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derek dennis is in new york. derek: strong wind, heavy across the country. in kentucky, one interstate was shut down for hours. buffalo, new york is taking a punch. >> these conditions are so bad it is being considered one of the worst blizzards in history. cars looked abandoned. i have to wear ski goggles just to be able to see from the high winds creating snow drifts 10 feet high. derek: the airport closed until monday at the earliest. a driving band in effect. more than 50 rescues after people got trapped in their vehicles. >> it is not something we are proud of. but in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency service available. derek: one mother turning to facebook after first responders could not reach her home. her one-year-old is on a ventilator. they lost power so she is giving air manually. electricity across the country in at least 13 states asking customers to conserve. >> consumer efforts to conserve the next 24 hours will help avoid outages. derek: the national weather service saying this depicts one of the greatest accidents of winter ad

here is derek dennis.is baking a cake -- >> if it's not something i will say, i won't write it on a cake. reporter: --, or making a website -- >> i'm a christian and therefore i believe marriage is between one man and one woman. reporter: -- the supreme court is set to decide whether a person can refuse services based on their religious rights. one woman says it would violate her religious beliefs. >> i am never refusing a project based on who is requesting the work, but the message i am being asked to pour my time and talents into promoting until breading. reporter: colorado's attorney general says otherwise. >> if you are open to the public, you need to accommodate everybody that is a core of our civil rights law and has deep roots in american law. reporter: lori smith's 2019 lawsuit follows a similar one in 2012, where one bigger argued he should not be forced to make a cake for same-sex couple under his first amend that right to express his own freedom of speech. >> one transgender woman says she is su

here's a b cs derek dennis this morning new attacks highlighting the vulnerability of the u. s power grid on sunday. christmas day, three power stations in washington state were broken into two of them, tacoma public utilities in puget sound energy reported. 14,000 customers were left in the dark officials posting a message urging customers to report outages think nothing of when you turn on a light switch. but whenever you haven't had power for a few days and turnout light switches . it means it's just everything. the attacks come after at least five power substations were reportedly attacked in washington and oregon last month , and we have confirmed that this was malicious intent. this was no accident more in north carolina earlier this month, the targeted shootings and power substations left entire towns in moore county without power for days, the local sheriff saying, duke energy cruz saw someone shooting from a vehicle near a power plant. then speeding off shell casings at the two sites recovered search warrants issued in the case, but it wasn't clear if they were for a

abc is derek dennis has more this morning whether it's baking a cake. if it's not something, i will say it and it's not something else right on a cake or designing a wedding website christian and as a christian, i believe that marriage is between one man and one woman court is set to decide whether a public service can be denied based on a person's constitutional right to free it smsrom oloradohesupreme courr otherwise. is punished under colorado law for refusing to work on an lgbtq themed project , saying it would violate her religious beliefs. i'm never refusing a project based on who is requesting requesting the work, but the message that i'm being asked to pour my time talents into promoting and celebrating, colorado's attorney general philip wiser says otherwise, if you're open to the public, you need to accommodate everybody. that's a core of our civil rights law, and it has deep roots in american law. smith's 2019 lawsuit follows a similar case brought by colorado baker jack phillips in 2012, who argued he should not be forced to make an l g b t

here's a b cs derek dennis. you know what we need that turning back this morning new accounts of the terrifying moments aboard hawaiian airlines flight 35 from phoenix to honolulu sunday was really, really rocky. five heavy media. medical personnel at the game. yes you do horns, 35 sudden and severe turbulence, leaving passengers lurching violently up and down, hitting their heads of flying water bottle, cracking the ceiling video from inside the cabin shows several onboard shellshocked and among the injured of 14 month old child looks like everybody's gonna survive. there were no fatalities, and i'm hoping folks don't have to stay in the hospital too long and can get back to their loved ones whether they live here or on vacation. and, of course, the crew members the plane making an emergency landing in honolulu with 20 passengers hurt 13 of them taken to a local hospital. others treated in the terminal for cuts to the head, bumps and bruises, some with vomiting and nausea, one passenger temporarily losing consc

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abc is derek dennis reports. this morning whether it's baking a cake. if it's not something, i will say it and it's not something all right on a cake or designing a wedding website. i am a christian and as a christian, i believe that marriage is between one man and one woman. supreme court is set to decide whether public service can be denied based on a person's constitutional right to free speech versus equal lgbtq rights. it stems from a colorado case brought by website designer laurie smith appealing to the supreme court not to be fined or otherwise. is punished under colorado law for refusing to work on an lgbtq themed project , saying it would violate her religious beliefs. i'm never refusing a project based on who is requesting requesting the work, but the message that i'm being asked to my time talents into promoting and celebrating, colorado's attorney general philip wiser, says otherwise, if you're open to the public, you need to accommodate everybody. that's a core of our civil rights law, and it has deep roots in american law. smith's 2019 la

