. firefighter shot and killed while putting out a dumpster fire stockton, california. ford tuna served. the suspect arrested at the scene. gun also found. is he facing homicide and weapons charges. he leaves behind a wife and two children. north carolina residents forced to evacuate their homes after a massive fire erupted at a fertilizer plant in winston, salem. the fire crews have been forced to abandon the operation due to the large volume of ammonium nitrate at the facility somewhere between 300 to 600 tons of that chemical are under threat according to local authorities no. injuries have been reported and the cause of this fire is still unknown. and calls are growing this morning for abc to fire whoopi goldberg after saying this about the holocaust. let s be truthful about it because the holocaust isn t
we re also looking across northern indiana. some areas picking up about 12 to 18 inches of snow. really cold on the backside of this, so power outages and cold temperatures once again will be a huge concern. that s quite an impact zone. dylan, thank you. a raging fire at a fertilizer plant in winston-salem, north carolina it forced thousands of people to evacuate because of a danger of an explosion firefighters tried to control it but were forced to retreat with 600 tons of ammonium nitrate at the site. authorities said the danger would continue through tomorrow no sign tonight russia intends to pull back its military buildup threatening ukraine. president vladimir putin insisting it s the u.s. that s trying to start war over ukraine. but he s not ruling out a diplomat solution richard engel is in ukraine. reporter: in a widely socially distanced joint statement with the prime minister of hungary, russian president vladimir putin broke weeks of silence on ukraine and
answering your questions world news. tonight is coming up next and i ll see you back here at 4. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. pfizer now asking the fda to grant emergency use authorization to vaccinate america s youngest children. pfizer s new low dose vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years old. how soon could there be a decision? what we ve learned tonight. more than 808,000 children testing positive for covid last week. tonight, this new storm. more than 20 states now on alert from colorado to texas to new york, and all of the northeast. heavy snow, dangerous ice and bitter cold. the storm coming in two rounds and ginger zee explains with this newest track tonight. the emergency evacuations. the massive fire at a fertilizer plant in north carolina. more than 6,000 people forced from their homes. firefighters pulling back more
this was at a fertilizer plant. all 122 federal prisons across the united states were placed on temporary lockdown on monday after a fight broke out at a texas facility. the bureau of prisons said two inmates died at the federal penitentiary at beaumont. the bureau of prisons says it s continuing to monitor the situation. on monday a federal judge rejected a plea deal that would have averted a trial. travis on the left, his father gregory on the right along with a neighbor were convicted of murdering ahmad arbery. they face federal hate crimes because he was black. the next hearing is soon and the
that very much would be a very russian playbook thing to do, would it not? yeah. to be clear, i don t think there are chemical weapons anywhere in ukraine but an industrial facility, a fertilizer plant, something like that. bay the way, i think the russians would blame the ukrainians for it as they tried to do with the fire in the nuclear reactor and use that perhaps as an excuse to then escalate, say, we didn t go, we re just responding to them. that i think is the scenario. it depends. remember the chemical facility in india exploded back in the early 1990s killed upwards of almost 400,000 people. if something like that were to happen, near a population center, large numbers of people die, i think that s akin to using chemical weapons and we should respond accordingly. the ambassador of nato under