our goal isn t to fight the palestinian civilians, it s to fight the hamas terrorists and we make a distinction between the two, they don t. far too many palestinians has been killed, much more needs to be done. john: right now israeli forces reportedly closing in on gaza s largest hospital where they say hamas is hiding in its massive terror complex below ground. suggesting the group uses tunnels below al-shifa hospitals to store weapons and posing a major challenge for the military strategy. i m john roberts in washington. good friday afternoon to be with you. gillian: i m gillian turner in for sandra, she has the day off. as the fighting rages on, u.s. bases are taking fire in the middle east. launched 47 total attacks against u.s. troops and assets. john: two days ago, president biden ordered airstrikes against targets in syria to stop attacks, but iran and proxies are simply thumbing their nose at biden. so, why won t the white house do more to shut down iran?
Johnn odom and walter perez have a look at philadelphia, and the Lehigh Valley. And Melissa Magee and david murphy has the latest from accuweather. David we start with you. I like seeing all the guys bundled up its cold out there. The snow is departing areas but the winds and windchills are part of the package this afternoon. As for snow it looks to pass north of doylestown and bucks county beginning to dry out and allentown is thinning out and there is lingering snowflakes and the heavier stuff in lavender is parting easton and reading and hamburg a broken pattern of lighter precipitation, we thought the heavier stuff would end midday. And the storm system pulls away and the winds shift from the northwest and some pops through and does not have much additional impact. Around the predawn hours at 4 00 and 10 00, the low Pressure Center was so close to the coast it did produce the change ore off the coast, givingsouth jers the coast it punched the rain line close to srted with snow r 3,
Now the zika virus. The virus carried by mosquitoes now so widespread, experts last week estimated there could be up to 4 million cases by next year. The last Emergency Declaration like this, the Ebola Outbreak in 2015, that outbreak killed 11,000. They certainly dont want a repeat of that. They are declaring this emergency now so they can get the money and the assistance theyll need to stop this outbreak and we have just learned the new York Department of health is going to offer free testing for people with symptoms who have traveled to areas where the zika virus is ongoing. An emergency meeting of independent experts was held in geneva this morning. The goal, to assess the outbreak after noting a suspicious link between zikas arrival in brazil last year, and a surge in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads. They decided what to do next and the consensus was clear. The causes of micro micro the possible link between zika and microcephaly and other neurologic disorders
Steps being taken to get control of the outbreak. Coordinates an International Response to make sure we get to the bottom of this. Reporter at a news conference, the director general of the World Health Organization declared the zika virus as a Public Health emergency of international concern. That means more money, resources and scientific expertise will go towards tackling the outbreak. A coordinated International Response is needed to minimize the threat in affected countries and reduce the risk of further international spread. Reporter the zika virus has been spreading rapidly through south america and has reached 23 different countries, including the u. S. The primary method of transmission is a bite from an infected mosquito. The symptoms are usually mild. However, Health Officials are especially concerned about pregnant women. The virus may be linked to a certain birth defect called to be born with small heads and incomplete brain development. The experts agree that a causal rel
Dari the 2016 president ial race is happening now in i would. A lot is at stake tonight after months of being on the campaign trail. Well, candidates will find out whether voters believed their message. It is a record turnout and ex peed to be that way for tonight. Steve that is right. The latest poll show the democratic and the republican side. Some early results starting to tricklele in. Lets get to sharon crowley. Sharon . Reporter steve and dari, very tight races. Lets get to the results thanks to the courtesy of foxnews. Com. We have the republicans first. Showing 5 of the votes in. It is a close race as you canp see. Cruz with 28 percent. Trump with 25 of the vote. But very close, 75 of the votes counted, so anything could happen really in this race in the next hour or so. So lets take a look now at the democrats. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders locked in a very tight race. 51 of the vote goes to clinton. 49 of the vote goes to sanders. We do have some breaking news about omal