nats - (tonya couch arrival) tonya couch -- handcuffed -- and back on u-s soil. nats -- (shouting) // "what were you thinking tonya?!?!" the mother of the now infamous "affluenza teen"... angeles jail... on one million dollars bail... charged with "hindering the apprehension of a fugitive." sot -- stephanie patten, attorney // "put yourself in her shoes. what would you do if you're a parent who has a son who is the most hated boy in america?" after winning a delay in his deportation... ethan couch -- seen here -- was escorted to another detention center... ... in mexico city... where he'll appear before a higher immigration court. sot -- spencer mcmullen, immigration attorney // "he could be in there for a few days... or a few months." authorities believe the pair fled... after couch may have violated arguing -- he was "too spoiled" to know right from wrong. employees at the los tules resort say the pair arrived two weeks ago... ethan -- writing his home state of texas on the registration... mis-spelling his name... and only paying cash. hotel employees say they

tonya couch faces charge carries a sentence of two to ten years in jail. as for her son, authorities don't know yet how they will proceed against him. at the moment, the most severe punishment he faces is 120 days in jail. i'm kim hutchersoreporting. even though the snow is not an issue todain iowa, people across the country are aling with the severe weweher. along rising rivers, volunteers armed with sandbags are fighting time, and many rivers haven't crested yet. there were white out snow conditionsn the northeast d midwest made travel is nearly impossible - by road or by air. 850 cots were set-up at o'hare airport overnight. thousands of passengers across the country are stranded. now for a quick chehe on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this plan on snow to overspread the morning commute. many areas should see around an inch of snow, though some isolated 2" reports cannot be ruled out either. the bottom line is that the commute will likely turn slick, even with minor snow accumulation. t ts system

dee anderson they had what you'd call a going away party" taking tonya's truck to the border? sot: tarrant county sheriff dee anderson 11:14:40 "our understanding is they did drive the truck down there." (gfx) investigators confirming to abcnews that ethan this morning the first images of ethan and tonya couch's life on the run in mexico in this exclusive video you see ethan entering this butcher shop across the street from his shabby rental? -the formerly blonde teen's hair died black - hat backwards. he seems at ease - breezily talking to the butcher- paying for chicken in pesos two days earier his food with us dollars? she chats who wont take the the texan? 90 minutes after this monday? he is pic)you see him then up close in pros pic) sot: acting us marshal, northern district tx richard taylor 11:09:37 "after 11 days of the us marshal service tracking down ethan couch, we can custody." authorities say couch and his mother "planned to disappear" shortly after this video possibly showing couch violating parole at a boozy left? dee anderson they had what you'd call to the bord

couch's attorney said while the public may not like what she did, tonya did not violate any law. tonya couch is expected back here in texas early next week as her son spends the start of the new year in mexican custody. >>> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> still ahead, nbc news uncovered a medical device associated with over 2 now we learned a supposedly improved version has potentially fatal flaws of its ow >>> incredible spectaculars from parts of the world where it's already 2016. did you know that meeting your daily protein needs actually helps to support your muscle health? boost high protein nutritional drink can help you get the protein you need. each serving has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, plus 26 vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones. boost high protein is the #1 selling high protein complete nutritional drink and it has a great taste-guaranteed! help get the nutrition you need everyday with boost high protein. i sure had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clot. what about my family? my

brandi: tonya couch handcuffed and back on u.s. soil. >> what were you thinking, tonya? brandi: the mother of the so-called affluenza teen in jail, charged with aiding the a parent who has a son who is the most hated boy in america? brandi: after a delay in his deportation, ethan couch was escorted to another attention center where he could go to a higher immigration court. authorities believe that the pair fled after couch may have violated his probation sentence. the teenager killed four people in a drunk driving crash. prosecutors -- his lawyers successfully argued he was too spoiled to know right from wrong. he even misspelled his name and only paid cash. hotel employees found this gone in their room and when ethan to get back, the pair left, moving into this shabby apartment. they were spotted here, ethan' s jc: if --brandi: if found guilty of helping her son debate police, she faces prison. abc news. phil: fire crews rescue an arizona team from a chimney. when they arrived on the scene , they lowered a rope to the 13-year-old boy and asked him to wrap his arms arou

