Good afternoon rick is off in the news this noon, security has tightened at the delaware home of Vice President joe biden after somebody fires gunshots. A Martin Luther king day tradition continues at independence hall. But the big story on action news this noon is a deadly fire at a Montgomery County apartment complex. It happened at the linwood Garden Apartments in cheltenham township overnight. John rawlins is live with the latest on the investigation. John. Reporter hi, sarah. Well, firefighters left here a short time ago and left behind police tape and many questions and very few answers. Theres an on going investigation. People living nextdoor did not know there was a fire here until firefighters alerted them. Fire Officials Say the twoalarm fatal blaze was not called in as a house fire only that neighbors smelled smoke in the area. When firefighters arrived at 4 30 they found two Apartment Units burning. Police and fire crews were met with heavy smoke and fire and report of one
Mr. King said, now, bernard the next thing we have to do. This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Most folks never saw it coming patches of ice, all but impossible to see, covered walkways and roadways across the northeast, knocking pedestrians off their feet and sending cars and trucks skidding. There were hundreds of accidents. Tonight the death toll reached nine as three more people died in vermont and massachusetts. Jericka duncan has our report. Reporter they looked like scenes from a movie a tractortrailer sliding out of control on i95 near new brunswick, new jersey, barely missing cars as it jumped a divider. This s. U. V. Slid for more than 50 years on a street in yonkers, new york. In the northeast on sunday, more than 5,000 incidents were reported due to bla ice. Bijal patel arrived just after a deadly 60car pileup in philadelphia. Shaken up. It easily could have been me. Reporter meteorologists say the rain fro
The most remote regions. So israelis are voting in what looks to be the most closely fought election in years. Analysts predicting one of the highest turnouts since 1999 with 80 of israelis expected to vote. At stake where the next Prime Minister will be Benjamin Netenyahu or isaac herzog. Reporter it is close to 80 of the 6 million eligible voters will cast their ballot by the even. Among the voters is Benjamin Netenyahu whos party has been slipping behind in the most recent polls. And in recent days netenyahu himself has reached out to the right, catching support for settlements in occupied territory, and recanting what was always a grudging commitment to a palestinian state. But it appears this was not enough to close toe gap on the Zionist Union, which polls indicate could emerge as the dominant Political Movement when the votes are counted. No Single Movement will get near the seats needed to command a majority in the parliament. And there are likely to be weeks of Coalition Talks
Recovery process begins in vanuatu. Israeli prime minute step Berwyn Netanyahu has an edge in early counting after one of the closest elections in the countrys history. Hes already declared victory but center left rival isaac herzog says hes working to put together a coalition. Mike hannah reports now from tel aviv. Reporter it was a night in which all could claim victory. Two exit polls had the Zionist Union with 27 seats. The third gave them a one seat edge. A powerful display too by the newlyformed joint list of israelipalestinian parties. Exit polls giving the movement their seen seats as potentially the third most powerful force in the parliament. But the reality is, the exit polls indicate it will be easier for Benjamin Netanyahu to form a right Wing Coalition than for the sigh inningist unions isaac herzog for form a centralist one. Number crunching shows they could poe fen shaly form a coalition with a settle of movements and the ultra orthodox religious parties, that would giv
Special coverage begins right now. Israelis have cast their votes and negotiations will begin in earnest to begin a coalition to run the country how far long it takes. Israels next government will face three huge policy rifts with the United States that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do so much to expose. First off, the peace talks between israelis and palestinians. Talks the u. S. Sponsored before they broke down last year. The second is over continued expansion of israeli settlements in jerusalem and the United States. Finally, they need to soothing the bad blood over negotiations with iran. Its no secret that president obama and Prime Minister netanyahu dont get along. But the damage thats been done will take some time to repair. Whether netanyahu stays on as Prime Minister or not. The Prime Ministers controversial speech before congress was just the latest in a string of clashes that illustrate the divergence of interests between the United States and israel. The next government