Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the Public Schools across los angeles went dark today shuttered by the fear of a terror strike. It came in the form of an email that warned of mass violence. The threat brought the Los Angeles Unified School district covering 600 square miles to a halt. All 1,200 schools were shut down before classes started for the day. Many of the 640,000 students were forced to turn around and head home. And superintendent Ramon Cortines hastily convened a News Conference. I think it is important that i take the precaution based on what has happened recently and in the past. Ifill cortines was referring to the ram
We also spoke to a witness of this crash. He said, not only is the aftermath horrific, but the sound of the collision is going to haunt him. All of a sudden, a bomb went off. There was a hundred yards of dust. It is a fullsized pickup down there. The entire front end is missing. Krystal kendall is live on the scene. Trying to gather information as we speak. You can only imagine how her effect that crash was. The Investigation Continues. Nhp still working to determine what it was that caused the pickup driver to go into oncoming traffic. It is unfortunate that we have to tell this story again, especially read before the holidays. We see so many fatalities when you think of the size of our city compared to other very large metropolitan cities, our numbers are rational michael. Michelle are astronomical. Michelle that portion of the town, the 215, i think it is just a onelane road. By low mountain. It is very easy to cross the Center Divide and hit oncoming traffic. Of course, in deadly c
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. National Security Fears dominated last nights republican president ial debate. Senators ted cruz and marco rubio battled on everything from combating isis to immigration, as they tried to make up ground on donald trump. A new National Poll of registered republicans and likely Republican Voters finds trump with his biggest lead yet over his gop rivals. Last nights debate was the first since the attack in san bernardino. The candidates used it to explain policy, attack the Obama Administration, and take shots at each other. Danielle nottingham is in las vegas and she has our report. Reporter ted cruz and marco rubio went toetotoe. Jeb bush came out swinging. And donald trump was his signature self. Nine republicans took the stage at a hotel in las vegas for a debate focused on national security. The first topic was Donald Trumps call to ban muslims from entering in
Proper help . The investigation began when their 9yearold sister was found in a Plumas County with signs of severe abuse. She is undergoing treatment at the hospital. Later this morning, Funeral Services will be held in San Francisco for mario woods, the young man who was shot and killed by police this month. Anne makovec is at Police Headquarters in San Francisco where the chief spoke about some changes following the shooting. Anne. Reporter and in the meantime there are three separate investigations going on right now into those officers conduct. 26yearold mario woods was shot and killed by police on december 2 in the bayview neighborhood. He was wielding a kitchen knife. He is accused of using it in a stashing earlier that day. And the confrontation between woods and five officers, you have probably seen this video, caught by several witnesses cell phone videos that raised questions as to how much of a threat woods actually was. The incident prompting changes within the sfpd includi
Highs tomorrow will mostly be in the upper 20s. Thanks. And even though there wasnt heavy snow throughout sioux city, it was could see thin layers of snow on the rooftops. Grass could still be seen through the snow. Some cars were even covered. One sioux City Resident even threw salt down to prevent from falling. Last night it rained, or sprinkled anyway, said sioux City Resident david goodon. And so the sidewalks are slick and Insurance Companies charge a whole lot when someone falls on your sidewalk. Along with putting salt on his own driveway, david goodon also put salt on the sidewalk for passerbys. That is where you could see some ice formed. Snow fell overnight in and around fargo, north dakota. And a lot of folks woke up to a blanket of white this morning. Totals are anywhere between three to five inches in the Fargo Moorhead area to more than eight inches in areas north. Numerous Truck Drivers pulled over for the bad weather. It hasnt happened in nearly a decade but today, the