that's how they were able to pinpoint the location of ethan couch. in recent days they told the authorities in mexico where to find him and that's when the police yesterday moved in to make this arrest. now, when they made this arrest they found couch was with his mother tanya. the two of them were believed to have been in mexico for at least part of the time they've been on the run for a couple of weeks now. you might remember that the texas sheriff there in tarrant county had said that they had put -- the mother tanya on a missing persons list but they firmly believe that she was helping her son in this escape. so now we're expecting to hear whether or not at this press conference they're going to bring charges against his mother. >> evan perez, thank you. we'll wait to hear on that press conference as well. here's the newser right here. >> northern district and criminal district attorney sharon wilson. let me just tell you the format of what we have planned so we can hopefully get through this as orderly as possible. i know there's a lot of people

ethan couch admitted guilt and the proceedings moved directly to a sentencing hearing. and now we come to the key moment in this case. while recommending treatment over incarceration, dr. dick fill miller, prominent psychologist hired by the powerhouse defense team, dropped a curious term. >> affluenza. >> reporter: which bows off goes off like a bomb. affluenza. >> he talked about the fact that the reason for this crime was he was a child of privilege. and his parents didn't say no to him. >> when you heard it, what did you think? >> i smiled. im, it was ridiculous. >> reporter: and that may have been a factor in the judge sentencing ethan to 10 years probation and time in a rehab facility. four dead, 9 injured, not a single day behind bars. five of the families involved in the fatal crash brought civil lawsuits. the kuchs settled those suits without admitting any wrongdoing but not before depositions were taken in 1 has case. and for the first time the boy and his parents at the center of this story were forced to speak. >> tell us your name, please, sir. >> ethan cou

and when that does, as you mentioned, tonya couch, the mother of ethan couch, will immediately be charged with interfering with the apprehension of this juvenile fugitive. she faces up to ten years in prison on that felony charge. and the bigger question now is, poppy, what exactly is going to happen with ethan couch? technically, he has not committed a crime here. he has just violated the terms of his probation. and the prosecutors in fort worth, texas, what they're trying to do is move ethan's case. this is all under the juvenile system, and that's what much of the outrage here has been is that essentially in that drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of four people, ethan couch had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system. he got ten years' probation for that crime. and obviously, that is the cause of the outrage in all of this. so prosecutors are trying to move his case into the adult system, which they say will give them much harsher punishment options in the future if he were to violate his probation again. and the sheriff did tell us yesterday that he wasn't

ethan couch, the affluenza teen and his mother in custody in mexico. allegedly fleeing the country to avoid arrest after violating his probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. investigators claiming the mother and son planned to make a run for it. ethan undergoing a dramatic transformation. >>> plus, it looks like a scene straight out of "mad max." but these crash queens are ready to rumble in real life. we're at the demolition derby with these moms who carpool by >>> you think you've found your ideal hotel? >> he's the guy going viral for hilarious commercials. >> trying to do so many things at the same time? >> tonight he takes us inside the world of spokesperson stardom. >> one tuck in, and one tuck out. >>> but first, the "nightline" five. >> what you doing? >> prepping for my boss's party >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. tonight the stunning revelations about the mother and son on the run and the takedown in mexico. the afluna teen ethan couch, who killed four people drunk driving and his mother. they're in custody

so we'll take some time before we hear the future fate of ethan couch. right now, these texas authorities are waiting on both of them to be brought back from mexico here to the ft. worth area. christine, allison. >> okay. ed laugh /* ed lavandara, thank you very much >>> a million people are expected to crowd into new york city's time's square for new year's eve. officials are saying, it's going to be a high level of security with 6,000 police guarding the revelers. the mayor says time's square will be one of the safest places on earth. >> there has been a lot of chatter and information around the world related to terror, but there is not a credible threat directed at new york. there is not a threat that's been corroborated in a meaningful way. we have been in constant touch with the fbi and homeland security and other agencies. >> still mayor de blasio says those ringing in the new year should remain vigilant. >> time for an early start on your money, u.s. stock futures down slightly this morning as oil prices down more than 2% right now. there are only

