Good evening. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. A lot to get to breaking on several fronts. First that massive winter storm developing at this hour. Nearly 100 Million People in its path. Heavy snow and dangerous icy mix in the forecast. But we begin with that Measles Outbreak spreading coast to coast. 6 84 cases diagnosed in 14 states just this month. The latest case, a college student, boarding an amtrak train here in new yorks penn station, the busiest station in the country. And now, Health Officials in arizona monitoring potential cases there as up to a Million People pour in for tomorrows super bowl game. Thats where we find abcs Neal Karlinsky tonight. Reporter tonight, the measles a disease that was effectively eliminated from this country, is now on the move again. 14 states are now tracking cases, the latest in new york where tens of thousand of people may have been exposed at one of the nations busiest hubs penn station. Ron claiborne is on the trai
Im cecilia vega. We go straight to baltimore tonight, where marchers are once again in the streets, this time, though, a different mood. Some calling todays march a victory rally, but vowing to keep the pressure on. The six officers now charged in the death of freddie gray, right there in their mug shots. Tonight, they have posted bail. The most serious charge could land one of those officers behind bars for 30 years. Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila leading us off again tonight. All night, all day, we will fight for freddie gray reporter today in baltimore, a striking new tone. None of the clashes with police we saw even last night when police enforced curfew laws and arrested nearly 40 years. We got some type of justice. We never really seen no justice. Never. Reporter this was the turning point. Mr. Grays death was a homicide. Reporter these are the Six Police Officers now charged in freddie grays death. Three whites and three blacks, charged with crimes as serious as ma
Capital at 12 30 a. M. Bound for rome. A 737 with crew members aboard. All was quiet until the captain went to the bathroom about an hour before landing and the copilot locked the bathroom door and took over the plane. Within minutes the passengers were jolted awake as the plane began to careen. The copilot came over the loud speaker and threatened to scare the airplane. Another passenger said oxygen masks fell os the plane seemed like it was falling from the sky. The flight taken over by a trusted insider. What we do in the United States is when a pilot goes out to use the facilities, one of the flight attendants steps in. Its a no lone zone. Apparently theyre not following that. Reporter the copilot. Hailemedhin abera flew past rome to seek asylum. You can see on this flight how flight 702 circled back and forth over geneva, the copilot warning that fuel was now running dangerously low. Italian and french fighter jets were scrambled and finally flight 702 landed in general eve have,
Broke with a tweet from irans president shortly before president obama announced it, rouhani turned down a face to face meeting when both men were in new york on tuesday, but the call was his idea. Rouhani has been in new york all week, speaking at the u. N. And vowing warmer relations with the United States. The obstacles are huge, for years war with iran has seemed more likely than diplomatic progress. The president says he sees a chance for a big change. Beginning with renewed talks on Irans Nuclear program. I believe we have a responsibility to pursue diplomacy, and a unique opportunity to make progress with the new leadership in tehran. Reporter right after the president touted his historic conversation with the president of iran, he lashed out at a group he hasnt been talking to, republicans in congress, who he blamed for putting the government on a path to shutdown in just three days. Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract politica