Good morning, im tai hernandez. And im t. J. Holmes. Later and im t. J. Holmes. Later today, we expect to hear from the family of peter kassig. The third american beheaded by islamic militants. Isis released the video with the same man from the other videos. The 26yearold former army ranger taken captive in syria more than a year ago. Tahman bradley with more. Reporter t. J. And tai, good morning. President obama offered prayers and condolences to the family of this american aid worker. In a statement, the president called this an act of pure evil. In that hospital, i was able to share a little bit of hope and comfort with some people. Reporter american aid worker peter kassig came to syria to help. After he was captured last year, he converted to islam. But yis yi showed him no mercy. The terror Group Released a gruesome video of the 26yearolds execution. A masked man appears with a knife and with kassigs severed head at his feet. The man refers to kassig as a former u. S. Army soldie
We begin with a deadly storm now dumping feet of snow in and around buffalo, new york. Take a look at the pictures from the area this morning. The snows weight proving too much for this door, crashing right into the home. And another image, new meaning to snowed in. Yep. Imagine opening your door and that is whats right outside. A foot just a feet, i guess you could say, of snow out there. And theres a wall of snow behind your door. Not going anywhere. And this image from a plane. Popping up on social media overnight. You can see the huge wall of lake effect snow in upstate new york. Tahman bradley has more. Reporter this morning, a snow emergency in buffalo, new york, residents digging out after a colossal lake effect storm dumped 6 feet of snow. At least four people were killed. The whiteout conditions buried cars, stranded drivers and shut down a 130mile stretch of the new york state throughway. As you can see, its white everywhere. Cars are stuck. We arent going anywhere. We are ha
Good morning, im tai hernandez. And im t. J. Holmes. Later today, we expect to hear from the family of peter kassig. The third american beheaded by isis. The 26yearold former army ranger taken captive in syria more than a year ago. Tahman bradley with more. Reporter president obama offered prayers and condolences to the family of this american aid worker. In a statement, the president called this an act of pure evil. I was able to share a little bit of hope and comfort with some people. Reporter american aid worker peter kassig came to syria to help. After che was captured last yea, he converted to islam. A masked man with a knife appears with kassigs severed head at his feet. The man refers to kassig as a former u. S. Army soldier, seemingly taunted president obama, the killer says and here we are, burying the First American soldier. We implore those who are holding you to show mercy. Reporter the executioner appears to be the same man in previous isis videos. Inside the government, w
Both events. Mayor nutter says that the city of philadelphia is ready to host the pope. The Extensive Knowledge of hosting big events safely and successfully we are deep honored that pope francis the holy father who is the worlds most transformative leaders is coming to the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. He excited those around the nation. And action news spoke with several members of the cathedral of st. Mary today. Its going to be exciting. Everybody is going to bond together. The holy father is wellknown for his outreach of all walks of life. We are excited to have him to bring that message of love and faith. Of course, the faithful eager to see the holy father. People of no faiths like pope francis. The excitement is going to continue to build as we get closer to september. And pope francis expected to address congress and to deliver a speech to the united nations. They will mark the 70t 70th anniversary. This is a big deal. Of course, as you said his first trip to
Reena ninan. Im t. J. Holmes. A deadly storm now dumping feet of snow in and around buffalo, new york. And pictures from the area this morning. The snows kwagt proving too much for this door, crashing into the home. And a new meaning to snowed in. Yep, opening your door and that is whats right outside. A foot just feet of snow i guess you could say, of snow out there. And theres a wall of snow behind your door. And this image from a plane. You can see the huge wall of lake effect snow in upstate new york. Tahman bradley has more. Reporter this morning, a snow emergency in buffalo, new york, residents digging out after a colossal storm dumped 6 feet of snow. At least four people were killed. Bury cars, stranded drivers and shut down 138 of the throughway. Its white everywhere. Cars are stuck. We arent going anywhere. We are having difficulty obtaining enough tow trucks to clean the roads of cars that are abandoned. Reporter construction vehicles were brought in while people waited for h