Atmosphere. Through noon i think its dry. Mixed snow showers north and west. Accumulation possibilities. A happy rangers fan this morning. Close but we won. If youre a rangers fan, youre happy youre just not wearing your blue. A moment ago i talked about the overturned t myractortrailer coming off of tillary street onto the bqe. I think theyre slowing down a little bit in this area. Live look outside at a place wher. E its not slow at all. The connecticut turnpike in stamford. 8 as you head out the door, everything should be all right. Lauren, thank you so much. Breaking news overseas where an explosion ocked a popular to furist destination. Today in new yorks Kerry Barrett has an update. We have an update on the numbers. Nbchc news confirming police and medics on the scene, they sealed this area off. The fear is that there may be a second explosion. It happened, as you mentioned, in an historic destination. The main sightseeing destination. There are several landmarks there. Wi ltness
Up the workday with snow and rain aok freezing presip coming down through the evening hour prps well have your full forecast in a little while. Now back to both of you at the desk. You can track the snow with our nbc 4 new york app. Tap the logo in the corner. Select the weather tab. Youll find the latest forecast in the radar and get any alerts th patou need to know. Now to breaking news, we have learned that Police Arrested the fi h suspect accused in a gang rape at a brooklyn playground. All five suspects are teenagers. Just 14 to 17 years old. Tracy strahan has new information this afternoon, tracie. Reporter well rob, they wouldnt tell me where hes being held, but over the phone, Police Confirmed that that 17yearold suspect was taken sbool kus dill just about an into custody about an hour ago. He along with the other fours wi tll be charged as adults. The other four facing a judge in we saw video showing all five of these teenagers connected in the gang rape of an 18yearold girl.
General. Americas latest shooting tragedy, a 9yearold girl killing her instructor with an oozy. The heath ministers from across west africa are tu to meet in ghana to talk about a response to one of the worlds worst ebola outbreaks. 2. 5 thousand have died. Health officials warn the worst is yet to come. The outbreak started in guinea, there has been 607 cases and 406 deaths since march. Liberia recorded the greetest number, 1,082. Of these 624 diet. In sierra leone 910 caught the virus. 392 have died. Nigeria recorded 16 cases, five deaths. Erica woods report. Reporter now more than ever, doctor, disease experts, aid groups, the world over has stark warnings, its no longer africas problem. The world has never seen an outbreak of ebola like this. I wish is didnt have to say this, but it is going to get worse before it gets better. It will be some time before they get a handle on the virus. At the moment our leaders say that they estimate 69 months before the outbreak can be detained. Y
Expert about ebola. Foreign minister Prime Minister to president , turkeys first directly elected head of state. What started the news out with a crisis in ukraine where the countrys president poroshenko canceled a trip to turkey and is calling what hes described as an urgent security meeting, saying that Russian Troops have moved into east ukraine. Do to Russian Troops entering ukrainian territory, i decided to cancel a visit to turkey, despite the seven meetings that ukraine desperately needs, the place of ukraines president is in kiev today. In another development, a prorussian separatists leader is confirming russian fighters are fighting along his forces. Among volunteers prom russia, thereof always been military servicemen. They fight for us, understanding this is their duty. There are currently soldiers who prefer to spend their vacations among us, among brothers fighting for their freedom. On the ground, the situation in ukraine appears to be deteriorating, prorussian separatis
Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski mr. President , i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Murkowski thank you, mr. President. We are on the measure again, the shaheenportman Energy Efficiency, also known as Energy Savings and industrial competitiveness act. An efficiency bill, mr. President. This shouldnt be this difficult for us. When we talk about the benefits of an alloftheabove Energy Policy, the benefits that can come to us as a nation when we are more resilient with our energy sources, when were able to access our Domestic Energy sources, whether they be our fossil fuels, whether they be our renewables, whether they be nuclear, we all talk about it in good, strong terms because, quite honestly, energy makes us a stronger nation. Abg stows our Energy Resource access to our Energy Resources. Ive defined a good, Strong Energy policy as one that allows energy to be more abundant