marshal service tracking down ethan couch, we can finally say he is in custody. he was arrested last night by mexican authorities down in puerto vallarta, mexico. an echo with what the sheriff said. the working relationship that we have together here in the dal s dallas-ft. worth area and our task force, one of the officers is assigned to the task force as well as the district attorney's office and we enjoy that collaboration. the law enforcement, state and locals is who brings fugitives to justice. this was nothing more than a textbook case of that. collaboration among all the officers, the tirelessness, dedication, perseverance, passion that these officers have in tracking down fugitives, that's why we're successful is because of that. it is because of the people. it also spans internationally, too, as we pursue fugitives in foreign countries. we have a great relationship with our mexican counterparts down there and they help us out a lot and we also help them out as well. that also carries to other countries as well. we still don't have a lot of details about

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helps to convince a judge to move ethan couch's case out the juvenile system and into adult court. even then, he faces a maximum of 120 days. >> sheriff this morning would not give details on how texas and federal authorities were able to track ethan couch and his man to give boyfriend. they both processed out of mexico and back to their him town outside of dallas. kristen? >> yes, you it this morning good news for the port of oakland, business is booming. the business times reported that there is an uptick in ports coming through the port partly because of the dredging that allows bigger ships to come in after a labor dispute halted the business for two months and all the goods sat there. city leaders in oakland admit though do not have a plan for the raiders as an important dead hype is looming. the city not meet the nfl-imposed deadline, with the league wanting financing plans from oakland, san diego and st. louis in place by the time the owners vote next month and owners will vetted on witch team is allowed to vote on who can move to los angeles. >> we have breaking news in san

so we'll take some time before we really hear the future fate of ethan couch. right now, the texas authorities are waiting on both of them to be brought back from mexico here to the ft. worth area. >> ed, lavandara. >> that is expected to happen today. officer van dyke pleading not guilty to six counts of murder in the shooting death of a black teenager last year. laquan mcdonald's shooting was captured on police dash-cam video. the shooting called for protests and calling for mayor rahm emanuel to resign. he may request a change of venue for that trial. in cleveland, a second day of protest over a grand jury decision not to indict two police officers in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old tamir rice. more than 100 demonstrators marched through downtown streets and much of their anger is directed at the county prosecutor who oversaw the shooting investigation, which ended monday, with the announcement that officers timothy loehmann and frank garmback would face no criminal charges. less than 24 hours and counting. a million people, pittsburghed to crude into time

the afluna teen ethan couch, who killed four people drunk driving and his mother. they're in custody. before their escape. matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: the three-week manhunt for the privileged teen ending with ethan couch's arrest on this gritty street in puerto vallarta, mexico. you see him cuffed and loaded into a police van. this photo confirming 18-year-old couch and his mother tanya were detained monday evening. the mother who refused to sit still to be photographed herself, apparently changing her look. the son, dyeing his blonde hair black. the trance formation, so different from the childish looking teen who pled guilty to killing four people in a drunk driving krar. >> there's four or fiver kids. oh, yes, there's another child in the ditch. e on, my god. >> in the sentencing, his legal team claimed he suffered from affluenza, too rich and too spoiled to know right from wrong. probation and no jail time. a break for investigators coming on christmas eve, a week after this post was released, offering a $5,000 reward for any information, saying t

but ethan couch stays in mexico? >> very good question. in mexico there are two sure ways to get a citizen back from mexico. one is extradition. and the other is simple deportation. these were both -- both the couches were not mexican citizens, mexico will not deport, obviously, its own citizens. but they may have stood in slightly different legal positions. ethan couch for example might raise the argument he's being prosecuted in an unfair way whereas his mother was not currently under prosecution. that's one possible theory. either way, both filed like a habeas proceeding here in the united states where you challenge the underlying legality of the proceedings and when it's filed, the proceedings, extradition or deportation proceedings will be stayed. a legal word that means you're hitting the pause button until the challenge is resolved. this could go on for a period of time depending how long it takes to resolve this writ. >> so one question, mexico has extradition treaty with the u.s., but even with that, it doesn't happen instantaneou

