Bodies of firefighters began their journeys this morning to their final resting places. Honoring two full len heroes theyre caskets draped in american flags as they were loaded into hearses and escorted by fire trucks the bodies of 51yearold firefighter jerry fix cuss and 41yearold lieutenant christopher leech were led from the medical Examiners Office to their respective Funeral Homes and to those who watched tears. Watched lieutenant leech go by in the hearse and it just broke my heart. Meanwhile investigators spent a third day on the scenes a the atf and state fire marshal continued to look for cause of the fire. Nothing is being ruled out. Also, nearby, macy napier and her familiar. Her home burned. She and six other people were inside at the time. But all were able to get out before firefighters arrived. Missy insists she made clear in any 911 call no one was trapped inside. The only thing i said i had animals in the home. So please hurry. But i confirmed there was nobody in the h
And the photo gone viral of a mother of three, being criticized for posting this snapshot of herself, in shape and smiling. Her sons by her side. The caption, whats your excuse . Why her message has many moms fired up this morning. And good morning, america. Big, packed wednesday. A lot to get to this morning, including the breaking details on that spirit plane. So scary. Smoke so thick, passengers could barely see each other. They were sending those last texts from the air. Cant imagine what that must have been like. Were also learning of an arrest overnight in the l. A. X. Dry ice bombing case. A 28yearold baggage handler. Well have more on that in a moment. Lets get to washington. The dangerous budget brinksmanship, just hours before a deadline that could bring economic catastrophe. A last minute stab at solving the crisis collapsed in the house yesterday. New talks picked up in the senate again late last night. And abcs jon karl is here with all of the latest. Good morning, jon. Re
Whats the latest on these ceasefire talks taking place in belarus . Those talks are actually schedule would to start any minute now, but theres been criticism leveled against them, because this is a contact group. Nobody sitting around the table has any authority to sign anything. If there is some sort of ceasefire agreed upon, certainly significant ithey will sign the. Sending a strong message to russia on what they call an incursion on ukraine. We stand united. Those words backed bay 20 million package comprised mostly of nonlethal aid and solidarity, surrounded by World Leaders promising more action against russia. President obama is very committed to moving on the next sanctions. Those sanctions are expected to be announced today even as peace talks between moscow, kiev and prorussian separatists are set to begin this morning. Thursday, ukrainian president poroshenko said he is hoping of a lasting peace, but cautiously optimistic. I can say careful optimism for tomorrow meeting of
Comedian joan rivers. The Temple Emanuel is where the service is on going n. A few moments. We will also remember her later in this hour. In washington, the sunday shows bringing back a familiar political rivalry has both president obama and mitt romney hit the airwaves giving duelling interviewing, tackling hot button issues from the growing isis threat to ukraine as well as Immigration Reform. Leeland vitt terse is live with more. We saw a slightly more reflective president obama and certainly the president s tone has changed a little bit about isis from when he called them the jv team a couple months ago. Still he stopped short of sounding the alarm bells too loudly. I want everybody to understand that we have not seen any immediate intelligence about threats to the homeland from isil. I think the president is really out of touch with reality when it comes to whats happening in the world. I dont know why that is. Perhaps its political philosophy, Foreign Policy views. Remember it wa
I asked anthony hopkins, is this your mother and it was his wife. Reporter from the red carpet she became a celebrity qvc pitch woman and hosted Fashion Police on e . She was also a woman of many faces. Her love of Plastic Surgery was wellknown and she owned it. Id rather be a goodlooking corps than look like some of the people that i saw at my class e reunion. Reporter she was also known for controversy. Her long exile from the tonight show ended in early 2014 when new Host Jimmy Fallon brought her on the show. I have a photo of you. This is you in this same studio in 1965. He said, god bless them, youre going to be a star. Reporter and joan rivers star burned brightly right up until the end. She hated an empty calendar and when she wasnt on tv, she was still performing standup. I love performing. I love what the audience gives you. Im so happy to have people i can laugh with. Lester, thanks so much for that. Other breaking story unfolding as we come on the air, the u. S. Justice depa