Is fighting back blaming the cruise line. Plus, two famous women. One important cause. Lorena bobbitt and amanda knox tell us why theyre teaming up. A change at the breakfast table. How an iconic cereal is changing shape and a sign of the times. Oh. And forget the mall or the mail. The new way to reach santa on the final days before christmas but itll cost you. Good wednesday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We do begin with a nasty morning commute for millions of americans right now. Snow and rain are falling in the northeast. Take a look. This was the scene a few hours ago in painesville, ohio. Tough to see there. About 30 miles from cleveland along lake erie. Light snow is possible during the morning commute today from washington, d. C. Up to philadelphia where its not expected to accumulate on the roads but could create slick conditions. Some areas around new york city and into new england could see a couple of inches this morning before the bitter cold arrives. Meanwhile, western new york state and pennsylvania could see three to six inches of lakeeffect snow. Well have the full forecast in just a few moments. But in the meantime, now to the breaking news overnight about that shootout in new jersey. Four victims were killed including a Police Officer. It looked and sounded like a war zone. Some neighbors last night were still not being allowed back home and the new headline this morning, the mayor revealing the shooters targeted a jewish grocery store. And thats now prompted the mayor of new york city just across the river to boost security in jewish communities saying the nypd is now on high alert. Stop right there. Reporter this morning, new details on this terrifying gun battle in jersey city, new jersey. The chaos started at a cemetery where investigators say two gunmen shot and killed detective joseph seals and wounded an officer. Authorities say the two men dressed in black then drove to a kosher supermarket opening fire on more officers. This video showing a Police Officer shot on the ground as another pulls him to safety. There it goes. There it goes again. As soon as i got back uppal you heard was another hail of gunfire. Reporter for more than four hours the gunmen kept firing from the market with highpowered rifles until they were finally killed by police. Never before in my life. That was like a war zone. It wasnt just a little pistol. Those were big, big guns. Reporter three victims inside the market were killed. And now jersey citys mayor says the gunman targeted that jewish market. In response, bill de blasio, the mayor of nearby new york city, announced added Police Patrols in the Jewish Community saying this tragically confirms that a growing pattern of violent antisemitism has now turned into a crisis for our nation. My babies. My babies is okay. Reporter back in jersey city parents finally reunited with their children. 30,000 school kids had been placed on lockdown during the shootout. It was nighttime when i was at school. To be a part of this and our children got to be a part of it. It dont make no sense. Reporter this morning its still unclear what led up to detective seals being killed by the gunmen in the cemetery. Authorities say it may have started as an investigation into a murder over the weekend. Detective seals is being remembered for his efforts leading the department helping to get illegal guns off the streets. Dozens and dozens of handguns hes responsible for removing from the street. Reporter seals leaves behind a wife and five children. Overnight his neighbors left their Christmas Lights off as a tribute. I just pray that god looks after them. Thats i hope for that. Excuse me. Thats 46 out hearts definitely go out to all those families impacted. New yorks mayor says theres no credible or specific threat about yesterdays shootout but he says that more security measures will be announced today. Breaking overnight a suicide bombing near a u. S. Military base in afghanistan. That blast targeted a medical facility being built near Bagram Air Base north of kabul. No Coalition Troops were hurt and military Officials Say the base is secure. At least five afghans were reportedly injured. And back here at home and now to capitol hill where debate begins today on the articles of impeachment brought against President Trump. The president fired back during a Campaign Rally last night blasting the charges as flimsy and pathetic, but democrats are undeterred. They insist the president abused his power and betrayed the nation. Abcs Serena Marshall joins us now with the latest from washington. Serena, good morning. Reporter janai, good morning to you. The House Judiciary Committee announcing that it will be taking up those articles for debate and approval beginning later this morning. Its an announcement thats been made only three times before in american history. Charging the president of the United States donald j. Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Reporter House Democrats declare they will impeach President Trump charging he abused the power of his office and obstructed congress. On abuse of power, they charge the president ignored and injured the interest of the nation and betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections. On obstruction of congress, they charge that trump without lawful cause or excuse rejected every subpoena or request for evidence. The article declaring in the history of the republic no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry. Hours later the president on the campaign trail reacting. These two flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeachment. This is the lightest impeachment in the history of our country by far. Reporter impeachment is an accusation of high crimes and misdemeanors, and the house vote likely to come ahead of christmas. Democrats responding to critics who say theyre moving too fast. The argument, why dont you just wait, amounts to this, why dont you just let him cheat in one more election . Reporter in the senate where the president is eager for a full trial, live witnesses and all, not happening until after the holidays. Itll be right around the time the ball games end. Reporter Top Senate Republicans have also indicated they may not call live witnesses calling it a risky move. That would go against what President Trump says he wants to see in that senate trial. Kenneth, janai. All right. Serena marshall breaking it down from washington, thank you. New details from the volcano disaster in new zealand. One of the dozens of people badly burned in the eruption has died bringing the official death toll to six. Nine others are missing and presumed dead. All americans are now accounted for. Officials say crews cant recover any bodies on the island just yet because the volcano is venting steam, and there is a 60 chance of another eruption in the next 24 hours. Turning back to the weather now, itll be a rough morning in the northeast, so lets take a closer look now at your wednesday morning forecast. Good morning. Its a slick tart to our wednesday along the 95 corridor from d. C. To boston. Some snow to start off the day. Not talking about a lot but things will be slick. Were talking about a coating to an inch by the time we head to the afternoon. We dry up but it will remain cold all day long. D. C. Yesterday we were close to 60. Today were talking highs only in the low 40s and watching another storm make its way on the west coast bringing showers as we head to the afternoon and evening. Im Accuweather Meteorologist adam del rosso. Coming up, the new lawsuit trying to get rid of the s. A. T. Is the exam unconstitutional . Also ahead, surprising news about the 9yearold boy genius trying to graduate college before he turns 10. And just in time for the holidays the worlds most expensive collection of scotch whiskey goes up for sale. Were back with some news about breakfast. A change is coming to cheerios. Usa today reports for the first time in 40 years, General Mills is moving beyond o shapes. Theyre adding heart shapes to cheerios all to raise awareness about heart health. The pentagon has grounded hundreds of saudi military students after the deadly shooting rampage in pensacola, florida at the naval air station. For now the saudi students are restriked to the classroom and are barred from flying and from training at the firing range. The pentagons reviewing the vetting procedures for Foreign Military students like the saudi shooter who opened fire last week killing three u. S. Sailors. Concerns that safety is for sale will highlight a hearing on the boeing. The head of the faa grilled by a House Committee looking into the agencys role in certifying the jet. It follows those two crashes that left 346 people dead. Some lawmakers say theyre concerned manufacturers like boeing are sacrificing safety for profits. I think there has been too much deference to the manufacturer in this case by the faa, and thats broken. I mean, thats not what the law says. Theres not supposed to be deference. Youll remember the faa grounded the planes back in march. United, southwest and American Airlines have all pulled the jet from their schedules through next march. A new lawsuit could change the College Application process. The suit filed in california claims the s. A. T. And a. C. T. Are unconstitutional and demands california stops using the exam as a factor in admissions. They say they discriminate because richer students can afford to get help preparing for them. A 9yearold from europe being called a boy genius is now a college dropout. Lawrence simmons of belgium was on track to become the First College graduate under the age of 10 but his parents pulled him out of classes. Theyre upset the university is refusing to allow him to take his final exams before he turns 10. The school says that would put too much pressure on him. All right. So just in time for the holidays a private whiskey collection known as the largest in the world is going up for sale. It includes nearly 4,000 bottles, some of them worth more than a Million Dollars each. The colorado man who collected the bottles wanted to represent every distillery in the world. The collection is expected to fetch 10 million at auction. I doubt anyone is going to crack those bottles open. 