Hes a phenomenal 185 pounds. Hes powerful and he is absolutely tenacious. When this guy is in that octagon hes hard to deal with. And the scary thing is, he has incredible appeal a lot of people look at the weight issues. Think because hes softer than some guys that hes not supremely conditioned. Theyre wrong. His fight against magney showed that, hes excellent in round four and five. I love he scrambles and scrambles and scrambles. Doesnt accept takedowns. This will be the test. [applause] inside the nassau Veterans Memorial coliseum, inside the building, in which the new York Islanders games are held, former ufc middleweight champion Chris Weidman, making the walk. There will be no more fitting headliner tonight. Chris weidman said im washed up with flashes of greatness. I plan to show the greatness on this one. He said im on. He said i used to have swag but my wife stole it. I cant argue with that, sometimes they do that to us. Focussed a lot on not rushing his position. He feels li
Highs today in the low 50s under sunny conditions. Ill let you know if we have more rain coming in our future coming up in a few minutes, matt. This morning star wars actress Carrie Fisher is in the hospital suffering from cardiac arrest. She was rushed to the hospital. Shes in Critical Condition and on a ventilator this morning. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana has the details. Carrie fishers brother, todd, tells our sister station she suffered a heart attack aboard her United Airlines flight from london as they approached lax. We have a nonresponsive passenger. Nurses are assisting the nonresponsive passenger. Passengers aboard started tweeting what they saw. Another actress was sitting nearby. Dont now how else to process this but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home. Hope shell be okay. The pilot called for help from any medical professionals aboard. Carrie fisher is an accomplished author, but is best the known as Princess Leia on star wars. I are recognized your f
And coughing. From the live desk, im q mccray. Back to you. Michelle thank you. Stay with abc7 news for updates even when you are away from the tv. Head to wjla. Com text to subscribe to our breaking news alert. You will get notices sent to your phone from our newsroom. Momentses ago, president obama offered up the last News Conference and one of the things he did is offer prayers to bush family. Alison he talked about subjects that were important to him, race relations, russia and his successor. Chief Political Correspondent scott thuman is there on capitol hill with more on the press conference. Hi, scott. Scott good evening. It was interesting listening to president obama as he was well aware that this was his last chance to get in his final thoughts before handing over the reins to donald trump. He did the errors for big subject matter he has tried to tackle in the past eight years where he felt he has made accomplishments like the Lgbt Community and where he thought he still neede
President elect was front and center and he toasted his cabinet picks, including his pick for secretary of state, rex tillerson. He goes into a country and takes the oil and goes into another country not dealing with the politicians right he will be so incredible. More than 50 Congressional Democrats are planning to skip the inauguration and trumps Senior Adviser is calling on them to rethink their decision. She has seen trumps inaugural address that calls it a beautiful speech that makes good on the promises he made on election night. And stay with action news for continuing coverage of trumps inauguration on friday. Brian taff and Sharrie Williams are reporting live from the Nations Capital starting this afternoon at 4 00. And action news has up to the moment updates on social media too. We are at facebook. Com 6abcactionnews on twitter. We are at 6 abc. And if you are in the d. C. Area friday or saturday, share your experiences with us using 6abcaction or email us at jointheaction 6
To remember when the guns fell silent in ww1. Thats almost 100 years ago now. Its time to remember the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month music marking the press of the colors. The celebration here is usually the same. A crowd of 200 to 300 salutes the veterans of all wars and also those who served. Todays main speaker acknowlendege the debt of gratitude to anyone who served. Your service and sacrifce is the reason why we are here today. And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. As is traditional here, organizers looked for the oldest veteran or veteran who served before anyone else. For that, they found one man who began in the military in 1940 that was of course 1 year before entering ww2. Organizers of course always remember the greatest generation. Men and women. Who served in ww2. Nearly a half a dozen. Live in cr, df kcrgtv9 news. Also today, veterans and their families can use the ymca of the cedar rapids metropolitan area for free. Veterans and their families can