The platform. The judge denied davis bail. He admitted to police he stayed on the platform watching the man get struck by the subway. The long search for two missing iowa cousins apparently ended in heartbreak. The body of two little girls have been discovered by huntersen a wooded area not far from where the cousin were last seen. 11yearold lyric cook and 9yearold Elizabeth Collins disappeared outside ride tharg bikes. Many who parade for their safe return gathered for a sad vigil last night instead. Overseas to the philippines where the death toll from a powerful storm reaches the unthinkable. 350 have been confirmed dead. Hundred more missing. 200 of the victims died in the valley alone. Including 78 villagers and soldiers swept away in a flash flood. Thats where entire families were lost. Hard to speech the little kids struggling. Extreme weather like this has some people asking whether it is the result of Climate Change. Well they also point to the melting ice at the north pole. A
Good evening. We begin with another big bulletin about the recordbreaking heat and the melting at the north pole. A new study shows a global thaw under way, affecting everyone on the planet. And it comes today as we learn how little snow there is here in the United States. As the temperatures here keep rising and the records keep falling. Abc abcs meteorologist ginger zee tells us whats going on. Reporter nearly snowless in december. Right now, only 7 of the United States is covered in snow. Thats even less than this time last year, when 32 of the nation was laced in winter white. Not enough snow means no skiing. Yet. This resort in Washington State has had to wait. Impatiently. To get our show on the road here. Reporter less snow helped make it even warmer this past week. Almost 700 record high temperatures have been set in the past five days. All of that will contribute to 2012 likely becoming the warmest on record in the lower 48. While one week or one season can not tell a climate
And boy band bust. The biggest teen stars on the planet, one direction, the wanted, Justin Bieber, all passed over for grammy nominations in a stunning shutout. The guys Everyone Wants for their boyfriend, cant win this one thing. And elizabeth starts off the morning with a ding right there. I know. I think i deserve two or three. Channeling lara spencer, just back from london. Everyone back at the desk right now. Were going to be helping robin trim her tree at home later today. But a lot to get to first. New reports on how close syria came to using chemical weapons this week. They actually loaded the ddly gas on to bombs, prepared for launch. And Martha Raddatz is going to have the latest on that. Thats a frightening development, something president obama took very seriously. We have a warning this morning that all parents with infants need to here. Federal authorities are taking an unprecedented move of suing the manufacturers of infant recliner, saying they are dangerous. I dont kno
The biggest teen stars on the planet, one direction, the wanted, Justin Bieber, all passed over for grammy nominations in a stunning shutout. The guys Everyone Wants for their boyfriend, cant win this one thing. And elizabeth starts off the morning with a ding right there. I know. I think i deserve two or three. Channeling lara spencer, just back from london. Everyone back at the desk right now. Were going to be helping robin trim her tree at home later today. But a lot to get to first. New reports on how close syria came to using chemical weapons this week. They actually loaded the deadly gas on to bombs, prepared for launch. And Martha Raddatz is going to have the latest on that. Thats a frightening development, something president obama took very seriously. We have a warning this morning that all parents with infants need to here. Federal authorities are taking an unprecedented move of suing the manufacturers of infant recliner, saying they are dangerous. I dont know about you guys.
That this was a heart breaking tragedy, by any standard. And many, many people will be affected by this terrible act of violence every day for the rest of their lives. And we should keep them in our thoughts and prayers. On the other hand, i think we all need to be very thankful that this incident wasnt much worse. We will take you live to portland for more on the shooter in just a moment here. But first, the victims. And this is where this briefing got emotional. I want you to listen here to the sheriff spokesman describe the victims and the requests on behalf of the families. This first statement comes from the family of cindy rule, age 54, from portland. Cindy was everybodys friend, she was a wonderful person who was very caring and put others first. The family has advised us they want time and space to grieve their loss and will not be giving interviews at this time. The family will make a statement at an unspecified later date through the sheriffs office. This is a statement from