Gun control. Today, is he meeting with attorney general Loretta Lynch to review pros. He could make an official announcement tomorrow. Federal investigators have released several images of the el faro that giant freighter sank in october during a hurricane. The remains of the 33 crew members were never found. Authorities may launch another search for the chips black box. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 4th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to everyone. Lets get started this half hour with the armed occupation of buildings at a Remote National wildlife refuge in oregon. Its happening right now. The u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service says work is being done to resolve the situation peacefully. The whole thing is lynched to this longrunning dispute between two ranchers, father and son and the federal government. Reporter dozens of armed militia members have seized a Federal Building, angry at the government. Its the duty of the people to
Well, it may seem like the race for the white house has been going on forever now. The Election Year though is just four days old and in just four short weeks, it is the first iowa caucus. Here is Abcs Cecilia Vega with your voice, your vote. Reporter a year ago it seemed the presidency might be Hillary Clintons race to lose. Who would have thought 12 months later a democratic socialist from vermont and a billionaire reality tv star would pose the biggest threat to her dream. Are you ready for a radical idea . Reporter her main challenger senator Bernie Sanders continues to draw large and enthusiastic crowds. We have received 2. 5 million individual contributions, more than any campaign in the history of the United States of america. Reporter a twist. Ugly attacks from a former friend just a few years ago, trump had nothing but praise for the clintons. Hillarys a great friend of mine. Her husband is a great friend of mine. Theyre fantastic people. Reporter now aiming his attacks not on
This the today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got willie in for matt. Kind of the middle of the night for al but still has his hawaiian moves down. He is ready for rokerthon 2. Always looks good in a hawaiian shirt. We know that about al roker. I would say im jealous of the weather out there, but its 75 degrees today here in new york and across the east coast. Weve got a little hawaii here this morning. More on that in a moment, but well begin with the newest fallout this morning over the downed russian plane in egypt. This is a crash that now has u. S. Officials ready to make changes to security procedures here. Weve got two reports for you this morning. Lets start with nbcs tom costello. He covers aviation for us. Tom, good morning. What can you tell us. Reporter savannah, good morning. As you know, the white house announced yesterday that in the wake of the metrojet
Federal investigators have released several images of the el faro that giant freighter sank in october during a hurricane. The remains of the 33 crew members were never found. Authorities may launch another search for the chips black box. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 4th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to everyone. Lets get started this half hour with the armed occupation of buildings at a Remote National wildlife refuge in oregon. Its happening right now. The u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service says work is being done to resolve the situation peacefully. The whole thing is lynched to this longrunning dispute between two ranchers, father and son and the federal government. Abcs neil carlin can i reports. Reporter dozens of armed militia members have seized a Federal Building, angry at the government. Its the duty of the people to put the Government Back in its place. Reporter the takeover following this rally yesterday. Militia ma
Several images of the el far row, the cargo ship that will left florida on september 2th and then lost contact as Hurricane Joaquin became a category 4 storm. The remains of the 33 people on board never found. Investigators still hope they can locate the black box. The developer of the dubai tower that caught fire new years eve vows to repair it. The skyscraper burned as the city held its annual fireworks display. Consultants are working to repair the damage to the 63story building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation this morning. Next the race for the white house. Donald trump is breaking his silence this weekend after appearing in a terrorist recruitment video. True to form, the gop frontrunner found someone else to blame, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. Mary bruce explains reporter forget his donald trump is going full steam against hillary clinton. Saying as secretary of state S S Hillary Clinton created isis with obama. Reporter trump is also shrugging off h