iraq. general martin dempsey telling the wall street journal the isis leaders were high valued targets senior leadership. today boston bombing suspect tok tsarnaev appearing in court for the first time since july 2013. tsarnaev speaking briefly during final pre-trial hearing asked by the judge if the lawyers acted in his best interest he said very much. the trial starts january 5th. in texas a tv weatherman is shot in the parking lot of his tv station it happened in broad daylight as meteorologist patrick crawford was getting into his car. the gunman shot him at least twice. crawford was able to drive away and get help. the gunman got away. police say they do not know the motive. say crawford did not recognize the shooter. a win for the washington redskins. well, at least for the team name. today an fcc commission rejecting the petition to claim the name redskins violates broadcast indecency rules that means stations can say red skins without fearing government fines. thank you for b
headlines for you. good morning to you. we have some brand-new information for you at this hour about a deadly car crash in redondo beach, california. we just learned the death toll has gone from one person to three. nine others are still in the hospital. this is what happened. a woman plowed into a group of people leaving a christmas church service. she ran a result, jumped the curb, and hit dozens of people, including a child. officers say that she was driving under the influence. a manhunt is underway for the person who shot a tv weatherman. this happened in waco, texas. patrick crawford, a weatherman at kcen was shot at least 13 times and it happened in the parking lot outside the studio. he managed to get into his car and drove away. flagged down a construction worker for help. crawford is still in stable condition this morning. and after being accused of slamming his ex-girlfriend s head into a wall, nascar champ
good thursday morning. i m t.j. holmes. i m reena ninan. here are some of top good thursday morning, everybody. i m t.j. holmes. i m reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines on world news now. new era. surprise prisoner exchange paving the way for the u.s. and cuba to revive diplomatic ties for the first time since jfk was in office. the agreement that brought alan gross back home to the u.s. brokered with the help of the pope. full coverage ahead. sony has decided not to release its movie the interview. and now the u.s. has linked that cyberattack to north korea. details ahead. police in waco, texas, are looking for the man they say shot a tv weatherman yesterday in the parking lot of the station. the two men exchanged words and gunfire erupted.
three, they left their own flowers and one heartbreaking note from her daughter read, quote, i love you mom. the cafe manager, tory johnson was also killed after he rushed that gunman. prime minister tony abbott calls this attack, a horrific wake-up could have been prevented. authorities are looking into why the gunman was out on bail after a string of other violent crimes? heather: the first court appearance by the accused boston marathon bomber in a very long time. we ll tell you about the drama in federal court when the lone surviving suspect went before a judge and what this means for the families of the bombing victims. plus a tv weatherman becomes a victim of a violent crime. what happened and the latest on the suspect. then massive blimps could be launched high in the air above the united states. why it is now the subject of some very serious debate. all of that is coming up.
part of the citizens across the city. governor dean, let s ask you. we never close school. look. this is somewhat of a shakedown. i think the first lesson is do not get in a tweeting war with al roker. if the tv weatherman wants to tweet, let him tweet. you don t have to have an official response to that. that just makes it worse. maybe some mistakes were made. if the city doesn t have a history of closing schools, i understand why the mayor made this decision. i do agree that sending them home halfway through the day was probably but this was a judgment call. peoples lives were not at risk. calm down. a huge difference between what happened here and in georgia. what happened in georgia were life-threatening. people were stuck on the interstate for 18 hours. a woman was killed and thank god the baby lived. she was hit by a snowplow. it has nothing to do with there wouldn t be any snow plows if there wasn t snow on the ground. very good point, harold. i m not going to ge