Good evening, as we come on the air this friday night, several developing stories. We begin with the giant weekend storm that will affect tens of millions. More than 70 records broken today. In tennessee alone, 18 people have died. In the northeast, theyre using drones to check on roofs. And a coast guard cutter breaking through the ice trying to get to a stranded ship. And horrific driving in kansas city. We begin with tom llamas on the cold already tonight. Tom . Reporter because of the record snowfall and dangerously low temperatures, here where boats are frozen to the dock the ice here rocksolid. An arctic blast shattering records in at least 70 cities from florida to michigan. Ive never seen it like this. Last year was bad, but this years definitely a lot worse. Reporter on lake erie, a cargo ship stuck miles from shore, food airlifted to the icebreakers trying to reach it a similar problem here in boston. You can see ehow much ice is in the water. Navigational buoys frozen over w
Technology to stop accidental shooting. They face resistance and black beauty a legendary guitar selling at auction. Its incredible history of beautiful music good evening im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. A Big Development in the fight against i. S. I. L. Iraqi forces have been preparing for an offensive to retake mosul. Its been in i. S. I. L. s hands since summer. We know the time line for the assault. Senior officials at the u. S. Central command laid out the plan to retake the city of mosul in what most agreed was spiriting detail. Officials spoke saying that the target time frame from the mosul attack plan was april or may, before the summer heat and ramadan. Between 20 and 25,000 troops may be ready by then to dislodge 1,000 to 2,000 i. S. I. L. Fighters believed dug in in the city. The main attack force is five iraqi brigades and three small brigades in reserve. And three peshmerga containing i. S. I. L. From the north and west. Rounding out the plan are mosul fighti
Good evening, as we come on the air this friday night, several developing stories. We begin with the giant weekend storm that will affect tens of millions. More than 70 records broken today. In tennessee alone, 18 people have died. In the northeast, theyre using drones to check on roofs. And a coast guard cutter breaking through the ice trying to get to a stranded ship. And horrific driving in kansas city. We begin with tom llamas on the cold already tonight. Tom . Reporter because of the record snowfall and dangerously low temperatures, here where boats are frozen to the dock the ice here rocksolid. An arctic blast shattering records in at least 70 cities from florida to michigan. Ive never seen it like this. Last year was bad, but this years definitely a lot worse. Reporter on lake erie, a cargo ship stuck miles from shore, food airlifted to the icebreakers trying to reach it a similar problem here in boston. You can see ehow much ice is in the water. Navigational buoys frozen over w