Time off. They are working to make ends meet and its not working. The reallife impact of cutting food stamps. How people in food banks could feel the pinch. The impact of a crippling winter storm is felt across the southern u. S. A slight warm up could help the region thaw out. The storm is blamed on several deaths from texas to the carolinas, striking part of the country not used to dealing with snow and ice, and thousands were stranded in cars, at work, in schools. Im stephanie sy. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Atlanta is one of the hardest hit areas. Good morning. What are things like there right now. Its cold, in the teens. We are expecting a warm up to melt some of the ice. Most of the roads are clear now. We are seeing some sheets of black ice. So officials warn people to stay off the interstates and the highways here today. The schools are still closed. Government is closed and the finger pointing seems to be starting here in atlanta as to how its possible that only a few inche
Frustration for the family of a woman whose body was found at the same San Francisco hospital where she vanished more than two weeks ago. Im carolyn johnson. And im dan ashley. It is an unbelievable mystery. John alsto in is live at sf general tonight. John . Tonight officials are clamming up and not saying anything more to the media as police investigate. Also tonight, the daughter of the missing woman got a call from the medical examiner who said it would take more time to conclusively identify the body found here today. The inspectors from sfpd spent the evening at San Francisco general. The investigation will involve talking to hospital x staff and looking at Surveillance Video to figure out what happened to 57yearold lynn spalding. A patient missing for more than two weeks. A reliable source tells abc7 news that it was her body found by an employee found this morning in an exterior fourth floor stirwell. The medical examiner called the womans daughter to say there was no positive
They survived the deadly asiana plane crash at sfo, but their injuries took months to heal. And a couple month made it out alive shares their story only with abc7 news. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. 143 days after the deadly crash, the couple has finally returned to china. Abc7 news morning anchor kristen sze has their remarkable story of survival. This 36yearold needs a wheelchair to get around. The im mobility is adventurous for the shanghai native. The beautiful accountant and her husband have no kids. Their love is traveling. In july they embarked on a dream vacation. This month they met me in burlingame to tell for the first time their nightmare as asiana flight 214 crashed. They have been translated. Where were you sitting . Front . Middle . Back . The 28th row. We suddenly crashed and i thought today i will probably die here. We impacted hard. Everything shook and things fell down and all of the lights went out. Reliving the moment is too painful for jong. Her
Groups of all time today, thursday, january 30th, 2014. Stayin alive announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im matt lauer. And im tamron hall with the dancing kings and queens, i guess we are this morning. Al roker and Natalie Morales. I am tweeting out sound tracks of a generation. I think the best sound track of all time, saturday night fever. Is that yours . The year was 1977. My suit was white, white flare on the legs and i stood against the wall because i still couldnt dance back then. A lot of hits came off that album. I wake up to the sound track every morning for the past 13 years. Its my wakeup. Thats my alarm. And their sound still today carrying into the music that were hearing and listening to. Well talk to barry gibb later on. Also more on those overnight terror arrests seven days away from the Olympic Games. But let us start with our top
Oakland childrens hospital. The battalion chief told me a short time ago that the 2year old was fishing with a family friend, who was more like a grandmother to him and she apparently turned her back and that when the toddler fell into the water. That was about 4 00 this afternoon in vallejo. Firefighters say that the family friend tried to go after him, but she couldnt swim. Officials say that the child may have been in the water about ten minutes, possibly more. The grandmother took her eyes off the child for a short period of time and theyearold fell in the water. The Engine Company was able to pull him from the water quickly. Reporter the culvert where this happened is a popular fishing spot near the fairgrounds and six flags. They say that the family friend who was with the boy was transported to the local hospital as a precaution because she was suffering breathing problems. We have calls into police to confirm exactly where the child is and to get an update on how he is doing. O