And with fuel prices down, the Airlines Starting to pass on some of the savings to passengers. Fares last month were 18 cheaper than a year ago. Analysts expect that trend to continue. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, columbus day, october 12th. From abc news, this is world news now. And we do say good morning to you everyone. Were going to get started on a serious note with the that deadly terror attack in turkey. Nearly 100 People Killed as bombs exploded during a peace rally. Mourners are angry with the government. The Turkish Air Force is attacking kurdish militants. Abcs Alex Marquardt is there. Reporter youthful singing and joined hands under a clear blue sky. The peace this rally called for shattered by two blasts. Many fled as fast as they could. Others stayed to help the wounded. The deadliest terror attack in turkish history. Almost 100 killed. Today, the site was cordoned off by police. Forensics teams combing it for clues. This is as close as we can get to
Im meteorologist, bill karins and the joaquin is going to be the story. Its now near hurricane strength. Hurricane warnings now for the central bahamas. And the forecast is going to be a close call for areas of the eastern north carolina, virginia and possibly the delmarva, chesapeake bay. And the major cities from new york city, to philadelphia to d. C. To norfolk. This doesnt look like it is a hundred percent to make land fall in the u. S. There is a chance it completely missesed. Ill explain shortly. Now for breaking news overnight. If for first time in 70 years the state of georgia has executed a female prisoner. Kelly gissendaner was executed. Not even a letter from pope francis could stop it. The Kelly Gissendaner was killedly lethal injection. The first woman to be executed in the state in 70 years. A mother of three, she was found guilty of conspiring the murder of her husband douglas at the hands of her boyfriend. Denied clemency despite pleas from her oldest child, as well as
Nominations. But there are signs of trouble. Among all registered voters clinton and trump both have unfavorable ratings of 53 . And about 60 of voters view each frontrunner as dishonest. More now from julianna goldman. Reporter democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton beats Bernie Sanders nationally by 24 points. With Vice President joe biden in the mix her lead shrinks slightly, clinton with 46 follow by sanders with 27 and biden third at 16 . The Vice President is expected to decide whether to launch a white house bid in the coming days. And he spent the long weekend in delaware with his family. Mr. Vice president , Everyone Wants to know the poll shows democrats believe clinton has the best chance of winning the general election next year. But they also give her and biden similar marks on leadership. And across the country, 61 of voters say biden is honest and trust worthy. Compared to 35 for clinton. Putting her in the same territory as donald trump. The republican president ial fr
It is even worse for people in 1700 homes. In tulare county, a fourth year of drought has caused the wells in okieville to dry up. We cant take a shower, we cant watch clothes. We cant do anything without it. The tanks are a temporary solution. The people of that town are pushing the state to build a community well. The extreme drought may cost more californians their fire coverage. A state insurance commissioner says companies are increasingly dropping policyholders in areas of high fire risk to keep their coverage. Commissioner says people will have to pay for more expensive plans. A man trying to make a positive difference on the streets of oakland is gunned down in broad daylight. Christin ayers tells us the artist was killed as he was painting a message of peace. Thats true. Tonight there is a small memorial just behind me at the spot where the mural is. Friends identified Antonio Ramos was shot. He was among a handful of artists painting the mural, trying to make a difference in
President obama. Russian president Vladimir Putin spent sunday defending his countrys military intervention in syrias civil war. In a 60 minutes interview, president obama revealed the u. S. Had, quote, pretty good intelligence of russias intn intenti intentions, even before the leaders met last month. He said the expanded role for russia doesnt equate to Good International leadership. Today, rather than being able to count on their support and maintain the base they had in syria, which theyve had for a long time, mr. Putin is now devoting his own troops, his own military, just to barely hold together, by a thread, his sole ally. Hes challenging your leadership, mr. President. Hes challenging your leadership. Steve, ive got to tell you, if you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we have a different definition of leadership. President obama also talked about the investigation into Hillary Cli