Of southern california. Well get to all the news out of washington, what the president s expected to say tonight, how the republicans are so conflicted they have two responses planned tonight. And well have some of our top people here to tee off with maybe the president s last chance to go big. But first the breaking news out of california. Police are in a tense standoff right now in the San Bernardino mountains with someone they believe is the fugitive, the exlos Angeles Police officer Christopher Dorner. It began when Police Deputies responded to a report of a stolen car, actually a pickup. The suspect in that robbery was reported to match dorners description. And that led to this shootout situation. In the last hour, the lapd briefed reporters on what has happened so far. The suspect in the vehicle fled into the forest. Shortly thereafter, this individual barricaded himself in one of the cabins there and an exchange of gunfire occurred. During that exchange of gunfire, two other off
Cabin, there has been no other gunfire. And what can you tell all the residents of big bear and the surrounding area at the moment as the sun is about to set. This guy still on the loose . I cant answer that for you. But its a possibility . Cindy, thank you. Thank you for talking to us. So you just heard an update from syndrome Cindy Bachman with the Sheriffs Department. Theyre not exactly sure through all the shooting that anned earlier today there you saw the most interesting question of the night. Christopher dorner on the loose or not, or did he burn in that cabin. John yang still with us from the l. A. Bureau of nbc news. John, that was quite a news conference, leaving us with nothing really except the possibility that the person being pursued here, Christopher Dorner who may be responsible for four killings right now is on the loose again. Thats right there. Is no indication. I mean clearly they say this is the cabin where he was holed up, that the fire, theyre not sure how the f
Reporter in the first state of the Union Address of his second term the state of our union is strong. Reporter president obama made a direct challenge to congress. Lets get this done. Reporter as he laid out his vision for the country, the president repeatedly called on democrats and republicans to act. The American People dont expect government to solve every problem. But they do expect us to put the nations interests before party. Reporter it all came on the same day Speaker John Boehner called the president out for not having the courage or guts to make tough choices on the budget. The president used the power of the podium to push back. Some in congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts. By making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training. Medicare and Social Security benefits. That idea is even worse. Reporter as is typical of most state of the Union Addresses, the president covered lots of ground. Our First Priority is making america a magnet for new
Killer in california is now over. This morning, plenty of Unanswered Questions about the suspect Christopher Dorner. Some posters crayons teachers boy a lot of items for the state of the unions. What students. What some law mike, wanted the lawmakers want to do that could help them pay for the items for classrooms. Happy valentines day maryland, im charlie crowson. Is im megan pringle. That includes the weather because there are some delays already this morning. Carroll county and Frederick County on the two hour delay and it looks like its probably because of the weather. Also got some traffic accidents to talk about. But as far as the forecast today, lynette you nailed it once again. Oh all right charlie. Also talking about some slick shots this morning because spots this morning because the temperatures are below freezing. Were at 30 degrees right now in timonium. 30 manchester and eldersburg 31. 28 joppa and bel air at 30 degrees. 32 frederick and were at 33 degrees in easton along
Sleighager shot and killed a man. And tornadoes tearing through the midwest, and the forecasters say situations in iowa illinois and iowa and particularly dang dangerous. I want to get straight to chad meyers in the Severe Weather center for us tonight, chad. What i am hearing is that the midwest should be on alert, is that correct . Yes, even though we have lost the sup and the suns heat the storms will go for many hours. The storms were like a rake. Think about raking the garden and every time a storm comes by it came by it put down a tornado, one after another after another, and they got very close to chicago, and we are lucky that chicago didnt get into the way of some of the tornado, because they are ef4 tornadoes, and im not sure if it is ef5, but the damage is alarming, because it is gone. And some of the storms are down to champaign, and over to illinois and toledo and parts of eastern ohio and parts of West Virginia and these are the strongest storms and for a while, we had a