on monday, mexican immigration officials detained the pair, mexican officials deported tonya couch for being in the country illegally, ethan is going through a more complicated deportation process. >> it seems to me if they wanted to they could pay them as much as money as they want. in 2013. his defense argued that he suffer from the controversial condition "affluenza" claiming his lack of responsibility was a result of his privileged upbringing. years juvenile probation. he is expected to serve time at a juvenile direction facility until april when he turns 19. >> well could to juvenile law in texas, it doesn't make sense. >> now tonya couch is likely to face felony charges for allegedly helping her son evade authorities, if she is convicted she could face up to ten years in prison. ben tracy cbs news los angeles. >>> well todd bill cosby's lawyer took to tv is part of a political gain, cosby is at his that the 78-year-old drugged and sexually assault add woman 12 years ago, they filed charges after depositions were did buy drugs to use on women with whom he want today have sex, but

authorities believe ethan and tonya couch ran out of the country after a posting on social media showed coh violating his probation. now,w,ome of the victim's s families are hoping this face punishment. kim hutcherson has the story. defense helped him avoioijail time-- - expected back in the the u-s wednesday.he was apprehended monday puerto vallarta, mexico...a.ang with his motherer tonya, after the pair went missing from texas in mid-december. "they are in the process of being, or have been already, deported to the united stateso that they are available for the us marshall service" they disappeared after video was posted online that showed him apparently violating the terms of his probation -- a sentence he received after being convicted of intoxication manslaughter. the case ... now infamous, after his lawyers said he suffered from "affluenza" ----ssentially being a rich kid with no limits. his sentence for the drunk driving crash that killed four people -- ten years probation n th no jail time. an attorney for the victim's families said they believe both mother and son deserve punis

abc's matt gutman is in guadalajara with the latest " just hours ago tonya couch touched down on united states soil..... us marshalls escorting her in handcuffs through los angeles international airport..... she faces a possible two to ten year sentence for hindering the apprehension of her 18 year old son ethan. abc news spotted ethan in guadalajar this van at his immigration detention center. the van speeding out of the garage, overnight mexican authorities confirming to abc news he was sent to mexico city. his third city since his arrest monday mexican authorities say he'll detained up until the end of thise immigration proceedings. his first two nights in lock up? spent behind those locked gates. sot - mg - "so you've been inside there - what's it like?" lawyer - you've got two holding cells, redid the hardwood floors about a year or two ago, new paint - that's where they typically hold detainees until they can determine their legal situation overnight tonya couch mother escorted by us marshals on a commerical flight to los angeles? for the first time her lawyer speaking out.. sot-

ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> bond for tonya couch is $1 million.horities in texas will try to move ethan's case into adult court. >>> 4 high school students are dead after a head-on crash in morgan county, indiana. police say the car carrying 5 teenagers crossed the median and crashed into on coming mini van, the driver and 3 passengers were killed. the only survivor in the car was the only one wearing a seat belt. 4 mp3 in the van were not hurt. people are looking into the cause but they don't believe alcohol is a factor. >>> power ball has the 12th largest, $334 million. the largest ever was $590 million in may of 2013. spokesperson says the lottery would have to continue a few go arounds without a winner before it could reach that level again. >>> a hawaiian vacation cost a connecticut police officer not only his job but possibly his freedom. former stanford officer donald chen was granted 2 weeks off of work to report for training with u.s. army reserve unit. 8 dayinize to the leave police got a call from the army asking where he was. chen admi

this blurry booking photo is of his mother, tonya.. who according to authorities.. refused to sit still for the picture.. but you can see she also changed her look.. cutting her hair.. ((sot)) 11a presser?? abc news learning overnight.. the 18- year-old and his mother

tonya couch was taken out of l.a. international airport in overnight. charges for allegedly helping her son flee to mexico. >> earlier this week surveillance video obtained by abc news captured the pair in a puerto vallarta butcher chop before taken into custody. dallas station appears to show ethan couch who is on probation after a deadly drunk driving crash. he is still in mexico undergoing more complicated deportation process. >>> rising rivers in the midwest this morning are reaching levels not seen for decades. flooding has killed at least 20 people in missouri and illinois. the merrimack river, south of st. louis, is more than 20 feet above flood level. it's forced interstate 55 to close this morning. more than a dozen levees could be breached. hundreds of families were ordered to evacuate in valley park, missouri. emergency crews have performed dozens of water rescues there. >>> presidential candidates are squeezing in all of the campaigning they can before the end of the year. president bill clinton again at his final rally of 2015. others in th

