The efforts they now face to replace homes to basic infrastructure. [ screaming ] check out this new years tradition as people across the country take the polar plunge. Extreme temperatures in some places nearly brought the activities to a complete halt. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. This morning the political world mourns the passing of former new york governor mario cuomo. He was 82. He burst on to the political scene in the 1970s, rising to become a three term governor in new york and a shining star in the Democratic Party. He dazzled an office during the Democratic National convention. He became a front runner for the presidency but twice turned down offers to run. Lets go to libby casey in washington. Cuomos influence transcended state politics. He was known nationally for his passion for liberal values and pragmatism in politics. He was first and foremost a new yorker. He was a democratic superstar, a three term new york governor and unabashed liberal. He was pro c
Bad luck. And making a statement. Former Florida Governor jeb bush charting a course away from the far right. Is we start this hour with the Obama Administration which had a has doubled down on its position that north korea was responsible for the hack on sony pictures. Officials and organizations u. S. Security firms have questioned the decision to attribute the situation to north korea. Those analysts dont have the evidence president obama has. Loikslibby casey has the report. This is the first imposing sanctions on a country because of an attack against a company. The nature of the hack which they say was destructive and coercive and u. S. Officials are standing by the assertion that north korea was responsible for hacking sony pictures. They say that this is part of a larger plan to push back against the threat of cyberattacks. Now there are already sanctions in place on many north korean entities including the three targeted today. So this is symbolic in many ways. But here are th
Like youve never seen it before, tonight what the helmet cam captured. Njt governor Chris Christie was in new york city tonight attending a Birthday Party for mowrd stern. He tweeted this picture of hi himself treating John Bon Jovi at the birthday. This may come down to one question who do you believe is telling the truth. We begin with john terrett in fort lee, new jersey. John. Good evening john as you can see the George Washington bridge is the busiest bridge in the world. Ill step aside, you can have a look at it. Its a really pretty bridge as well, Chris Christie appears to be in a pretty tight spot. The man who ordered the lane closures, is saying by letter that evidence exists that governor christie knew about those lane closures at the time they are taking place and that is something that governor christie has vehemently denied. The lane closings at the George Washington bridge creating a commuter nightmare for days, caused not by a traffic study, but as the alleged political
With just 13 days before the election, president obama and mitt romney are making a final push for your vote, including several stops in our backyard. Plus we have some breaking news on i95 north in virginia this morning. Good morning, everyone. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Welcome to news 4 today for this wednesday, october 24th, 2012. Were going to take a live look outside at 5 01. 64 degrees. Time for weather and traffic on the ones. Meteorologist tom kierein feeling a little more like summer in the past few days. You know its not going to last long. Im enjoying it while it lasts. Lets savor it while we can. Big changes coming in for the weekend. Right now increasing clouds coming in from the west. Speckles of green on the storm team 4 radar image, clouds in West Virginia and western maryland. A lot of them are not reaching the ground. Elsewhere, we have increasing clouds throughout much of the area. Temperatures are milder this morning. Mid50s in arlington, fairfax, montgom
Rain. Just a very few sprinkles trying to reach the ground in Loudoun County and farther west in eastern West Virginia and western maryland, it is tracking east. You might briefly need an umbrella from the Shenandoah Valley and blue ridge east here and around the metro area over another couple of hours. Right now temperatures where they are getting a few of those sprinkles are generally mid50s. Closer to washington, its in the mid50s to low 50s parts of Northern Virginia, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince georges. Near 60 in the district, and right near the chesapeake bay, much of Southern Maryland and northern neck. Storm team 4 hour by hour today, forecast by 7 00 a. M. A lot of cloudiness around, a slight chance of sprinkles in the 50s. The noon hour rather cloudy. The mid70s, though. Ought to get a little sun breaking out during the afternoon with a high near 80. Briefly for an hour or two midafternoon. Im back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. Another look at storm tea