they do need the rain, but too much too soon is a problem. >> rob marciano with us live tonight. rob, thank you. >>> there are major developments son who became international fugitives, fleeing to mexico before that dramatic takedown. ethan couch is still in mexico tonight, his mother is back here in the u.s. and appearing in court today. headed back to texas now, as we learned stunning new details about their final days of freedom. abc's matt gutman in mexico on where they were together. >> reporter: when ethan couch visited this mexican strip club last month, sources tell abc with him. his mother. staff at the harem strip club say that the 18-year-old affluenza teen two seeded to order beer after beer. and when his mother left, he stayed for lap dances in the v.i.p. room. ultimately wracking up a $1,000 bill. when he couldn't pay it, sources say a waiter brought him to this resort, where his mother also didn't have the cash. he left his rolex as collateral. he's now in this mexican detention center. his lawyer meeting him for the first time today. >> everything's okay. to the u.

and meteorologist rob marciano >> reporter: scary moment at spokane airport a united flight bound for denver with 166 passengers on board, skidding off an ice is taxiway, right into the snow. >> as we were turning to take off, kind of just went side the ways. >> reporter: passengers tweeting photos from the plane, thankfully, no injuries. it's part of the same el nino-fueled system that's slamming the west. from the flooded bay area, to van nuys, this man forced to climb out of his car, above the rushing waters. in areas burned by wildfires, residents are shoring up homes in case of mudslides. abc's indra petersons is in izuza, california. >> this homeowner has boarded up the side of his home. hoping this time with another storm on the way, this house will be saved. >> reporter: meanwhile, in the east, after a record-breaking warm december, a sudden burst of the coldest estest air so far this winter. even derailing this train near boston. and taking this new yorker's breath away. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: that cold air over the warm atlantic ocean even bringing snow to the outer

meteorologist rob marciano here in arizona with us, with the forecast for us. rob? >> reporter: good evening, david. it's cool, but comfortable, inside and outside the stadium here in glendale, but where they played that nfl game yesterday in minnesota, more cold is coming. check out the numbers in the morning. still minus 27 for a wind chill in minneapolis. minus 8. a front coming through, mostly dry, but a couple of inches possible from chicago to detroit and across the great lakes. as it comes through the i-95 corridor, mostly dry, but away the bigger story is going to be the cold air. 11 in new york city and still my minus 9 in chicago. david? >> rob marciano here in arizona tonight. rob, thank you. >>> we turn now to powerball. no one won yet again. and now the biggest jackpot in history tonight. $1.4 billion and counting. the jackpot so big, the lottery signs can't keep up this evening. and incredibly, the number tonight. 28 people came one number from winning it all. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: the latest powerball jackpot of 19 $1.4 billion, the

we'll drill down the details as we go throughout the week. >> all right, rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thanks, as always. >>> in the meantime, we move on, this evening, one american is home, several others on the way after being held prisoner in iran. among them, a journalist, a pastor, a former marine. this image of the men as they make their journey back. tonight, skyping with family back home here in the united states, and our team, right there at that u.s. base in germany. it's still unclear when they'll board that plane home. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl tonight on how this all happened, and in a moment, the american who was not included. >> reporter: free at last. rezaian reunited with his family at a u.s. military base in germany, after spending 544 days in prison. here, alongside his wife and brother, ali, who spoke to abc's alex marquardt. >> he's definitely lost some weight. but you know, he was joking, we were joking around. we were having a good time. >> reporter: former marine amir hekmati reunited with his family and congressman after enduring

meteorologist rob marciano here on both fronts tonight. hey, rob. >> hey, david. it's the southern flank of that developing nor'easter that really clobbered south florida. that rough weather has since moved out. they'll get another round on sunday but the center of our low now over the carolinas and the precip shield push iing across virginia into the northeast, a fast-moving storm but it's going to rain heavily with big winds across the northeast overnight. only the furthest northern mountains seeing accumulating snow. the cold front you see to the west is where the cold stuff is. minus 17 in minneapolis on sunday, but that's the actual temperature. talk about windchills 43 below in duluth. spreading east on monday and 4 degrees in d.c., some areas will see the lowest temperature in two years. >> bundle up. all right. rob marciano with us, rob, thank you. >>> now to that showdown in south carolina last night. 11 million people watching the republican rumble and center stage donald trump and ted cruz, the gloves came off on a number of issues including what ted cr

so, let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano on this system and the one that's coming later in the week. hey, rob. >> reporter: took awhile for winter to get here, but it is here. talk about the cold first. bitter stuff moving in. look at these wind chills for the morning. temps that will feel like they are below zero in boston and d.c. minus 7 in pittsburgh. 17 below in chicago. late effect snow machine, all the lakes pumping it out here. this is later than usual, because it's been so warm. could see another foot in spots in that snow zone. and some showers, snow showers across parts of the heartland. and then, this storm system that we're closely watching for friday and saturday, the bigger cities in the east coast, we we'll drill down the details as we go throughout the week. >> all right, rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thanks, as always. >>> in the meantime, we move on, this evening, one american is home, several others on the way after being held prisoner in iran. among them, a journalist, a pastor, a former marine. this image of the men as they make their journey back. to

meteorologist rob marciano here on both fronts tonight. >> hey, david. that that clobbered south florida. that has since moved out. another round on sunday but the center of our low over the carolinas and precip shield pushing across virginia into the northeast. fast-moving storm but will rain heavily with big winds across the northeast overnight. only the furthest northern mountains seeing snow. the cold front is where the cold stuff is. mine 17 in minneapolis blue that's the actual temperature. 43 below in duluth. spreading east on monday and 4 degrees in d.c., some areas will see the lowest temperature in two years. >> rob marciano with us, thanks. >>> now to that showdown in south carolina last night. 11 million people watching the republican rumble and center stage donald trumum and ted cruzuz the gloves came off on a number of issues including what ted cruz meant when he said trump has new york values. abc's tom llamas on the campaign trail tonight with breaking developments. word late today from cruz when >> reporter: tonight, ted cruz asked again

rob marciano, abc news, new york. >>> and breaking news this morning. north korea claims it has tested its own hydrogen bomb. there's no confirmation from other countries, but a strong seismic event was detected about five miles from the north korean nuclear test site. an hour later north korean state tv announced the test, saying it needs to protect itself from the evil threat of america. the national security council says the u.s. cannot accept north korea as a nuclear state. >>> another highly controversial move by president obama is threatening to further divide the nation over gun control. making an impassioned plea for a national sense of urgency, the president broke into tears while recalling mass shootings s plan bypasses congress.ticut. he says it will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on guns. >> and from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> the national rifle association responded in a statement saying the

>> rob marciano here in arizona tonight. rob, thank you. >>> we turn now to powerball. no one won yet again. and now t biggest jackpot in history tonight. $1.4 billion and counting. the jackpot so big, the lottery signs can't keep up this evening. and incredibly, the number tonight. 28 people came one number from winning it all. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: the latest powerball jackpot of 19$1.4 billion, the cash value just shy of $8$868 million. in the latest drawing -- >> all comes down to this. >> reporter: 28 tickets matched the five white balls for $1 million each. only one person has hit the jackpot since october, when the rules changed and it became much harder to win. in lincoln, nebraska, a group of coworkers came so close to winning the jackpot, they walked away with $1 million prize, ways. they aren't the only ones cashing in. state lotteries generate about $68 billion in sales each year. and a cut goes back to state budgets. >> a portionf the sale goes to aid new york state school children, just like them. >> reporter: lottery officials say about