Died at the age of 85, just one year after retiring from nearly 50 years of bringing big bird and oscar the grouch to life. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 9th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have toni in from espn. Hey we do begin this half hour with democrats wasting no time setting the stage to unveil articles of impeachment against President Trump this week. Another public hearing is getting under way today to lay out the case for removing the president from office. The president is crying foul tweeting quote no president in American History has been treated like this. Abcs david wright has more. Reporter on the eve of historic impeachment hearings, congress has been burning the midnight oil. We have to act now, you cant wait for the next election because hes trying to interfere with the next election. Reporter the House Judiciary Committee is now charged with drafting specific grounds to remove President Trump. The president leaves us no choice. Report
official ever to stand trial before a vatican criminal court. hello, i m tanya beckett. welcome. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza had been holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army s rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talalqa were killed in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was very tragic . an army spokesman said they had made a mistake and would not be punished. frank gardner, sent this report. for the families of the hostages that await in gaza, it is an agonising wait. the israeli military has given new details about how three is really captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and telecom emerged shirtless waving a white flag. one of the soldiers identified them as a threat
Of coffee these days. Also on tonights programme. A former tv producer is found guilty of trying to hire a succession of hitmen to kill his wealthy partner. In new york, at least 13 people are reported hurt after a car hits pedestrians in times square. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. The Football Association will introduce new rules that could see players retrospectively banned for diving or feigning injury from next season. Good evening and welcome to halifax, where the conservatives have launched their Election Manifesto. By choosing halifax, where labour has a majority of less than 500, theresa may is signalling her determination to show that the Conservative Party is now the champion of working people Mainstream Britain as she put it. So what are the Policy Highlights . In a Sweeping Change to social care in england, if you are Receiving Care in your own home, the value of your house above £100,000 will be counted when calculating your contribution. And after 2020 the so c
Stabbing incident took place on campus earlier this morning. Officials say a student plowed into a crowd on campus with a car and then jumped out and started stabbing people with a butcher knife. That suspects, an 18yearold ohio state student, police say is a somali refugee who was a legal permanent resident of the united states. Officials do not have a motive at this time but do say the attack was done on purpose. Police say they sh that suspect. I heard multiple gunshots. I wasnt sure if it was real but i looked out the window and saw that it was really happening. Its not real. You go gnome. Its not supposed to happen. Sorry. [ crying ]. So yeah. Its scary. It was really scary. We barricaded ourselves in our we just hunkered down. A very scary morning for folks on campus. About 66,000 students attend that school and then you have professors and all sorts of other people working on campus. 10 people were taken to the hospital after those stabbings. One is in critical condition. The in
Subject of a study involving researchers here in colorado. A pair of bad overnight crashes to tell you about first. The first happened around 1 30 at broadway and louisiana. The driver was taken to louisiana after his car rolled in the northbound lane of broadway. The second happened shortly after 2 00. The driver flipped his suv and knocked down a traffic light at colfax and cherry. Police believe he was driving drunk. It is 6 01 on this wednesday morning. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for being with us. Its already pretty warm, and the sun is just going to peek out. Marty coniglio is in the backyard. Warm but a repeat of the wind today. Its already in and near the foothills. Were seeing wind gusts between 25 and 50 Miles Per Hour already. Theyre starting the move down. We see boulder now up to 36 mileperhour winds. Thats pushed temperatures into the 50s at the base of the foothills. Now, the farther you get away from the foothills, the cooler we have 30s and 40s on the east side of