Federal investigators have released several images of the el faro that giant freighter sank in october during a hurricane. The remains of the 33 crew members were never found. Authorities may launch another search for the chips black box. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 4th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to everyone. Lets get started this half hour with the armed occupation of buildings at a Remote National wildlife refuge in oregon. Its happening right now. The u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service says work is being done to resolve the situation peacefully. The whole thing is lynched to this longrunning dispute between two ranchers, father and son and the federal government. Abcs neil carlin can i reports. Reporter dozens of armed militia members have seized a Federal Building, angry at the government. Its the duty of the people to put the Government Back in its place. Reporter the takeover following this rally yesterday. Militia ma
Temperatures will fall to the upper 50s and low 60s by the afternoon. Around noon today, the utility opened one spill gate at the saluda hydro facility. Officials say the amount of water flowing into lake murray from the upstate is not going down as quickly as they had expected. In october, we had three and a half spill gates open, so comparatively this is less water that will be coming down stream, but it is still obviously a good amount of water flowing out of the gate. People who live near the saluda river are urged to use caution because of strong currents. Ntact local Law Enforcement if you have any safety concerns. The rising water is threatening parts of Newberry County too. Flooding has become a constant problem at the saluda river resort. Our mike desumma is in silverstreet this evening. Charles, samantha this is just another area where location has become the issue since the historic october floods. The neighborhood here sits right on this creek by the saluda river. Typically
Several images of the el far row, the cargo ship that will left florida on september 2th and then lost contact as Hurricane Joaquin became a category 4 storm. The remains of the 33 people on board never found. Investigators still hope they can locate the black box. The developer of the dubai tower that caught fire new years eve vows to repair it. The skyscraper burned as the city held its annual fireworks display. Consultants are working to repair the damage to the 63story building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation this morning. Next the race for the white house. Donald trump is breaking his silence this weekend after appearing in a terrorist recruitment video. True to form, the gop frontrunner found someone else to blame, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. Mary bruce explains reporter forget his donald trump is going full steam against hillary clinton. Saying as secretary of state S S Hillary Clinton created isis with obama. Reporter trump is also shrugging off h
Morning america. Lets start right now good morning, america. Very happy new years to you. Times square was the center of the celebration last night. Packed with revel outside of our windows. Were not here right now. We are we are were on tape. So that we can at home with our families. On this first day of 2016. Happy new year, everyone. We hope youre enjoying your morning after what a late night for so many years. Daphne oz and Marcus Samuelsson are also here. Well get to that and so much more, but first heres a check on the news and weather here. Heres abcs Rebecca Jarvis. Good morning and happy new year. We begin with new years celebrations around the world. Despite terror warnings people turned out. Now, theyre cleaning up in times square after a million revelers packed the crossroads of the world. Each year they leave behind about 50 tons of trash. This was a first for seattle, the fireworks were set off from the very top of the tower of space needle. There were several events incl
State and senator marco rubio now being branded by some as the partys establishment pick. A rubio donor commissions this new years day message over the rose bowl game. America is great. Trump is disgusting. Then there are the candidates who peaked and ebbed. Ben carson chief among them, the onetime frontrunner falling to fourth place. His team beset by chaos and back room drama. Top staffers resigning as the former neurosurgeon tries to revive his political fortunes. If the polls defy political gravity in 2015, its now the voters turn to decide what shock and au may lie ahead. Tom llamas, abc news, new york. Now the attorney for the socalled affluenza teen is fighting to keep him in mexico. Ethan couchs Attorney Says the government tried to pull a fast one. He says deportation was the governments way of avoiding extradition laws, a much longer process couch and his mother fled texas after a video surfaced allegedly showing him at a party with alcohol. R b Singer Chris Brown may be faci