Good morning on this easter and passover weekend, im martha raddatz. As we take a look at thousands flocking to st. Peters square this morning to celebrate with pope francis. Well have new details on his visit to philadelphia coming up. We start with the new terror threats from yemen to the u. S. That have officials so concerned right now. Including a new threat from the Jihadist Group that launched the deadly attack on a College Campus this week. Kenyan police now saying one of the gunmen was the son of a government officer. Chief investigative correspondent brian ross tracking all of it. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, martha. American officials are analyzing this new set of terror threats after an unsettling week of attacks, arrests, and anarchy that raised questions on whether the antiterror strategy of the u. S. And its allies is up to the task. The new threats come from the same al qaedaconnected terrorists in africa who, this week, killed 148 people, mostly students,
House with congressional leaders to try to prevent the fiscal cliff from happening. But with just four days left until everybodys taxes go up, theres not a lot of optimism that it can be cone in time. Jonathan karl, abc news, new york. Tributes are pouring in for retired general norman schwartzcopf. The general, nicknamed Stormin Norman, died yesterday in tampa from pneumonia. He commanded a coalition of some 30 countries that drove iraqi forces from kuwait back in 1991. In retirement, he supported charitable causes and resisting calls to rub for public office. Norman schwartzcopf was 78. For the second time this month, a man has been pushed to his death in the path of a new york subway train. Last night, a woman shoved the man on the tracks just as the train was pulling into the station on queens. Its not clear if she knew the victim. New york police are reviewing Surveillance Video recorded on the platform to try to identify the victim and the suspect. This is the second time this ha
Chilly around San Francisco now. Were into the 50s around parts there near downtown and around the tri valley. Heres where the cooling was at its strongest today. Really dropping those temperatures down. Upper 60s currently in dublin. And into the north bay, winds now shifting out of the south pushing in the marine air cooling off wine country locations as we kick off the weekends. Tonight, breezy at times. Into tomorrow morning, enough low clouds and thickening marine layer. I think we could have drizzle in a few spots. Thats for tomorrow northern as we watch a weather system here that will have a better chance of tossing some showers our way as we get into monday. Well show you the impact in the sevenday forecast and the temperatures coming up in your forecast. An update now on a big wildfire in Southern California burning in the hills over rank Cho Cucamonga 45 miles east of downtown l. A. Firefighters say the fire is 67 contained right now. Its burning more than 2,100 acres. Three
Fast lane on 580 eastbound, just before regatta boulevard. The chp officers heard it crashed. They were headed to the crash hen they started getting phone calls saying somebody else was shooting at the vehicle when it sped down the freeway. When officers got there, it was flipped over and the man inside was dead. They found bullet holes in the car. They shut down all lanes to collect evidence. Traffic backed up to the richmond bridge. Tonight, Richmond Police are asking for help. At this point, its still a preliminary investigation. We dont have a motive. Detectives are trying to determine what the motive might have been for the shooting. Reporter Richmond Police hope that anyone who saw the shooting here on 580 saw that other car that they dont have identified, will call into police headquarters. They need a description of the vehicle. Homicide detectives are working to case tonight and so far, the only description they are giving of the man who was shot is he was a young man in his 2
Whats appropriate and when to be on the bay because so much is at stake. Thank you, joe vazquez. Governor brown says the federal government is trying to make california more dangerous. So he is taking the feds to court and it all that is to do with the states prison overcrowding problem. The situation, of course, better than a few years ago but cbs 5 reporter grace lee shows us there is still more work to be done. Reporter this goes back to 2009 when a federal panel of judges ruled that california prisons were overcrowded to the point of being unconstitutional. With the governors proclamation today he says that era is over and we should not have to comply with a federal prison population cap anymore. Today i have signed this proclamation stating that the troubled situation in california prisons has been remedied. Reporter that situation is overcrowding at the states 33 prisons with conditions so bad that a federal court ruled it was cruel and unusual punishment. The feds then ruled the