Strategic gain, Houthi Rebels seize a key sea port in yemen. Europe takes more precautions against ebola as a u. N. Worker in germany dies from the disease. We start this news hour with breaking news coming out of saudi arabia where a shooting has taken place. One american citizen in the capitol has been shot dead. Another has been wounded. Now their car was fired upon as they stopped at a gas station very close to the stadium east of riod. Police say they have arrested a suspected gunmen. Well bring you more on this story as it develops. At least 24 people have died in a suicide back in iraq. The bomber rammed his car into a check point in the mainly shia neighborhood in bagdad. Over 50 others were injured. This comes a day after similar attacks killed dozens of people in bagdad. Meanwhile Amnesty International is accusing the Iraqi Government of war crimes. It says governmentbacking shia militias are using the guise of tight fighting terrorism to carry out revenge attacks. It has car
Jennifer more than 30 michigan schools will close two days early for the holiday break this year. Why . Well, it is not to give students an early Christmas Gift. It is because officials are concerned about copycat killers following the newtown tragedy. Now, the superintendent of one of the districts issued a statement saying. John fuglesang my friends has it really come to this . That kindergarteners cant go to school because we, as a country cant ensure theyll be safe from semiautomatic weapon wielding lunatics and the solution from our far right wing friends . Arm the teachers. The very teaches theyve called union thugs. We should pay to train these teachers. The people who scream us to about fast and furious and said gun proliferation and mexico was dangerous are still telling us gun proliferation in america makes us safer. Welcome to the u. S. A. Where of some you will find its easier to buy a weapon designed to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time than it is to marry who
Captain says everyone is more away. Neighbors held a meeting with police. We have a list for the block. Everybodys address, name, people that are in it, and i ask for the make of their car. He is facing 20 different charges from elder abuse to kidnapping but the one charge he isnt facing is attempted murder. Thats because the da say he actually left a small knife next to the victim before he left so she could free herself. Everyone will be back in court on. It was a seasonably warm across the bay area today. And it was busy at baker beach. Some people even braved the cold water and went for a swim. Others soaked up the sun. Over what should be at t park. Trust me, it is clear and warm out there. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Live at at t but we start with our chief meteorologist. Could not be any Better Weather for baseball. Temperatures got into the mid80s in some places. There was some fog along the coast but it didnt make it to the ballpark. Some fog coming back to the coas
Considering that today is august 1st and we are close to 155,000 deaths into this pandemic so well add an additional 25,000 lives to that total in the next three weeks. More than 7,000 a week. That as we quickly approach 4. 6 million confirmed cases. Remember when trump said it would go to zero and disappear . Even scarier reality is that yesterday on capitol hill the nations Top Public Health officials made it clear we still dont seem to have a National Strategy in place to combat this virus. Heres what dr. Anthony fauci had to say when questioned on the topic. Would you agree with me that the critical difference is either the presence or the absence of social cohesion and Political Leadership to develop a plan, execute it and stick to it . I think there was such a diversity of response in this country from different states that we really did not have a unified bringing everything down. In other words, a lack of leadership is at the heart of this matter. Then theres this, a brandnew v
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