>> clayton sandell, abc news, >> reporter: clayton sandell, abc news denver. >> and now you have seen is "world news tonight" for this thursday night. i hope to see you right back here to finish off the week tomorrow. until then, good night. od night. >>> new at 6:00, late word on a plan to remove chimps from the san francisco zoo. abc7 news i team is live with the change of heart. >> did a mofr go too far from removing a passenger from a muni bus? >> how would you like to wake up to this outside of your back door? close ups tonight of a mountain lion on the prowl. >> a case of measles in the bay area. this time, hundreds of peninsula bart riders may have been exposed. >> the chimps at the zoo are staying put. >> tonight following an i team investigation, the director has cancelled plans to move them to another facilit >>> the director made the announcement to evening. >> we have made the decision to keep our three aging chimpanzees here. >> the i team told you on tuesday the zoo was building shipping crates for the chimps one option sending them to a florida amusement park. they arri

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> next to the skies.ederal regulators taking ste to have new rules about drones. david kerley has the >> reporter: inexpeksksxpenseivenexpensive drones can take great picture. but they're going where they're not supposed to be to the white house, and getting too close to jet liners. one of the concerns of the faa and airlines, even a small drone like this could be sucked into a jet engine, causing catastrophic failure. and the new rules is pretty tri businesses can fly under the proposed rules if they pass a test and keep it in sight. the last rule is troublesome for some businesses like amazon that wants to use them to deliver things. and they must move quickly to address the needs of the business and ultimately the customers customers. the government says the rules, which could take a year or two to approve are not the last word for this fast-flying technology. >>> we have much more ahead on "world news tonight." up next, a school bus on its side. another one, careening out of control. renewing the deba

clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: 10,000 feet up oregon's mt. hood saturday, husband and wife climbers michelle and brian carlson suddenly begin tumbling down. >> they fell probably about 500 feet and landed in the bottom of the crater. >> reporter: sliding down a 50-degree slope, the carlsons speed right past members of the all-volunteer portland mountain rescue team. they finally stop but are now facing a new threat. ice chunks the size of bowling balls careening downhill. to protect the injured couple, rescuers form a human shield for six straight hours. >> shoulder to shoulder and stopped the ice that was coming down the mountain. >> reporter: what does that say to you? >> they're the heroes today. >> reporter: the oregon national guard airlifted the couple to a hospital. michelle carlson has two broken ankles. her husband, a broken leg. but they weren't the only ones needing rescue saturday. about the same time, a third climber fell, sliding right into one of the mountain's steaming volcanic vents spewing toxic fumes. >> this climber, howev

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> next to the skies.ederal regulators taking steps to bring order out of the cluttered and buzzing airways filled with a growing number of drones. new rules about drones. david kerley has the details. >> reporter: inexpensive, drones can take great pictures. and they're popping up everywhere. but they're going where they're not supposed to be, to the white house and crashing, and getting too close to jet liners. >> we just saw a little drone. >> reporter: one of the concerns of the faa and airlines, even a small drone like this could be sucked into a jet engine, causing catastrophic failure. these new proposed rules are aimed at using small drones for business purposes. that wind is pretty tricky. businesses all want to fly. they can fly under the proposed rules if they pass a test, and keep it in sight. the last rule is troublesome for some businesses like amazon that wants to use them to deliver goods. drones that would go off on their own, out of site. the online retailer says the government must move

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here's abc's clayton sandell with the pictures. >> reporter: it happens in seconds.as a snowmobiler near afton, wyoming, speeds up this mountain, the mountain comes crashing down. >> oh! oh, no! >> reporter: fellow snowmobilers watching below race to get out of the way. trying not to lose sight of their friend, sam robinson. >> where is he? >> reporter: luckily there's a clue. right there, just part of the snowmobile is exposed. robinson is buried. his rescuers desperately trying to dig him out. >> get his chest out. get his chest dug out. >> i'm all right. >> reporter: all that fluffy snow, now a solid trap. this is like concrete, almost. >> it's exactly like concrete. and, you know, the -- when the snow starts to avalanche, it starts getting churned up, heat, pressure, and everything bonds together real tight. >> reporter: over the last five years, about one-third of u.s. avalanche deaths involve a snowmobile. amazingly, robinson made it through with only bruises. and tonight, is thankful for a few quick-thinking friends. >> dude i just kept swimming up. >> reporte

