Island all the way up to maine. Catastrophic flooding flooding in massachusetts where a windblown tidal surge breached the saw wall in marshfield and forced evacuations there as well. But overnight, the worst of the 2015 blizzard has now passed. In massachusetts the statewide travel ban ended at midnight. Lets bring in National Reporter nick valencia. Nick whats it like where you are . Reporter good morning, christine. It still is very cold and that wind is still a factor here. Its in scituate where we saw some of the nastiest wind about 60 Miles Per Hour more than two feet of snow. Just behind me here is the Atlantic Ocean. And that caused a problem yesterday morning when flooding hit this community. This is a coastal alal community. So theyre used to seeing major flooding in this area but even residents that weve spoken to throughout the day in the past couple of days that weve been sear say that its remarkable what they saw here over the course of the last 24 to 48 hours. So much so
American ally in the middle east has died. Later today, the funeral for saudi arabias King Abdullah. He died at age 90 after coming down with pneumonia. His half brother, prince salman has been declared the new king. The country is key to the u. S. War against isis and al qaeda in the middle east. Key to stability in the region. Lets bring in the correspondent Nic Robertson for the latest. Good morning, nic. You describe this king as someone who by person standards certainly not up to western standards on human rights and religious freedom. A step ahead of his peers. Reporter he certainly was and the continuity that the saudi monarchy tries to maintain and handing power and established the crown prince and now king salman. Now all of this is projecting that stability. What we saw King Abdullah do in last few years of his reign is expand the saudi army. Up to 150 billion defense spending projecting over the next few years. Salman in that context, if he continue was that spend and that v
Im john berman. It is monday july 27th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off today. History unfolding in africa. President obama becoming the first sitting u. S. President to visit ethiopia. He will meet with the Prime Minister. Topping the agenda fighting the al shabaab in south sudan. And alleging Human Rights Violations. This follows the twoday trip to kenya. Lets get the latest from abba ababa. Reporter good morning, john. There was a 21gun salute that could be heard across the capital. He will be sitting down with the Prime Minister. He is also sitting with the National Security adviser susan rice. They will be discussing trade relations with ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the Fastest Growing african economies and according to the world bank the worlds Fastest Growing economy within the next four years. Up to 11 growth every year. Also topping the agenda is security. This is off the back of a terror attack in mogadishu. That Suicide Attack by al shabaab. This region is a
Welcome viewers in the United States and all around the world. This morning, im standing in the plaza de La Republique. Today, there are not as many people here, but that may be a good sign. To the extent, people are getting back to work today. Kids are going to school. Some of the landmarks are beginning to open today, though not all. We have breaking news at this hour on the investigation. Overnight, Police Conducted more than 150 terror raids across france making arrests. Not clear whether these raids were connected directly to the attacks here on friday or separate from separate interests and investigations going on. 150 raids. French media reporting from Police Sources that a Rocket Launcher was recovered in the french city of lyon. A manhunt for this man this morning, Abdeslam Salah. He is one of three suspected of being involved in the attacks on friday. Attacks that french president Francois Hollande blames on isis and for which isis is claiming responsibility. This morning, th
From a trump fundraiser in january. Instead, trump devoted most of the time to attacking the assembled journalists. Cnns jim acosta has more. Reporter donald trump will be in california later today after a fiery News Conference that was supposed to be about the millions of dollars he raised for veterans causes. Instead, trump lashed out at the news media for asking questions about his fundraising efforts, which generated 5. 6 million for Charity Organizations that assist veterans. Trump said the scrutiny was another example of the media trying to derail his campaign. Heres what he had to say. I will say that the press should be ashamed of themselves. On behalf of the vets, the press should be ashamed of themselves. Theyre calling me and they are furious because i sent people checks of a lot of money. Were going to give you the names right now, which is what you want. And instead of being like, thank you very much, mr. Trump, or, trump did a good job, everyone says, who got it, who got