tonya couch will probably be in a u.s. marshals facility until saturday or sunday and ethan could spend weeks here as his immigration process plays out. amy. >> all right, matt gutman with the latest and you can find out much more about the ethan couch tomorrow on a special "20/20," end of the road, right here on abc. >> a big show tomorrow night. >>> we turn now to donald trump ramping up the rhetoric this morning. it's "your voice, your vote," and the latest twists in the race for the white house yet again involves the republican front-runner. trump now declaring war, that's a direct quote, on opponents hillary clinton and jeb bush even calling them enemies, abc's cecilia vega has the latest on that. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: yet again is right. happy new year, this may be the 2016 race for the white house one word to describe it, an all-out war. it is donald trump rapid-fire. >> hill are is a disaster, these ahorrible. women don't like hillary. i just have to turn off the television so many types. she just giv

tonya even buying from this local butcher. tonya is likely to be extradited from this jail in los angeles to texas sometime next week. her son, ethan, could be stuff in that mexico city facility for weeks. tom? matt, thank you. >>> and much more on the ethan couch case on a special "20/20," end of the road. tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern. criminal case against bill cosby. the comedian criminally charged for the first time with sexual assault after allegations made by more than 50 women. many of his accusers relieved to see the moment they thought would never come. abc's mara schiavocampo with the new legal battle involving cosby's wife. >> reporter: tonight, the criminal case against bill cosby playing out in the court of public opinion. after the 78-year-old comedian appeared in court, facing a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault. >> reopening this case was our duty. >> reporter: prosecutors saying cosby sexually assaulted andrea her pills and alcohol at his suburban philadelphia home. now, cosby's attorney making t

handcuffed tonya couch was escorted out of los angeles international airport early this morning.er son ethan left behind in mexico. video from cbs dallas station ktvt appears to show the 18-year-old in a dark baseball hat and quote moved to a larger immigration facility in mexico city. the two were detained on monday calling for their deportation. according to u.s. marshals the mother and son obtained local representation who filed an protection order for an appeal. >> it's the court to issue an order to stop the proceedings. >> reporter: mexican official deported tonya couch for being in the country illegally and ethan couch is going through a process that could keep him there for several weeks. >> the couch's have legal counsel and it seems to me if they wanted to, they could pay them as much money they want to to drag this out as long as they want to. >> reporter: earlier this week surveillance video obtained by cbs news captured the pair in puerto vallarta before they were taken into custody. couch killed four people in a drunk driving accident in 2015. his defense say he suf

he was apprehended monday puerto vallarta, mexico...along with his mother tonya, after the pair went missing from texas in mid-december. (eduardo almaguer ramirez/jalisco state attorney general) "they are in the process of being, or have been already, united states so that they are available for the us marshall service" they disappeared after video was posted online that showed him apparently violating the terms of his probation -- a sentence he received after being convicted of intoxication manslaughter. the case ... now infamous, after his lawyers said he suffered from "affluenza" -- essentially being a rich kid with no limits. his sentence for the drunk driving crash that killed four people -- ten years probation with no jail time. an attorney for the victim's families said they believe both mother and son deserve punishment. (todd clement/lawyer representing families of couch's victims) "i think it's particularly satisfying to the families that indeed, it appears that his mother tonya may have committed a crime and may finally be held accountable as well." tonya couch faces charg

just hours ago tonya couch hauled back to the u.s. grim-faced as u.s. marshals escorted her in handcuffs through los angeles international airport. she faces a possible two to ten year sentence for hindering the apprehension of 18-year-old son ethan. abc news spotted ethan in guadalajara, mexico,scorted into this van at this immigration detention center. the van speeding out of the garage. >> we believe ethan couch is in that van that just rushed out of here. we saw him moments ago being moved from one side of this detention center to the other side. and mexican authorities confirming overnight to abc news he was sent to mexico city, his third city since his arrest monday. mexican authorities say he'll be held until the end of these immigration proceedings. but his first two nights in a mexican n detentiocenter spent so you've been inside. what's it like? >> we got two holding cells to hold detainees until they figure out the situation. >> reporter: tonya couch's lawyer speaking out for the first time. >> put yourself in tonya's shoes. what would you do

now tonya faces up to five years in prison for hindering apprehension. ethan couch, just 120 days because under texas law he is still considered a minor. matt gutman, abc news, puerto vallarta, mexico. >>> the chicago police officer charged with the murder of a black teenager has pleaded not guilty. jason van dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of laquan mcdonald in 2014. his defense attorney says van dyke wants to tell his side of what happened, so he's not seen as "this cold-blooded killer." chicago mayor rahm emanuel is under enormous pressure because of the case. protesters calling for his resignation demonstrated outside of his house last night. >>> an actor best known for his role on "glee" has been arrested on child pornography charges. mark salling, who appeared on the series for four seasons, was taken into custody on tuesday. authorities say they found hundreds of images on salling's computer. the los angeles police department obtained a search warrant for his home after getting a tip. >>> to politics and the end

