Has been fairly quiet. This act changes that the strike on the west african nation of mali and who was behind it. Tense city in the shadow of the fay nations most powerful, a community of its most fragile. It started from nothing and now youve got about 30 tents out here with People Living here and it just up. It is a city within a city the fight to save the place they call home. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. In a capital city with innocent travellers the targets of a the latest visual assault. The long reach of i. S. I. L. Might be spreading further or was it a new group . Details and insight into what happened in the west african nation of mali and how American Forces might be connected. Reporter it was an Early Morning attack on what was thought to be one of the most secure starts of mali, the Radisson Blu Hotel in bamako. The hotel serves as a popular destinations, businessmen, aid workers, airline crews. A Group Calling itself almourabitoun based in northern mali claim resp
The top story this morning the debate about gun laws. The president wants to bypass congress to make changes. He wants to put more restrictions on gun show sales and add more fbi and other agents to deal with that. Tracie potts has reaction to those plans. After getting the ok froo his attorney general and fbi director that its constitutional, later this morning president obama plans to announce new measures hes taking on his own to tighten gunun laws. Its not going to prevent every mass shooting, its not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal, it will potentially save lives. The president s executive ooers will partiallylyclose the gun show loophole requiring more people shshs to get backggound checks. Unfortunately we need things in place now because people have just gotten out of control republican candidates cuse president obama of gutting the 2nd amamdment president obamas executive actions limiting gun rights will restrict our lawabiding citizens, not the criminal
Ofthat southerly wind, but it is also bringing in some moisture. That will turn into rain and snow for the next few days. Ill have more on that wet forecast in a few minutes. Nn this morning. Two eastern iowans are headed to saint louis today. They are helping with missouri Flood Recovery. And this is not the first time they traveled to another state to help those in need. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details. At 10 30 this morning. Red cross volunteers ken and ann opatz will leave cedar rapids and head to saint louis to help with Flood Recovery efforts. They volunteer for the red cross here in eastern iowa theyve been deployed before this is video of the two when they headed toollinois to h hp with tornado recovery in 2013. The couple says theyve been trained by the red cross to be ready to go at a moments notice. Theyll take an Emergency Response vehicle to get food and water the red cross also asked the couple to go to texas to help with tornado and F
The temperatures will stay mild tonight in the mid to upper 20s. There will start to be patchy drizzle and freezing drizzle beginning at times wednesday after years of fighting to push gun Safety Measures through congress, president obama announced today hes circumventing lawmakers and acting on his own. The president is using a serious of executive orders to tighten rules on gun sales. As expected people across the nation. And the president ial candidates. Are divided on this move. Steve handelsman has the story. Nats cheers president obama ordering the changes was cheered by gun control activists sot president obama 06 08because people are dying and he got emotional wiping his eyes 1999 citing the Mass Shootings at columbine 2007 at Virginia Tech 2012 and sandy hook elementary sot president obama those kids it gets me mad. Wipes eyes obama executive orders require more background checks hire more examiners for 24 7 checking ban anyone on nofly list from buying guns he is ordering mor
Itll be a messy next few days weather wise in that well see any and all types of precipitation at some point. This morning, some isolated freezing rain and sleet will eventually switch over to light snow this afternoon from which a dusting might result in some spots by this evening. The rest of tonight wont bring much in the way of measurable precipitation, but some patchy fog freezing drizzzz will be possible. More of the same will be on tap for thursday, so be on the lookout for slick roads the rest of the week as we see a better chance of some light snow from thursday night into friday which could drop an inch or 3 of the white stuff. The weekend still looks to bring frigid air with highs barely reaching 10f by sunday and lows dipping below zero in the morning. We should rebound a little though by early next week. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the search continues this morning for a suspect in knox county, nebraska, whos considered armed and dangerous. Afternoon as the suspect, 25yearol