Reporter chris, hundreds of firefighte firefighters and t responders stood out here in the poring rain out of respect for a man who made the ultimate sacrifice. Many of them telling us they came to pay tribute to a fallen hero. Reporter as raindrops fell on mourners outside, tears flowed from mourners inside the basilica as the city of philadelphia, family members and fellow firefighters said goodbye to lieutenant Matthew Letourneau a hero who lost his life in the line of duty. He lived, ate, slept and breathed this job. Matt, every dave his life was truly a hero and were all better off because of his bravery and service. Hundreds stood outside in the rain during the morning viewing and mass. Hundreds more pack the cathedr cathedral. Lieutenant letourneau was remembered for his smile, his enthusiasm, his compassion but mostly for his bravery. He is truly a firemans fireman. He fought that fire to the best his ability as long as with everyone else on that fire ground. I mean hes hero. W
The Rushing Waters turning deadly. Overnight the search for a missing toddler suspended for resuming today. The body found. Roads turned into rivers. A blue Station Wagon swept away by the current. The governor declaring a state of emergency in 44 counties. In richwood West Virginia, seven inches of rain falling in three hours. Neighborhoods engulfed. Cars nearly disappearing. People cant get out and they cant get in. They are working around the clock. More than 100 swift water rescues since the flooding began. Meteorologist josh knight. Michelle steve rudin joins us now. We hope for a break for the folks out west. Washington county. Further south popup thunderstorms. Around the capital beltway if you are expecting anyone home you may see a few delays. Prince georges county of 495. This is moving east. Keep a watchful eye to the sky. Showers could pop up here and there. By no means am i talking about anything sell veer or a washout. Moving through the late night hours mostly cloudy ski
The stage that was attacked two weeks ago. Later addressing an unprecedented gathering of some 150 world leaders. Sub merged countries, abandoned cities, fields that noening loer grow, and even more floods of desperate peoples seeking the sanctuary of nations not their own. Reporter the goal is to get nations to set targets. Mr. Obama has pledged to cut u. S. Emissions by 26 to 28 over the next ten years. At the top of the emissions emitter, china. Whos leader has promised to halt emissions by 2030. The two largest economies and carbon emitters in the world. We both determined it is our responsibility to take action. Reporter there was an informal meeting with russian president vladimir putin, and a bilateral meeting with the leader of india, who later touched on a chronic point of disagreement. The responsibility of industrialized nations who have grown rich over time while spewing carbon, to shoulder their share of the burden in cutting back. They also have the most room to make the
Address. We begin tonight in syria with reports of an israeli air strike killing several hezbollah fighters. The lebanesebased shia group says the attacks near the israeli heights hezbollah says an israeli helicopter fired the missiles since the war stated in syria israel carried out at least seven trikes inside syrian territory. Two of our reporters are covering the story tonight. Lets go to Nicole Johnston first in beirut. Reporter this is a major group against hezbollah which is currently fighting on the side of the assad regime inside syria. Six of their figures were taken out. We know that two of then were senior commanders, one of them includes mohamed isar and another one includes the son of of a previous commander who had been a formerly assassinated. This was certainly a big hit against hezbollah. Not the first time that they have been hit. But certainly one of the biggest hits carried out by israel in terms of the caliber of this. Now, hezbollah has confirmed this has happene
The pentagon confirmed today that the first u. S. Military advisers are on the ground in iraq. This comes as secretary of state john kerry meets with nato Foreign Ministers to discuss the challenges facing that country. Kerry flew to brussels after meeting with kurdish leaders in northern iraq. As everybody knows, this is a very critical time for iraq as a whole. And the government formation challenge is the central challenge that we face in recent days the Security Cooperation between the forces here in the kurdish area have been really critical to helping to draw a line with respect to isil. That meeting took place as iraqi soldiers battled with fight presser Islamic State in the iraq, levant just west the baghdad. Mike, what is the mission for the military 5 advisers now on e ground in iraq. Reporter 40 of the threat hundred that the press spoke about when he deployed them last week have now arrived in country. And their mission to is hes the readiness and cohesiveness of the iraqi