Right now. Good evening. The images of our top story are beyond chilling. Video and photos of a Police Officer ambushed at closerange by a man with a gun. And nearly as chill Robert Griffin iii they are the implications this might be an isis inspired violence. The victim, a Philadelphia Police man, who survived being shot at 11 times and took down his attacker who allegedly told police he did it in the name of islamic. Steve peterson is in philadelphia with the latest. Reporter these chilling surveillance images show the moment a gunman dressed in a traditional white arab robe opened fire on a philadelphia Police Officer at pointblank range, shooting at least 11 times. Shots fired. Im shot. Im bleeding heavily. Reporter 33yearold police Jesse Hartnett was hit arm. As the gunman ran away, he kept shooting. But the our managed to the officer managed to follow and return fire. The shuft was taken into custody a block away. The Surveillance Video does not show the circumstances leading up
Reaching near 50. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew Traffic Center. 3 were watching harrison bridge rd Harrison Oaks drwoodruff rd park woodruff dr ; 385 hwy 101 hwy 290 290 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on 3 3 3 all new this morning11 kids and one adult are safe after a five hour standoff in decatur, georgia. Georgia. Police say it all started around 2 00 am at a motel off i20. They say a man fighting with a woman. Just after 7 00 this morning. Investigators say they were able to get inside the room and rescue all 11 kids and the woman. They say the suspect stabbed himself. And is now being treated at the hospital. Local media is reporting the children range in ages from 3 months to 17 years old. Police say they are okay. 3 this morning, the former North Charleston Police Officer charged with killing an unarmed man is out of jail. Jail. Last night. Michael slager was released on a halfmillion dollar bond. Slagers attorneys have tried several times to ge
Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Thorngs north korea says it conductedity first test of a Hydrogen Bomb. The claim came after an earthquake was detected close to the north korea test site. If confirmed, it would be north koreas Fourth Nuclear test and escalation of the nuclear program. Seth doane is in beijing where the chinese say they will protest the nuclear test. Reporter as you point out, the big question is here if this is, indeed, proven tor a Hydrogen Bomb test, what north korea claimed it carried out early this morning at 10 00 local time, if, indeed, that is true, it would be a major advance in Nuclear Technology for the north. Hydrogen bomb is far more powerful, much more difficult to make than atomic bombs. The South Koreans begin to cast doueds on whether this could, indeed, be a Hydrogen Bomb. They are claiming most recently it could be an atomic bomb. Countries in the region are certainly carrying out tests to try to evaluate what, indeed, this may have been. It
Pressure from activist hedge funds for increased stock buy backs. Stock markets are poised to recover from yesterdays selloff. It was the biggest drop on a first day of trading year for the Dow Jones Industrial average in eight years. Both the dow and the s p 500 were off about 1. 5 . Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has more. Reporter it was bad but it could have been so much worse. It started with a sharp selloff in china, very weak matching data indicating the worlds second largest economy is slowing, the fears here there could be a Ripple Effect on the economy in the United States and around the world. Second oil prices have been tanking since last year even, and now there are big concerns about what that means for the energy space. Jobs here in the United States. While its great news for consumers, its not great news for Energy Companies or the people that they employ. And historically speaking, 70 january is what sets the tone for the rest of the year. Theres an old saying here on wall street
Control laws. The president was announcing what he would do by executive action without congress when the memories of these victims, 20 first graders from newtown, connecticut, six or seven years old, choked mr. Obama in midsentence. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And, by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. Pelley there have been 13 mass killings during the obama presidency. Each time republicans voted against gun legislation. But last month, after san bernardino, mr. Obama decided to act on his own. Given the limits of his power, his actions today are not sweeping. The most significant simply gun sales online or at gun shows. Currently, about 40 of sales have no background checks at all. Chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford is at the white house. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun. Reporter it was an emotional appeal. We maybe cant save everybody, but we could s