And in Fort Lauderdale 63 flhts were cancelled and so many delays. Seven flights are delayed. The reporter will have more on the delays at 9 30. Todd also this morning, a man accused of shooting a miamidadede Police Officer as he sat in the police car is set to be in court. The 24 year old fired several shots in the the suv is. Neki he was caught thanks to that officers quick actions. We have senella outside of the courthouse. Reporter thats correct, neki. The suspect is is scheduled to appear and face the judge today. Officer starling is in gd this he is expected to make the ultimate recovery. Reporter the officer is recovering in the hospital following an ambush. Officer david starling was sitting in his patrol car filling out a report when shots rang out. I heard a shot. Reporter one of those the bullets hit officer starling in the back side. The responding officers caught up with the shooter who is 24yearold david ma jeddah. In the pursuit he fired back at those officers. He was ev
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The icy temperatures encasing the country are having a deadly impact. The brutal weather is blamed on 21 deaths nationwide. Tuesday was one of the coldest january days for much of the u. S. While some spots are getting a break, warming up a little, for other places the cold is coming. The muchtyped polar vortex blanketed much of the nation with freezing temperatures. Some areas were colder than antarctica, and it pinched the deep south, where you dont often need winter coats, hats and gloves. The Atlanta Metro area set a low of 6 degrees. The cold killed a 70yearold homeless man, frozen to death. The temperatures dipped to 6 degrees in charlotte, north carolina. It broke a low of 12 degrees in 1884. The mercury plummeted to 30 degrees. Erica, it is slightly less cold today. Yes, tuesday broke a centuryold record of 6 degrees back in 1896. Yes, 1896. Its not so bad today. Its still really cold. We are in the Single Digits
Website, the health and Human Services secretary grilled again on capitol hill. The case of two local women angry at christian prayer said at their countys board meetings. We begin tonight with an al jazeera exclusive. New research that concludes the late Palestinian Leader Yassir Arafat was poisoned. A lab team of swiss scientists examined his remains and they found more polonium than normal. Arafats body was exhumed and now clayton has nor. First they found abnormally high amounts of polonium 210 in arafats clothes. Now they found an abnormally large amount in his bones. The Scientists Say their data clearly favors polonium poisoning with up to 83 confidence. The arafat family received the findings with their lawyer and david barkley. If i was a judge and jury this is absolutely stone cold certain. This is beyond any doubt in my opinion that it was polonium that caused the death of Yassir Arafat. For widow and daughter it is 100 truth. When they came with the result, they told me jus
They have to be found to raise the level of badless tor. Now the government is moving to make the food over the past few years california as well as counties and cities across the country, have banned trans fats. Foods that would be effected include margarine, fast foods, baked goods and some breakfast goods. Foods you love. Joining me now from washington. The director of Health Promotion policy at the center for science and the public interest. How significance is this. It is a really significance move. It could save 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 lives every year. Is there a down side to this move . A lot of Small Businesses, restaurants will have to change the way they operate. Theres absolutely no down side to this. Most restaurants have already gotten rid of trans fats and now these oils are available, and they dont cost more, so lit be easy for other businesses to make the change as well. We see all these products that say zero trans fat, but you can say. 5 trans fat and still be
And a big night for the rookies, and George Strait crowned entertainer of the year as we say good morning, america. Hello, everyone. Happy thursday. And how about the cmas last night. What a stellar night in nashville. How beautiful does Robin Roberts look right there. On stage to give the last award of the night, for entertainer of the year, to George Strait. He has won it, now, three times. Robin roberts. Looking so great. And as george said, a standing o for robin, who looked spectacular. A lot of new country acts winning. From Florida Georgia Line to kacey musgraves. What a night. It was fun when she took the stage. Twitter lit up. Exploded. Yep. Josh, you have something really special this morning. Went to afghanistan to look at these reunions. Yeah. Theres moments i feel like they get us all, the moments when military members reunited with their family. We are calling this operation homecoming. For us, an inside look at the emotional toll and the sacrifice, from the thousands of