Earth. Jacob ward joins us with the science of sink holes. He was a Ground Breaking force. We remember the life and legacy of sid caesar. We begin with the winter storm sweeping across the south. Now its moving to the east coast. Live pictures from washington. 122 million in its path. Mass Power Outages in georgia and the carolinas, dangerous ice paralyzing the communities, forcing drivers to abandon their cars. Fatalities and deaths contributed to the dangerous whether. Our coverage starts with Erica Edwards in charlotte, North Carolina. It is windy and cold. The snow has turned to rain. Cars stuck along a major highway. It is cleared, but other cars are stuck along the roads as well. As the sleet conditions officials are worried about ice. Half a million are without power across the southeast. People have been told to stay home. Schools are closed for thursday. Erica edwards reporting. One resident was stuck in the storm five hours and had to walk five hours to get home with the kids
The iranian president vows to press on forever with irans and calls form constructive talks on the 35th anniversary of irans islamic revolution. It is day three of Francois Hollandes visit to the united states, the first by french president in 18 years. Today he will highlight the National Security dimension. , theop story this newshour Syrian Regime and Syrian Opposition are at the same table today, according to the United Nations. This is a first this month in the second round of talks in geneva, and the session that began earlier this morning is being chaired by joint u. N. Arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi. The opposition warms that they will not return if no progress is made this week. On the ground in this area, it workers are trying to get more civilians out of homs after the truce there was extended until tomorrow. Civilians were given safe passage out of the warravaged city, bringing the total number to someone thousand 200. Our International Affairs correspondent will this mo
Welcome back. This is the latest update. Egypt is once again on tender hooks as tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of Mohamed Morsi have taken to the streets. Despite a massive security operation, clashes between opposing sides have already turned deadly. At least five people have been killed in the mediterranean city of alexandria during a violent showdown, while dozens have been wounded. The interior minister says the Opposition Leader was killed and has accused hardliners of being behind the attack. Relatives and supporters have blamed the government for their assassinations. The act has caused protesters on both sides of the political divide to take to the streets on friday. Pope francis says his mission is to reenergize the catholic faith. The fifth day of his visit to latin america, he arrived on copacabana beach for a reenactment of the crucifixion. The survivor of a train that derailed in northwest spain reports that the train was traveling more than double the speed
Opinion. What is the balance between government secrecy and the publics right to know . Here are the numbers to call you can also find us online here is the headline in the Baltimore Sun this morning. Brennan targeted over drones. Looking at some of the opinions coming in on the editorial pages of the newspapers. Usa today that is of the newspapers Editorial Board opinion. Jumping down, it says the opposing view that usa today publishes to give a counterpoint says end the u. S. Covert drone war. Naureen shah at columbias humanrights institute writes she points out the war is waged secretly because the pakistani and Yemen Government have the time feared their citizens would oppose open u. S. And all involvement. What do you think . What is more important, government secrecy or the publics right to know . Lets hear from walter from butler, indiana. A republican. Are you with us . Last time for walter. Caller yes, maam. Hello . Thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it. I sit here and
Cartridge . He was involved in overseeing a number of these activities, yes, there was a relationship. Were they so concealed that the first attempt to find did not find them . Yes, the method used was one of the best we had ever encountered. So mr. Alawlaki is by not an american citizen by where anyone in america would be proud . He was part of al qaeda, and it was his determination to kill americans on behalf of al qaeda. Thank you. Is it true that in the last four years the fbi has arrested 100 people, either planning, conspiring, or trying to commit a terrorist attack on this nation . Yes, they have arrested a lot of people. That is because of good, sound intelligence. I think what people forget is that they will kill us if they can and it is extraordinarily difficult if you cannot get into where they were hiding. Would it have been possible to have arrested mr. Alawlaki where he was in the yemen . We work very closely with yemenis to see if we can arrest individuals. If we can, we