Protesters in hong kong to the chinese leaders. Well start with the latest developments on the battle against the Group Calling its a isil, the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. All of these red points are points isil does control. It is crucial to cut off the groups supply lines and their ability to travel. Kurdish forces have recaptured the area of bashir. Have a look at the latest pictures from the turkish side of the border. Kobani is in the distance. Kurder fighters say they are strengthening their forces and have lay booby traps if they try to leave the town. Two targets were hit in northwestern iraq, a heavy weapons post and an armored vehicle. And then we have turkey as well, which is gearing up to get involved militarily. Taking up their positions on the hills overlooking kobani. They are likely to approve operations in the coming days. So a lot going on. Were going to tie it in with Bernard Smith first of all on the turkey Syrian Border there. Lets talk about what has bee
Degrees this is what is ahead. Lets get ready for a frigid night, temperatures dropping down to the teens and 20s tonight you know the drill have you to bundle up and dress in layers the next two days, temperatures moderate up near 40 degrees that is seasonable. And on sunday im tracking a surge of mild air and along with that comes the threat of rain, ill talk more about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. All right thank you cecily. Show us the conditions in your own neighborhood with the 6 abc Storm Tracker app, send a postcard of your weather sounderings. We have a developing story out of central pennsylvania a multialarm fire is moving through the northumberland prison it forces officials to evacuate 200 inmates under heavy guard to a nearby church in sunbury 85 miles north of the state capital. The prison is 100 years old and a Stone Building the blaze is not yet under control and well continue to follow that story and bring you update as as soon as we get them. Secu
On izu oshima. Nhk worlds michio kijima reports. Reporter emergency teams encountered a ravaged landscape when they began their work on izu oshima. Mud had coated fields and roads. Twisted bits of trees were strewn here and there. Homes were wrecked. Rescuers found one woman trapped in the debris. They managed to get her out safely. Typhoon wipha bore down on izu oshima overnight. Fierce winds lashed the island. Record rainfall soaked it. More than 800 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours. More than double the Monthly Average and the worst downpour since data became available 75 years ago. Local police and firefighters say all that rain caused the river to break its banks triggering deadly mudslides that swallowed homes. Translator the water knocked down my door and fridge. It was a total mess. Translator there was massive flood. I realized that the house that was supposed to be standing there had disappeared. I thought i must be dreaming. It couldnt be true. Reporter typhoon wipha lit
To avert a debt default as a major Rating Agency has warned of a possible downgrade of the countrys credit rating. A powerful storm has churned past japans Pacific Coast, bringing with it heavy rains and strong winds. Typhoon wipha killed at least 17 people, almost all of them on an island south of tokyo. Damage on oshima is widespread, and dozens of residents are missing. Nhk worlds Mitsuko Nishikawa reports. Reporter typhoon wipha left a trail of destruction on izu oshima, one that stretches on and on. The islands residents have never seen this much rain. More than 800 millimeters fell in 24 hours. Thats more than double the average rainfall for october, and the heaviest downpour on record. It was too much for some areas to absorb. Translator that hillside over there collapsed. The area behind that house is completely gone. Reporter wipha remained powerful in the tokyo metropolitan area too. It knocked down trees and cut power to thousands of homes. Residents woke up to howling winds
Struggles ahead for the School District. Maclin is wide open, touchdown, philadelphia. Tail of two games, i hope you didnt stop watching. Right at half time. The eagles making quite a come back in the second half, we will have all of the highlight coming up. How do we feel this morning . Still in recovery from that game. All over the place. The kids saw angry daddy and then happy daddy yesterday. It was not much fun that first half. It is monday, morning after september 8th, 2014. The morning after. Good way to put it. 6 01. We all need pills after that game. Emotional roller coaster yesterday. Crazy times but at least we came out on top for that one. Lets talk about, what our number is, today and get you ready for back to reality day on monday. We have seven out of ten, some sunshine not too hot today but we will see increasing clouds and stray shower. Nice start this morning with bus stop buddy, welcome back to school, for the students in philadelphia Public Schools, hopefully a grea