Welcome back. There is one cheerleader in texas sparking a firestorm over her facebook photos. The 19yearold posted photos of herself posing with the body of rare animals as she hunted in africa. Among growing outrage she is now speaking out in her own defense. Heres abcs ryan owens. Reporter she is the texas cheerleader with a bein her hair and a much bigger one in her hand. 19yearold Kendall Jones, a cheerleader for texas tech, turning her Facebook Page into a tribute to her other favorite activity, hunting. And were not talking ducks and deer. Here she is posing with a lion. Smiling with a cheetah. A menagerie of endangered species she says she hunted in africa. The cheerleaders Facebook Page doesnt exactly have Animal Rights activist picking up the pompoms. Some posters have called her despicable. And the worlds number one top hated person. And now jones is firing back at her critics. Pointing out the money she pays for the big game hunts helps prevent poaching. She writes this is
Good monday morning. We begin within authorities in the u. S. On alert for possible terror attacks. Isis is renewing its calls to attack after paris. The threat comes as more than a Million People gathered in france in a show of solidarity against terror. Overshadowing the march here in america. No high level member of the Obama Administration attended. Heres a look at todays New York Daily News cover. The headline you let the world down. Hollywood stars also honor the victims in paris at last nights award show the Golden Globes. Showing up with pins and signing reading je suis charlie. And the computer Hacking Group anom anonymous declaring war on the islamic extremists claiming they took down a website in retaliation for the attack in paris. The group also vows to close social media accounts linked to terrorists. Those extremists are using social media to make new threats against the u. S. And other countries. Having this country on high alert. More from abcs susan saulny. Reporter s
Hello to you all. Im t. J. Holmes. A new threat to the u. S. In the wake of the paris terror attacks. Isis is calling for attacks in this country and against americas allies. But there was an amazing sighted in paris yesterday. More than a Million People taking a stand against terror and intimidation. Abcs matt gutman begin ourselves coverage. Reporter American Police and security on alert. Isis renewing its call to launch attacks here in the u. S. , posting a new message on twitter calling on followers to strike the soldiers, strike their police, security and intelligence members. All this comes as more than a Million People took to the streets in paris vowing to defy terrorism. The rally cry je suis charlie honoring the 17 People Killed in the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and the grocery last week. We are not afraid. We have to be here in memory of these people, innocent people. Reporter this is the chant weve been hearing all day, charlie. You dont see almost any security aroun
Game expected to sign a world cup Year Contract today with the Philadelphia Eagles. He hasnt played in the nfl since 2012. Hell be one of five quarterbacks on the eagles roster. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, april 20th. From abc news this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with todays running of the Boston Marathon. A big day. The events finish line is in place on boylston street ready for tens it of thousands of participants to cross. Theyre expecting rain and Cool Temperatures for todays big event while everyone is looking forward to the race. It comes two years after those two deadly bomb blasts. Our boston station reports. 21yearold carly taft was a spectator when bombs went off at the Boston Marathon two years ago. Uninjured but forever phased she wrote a song called keep on running in tribute keep on running running its on itunes and a portion of the money is being donated to the fund to help survivors. I was standing right in front of Le
announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everyone. i m reena ninan joined by the wonderful ryan smith. thank you so much. in for t.j. holmes. i love this behind the scenes of the white house. makes me feel like i m watching downton abbey. i didn t think of that. right. it s our version of downton abbey . i like that. i want to go behind the scenes at your house. at my house? a lot of chaos. like normal. chaos. you don t want to go behind the scenes of my home. we ll stay away from that. let s begin with powerful storms on the move right now. millions bracing for a super soaking this morning. over the weekend giant hail storms pummeled arkansas along with rain and strong winds. numerous reports of damage to roofs and cars. meteorologist rob marciano has more. severe storms hammering the southeast. georgia drivers getting pelted by heavy rain. listen to it come down in fort benning. part of a flurry of severe storms that left