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But today the family is fighting back announcing a lawsuit against the cruise line. This morning the family of an indiana toddler who died after falling from a cruise ship window is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Royal Caribbean claiming the cruise line is to blame for her fall. 18monthold Chloe Wiegand fell to her death from a ship in july docked at a port in mexico. Salvatore anello says he fell after he lifted her in the childrens area of the ship so she could bang on the glass which she often did at her brothers hockeys games. Authorities have charged him with negligent manslaughter. I saw her fall. I saw her fall the whole way down. I saw her fall, and it was just a disbelief. I was like, oh, my god. And then i just could remember screaming i thought there was glass there. The family claims Royal Caribbean was negligent saying the windows like the one she fell out were not appropriately marked indicating that some could slide open. The family chose not to release of the moments leading up to the fatal fall. Abcs Victor Oquendo watched it with the familys lawyer. He is the first to get, you know, look over the railing and down towards the port. Correct. He then picks her up and stands her on the railing. They kind of lean over, he readjusts. I think he sits her down and then they look again. Sits her down. Lean over again. Gone and she disappears. Chloes father is a member of the south Bend Police Department in indiana. The police union has called the charges against chloes grandfather appalling. Two women at the center of two separate highprofile trials are joining forces for a common cause reaching out to other women. Lorena bobbitt made headlines in 1993 when she cut off her husbands genitals claiming she endured years of abuse, and in 2007 amanda knox was wrongly convicted of killing her roommate in italy. They were both eventually acquitted. Knox recently invited bobbitt on her podcast, and they bonded over what they describe as a common experience being publicly mocked and ridiculed. In this me too era both women are wondering how their stories would be handled today. I was a victim of Domestic Violence and, you know, john was too because, you know, i did the deed of cutting him off, you know, but he drove me to it. Amanda, do you think that foxy knoxy would have been a headline today . I think people would have questioned it a little more today post me too. I think somebody might have said like, wait a second. Knox and bobbitt say theyd like to keep talking and break the cycle of misunderstanding and vilifying women. You can hear much for from them coming up later on good morning america. Another huge upset. Number one ranked louisville lost to texas tech. 7057. That was 7057. Its the fourth time this season that a Top Ranked Team has lost. And a record deal in the major leagues. 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Well get to all those stories in a minute. We want to check in with you, we know the weather is probably having an impact on the drive times. A lot of slick pspots out there. Showers overnight and keeping everything slippery and damp. The best returns are in the east bay, from the san mateo bridge southward, and theyre moving southwest to northeast. Theyll continue climbing over most of our neighborhoods. Temperatures are in the low to mid 50s. During the afternoon s will tap. Well look at tonights forecast and the showers coming up. Here is jobina. Good morning. We have a Traffic Alert here. I want to start with this video of a jackknifed big rig. This is at the 880 transition there. I understand that this is blocking all of that. We do not have an eta from the chp as to when this will reopen. Coming back out here live, down to the bay bridge toll plaza. We can see the cash lanes are stacked up. The metering lights are not on yet. Its 4 28 in the morning. Everything else is a smooth ride right now. Moving down to san jose, this is 280 here, so ignore that sign at the top there. Bringing you 280 because theres a deadly crash in cupertino on 280. Ill a have mohave more on that up. Tracy to dublin, 32 minutes. Mi. D dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes. Now more on the saga on the van of the stolen dogs. Sable is one of two dogs that went missing a a dog transportation van was stolen monday morning in fremont. Police found the van hours later in oakland with 24 dogs inside. The owner of a second missing dog, papo, is pleading for his retur return. Were worried hes lonely, scared. We just want him back, no questions asked. Police think the man who stole the van tried to sell the dogs to people and they were detained. San francisco will unveil the new parking lot to allow people who live in their cars to park safely. Mayor london breed and other city leaders will be at the site today near the balboa park b. A. R. T. Station. The lot will open by next week. It will hold 30 vehicles for a 90day period. The site will also have case managers, portable toilets and a portable shower available three times a week. The time is 4 30. Good morning. Well start with a quick update of weather and traffic where you live with mike. Lets look at the fog. Its thicker and more widespread than yesterday
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