There are roughly 140,000 miles of track in this country, but few fences to keep people out. This is private property, but the railroads insist anyone determined to reach the track s will find a way. But finding a way is a decision that can turn deadly. S will find a way. But finding a way is a decision that can turn deadly. Clayton sandell, abc news, denver. Europe is on high alert as Foreign Ministers meet in brussels to discuss antiterrorism efforts as heavily armed troops patrol the u. S. Embassy in belgium. Officials are requesting the extradition of a suspect arrested in greece. They say there maybe a link to the plot to kill policemen in belgium and french authorities have released three female suspect s in connection to the paris attacks, but nine others are still in custody. President obama and the first lady are continuing a Martin Luther king jr. Holiday tradition by doing Community Service today the president may also spend time putting finishing touches on his state of the
But for now, in this dark hour, our thoughts and feelings and prayers are with the relatives of the passengers and of course our crew. Cory spanish and german officials are joining hundreds of french firefighters and police trying to recover bodies. The search will resume tomorrow morning. The plane went down in a remote area that is difficult to access. President obama backed off from plans to cut the size of military force in afghanistan. The president agreed to keep troop levels at the current 9800. President obama its the judgment of general campbell and others on the ground that providing this additional time frame for us to be able to help the Afghan Security forces succeed, is well worth it. Cory the president is still sticking to his timetable to withdraw nearly all u. S. Troops from afghanistan by the time he leaves office in 2017. The president spoke also about the Iranian Nuclear deal in talks in switzerland this week. Take a listen. President obama im confident if there is
As long as you have your maintenance schedule in place and follow all the procedures together with the manufacturer, theres no issue with the age of an airplane. Cory the white house says there is no indication of terrorism, but investigators are puzzled that the crash happened in broad daylight and in good weather. Israel denied a report its bite on Nuclear Talks between the u. S. And iran. The wall street journal had the story. Speaker boehner i was surprised by the report that information was being passed on from the israelis to members of congress. I am not aware of that at all. Cory talks with iran are expected to resume on thursday with john kerry traveling back to switzerland to meet his iranian counterpart. Russia policy foreign minister may join on friday. President obama has welcomed the new afghanistan president. He wants to keep u. S. Troops in afghanistan for longer but president obama wants to withdraw nearly all of them by the time he leaves office. Sales of new homes hi
Country. Take a look at these rotating clouds in the skies above lockwood missouri. Severe storms are possible in the Southern Plains from northern texas, oklahoma in to missouri and southern ohio valley. Isolated tornados are even a possibility. Heres a look at the rest of the weather. Dry and milder along the west coast, except for showers from portland to seattle. Most of the gulf coast will be dry and warm. Showers by this afternoon from pennsylvania to new england. Phoenix and miami will be in the upper 80s. Still chilly in the great lakes and Northern Plains with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 70s and 80s along the gulf coast. Next up some recognition starting with the golden bear getting a congressional gold medal. House Speaker John Boehner introduced fellow ohio native Jack Nicklaus yesterday as he was awarded the highest civilian honor. He was recognized for his record 18 major championships and his charitable work raising millions for Childrens Health care. Surely not to b
Recapping our top story the recovery operation resuming this morning after that deadly plane crash in the french alps. The germanwings passenger jet was headed to dusseldorf from dars loan that when it went down with 150 people on boompld one blak black box has been recovered. This morning the first bodies are expected to be removed from the crash site. Switching gears here. Sea world is launching a new campaign to fight back against its critics. The theme park giant is hoping the new ad blitz can help repair its image after that damaging documentary. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter sea world is trying to counter images like these from the documentary blackfish with a new ad campaign. Theres a lot of unfair criticism about sea world these day days. Reporter taking on criticism over the alleged treatment of animals, including the Star Attraction kill canner whales. Dont believe what peta and blackfish are saying our killer whales live just as long as whales in the wild. Reporter atten