Good evening. With more than four feet of snow on the ground this winter in another big storm bearing down on new england tonight. The mayor of boston warns they are simply running out of space to put it all. The latest storm building in upstate new york to Southern Maine with two feet of snow expected in some places. This on slot has blown through yearly snow removal budgets and quadrupled the number of snow days. The west is dealing with flooding from the pineapple express, tropical rains that left some communities under water. Al roekker is tracking systems tonight. Lets start with al first. Reporter good evening. This town 35 miles outside seattle was battered three days. This is the road partially washed away nearby homes flooded, a punishing storm that could dump even more water later tonight. Tonight outside brennan, water falls are raging rivers are rushing. The brunt of this storm has just passed. Each time we have one of these flood events i need to get this off my driveway.
For abusing her maid. How people in the United States feel about restoring diplomatic relations. United nations is condemning the destruction of iraqs ancient history. Priceless statues, some more than 2,000 years old, have been smashed to pieces. The director confirmed this newly released man with sledge hammers is genuine. Its an attack on iraqi heritage. Its a destruction of artefact as we see today. Its a violation. Latest resolution. 99. The directorgeneral of u. N. E. S. C. O. Asked the president of the Security Council to convey a meeting on this matter. When history is destroyed, you destroy the future of a company. You are violent. Robbing the millennial culture of iraq puts its future at risk i. S. I. L. Fighters seized control of a bridge linking two cities. The seized bridge connects haditha to baghdadi close to an air base used by the iraqi and u. S. Military. 20 iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle. U. S. Allies say the total is lower. An iraqi air strike is believed
United nations is condemning the destruction of iraqs ancient history by isil fighters. Priceless statues some more than 2,000 years old have been smashed to pieces. The director of the mosul museum has confirmed this newly released video of men in sledge ham percent genuine. The u. N. s Cultural Agency called for an emergency meeting over an attack on iraqi heritage. I think the destruction of artifacts as we are seeing in iraq today is reprehensibly. It is also in violation of the latest Security Council resolution we have just seen 2199. The director general of you necessary co has just asked the president of the Security Council to convene an urgent meet on the ground this matter so the Security Council can address the destruction of artifacts. As you know, when history is destroyed, you also destroy the future ive country. You fuel sectarianism. You fuel even more violence, ranking the millennial culture of iraq. Puts its future at risk. And isil fighters have seized control of a
Statues dating back 200 years. The results of the cricket world cup. We begin in mexico, where police captured one of the countrys most wanted drug lords. Gomezmartinez is the leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel the prime target in the president s drive to regain control of the state. Crossing over to mexico city, we will learn more about the circumstances leading to his capture. The capture happened this morning in the very Early Morning in the southwest mexican state. Federal police apparently captured him without firing a shot and hes now reportedly being transferred to mexico city at the moment, so oh this is a as you say a huge capture in mexico probably the biggest the worlds number one drug dealer. Police and all of Mexico Federal courts have been after him for quite some time, so this is a big deal for them. How do we expect the cartel to respond and what more can you tell us about him . He is an exschoolteacher then turned into organized crime. He formed the cartel using
Jailed six years for mistreating her indonesia helper. I will have the news in sports and its the quickest 150 in oneday history at the cricket world cup. The snow in northern afghanistan has started melting and that means the risk of further avalanche, there has been an effort to dig out homes, schools and mosques buried in the Northeastern Province of panjshir but in many cases it has been in vain 197 people unknown to have died and that is a figure that is still expected to rise. Nicole johnston is in panjshir for us. Reporter the police chief and governor of panjshir say that there are dozens of villages that they simply cannot contact at the moment isolated villages high up in the mountains, much further down into panjshir and there are estimates that some 200 families are un akaccounted for at the moment and they have tried to reach these areas and helicopters have flown in and unable to land. We have seen a very large convoy of 600 vehicles entering panjshir today and 1,000 troo