Marie foreignborn citizens who are weaethy and went to invest in the u. S. Get a fast track to citizenship. a lot of people think very something wrong with it, but the program has been around for 25 years. It is still clouded with controversy, even as Congress Extends it for yet another year. What do the washington coliseum, this Seattle Office building, and to new york citys hudson yard having common . They were have in common . They were all funded by foreignborn investors who traded cash for a visa. Different backgrounds also touted its benefits. A very different backgrounds also touted its benefits. But the program is not without its fair share of controversy. From a ponzi scheme in chicago in which dozens of people were cheated out of millions of dollars to claims that those who invest dont get thorough background checks. This program has been plagued with fraud and abuse. But more importantly, it poses Significant National security risk. Senator grassley says it is supposed to be
Elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias family and friends mourn the loss of a College Student from des moines. This after the charter bus she was riding in monday crashed just fifteen minutes away from its chicago destination. Now they plan to Keep University of iowa senior nicole underwoods memory alive by giving back to someone else. She was studying to become a social worker and planned to attend grad school. Theyre hoping to raise money to create a 10 thousand dollar scholarship for a university of Iowa Human Services student in her honor. They believe the scholarship would keep her love for life alive in someone else. If she could help someone meet their dreams and share that passion, that would be what she would defintely want to happen. Elias the bus crash is still under investigation. Four other elias meanwhile warrants are issued for two people connected to a missing newton girl. Elias investigators have been asking for he
Fairfield, lancaster, newberry, greenford, nor chester, everywhere to the north and west of columbia. There is a big swath of rain. Check it out, all of these yellows continuing to rain where its rained for several hours already. Its adding up quite a bit. As we go off to the west, as you can see, the line continues off across georgia and extends south of atlanta. This is going to be with us for a good part off the afternoon. In terms of rain totals here, let me show you this. Really were going to have to watch out for the flash flooding, as i said, in the places where its continued to rain in all the counties thats in red north and west of columbia, thats going to be through tonight. Reminder, turn around, dont drown. This is a situation we should really take seriously when we talk about flooded roads. You never know whats on the bottom of that road. If you start in, you may lose control and its too late to do anything about it. As far as rain totals, check this out. Here in columbia,
3 good morning. 3 its wednesday, december 30th. Im holly headrick. And im jay siltzer good morning. 3 here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7 day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 ten years ago 3 today, a woman was stabbed to death in hendersonville. And the accused murderer has never been captured. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from the Hendersonville Police department. Lauren, where did this happen . At the victims hendersonville apartment. On first avenue west. 3 tamela kay gordon was fatally stabbed in the neck. She was 34 years old. Hendersonville Police Believe her boyfriend at the time. hymee uhrohchay jaime aroche, from guatemala. Committed the crime. He was a Migrant Worker who had only been in the mountains a few months. Police believe he used an alias to buy a bus ticket to naples, florida a month later. Back in 2009, police told us they thought he may still be i
Friend and he encountered cherry and air yell dupuis. An argument followed and the man was shot in the neck. He was taken to the hospital. Then police got word of another shooting on pine street about an hour later. A 27yearold woman was allegedly shot in the arm, and police say they dont know exactly what led up to that shooting. But again an arrest has been made in connection to a shooting in manchester last night. More coming up at 6 00. Shelley walcott, wmur news 9. Tom lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are appealing his conviction. The notice filed with the first u. S. Circuit courts after peel does not give any grounds for their case. Earlier this month a judge trial. He was sentenced to death last year for the marathon bombings. Jennifer some snow flurries moving across the state now, but more than just a nuisance. You can see where theyre falling. Lets check in with meteorologist hayley lapoint. Hayley this should be it for the rest of the weekend, other than