ethan couch and his mother have been both an henlded in mexico. what is the next step for both of them? clearly, they're going in different directions here. >> well, they are. they're going in the same direction as r as far as probably houston, texas. he's going to go to a youth detention facility. she will go to an adult jail because she now faces state charges in texas. in fact, it's la felony. it's called hinlderring the apprehension of a felon. she would face up to ten years if convicted. >> the irony looks like she'll be in more trouble than he. >> in the short term. >> in the meantime they're trying to transfer his case to a adult court system. >> he's still in the juvenile system. he was convicted and sentenced in the juvenile system. a juvenile luj will have to decide if it's in the best interest of texas to move him into an adult system. the ie robby mere -- irony is if that happens, all he can get is 120 days in jail. his mother faces ten years in prison. given his track record, i think that there's a very high likelihood that he could v

ethan couch's attorneys used the affluenza defense. he was tried as a juvenile. but now prosecutors in texas want to transfer his case to adult court. will car is live in dallas with more. reporter: i spoke to an attorney who says ethan couch and his mom are the clients from hell. they are using a technical legal maneuver to keep he and his mom in mexico for the ned future. so instead of coming back to face culpability for violating probation. they could stay in mexico for two months. there is video of him playing beer pong. they even had a going away party before they drove across the bored, disguise themselves. authorities tracked their cell phones after they made a call to dominoes from their hotel. victim's family members reacted to the arrest. >> it makes me feel safer as i'm sure it does the families and the other victims that there is one less underaged drunk driver that will be on the streets at least for a while. reporter: even after this manhunt couch could only be in a detention center up until his 19th birthday in april. if it moves to an adult court

. >>> now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. after a three-week manhunt, omar via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. >> ethan couch's newly dyed black hair didn't fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charged in the deadly drunk drying accident. tarrant county deanderson. >> we worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they even had something that was almost akin to a going away party. >> reporter: investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of puerto vallarta. they fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. even though he's 18 tarr

and ethan couch also will be taken into custody as well. and he could face, this is where it gets complicated, john. prosecutors here in texas are trying to move ethan couch's case from the juvenile system into the adult system. but there's not a hearing scheduled on that until january 19th of next year. and based on what happens at that hearing will really determine what exactly will happen with ethan couch here in the future. for now, the most he faces in jail is up to about 120 days. if prosecutors are successful in moving his case into the adult system, and ethan couch violates his probation again, he could face up to 40 years in prison. but that is a long way off and would require a lot of things to happen between now and then. right now, the focus, really, on exactly what ethan couch and his mother did over the last several weeks that they were considered missing, a mexican immigration official tells us they crossed into mexico through tijuana, south of san diego and made their way down to puerto vallarta. a lot of officials here and

. >>> breaking news, tonya couch, the mother of ethan couch is on her way back to the u.s. but her son staying in mexico with his newly died hair. he's fighting deportation and seeking legal shelter. the defense team said he's too rich, too spoiled for a prison term after a deadly drunk driving accident is accused of probation violations. mother and son were arrested by mexican police on monday in a tourist hot spot after a three week manhunt. this may surprise you, it didn't stay hidden they were wanted from texas authorities. here is video, that's ethan at a butcher shop two hours before they were captured by mexican authorities. his mom was at the same store just days before. ed joins us with more. so, ed, ethan and his mother tonya, they are being split up after weeks on the run. what are we learning tonight about how that played out? >> it's interesting and something that developed in the last couple hours. we are told by mexican authorities sources there telling us that ethan couch is not process of being moved from guadalajara mexico and being moved to mexico city. i

>>> now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly olating probation inexas after beating pron time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. after a three-week manhunt, omar villafranca reports couch has been arrested in mexico. >> ethan couch's newly dyed black hair didt fool mexican authorities who caught the texas teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charge in the deadly drunkiving accident. >> we worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had almost akin to a going away party. >> reporter: investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck i io mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of puerto vallarta. they fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. which might have violated his juvenile probation. even though he's 18, tarrant county district attorney

