Emergency help when you need it. Those three simply numbers, 911 will not bring help. It is a serious and extensive enough problem that the scc launched an inquiry sparked by the death of a texas mother and the daughter who tried to get help for her. America tonights sara hoy has the story. Last month kerry hunt agreed to meet her stranged husband at this east texas hotel so he could visit with his young children. Instead of a family meeting things went wrong. My oldest granddaughter and her two siblings were in the room. She tried dialling 911 from the hotel room and could not get out because she didnt know to dial a 9 first. Once at the hotel brad alan dunn allegedly stabbed the mother of three to death in the bathroom while the children listened in. After four unsuccessful attempts the 9yearold shuffled her siblings to safety. The neighbour next door to them opened the door. Breanna told her what was going on. I looked in my grant daughters eyes, id never want another 9yearold to go
States historic drought. Stephanie stan stanton with morn that fire and that drought. Reporter good morning to yon to you, morgan. This fire is 30 contained. We do expect to get some updated numbers throughout the day, but this fire is just one consequence of the drought that is crippling california, and the governors recent drought declaration is hoping to actually alleviate and prevent some of the damage from this drought, especially the the drought for the agriculture industry. Reporter mounting pressure from politicians, Business Leaders and farmers struggling to cope with the dryest year ever on record. Emergency declaration means california can now apply for relief aid from the government the news count come soon enough for paul who is struggle to go feed his cattle just outside of santa barbara, california. If we dont get rain, well be in dire straits. Were faced with no feed and cows that need fee. Cals a. G. Industry is worth 40 billion and produced a large percentage of fresh
Antigovernment protesters are back on the streets a in ukraine, defying new laws aimed at stamping out protesters. They clashed. You are looking at live pictures. Earlier, they were hitting them with sticks as they tried to overturn a bus. Thats where jennifer glass is joining us, live from kiev. What are the protesters calling for right now, jennifer . Reporter right now, those live pictures that you are seeing are about 400 meters that way. I can hear the blast. The police have been throwing stun grenades, firing pepper spray at thousands of protest who left here, a very peaceful protest early in the day on kiev independence square, tens of thousands. A few thousand broke away and tried to head toward parliament. The police are blocking that road. The police have very much stood their line and been very restrained in contrast to proceed tests and clark that happened in early december when Police Attacked protesters. The protesters have been very aggressive here they were throwing som
Investment relationships, including the concerns of american companies, and our commitment to privacy and basic liberties. But critics of the Data Collection including kentucky senator rand paul say these recommendations on how the security works. And dodge some of the state. Hes going to continue to collect all of my private information without a warrant. Its not about who holds it. For more im joined from washington, d. C. By former Deputy Director of the cia john mclaughlin. He is now a professional of intelligence and Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins university. Great to have you with us, john. First lets get your reaction to the president s speech. You have staunchly defended the nsa and the program. You were at the cia after the 9 11 attacks. What did you think the president said . Well i think the president did a good job of lailg out for the public the role of intelligence in our National Security system and i think he also did a good job of defending the nsa and americaing clea
After ten days without water, West Virginia residents can finally drink their tap water again. But even though the ban was lifted a day ago, many are still complaining about the bad smell. Our robert ray is on the scene in charleston. Robert if residents dont trust whats coming out of their taps what exactly are they doing as an alternative . Reporter using a lot of bottled water. As a matter of fact, the restaurant that im in right now you can see a lot of people having brunch here on this sunday morning, early afternoon. This restaurant is not using the tap water to give to its customers theyre using bottled water. Thats sort of the mantra here as most of the people in charleston West Virginia are going about here. The smell in some parts of the city are is like a licorice or a cough drop. The government here is sending out messages to the media, saying theyre doing testing on the plant and the elk river and that the water is safe. Yet if that is the case, what is the odor, why are s