page live in johannesburg with more on this meeting, what was said there tonya?rter: well, this was a meeting called last night. they are releasing a statement now, just reiterating support for president jacob zuma following a really tumultous week and rumors circulating that it had something to do with an inappropriately close relationship with the chair of south african aoas and he replaced him with a relatively unknown mp making him a new minister and then on sunday replaced that person with the old finance minister. so it was three and almost three days if you like. the president coming under a huge amount of pressure over his decision to change the finance minister and one of the economic freedom fighters and spokespeople for opposition party says as frequently as party changed its underwear so a lot of harsh criticism of the present from the banks and political opponents as well and there is a march on wednesday following their twitter handle zuma most fall against the president and have not seen anything like that in the country before and earlier this mor

tonya, who, investigators say helped her son evade police. the two threw themselves a going away party before making a run for it. and who now faces more time behind bars? his mother. ab kre's matt gutman in mexico. >> reporter: the three-week manhunt for that privileged texas teen, ending on this gritty street in mexico. ethan couch transforming himself, that black hair and beard so different from the childish looking teen who pled guilty to killing four people in a 2013 drunk driving crash. in the sentencing, his legal claimed he suffered from affluenza, too rich and spoiled to know right from wrong. he got ten years probation. the break for investigators, coming on christmas eve, a week after u.s. marshals released this wanted poster, saying that he was on the run in this black ford truck belonging to his mother, tonya, who was also missing. >> probably driven that to the border and then crossed over the border. >> reporter: adding that before the fugitives set out on their 2,200 mile trek -- >> they even had something almost akin to a goi

((gma animated graphics)) authorities say ethan and his mother tonya "planned to disappear"... shortly after this video -- possibly showing the teen violating parole at a party -- went viral on twitter. the two drove to mexico according to police... using burner phones to elude detection. sot -- sheriff dee anderson, terrant county, texas // "his case is still under juvenile law. as messed up as it is... he'll probably only be able to sentence him to 120 days actually in jail." tonya -- also spotted in this video across the street from their shabby rental -- is now facing up to ten years in prison? if convicted of helping her son avoid arrest. sot -- sheriff dee anderson, terrant county, texas // "we certainly will push to have her prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." ((on camera tag)) ethan couch's appeal could lead to a court process in mexico... lasting weeks. texas authorities want him placed into adult court... with a stricter probation system. brandi hitt -- abc news -- los angeles. in today's red, white and blue 2016 political coverage. for republican presidenti

anderson says tonya couch will be charged with aiding in the e skach of a fu-- of a fugitive. >> for, i felt like was just a natural next occurrence. i'm not surprised that she helped him. >> reporter: not surprising to those who have seen the couch family up close since the teen was only sentenced to probation for a drunk driving crash that killed four people in 2013. his attorneys argued he suffered from affluenza. the victim's families filed civil lawsuits against the couch family. abc news obtained these deposition tapes from that case. ethan couch openly talked about his drug use. >> taken valium, hide row co done, cocaine, sedan ex -- xanax. i tried ecstasy once. >> you understood if he was at any time he was under 16, he was never to be driving by himself? >> yes. >> nevertheless, you allowed that behavior to happen, correct? >> yes. >> when's the last time you recall disciplining ethan for anything? >> i don't remember. >> reporter: mexican officials say he and his mother are being voluntarily deported back to the u.s. the family is -- the government is trying to get his case

. >>> the texas affluenza teen, ethan couch and his mother tonya were apprehended in puerta vallarta, mexico. and it was a domino's pizza order that led to their capture. >> after a two week man hunt ethan couch and his mother await their return to the u.s. avoid capture. now investigators are racing to find out if they had help in what the sheriff called a premeditated escape in this pickup truck from fort worth ending up some 960 miles away in puerta vallarta. >> they had a gathering before they left and characterized it as a going away party. >> couch's case gained worldwide attention after killing four people near fort worth while driving drunk in 2013. they argued he doesn't understand the difference between right or wrong due to his affluent upbringing. this video tape prompted couch to run. once he's back in texas a judge keep the case in juvenile court which would allow the teenager to go free on his 19th birthday or the case could be transferred to adult courts, where a judge could sentence him to just 120 days in jail. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez report reporting p for us. prose