With the very latest. Lets begin with washington, d. C. Good evening. Good evening. The steady snow is d. C. Some of the citys most recognizable landmarks may be difficult to make out in a few hours. It is getting sloppy. The snow is starting to blow sideways. It could reach gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Tonight many are off the streets and hunkered down as we face a major threat. Reporter tonight this deadly winter wallop is showing little mercy. Blinding snow and paralyzing ice and widespread Power Outages crippling 20 states. Nashville, tennessee, going nowhere fast. More than 200 collisions in six hours. Only getting worse. One in every four americans facing to brutal blast, its a white out in kentucky and a black out for many at home tens of thousands in a deep freeze without electricity or heat. With trees crashing into homes, cars are other. Freeways are at a standstill, others a ghost town. It is a state of emergency in washington, d. C. Inside of the war room, calls for help
Launch parisstyle attacks here in brussels. In our cbs news poll out tonight, 36 of americans approve of president obamas handling of terrorism. That is down from 72 right after u. S. Forces killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Only 23 of americans believe the president has a clear plan for dealing with isis. His strategy includes air strikes in iraq and syria, and david martin tells us the latest targets include oil. Reporter two air strikes, the most recent over the weekend, have destroyed almost 500 tanker trucks isis uses to smuggle oil and sell it on the black market. By one estimate, the attacks have destroyed roughly half the trucks isis uses to bring in 1 million a day in revenues. Ti unl now the u. S. Has not gone after the tankers for fear of killing the civilian drivers. In these strikes, u. S. Planes first dropped leaflets warning the drivers. And then they conducted strafing runs to scare them away. The u. S. Has also loosened the rules on civilian casualties. Previously a stri
Sprinkles tracking a little bit going on in and around san mateo, maybe the san mateo bridge, light rain in oakland, bay bridge. As we shift to the east, perhaps light rain around american canyon. Steady rain expected by tonight. I will show you what we can expect and how long the wet weather is going to stick around coming up in just a little bit. Severe weather has been hitting pacifica all day. Just look at these pictures of waves and high surf pounding the shoreline. Now the city has declared a state of emergency. Officials say its a financial call to begin lining upstate and federal funding due to damage caused by the weather. Scary situations. Rob roth is there with the story of what happened to one woman who was hit by a giant sneaker weigh. That was a really close call for her. Reporter yes, it was, frank. Were right above the pacifica seawall. This morning a sneaker wave came up over the wall, thats 15 feet, across this asphalt path, and hit a wave into the front yard of this
President. The win could have a big impact with relations on china. Burkina faso Security Forces taken over alqaedalink. At least 23 are dead. Hello, well have all your sport, including england claim their first win in south africa in 11 years. Irans isolation as a result of sanctions in its Nuclear Program looks to have come to an end. Today is a day when we prove to the world that threats, sanctions, intimidation, pressure dont work. Respect works. Through respect, through dialogue, through negotiations we can impact, reach mutually acceptable solutions, implement mutually acceptable solutions, prove that the naysayers are always wrong, and therefore move towards a world in which diplomacy, not force, not pressure, will prevail. Theyre waiting for reports from the International Atomic agency to make sure that the countrys Nuclear Program remains peaceful. In a sign of thawing relations five u. S. Citizens have been freed from prison in iran in exchange for seven iranians held in the
Showers between 7 00 a. M. And lunch time today. Clearing skies later this afternoon. Temperatures up to right around 70 degrees. Well be talking about weather slowdowns in your commute coming up in ten minutes here in purple. 66 here, no problem. Same thing youre looking at 95 here in virginia. Also looking quite good. We had earlier road work that now clear out of the way. 270 northbound and southbound on time no matter which way youre headed there, nice and green. Had earlier road work there top of the beltway. That is no longer there. We dont have to worry about that anymore. Rest of the beltway looking good. Inner loop and outer loop, a lot of that stuff isnt around. See you at 5 11. We are working to learn more about a breaking story in kansas city where two firefighters died. They were working to save people in an Apartment Building when that building collapsed last night. Two other firefighters were also hurt. That Fire Department now working to find out what caused the fire an