And gma is home for the holidays. We have seen the incredible reunions this week. Now weve saved best for last. This mom about to get the christmas surprise of a lifetime as gma says ho ho ho its Christmas Eve and good morning, america. We are not going to keep santa for long. He has a lot of work to do this morning. And thank you for joining us this Christmas Eve. It is a busy one. Busy day. All the latest on president bush in a moment. First, this from columbia, mississippi, a ambulance overturned. And this after a storm swept through the area. We want to get to matt gutman in columbia, mississippi, with the very latest. Good morning, matt. Good morning, lara. Even in the darkness, you can get a sense of the scale of the devastation. This was the interior of a tire shop. The whole store was pushed back into the woods. Guts of the shop were flung right up into the woods right there. It came so quickly, it didnt give some people time to seek shelter. Wow. Reporter a series of tornados
Cruise to hawaii got hit with a norovirus outbreak. Kpix 5s simon perez joins us from pier 27 who talked to some of the passengers who just disembarked. Reporter the cruise line tells me by the type the ship arrived in San Francisco all 138 passengers who fell ill recovered. Some of them said the crew was definitely ready. Look at the pictures from chopper 5 shot earlier this morning. You can see the crew disinfecting the top deck of the ship. Passengers say the departure has been delayed by a couple of hours while the Princess Team works to wipe down the ship. Again 138 passengers caught the virus out of nearly 2,600 total on board, a little more than 5 . Passengers who were getting off said the crew let everyone know there was a norovirus outbreak and asked passengers to go to go back to their rooms and call 911 if they felt ill. They stopped letting us get our own food in the buffet lines and served us everything. Even the package of splenda for your coffee. Reporter we also spoke t
A Coalition Building trip through the middle east to try to garner support for that plan. Today, john kerry made a surprise stop in baghdad to show support for the new government and preview those president ial remarks. President obama will address the American People tonight and the world to lay out to them. His plans and his strategy for how together with many other countries involved in a large coalition, well take on the challenge of isil. Weve got a lot more coming up on this in a few minutes. Chris matthews and Eugene Robinson will join me to drill down on exactly what is at stake tonight. And well hear from a member of congress on what the president is up against politically. And more fallout for ray rice. His former team and the nfl. The owner of the ravens posted an open letter saying he didnt see that elevator Security Camera footage of rice punching his then fiancee until monday. Writing, quote, seeing that video changed everything. We shouldve seen it earlier, shouldve purs
Michael flynn as a direction from mr. Trump. Comhe leaked his memo to the news media through a friend in hope of a special counsel will be appointed. Thats the matter . Republicans seize on comeys claim that Loretta Lynch told him to call the probe into Hillary Clintons email a matter rather than an investigation. Is that what prompted comey to go public with the result. I am wolf blitzer here in e the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. We are following breaking news, extraordinary testimony by the former fbi director james comey, appearing before the Senate Intelligence committee accusing the Trump Administration and the president of lying and defaming the agency led until he was fired by President Trump almost a month ago. Comey told the panel he believes he was dismissed to change the way the russia investigation. A stunning revolution, comey asked a friend to leak his memo about exchanges with the president after mr. Trump tweeted suggesting there maybe recordings of their
Employers in the United States added 303,000 jobs in March, soaring past expectations and reflecting renewed strength in a labor market that continues to prop up the broader U.S. economy.
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