here's a b cs derek dennis this morning new attacks highlighting the vulnerability of the u. s power grid on sunday. christmas day, three power stations in washington state were broken into two of them vandal. sized as a result, tacoma public utilities in puget sound energy reported. 14,000 customers were left in the dark officials posting a message urging customers to report outages think nothing of when you turn on a light switch. but whenever you haven't had power for a few days and turnout light switches . it means it's just everything. the attacks come after at least five power substations were reportedly attacked in washington and oregon last month , and we have confirmed that this was malicious intent. this was no accident more in north carolina earlier this month, the targeted shootings and power substations left entire towns in moore county without power for days, the local sheriff saying, duke energy cruz saw someone shooting from a vehic then speef shell casings at the two sites recovered search warrants issued in the case, but it wasn't clear if they were for a pe

the primary witness, the woman's young nephew, abc is derek dennis reports. this morning. the trial of former fort worth police officer aaron dean now underway. he's charged with murder in the shooting death of 28 year old tatiana jefferson in her own home. don't like talking about what happened. the star witness , 11 year old zion car, jefferson's nephew, who was eight at the time playing video games with his aunt on the night of october. 12th 2019 when he says she heard something in the backyard, grabbed her gun for protection and was shot and killed. not as self. this is myf failing to identify himself upon arrival, responding to a call about an open door and then shooting to kill jefferson, through a window hands. put your hands up! hands up! show me your hands! not fast enough for the tatiana. across assess and followthe commands. no. attorney argues the shooting was a tragic accident but was justified because he not only saw a gun in jefferson's hand he feared for his life was placed in the line of police officer. a green laser was placed on the auction. an officer c

once again the center of controversy just as prince william and princess cate visit the us abc is derek dennise royal trip to boston in the fall out from william's godmother being accused of racism. sitting courtside. the lighting dimmed in celtics green, prince william and princess kate taking in a boston celtics game on day one of their visit to the city, arriving on a british airways flight from london after mingling with fellow passengers slimmer a that yes, very slight . she's beautiful. obviously they're here on a three day trip leading up to the ceremony for the earth shot prize, an organization founded by william the champions environmentalism katherine knight. i firmly believe. we all have it in ourselves to achieve great things. but the visit overshadowed by a racism controversy back home against at buckingham palace and goes the fulani, founder of the women's nonprofit was repeatedly asked about her nationality by william's godmother lady susan hussey, a longtime lady in waiting to the late queen elizabeth fulani, posting a tweet of the exchange. where are you from here? uk no. but

abc s derek dennis long time milwaukee mail carrier andre cross went from laughing along his route on to being shot and killed just hours later. no motive and no arrest yet, but surveillance video shows two suspects running to a silver suv and taking off i saw him that night. that evening. and he was singing to himself, and he was walking up to the door. neighbors and coworkers. heartbroken good person. three beautiful kids or wife came to work every day with a smile on his face. if you were sad, he was that he's going to make sure you're gonna get a smile. he's going to make you laugh. $1000 reward is now being offered in the case, one of a rash of attacks on postal carriers nationwide traumatized there. doing their job at work, delivering the mail and someone comes up and stick a gun to you for some arrow keys in chicago, a frightening pattern. at least five such incidents since august . many of the thieves trying to get their hands on so called arrow keys, which unlocks centralized community mailboxes . others simply prying mailboxes open with the goal of committing identity theft.

abc news reporter derek dennis has more on that.ter: whether it is baking a cake or designing a wedding website. >> as a christian, i between ond one woman. reporter: deciding on whether service can be denied based on a person's right to free speech versus lgbtq rights. lloyd smith is appealing to not be fined or otherwise punished under colorado law for refusing to work on and lgbtq themed project, saying it would violate her religious beliefs. >> i am never rejecting a project because of who is requesting it. reporter: philip weiser says otherwise. >> if you are open to the public, you need to accommodate everybody. it has deep roots in american law. reporter: it follows a similar case brought in 2012, saying he should not be forced to make and lgbtq themed cake for a same-sex couple. he won the case on a technicality in a narrow ruling. a transgender woman is now suing smith for violating her rights. the supreme court now gets to decide if one right trumps another. >> to not face punishment -- reporter: it could have a sweeping e

derek dennis has the details. >> new attacks this morning highlighting the vulnerability of the powerristmas day, three power stations were broken into. two of them vandalized. as a result, to, and puget sound energy reported 14,000 customers left in the dark. urging customers to report outages. >> you don't think much about , turning the lights on, but when you lose power for a few dayst >> fe we substations were up at -- attacked in washington and oregon last month. two more in north carolina. the targeted shootings leaving entire towns and counties without power for days. >> we confirmed this was malicious intent, no accident. >> the local sheriff says that duke energy crews saw someone shooting from a vehicle near a power plant and speeding off. shell casings were covered, search warrants issued in the case. it wasn't clear if they were for a person or people in the area. >> every investigator working on the case, state, local, and federal, know what you want and that's answers. >> many substations are vulnerable because they are in remote areas and unattended to. christmas day th