Im errol barnett. And im paula newton. This is cnn newsroom. We begin this hour with anger on the streets of turkey. Police fired Water Cannons and tear gas at protesters in the capital city istanbul. They blame the government for failing to prevent a suicide bomber earlier in the day, 31 died in the blast and 100 were wounded. We are about to show you footage of the blast. Many of you will find this disturbing. But were showing it to demonstrate the inhumanity and horror of the attack. Our arwa damon as more. Reporter reality transforms in an instant. The suicide bomber detonates, lives immediately lost. Screams and wails of survivors. Some in shock, others crying out in pain. A resident described how frantic individuals arrived pulling sheets back off corpses desperately searching for their loved ones. This was a gathering for the kobani reconstruction efforts. Kobani, the town just across the border in syria where for months last fall predominantly kurdish fighters launched pitched
Finger at putin. Nightly news begins right now. Tens of millions are bracing for what forecasters fear will be a historic snowstorm that could paralyze the eastern third of the country. Winter weather advisories and warnings are posted from arkansas to the northeast for a storm that by tomorrow at this time will bring brutal winds, whiteout conditions and two feet of snow along parts of the east coast. Air travel disruptions could ripple across the entire country. Expected to get the worst of it, washington, d. C. , where tonight folks have fresh reason to question whether the city is ready. Al roker has the latest tracking and snow predictions. First nbcs Miguel Almaguer in the bullseye. Reporter tonight after snow and sleet move through tennessee, preparations for the northeast for a monster storm set to blast 80 million. I think its going to be bad. I think its going to be a big storm. Reporter 36 hours of blinding snow, ice, flooding and Power Outages. Hunker down. We are not going
Yes. And they have been facing record rainfall, and this is bad news today. And it is terrible news. Brianna, the radar shows it best. The storm system that dropped Copious Amounts of rain in the midwest dropped 8. 5 in lambert airport. The rain has moved out u and the forecast is good, but the Mississippi River when it reaches 33 feet, you will get some major flooding. That is what you are seeing n. West alton where the e evacuatioe va vacations are taking place, may be mandatory shortly, but this is just like in 1993 when massive flooding occurred just in st. Louis, and the bistate area, but when the missouri and the merrimack and the mississippi all come together there. And they have made improvements since 1993, but with historic rainfall like this, the only thing that you can do is to wait for the waters to recede. Now, the good news is that the conditions are dry through the weekend, and it is fabulous news, but it takes a while for all of the record rain in the region to go from
Three days since donald trump won the president ial election, large antitrump rallies continue to sweep through dozens of u. S. Cities. You hear some of the chaos there playing out on the streets of portland, oregon. Things heated up as protesters faced off with police that were in riot gear. Police ordering the protesters to disperse after some began throwing objects at the officers that were on the ground. Demonstrators also rocked some mass transit lines. They dont appeal to be dampening the zeal of the trump team. Mike pence was put in charge of the Transition Team that will take over the government. Fair to say there have been several developments that played out friday, among them hints of a compromise on obamacare. Cnns jim acosta explains for us. Reporter just days after the election, a shakeup inside the trump Transition Team. Vice president elect pence has taken over trumps transition efforts bumping Chris Christie down. Mike flynn, newt gingrich, and dr. Ben carson. Sources
The media is saying nice things and no one is talking about russia. Well, what a difference 59 tomahawk missiles can make good morning to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im alison kosik. Im victor blackwell. A u. S. Navy strike group is already on its way to the Korean Peninsula because of growing concern over north koreas missile tests. Plus, russia is slamming u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley calling her comments on syria sabotage after she said, quote, there is no way to find political solution with the assad at the head of the regime. All of this as secretary of state Rex Tillerson gets ready to meet Russian Foreign minister in lavrov earlier this week. Breaking news out of egypt. At least 21 people are dead after a bombing at a church there. 50 were injured north of cairo. Youre looking at here the first video, the aftermath from inside the church when the explosion happened. We want to warn you, this may be difficult to watch. There youre watching video of