. >>> a lehigh university student is under arrest tonight. the poisoning is not the only charge the suspect is now facing. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: a lehigh university student is behind bars tonight after police say he had been trying to kill his roommate for several months. prosecutors say 22-year-old yukai yang from china faces several charges including attempted homicide and aggravated assault. authorities say the chemistry major carried out the attempted murder plot inside his dorm slowly and discreetly. putting a poisonous metal known as thallium and possibly other chemicals in his roommate juwan royal's milk and mouthwash. >> mr. royal experienced extreme pain in his lower extremities. as well as severe burning and numbness. >> reporter: royal who had been roommates with yang for several years and thought they were friends, first reported his symptoms to police back in march, dizziness, shaking and vomiting. that's when his blood tested positive for thallium. back in april yang was arrested and released on bail for damaging roy

rain we let out into the streets we saw that a lot of the roads and villages were flooded tonight lehigh waist deep if you see behind me this is when it's actually flooded up to the rooftops of their houses so this the combined threat of another tsunami plus the floods of today are really aggravating ready very dire and serious situation of another part of the problem as well as the fact that age is just trickling in there what more do we know about aid at the moment if there is more on the way aid has been really you know on a steady trickle i think is the best way to describe this to the most affected areas but there are areas that's remain to be very isolated these are mostly. all western coast of java and. so these various really. almost read here sometimes helicopters over we've been told by the force that we've had across this archer trying air drop much needed so i can. fire words that have been blocked off by what i see that have been blocked off i just want. to you have been talking to people in the area who are desperately searching for loved ones and you sent us this report on

it's operated here for more than 80 years and this year it struck a deal with lehigh plant.e causing a ruckus. >> i'm focused on safety but there are so many other issues. >> there's dust, pollution, thousands of big rig trucks. >> reporter: these two were among the room full of fed-up neighbors. santa clara shut down a private road between the two facilities because it's not properly permitted and potentially unsafe. until an alternate road is built, they are using city streets. >> i think it's time to start scaling down the industrial uses of this area. and if we can scale them down by half, by closing one of the two quarries, it's time to close one of the two quarries. >> reporter: not everyone agrees. at the quarry, i talked with one neighbor who supports the local businesses. >> we all knew it was here when we moved here. you can't move into the neighborhood when you have something like this and complain about the operations. >>> a representative from the quarry was at the meeting last night but did not address the crowd's concerns. the city and county say it will take

police are trying to piece together what happened in centreville right off lehigh way if you know that area. you can see clothing and shoes scattered in the street in the aftermath. police are trying to see if the man was in the crosswalk at the time of the accident. the drive did stay on the scene and the area has re-opened. >>> turning now to our weath. for a spell out there today it felt down right balmy. we have rain in the forecast. of course, it's friday. we also have a change in temperature, right, doug? >> a huge change. today, we saw a high temperature of 67 degrees. it was incredible. we're seeing snow in part of the area right now, believe it or not. storm team radar showing falling as rain. that's what most of us will see snight. you c heavier showers around the manassas area and woodbridge and southern portions of fntrfax c but all starting to increase in coverage. noing too strong tonight. not anticipating severe weather like we had earlier today. i am watching the change fromw rain to s west of the blue ridge and we'll see that during the tonight as well. this whole syst

. >>> a former student at lehigh university is accused of trying to kill his roommate with a chemicalonce used in a rat poison. now, police in pennsylvania say yukai yang laced his roommate's food and drinks with a substance called thallium. yang was an international student from china majoring in chemistry. now, police say the poisoning continued for months last spring and his roommate's symptoms got progressively worse. >> this was over a period of time where small amounts of this poisoning was occurring. this victim is still experiencing, you know, physical symptoms from this poisoning that occurred. >> yang is also charged with scrawling a racial slur on the desk of his roommate who says he thought he once had a good relationship with yang. >>> a new act is being added to the super bowl halftime show. reports say rapper travis scott is being added to the show alongside maroon 5. the show has been controversial since the league's national anthem protest. many artists saying they won't perform. jay-z was reportedly trying to persuade scott not to perform in the show though he says t

representative of pennsylvania's 15th, but as of january 1, it will be pennsylvania 7th, the greater lehigh valley area and it's an area that is made up of working families. the issues, all of the questions that have come up today are very, very pertinent to my district. but what i have heard the most from people is that they want their voices to be heard. and so, the questions about investigations and trade and that kind of thing, as leader pelosi said, public sentiment is everything. and, the people i have spoken to for the last year-plus have all been concerned that their voice through their vote didn't matter because of the influence of dark money and outside interests. and i think that having h.r. 1 be our first bill that is introduced will very much set the tone for whether the public believes that their will, will be done. and i think that this is the right message to send so the public so they understand that what we want to do going forward, whether it's an issue of trade, investigation, emigration, or anything else, that we will be paying attention to the american people. and i th

it's operated here for more than 80 years, and this summer it struck a deal with the nearby lehigh cement plant that meant an increase of trucks hauling materials between the two sites. neighbors say all those trucks are causing a ruckus. >> i'm focused on safety at this meeting. but there are so many other issues. >> there's dust, there's pollution. there are thousands of big-rig trucks. >> reporter: lola kashief and steve dawber were among the room full of fed up neighbors. they set up a private road between the two stilts because it's not permitted. so until an alternate road is built trucks are using city streets. many in this room have had enough of the industrial businesses. >> i think it's time to start scaling down the industrial uses of this area. and if we can scale them down by half by closing one of the two quarries it's time to close one of the two quarries. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees. at the quarry i talked with one neighbor who supports the local businesses. >> we all knew it was here when we moved here. you can't move into the neighborhood where you've got someth

