realistic hope right now, as we sit here, that this time will be different? greg abbott would like us all to think that this is a mental health problem, every expert will tell you that these people that there are no indicators of mental health. that they re rational people, that they plan these things out. they re psychopaths, sure. but you re never going to really truly isolate them and identify them beforehand. and the experts around the country suggest that. there s mental health problems all over the world, but you don t have incidents like this happening all over the world. just here in these united states. i m in this business, because i have to find solutions to problems. and i hope and i have hope, that we can change things. so, let s see what greg abbott does. because i m calling on him right now to call a special session to bring us back in. we are seven states that meet every other year. we re a part-time legislature. we need to get back in there. because the
All i heard was screeching of brakes. I looked closer and realized that one of the cars had like flipped over. I was in shock. All you see is flipped cart and theres a hooked up to you know debris on the floor. Reporter so right now, youre taking a live look what we see going on here in west bury. That construction over there. Crew trying to get some of the material removed. The finch removed there because the goal here is to honestly pick up the train with a crane and get it out of here. The mta and what were hearing here from Nassau Office of Emergency Management is this is going to take several hours but they hope to have it removed by midnight. Everything should be okay by the morning time. For now live in west bury, im kristin thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Now to breaking news. A shooting near a Daycare Center in westchester county. Police say the shots were fired between two cars on clinton avenue in new rochelle. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis on the scene
Imagine that, what would you do if Stevie Wonder walked into your recording session. C en newsroom starts right now. Good morning, everyone, from washington, im don lemon. Carol is off today. We begin this hour with spiraling concerns over syria and a desperate regime trying to hold on to power. This morning, washington announces its deploying two Patriot Missile batteries and 400 troops to our nato ally turkey. It will bolster defenses to syria against its scud missiles and possible chemical weapons. Its a challenging time. Its a challenging time. Its a critical time. We Just Announced, Just Announced this morning that we are deploying two patriot batteries here to turkey, along with the troops that are necessary to man those batteries so that we can help turkey have the kind of Missile Defense it may very well need in dealing with threats that come out of syria. To cnns Nick Paton Walsh in beirut following the latest developments. Nick is on the phone, what can you tell us . We dont
Today, thursday, august 1, 2013. Good morning. Welcome to today. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. We will take you live to cleveland in just a moment. But first, Edward Snowden almost a year after receiving asylum in russia. Good morning to you. Well, Edward Snowden was expecting a permit to leave the airport and get some space really while he waited months, he thought, for a possible temporary asylum. But he got something much better than that. An official tast track passport. This is Edward Joseph snowdens terrific to freedom. His new passport, granting him temporary asylum for one year. Snowdenstranded for more than five weeks while russian authorities reviewed his asylum request. And within minutes of the news, snowdens lawyer confirmed that snowden with passport in hand left the airport. But citing security reasons, the lawyer refused to say where snowden was going. Snowdens release comes just y days after eric holder sent a letter to russia au
That is scarred forever. Most newtown students went back to school for the First Time Since the massacre with Police Standing guard. Two more young victims are buried, and the man involved in the investigation tells me about the horrors he saw inside the sandy hook Elementary School. The crime scene itself is something that has made a mark in all of our minds. The task of that responsibility with the crime scene is something that we will never be able to erase. There will never be a good enough explanation why 20 Elementary Students were gunned down but we all need answers. Im wolf blitzer reporting from newtown connecticut. State police is working around the clock. Their investigation of the School Massacre is very methodical and very, very painful. Joining us now, lieutenant paul vance. Hes become the face, the spokesman of this investigation. The Connecticut State Police. Lieutenant vance, were here in your office in middletown, connecticut. I know it must be hard on the journalists