Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. As we come on the air tonight, a new arctic chill is on the move. More than 65 million americans will wake up with windchills below zero. The this power pole split in half in tennessee. A state of emergency there. And a new storm slamming colorado. Take a look at the cars spinning hard but going nowhere fast. And in oklahoma winter versus the plow winter with the knockout blow. Linzie janis starts off tonight. Reporter after the ice and snow storm that devastated the southeast, people here in monterey, tennessee, are cleaning up and digging out been up here some 46 47 years. Worst ice storm weve ever had. Reporter power lines, snapped in half. Huge trees, toppled. It looked a little like a tornado. Like a natural disaster. I saw then, the power would not be back on. Reporter more than 40,000 residents who are still without power. In andover, massachusetts, heavy snow collapsing the roof of this barn with horses insid
Bonnie hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, the bride of isis. The parents of a 20yearold british woman say theyre shocked to have learned she is a female jihadist recruiting western girls to join the movement. Theyre called bedroom radicals because these women do not act directly as martyrs or political activists, instead their roles are getting married to and child bearing for isis fighters. Aqsa mahmood was known in her glasgow suburb as a sweet and peaceful girl, but she ran off to syria last year reportedly marrying a jihadist fighter. Mahmood is one of at least 50 british women and girls who have joined the movement. An Online Campaign uses social media to encourage others to copy the acts of other militants such as the Boston Marathon bombers. Many are wondering if these socalled jihad sisters will eventually carry out terrorists attacks of their own. So fran chess yeah chambers, what is it
Find middle ground. Can it satisfy all sides . Is this the woman who lured three girls from home to join isis in syria . A new focus on the socalled isis bride as officials try to find these three missing teenagers. And old man winter not going anywhere yet. Ice and snow skidding planes and dangling trucks. We will tell you the areas getting hit hardest. Im christine romans. It is hard for him to move around at his age. Im john berman. It is tuesday, february 24th. New this morning, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell trying to break the stalemate over the funding of the department of Homeland Security. A vote late yesterday, another failed vote in the senate to adopt the house version of the funding bill. After that the Senate Majority leader announced what he will try to do is split the issues. Split the immigration issue. Try to have two votes. Maybe that will make things happen. Democrats and republicans express doubt if that can be passed by the end of the week at all. Nonessen
It is not just the northeast, folks, also in the deep south. We will tell you the areas hardest hit. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, february 24th. New this morning, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell trying to break the stalemate over funding of the department of Homeland Security after a fourth failed senate vote monday night on the houses vote of the funding bill. Mcconnell announced a separate vote on executive orders on immigration. Democrats and republicans expressing doubt if mcconnell can get that vote done by the end of the week. If not, Homeland Security funding runs out sunday. Forcing employees to stay home or work without pay. Cnns Michelle Kosinski has more on the possible shutdown. Reporter john and christine, for the first time we hear the administration say that yes it looks like this political showdown is heading for a shutdown for the department of Homeland Security. For the first time we are hearing the a
The dismissal of Shamima Begum’s Court of Appeal challenge over the removal of her British citizenship is the latest development in the long-running legal saga that […]