i think, are important now in the framework of the southern district case against michael cohen. because first of all, especially if there are more payments that we find out about. where did that money come from? i do not take at face value what now seems to be a cover story made up by giuliani and trump that cohen paid out the money and then trump paid him back. that seems to me to be an after the fact cover story. we ll see. the facts will play out. we ll find that out. but where did the money come from for all of these payments? where did cohen get the money? did it come from the russian-linked company? that would bring russian into another aspect of a campaign finance possible violation. getting money from russia used to influence the results of the election. we tonight know yet. it brings more scrutiny on michael cohen and backs him more into a corn near exactly. and he s going to want to tell his story.
quebec province. this video posted online in a small town where 80 tanker cars on the train that contain some flammae liquid. we tonight know a lot about what that is. i don t known that matters. you can see how big this fire is. people running in the video. five firefighting vehicles have been dispatched. 80 cars burping. the town asking for more help. no information about casualties right now. you look at these pictures unbelievable. imagine waking up. predawn in this video. 8 80 cars in lac megantic, quebec. an nfl player arrested, charged from murder, taken from
we have lieutenant damon simmons of the fire department. welcome, you are on the scene, what is going on. right now firefighters have cut a window on each side of the patient. they have access on the patient. they want to get a blanket to her to keep her warm, we have her husband here keep her spirits up. they are gaining access to her through a door and they hope to get her unwedged and basically out from between the wall and building. she is basically in about an 8-inch space. we tonight have access to the nature of her injuries. martha: she s in an 8-inch space you say. yeah. martha: any idea how she got there? no. she obviously had to fall there. it s about a 20-foot high wall. we don t know why she was up where she was. there is no walkway or anything like that up there.
with gaza. anger is growing over the newly announced settlement that the land prince want for the future state. the israelis announced a building spree in response to palestinian victory at the u.n. this statehood bid was a risky proposition by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas who hoped to force israel to restart, failed peace talks. we tonight have a good feeling about it. this is our only hope. if anything goes wrong, everything will go bad. here, bad is very bad. there is talk of a third inthe fa da. another popular uprising take form of mask protest. rock throwing and attacks on the israeli check points which could easily turn birthplace of christ to ghost town. even on christmas. doug? doug: virt virt in the not so little leland vittert in the not so little town of bethlehem.
outfront tonight, a bombshell from the president. he has made it clear, finally, that he supports gay marriage. now, the announcement comes after days of mounting pressure to explain his quote/unquote evolving position, his words, on the controversial issue. here s how he put it to abc news robin roberts. i have just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. the human rights campaign immediately released a statement saying obama s presidency has shown that our nation can move beyond its shameful history of discrimination and injustice. and celebrities and politicians took to twitter to celebrate. ellen degeneres tweeting thank you, president barack obama, for your beautiful and brave words. i m overwhelmed. new york mayor michael bloomberg wrote president barack obama s announcement is a major turning point in the history of civil rights. there were even tweets from former