Wearing the hijab to show solidarity with muslims. She got into troubling with her employer was when she declared that christians and muslims worship the same god. Wheaton college says that is not within its line of view. A u. S. Marine is accused of road rage killing on new years eve. Sarah mussquackner was a university of north texas student acting as the designated driver for friends after a party. Police say that shots were fired at her car and marine Corporal Eric Jamal Johnson is responsible. Johnson was arrested at his military base in arizona. Were going to turn our attention to the weather, extreme weather in the west. The first major el nino storm of the season has slammed california with record rains. Flooding roads, stranding motorists. Inundating buildings as well and turning back yards into raging rivers. Up to 3 1 2 inches of rain predicted to fall across the coastal and valley areas of Southern California through saturday. With 5 inches falling in the mountain areas. An
House which is prepared to take on the greed of wall street, of Corporate America. Reporter both marco rubio and ted cruz are also in iowa with trump now taking aim at cruzs canadian birth to an american mother, telling the Washington Post its a very precarious issue. I tweeted out a response to Donald Trumps raising questions about my naturalborn citizenship. It was a link to fonzie jumping the shark. And i think im going to let my response stick with that tweet. Reporter brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. And one more political note for you. An announcement from the republican South Carolina governor nikki haley will deliver the gops response after president obamas state of the Union Address next tuesday. Haley made waves when she called for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the state house grounds after the massacre at Mother Emmanuel Church in charleston. A chicagoarea Christian College now wants to fire a head scarfwearing professor. Laurisia hawkins made headlines wearing
It would be interesting to ask bill clinton if he has any different if hes any different than bill cosby. He was impeached. He wasnt allowed to practice law. He settled for a tremendous amount of money. I mean, theres a lot of things going on there. Well, trump also attacked fellow republican ted cruz, saying his canadian birth was a precarious issue. Cruz is challenging trump in the polls, now neck and neck with him in california. As for the democrats, Bernie Sanders blasted wall street in a the industrys Business Model is flawed. Big to fail its too big to exist, and he promised to break them up during his first year as president. Sanders also said that his close to the financial industry and that her plan for reform does not go far enough. We have a health alert this morning about lack of sleep and americas changing family the cdc says that single moms among all of us. A new survey shows 44 of single moms say they get less than which is a significantly higher percentage than moms in
Issues earlier today with the 7. Those apparently have been taken care of. Allow yourself extra time. That was due to the broken rail at the main street station. N and q, no service, both directions between manhattan and queens, more specifically that would be the times square 42nd 42nd street station, and astoria. Well keep you posted as the evening news progresses. Thats the latest from midtown, im joe torres channel 7 Eyewitness News. People across our area woke up to what felt like sub zero temperatures. That hazard had problems on the road. It had to be closed for a time to prevent more accidents. Meteorologist jeff smith has much more on how the cold is impacting people. Were going to begin with meteorologist lee goldberg outside of our studios with the bitter chill is going to last. Reporter i know it doesnt feel like it now but we are on the road to recovery. The worst is behind us. At this time. The north. The wind has let up. It makes a huge difference through the evening. Al
Anywhere from 6 below in monticello to teens in the jersey shore. 20 in montauk. Its been snowing there off and on in the afternoon. Its this gusty, north wind, and look where the wind is coming from in albany. 1 across parts of ontario. All the air is pouring down the Hudson Valley tonight. Maybe a couple flurries left in shelter island. No big deal now. Mainly clear for most f us with the gusty north wind for the rest of the night. Heres what you need to know going forward. Your evening will be in the teens and 20s. Tomorrow morning, how about your wake up temperature, 17 in new york city. 8 in sussex. 5 monticello, and your windchills heading out the door tomorrow morning. Anywhere from 7 below to 8 above. Wow, thats a major change after being in the 70s for christmas. We have a big change in the weather pattern. Well let you know if it lasts, is there any snow that goes along with it. Your 7day forecast a few minutes away. We want to head to meteorologist jeff smith in new jersey w