A major hotel. Did they allow an alleged stalker to get the room next door to spy on her . Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with the massive and deadly storm system slamming the south, and about to move right up the east coast. Several tornadoes striking already. And a state of emergency declared in multiple states, mississippi, alabama. And from louisiana tonight, these images coming in. A triple water spout there, forming in lake pontchartrain. One of those reported tornadoes in prairieville, louisiana, tearing up this shopping district. That storm on the move, heading up the coast. Heavy rain, wind and right behind it, sleet and snow. Several major cities in the path. A dangerous night ahead. And a travel nightmare tomorrow. We are on it all tonight, and abcs linzie janis leads us off from louisiana tonight. Linzie . Reporter david, were here in prairieville, where a reported tornado rippled apart it took off the roof, then knocke
Locations in the u. S. The yays are 91. Reporter congress has already voted to forbid bringing detainees to the u. S. But the white house didnt rule out the president acting on his own. Its a really simple question. If those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no . We are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. And im not going to speculate at this point, if congress refuses to do that. Reporter if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, through executive order, Congressional Republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. In fact, they have already retained counsel to help make the case. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. This morning, the kennedy cousin once convicted of murdering his 15yearold neighbor is back in court. Prosecutors are trying to reinstate the conviction of michael skakel. He was found guilty of murdering Martha Moxley in 2002 but was hes been free on bond ever since. And Joh
A major hotel. Did they allow an alleged stalker to get the room next door to spy on her . Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with the massive and deadly storm system slamming the south, and about to move right up the east coast. Several tornadoes striking already. And a state of emergency declared in multiple states, mississippi, alabama. And from louisiana tonight, these images coming in. A triple water spout there, forming in lake pontchartrain. One of those reported tornadoes in prairieville, louisiana, tearing up this shopping district. That storm on the move, heading up the coast. Heavy rain, wind and right behind it, sleet and snow. Several major cities in the path. A dangerous night ahead. And a travel nightmare tomorrow. We are on it all tonight, and abcs linzie janis leads us off from louisiana tonight. Linzie . Reporter david, were here in prairieville, where a reported tornado rippled apart this golds gym. Knocked out this
Locations in the u. S. The yays are 91. Reporter congress has already voted to forbid bringing detainees to the u. S. But the white house didnt rule out the president acting on his own. Its a really simple question. If those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no . We are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. And im not going to speculate at this point, if congress refuses to do that. Reporter if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, through executive order, Congressional Republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. In fact, they have already retained counsel to help make the case. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. This morning, the kennedy cousin once convicted of murdering his 15yearold neighbor is back in court. Prosecutors are trying to reinstate the conviction of michael skakel. He was found guilty of murdering Martha Moxley in 2002 but was hes been free on bond ever since. And Joh
Thats good. Its always nice to be beating the governor. Reporter as for second place, abc news is projecting a close race between marco rubio and ted cruz. Kendis and reena. Josh, thank you very much. Were also watching the votes come in from the silver state. Be sure to watch for our political updates on the air, online all morning long right here and abc news. The democrats are vying for last minute votes before their next primary in South Carolina this sated. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders took part in a cnn town hall last night each trying to reach out to the black community in a state where africanamericans make up more than half of the democratic vote. We must sustain and strengthen the historically black colleges and universities. Racism along with economic issues, educational issues and all the rest have to be addressed. Otherwise, you know, we are never going to be the nation we should be. Over wealthy donors abwall street speeches. Clinton said the real issue was having t