Our matt gutman right there. Those winds so powerful, they pulverized concrete power lines like this. Ripped off rooftops like this one here. Brick walls came tumbling down. Anything that wasnt nailed down, sent flying. Even boats like that. But the reason so few people were hurt . Look around you. For dozens of miles around, forest. Reporter the country getting lucky. The compact, fastmoving storm passing over a sparsely populated area. And whats left of patricia coupled with this gulf storm is heading northeast. The next couple days very wet in spots from the Mississippi River all the way 0 maine. Rob marciano, abc news, atlanta, georgia. Turning now to politics and donald trump losing more ground in iowa ahead of tomorrows gop debate. Trump blasted pollsters who reported him trailing carson by double digits telling supporters hes still in first place. After refusing to apologize to carson for remarks about his faith, trump is raising eyebrows with his latest comments on religion thi
But democrats are talking, warning that trump and others can attack bill clinton at their own peril. Cecilia vega, abc news, new york. Turning our focus overseas, u. S. Led air strikes have killed ten top isis leaders in syria and iraq over the past month. Among those one man the pentagon says was directly linked to the leader of the paris attacks. A Spokesman Says that charaf fechlt al mouadan was actively planning attacks against the west. Du pont plans to lay off 1, 00 more work 1700 more workers in the next few months in delaware. Du pont will still have a major presence in delaware but with about a fourth fewer workers. The layoffs are expected to have an Economic Impact on delaware, where du pont was founded 213 years ago. All right. Time now for your favorite part of the newscast, sports. There is still one week left in the nfl regular season. And the coaching carousel is already firing up. It got going yesterday when the eagles fired head coach chip kelly, whos been with the te
Family in houston, texas, is waking up at home this morning for the first time with three new members. It is a rarset of identical fema triplets born on decemr 1st, ten weeks premature. Addison, kingsley and sa fan na harris. Each weighed barely three pounds at birth but yesterday they were healthy enough to go home after a lot of planning om mom and dad. We done a lot of planning. Weve prepared for a while now. We did deliver a little early. That wasntoo expected but were just going to go home and try to do our best. Brad and Stephanie Harris say the girls will have ankle bracelets color coordinated so that they dont get them mixed up. Very cool for those girls. Theyre l lookingretty good. A beautiful family. Coming up in the skinny and our bonus round, the actress chosen to take Pamela Andersons also in the skinny, ben hig combination in the bachelor and you all the women are competing for his love. Insit. You cannot g this anywhere else. First serious accusations from a starbucks cu
Played the role of hans solo, he could not have imagined the success star wars would have now. Im really excited to get had and see how had he feel about it. Reporter and ill tell you, the anticipation and the secrecy copied through tonight. We had fans that had been camping out that found out they were going to be able to see the premiere and they got to. Also we were told that guests didnt even though which theater they would see the movie in until they arrived here tonight. Reena, richard . Different time zones. Were in new york, youre in the celebrities, fans are they out, have they seen the movie and have they left now . They have seen the movie. You saw reactions from people we spoke to here in my piece. Theyre partying. Theres an after party going on behind me on this red carpet on this portion of hollywood boulevard thats been shutdown for this huge event. If theyre partying, lauren, any indication about the movies plot . Have we learned anything new about it without spoiling i
The shootings. Hes being held in federal custody without bond. They foiled a plot by i was in the capital city of ankara. Police found suicide vests armed with bombs during a raid on a home there. Two suspects with in custody. New years fireworks have been canceled in belgium over fierce about terrorism. Earlier in the week, Police Arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in brussels during the holiday. Police found isis propaganda during their investigation of the two men. Troubles in the sky as turbulence hits an air canada flight heading from shanghai to toronto. At least 21 passengers were injured. The flight was diverted to calgary so the injured could be treated. More than a dozen people were taken to hospitals but no one was seriously hurt. There were 332 passengers on the jet along with 19 crew members. Now to the flooding in the midwest which has killed more than 20 people. Mississippi and other rivers expected to crest today but major highways are closed. Many people