newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re following breaking news out of south korea. a horrific chain of event and a fast rising death toll in seoul. 146 people are confirmed dead. this happened a t a halloween festival. the video is graphic. it s a chaotic scene on the streets of seoul as people perform cpr. the fire department chief says the cause is presumed to be a huge controllable crush of people. we do not know what led to that crush of people. the white house, at this hour, is weighing in. jake sullivan wrote the reports out of seoul are heartbreaking. we are thinking thof those who lost loved one. the united states stands ready to provide the republic of career with any support it needs. let s get to will ripley who has been covered this. what more are you learning about what happened? reporter: the number of people and families affected by this continues to grow. you re talk about 146 people, at least killed. that s a death toll that has almost tripled since
Morning. Health care taxes will meet with members of the house ways and Means Committee at the white house as the administration moves forward with its plan for tax reform. Ahead of tomorrows big unveil coming up the markets look like this this morning. Features indicate a mixed opening for the broader averages. Nasdaq up 10 after a really tough day yesterday for technology. Investors watching tech stocks enduring correction territory down 10 from its most recent high. It is up this morning, but tech certainly was the problem for markets yesterday. Take a look at the light indices here. Down five points. The cac and dax are up about a quarter of a percent. In asia overnight, stocks were closed mixed this morning. The nikkei average down a third of a percent. The cost the average down a quarter of a percent and the hang seng shanghai actually higher. Tragedy in new york at a Police Officer shot in the face after being ambushed by gunmen. Latest on her condition this morning. Polls are s
Thank you for joining us it is monday, february 15th president s day, you are never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. Yesterday we hit a record of 1 below zero, havent done that in over a 100 years, temperature 14 degrees. And 14, 12 around belmar, we are looking at a Winter Weather advisory at least until midnight tonight. Thats for snow that will be coming later today. That snow is back to our west and south and will start creeping up after lunchtime today. Well have temperatures around 33, notice how it rises above freezing this afternoon well have the snow showers starting after lunchtime changing over the rain tonight. When the temperatures continue to rise. Well talk about very heavy flooding rains for awhile that here she is, ladies and gentlemen, the birthday girl herself. Happy birthday. Good morning to you. If you are planning on commuting by subway you want to hear about this. We have a lot of mass transit changes. Subways runs on a saturday schedul
Were going to turn now to the weather. Youve got snow falling outside. Mayor bill de blasio issued a travel advisory in new york city. It goes through tomorrow. Hes asking people right now to be extra careful. Governor Chris Christie in new jersey tweeting 20 minutes ago asking people in that state to stay off the roads. Road cam 7 is out checking things out. Right now this is the view in the cross bronx express way. People are taking it slow in nassau county. At the airports there are delays and cancellations here and across the country. Nationwide more than 1100 flights have been canceled. Meteorologist lee goldberg is tracking it all. Hes live on the upper west side. Were just not wasting a flake today. After that frigid weekend, everything sticking. New york city, its rare to see the snow stick this quickly. This is whats happening. And weekend snow for the next hour or two before sleet and ice mix in, eventually over to rainfall. Youre looking at the toll plaza in the George Washi
A new yorkbound flight with hundreds onboard forced to turn around. We have a medical issue with one of the pilots. After a laser beam hit one of the pilots in the eye. And look out below. See those dots in the water, thats not seaweed, those are sharks. Why thousands are swarming this holiday weekend, just a stones throw from the shore. And good morning, america. Happy president s day to valentines day weekend for hundreds. This river frozen over as a firefighters battled a sixalarm blaze in philadelphia. The cold and storms are making many. The latest on that battle for the Supreme Court. Youre looking live right now at the flag there at halfstaff to honor Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia, the longest serving member of the court. His fight over his replacement already so fierce. Team coverage this morning. We begin with new details about Justice Scalias final hours at that texas ranch. Jim avila has the latest. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, george. This luxury hunting ranch