winning are very negligible. chip merlin thank you. right now, the search is on for a cop killer in new orleans. the suspect opening fire on a housing authority police officer who was driving on security detail this weekend. police are now trying to piece together a motive. wvue fox 8 in new orleans has that story. it is a horrible day for us. it s truly sad. this is a young officer that was taken way too soon. reporter: the 45-year-old officer s death, the first in the department s history. it is a very hard thing to watch one of your colleagues lose their life in the line of duty. reporter: police say the officer was working an overnight security detail watching the construction site of new town homes being built in central city. he was driving the block when someone opened fire.
trapping themselves. a fisherman blames the rough current. water pushing up on it couldn t get nowhere. a rescue worker says his crew realize the boat engine wasn t strong enough to get everybody out of there. they had to call in another team that team used a rope to grab them. illinois: [cheers] chicago s annual polar plunge taking place in lake michigan. the event to raise money for the special olympics. participants wear special outfits if they want and you can see that s what happened and that s a fox watch across america. a fox weather alert now. we are just getting word of a tornado touched in western oklahoma. happened 110 miles west of oklahoma city. reports of downed power lines, damage to home and businesses in the area. hammond home to about 500 people. no reports of injuries. we will give updates as they come in.
stations from fox. this time abc. and make no mistake, there is more to come with the big corporations wanting cash from the cable companies that carry their signals. the battle is just beginning. and most likely it will eventually effect every one of us. sandra smith from the fox business network with us now, i mean a sign of things to come. definitely a sign of things to come. issues really bigger, shepard, than just these two companies. you have hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. and the issue at hand is very, very simple. you have the content providers like you mentioned the food network or espn, the cable only channels which traditionally have gotten much more for their content from the cable providers. well, what we haven t traditionally seen is the traditional network broadcast get any money or sometimes very little money. well, they want to change that obviously with the decline of tv revenues, they want to be in this for the money, too. that s the message they are sen
shep? shepard: shannon bream live in d.c. thank you. for more on this controversy head to our web site, foxnews.com. there is a tab there called textbook wars. it s a link at the top right of the page. find in-depth interviews with people on both sides of this issue. and more on what this could mean to schools in your neighborhood. that s at foxnews.com. and we re getting word tonight drinks sold in schools nationwide are getting healthier. that s because they are changing really. it s from the trade group representing the beverage industry which announced it saw a 95% decline in the number of full calorie drinks sold in schools between 2004 and 2009. many of those drinks have been replaced with water and other local lower alternatives. studies have linked excessive consumption of sugary soft drinks to rise in childhood obesity. joint 2006 initiative between the american heart association and former president clinton. here in new york state they are considering a tax on sugary bevera
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