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This is your twenty four to seven use update.
Speaker 2The latest use this hour.
Speaker 1In just four minutes.
Speaker 3Rescuers are still on the scene of a horrific massive fire in China.
Hong Kong is beginning three days of morning.
After one hundred and twenty eight people died in that fire that destroyed seven high rise apartment buildings.
Rescue crews are now searching through the burned towers for the hundreds who are still missing, and family members have been searching local hospitals hoping to find their missing loved ones.
On Saturday morning, Hong Kong leader John Lee and dozens of top city officials stood in silence for three minutes outside the government headquarters to honor the dead.
The fire started Wednesday and spread quickly along the bamboo scaffolding being used for renovation outside the apartments.
The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members on the streets of Washington, d C is now facing a murder charge.
Tammy Trehillo has this story.
Speaker 1US attorney for d C, Janeine Piro, announced the upgraded charge Friday morning, following the death of Sarah Beckstrom.
Speaker 2It is a premeditated murder.
There was an ambush with a gun toward people who didn't know what was coming.
And that is the homicide, and that is the murder that we're looking at right now.
Speaker 1The other guardsman shot in the incident, Andrew Wolf, remains hospitalized in critical condition.
The suspect is an Afghan national who worked with the US to fight the Taliban.
He's still hospitalized as well.
I'm Tammy Trihio.
Speaker 3And a huge winter storm could make holiday travel hazardous across the central US.
Travelers in the Midwest on Saturday can expect slippery, snow covered roads and flight delays from Ohio to North Dakota.
In the south central US, heavy rain and severe storms could lead to flash flooding and flight delays from East Texas to western Kentucky.
On Sunday, the winter storm will move toward the east coast, causing possible flight delays at major airports and heavy lake effect snow in parts of the northeast, which could lead to hazardous road conditions.
I'm Jim Forbes.
Vladimir Putin says Russia is ready for quote serious talks about a Ukraine peace plan.
The Russian president said the plan supported by the US quote can be the basis for future agreements.
It was the first time Putin has spoken publicly about the peace plan since the US recently started negotiating with Ukraine.
Critics of the twenty eight point piece plan say it heavily favored Russia's demands.
The plan has since been trimmed down to nineteen points and appears to have received Ukraine's approval.
The Trump administration is increasing fees for foreign visitors at Yosemite National Park and ten other major national parks.
Sharon Reardon has this story.
Speaker 4Beginning January first, international tourists will pay an extra one hundred dollars per person on top of regular entry fees, while a non resident annual America the Beautiful Paths jumps to two hundred and fifty bucks.
Official say the hike will boost maintenance funding.
The rollout also includes a redesigned annual pass featuring portraits of George Washington and Donald Trump, a move drawing backlash from conservation advocates.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports small operators near Yosemite and other parks say the higher costs could discourage long haul travelers who support gateway communities.
I'm Sharon Reard in.
Speaker 3Ups is grounding its fleet of MD eleven cargo planes indefinitely weeks after a deadly plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.
The planes will be reinspected for possible repairs and will miss the holiday delivery season.
According to a company memo on Wednesday, Boeing's ongoing evaluation of the aircraft fleet shows that potential repairs may be more extensive than expected.
And Black Friday was a good day for college football.
Number seven Old Miss won the Battle for the Golden Egg, blowing out Mississippi State thirty eight nineteen in Starkville on Friday.
Fourth rank Georgia beat number twenty three Georgia Tech sixteen to nine, and thirteenth rank Utia rally past Kansas thirty one to twenty one.
I'm Jim Forbes