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> eastbound about three miles an hour in pursuit of these two. >> reportera few exhilarating minutes, we were a nation united by llamas on the run, specifically a mother and baby. part of a group of therapy llamas visiting residents at a phoenix elderly care home. apparently the llamas got spooked and made a break for it, weaving through the streets, stopping traffic. this guy tries to play it cool but barely misses the grab. that's when the calls start from people offering all kinds of advice. >> they said, feed the llamas pumpkin and they will stop. >> faster than the llamas, an explosion of 22,000 llamas. tweets and photo mashups invoking thelma and louise on the run. and lassos thrown from the back of a pickup, llamas were in custody. high fives all around. >> how long was the chase. >> two and a half, three hours. >> reporter: clayton sandell, abc news. >> when is the last time you saw somebody use a lasso to diffuse a situation? i like how the lady said try a pumpkin. >> how long does this go, two, three hours? this story was all over the place. this i

clayton sandell scores of flights canceled.ou. clayton sandell is there. clayton, good morning to you. you can >> reporter: and good morning, a complete m dan. they're comple you can see the snowplows are out this morning. and interstate the roads in colorado have been a complete mess overnight. they're completely snow-packed. and interstate 70, a major interstate through the area,erous right now. was completely shut down because of multiple car accidents. and in the air, denver international airport so far, flights they have about 180 flight cancellations. that is 12% of all the flights in and out and there could be more cancellations today. so far in our area we had about 9, 10 inches today. but some areas around denver in som could see up to 20 inches inches before the befores the system moves out d, too. later tonight, cecilia?nd our rob >> denver getting slammed, too. clayton, thank you.of it. it's cold and snowy. just one place to find our rob marciano. right in the middle of it. you're so mean to him.me inside. you never let him come inside. i don't

abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: 10,000 feet up oregon's mt. saturday, husband and wife climbers, michelle and brian carlson suddenly begin to tumble down. >> they fell 500 feet and landed in the bottom of the crater. >> reporter: sliding down a 50-degree slope, the carlsons speed right past of members of the all volunteer portland mountain rescue team. they finally stop but are facing a new threat ice chunks the size of bowling balls careening downhill. to protect the injured couple, rescuers form a human shield for six hours. >> shoulder to shoulder and stop the ice that was coming down the mountain. >> what does that say to you? >> they're the heroes today. >> reporter: the oregon national guard airlifted the couple to a hospital. michelle carlson has two broken ankles. her husband a broken leg. but they weren't the only ones needing rescue on saturday. about the same time, a third climber fell, sliding right in to one of the mountain's steaming volcanic vents spewing toxic fumes. >> this climber, however, was just amazingly fortunate. he wa

here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the entire terrain gives way. this is from a helmet cam of a snowboarder and rescue volunteer, tumbling hundreds of feet down the slope. >> if you make it to land just try to get out of it alive. >> reporter: here in the u.s., avalanche season is well under way. each storm bringing potentially dangerous conditions. 4 killed this season, 35 last season. and this month, two men training with the u.s. ski team were killed. and i hope the dog is close. this is like >> it's exactly like concrete. and then it bonds together tight, and locks up like concrete. >> reporter: radu lived to ski another day. he wouldn't mind getting a sponsorship out of it to help spread the news. >>> still ahead, the other unstoppable force of the season hollywood award season. why the stakes just got higher for hollywood's top prize. but it is nothing like the pain that shingles causes. man when i got shingles it was something awful. it was like being blindsided by some linebacker. you don't see it coming. boom! it was this painful rash of l

