And people elect the party. And venezuelas were as a matter of facts say it is not helping the situation. We begin in yemen where houthi leader has for the first time addressed his supporters since fridays coup. He justified the takeover calling it a revolution. The houthi criticized former president , president hadi, for stepping down, saying his resignation was a deliberate step to create a power vacuum. The houthi leader warned against those protesting his takeover of the government, saying it was the best thing for yemen. The yemeni people have a right to live a dig need life. The yemeni people have a right to obtain their rights and wants. The Historic Movement by our people yesterday. This move comes to address the vacuum italy which other forces meant to undermine the efforts of our people, some Political Forces and collaborators within and outside of yemen fails to understand that the yemeni people are adamant that they will achieve their legitimate lawful and just demands. Jam
Apartment building. Four children rescued, including that boy who jumped. They are all doing okay. The fire started by food left on the stove. Surfers in Central California are keeping a close eye an the water after a surfer was bitten by a great white. The surfboard shows scars of the attack which happened yesterday. He was dragged under water by the juvenile great white and bitten on the hip. He was able to paddle to shore where he made a tourniquet with his leash cord. The biggest blessing was there was a woman doctor happened to be right there on the beach. She came don and gave a quick assessment of how bad the wound was. The man wise flown to the hospital. Another surfer says there was no warning. The shark came straight out of the depp ths. The beach is open but warning signs are posted. A man in alaska beat the odds not to mention the freezing temperatures. This happened with a snowmobile accident. That was just the start. Abcs aditi roy with the details. Yeah, i think its a mi
Watching football with his wife. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 29th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We need to start with that expanding search for a missing airasia jet. Australia has joined the effort but an indonesian official doesnt hold out much hope. He said he expects they will find the plane at the bottom of the ocean. Abcs david kerley has more. Reporter this is the actual airarbia a320 missing at this hour. Indonesian aircraft looking for any sign of the jetliner carrying 161 people mostly indonesians. Flight 8501 took off from indonesia Early Saturday Morning headed northwest for singapore. 42 minutes into the flight the jet runs into severe weather, thunderstorms and turbulence. The pilot asked to turn and to increase altitude significantly from 32,000 feet to 38,000 feet. The jet, then just disappears off radar. Its hard to imagine how a thunderstorm would bring down an airplane especially as experienced as this crew is. Well
Seventeen protesters reportedly shot dead in new financing yet but this is what ministers from the eu are their top ukrainian president. It is possible here and consumption. A new milestone in the bx democratic issues. Its all a market top eight. Voting today to elect a new constituent assembly. I smoked while messaging service what staff for record nineteen Million Dollars what you think athletes to join us. First in ukraine up to seventy protesters have been killed reportedly shot dead at the police. He is fighting has once again broken out on Independence Square and the main government building in kiev has reportedly been eve actually waited over two years. Protesters were taken over. He of course chronicle of a crack at school. It is the bill will protect it we like to bid it would be taking care of gunshot wound to the side of them. Go ahead goal with growth in the middle of a good idea to be content but that book. A letter that the reduction of the International Jew that filming
Fires are inching slowly toward each other if the searing heat and high winds get worse those bush fires in southeastern australia could meet up creating an extremely rare mega fire not far from sydney. More than 200 homes have been destroyed so far. A blazing front of 300 kilometers. It is just one of several across new south wails in the worst fire disaster the state has seen for nearly half a century. Several blazes remain out of control across the Blue Mountains just 100 kilometers from sydney. Firefighters battle to contain them. They fear increasingly strong winds and searing heat could see the three main fronts merge. A state of emergency was declared on sunday. However, suggestions that all communities in the Blue Mountains where 76,000 people live could be evacuated. It has been forced evacuations. We are continuing to see a very responsive very measured considered community thats heeding advice and making decisions and where appropriate choosing to relocate and follow that ad