Sreenivasan next on pbs newshour weekend. Pbs newshour weekend is made possible by Corporate Funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york Hari Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. An International Terror group linked to al qaeda is warning of attacks on shopping malls in the United States, the United Kingdom and canada, including the mall of america. The warning was conveyed in a video released online by al shabaab yesterday. This morning on cnn, Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson urged vigilance, saying terror groups no longer need to rely on people trained overseas to come into the United States to launch an attack. Were in a new phase in that t
Clean up crews were. I love oakland, but i think its overwhelmed. Reporter coming up, ill tell you how one neighborhood came together and despite a warning and took their tree problem into their own hands. John faller, ktvu channel 2 news. The wind was also a challenge for firefighters battling a grass fire in the soda canyon area in napa a county, burning 300 acres off of silverado trail last night. Evacuation orders are still in place for dozens of place and may be lifted in an hour or so. One out building was destroyed but authorities with cal fire tell us the winds are beginning to die down and that fire is now 50 percent contained. In solano county, the downed power lines may have sparked a five alarm fire over vacaville. Firefighters also say the wind made it more difficult to contain the fire. The winds were strong. Last night, overnight, and this morning. In fact, parts of the bay area are still under a wind advisory right now. Ktvu bill martins been tracking the wind and hes h
And help the premiere criminalize of at least 20 people across the northeast and midwest. Power outages across five states. In some cases people are without heat and power. Stretching as far south as louisiana and georgia. Dropping temperatures in southern cities into the single digits. The deep freeze arriving just as winter heating costs are respected to rise, and rise dramatically. The National Energy assistance Directors Association project the cost of heating an average household to just over 10 percent this winter. Tens of thousands of travelers also feeling the consequences. More than 22,000 Flights Canceled and delayed since sunday. Jet blue closed down completely in new york, new jersey, and boston. The trade group measuring the cost of the delays and cancellations at nearly 80 a minute for the affected carriers. Relief may finally be in sight with some of the regions not accustomed to the weather actually returning to springlike temperatures million of the week. Fox news seni
And help the premiere criminalize of at least 20 people across the northeast and midwest. Power outages across five states. In some cases people are without heat and power. Stretching as far south as louisiana and georgia. Dropping temperaturein southern cities into the single digits. The deep freeze arriving just as winter heating costs are respected to rise, and rise dramatically. The National Energy assistance Directors Association project the cost of heating an avege housold to just over 1percent this winter. Tens of thousands of travelers also feeling the consequences. More than 22,000 Flights Canceled and delayed since sunday. Jet blue closed down completely in new york, new jersey, and boston. The trade group measuring the cost of the delays and cancellations at nearly 80 a minute for the affecte carriers. Relief may finally be in sight with some of the regions not accustomed to the weather actually returning to springlike temperatures million of the week. Fox news senior meteor
An effort to tame inflation today, the Federal Reserve announced its raising Interest Rates, threequarters of a percent yet to get our at washington, d. C. , correspondent Raquel Martin explains whats to be expected. This is now the 4th time in a row. The Federal Reserve has raised Interest Rates more aggressively at 3 quarters of a percentage. The increase will make it more expensive to take out a new mortgage, buy a new car or pay down a credit card. The cost of borrowing just got even more expensive for taking forceful steps to moderate demands. In an effort to tame high inflation wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it will raise Interest Rates, threequarters of a percentage yet again, its the 6th rate hike this year. Inflation remains well above our longer run goal. Federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell says despite best efforts the labor market is too strong and prices are too high. He warns more rate increases are on the way to try and slow down spending without price stabi