And thats where we begin here tonight, with abcs John Schriffen leading us off. Reporter whiteout conditions in ohio. Power lines snapped like twigs in arkansas. And this pickup truck in southern illinois, struggling just to clear a path. The winter blast, now accounting for 15 deaths. Most of them on the nations roads, where black ice led to accident after accident. I lost count of the number of cars ive seen in the ditch. I saw a jackknifed tractor trailer a horse trailer turned over. Reporter today, the northeast was digging out. This man spent hours trying to rescue his car here in s what is it like deeming with this much snow . A lot of agony. A lot of back breaking. Reporter Mother Nature is wreaking havoc in the skies. Today alone, close to 700 flights were canceled. In the past 48 hours . Nearly 3,000. On new yorks long island, this Southwest Airlines plane skidded off the run way, getting stuck in the mud. 129 Passengers Evacuated safely. Tower southwest 4695. We just made you
A male and female died inside that home. Kpix 5s kiet do is on the scene with new leads in the investigation. Reporter good afternoon, crews are here digging through the rubble to figure out what caused this fire. The remains of the two victims were removed from the scene. When the firefighters arrived the fire was 800 degrees, they could feel the heat from across the street. Its not clear if they were trying to escape but the couples remains were found in the hallway outside the bedroom. I hoped nobody was hurt. Reporter cell phone footage taken before firefighters arrived shows flames shooting 20 to 30 feet into the air. By the time crews got there, it was too hot to look for survivors. Two people were still believed to have been inside. Right when i started within five minutes that thing was engulfed. They didnt make it out. The older woman walked slowly with a cane. The remains were found together by the bedroom. We dont have their identities at this time. But we suspect it could b
Oakland the tax they already have and the 60 cops it helps pay for. Its hard for me to get into the exact numbers but it would be enough that it would make a big difference. Reporter so instead of rolling the dice, city officials are going to ask voters just to reapprove the existing tax and no more which city polls show 77 of the voters support. And the kpix 5 surveyusa poll shows 66 support. Either way, much better odds. Its great news as far as im concerned. Reporter this was a classic case of double down or nothing. Double or nothing they could have doubled the tax or tried to this november, but if the voters said no, they would have been left with nothing and actually even fewer cops. Given that choice, they are just going to have to live with the status quo for this year figuring thats the best they can do. Elizabeth . They got to change something, though. It has to get safer there. All right, phil, thank you. New at 6 00 we are giving you a special look at a Surveillance Video t
Pennsylvania. He has four stops in a state hes won just this past election cycle. By less than 1 . And top of mind, of course, at all these events today, the pandemic and staggering new headline today. The u. S. Has just set an alltime world record for new cases in a single day. Nearly 100,000 new infections on friday alone in the United States. We have a huge team of reporters and analysts joining us from all over the country today. Lets begin with the Biden Campaign in michigan today. Cnns jeff zeleny is in flint this afternoon ahead of the biden obama event set to get under way in the next hour. Jeff, what can we expect, and why michigan for this First Joint Campaign event . Ana, no question, michigan is at the center of the blue wall both physically and literally. This is something that a state that joe biden knows he needs to win next week. Of course, donald trump carried michigan by the slimmest of margins four years ago as well as pennsylvania and wisconsin. So this is where the
Come back with some of the most talented musicians in the world. Plus friday arts, my conversation with singer songwriter and author roseann cash. Nor uncertainty for the parents more uncertainty for the parents of those missing children of the capsized ferry. Divers entered the ship, so far theyve found no new survivors. There is information about the ships captain, arrested on criminal charges along with two crew members. More sad news, police say a High School Vice principal who was rescued from that ferry commitsuicide. We still dont know why it ran into trouble. It was going to an islandy ubaldislandisland jiju. Are. They have appeared to have gotten in the furthest we have heard so far, somewhere between the third and fourth levels of the vessel. They found three dead bodies through a window. They were not able to reach them. That is the furthest they were able to reach them. The credit count is up to 29, the weather is going to close in and making the effort a little more diffic