here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: there are few clues but plenty of sorrow for family and friends of tammy meyers. >> my son is only one year and two months and now we have to deal with my son growing up without knowing his grandmother. >> reporter: las vegas police say the hunt for this man is a top priority. investigators say he was in a car thursday night that nearly collided with meyers and her 15-year-old daughter, headed home after a driving lesson. police say meyers and the other driver argued and that car followed them home. someone opened fire hitting meyers once. >> you are really disgusting for taking my mother's life. she didn't deserve it. >> reporter: police are on the lookout for this silver or gray sedan seen here in newly released video captured by a home security camera. >> as far as we can tell, there was no prior contact with these individuals. they are complete strangers. >> reporter: meyers was a mother of four, a nurse, her husband brought her red roses every valentine's day for 25 years. he did it one last time saturday before she was taken off life support

clayton sandell is in denver. >> reporter: one ripple effect here at the denver airport, cancelled flights. 140 here today. tomorrow, 1,000 flights have already been cancelled. >> reporter: the concern in some areas -- flooding. rain and rising temperatures in memphis leading to flooded streets. and as temperatures drop again, fears of refreezing and black ice. here in monterey -- 21 deaths blamed on the weather here so far. and this is why thousands of people could be without power for up to a week. lines like this weighed down by trees with ice over an inch thick. tom? >> brutal temperatures and now no power. thank you. where is this new winter storm heading? >> big snows across colorado. already in denver another 6 to 12 inches. then going to the plains. cold air in place. the freezing line drops south of dallas. tomorrow morning, icing across the metropolitan area. and cold driving toward the sout south. >> and it's going to get very cold. >> minus 15 in indianapolis. minus 20 in upstate new york. >> that hurts just looking at it. >> it's painful. >>> living in the conditions can be di

interesting brookdale responding to sandell. back to you. >> thanks a lot.'s check in with rick santelli on this friday. >> hi, carl. let's start out, of course, looking at how the market digested the numbers this morning. here we sit at a 1.92 yield, been a bit higher, at 1.30 basis points up on the week and settled at 1.64. through a variety of santelli exchanges we've talked how the technicals didn't seem in tune pushing yields closer to historic yields around the 1.40 level. any close above 1.86 should be a lot of trapped longs and a lot of longs came in the market buying kicking and screaming because they've been fighting the market for several years. with regard to 30-year bonds they're well through their 2.36 level. there's the technicals. let's go to the real topic today, nummerology. the reason we were all screaming five years ago, jobs jobs jobs, because jobs jobs jobs brings wage wage wage. i understand that the data was good and i'm going to poke a little fun at not only the good data but maybe the not so good data. seasonally adjusted and nonsea

here's clayton sandell >> reporter: 44-year-old tammy myers, shot. tonight, her family is taking her off life support. >> a mother of four losing her life because she was teaching her daughter how to drive. >> reporter: police say they were a confrontation with people in another car, followed them home and opened fire. it's another case of road rage the seemingly trivial turning violent. this was recorded by a grandmother in north carolina. >> stop it! >> reporter: arrested for assault and battery and reckless driving. what is your best advice? >> contact 911 immediately, separate yourself from the danger and go somewhere well-lit. >> reporter: tammy myers' family is now pleading for help. >> turn yourself in. >> reporter: whoever opened fire is still out there. >>> when we come back a major clue. one happy mom after the powerball. >> and ruth bader ginsberg, falling asleep. was it a glass of wine? ...the getaway vehicle! for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. toenail fungus? don't hide it... tackle it with new fda-approved jub

but first clayton sandell from denver. >> reporter: snow is hitting the south tonight as millions brace for yet another storm. 15 cars piled up outside dallas-ft. worth. traffic at a standstill. >> my son has shoulder surgery. the snow isn't bad but we just can't get there. so they're walking a half an hour to get to the hospital. >> reporter: a ft. worth cop offered an extra push today. icy treacherous roads vexing drivers across the south. in north carolina, slippery highways tossed suvs upside down. one driver died in this crash blamed on ice. but there are also tales of survival. like that couple near charlotte rescued thursday from their car after sliding into this creek. and in minnesota, ryan neslund is counting his blessings tonight. he was on an ice fishing trip when his truck fell through, sinking fast. >> as soon as i knew i was out of air up there i'm like, well this is my last breath that's available so i said, "i'm just going to go for it." and swam down, out the window. >> reporter: saving himself without using his legs. neslund is a parapelegic. >> really, really lucky t

