Man weeks. Today president obama signed an Emergency Declaration for georgia, and other states, and they have also declare states of emergency as rain and snowfall across the region and people prepare for what could be a repeat of last month. Thats when atlanta experienced massive gridlock. Drivers were stuck in the cars for hours and hours, around children ended up sleeping at their schools. Robert ray is in roswell, georgia, ten miles from downtown atlanta. Hey robert, i just saw someone take an evening jog behind you, so clearly the conditions are okay at the moment, but things are about to change, right . Reporter yes, tony. Continue was doing a quick jog before the storm hits. Smart man, i would say. All is clear here in the Atlanta Metro area right now. This is roswell suburb, a place that usual lie would b usually d with people Walking Around to the restaurants. One restaurant is open here but everyone else is shut down. The oh governor has put a harsh issue on everyone, saying
But first we take a look at the ground beneath your feet its not always as solid as you might think some areas are full of Hidden Underground cabotage over time the earth can suddenly collapse creating a sinkhole often without warning. Sinkholes have grown common in the area around the dead sea there are thousands of them there. A new system could now predict where the next is set to appear. The holes are up to forty meters wide and often thirty meters deep. There are over six thousand of them. Were at the dead sea the famed body of salt water that lies between israel and jordan over four hundred meters below sea level. An increasing stretch of the israeli side of the sea is now cordoned off due to the proliferation of dangerous sinkholes. Just four years ago mineral beach was a popular resort that attracted over two hundred thousand guests a year. Melvin blount used to manage the resort and was here the day the ground simply gave way. Bicycling the show was a bright sunny day on a sim
happens, americans, voters viewers are watching and reading and saying what is going on in washington? the latest now is the senate and the house in this complicated tangle that s both bipartisan and bicameral. and it is a sort of who will blink first sort of game at this point. and part of it is the strategy. neither side wants to be left on the, you know, proverbial holding the bag. what we expect now is that senate democrats will meet this hour and talk about their options. in some way, the choice ought to be easy. mitch mcconnell is giving them what they wanted an opportunity to vote on a clean funding bill so that the department of homeland security would be fully funded through the year and then friday a second vote which would be for conservatives who want to be able to register their concern about the president s immigration executive orders. and there s some democrats who have been outspoken about that as well. so a two-step process. harry reid has been very reluct
syrian rebels claimed to have won a strategic breakthrough taking control of an important town in the south. just 15 kilometers north of the jordanian border and until now the rebel offensive focused on the northern cities of aleppo, and al rackia. in the air less then 100 kilometers from the capital damascus and that could enable rebels to open a sked front against the government. ominic cane has the story. > this was once a peaceful opposition to president assad but now a key staging post on the front lines. for days rebels have been attacking government forces here, using machine guns to take on assad s heavily armed troops. these rebels improvise their own armored car to take on the tanks. the main focus has been on house-to-house fighting. the rebels claim to have taken control of the town from assad soldiers has been met with approval by some of the people ere. and one analyst said losing the elle is a serious set back for assad. by able to dictate the road from hamas
bring an umbrella just in case. want to remind you when we are not on, you can check your fox 5 weather ap. live 24 hours a day a live look at the fox 5 weather ap if you haven t signed up for it yet, the price is free. more detail tons weather forecast coming up in just a minute back up stairs to you. i am going to check out salt and pepper. thanks tuck. big story this morning one of mayor vincente grey s campaign aids facing felony and misdemeanour charges the first criminal case to come out of the yearlong investigation into his mayoral campaign. thomas gore, the assistant treasurer is set to appear in federal court. melanie good morning. reporter: good morning allison. let s go back the feds began this yearlong investigation after suleman brown lost his job as an accountant with the grey administration and then lost some very serious accusations of pay outs in grey s campaign. he faces three illegal counts of making campaign contributions. it is believed he will