Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to everyone. Friday has arrived. Im kendis gibson. Tgif in a big way. Fantastic day. Were going to start this half hour of course, with the big wild weather. Already saturating parts of the south and they can expect more rain today. And boy, here in new york, lightning struck a passenger plane forcing it to make an Emergency Landing. We get more on the widespread storms from abcs lauren lyster. Reporter hail the size of peas golf balls, even baseballs pelting parts of texas thursday. Blasting holes through car windshields, terrorizing drivers. I was sitting in my car and boom, that happened. Glass was flying inward. I got a cut on my arm. I was bawling. I was ready for it to go. Reporter the morning commute a slushy mess for drivers. The hail coming actually killed several flamingos at the fort worth zoo. The ice balls damaging buildings, too. Creating a wintry landscape but temps were actually around 60 degrees. I
It just felt like i was on a roller coaster. I never had this kind of experience. Its the first time for me. It was pretty intense but im glad we made it safe, you know . Meanwhile Severe Weather also striking texas on thursday. Look at that, hail the size of peas, golf balls even baseballs. The ice storm blasted holes through car windshields. It snarled the morning commute. The hail was coming down so hard, it actually killed several flamingos at the fort worth zoo. And in mississippi, there were creepy foreboding clouds. They were warning of potential tornadoes thursday night and next, there is that storm that is headed for the northeast this weekend. Maybe getting one to three inches of snow. Wow. Just in time for the first day of spring is sunday. Its unbelievable at this point were still having to deal with it. Talk about the lightning strike, it would seem that would be a common thing on planes. I think it seems uncommon. The surprising thing is the is that the average airliner g
Accuses of joining isis says he made a bad decision. Muhammad khweis was captured in iraq on monday. He now says he was convinced by a girl to go to mosul. Once he made it there, he found he hated and wanted to return to the u. S. And khweis says isis does not represent the true values of islam. The fbi now says that student Faisal Mohammad was inspired by isis well before going on a stabbing rampage last november. Investigates found isis propaganda on a laptop belonging to mohammed and that he had visited several terrorist web sites before launching his attack but they say he whacked alone when he stabbed and wounded four people before police shot and killed him. Now that lawsuit by the michigan driver accuse confidential killing six people turned out to be a hoax. The suit was supposedly filed by jason dalton who told police the uber app was controlling his mind. He denied filing the suit and didnt authorize anyone to do so on his behalf. Furthermore, the handwriting on the suit did
The second overtime, arkansas, little rock did just enough to pull off the upset. They play iowa state tomorrow. Finally 11th seed gonzaga against sixth seed seton hall. It seems the zags might be getting hot at the right time leading by ten at halftime. Gonzaga faces utah tomorrow. There are 16 more games today starting just after noon eastern time. From when syracuse faces dayton. This is what happens when you give reen fla, you have reena advise you on your bracket. Yeah. Not a good idea. I made my case. All of these marks all over the place. Go with bailer. Its not a reena thing. There are a lot of people across America Today who also rooted for baylor over yale. Thats it. Both the brackets are ruined. Thanks. I made my case to you during a commercial break why i thought baylor over yale. I did two. Went with her advice for both of this em. Once its over, its over. They dont get a do over. Best of three. I did just shred my script. I dont know where the second bracket was. Thanks,
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