all of that makes it a very dangerous time on the korean peninsula. shep? shepard: a dangerous time and it appears the united states is reacting and sharply to all of this. yeah. these are military exercises that the u.s. is involved in with the south koreans right now where obviously planned long before the latest crisis. but neither the south koreans nor the u.s. are obviously disappointed that they are happening just a month after the north koreans carried out that underground nuclear test. and the message being sent from the u.s. is turned into a sharp verbal one today by the national security advisor tom donilin. in a speech at the asian society here in the u.s. listen. the united states will not accept north korea as a nuclear state nor will we stand by while it seeks to develop a nuclear armed missile that can target the united states. the united states refuses to reward bad behavior by north korea. the united states will not play the game of accepting
house arrest. he is forced to live with his uncle. he gets visits from corrective officers once at least every week and he is also not allowed alcohol or banned substances so his lawyers say on top of getting his house back they would also like for him to be allowed outside the country they will not say why he needs to leave a country. there is no word if the judge will actually allow him a bail hearing. the next hearing in this case is set for june 4th. the trial probably later this year, shep. shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. thanks. a medical break through as a robotic suit is helping a paraplegic walk again. it s new technology and bringing this man back to his feet after an injury confined him to his wheelchair a decade ago. he is the first to test out this new exsososkeleton
of snow, wet, heavy snow in some areas, including omaha, nebraska. first alert forecasters say out when conditions are possible and that the storm could turn into a 50 mile-per-hour blizzard south and west of chicago. roads and highways are closed all over the place and some 400,000 homes are already without power. just in time for santa. farther south in alabama, the storm may have caused several tornadoes this morning. they are talking cars flipped, trees down. shredded roofs, you name it, in and around mobile, alabama. let s get to team fox coverage. rick reichmuth is at the weather center with the latest on where this storm is going. first let s get to fox news chicago s reporter tisha lewis fox 32 there. she is in lake zukerman, illinois. this is causing big problems. that s right, shep. it s beautiful but it s also dangerous. the back drop behind me, the storm started a few hours ago.
was unraveling and that they needed extra help. shep? shepard: catherine herridge, thank you. you are welcome. shepard: today vice president joe biden met with his task force on gun violence. it was their first meeting. president obama has given the group until next month to come up with proposals to try to prevent mass shootings like the shooting spree at sandy hook elementary. today met with law enforcement across the country. he said this is one washington tax force that will get results. the president is absolutely committed to keeping his promise that we will act and we ll act in a way that is designed, even if he says we can only save one life, we have to take action. shepard: the national rifle association reports it will hold what it calls a major news conference tomorrow. earlier this week it released a statement offering to make meaningful contributions to prevent a repeat of the newtown massacre. it s been less than a week since the gunshots blasted through the hal
we watched the rain turn to snow and it hasn t let up since. i want to go right through-to-some cancellations for people traveling by air. chicago o hare international airport reporting 300 cancellations with delays up to 90 minutes. and midway airport reporting 150 cancellations with delays of at least 30 minutes. just to get a good idea of how much is coming down and how fast you can see the snow coming down in our headlight here, we are in lake zurk, about 30 miles northwest suburbs. this is the area expected to bear the brunt of this snow storm, shep. they could get up to 6 inches of snow and the heaviest snow fall in the lowest visibility is between now and 10:00 p.m. back to you, shep. shepard: tisha lewis from fox news, chicago. rick reichmuth is in the weather center tonight. moving on? sure is. pulling off toward the northeast. rain event in the north