here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: it's that heart-sinking moment. the entire terrain gives way. this is from a helmet cam of a snowboarder and rescue volunteer, tumbling hundreds of feet down the slope. >> if you make it to land -- you don't have to think how do you feel. you just try to get out of it alive. >> reporter: here in the u.s., avalanche season is well under way. each new winter storm bringing potentially dangerous conditions. 4 already killed this season, 35 last season. and last month, two men training with the u.s. ski team in austria were killed. rescue teams at the ready. and i hope the dog is close. we practiced with rescue teams on copper mountain. this is like concrete, almost. >> it's exactly like concrete. it starts getting churned up heat and pressure and it locks up like concrete. >> reporter: radu lived to snowboard another day. he didn't get involved with an avalanche on purpose. but he wouldn't mind getting a sponsorship out of it to help spread the news. >>> still ahead, the other unstoppable force of the season, hollywood award season. why the stakes

activist fund sandel taking aim at brookdale senior living. sent a letter to brookdale calling for it to separate the real estate portfolio into a re. and shareholder value. shares up more than 6.5% at brookdale to $36.88. >>> let's get right to our market monitor and his stock picks. joining us now, jason pride at glenn mead and asset management firm. thank you, jason, nice to have you here. >> thanks for having me too. >> you say it's important to have a healthy waiting in the u.s. but twist defensively over modest valuation. labs makes the list. why? >> we try to keep stability in the u.s. while taking some risk abroad. we recognize if you take risk abroad it's stomach churning particularly with what's going on in greece right now. so finding stability in the u.s. is the key piece. that means you have to focus on health care services and supply companies. abbott fits right into the profile of a stable business model, decent dividend yield and a company that's able because of excess returns on capital, just churn out the incremental earnings

but first, abc's clayton sandell from dallas. >> reporter: the coming storm, announced its arrival in dallas/ft. worth with thunder sleet. freezing rain made driving an icy, dangerous mess. 37 cars piled up in amarillo. in oklahoma crashes closed interstate 35. drivers in the storm's path struggled to get traction. >> it's pretty bad. four-wheel drive helps you go but it doesn't help you stop. >> even gifts out to push. slick roads turned big rigs into 15 thougs-pound hockey pucks. here in dallas there's ice everywhere. the police have responded to well over 100 crashes already. airports canceled about 1,000 flights thanks to the latest in a series of rapid fire winter storms so far costing airlines and passengers about $1.3 billion. there's a human cost too. in austin today, two people died in fires blamed on space heaters. >> i didn't know what to think. the house is on fire. i was hoping there wasn't anybody in there. >> reporter: and recent storms in tennessee and kentucky have killed at least 33 people. meanwhile, out west snow is falling in las vegas. hail in southern california

clayton sandell, abc news, dallas. >>> and there's going to be more bad weather for the south today astic air once again grips the midwest and the east. >> we will go to accu-weather's justin povick who has the forecast. good morning justin. >> ryan and reena, thanks and good morning to you. slippery start throughout much of the southeast. north of atlanta to colombia south carolina line. that includes interstate 40 and interstate 26. south of atlanta toward i-10 we are concerned about wet weather. this will linger throughout much of the day and create additional travel delays all the way to central florida. it is warm in south florida. where it not warm the upper midwest and plains on tuesday. the great lakes on wednesday and then back to the northeast and the middle atlantic states we think by thursday. later on this week well, it's very, very cold in the east it is very, very stormy and active in the northwest and the southern plains. ryan and reena, back to you. >> thank you so much, justin. >>> a compromise could be in the works to resolve a standoff over funding for the departmen

clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> >>> breaking news from overseas egyptian warplanes struck isisgets in libya likely retaliation for the mass killing of egyptian christians. they were apparently beheaded by a group claiming loyalty to isis. the egyptian government declared seven days of mourning and vowed to avenge the deaths. >>> denmark is the latest european country in mourning. its capital shattered by two deadly terror attacks, possibly inspired by the massacre in paris. the victims were a film maker at a free speech event and a security guard outside of a synagogue. the suspect police say had a criminal record and gang past and was killed in a gun battle with police. denmark's prime minister is vowing to protect freedom of speech and the country's jewish population. meanwhile, israeli prime minister netanyahu is calling for the massive immigration of european jews to israel following those attacks. >>> a long-delayed preliminary hearing gets underway today for two wisconsin girls charged with stabbing a classmate. investigator says the 12 and 13-year-old attacked their frie

clayton sandell, abc news denver. >> coming up here, we are checking out our favorite super bowl ads. appeared to be the year of the dad. this isn't your father's father figure. >>> and parenting movement sparking controversy. it is called free-range parenting and it looks a lot like how our parents raised us. that's in the next half hour of "world news now." >>> look outside the university of phoenix stadium in glendale arizona. a short time ago the new england patriots captured another super bowl victory. a lot of folks tuned in to see the game but many tuned in to see those high-priced commercials. >> this year there was a common theme, social messages including mcdonald's commercials that got viewers talking. the fast food giant announced they will accept new form of payment today. it will let customers pay for orders with what it calls lovin' which could include selfies and hugs. >> i could go in and say i want to pay with a hug. >> and you get free fries. >> see how that works out. >> another snickers commercial. had some people looking back here. all the way to the '70s thanks

me but it's scary when the extreme pushes back. >> reporter: for "good morning america," clayton sandellenver. >> third time. wow. >> glad he's okay. >> to amy in the social square with "the speed feed." trending this morning the president is presiding on facebook with an unprecedented video from buzzfeed with more than 20 million views in less than a day. the video is called things everyone does but doesn't talk about. and take a look as you can see from this shot, yes, the president like we've never seen him before. it's all to encourage young people to register for health care but in a very creative way. let's take a look. a little mirror time. yep. there he goes. straightening his tie taking some selfie ras well. we've got that. yep. with the selfie stick no less. oh yes, big smile. crazy face then a pretty impressive picture of the first lady. he practiced hoops in the oval office. i figured if it was good enough for the president -- this is my first time with a selfie stick. there we go. whoo. tell us what's moving up in your feed with the #socialsquare. you know you do it too. >>

clayton sandell is there. clayton, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning, dan. you can see the snowplows are out this morning. the roads in colorado have been a complete mess overnight. they're completely snow-packed. and interstate 70, a major interstate through the mountains here was closed overnight because of multiple car accidents and pileups. luckily, there's a fleet of 700 snowplows out right now, trying to make the roads drivable, at least passable. it's very dangerous right now. not just on the ground, but in in the air. at denver international airport reporting 180 canceled flights so far. about 12% of all the flights coming in and out of the airport. there now, so far, we have had about nine, ten inches here where we are. in some areas around denver, they're expecting up to 20 inches before the system moves out later tonight. cecilia? >> denver getting slammed, too. clayton, thank you. it's cold and snowy. just one place to find our rob marciano. right in the middle of it. you're so mean to him. you never let him come inside. i don't know what straw y

clayton sandell is in dallas there for the second round of mess. >> reporter: good morning.eginning to slam us here in dallas and all around the south. it's a dangerous morning commute. >> we have the plows. it's crazy. >> reporter: deadly ice snow and wihe south. >> when is it going to warm up? >> reporter: causing driving nightmares. look at this in colorado. an ambulance having to weave its way through cars stuck in the snow. causing accidents and snarling travel. several cars sliding off the road. in oklahoma slick roads led to not one but two jackknifed tractor-trailers. schools across the midwest closed and hundreds of flights delayed. >> i'm a born texan and been in bad weather most of my life. >> reporter: dallas this suv flipped after hitting black ice. parts of highways and bridges shut down due to icy conditions. this 18-wheater crashed closing both sides of interstate 5 for several hours. >> i have to take the side streets. >> side streets are terrible. >> reporter: drives na gaiting colorado roads after 9 inches of snow. tennessee downed trees and power lines le