Uks City Of Culture. And matt has the weather. Good morning. The extended weekend will be a little bit on the cool side, with the clouds they are, and some rain here as well. There will bea some rain here as well. There will be a decent amount of dry and sunny weather to go with it. I will have your full easter forecast in around about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story the us military have dropped the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon ever used in combat, in afghanistan. President trump described the mission, to destroy a series of Underground Caves thought to have been used by so called Islamic State, as a very Successful Mission. 0ur North America editor john sopel has more. This is the gbu as, also known as a moab, a massive 0rdnance air blast, or as it is more commonly known, the mother of all bombs. The largest Non Nuclear Weapon ever deployed. The target so called Islamic State in afghanistan. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around
Vin diesel returns for the eighth installment in the Fast And Furious series. Film criticjames king gives us his verdict on this and the rest of the weeks Cinema Releases. Our main story at 5 the Afghan Government says 36 militants from the so called Islamic State group were killed when the United States dropped one of its biggest non Nuclear Bombs in the Eastern Province of nanggarhar on thursday. The commander of us forces in Afghanistan Generaljohn Nicholson said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul, and that no civilians were harmed. But theres also been criticism former afghan President Hamid karzai condemned the bombing as inhuman. Our south asia editor Jill Mcgivering reports. This is american hard power in action. The moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon it has. It was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so called Islamic State g
Its going to be up to the states attorney to decide whether to charge her in officer bowdens death. Bruce leshan, 9news now. It can be a long time against two cops from prince georges. We just learned that those jurors have ordered themselves some dinner. Accused of beating up university of maryland student. That incident caught on tape back in 2010 as students hit the streets to celebrate a basketball win over duke. Police identified the man in this video being arrested for attempting to ignite a fire bomb at a local mall. Leon trail was in federal court today and being charged with arson after throwing a mallsal cocktail. Nobody was hurt, but police found even more explosives afterwards. Hes expected to be back in court on monday. Well, today the Dow Jones Industrial average had some black monday deja vu. After declines, sank 205 points, closing at 13,334. Thats only a drop of 1. 5 , but the markets worst day in four months. Other industries also dropped. Ford dropped 1. 7 . And ever
Hln, im mike galanos. Our top story, George Zimmerman goes back to court this afternoon. His first appearance before the newly appointed judge. Now, his lawyers are trying to get Trayvon Martins school transcript, cell phone records, social media accounts released. George zimmermans the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin, 17yearold back in february. He said the teen was acting suspiciously and shot him in selfdefense. We know he was unarmed. Lets get to the matter at hand. And for that, we go to sanford. And was there at Trayvon Martins family held a press conference and basically their contention is to go after the School Records, online records. Hes been revictimized again. What else do they have to say, david . Reporter well, theyre saying these records are not relevant. Theyre being very strong here saying that Trayvon Martin, they believe was the victim here. He is the only person in this case who cant speak up for himself. And right now, theyre trying to defen
This afternoon, how they may decide who wins the white house. All right, topping our political headlines this hour, hunker down today, preparing for mondays third and final debate on Foreign Policy, the president is doing his prep work at camp david. Mitt romney is doing his in florida. Meanwhile, the candidates running mates are out tonight trail, working hard today. Vice President Biden is in the Sunshine State and is still speaking at a rally in st. Augustine, where he went after mitt romney, accusing him of shifting positions on one too many times and too many issues. Congressman paul ryan has events in a pair of battleground states, pennsylvania and ohio, to start the day. In pennsylvania this morning, ryan framed this election as a choice. Take a listen. Look, we have a very clear choice. America cannot afford four more years of president obamas failed policies. We need real reforms for a Real Recovery to get people back to work, to get this kpli going again, to get us back on th