Targeting france, our oldest ally. We are hearing stories of innocents slaughtered on a friday night. If you are just waking up, a lot of changes. Isis has claimed responsibility. French president Francois Hollande says the attacks were carried out as an act of war. The overall death toll at least 127 people. The majority of the victims were inside the packed concert hall where a band from california was performing. Police on social media begged police to stop the carnage. French police are hunting for accomplices. We are covering this from all angles this morning around the world and at home. Lets start with todays erica hill. She made her way to paris erica, what can you tell us . Reporter matt and savannah, good morning. I can tell you when we landed we were surprised. They held us on the tarmac for 40 minutes saying there were no gates. When we got to the gate, we heard reports about long, long lines at security. We were able to sail through customs and came out and got a cab right
12 days until christmas. Oh, we can start counting down. On the first day oh, i did not mean to open that pandoras box. Yes, you did. Erica grow in for Raphael Miranda. You dont sing, do you . Ill spare you right now. But you made me think. If this is the first day of christmas, my friend gave to me 60 degrees . Still 60 degrees in central park. We didnt lose much of the heat we got during the day yesterday. We broke record highs throughout much of the tristate. Were only down to 51 in danbury. 54 in farmingdale. Long branch right now at 57 degrees. On Storm Tracker satellite and radar, this is a threehour loop. You can see a couple sprinkle popping through sullivan county. Not a lot of rain in our area today. Right now it is 60 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Were going to stay in the 60s all day long. Of course, but when were starting out this warm, we dont have far to go before we already reach a record high. The record high for this date is 64 set in central park back in the 193
Mostly sunny wednesday and cold. Highs middle 40s, overnight lows in the lower to middle 20s. Keeping an eye on our next storm system that fight for the College Football National Title. As both teams take the field at university of phoenix stadium tonight. Theyll be lining up to play their 15th game of the season. When the tigers won the 1981 crown. They played only 12 games. Now with the addition of conference championship games and a four team playoff. That adds three more games to the schedule. That means more wear and tear on the student athletes. We finished the season playing 10 in a row, and the last stretch of that was a challenge because this is obviously a physical game, and its mentally taxing, and the balance of school and all those things, but our guys did as good a job as they could handling that. We were able to really get our team physically and mentally and emotionally think the timing of this has been excellent because its almost like weve got ready for the opener aga
Everyone is getting set up here in glendale. Theres a ton of media but theres tens of thousands of fans as well. And the energy is contagious as we get closer to kickoff. For the First Time Since 1981, clemson leads the nation in total victories for the season that was also the last year they went to the National Title game and won. Spectators say this game is going to come down to clemsons offense and alabamas defense. Clemsons Quarterback Deshaun Watson has nearly 34hundred yards passing and over one thousand yards rushing. But if you look at alabamas secondary they have forced 21 turnovers, 16 interceptions and 5 fumbles in the past 11 games. Both teams say the key is focus going into this game and performing at their best. But the real treat is having a stadium filled with tens of thousands of fans cheering you on. Fans, no matter what color theyre wearing, say the energy is like none theyve ever experienced. The plane ride. You see someone at the airport like an alabama fan and yo
In a string of robberies and kidnappings from combm become to georgia. Authorities warn they are armed and dangerous. Big new report about those nfl poster boys, from tom brady to cam newton, why is it that the quarterback always seems to be so good looking . As we count down to the super bowl, the surprising Science Behind their sex appeal. Good morning, america, on this thursday. Robin on assignment. A lot to get to. You should have seen the look on michaels face when amy ask how good looking quarterbacks are. How good looking are they . Not that good looking to me. Only way they look good to me when they were in my way and i got a chance to hit them. Its your job to mess up their face. This is actually a real story, the cover of Sports Illustrated. Phenomenon and we will later answer the question. All right. So youll weigh in a little more, rit . Why are quarterbacks so attractive. Theyre the only ones put on film with the helmet off. Take the helmet off. Look at this, people. Okay.