Modern art popular with tourists. Countries are mourning citizens killed in the rampage. Abcs Carolyn Costello is live with details. Good morning, reena and t. J. Still unclear who is responsible for this attack and this morning people are asking could Something Like this happen here at home . The gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire at a crowded museum in tunisias capital. Security forces scrambled to respond as tourists inside the museum ran for safety. Several shots were fired. We found another couple with their children. We didnt know what to do so we hid. Reporter at least 0 people were killed including two gunmen and many more injured. Most of the vics were tourists from poland germany, japan, spain and italy. Shot as they got off a tour bus that brought them to the museum from a cruise ship. Tunisias Parliament Building was put on lockdown as lawmakers sang the countrys national anthem. Tunisias Prime Minister called the act cowardly. First Lady Michelle obama traveling
Hope for the family of a bay area man held captive for more than a month in north they are happy to know that the 85yearold is in good health. Good evening. Im ama dates. Meryl newman was taken off a plane by north korean authorities on october 26th and his family hasnt heard from him since. Lisa amin gulezian has the details we learned about the korean war vet. Lisa . Meryl newman left his home a month ago for a much anticipated trip to north korea. Tonight as you can see behind me, yellow ribbons were tied by friends and neighbors to act as a symbol of his safe return. Using explosives obtained from attacking the mine. It is what they call an apology letter. In it he confesses to acts against north korea committed betweens the war and even during his recent trip. According to routers he served in a Top Secret Army that trained a south korean guerrilla group. The Hoover Institute fellow wrote about north korea in his book, america and the rogue states. He is not sure if newman will be
Syrian refugee camp a day after the talks had nothing. And about to become Prime Minister. ,. 11 workers have been rescued from an abandon golds mine, and they are accused of mining illegally in johannesburg. Rescuers say they dont think there are any more men in the mine. Safety concerns make it impossible to look further and the crews have now left. Desperately trying to save lives, these rescue workers are trying to recover dozens of illegal workers trapped in an abandon mine shaft and are believed to have been stuck underground since friday morning. Its supposed to be a closed complex. Preventing people from entering. But they somehow managed to open up the old inside, and i think were able to talk to the people that are trapped inside of there, and we are enlarging the hole so that we can lead them out of the shaft. Industrial operations ended several years in the mine, several kilometers east of johannesburg. They tried to find any remaining pieces of precious metal left behind,
Decade after being evicted from their land. Local and International Rescuers in the philippines are struggling to cope with the aftermath of one of the strongest storms recorded. The philippines president says the number killed during typhoon haiyan may be lower than the 10,000 estimated. Many people across the affected region are in need of food and water. The people in tacloban had to resort to digging pipes out of the ground get drinking water. Security situations has been deteriorating. Soldiers are trying to keep control. People suspected of having robbed shops drive away in gunfire. Around 10 Million People are in need of help. We have reporters covering the stories from the worst effected areas. Wayne hay is at tacloban airport. We do to cebu. Craig leeson reports on how International Aid is not arriving fast enough for some. They lumbered into the cebu air force base delivering precious cargo from the nightmare that is one of philippines worst natural disasters. Those that coul
And how the humble fruit fly could break a deadly disease. The president of the philippines has visited an island devastated by typhoon haiyan. Help is on the way for thousands displaced by the storm. This is an account of what was witnessed. Reporter it was a vicious force that paralyzed leyte. It swept through the philippines friday morning. It destroyed everything in its path powerlines, roads, villages, all wiped out in an instant. The typhoon arrived three hours earlier than expected. Thousands of people were trapped when water rose as high as five metres. We were one of them right at the height. We are trying to make our way out of this place. This is a little over three hours after the wrath has been brought into the town. This place has become a ghost town. A few hours ago we were, ourselves, caught up in the middle of what is considered the most powerful typhoon in the world this year. It was hard because at some point we were preparing for a live and all of a sudden the water