That death triggers i das of violent protests. A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to make an Emergency Landing in san antonio over what appeared to be a wing irregularity. A piece of the wing that reduces drag tilted at an angle. The plane landed safely and those are some of our top stories on this monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with a weekend of severe weather. All across parts of texas. Yeah, at least three confirmed tornadoes destroying entire neighborhoods forced the mayor of one town to declare a state of disaster. Abcs Kendis Gibson has the latest from east texas. Reporter a view from the air of devastation across the state of texas. Wow. I think thats a tornado. Reporter in willis, a tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. Reporter tiny lyndale, texas, described as a disaster by its first responders. A tornado damaging up to 50 homes. We are striving to keep unnecessary people out and have
The storm is now heading into the rockies where heavy mountain snow is expected. Winter storm alerts are up for six southwestern states. Farther north, heavy rains have been causing problems in the bay area turning freeways into lakes and making driving treacherous as you can see. Residents have been sandbagging their homes as a hedge against potentially rising floodwaters. More rain we are told on the way. Abcs accuweathers Justin Povick has the latest right now from accuweather for us. Good morning. Kayna and kendis, good morning to you, as well. Stormy conditions. Thats status quo here in the southwest. Another big storm system pounding surf expected. Soaking showers and some very heavy almost crippling mountain snow. There is going to be the rick for mud slides and avalanches throughout the next 12 to 24 hours. Soaking showers in the arklatex. The gulf coast dodging gusty thunderstorms, as well along the interstate 10 and the i20 corridor. Later on this weekend, were concerned abou
Its thanksgiving day, thursday, november 26th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning and happy thanksgiving, everybody. Dont worry if your turkeys not working out. Theres always chinese or pizza. There is. You have lots of options on this thanksgiving. Its just your poor kids are going to be devastated. Dont, lay it on them. And ruin them. Says the guy who has takeout on speed dial. Yeah, absolutely. Thanksgiving day, it is all about uber food delivery. Oh, boy. But its not for a lot of people. Traveling, well get right to the problems many people are facing. Nearly 47 Million People are traveling this Holiday Season. A lot of people. Security is tight at airports and bus and train stations. Most of which are packed with travelers. But outside of northern california, not many delays are reported yet. More now from abcs clayton sandell. Reporter the Weather Threat is not taking a holiday. Snowing on busy california highways, dust storms blinding drivers in salt l
Bus flipped over. Imagine those parents there. The bus driver was among the injured. Hes been charged with reckless driving. And to another College Campus now. The university of chicagos main campus is closed because of a security threat. Administrators say that the fbi warned them after an online threat. That threat specifically mentioned the campus quad at 10 00 a. M. The Police Presence on campus has been stepped up and students living in dorms were told to stay inside. Investigators this morning still searching for a clear motive behind the deadly shooting rampage at a panned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Robert dear is accused of killing three people and injuring nine others on friday. He allegedly made moss o hostile comments about planned parenthood after he surrenderened oed and neighbors say he kept to himself. Its very easy to just do your own thing and not be noticed because everybody minds their own business pretty much out here. The garrett swaseyy was killed resp
The male and female suspects killed in the shootout with the police have been identified as syed farook and Tashfeen Malik, a couple in their late 20s, reportedly the parents of a 6monthold baby. Farook was a u. S. Citizen and county employee. He allegedly left the training event being held at the social services center, then returned and hoped fire. Abcs matt gutman has more on how all of this played out. Reporter lines of ambulances rushing to the scene, swat teams wearing body armor approaching the massive complex, a center Whose Mission is to care for people with developmental disabilities. The scene of a horror. 11 00 a. M. , the first reports coming in. Possible shots that were fired. Were getting a suspect, last seen wearing a black ski mask all black kroeting carrying a shotgun. Witnesses outside describing a barrage of bullets. All of a sudden, boom, it just it was like right here. Boom, boom, boom. They said theyre on the loose. I was right behind the building. And i heard al