Has died at the age of 87. Widely regarded as one of the 20th centurys greatest authors, he won the nobel prize for literature in 1982. We will hear how he talked about his masterpiece, one hundred years of solitude. And we will speak with fellow novelist Isabel Allende. Alls the most important of latin american writers of all times. The voice of magic realism and the pillar of the latin american boom of literature of the second half of the century. I maestro has died all stop will not mourn him because i have not lost him. I will continue to read his words over and over. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Talks aimed at easing the crisis in ukraine have produced an agreement calling for prorussian groups to surrender government buildings in the eastern part of the country. The United States, russia, ukraine, and European Union all back the deal, which calls for the groups to disarm and vacate occupied ar
Yes, true. If you look out the window, youll probably seeing the snow flying. We are talking about the potential for maybe an inch of snow. The temperatures below freezing and a little bit of moisture out there. You know what falls in that snow. You can see the radar starting to break out across the region. This is very light. Not all of this touching the ground. The timing is not fantastic as it will be moving through here the next couple of hours. I think by 8 00, 9 00, most it was should be out of here. Temperatures have fallen below freezing. Julie will have more on the roads. I noticed they were out throwing down sand and salt. I think that most of what falls will get a chance to stick out there as temperatures are pretty cold. Lets go to max 2. Reagan national is reporting a temperature of 34 degrees but both dulles and bwi marshall have dipped below freezing. Winter weather advisory in effect. Im show you that and we have more snowflakes in the weekend forecast as well. Back to
Continue. The army is involved because theres so many people still under the wreck ageage. The explosion began at 7 05 when a tank the hospital with gas. Theres no information about the cause of the accident but it may be we need to confirm this but maybe was something flowing out the tanker some gas that made the explosion to the hospital. So for now, theres 71 people taken out from the hospital. We have 25 at least injured in several hospitals around the area. And we have about seven people dead. Four babies and two adults. Three adults. As far as the children from the hospital they are being moved elsewhere . Excuse me. The children who were patients in the hospital, those surviving, are they being moved elsewhere safely . Yes, this hospital have a lot of people inside. Some people were taken out and just four minors are dead and three adults. The injured people were taken to other hospitals in the area. Thank you, so much our good wishes to you on this rescue effort. Rescue and rec
Burnett. Outfront tonight, a man pledging allegiance to isis opens fire on a Philadelphia Police officer, shooting executionstyle firing 13 shots at pointblank range striking the officer in his patrol car three times. Were now learning that the gunman has a criminal record and a violent past. Police just released this very dramatic video of the shooting playing out. The gunman getting so close that he even reaches inside the car and amazingly you saw it right there, the officer, Jesse Hartnett was able to get out and return fire on the shooter. Around the country, Police Departments are warned of more attacks. The nypd called for heightened vigilance in light of attacks on Police Officers here and abroad. Miguel marquez is outfront in philadelphia. Miguel, what more do we know about this gunmans motive . Reporter well, authorities are digging into the life of edward archer. They know that he claimed allegiance to isis but beyond that, he said that the teachings of the koran were contra
Photoop was really one of the prime reasons mr. Trump has traveled here south of the border to mexico city. You do have to wonder after trump meets this afternoon with mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto make any difference in his big immigration speech tonight. Not only is he going to mexico today, hes then turning and and traveling to phoenix, arizona for a major address this evening. It is still not clear when exactly these two men will see one another, will meet behind closed doors. But trumps opponent here, Hillary Clinton, had this to say moments ago about building relations with other nations. You dont build a coalition by insummlting our friends or acting like a loose cannon. And it certainly takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours, and then flying home again. That is not how it works. It is more than a photoop. It takes consistency and reliability. Lets begin our coverage this hour with john vaus