 reopen breaking now animation breaking now.... at longhorn steak like this doesn' t need anything else. just add, anything else. sizzle for $12.99. the new

sam mccracken with the stick back. and then later, mccracken spots a wide open trey mcbride here. moeller wins this game. significant. it was the first loss of the season for wilmington, 40-31 is the final. at us bank arena tonight, the cyclones skated away with a 6-4 win over the fort wayne komets.branden gracel and andrew yogan each had a pair of goals. and tomorrow is championship sunday in the nfl.patriots at broncos....cardinals at panthers. the winners advancing to play in the super bowl. it could very well be the final game in denver for peyton manning. it will also be the 17th time in his career that manning has faced tom brady. brady holds an 11-5 advantage in those match ups. but manning says, as you'd the best quarterback that wins

trent mccracken is the man who made the second call he says he was driving up front and was fortunate not to have crashed crashed "it was the worst driving when i told the 911 operator i said you know close 74 this is the most treacherous weather i've been through."as for cochran her facebook search for the two men is still on but it of help--and she hopes that the answer as to who saved her daughter will come soon--jay warren 9 on your side. carpet cleaners caught on camera damaging valuables -- and snooping through drawers. and tonight -- the father-son duo who stole from tri-state homes -- are sitting in jail. a woman in florence says she had prized possesions stolen by richard and forrest smith. she says they came to her home twice for carpet cleaning services -- but left with some of her belongings.they were arrested for other crimes -- but both will eventually be extradited to clermont county and indicted for theft. "i was very naive about that so i guess the best advice to one and all is to check and be sure cause when i did go back and looked at the better alert on there." the

alix: jeff mccracken, thanks so much.: let's head to abigail doodle, reporting live from the nasdaq, reporting on lululemon. abigail: lululemon one of the few stocks to be trading up. a is raised from abide to hold, signifying market expansion opportunities. wells fargo upgraded lululemon from an outperform to abide. chainements to the supply should help the company overcome 2015's big problem of discounting for the same margin expansion potential cited by jefferies group the stock has been expensive relative to the cost. with a 20% short of risk, the company may need to execute on this possibility to see the stock go higher from here. turning back to the sea of red, j.d..com -- the biggest percentage loser in the nasdaq 100 on its worst intraday drop on record. it was slicing through support of both its 50 and 200 day moving averages. all this comes on sympathy with the big selloff of the shanghai composite index and renewed concerns around the potential for slowing global growth. scarlet: thank you so much, abigail. abi

students from mccracken middle would potentially be moved to the *current spartanburg high. district 7's superintendent says renovations are needed and will be the best decision for residents. 3 3 3 3 "we think it goes a long way, our children but also for the economic vitality of our community. the stronger your schools are, the stronger your communities are going to be." be."now school board officials unanimously approved the plan on tuesday.if voters say yes....it will raise taxes up to 10 mils. 3 its four days until the tigers kick off for a national titlea& 3 and the man who last led them to the title in 1981 says they have what it takes to wina&a adrian acosta joins us now with the story 3 3 3 3 3 "over the years coach danny ford has talked a lot of football here at dyers diner in pendletona&but today he had a conversation he hadn't had in over 34 yearsa&how clemson can win a national title game" game" 3 "its something i didn't think i'd ever see e ain in my lifetime,, clemson getting back"before this yeara&coach ford had led the tigers to their only undefeated season

in today's, what is the big deal , we have jeff mccracken from joining us now.s is not the first time that mccracken is making the deal happen, why this time around? jeff: they're about 2 billion reasons if you will. baxalta was around $32 billion. they won in more cash in the deal and they're going to get cash in this deal once tickets announced -- a gets announced for you will value them at about $32 billion. -- once a gets announced. about $32alue them at billion. it is not an all stock deal. be whollyrs would dependent on shire rocketing and getting stronger over the years. stephanie: how do shire investors feel that this? drew: it has been a really interesting story. they have done a number of smaller deals. -- they way back when had a deal with abbvie. it was going to be around $50 billion. that fell apart. like maybe a few hundred billion dollars worth of farm and deals ago. that fell apart and they happen wondering what this is company look like? you're looking at a deal where it is a transformative deal that they are looking for. shire is big on treatme

joining me now, jeff mccracken and brian buckwalter -- buchwald.iego, paul kedrosky, contributing editor. welcome back. jeff, i will start with you. what is driving all this? >> it is not just about china. it is about the united states. japanese companies want to buy more assets in the united states. so do companies in europe. it is not going through the roof. it is 2%, 2.5%. it is still the largest economy in the world. still pretty good compared to the rest of the world. this is a desire to have more exposure to the united states. right now, it is chinese. a month from now, we might be talking about japanese companies buying assets in the united states. this has been going on for a couple years. emily: let's talk about what is going on in china domestically. does the domestic slowdown meeting we will see fewer of the deals down the line? >> i do not think so. i actually think we are going to see more. it is a broader phenomenon than access to the u.s. market weiss. -- marketplace. this is patriot nation of the yuan. the same phenomenon is driving

elementary school that would combine students from houston and chapman elementary.students from mccracken middle would potentially be moved to spartanburg high.district 7 superintendent doctor russell booker tells us renovations are needed and expensive... that's why this new plan is the best for residents and students alike. 3 trt:23neighbors. we want to be good stewards. we want to build something that we can be proud of, something that is going to stand the test of time. so the community will be a part of this. our faculty and staff will be a part of this. should we pass this referendum, as we get into that exciting design phase, we're going to build a school that's reflective of the community and values that we have for our children." children." 3 the plan was unanimously approved by school board trustees last night--and if approved by voters on march 15-th...it would raise taxes by up to 10 mils. 3 happening now---- 3 the greenville zoo is on baby watch!! watch!!the zoo's giraffes--autumn and walter--are expecting another calf in the new year! ...and zoo officials say baby watch 20-1

jeff mccracken joins us. >> johnson controls has been trying to change a lot it they have about halfess which is auto supplies. they are spinning that out so that -- so there goes half the business. the deal with tyco will allow them to domicile in ireland and they will become a home /offices/home building building type of services providing refrigeration or electrical systems and then security systems when they get tyco. they will become a clear industrial company. david: who is running the deal? this is matt miller steve, he doesn't believe mergers exist. mergewhy would you write when clearly johnson controls will by tyco. >> i don't disagree with you. put caphen disney cities abc, they said it was a merger. it's to be nice to the people they are buying. that's the simple answer. >> it's politically correct language that's all. >> some companies put it in their statement and others are more clear. cio will run the combined company going forward. this started falling up back in 2001-2002. it was always seen as a good place to go if you are an industrial company. headquarters in irel