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trapped along the greek border with macedonia. and rolling out the red carpet for hollywood s biggest night of the year, we are just hours away from the start of this year s oscars live in los angeles. i am robben adams with the support, barcelona exact sweet revenge on the team that last beat them 54 games ago. and the first bit of silverware. who helped make them champions. we begin in iraq where a series of attacks have left dozens of people dead. at least 70 people have been killed by a bombing at a market in a mainly shia neighborhood of baghdad. the country s military has also been targed in separate attacks. isil says it s responsible i believe. rob matheson reports. reporter: one of the bloodiest days iraq has seen in recent years. this amateur video captures chaos in sadder city moments after swin bomb attacks in a busy mosque. it s in a mainly shia neighborhood just north of the capital baghdad. the first bomb explode odd a motorcycle as people gat ....
announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. it is a busy wednesday morning. i m kendis gibson. and i m reena ninan. we ll get to the presidential race in a moment. first breaking news, a massive storm system slamming the south right now. more than a den tornadoes reported overnight kaw causing at least three deaths. two at this trailer park in louisiana about 40 miles south of baton rouge. latest storm track in a ment, but we begin with linzie janis. you funnel clouds trying to touchdown in new orleans. takee shelter now. extreme threat. severe weather spawning there massive waterspout on lake ponchartrain. coming off to the side. reporter: watch as two more form on sides. one reported twister ripping through this rv parking in convent, louisiana. in downtown prairieville, major damagetology businesses. incredibly, dozen of people inside this gold s gym unharmed as a reported tornado rips through. i started scrming everybody g ....
a few bands of snow from mingo, colfax, over toward the mitchellville area. along with that, some pretty cold air moving in. temperatures tomorrow around nine at six ago a.m. noon, just 14. clouds slowly and. forecast high tomorrow of 16. steve: taking a look at statewide road conditions. still closed in both directions from ames to clear lake. travel not advised on the areas in purple and areas in pink are covered in snow. like blue means roads are partially covered. we have crews covering conditions on the road all day long. laura: the wind is pretty brutal. the road conditions are so bit road conditions aren t so bad, but the further north you go, the worse it gets. whiteout conditions left cars backed up for miles on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. laura: the jacknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill ....
does crash data tell you on those roads,the roadway geometrics will they allow for an increase in speed limits. hoye says it is not for him to advocate on what is better a five mile an hour increase,a $10 mile an hour increase or the two lane rural road speed limit staying at 55 miles and hour. he says when all is said and done public safety is tasked to enforce the law and that is what they will do. whatever the legislature after they have done their investigation whatever they deem appropriate obviously law enforcement will enforcement any law they pass through. reporter: the dot tells us it has concerns because research shows fatalities and the severity of crashes go up with an increase in speed. next week is the first funnel week so if this bill does not get out of committee by friday the 19th it will not move forward this session. steve: iowa lawmakers are also looking changes to keep those we told you 2-years ago about a little known state law that made it a off ....
standoff in oregon. shaina humphries is following the story and it may finally be coming to an end. shaina: we learned the remaining four occupiers of the wildlife refuge there say they will turn themselves into authorities. this video shows fbi vehicle surrounding the refuge. it has been going on for 40 days and at this point the holdouts say they will not, unless charges are dropped. they also learned cliven bundy was arrested for charges stemming from 2014. in maryland, flags will fly at half staff to honor to share some beauties were shot and killed on wednesday. one was to honor sheriff s deputies were shot and killed. the gunman had outstanding warrants in maryland and florida and was also shot and killed. that went into a dangerous storm are back home and recounting the nightmare at sea. i was on deck and so the water coming to the balcony. shaina: authorities with royal caribbean plan to strengthen the storm of avoidance policies. the ship was on its way to ....