apprehended ethan couch and his the 18-year-old apparently tried to disguise himself. the teenager's blond hair was dyed to dark brown. >> the plan to disappear, , at they e en had had something akin a going away party before they left town. >> reporter: ethan couch was given probation and no jail time two years ago after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. during the trial, a psychologist testified that the teen suffered from affluenza, suggesting his parents' wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. authorities say they will try to adult case. >> now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time around? >> well, i'd like for him to be held accountable. >> reporter: they will charge his mother for hindering and apprehension apprehension. >> do you want the full tens years for him? >> i feel she needs to be incarcerated. cbs news, ft. worth, texas. >>> campaign 2016 has turned into an escalating showdown between front runners donald trump and hillary clinton. the billionaire is stepping up attacks against the former firs

says ethan couch may have fled because of this video. that appears to show couch with friends playing beer pong. if there was alcohol, that could be a violation of his probation. but it's unclear, as the video does not show couch drinking. >> when somebody takes off, who's got a probation sentence, you have to wonder whether there's some concern about a violation that might put them back in jail. >> and as the former u.s. attorney you've seen that happen? >> we've seen many times where somebody got a generous term of probation, blew it by committing a crime, and getting put in prison for the whole time. >> reporter: ever since couch's controversial affluenza defense, an unexpected ten-year probation, there have been complaints of special treatment for the wealthy. lucas mcconnell was among nine people injured in the drunk driving accident that killed four. lucas' father -- >> i think accountability for him, and would come in the form of swift and certain and severe punishment. >> reporter: judge jean boyd sentenced ethan couch and also s

why it could be a while before ethan couch himself is brought back. we'll have the latest details on their life on the run. the mother of the so-called mexico. it's our first look at tonya couch since her arrest for allegedly helping her son flee the country. ethan couch though remains in mexico, after being granted a temporary stay. abc's brandi hitt has the latest. 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

ethan couch have taken legal action to stay in mexico, after being on the run from police a new video has first look at how spending their time. abc's matt gutman has the latest first images of ethan and tonya couch's life on the in this exclusive video you see ethan entering this across the street from his shabby rental? -the formerly blonde black - hat backwards. he seems at ease - breezily talking to the butcher- paying - even sending out a two days earier his top - tries to pay for dollars? she chats who wont take the the texan? 90 minutes after this surveillance video of couch is shot monday? he is arrested? (still pic)you see him cuffed and escorted to a cruiser? - and pros pic) sot: acting us ma northern district tx richard taylor 11:09:37 "after 11 days of the us marshal service tracking down ethan couch, we can finally say he's in custody." authorities say couch and his mother "pland to disappear" shortly after this video allegedly showing couch violating parole at a boozy party -went viral on twitter. but before they left? dee anderson they had what you'd call a going away p

now that he isn custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time around? >> well, i'd like for him to be held accountable. >> reporter: they will charge his mother for hindering and apprehension. >> that is a third-degree felony in texas and carries a range of punishment two to ten years in a penitentiary. >> reporter: do you want the full ten years for her? >> i feel she needs to be >> reporter: if convicted as a juvenile, he faces four months in a facility. omar villafranca, cbs news, ft. worth, texas. >>> campaign 2016 has turned into an escalating showdown between front runners donald trump and hillary clinton. the billionaire is stepping up attacks against the former first lady, including comments about former president bill clinton's affairs. kenneth craig reports from new york. >> reporter: donald trump touched down in oma tuesday night and ratcheted up his attacks on democratic front-runner hillary clinton. >> frankly, hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist and all i did was reverse it on her because she has a major problem and it happens t

how do the family members respond to what looks like ethan couch going on the run? >> well, initially, it was another victimization. i mean, you know, this kid should have been behind bars as a result of killing four people. he ends up going on probation, and then goes on the lam, particularly during holidays. these families have been vick timized multiple times, both with initial deaths, then the probation, then you know this kid running. and so you know, i managed to speak with eric boyles seconds after the apprehension was announced on cnn, and you know, there was a great deal of relief. there was a great deal of gratefulness to all of the people in america as well as officers that apprehended him. and i think there's some amount of satisfaction. now, we're hearing some issues about how long ethan is actually going to serve here. but i think it's really important to note that, from the very outset of this, the parents were blamed, in fact at the very beginning of the criminal trial they said ethan was a for of profoundly dysfunctional parenting that enabled this