Car. What police did next to save his life. And from the sea lions rocking this boat to an unusual search for a missing dog to the owl getting cozy inside this familys christmas tree. All the top trending stories for your friday morning. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with the big holiday escape now under way. Millions of americans are hitting the roads or heading to the airport. In some places the weather will not be cooperating. Today is expected to be the busiest air travel day in history for the winter holidays with 3 Million People expected to fly on the major airlines. The toughest travel will be in the pacific northwest. You can see why right there. Heavy rain along the coast and heavy snow in the mountains. Wind gusts could hit 60 miles per hour. The other big weather story is the cold in the east. People from syracuse to boston are starting the morning in the Single Digits but temperatures will head back to normal today. Well take a closer lo
i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. new developments in the cases against donald trump. top trump aides tell a federal grand jury about the former president s plan to seize voting machines and there s new fallout from the 34 felony count new york indictment. trump attacks the prosecutor and the judge in that case now on a parallel path with the 2024 nominating calendar, plus two big middle election, middle america elections in chicago. a progressive wins at chicago mayor s race dominated by crime and by schools and this wisconsin blockbuster democrats seizing control of the state supreme court that giant proof of the power of the abortion issue, and today the speaker of the house plays host to taiwan s president. beijing reacts angrily even though this meeting is a compromise of sorts of first for us next steps in the 34 felony count new york case against donald trump and some important exclusive new cnn reporting about one of two federal inv
,ife of imprisoned former cia will join us. Then to israel and the occupied territories. Have killed more than 30 palestinians in the last two weeks. With tensions rising over is really control of the temple mount in jerusalem, Palestinian Authority president abass accuses them of sparking a religious war. These days the israeli aggressive assault against our people in its land and its holy places is escalating in the racism is showing its ugly face and making the occupation uglier. Threatening peace and stability and threatening to spark a religious conflict that would burn everything. Not only in the region, but also in the whole world. Amy . We will go to tel aviv, haifa, jerusalem to get the latest on the worst violence in over a year. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the United States will halt its military withdrawal from afghanistan, instead keeping thousands of tro
Conference, the spouse of a jailed cia whistleblower will speak out today for the first time. Her she heads to the National Press club, holly sterling, the ,ife of imprisoned former cia will join us. Then to israel and the occupied territories. Have killed more than 30 palestinians in the last two weeks. With tensions rising over is really control of the temple mount in jerusalem, Palestinian Authority president abass accuses them of sparking a religious war. These days the israeli aggressive assault against our people in its land and its holy places is escalating in the racism is showing its ugly face and making the occupation uglier. Threatening peace and stability and threatening to spark a religious conflict that would burn everything. Not only in the region, but also in the whole world. Amy . We will go to tel aviv, haifa, jerusalem to get the latest on the worst violence in over a year. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace
Miles per hour, a enough to make it feel cooler than the actual temperatures. Actual temperatures will feel great with sunshine and 35. If you think this mornings temperatures are on the cool side, that is nothing. By the end of the weekend, highs will only be in the teens. Eric president obama is expected to unveil a series of executive actions on gun control. Nikole killian and has more on the president s plan. Nikole the president believes Congress Needs to address the problem, but insists everything he is announcing is legal and within his executive at doherty. Executive authority. It will not prevent every death, every mass shooting, every gun out of the hands of criminals. Nikole the actions expand background checks by requiring anyone in the business of selling guns to obtain a license. Examiners and funding for Mental Health. Some say his actions are on Second Amendment rights. President obama will unroll his actions the about the week. Eric the town hall will be televised in p