Parts of the south are cleaning up this morning after devastating Severe Weather that caused at least 16 tornadoes. Tornadoes. Right now, there are no reports of any serious injuries or deaths, but tornadoes destroyed homes and and mississippi. Several schools across the south wi be closed today due to the storm damage. As the storm moved north, roads and streets frfr the carolinas to new york were covered in snow and ice, making travel tricky. Tricky. But with the snow and ice comes an increase in temperatures today and in the northeast that means concerns over possible flooding. Flooding. That storm has already killed one person. The` nasty weather is also causing massive flight delays. Flightaware reported more than one thousand delays or ncellations mondayaynd travel problems are expected to continue today. In cedar rapids, authorities are now trying to pinpoint pinpointthe cause of a deadly fire. Crews were called to a mobile home on 16th avenue southwest around seven30 monday mor
Friday and the weekend well see low to mid 70s with light breezes and a mostly sunny skies. Here is a look at your drive accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. The North Las Vegas man accused of killing a 2yearold girl in a crash and fleeing the scene. Appeared in court yesterday. The father of the toddler says hes glad police got to the suspect before he did. Fox 5s miguel martinezvalle has more reaction from the family arrest. The court had, upon reading the reports and the allegations set bail at 750,000 Daniel Garcia martinez has been in jail since turning himself in on friday morning he is entitled to a bail that is reasonable. At his tuesday hearing the judge reduced his bail to 500 thousand. Something the laywer felt was still too high, he said the arrest report shows garciamartinez is cooperating with
News. The latest on the San Bernardinono shooting. Including thth revalation that the couple who launched the terror attack has some connection to isis. Jessica rae a Morningside College professor and trump staffer might be in hot water after supporting the front runners stance on immigration jessica rae and. How much do we really use the internet . Well a new study aimed to find out. And yieled surprising results. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae the fbi says the couple who launched the terror attack in San Bernardino. Were radicalized long before they met online and had some confirmed connection to isis. Abcs lana zak has the latest. Nats survivors and mourners gathered to remember the victims of the San Bernardino shooting on wednesday nats. While new details are emerging about responsible. Comey our investigation to date. Indicates they were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online. Fbi director james Comey Told Con
The house and porch were on fire. Theyre still not sure what started it. This is the third time firefighters have responded to a fire at the vacant home since october. A fire investigator was brought out. Nobody was hurt. A National Group has some strong words, for the iowa board of regents regarding the hiring of president bruce harreld. Harreld. In a report the American Association of University Professors said the regents did a serious disservice by influencing the search process to favor harreld and acted through out in bad faith. The report also claims the board let a committe believe they were taking part in an honest search when harreld had an inside track. Harreld told the aaup that while the report is accurate from his perspective, both he and the regents stand behind the search process. There are now calls for the mayor of chicago to step down. Down. This comes after the city released dash cam video of Laquan Mcdonald being shot 16 times by a white police officer. That office
Perhaps a very dramatic scene that could be unfolding away from all of the cameras along the border. On one side isis ready to hand over the japanese journalist, kenji goto and on the other side the iraqi prisoner that jordan has been holding for over a decade. Didnt want to hand her over until there was guarantee that their captured pilot will be allowed to live. But isis says the pilot will be killed if the deal doesnt happen within the coming hours. Isis is very unpredictable, theyre known for breaking the rules, lying, so we dont know whats going to happen. We know and the feeling here in japan is if this Prisoner Exchange is going to happen and one or both of these men is going to get out alive it could very likely be now is the time or in coming hours were going to watch closely. We know you will keep us posted on all breaking news. Lets bring in daveed gartensteinross and harris rafiq, the head of the quill yam foundation. Harris i want to start with you, what do you think of th