Good friday morning to you. We begin with the images rarely seen in Southern California. A vicious rainstorm triggering intense flash flooding and massive mudslides. This is what it looked like for drivers. Cars tossed around by the river of mud. Emergency crews rescued more than a dozen people and eight dogs. South of there a vital stretch of interstate 5 could be closed all day today and thats only the beginning of the mess left behind. A muddy mess in Southern California. Overnight, the cleanup getting under way. Rocks, debris and mud feet deep surround homes and cars. We cant see and it was just like it was just really crazy. Reporter the mudflow miles long stranding drivers for hours cutting off the main artery between los angeles and the central valley. A big rig was sliding towards me. We got back in our cars and after that we just started sliding and boulders started coming so it was quick. It happened quick so it was scary. Reporter one woman forced to leave her vehicle behind
Massive mudslides. This is what it looked like for drivers. Cars tossed around by the river of mud. Emergey crews rcued more than a dozen people and eight dogs. South of there a vital stretch of interstate 5 could be closed all day today and thats only the beginning of the mess left behind. A muddy mess in Southern California. Overnight, the cleanup gettingng under way. Rocks, debris and mud feet deep surround homes and cars. We cant see and it was just like it was just really crcrazy. Reporter the mudow miles long stranding drivers for hours cutting off the main artery between los angeles and the central valley. A big rig was sliding towds me. We got back in our cs and after that we just started sliding and boulders started coming so it was quick. It happened quick so it was scary. Reporter one woman forced to leave her vehicle behind wading through a fastmoving muddy river. The mudslides triggered from this intense storm bringing high windnds, heav downpours and hail catcng a lot of
Year in college football. Good friday morning to you. We begin with the images rarely seen in Southern California. A vicious rainstorm triggering massive mudslides. This is what it looked like for drivers. Cars tossed around by the river of mud. Emergency crews rescued more than a dozen people and eight dogs. South of there a vital stretch of interstate 5 could be closed all day today and thats only the beginning of the mess left behind. A muddy mess in Southern California. Overnight, the cleanup getting under way. Rocks, debris and mud feet deep surround homes and cars. We cant see and it was just reporter the mudflow miles long stranding drivers for hours cutting off the main artery between los angeles and the central valley. A big rig was sliding towards me. We got back in our cars and after that we just started sliding and boulders started coming so it was quick. It happened quick so it was scary. Reporter one woman forced to leave her vehicle behind wading through a fastmoving mud
The u. N. Security council says it will begin working immediately on new measures against north korea after pyongyangs claim it tested a Hydrogen Bomb. And an expert shares his insights into how fiscal discipline and immigration issues will shape the european economy in the year ahead. The first week of 2016 has brought extreme volatility to global stock markets. Investors are dealing with concerns over the chinese economy. And with north Koreas Nuclear test. Gene otani on our business desk has been following the developments. Gene. Thanks, james. Shanghai stocks dropped sharply at the open on thursday. And for the second time this week, the fall was so steep that it forced trading to stop completely. That led to severe losses in markets across the asiapacific region. The shanghai composite finished the day only 30 minutes after the open. It tumbled 7 during that time. Closing at 3125. The selloffs were triggered by concerns over the yuan, dropping to a nearly fiveyear low against the
Identifying areas for improvement, identifying areas for managerial improvement. The problem is that those improvements rarely get made. And to the extent that congressional action is necessary to make some of these changes, theres so much else to do. Theres very little glory in eliminating a program especially if people face layoffs. Theres even less glory in that. So to some extent its not that we dont know where to cut that we dont know which programs work and which ones dont. We do have some Good Government reports that help guide those decisions, but its that from recognizing the problem the next step is missing. Where is the action to actually get rid of some of these programs . I think thats exactly right. It comes in the action. When you were talking what popped in my mind was Ronald Reagans famous quote about politics and Foreign Relations which is trust but verify. And that seems to work for a lot of issues we deal with in our life. But when it comes to government spending, y