two weeks ago lots to talk about with henri barkey who is a professor of international relations at lehigh university author of turkey's kurdish question he's on skype from bethlehem pennsylvania nice to have you with us let's talk about seeing as the kurds are a specialty area of yours how much of a blow is this for them with the united states leaving. well this is a terrible blow because you have to put it in two different contexts this one is that this comes to them as a surprise this is after they spent a huge amount of blood to fight isis for the united states and they were not informed in advance they can indeed they buy themselves for such an eventuality but the other thing i would like to point out is that because in general have been there before with the united states back in one nine hundred seventy five's the us supported the iranian efforts with the kurds in iraq against the iraqi regime and when saddam hussein and the shah of iran signed the deal suddenly support for the iraqi kurds collapsed and the saddam's armies moved and massacred people in those numbers so we cycle hist

creek quarry operated here for more than 80 year, and in the summer it struck a deal with the nearby lehigh meant an increase of trucks hauling materials between the two sites. neighbors say all the trucks are causing a rucous. >> i'm only focused on safety at this meeting, but there are so many other issues. >> there's dust and pollution. there are thousands of big-rig trucks. >> reporter: lola and stove were among room full of fed-up neighbors. santa clara county recently shut down a private road between the two facilities because it's not properly permitted and it's potentially up safe so until an alternate route is built trucks are use city streets and many residents have had enough. >> it's time to start scaling down the industrial uses of this area, and if we can scale them down by half, by closing one of the two quarries, it's time to close one of the two quarries. >> reporter: not everyone agrees. at the quarry, i talked with one neighbor who supports the local businesses. >> we all knew it was here when we moved here, and you can't move into a neighborhood when you've got something

a former lehigh university student is behind bars accused of trying for several months to kill his roommateal experienced extreme pain in his lower extremities and burning and numbness. >> reporter: 22-year-old yukai yang, an international student from china, now faces several charges including attempted homicide and aggravated assault. authorities say the chemistry major carried out an attempted murder plot inside his dorm slowly and discreetly starting in february. the district attorney saying the victim wrote in a statement he remembered drinking water in a bottle and immediately felt a burning sensation on his tongue. according to authorities, yang put thallium, a tasteless, odorless poisonous metal once widely used in rat poison, in his roommate's milk and mouthwash. royal then reported symptoms of dizziness, shaking and vomiting. >> this was over a period of time where a small amount of this poisoning was occurring. >> when somebody commits what i would call clearly a premeditated murder, in their mind they think the only way to resolve this problem is to kill the person, and you have

he maintained extreme lehigh interest rates -- extremely high interest rates.g lower. it is at odds with reality. my sense is we can expect the r.b.i. under a new r.b.i. force correctw its monetary framework. we expect the r.b.i. to shift away from its hawkish buyers and more balance. david: chime in on some of these comments. the consistent narrative given this background is that he will be progrowth, lower rates. do you agree with that? >> yes, we do a great. i think the markets will welcome his appointment. he has been dovish in nature. he has been gunning for lower interest rates. to that extent, we do expect that r.b.i. will shift its stance to more neutral and possibly in accommodative monetary policy. it also depends on the upcoming fed meeting and the pronouncements coming from their come in terms of u.s. monetary policy. but, yes, we do expect him to be much more dovish. this mean fores the other issue, the tension between the government and the central bank? obviously, the independence issue. given the current spat between the government and the r.b.i

. >> a former lehigh university student is behind bars accused of trying for several months of tryinged out an attempted murder plot inside his dorm room. yang put thallium, an odorless, tasteless poison synonymous with rat poison in his roommate's drink. >> a car hitting a concrete barrier in a tunnel entrance and launching into the air. the driver only sustained minor injuries. police say he passed a breathalyzer test. they think he actually fell asleep. >>> christmas eve, zachary, top three things on your christmas list. what did you ask santa for? >> i didn't ask. >> what would be the top three things, zachary? >> a couple good books. >> okay. >> some time with my family. >> okay. >> i think i'm taking a trip in the new year. >> that's what you asked santa for? >> just some travel rewards, you know? >> oh, that's good. >> how about you? how about you? >> sleep. time off. sleep. >> there we go. >> how about that? >> those are all good gifts. >> stay with us. >>> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. morning america." have a fantastic christmas eve. >>

then prosecutors say they realized that the former lehigh university student was trying to get himselfyang is also accused of poisoning another student. >>> breaking overnight, a transformer explosion turned the night sky over new york city bright blue. the flash of color could be seen for miles as the transformer erupted in flames at a power plant in queens, knocking out power, disrupting subway service and briefly grounding flights at laguardia. new yorkers flocking to social media. many wondering if it was an alien invasion. meanwhile, inside laguardia airport, this video shows the chaos the moments the lights went out, but power was restored with no reports of injuries. officials say it was all caused by what's known as a transmission dip at a local substation. >>> now to that dangerous and bitter blast of winter weather stretching across the country and wreaking havoc on holiday travel. storms are moving into the northeast after causing twisters and flooding in the south and blizzards in parts of the plains. authorities in minnesota are searching for a truck driver who fled the sc