Those metal Water Bottles. Theyre popular with children. It turns out there is a risk of kids getting their tongues trapped inside. Very serious. Can lead to a trip to the emergency room. So what, if anything, is being done about it . Then a strange phenomenon off the coast of southern california. Were talking about massive squid. They are being spotted and caught in record numbers. Well get a live report about that. But let us start on a wednesday morning in washington where the Obama Administration is getting ready to tackle a whole host of issues, beginning this morning with gun control. Nbcs Peter Alexander is at the white house. Peter, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. Barely a week into this new year and the president , as you know, is already juggling a handful of familiar challenges. They are the looming fights over guns, confirmation of his National Security team, and as the nations fast approaching, borrowing limits. With the white houses self imposed deadline
Help with traffic enforcement. A similar situation is planned for stockton. A body found last weekend was a missing girl from richmond the the death of 16 yearold kathy chu is now under investigation. She had been missing since late last month. A classmate contacted authorities after the body was found and they confirmed the identity of the victim. Police made an arrest in the disof a Castro Valley woman. She was found inside a Burning House october 18. Authorities say she had been beaten by someone who may have gotten in through an unlocked door or window. The fire was suspicious. The Alameda County will hold a News Conference to identify the person in custody. More on that coming up. Former u. S. Senator George Mitchell offered to withdraw as mediator on negotiations on how much the state should fine pg e for the deadly pipeline disaster in san bruno. Consumer advocates and Public Officials denounced the Public Utilities commission for its decision to hire mitchell and its law firm.
Tonight on Nightline A Zumba and an alleged prostitution ring. Her alleged Business Partner speaks out for the first time. It is the cutting edge science that turned a piece of skin into a beating heart on this amazing breakthrough thats changing medicine as we know it. And man versus croc. The Dangerous Mission with what could be the largest crocodile on the planet, but who is the hunter, and who is the hunted . Keep it right here, from new york city, this is nightline with bill wier. Good evening. It is the sorted sex scandal that has turned a new england town upside down. An exercise instructor charged with using her latin themed workout studio for a prostitution ring whose detailed list of alleged clients name the names of over 100 local men. Now her alleged Business Partner is feeling the heat, and tonight for the first time he speaks out to abcs john. Reporter this small picturesque new england town just a few miles from the summer compound of the first president bush is at the u
Harrowing hostage situation in the african desert. This morning, we have more information about an american killed by the islamic militants. And we know several other americans are in danger right now. Abcs investigative correspondent, brian ross, has been covering this from the jump. Hes with us, now, with more. Brian, good morning. Reporter good morning, dan. The death toll continues to climb with at least 1 american and 11 other hostages reported to have been killed. The algerian military has twice stormed the natural gas facility. But Authorities Say the situation this morning, is still not resolved. And a number of western workers, including americans, apparently remain hostages. The state department has now confirmed that 58yearold Fred Buttaccio of suburban houston, was killed at some point during the attack and subsequent rescue effort. But another american, mark cobb of corpus christi, texas, is now confirmed as safe. Cobb was the senior manager at the bp facility algeria. And
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