Page 4 - Morrison New News Today

Material they have. Reporter last month, north koreas Defense Commission said the United States is its prime target for its nuclear and rocket programs. The north staterun media says the test is a direct response to sanctions put in place after a december missile launch. This was north koreas First Nuclear test under its young leader, kim jongun. While the white house calls it a provacative act, the u. S. And allies knew the test was coming. What is interesting is they have done this in defiance...

Nuclear test. A magnitude 5. 1 earthquake was detected not far from the site the north used to conduct a similar test in 2009. Seismologists say the tremors are consistent with underground explosions. Now the condemnation from the International Community was swift. President obama called the test highly provocative and said it threatens u. S. Security and international peace. Lucy craft is in tokyo with more this morning. Good morning, lucy. Reporter good morning, annemarie. The u. N. Security c...

Since august combining bankrupt american what the much smaller us airways. It has to be approved by the anti antitrust regulators but if this mega merger is approved, four airlines will control about three quarters of the u. S. Airline traffic. Susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this story. Susan, good morning. Good morning. This is the latest mergener this massive consolidation that has taken place over just the last five or six years. This ones going to combine the third and fourth B...

Good morning, and thank you so much for joining us. Its now exactly two weeks until the election. President obama and mitt romney met last night for their final debate, and the topic was Foreign Policy, though they did bring up domestic issues. While they agree on several issues, including afghanistan and syria, it was the president who took the more aggressive line. The race remains too close to call, though. A cbs news poll of likely voters taken before last nights debate has the president hol...

Tunnel nearly half a mile underground. Chiles government has released a video shot by miners as officials continue to work on a rescue that could take months. Randall pinkston is in washington with that part of the story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Before we get to that video, a point here, the mining accident is forcing the chilean government to take a look at its own role in enforcing safety rules. But as you say, right now the focus is on rescuing those trapped men. 2300 feet...

Wednesday, and closing arguments again this afternoon, but what charges the jury will consider, well, that remains up in the air. Susan mcginnis has more. Reporter George Zimmerman spoke up in court wednesday, but only to tell a judge he would not be saying anything from the witness stand. And what is your decision, sir . After consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. Reporter the decision ended a verbal battle between judge Deborah Nelson and zimmermans attorney don west. And have y...

Prescriptions filled and i was counting on getting my flu shot, and theyre out of flu shots. Of the 135 million doses manufactured this year, at least 112 million have already been ministered. Health experts say if you can get the shot, it will take two weeks for protection to kick in. Its still not too late to get your flu shot. What it does is makes the illness milder. The declaration allows pharmacists to vaccinate children between the ages of 6 months and 18 years. New york is one of 30 stat...

Expect they would win over the representatives yesterday but the powerful lobbying group left that meeting determined to stand in the way of any new gun control measures. The meeting lasted more than an hour and a half, and afterward the nra released a statement saying it was disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment. Nra president david keene was not in the meeting but called the procee...

Good morning. Good to be with you. Im terrell brown. Hurricane sandy is lashing islands and the storm is threatening the east coast. Sandy made landfall in southeastern cuba overnight. Its now a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. Sandy is moving northeast at about 15 miles per hour. While forecasters dont really know where sandy will end up, they are already saying it could develop into a major weather event. As sandy pushes towards the United States its expecte...

Whitey bulger is to be sentenced november 13th after being convicted for 11 murders and dozens of other crimes many of them while he was an fbi informant. The verdict came nearly two years after bulger was captured living in california, after spending 16 years on the run. Jericka duncan reports. Reporter a Police Escort whivnged away James Whitey Bulger after a jurisdiction found him guilty of 11 counts of murder and a slew of racketeering charges. The verdict came as no surprise to the 83yearol...