Legal ams of all the economies as chairs, and kentuckys Mitch Mcconnell in charge as majority leader. Speaker john boehner of ohio will lead the large republican majority in the house of representatives, but there were two dozen members willing to stand as candidates against him or vote against him. Since the democrats were soundly beaten in the 2014 midterm election, speculation has been growing of what it would mean to have republicans back in charge of both chambers since 2006. Its a new year in washington, that means new jobs for 58 representatives. Congratulations. Youre now members of the 114th congress. And 13 senators. Im going to ask you to please raise your right hand. Its the first time in decades the republicans have had this strong of a majority in congress. All but one of the new senators sworn in tuesday were members of the g. O. P. We recognize the emorety of the task before us. We know many opportunities await. The first item on the docket is the Keystone Pipeline. Man
Preparing to get slammed with another storm. Whos in the crosshairs this time as it barrels across america . Canine caper. The cute little dog kidnapped in Beverly Hills all caught on surveillance tape. Celebrities searching to find him. This morning the new doggie developments from the real Beverly Hills cops. Down, boy. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get right to our top story. Look at the map. There are now 84 cases of measles reported in 14 states since the start of 2015. Startling and that includes a frightening new case overnight, one that may have exposed hundreds of thousands of commuters. Meanwhile, doctors in arizona are scrambling to monitor 200 potentially infected people just in time for the super bowl which will, of course, be played near phoenix. Abcs Neal Karlinsky is on the story from the site of the big game in glendale. Neal, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning. Hard to imagine a worst place for a potential measles outbreak. Officials here at the supe
America . Canine caper. The cute little dog kidnapped in Beverly Hills all caught on surveillance tape. Celebrities searching to find him. This morning the new doggie developments from the real Beverly Hills cops. Down, boy. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get right to our top story. Look at the map. There are now 84 cases of measles reported in 14 states since the start of 2015. Startling and that includes a frightening new case overnight, one that may have exposed hundreds of thousands of commuters. Meanwhile, doctors in arizona are scrambling to monitor 200 potentially infected people just in time for the super bowl which will, of course, be played near phoenix. Abcs Neal Karlinsky is on the story from the site of the big game in glendale. Neal, good morning to you. Reporter dan, good morning. Hard to imagine a worst place for a potential measles outbreak. Officials here at the super bowl are on guard this morning determined to keep the fans safe and the measles out. Overnight ne
Responsibility for the bombing and it wasnt the only attack there in the capital. More were killed in the western suburbs when rocket propelled bombs hit homes. Reporter in response to the attacks, he promised quick action to punish those responsible. Two syria now which has witnessed one of the bloodiest days of fighting in recent weeks. The u. N. Envoy has criticized the government for killing 17 civilians in aleppo mostly by barrel bombs dropped in the market. They say theyre ready to push into president assads strong hold. Isil is also consolidated its position and has reportedly blown up a prison and launched a counterattack on kurdish and Government Forces in the east. Reporter the scene in aleppo this morning is great. Activists say government helicopters have just dropped barrel bombs. This ambulance is rushing to help survivors. Many are dead including women and children. Many groups fighting in syria is in aleppo but the province next door Syrian Rebels have overrun the town
The drought in india has its emphasized the need for one of lifes precious resources. Schools have reopened in nepal a month after the devastating earthquake which killed more than 8,000 people. Are more than 32,000 classrooms were destroyed. Most children will now be taught outdoors. Sheltered under tar pal tarpaulin. Harry fawcett is at a school in kathmandu. This is a secondary school. You can see the building in the background behind me. It looks relatively unscathed but it has been badly cracked it has a red sticker on it, means it has to be taken down in the next few weeks. They have constructed a whole lot of bamboo classrooms with the help of unicef and ngo as well. Im joined by the principal of the school. This must be an incredibly emotional an proud day for you and your staff. Yes we are feeling good, not all students come back to school and the environment so beautiful, nice sunny days. They are very enjoying playing games, and songs theres a lot of entertainment here so i