As officials survey the damage, people further north are also seeing floods and landslides. And weather Officials Say theyre now facing an emergency situation. Three people died and more than 20 are missing. Hundreds of others are still stranded and thousands others are staying in temporary shelters. Rescue efforts resumed yesterday morning in joso city. Authorities say many are still waiting for help. But theyre dealing with large amounts of water and debris. The kinugawa river inundated several communities on thursday in ibaraki prefecture. About a hundred people spent the night on the second floor of a supermarket. Employees say the flood water rose to two meters inside the store. They were rescued by helicopters and boats. About 2,000 selfdefense force and personnel have been dispatched to the area. And theyre being assisted by 40 choppers. Translator i couldnt go anywhere. I was so isolated. Translator last night all of a sudden we lost the electricity andight after that water cam
Anger in egypt as the latest clashes between police and football fans leave nearly 20 dead. Also on gmt, reports of the former taliban commander turned Islamic State deputy leader has been killed in a drone attack in afghanistan. Also in the program, aaron is here and tax evasion accusations. The bank right here hsbc is accused of helping clients avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes. According to leaked documents, the bank helped out film stars, royals and millionaires avoid tax. But will it ever be enough to make this murky banking world change its ways . Hello, welcome. It is a crisis that has left nearly 5 1 2,000 people dead and it is exposing divisions between europe and the United States by the day. More major diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Eastern Ukraine are underway and what is being seen now as a crucial time in the conflict. Germany, france russia and ukraine have agreed to hold facetoface talks in minsk on wednesday. Its the latest push to end the bloodshed.
Right now im going to yield the floor, as they say in the senate, to our distinguished guest speakers, bob kerrey and jack danforth, who together spent more than 30 years i guess in the United States senate and served as governor, for bob kerrey, and attorney general, for dan for jack danforth. I will yield the floor force much time as you may consume. Great. Well first off its great to be with jack again. And let me try to be relatively brief, ive been out of the senate for 13 years, but the first most important question for the American People to ask and answer is do we have a problem . Because if you dont think theres a problem, particularly the candidates, and especially the press its just the candidate, is there a problem . Because if you dont think theres a problem, why pose any solution . One of the challenges we have, happen to think we do have a big problem and that its a demographic problem. It wasnt caught by liberals or conservatives. You cant blame it on anybody. Its demog
Russian president Vladimir Putin says he wants to impose tougher measures to counter religious extremism and prevent political upheaval. U. S. Republicans are promising to fight president obama with everything theyve got after he obama used his executive authority to push through major changes that would, among other things, protect more than 4. 5 Million People from being deported. Nhk worlds craig dale joins us with details. Reporter well, it was no secret this was coming. Obama has said again and again that the immigration system is broken and he has said that washington thats allowed the problem to fester for too long. Hes pointed out the republicans in the house have refused for more than 500 days to bring a Bipartisan Senate bill to a vote. So theres a part of what the president is doing. If youve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or are legal residents. If you register, pass a criminal background check, and youre willing to
For the rest to have night though we will see those winds diminish sky clear on a very chilly christmas night. Temperatures will be much colder overnight tonight. 37 in the city. Even down into the 20s for some of our suburban spots. For the rest of the holiday week into the weekend, the weather actually looks great. The sun is back tomorrow. In full force and temperatures are still rising into the 50s. 51 on friday for kwanzaa and saturday 54. But that cold weather returns before 2014 ends. I will have all of that still ahead in your seven day forecast. Lauren. Caitlin. So christmas may remind you of of of fun past times like ice skating bundled up in hats, scarves and gloves. Today you hardly needed anything outside. Dave kinchen is outside city hall on down right warm christmas night. Its really warm. About 47 degrees right now here at Dilworth Plaza and city hall thats according to my phone. And you know not one flake of snow on the ground or anything, and of course, the calendar a