Personnel mostly Army Green Berets to syria to help local forces there battle isis. A live report coming up. Three federal agents recovering after being shot outside a kansas motel over the weekend. Two Marshall Service deputies and an fbi agent had been trying to serve a warrant when the shooting started. Initials are expected to announce a grand jury indictment today of Quarterback Johnny Manziel. The former Cleveland Brown is accused of beating his exgirlfriend in january. The browns cut him last month. The two pilots of that solar airplane are taking a much needed rest in San Francisco after completing half of their around the world journey. They describe some grueling conditions on their threeday flight from hawaii. Well have more on that and the rest of our top stories on this monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a major development. More u. S. Military personnel are president obama is expected to announce the increase
Reporter you main so side officer Rhonda Thomas who was called out to the scene has been with the spca for more than 30 years. She says cases of animal abuse dont get any easier. Never, never. Reporter but she does it the because doing so shes hoping those innocent creatures who cannot help themselves. Animals cab not help themselves. You know, they need people to treat them properly and they need people to advocate for them. Reporter thomas hopes now that son would out there watching, will stand up, and advocate for her. In montgomery county, rahel solomon for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Police are investigating the violent incident on a septa bus, in the crescentville section of philadelphia. To this started around 2 00 a. M. Near roosevelt boulevard in langdon when police say a man following the bus, got out of his car and then smashed a bus window. The man, then pulled a woman off that bus, punched her several times and then forced her into his car. The witnesses tell police that woman w
Val that i cold air trapped dunn to the surface it is 31 degrees and below freezing in quakertown. Twentyeight, 35 in willow grove. Storm scan three is quiet so a nice saturday is shaping up. We have clouds in washington d. C. , that will start to roll in this morning into the afternoon but overall a mild day. 64 degrees in philadelphia upper 50s at the shore. Even at poconos break go into the mid 50s for afternoon temperatures. Then we will talk about that rain moving in second half of the weekend into the start of the workweek. I will time it the out and when you will need umbrella the the most in a few more minutes, rahel, back to you. Rain and warmth, thanks, justin. New Jersey Transit and rail Union Workers reached a tentative agreement to a avoid a strike. Were still awaiting details of the the new and, threatened to walk off the job at 2 00 a. M. , if no deal was agreed upon. At center of the the dispute it was wages and amount that employees can contribute for health benefits.
A special sleep study for all of you insomniacs with tips how to get the rest you need to succeed on this monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im diane macedo. Im ryan smith in for kendis gibson. Oh, we can all use more sleep. But theres a lot going on. Dont sleep just yet. And we dont want to lose the viewers, so we dont want to give them too many tips on good sleep. Maybe sleep after this. We begin with the race for the white house. A new strategy to stop donald trump. Ted cruz and john kasich have agreed to join forces to deprive trump of the delegates needed to clinch the republican nomination. Their campaigns announced cruz will focus on indiana and clear the path for kasich to compete in oregon and new mexico. Trump fired back on twitter calling his rivals mathematically dead and totally desperate. Its your voice your vote. Abcs mary bruce is following the Trump Campaign as voters in five states prepare to head to the polls. Reporter
They describe some grueling conditions on their threeday flight from hawaii. Well have more on that and the rest of our top stories on this monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a major development. More u. S. Military personnel are heading to syria to fight isis. President obama is expected to announce the increase later this morning in germany. Battling isis has been a main focus as the president wraps up a week long trip overseas. Abcs Arlette Saenz joins us from germany. Good morning, arlet. Reporter good morning, diane and ryan. President obama today is expected to announce hes expanding the u. S. Military presence in syria. All in an effort to accelerate the campaign against isis. President obama is ramping up pressure on isis in syria. Obama will announce hes sending up to 250 additional military personnel to syria to help local forces combat isis. The new deployment brings the total of u. S. Forces in the country to 30