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Today. The Governors Office and the Iowa Department of Public Safety awardsheroic acts beyond normal duty. Says the firefighters received the award because of their willingness to risk their own lives to save someone else. Iowa city police are looking for a group of people who robbed a home at gunpoint overnight. Officers responded to 431 south dodge street around 1 this morning. Victims in the home say three men kicked in their front door. One of the suspects pointed a gun at one of the victims...

Yeah, the chicago area got slammed overnight. This home struck by lightning bolt that ripped apart the walls and the ceiling and take a look. This was the chicago skyline. This is what it looked like overnight. Lightning bursting through the clouds hitting at least three skyscrapers. As the storm moves across the great lakes, waves could reach 15 feet. Here now with more abcs stephie ramos. Reporter a fastmoving major storm sweeping the midwest. Tornado on the ground. Reporter reports of twister...

Only on gma this morning. And good morning, america. Happy thursday. We are looking forward to welcoming diane sawyer back to gma. Of course, she has that interview with Jennifer Lawrence. Two kentucky women and theyre going to dig into that pay gap issue, an important debate for women everywhere. That is a little later. Always great to have diane in the studio with us. We begin with that large storm sweeping across the country. Ten reported tornadoes, nearly two feet of snow in some areas and w...

Be awarded a medal of honor by presesent obama later today. Retired Army Captain Florent groberg was seriously injured when he pushed a suicide bomber to the ground. Groberg has undedeone more than 30 surgeries innis recovery. His heroic actions saved the lives of men in his unit and several afghan officials. What a incredible moment that must have been. Yeah, absolutely. And speaking of vets, this isn incredible moment as well. A former navy s. E. A. L. Has found a rather unique way to raise aw...

His real name, Mohamed Emwazi. Hes a masked executioner seen on video beheaeang hostages. The cia has been tracking emwazi for more than a year. He was killed in a drone strike in the syrian city of raqqah, an isis stronghold and though the pentagon has not confirmed his death, sources tell abc news it was a 100 direct hit. Abcs brian ross has been tracking the story overnight. Reporter the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared i ithis video wearing a bla...

Forces to retake a iraqi town held by isis forces. Donald trump under praise for portraying president eisenhowers plan. We would do it in a very humane way. In new york a news chopper blinded by a laser. We have lasers. They show an officer tasing a man over and over. A protest in missouri may be spreading. College students are calling on their president to resign in ithaca. Police confront a man with a rifle on top after building in San Francisco shooting him to death after he fired the weapon ...

University of missouri and brought solidarity protests on campuses around the country, a similar protest has erupted at Ithaca College in upstate new york. All over the nation, both on and off College Campuses, we have seen young and old fighting against injustice. We stand here in solidarity stop our hearts are heavy with the pain of mizzou and yale in every person on college canvases simply because of the color of their skin, the texture of their hair. However, how can a cap is dedicated to pr...

Retaken several villages and parts of a highway near the town. Sinjar is along a road that links raqqa in Northern Syria with iraqs secondlargest city, mosul. Rauk sa is the groups proclaimed capital. The kurds believe if the mission succeeds theyll be able to sever the Islamic State groups supply route for weapons and personnel. Much of sinjar has been under the militant groups control since august of last year. Militants killed many members of the minority yazidi sect living in the town claimi...

36 american air strikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. Charlie dagata is with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Reporter the battle to reclaim sinjnj began in the air. U. S. Air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. Thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try t...

Live in. Mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. News. Thanks, mellaney. Mellaney. If you experienced any damage or have any video of last nights severe storms, let us know you can share your photos and video right now on our Facebook Page kgan cbs 2. There was also a lot of damage yesterday in central iowa. One tornado touched down at the Des Moines International airport. Widespread damage was reported through out the nearby metro area. In knoxville, witnesses say a tornado ripped off f part of the local w...