Major storm hitting tonight. Dangerous flooding. And now, the rescues. And after an e. Coli scare across several states, the new headline tonight. Nearly 80 now sickened at a popular restaurant chain and, this evening, the new culprit. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin tonight with the firestorm over Donald Trumps plan, calling for a ban on all muslims entering the United States. Saying, we must do so until our countries representatives can figure out whats going on. He said this to huge applause in the room when he revealed it. But the outrage has also been swift and sweeping. Not only from his own party, but the white house, too. Hillary clinton saying hes wrong. This makes us less safe. And so, tonight, Barbara Walters asks him that very question. Could his words, his rhetoric, actually fuel isis supporters. Could it alienate muslims around but first, abcs tom llamas on the republican frontrunner standing firm. Reporter with just o
Made no mention of donald trump and his position on a total ban on muslims entering america. We dont know if they love us or hate us or if they want to bomb us. Trump has suggested surveillance of mosques and a data base to track muslims from his proposal to bar all members of a religious faith has caused a furor, governor christie called it ridiculous. This is the kind of thing people say when they have no experience and they have no idea what they are talking about. This america belongs to everybody, he has no right to make that statement to say only muslim cannot get the visa and come to america. Many including Top Republicans are calling trumps suggestion antiamerican, the front of the Philadelphia Daily News shows a picture of Donald Trump Trump that looks like adolf hitler. I would not go so far as saying he is the new furor, but when you start lumping people or any type of person because of their race or religion into one category that is not cool. I dont think so, but if it pro
Occurring this month, most to and from flights to paris. Tickets are office but the airline expects them to recover. The shortage of air Traffic Controllers in the u. S. Dands urgent attention. Thats a warning from a transportation official to congress. He says 13 of the nations busiest airports are below minimum staffing quirents. That includes new york, dallas, denver and chicago. A Union Official warns onethird of current air Traffic Controllers are actually eligible to retire. Unsettling. As thenations safety Rating System for new cars and trucks is getting a major upgrade. Starting in 2019 in order to earn five stars, vehicles will be requiredo have new Safety Technology including rear visibility cameras, blind spot detection and Collision Avoidance systems. More anatomically correct crash test dummies. His name is mark gallagher, aka santa claus and spreading cheer in his golf cart. He started with a few Christmas Lights and now tricked out with snoopy, a snowman and even rudolph
Investigators were knocking on their door letting them know their daughter was murdered. Why would you take my little girl away from me . Its hard to put in perspective. You know, until it really happens to you. Reporter now, Spotsylvania County sheriffs deputies tell us they are following up on several leads theyve received over the last two days but they are asking anyone with information about this case to contact their department right away. Coming up at 5 00, what Heather Ciccones parents want the whole public, the whole community, everyone to know about their 21yearold daughter. Back to you. The other mystery involves a 19yearold woman whos still missing. Katelin akens was last seen saturday when her parents dropped her off at the Franconia Springfield national to catch a flight from reagan national. She never made it back home to arizona where she lived. Her luggage was discovered in a Drainage Ditch near fredericksburg nearly 40 miles from where she was last seen. At the live d
Were staying on top of the freddie gray case in baltimore. We want to show you officer William Porter here walking into court just a little while ago, moving rather quickly away from the camera. These are his attorneys arriving as well. And the prosecution. Porter is charged with manslaughter in grays death. He is the first of Six Baltimore Police officers that will go on trial. We think the prosecution may rest today. So open the nbc washington app to keep up with whats happening in the courtroom today. Back to you. Thank you, kristin. Also right now in baltimore, democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is visiting the city. Look at some video. He is in the neighborhood where freddie gray grew up. It is the same place many of the violent protests over grays death happened. And the site of the freddie gray empowerment center, a new youth center that sanders visited today. Funeral also begin this week for those killed in the San Bernardino mass shooting. Last night county work