And welcome to today on this sunday m im erica hill. Im lester holt. She dropped her g. Seven swams a swimming was her answer. She said seven swans a swimmin. It may be okay from you but apparently not from the judges. We are going to hear from renee a little bit later. In solidarity, we will drop our gs for the rest of the broadcast. We will talk a little Holiday Shopping. You told us you hadnt really started yet. Your focus is on tomorrow to do all your shopping. I was flipping through the papers. I have good ideas. I am in good shape. You are not alone the Great Holiday getaway continues. Lots of people heading out to get home for the holidays. We have a preview of whats in store on the rhodes and at the airports. It is going to be a rather quiet christmas we are told for will and kate, the prince and the dutchess have decided to do their own thing this year to break with the decades of royal family tradition. We will tell you how they plan to spend the holiday. We are going to show
Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with whats being called a very worrisome sign in north korea. Leader kim jonguns previously powerful uncle has been executed. Jang songthaek was seen as the countrys unofficial number two. Guards led him out of a courtroom in shackles, following a military trial where he was found guilty of plotting a military coup. And called him a traitor for the ages. Jang was executed immediately after the ruling. We get more, now, from joohee cho in south korea. Reporter this morning, people in north korea are reading headlines from staterun media that say kim jonguns uncle deserved to be executed. It was a family affair. The purge endorsed by his own wife and nephew, kim jongun. And kims older brother personally directed a raid to arrest two of his closest aides. The public humiliation this man faced before death was brutal. Even for north korean standards. The state media labeled him a despicable human scum, worse than a dog. Jang was an advocate of econom
And not a favorite thing. The sound of music live had a huge tv audience. But critics take aim, blowing up social media. Well tell you what one member of the famous von trapp family is saying about the show this morning. Doe, a deer a female deer good morning, everybody. Also coming up this morning, were going to take you to south africa, where they are planning what may be the largest funeral the world has ever seen. Amazing celebrations of mandelas life, popping up all over south africa, like this one youre seeing happening right now in johannesburg. A lot of people expected this day to come. We all did. But still a huge loss for the entire world. Marked with mourning and celebration. Its interesting to watch whats happening there. Well have much more coming up on the show. First, we want to get right to the nasty weather, covering much of america this morning. Theres the monster ice storm that caused death, damage and delay, in the middle of the country. And now, a new Storm Brewing
Burning. 46 to 52 inland and the spread around the bay is 48 to 51 and the coast is 46 to 49. Leyla gulen . We have a sigalert in effect in oakland, northbound 880, with video shots from northbound 880 at 5 the avenue where a big rig hit the yellow barrels that hold the sand to block off lanes during construction. It looks like it is a mess. The sigalert is in we if equity for the next hour and a half. We will have 5th avenue blocked off until that time. We still have delays, though, because of the offramp shut down. You can take oak street instead and hopefully it will be cleaned up but they mopping things up. Drive time traffic across the richmond and san rafael bridge is six Miles Per Hours and across the dumbarton you are looking at 11 minutes there is a high wound advisory along benicia bridge this morning and black ice is reported. A lock outside, the bay bridge plaza shows traffic smooth from the maze into San Francisco. Kristen and eric . If you are flying today you will want t
And onehit wonder, the teen so famous for her brandnew song and the new tune she wants everyone singing around to right now you guessed it. Were thinking other days of the week. Maybe wednesday, tuesday, saturday. Hope you had a good weekend, everybody. It is already a very difficult commute this morning across the northeast. Snow, ice, rain, taking hold. Almost a foot of snow fell fast in some parts. This is the eagles lions game. At some point, you could barely see the field. Thats good. Thats good visibility. Look at the fans. Boy, it did not seem like a lot of fun there. Oh snow and ice, literally everywhere. The guy heading to Lambeau Field in green bay. Look at that situation. The airports also miserable. The flight delays right now. More than 1,000 Flights Canceled. Today, 2,800 were canceled sunday. Dfw was a nightmare among one of them. This is the way it looked much of the weekend. Ice rinks stopping cars, trucks in their tracks. And a new storm is on the way. And you know wh