Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im betty nguyen. Scientists are warning of rising ocean waters now that a large section of the western Antarctic Ice sheet appears to collapsed. Look at these images from nasa. The areas in purple are being eaten away by warming sea water. The melting glacial region has passed the point of no return and the sea level could rise ten feet or more in the coming century. Now, if this glacier seen here melted, it alone would cause the sea level to rise two feet. This glacier acts as a linchpin to the rest of the Antarctic Ice sheet. You put all of this in perspective, here is lower manhattan. And this is the projection for areas flooded if water levels reach ten feet above tide, according to Climate Central surging. Areas in dark blue are inundated areas and areas in white are dry grou ground. Perhaps most shocking at all if question we look at southern floor, here it is if waters surge ten feet as projected. The Nigerian Government is allow
Of their military helicopters has been hit by gun fire. If russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a grave mistake, it will be an expensive mistake. President obama offered his condolences in the ferry disaster. A Virgin Australian jet made an Emergency Landing at the bali airport. A drunk passenger tried to enter the cockpit. John boehner mocked his colleague for what he called a lack of appetite to tackle immigration reform. Oh, dont make me do this oh, this is too hard. A natural gas explosion sent flames ripping through a gas station and several other buildings east of seattle. Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy is standing by his comments that africanamericans may have been better off during slavery. What i said i said from my heart. I should have mentioned hes a professor at Duke University david Duke University. An historic vote today. Players deciding whether to form the First College athletes union. The fiery crash outside of atlanta. Police had to kick out the front
Theyre really welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Hey, good morning you do, charlie. We begin with this. Witnesses say the attacker did not say anything as he ran through a Pennsylvania High School slashing fellow students with two knives. Yesterdays attack left 21 students and a Security Guard injured. Other students and teachers rushed to help and theyre being hailed as heroes. Franklin Regional High School is one wounded student who pulled a fire alarm in the midst of the attackers spree. Shackled and dressed in a hospital gown, 16yearold alex hribal was charged as an adult wednesday. Four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of grag vated assault. He attacked his classmates. He attacked his friends. Were going to have to interview other friends and neighbors and relatives to find out what went on. Reporter police searched his home and confiscated a computer looking for a motive for the vicious attack. My one friend got stabbed in the face, another got stabbed in
Details. Franklin lee is currently in custody, here, at the Sonoma County jail and is being held on one Million Dollars bail. He is charged with numerous sex crimes against minors including lewd and lacivious acts with a minor under 14, sodomy, and other charges we cant mention on air. Earlier in the day i went to lees residence and spoke with a neighbor who was shocked to hear the news. Franklin lees house has childrens shoes out front, pictures of dinosaurs and other items associated with small children. His neighbor, deborah, says she thought he was interested in helping young people, but, when she heard of his arrest on the 28th, her opinion changed. Deborah dearing. I was very surprised by the news. Franklin has done a lot of good things for the community in his work with the disabled and the scouts and this is creepy, i know. Deborah says two disabled children live in the house with lee and a woman. The shoes and toys in front of the house belong to those boys. Deborah foster chi
Morning. 4 people are dead, 16 others injured, after a gunman opens fire at fort hood. This all played out in a community that was hit by the same violence just five years ago. Polo sandoval is in kileen, texas with the story. Line this information was released overnight of whole the alleged gunman is. He was a father, a husband and a army veteran. He allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers. This is yet to get this thing of the shooting, authorities said that Army Specialist killed three people before he turned the gun on himself. The base commander stated that lopez opened fire in one building and then continued to open fire while driving to another one. The lieutenant stated that he took his own life when a military Police Officer confronted him. She did her job, shed get what we expected her to do. He had only been stationed at fort hood since february and he previously served four months and i iraq. He was being treated and been evaluated for post disorder. We are looking into his