our main story: the foreign secretary, david cameron, has said the uk had no choice but to take military action against houthi targets in yemen following weeks of attacks on vessels in the red sea. the uk and the us launched dozens of strikes on thursday night after houthi fighters had caused major disruption along the shipping route. simonjones reports. they are af typhoon jets called into action on thursday to strike targets in yemen. action the foreign secretary argues that the uk had to take stock writing in the sunday telegraph, lord cameron says. and this is what the houthi militia have been doing, targeting ships off the coast of yemen. sometimes boarding them, other vessels have been attacked with drones and missiles. what the group shows although to support. today marks the 100th day of the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea shipping route typi
Taking care of us, getting us out the door. Roadways looking pretty clear so far this morning. That will will change when rush hour hits, but the weather not affecting anything either. A nice travel day, if you are traveling for the holidays today. Wont be able to say the same thing of course as we head into tomorrow, unfortunately, but let let me take to you some temperatures across the region, starting out your day not as cold as we were yesterday. Not dealing with the winds either. Thats making for a better start to your friday, 35 degrees, in philadelphia. Thirty in millville. Still, chilly out there, right so 27 degrees in Atlantic City , were at 25 degrees in wildwood. And then in delaware, looking at 33 degrees in wilmington, it is right around 29 degrees in dover. Winds speeds as i told you really not too bad. Right around 5 Miles Per Hour out of the east in philadelphia, but calm, into south jersey, also cents into delaware, so not dealing with much in the way after chinned wi
Their first appearance before a judge sometime tomorrow morning. Now again police are still looking for the weapon in this case. As far as we know they tell us they have not recovered that gun. Wendy, back to you. Mark segraves, thanks. Todays shooting just adds to metros troubles. Its the latest highprofile violent attack in the Transit Agency in recent weeks. Our transportation reporter adam tuss spoke with the Metro Transit Police chief today about safety concerns. Adam, what did you learn . Well jim, Transit Police say they hear riders concerns about safety and they are going to respond. One of the changes that will be coming, the police chief tells me there will be a greater focused effort on the trains themselves. No one, not one of metro staff can remember the last time a shooting happened on a train. But there have been a number of attacks on trains recently. And Transit Police say they will be adjusting. Any exra physically on trains . We already look at our process, better to
Breathing when he was rushed to the hospital. The shooting happened on this green line train. While it was stopped here at the Anacostia Metro station and while passengers were boarding. Were no injuries to anyone else. Two suspects fled the scene on foot. Spotsed by surveillance cameras. That enabled Police Across the city to have the suspects pictures right away. The technology that Metro Transit Police used to get the pictures out so quickly also produced two other pictures were going to show you right now. This is a picture of two other people who Metro Transit Police are saying are persons of interest. Police very much want to speak to these two men that youre seeing in this picture. If you recognize them, theyre asking you to call 911. Meanwhile, this investigation is continuing. As we said at the top. The suspects that are in custody are 19 years old and 15 years old. Theyre both expected to be before a d. C. Superior court judge for arraignment sometime tomorrow morning. Police
Stephanie ramirez is outside the savopoulos mansion now. What do we know about who else might be facing charges . Reporter i can tell you this. The home now is still a protected crime scene. Part of reason is because they are looking for more suspects. We know Police Caught 34year old daron wint with five other people, but the other people were questioned and released. Its in these charging documents that say the crimes described in this affidavit required the presence and assistance of more than one person. But on friday it was a smaller 5 7, 155pound daron wint appearing before a judge in a white jump suit and chains. He said his name and then looked down. The charging documents discussed today in court revealed more of the gruesome discovery last week inside the savopoulos home where investigators found 10yearold Phillip Savopoulos in an adjacent bedroom and worse, he may have been torture and burned to death. Charging documents say he died of thermal and sharp force injuries. We al