And the new mr. October. Daniel murphy with a recordsetting performance, the mvp blasting home runs in six straight playoff games, what hes saying about his stunning power surge knocking off the cubs and keeping the curse alive as the mets sweep their way into the world series. And good morning, america. It has been a Long Time Coming for the mets. They are going to the world Daniel Murphy. You see it right there, six home games. That is a record. He is a beast. We have so much more on that coming up. First we begin with breaking news overseas. A masked man with a sword attacking a school in sweden. Details just coming in and lama hasan starts us off, good reporter good morning. Thats right. A truly horrific and frightening attack as class was beginning. A masked man wielding a sword burst into a school in the town of trollhattan, sweden. He attacked four people killing one teacher and wounding two students seriously aged between 11 and 15. Police on the scene shot the man who is now i
And do say good wednesday morning, everyone. We start with the new steps to combat isis. Simply put more americans are heading into harms way. Theyre going back to iraq where so many thousands of americans have already served the country and died. And this time their mission could take them into syria as well. Megan hughes tracking from washington. Megan, good morning. Reporter reena, kendis, good morning. A u. S. Official tells abc news a new task force being created could require roughly 200 personnel in iraq. The u. S. Is stepping up the fight against the islamic state, defense secretary ash carter laying out the plan to congress. Were defending the homeland, acting to defeat isil at its core in syria and iraq. Reporter carter announced the u. S. Is establishing a special operations targeting force. It will be based in iraq and conduct raids, gather intelligence, free hostages and even before the attacks on paris, carter had planned for a broader role for u. S. Special ops forces af
What a harrowing ordeal there. And the storm system, by the way, that brought those heavy rains, snow and ice, has continued to move east. Lets head oaf to Accuweather Meteorologist Paul Williams. Hey, paul. Thanks, kendis, reena. We have a widespread pattetern thats going to change over in maine but keep in mind that rains going to o hit porand toward albany toward buffalo as far south as rich mobd and continue to move throughout the south and these scattered showers there make for somewhat sluggish slow travel conditions but at least its not snow. That samame front reaches down toward the deep south, warm air over florida and the carolina coast but cooler and dry conditions in the deep south. Watch out. That cold air sneak up on you if youre not careful. As we go into thursday, well have more accumulated snow developing throughout the new york state area going io maine with the low pressure system thats going to stay prettyy isolated but High Pressure will board for everybody. Reena,
Erin good thursday morning and thanks for starting your day with us. I m erin fehlau. Sean good morning. I m sean mcdonald. What are we going to see today . Kevin despite the drizzle and the clouds, temperatures will run 1050 degrees warmer than yesterday in southern 1015 degrees warmer than yesterday in southern parts of the state. Some showers back to the west are focused toward northern New Hampshire for the morning commute. A southerly wind gets temperatures into the 60 s this afternoon. Cooler air arrives tonight. Let s take a look at your morning ride. We re joined live by deb davidson. Deb good morning, kevin. Patches of the fog and drizzle are slowing the speed limit down a little bit on 93 north and south through the state. Things are looking good as you make your way through the hooksett tolls and down through the mill yard. We are seeing minor taps of the brakes through the lane shifts. We are seeing the speed limit moving well through the everett turnpike down through the b
Plus a deadly crash involving a garage truck, a car burned, a person burned beyond recognition. Police try to figure out who is inside. Od evening, thank you for joining us. Rob has the night off. Neighbors say they heard people crying. Several people did escape. Who didnt make it out in time. This all happened on the map in East Flatbush. Reporter natalie, we can show you how bad this fire was. Take a look behind me. The flames completely gutted this home early this morning. An elderly couple was killed. We just obtained cell phone video how bad this fire was. With no working smoke detectors. The victims had no warning. I went to sigh who jumped. People got burned, killed in a fire. It was a gush. Neighbors in East Flatbush woke up to this nightmarish house fire. It spark from a strip in the diningroom. Neighbors saw victims screaming for help from windows and rooftops. I sa you the lady through the window want she got burned or something, she slumped back and aheard her go oh, that w