Chaos in libya with warring militia and government we take a look at the ongoing crisis. Great to have you with us. The al qaeda suspect accused of issuing straight orchestrating the 1998 bombings died in custody. He was captured after 15 years on the run. He was due to face trial in nine days on charges of conspiracy. Keenan reynolds has wore. Abu alibi died days before his trial was scheduled. He was accused of planning the attacks on tanzania that killed 224 people. The bombing triggered a manhunt resulting in the death of 18 suspected al qaeda operatives. The big take away is terrorism is a crime, can be fought with crimefighting methods successfully and civil courts can get convictions, people can be identified. In october 2013 u. S. Army commandos snatched him off the streets. He was taken to a u. S. Naval vessel in the mediterranean and questioned for a week of the later he said that during the interrogation he was threatened and made incriminating statements under duress. And p
Allout civil war its the subject of tonights a deeper look. Great to have you with us. Thousands are expected tomorrow at the furniture for u. S. City Police Officer wenjian liu, a second officer killed in the line of duty. Today state and city officials, friends and family turned out in brooklyn to pay their respects. Courtney kealy was there, and has this report. Reporter the funeral and wake for officer wenjian liu were postponed for this weekend so officials could arrange visas for family members to travel here. Officer wenjian liu was 32 years old, a newly wed and a 7year veteran. He moved here and is survive by his wife and family members that relied on his wam for support. New york Police Officers had this to say. Young man, officer wenjian liu. This was his dream, to become an n. Y. P. D. Officer, in some ways it was an ultimate assimilation into america and new york. To become a Police Officer. He was so proud for his whole family. Reporter fellow officers came to his wake as
Temperatures of the season, the wind chill makes it feel like 50 below zero in some places. An icy attraction bringing people straight to china. We will tell you about a Winter Wonderland that really comes to life when the sun goes town. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im morgan radford. 20 months after the Boston Marathon bombing attacks, jury selection begins today in the federal trial of suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev. He could be put to death if found guilty. The bombings left three dead and hundreds injured, he is also accused of killing an m. I. T. Officer. The defense said they havent been given enough time. What can we expect this morning in boston, john . A long, drawnout process is what you can expect. There is a lot of work to do even before we get around to opening arguments. We can take you straight to the courthouse in boston. The judge defense and prosecution have their work cut out. They have to sift through a pool of more than 1200 names as they
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Good morning, everyone. Im carolyn tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 4th. Lets start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Carolyn, good morning. Hi engine. Considerable cloud cover this morning that keeps the temperatures up. A few light showers moved through sonoma, highway 37, and right now towards Discovery Bay and brentwood. Highway 4, all the way up to the sierra nevada. A couple hundredth and even kirkwood looking at light shower activity. The pink indicating some of the freezing precipitation. The numbers of still in the 30s out by the delta. Some black eyes is possible. 35 in san carlos. Looking at another spare the air day today. As the weak system moves through, the winds pick up mix up the atmosphere, and we are just a little bit milder. So today look for mostly cloudy skies. Numbers in the upper 50s to low 60s. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. Happening now, mourners are g
The virus on the march this morning going strong in almost half of america. The risk children face as they head back to school after the long holiday break and the best way to protect them. And who is Paul Mccartney . Thats what they were asking. The twitter storm stirred up after kanye west released a new song, a collaboration with the famous beatle. Wait until you hear how his young fans are reacting. Good morning, everybody. Paula is off this morning. It is, however, great to have elizabeth vargas, anchor of 20 20 with us this morning. Its great to be here with all of you and were going to start with a story we led with yesterday. There are brandnew developments this morning in that remarkable story of a little girl who lived through a plane crash that killed her entire family. She then walked through the woods barefoot and bloody to get help from a neighbor. And were now getting a better sense of her bravery that night and were learning more about her family. How much her father lo