Athletes of the decade. 23time grand slam champion Serena Williams acing the competition on the female side. And lebron james was crowned king on the mens side. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 30th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have andrea here. We do begin this half hour with the monster storm covering much of the eastern u. S. The weather radar shows snow from kansas to canada and along the border. Theres rain falling now from the great lakes all the way down to the coast and down into the southeast. Its making the return from christmas or the trip for new years a misery for many. Abcs rob marciano reports. Reporter a major winter storm now reaching east across the country, bringing winddriven snow, ice, and rain as millions continue to travel this holiday week. Weve got to make sure that we Pay Attention to the everchanging road conditions. Reporter 32 million under weather alerts from kansas to maine. Heavy snow, low visibility, and high winds making
The flu season this morning. The warning from doctors after the death of a young girl who was previously healthy. Plus, apple facing a major new lawsuit over the apple watch. The doctor who claims the Company Stole his technology. A box office bust. How much money the new movie cats could end up losing. And from the special wedding at Dunkin Donuts to a baby yoda lookalike to the final piece of the nfl playoff puzzle. All the trending stories to jumpstart your monday. Good monday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im kenneth moton. Im andrea fujii in for janai. We begin with the search for a motive after that Deadly Church shooting in texas shattering Sundays Service just days after christmas. A gunman opened fire just before communion in the church outside ft. Worth and killed two men before being gunned down by parishioners. Ines de la cuetara joins us with the latest on the investigation. Ines, good morning. Reporter good morning, andrea and kenneth. Investigators are stil
Faced since coming forward. Hate texts and phone calls. I had to change my number. And your secret score. The surprising Information Companies collect on line about consumers. How to find out what they know about you. Its thursday, december 2nd, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter in baghdad this morning iranianbacked protesters have withdrawn from the u. S. Embassy ending their twoday siege. Tensions still linger. Reporter more troops lead to the middle east. Reporter troops using teargas before thousands of demonstrators dispersed. Reporter the loss of former nba commissioner david stern. Reporter he served as commissioner for 30 years. The fad plans to ban sales of flavored cartridges other than menthol. Reporter the suspects hurled hate speech and attacked a 22yearold man. Its like a dream come true. Reporter long lines around illinois where people got up before dawn to wait outside new dispensaries. Illinois becomes the 11th state to legalize recreati
Missing next months Australian Open after pulling out because of injury. And at 11. 30 dateline london takes a look at whats in store for the year ahead. There are calls for an independent inquiry after a data breach which saw the addresses of more than a thousand people on the new year honours list made publicly available online. The files included the details of celebrities, Senior Police officers and politicians one of those affected, iain duncan smith, called the leak a complete disaster. Katharine da costa reports. More than 1000 people will be honoured, among them celebrities, sport sports, and politicians, including musician sir eltonjohn, cricketer ben stokes, former Tory Party Leader iain duncan smith, and former director of Public Prosecutions alison saunders. There are also security, counter terror, and justice personnel, as well as chief co nsta bles. But a list containing their home addresses was accidentally published by the government on friday evening. Iain duncan smith
And at 12. 30 its click live, from the new v and a in dundee. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition demanding that sydney cancels its traditional new years eve firework display and spends the money on tackling australias bush fires instead. Dozens of fires are raging across the country with the largest one on the outskirts of sydney. Will batchelor reports. Its one of the biggest and most spectacular parties on earth. Sydneys new year firework display. But now the citys authorities are facing growing calls to cancel the event and divert the money it costs, around £3 million, towards tackling both severe Drought Conditions and the dozens of bushfires which are raging across australia. Close to 300,000 people have signed an online petition, which says the fireworks may traumatise some people who are dealing with enough smoke in the air. Sydneys lord mayor has said the show, which is planned and paid for months in advance, must go on. However, there are reports t