She was stunning. I was so glad to see her back on the horse again. She looked stunning, she sounded great. It was a good thing. Well get to that, of course, a little bit later. I was looking for my thunder buddy last night. There was a lot of thunder through new york city and up andnd down the east coast. The eastern twothirds of the nation facing a major cleanup today after those daging storms. Nearly a foot of wet heavy snow pounded the greater chicago area, forcing nearly 1200 flights to be canceled and with temperatures dropping overnight this mornings commute is likely to be dangerous. That same system also produced thunderstorms a tornadoes in the midatlantic leaving at least four people de, Dozens Injured and buildings destroyed. Meganen huz begins our coverage. Reporter the deadly winter storm system moves north, bringing waves of rain and terrifying twisters. This one captured in north carolina. This time lapse shows the storm trees into homes, cars and power linessthere. In
Establish a socalled safe zone nep Northern Syria to protect syrians fleeing their homes. If the cease fire fails. Secretary of state john kerry told top lawmakers would require up to 30,000 u. S. Ground troops to maintain in colorado, three sheriffs deputies shot while serving an eviction notice. Last night a vigil was held in his honor south of denver. Nate kerrigan was killed when the homeowner opened fire on the buttons. He homeowner also died in the shootout. The oovictions has been considered high risk. Mystery at a federal office in the San Francisco bay area. The customsen and Border Protection office in almeda was evacuated after an employee opened an informing containing white powder. Thee people complained of feeling a sick but a search turned up nothing suspicious and the office was deemed safe centerer for disease contntl. This years flu vaccine is doing better than last years. It is 59 effective. Thats a big improvement from last winters vaccine, only about 20 effective.
Showers over the interior but these are going to be much lighter. In fact, the snow showers will not be more than an inch or two on the grasscy surfaces from detroit to pittsburgh to charleston. As we jump ahead to the weekend, were warming things back up. High pressure is in control. Colder air bottled up to the north streaming all the warm air in. Next week, looks like the colder air will make a quick return. Reena, kendis, back to you. Now to syria. A new video showing how badly ancient ruins have been damaged by isis. The destruction at palmyra much worse than previously thought, valley of the tombs, part of an ancient roman city. This video was smuggled out of syria and obtained by swedish tv. Speaking of syria, a ceasefire is set to go into effect in that country saturday, although isis and other terror groups are now covered by the agreement. In Northern Syria to protect syrians who are fleeing their homes if the ceasefire fails. Secretary of state john kerry told top lawmakers
Has passed. Reporter but right across town, rising rival, senator marco rubio. We cannot have a commander in chief that is not ready the first day in office. You cant just say, well, when i get there, ill hire the smartest people and theyre going to tell me what to do. Reporter but both senators struggling to compete with the trump show. In a rare interview, the moguls model wife, melania, describing what first drew her to the donald. His mind. Amazing mind. Im my own person, hes his own person. And i think thats very important. I dont want to change him, he doesnt want to change me. Reporter and mitt romney calling for donald trump and the other candidates to release their tax returns. Romney says he thinks theres a, quote, bombshell in trumps tax returns, citing no proof, romney says he thinks trump is not as rich as he claims to be or that hes given as much to charity as he says he has tom llamas, abc news, new york. New developments in the battle over the president S Supreme Court
And some others were squarely in the sights of a charging pack of elephants during a boat ride. A hippo showed off some teeth. The purpose of flakes trip was to learn more about wildlife poaching. You can say that t. J. s trip to africa was a lot smoother than that. Do you think they found t. J. . Usually they run towards people. They ran the other way. They ran the other way. Can you imagine . T. J. s coming, run, run. You got to be chronicled on instagram his escape from africa yesterday. So much fun. I loved watching that. I felt like i was actually on a safari, which ive always wanted to do. A different type of adventure for a group of veterans who lost limbs fighting overseas. Theyre attending a Winter Sports camp in californias high sierra. Theyve been hitting the slopes all this week. The skis and snowboarding is all part of a weeklong event put together by a group called achieve tahoe. Incredible. And when they get to the bottom of the run, they get on snowmobiles for the ride