The consumer alert tonight. Phone hijacking. Thieves taking over your cell phone, creating a fake i. D. , and running up huge bills. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with breaking news. Tragedy at a major American Water park. Word of a child killed on the worlds tallest water slide. The park now closed through at least tomorrow. The investigation just under way. Marci gonzalez with the latest. Reporter that tragic accident happening this afternoon. Authorities confirming a 12yearold was killed. And were now hearing from park officials. We are saddened to share that a young boyed died this afternoon. Reporter billed as the Worlds Largest water slide, taller than the statue of liberty. Features a 168foot drop. The park is now closed, and will remain closed tomorrow, pending a full investigation. Park Officials Say the ride was inspected, and were told the boys family was at the park with him at the time of the accident. Park officials still aren
Female cabinet ministers resign in a corruption scandal. And we report on assets to create the world east largest marine reserve. We begin this news hour with the fight for kobani and what could be a Major Development and turkey fighters from iraq to travel across the territory and that is good news for defending kobani and resupplied by the u. S. Airforce and ammunition and supplies were dropped from the air and we have reaction from inside syria. Reporter isil forces surrounding the kurdish town of kobani and what stands in their way Kurdish Forces on the ground and they had weapons air dropped in the heavily devastated town. Translator in the earlier hours a good quantity of weapons, ammunition and equipment were air dropped by american planes over kobani and the quantity was great and not bad at all and will help defend kobani and america and we hope for more support and aid. Reporter after dozens of u. S. Led air strikes on kobani Kurdish Forces were calling for more weapons and i
Game are changing when parents are asked the question, would you let your kids play. Nightly news begins now. Good evening. A former appointee of governor Chris Christie of new jersey says he has evidence the governor knew of the forced slowdown on the George Washington bridge between new jersey and new york while it was going on and that he is prepared to prove it. Despite the governors repeated denial, tonight this scandal has again engulfed Chris Christie, embarrassingly on the eve of the super bowl, the first ever held in new jersey. Tonight, the states leading newspaper is saying if this is true, the governor must resign, and harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said tonight Chris Christie needs to hire a criminal lawyer if he has not already. Nbcs katy tur starts us off in the shadow of the gw bridge, which has been lit up for the game just 11 miles away. Reporter good evening, brian. The appointee is David Wildstein. It is important to note we dont know what the evidence is. Al
The Program Allows the irs to seize aspects they suspect could be tied to criminal activity even without actual criminal activity. And now clyde taking his case to capitol hill. I did not serve three combat tours in iraq to come home and be extorted by governments forfeiture laws. Thats what they have done to us. I need you to stop it from happening to anyone else. Business owner navy veteran and drew clyde joins us. Good evening, sir. Good evening, greta. How are you . Im very well. So tell me what happened . You were running your business and what happened. I was running my business and on april the 12th 2013, two irs agents showed up with a seizure warrant and took 940,313 from my companys bank account. And they told me that. Go ahead. And told you what . And they told me i was that i had been structuring. All right. By structuring, what they mean is that the irs that the laws are such that if you deposit more than 10,000 in the bank, that the banks are obliged to notify the federal
Kid hey dad, who was that man . Dad hes our broker. He helps looks after all our money. Kid do you pay him . Dad of course. Kid how much . Dad i dont know exactly. Kid what if youre not happy . Does he have to pay you back . Dad nope. Kid why not . Dad it doesnt work that way. Kid why not . Vo are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed . Wealth management at Charles Schwab it is a dirty little secret and sure not fair to you. Now government workers exposed spending hours and hours watching porn on the clock and on computers that you, the taxpayers, paid for. And one lawmaker taking action to put a stop to this. Congressman mark meadows joins us. Good to be back with. You what is going on government workers on our dime looking at porn . Well if it were Just One Agency well perhaps, we dont have to deal with it. But we are seeing not only one agency but multiple agencies, seven or eight different agencies where they are so bored that they are watching porn and n