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The air alerts. its a landmark day in california. recreational cannabis is legal. plus, could the world be running out of chocolate? live where you live. this abc 7 news. on a day like this, there will be increased visits to emergency rooms across the bay area. >> the start of the new year continues an unhealthy trend from last year, a series of spare the air alerts. >> a new spare the air alert has been issued for tomorrow and one is already in effect today. in fact, you can see the haz...

Thoughts and prayers being sent through cyber space and a lot of people reuniting, letting folks know that theyre safe. were also learning a lot of stories of loss and destruction. take a look at these photos. these were taken in washington, illinois. weve been talking about washington. one person died in this area. this was taken by jim ardyce. the pictures are of his mother-in-laws house. the home is completely destroyed. you see it there. you can imagine this is just one story of the many sto...

plinterred and uprooted. the damage is widespread. dallas county sheriff lupe valdez tells cnn her ofrszs are going house to house, checking on casualties until warnings that more severe storms were on the way. the emergency lasted for hours. this call came into cnn over two hours ago. >> if you go north, theres warnings all over the place. its raining. people are scrambling to try to get out of the offices just to get home, and now its caused a big problem, a big problem on the stre...

im christine romans along with my friend, carol costello. >> happy day before friday. up first this hour, iraqi officials honoring the service and sacrifice of u.s. and coalition troops as well as their own. special ceremony at camp victory overnight. vice president biden was on hand. the event coming just weeks before american troops complete their withdrawal from iraq. cnns martin savidge live in baghdad. we were hoping you could attend that ceremony but you could not. >> reporter: g...

We understand that just a few minutes ago a helicopter went down. there is a heliport which is where you are seeing right now. the crews gathered at the scene. the helicopter went down with several people on board. we have not confirmed how many, but there people in the water. there have been reports that some people have been on board i am being told. a rescue boat is heading in that direction. there people in the water. it is not clear whether they are swimming from the helicopter or if they a...

Best of luck. edward, thanks. we have breaking news coming to us from tampa right now. reports of tornados and the problems look devastating. heres the radar coming through. you can see those burgundy areas. so, by the way, if tampas already gotten it, and theres the tower camera now coming in from tampa, florida, it looks like orlando, central florida could be next in the line of these storms. but were looking at real reports of damage, perhaps people trapped in collapsed buildings. wfla is sen...

A look at planet mercury like youve never seen. and it was all caught on camera. the first-ever closep cer cahty ass rcy meenrpacrt which will orbit the planet forhe next year. joy ranahan couldnt quite figure out what was wrong with her car until she popped open her hood and discovered a nest full of baby squirrels. man, those things are ugly. the car repair shop says the squirrels chewed through so many wires the engine could have ignited at any moment. we just wanted to share the pictures, ...

>> 111 measured, you know that if you know the road down from new orleans down to venice. and there was significant damage along that stretch of roadway. and there was one report of tornado. we have tornado watch out right now for parts of the florida panhandle. its still raining across southern louisiana. theyve still got flooding issues, but most of the wind energy moved off to the east. lake charles in this last hour and a half has reported a severe thunderstorm rolling through southwest loui...

Got egg on its face when they let someone on a flight when they shouldnt. right now, theres a much greater degree of awareness whats going on. after the failed bombing of christmas day, several delta, northwest airlines flights ended up being diverted, searches, because of the fact that right after, this was this sense of raised suspicious and awareness. the system has just changed, so theyre kind of fine-tuning this system. >> theres the live picture. tower camera giving us a shot at jfk. you w...

But heres the question -- should the videotape be released to the public? this topic is heating up my facebook page. if you want to add more comments to it, please go there now. well talk about it onair. should it be released? dont worry, im not releasing it, but im asking if you should. if you are black in america, you know things are tougher for uf wh you know its tougher for to find a job. we have some solutions that could help not only african-americans but all americans. and two surveil...