Thank you for joining us. Im andrea roane. An offduty Montgomery County Police Officer shoots and kills his own son after a violent domestic dispute that also claimed the life of his 53 yearold wife. The attack happened inside the family home in the 7400 block of lake katrine terrace in gaithersburg. Delia goncalves has the latest on the investigation. Reporter police are telling us unfortunately the officers wife died shortly after arriving to the hospital last night. They with head that information from us simply because it involved one of their own and they were trying to make sure that every Family Member knew about the death. Its a tragic situation. Reporter the Montgomery County Police Family feeling the pain of this one. Any domestic situation that we encounter, where theres a loss of life is hard on our officers, especially in this case where it involves a Montgomery County Police Officer. Reporter exactly what went wrong inside this gaithersburg home we may never know because
There was a massive house fire that ravaged homes overlooking lake ontario. The house fire spread as firefighters tried to dodge gunfire. The firefighters apparently walked into a trap just as they were responding to this. At last word, two firefighters are dead, three other First Responders are wounded, and alleged gunman is dead. Authorities cant say whether other bodies might be found in the eight homes destroyed or damaged by the fire in the town of webster. Shocking, bizarre, tragic today. Cnns poppy harlow is in new york, trying to piece together this horrible chain of events here on Christmas Eve. So what happened, because authorities are saying potentially this was a trap laid out for the firefighters. Thats what the police chief Gerald Pickering said in the last press conference, were awaiting right now another press conference that should start any minute. But he did say that it appears that possibly these four First Responders were lured into what was a trap. It started at 5
Reporter the san antonio four speaking out, released after 16 years behind bars for a crime they have always maintained they did not commit. The deep freeze is on, wintry weather and cold temperatures reach the east coast. The weather is disrupting travel nationwide and made some sunday nfl games almost impossible to see. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy and the storm caused car pile ups in several states and accidents on the pennsylvania turnpike sunday involved almost 60 video as and this shows the long line of cars that came to a halt in morgan town, pennsylvania and we are tracking the storm. What is the latest . All of that snow and wind, it is still with us and we are going to continue to see it taking its toll and creating very dangerous driving conditions over much of the country and if you booked a flight you might want to call ahead before you go out to the airport. The arctic blast entering the second week is causing misery across the country a
Forces evacuations and rescues from michigan to vermont. And Prince George takes on. As the royal couple lands in sydney. Kate, mellow in yellow. William and kate trading off carrying baby george, as they say, good day, mate. And we do say good morning, america. Prince william, to travel abroad as a baby. Now he has a son traveling down under. We have two big breaking stories for you this morning. The very scary moments in boston. Two backpacks being blown up. Part of a hoax, it turned out to be. Dan harris, standing by with the latest in just a moment. Lots of high security ahead of mondays marathon. Lets get to the huge ferry disaster. A ship packed with High School Students on an overnight trip to a popular Tourist Destination in south korea. It sank so fast. And abcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent, terry moran, has the latest on the search for survivors. Terry . Reporter good morning, george. This is a desperate situation. And it is ongoing. It was supposed to be a trip to par
We begin with those disturbing pictures from syria and the allegations of chemical warfare. Tonight the United Nation is his calling for an investigation. Opposition groups claim the government used chemical weapons on its only people last night and they claim the unverified pictures circulating today prove their point. We want to warn you some of these pricks are extremely graphic. They show injured people being treat bide hospital workers while others lie motion little, activists and Opposition Forces say they are victims of banned chemical weapons fired by Government Forces. Other video shows survivors struggle to go breathe. Al jazerra cant verify the videos and its still unclear whether or not chemical weapons were used. Now, an emergency session of the you feel n. Security council was called upon in new york and here that part of the story. Six. Reporter this girl is one of the survivors. I am alive. I am alive, she cries. She is surrounded by hundreds of dead and dieing. All wit