Good monday morning to you, im devin dwyer. Im reena ninan. We begin with Severe Weather swooping down on the west coast and across the south. A tornado maybe to blame for this wild scene in eastern tennessee. A homeowner captured the dangerous storm on camera last night. And southern california, a freak storm took aim at two popular tourist areas. Lightning claimed the life of a man on venice beach and injured 13 other people. Susan saulny has the story. Reporter a california beach day turned chaotic, then deadly in a flash. A rare summertime storm unleashed bolts of lightning on the oceanfront of los angeles, making direct hits on venice beach, crowded with swimmers and surfers on a sunday afternoon. It sounded like a sonic boom. Like a all hell broke loose. Reporter throngs of people scrambled for safety, some stuck lying face down in the sand. Others were rattled. Life guards rushed to help the victims, performing cpr, looking for missing swimmers. Another scuba diver pulled out, r
Last time is now stretching down the street. Polls dont open for another hour until 8 00 a. M. At a library in durham North Carolina, it seems the voting is through the roof. And here is how the mayor, the attorney general talked about it. And you can almost feel the energy. Many have already voted by mail. So if you put it together, Something Like 10 to 12 of the electorate has already voted as of today. Its amazing. And so we expect the voter enthusiasm to continue. This is the first weekend of early voting and as you can see, the lines have already started to form here in durham. And 12 of registered voters have already voted, that is yesterday midday and now almost 15 and we should expect that number to grow. And i want to say one more thing about the importance of North Carolina, both President Trump and joe biden, they are mustwin states for both of them and it is also to determine control of the senate. Now, joe biden has a lot of big names coming to North Carolina on his behalf
Three blasts very close to each other in terms of timing. Two of them hitting key areas in sanaa, the yemeni capital. The albada mosque. Al qaedas practices across the region. Suicide bombers entering each mosque targeting worshippers. A car bomb outsided outside of one and outside the other a suicide bomber exploded. The houthi group is the predominant target. They are predominantly shia and this is from the zaidi group. The death toll may be as high as 77 brianna, with potentially 200 injured. Hospitals putting out an urgent appeal for blood on state tv. Let me wind you back as to why this is such a significant attack. For months now theres been greater unrest than normal in the beleaguered country of yemen. The government pushed aside by this group known as the houthis who are predominantly shiias. Theyve swept away the current government. They put in their own not recognized by the west government of sorts, but weve seen violence escalate here, and what the fear is potentially toda
Arrested, according to tunisian authorities, four linked to the attacks, the Prime Minister identified two suspects by name saying on french Radio Station atl, one had been known to security services. The two gunmen killed recruited at a tunisian mosque in september and trained at a jihadist camp in libya. According to tunisian interior official. Who told a french broadcaster tfi the Security Forces worked quickly, killing them before detonation. President obama called asepsi on thursday offering continued support during the investigation. Youre going to see the lowlevel attacks, but highimpact attacks, it will not be long before it comes to the United States because it is so easy for isis al qaeda, any other of these groups to do. Crowds marking it tunisias Independence Day are gathering in the center of the city of the capital here. Its always a big event in tunisia, this year many hope the rallies will also a symbolic gesture of defiance against those they now believe threaten this
Thats the spring equinox. Equinox, which is latin, by the way, for equal night, when night and day are the same length. Unfortunately, northeast, the first hour of spring is going to look a lot like winter. This is a picture of fort lee new jersey. A storm moving up the coast is bringing snow from washington to new england. Jericka duncan is in new york city with winters parting shot. Jericka. Reporter good evening. It has been a winter for the record books and the pocketbooks. Historic blizzards and low temperatures have put a chill on spending throughout the northeast. In boston, where a record 108 inches fell credit and debit card sales dipped more than 9 while nationwide spending was up nearly 3 . Economists estimate massachusetts alone suffered 1 billion in lost wages and profits. Small businesses and hourly workers took the biggest hit. Diane swonk is chief economist with mesirow financial. In the overall economy, really harsh Winter Weather tend to disrupt, defer, and displace e