Year and still going through the justice system. The most prominent one the case of lisa weston from 2011, serving life for the cruel exploitation for four mentally challenged people. Forcing them to have sex with men and forcing them to fight with each other and stealing their social media. This is something thats that flown against the radar and i think that is nationally. Money could, look for major Ongoing Operations in this area that many believe is too low profile for far to long. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. We are following developing news out of houston, texas, where both former president , George Hw Bush and his wife barbara are hospitalized. Bush sr. Was in the icu and had to under go a procedure after experiencing respiratory issues and the aide says the former first lady went to the same hospital after not feeling well for two weeks and that move was precautionary. Meanwhile, president elect donald trump is less than 48 hours from taking the oath of of
Inauguration crowd. But the big story on action news is a rain storm on tap for start of your workweek. We saw no shortage of drizzle toll day and gray skies but that nearly serves as a prelewd of the likelihood of heavy rain and high wind tomorrow. Meteorologist Karen Rodgers is in for melissa and she joins us with our first check of the accu Weather Forecast, karen. We have a strong noreaster heading up the coastline. Storm tracker six live double scan showing that drizzle in our region but look at Storm Tracker six live 3d. There is a lot of moisture. This is a strong storm. Area of low pressure will reform along coastline and we have concerns for our area mostly along the coast. Coastal flood advisory goes intoe tech at 3 00 a. M. On monday. Lasts this will 9 00 p. M. For minor to moderate coastal flooding. That is a big concern. This is a coastal storm a long the coast well wind gusts and high wind warning along the coastline as well. There is gusts 45 to 50 miles an hour but some
Important. Security Council Resolution is only as strong as the nation states who back it and their willingness to see it through. You know, yesterday and i want to move this question now to assad and putins relationship with assad. Yesterday made a comment, and i quote, refugees undoubtedly need our compassion and support. The only way to resolve the problem is to restore statehood. My question, and ill start with dr. Gavinaw, can we solve this problem as long as assad is barrel bombing his own people, targeting open markets and children . The question before us is can we solve this . One level is obviously the immediate crisis and then the longTerm Solution. As you said, this is no longer a blip. It is a trend. If that trend is there, going back to what senator cardin mentioned earlier, we have to develop a different strategy. This is not just about feeding people for a few weeks. Its about educating, training. In trying to prevent this now, at least getting at the immediate crisis,
Mediterranean. There are 7. 6 million internally displaced syrians suffering and into need of humanitarian assistance. More families are forced to send their children to work or marry off their young daughters. It is hard to comprehend the millions of refugees on lebanon, jordan, and turkey. The number of refugees in lebanon would be equivalent to the United States receiving 88 million new refugees. Thats a shocking number for that country. Turkey has already spent 6 billion in direct assistance to refugees in its care. Thats a huge part of the turkish economy. At the same time, we in the west until very recently have been relukt tar reluctant to admit even the most vulnerable syrian refugees. Although the white house announced it would admit 10,000 syrians. We know that the syrian humanitarian disaster, which has destabilized an entire region, is not the accidental byproduct of conflict. Instead one result of the strategy pursued by the assad regime. The United Nations commission on i
Clemson fans gathered around the state and here in the midlands to watch the big game last night. But, in the end, it was fans of the crimson tide celebrating a National Championship. This was the scene at Hickory Tavern in the vista. Dozens of clemson fans who are part of the Columbia Clemson Club showed up to watch. A handful of loud and proud bama fans did too. Clemsons a really good team. Theres nothing to take away from that. Youve got two really good teams here. Its not about the conferences. This is about two good teams, and alabama turned out to be the better team. I didnt know if wed be able it was phenomenal. It was all you could ask for. Great game. Both teams did an unbelievable job. One of the alabama fans said he hopes they dont see clemson again next season, because he expects the tigers will be just as good if not better. We will have much more coverage wrapping up clemsons run for the national including postgame reaction from coaches and the players ahead in our next h