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wreckage from airasia flight 8501. the block boxes have still not been located. >> an arctic blast hundreds of millions of americans facing dangerously cold temperatures as the country remains in the midst which a deep freeze. >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm del walters. >> authorities in france trying to track down suspects that carried out the bloody attacks in paris. they say the brothers is that reef and kouachi are at large. >> several have been detained in this investigation. french officials and paris holding a moment of silence. >> we are tracking developments, but we he begin with dana lewis
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live in paris this morning. what can you tell us about the latest developments and the whereabouts of the suspects? >> well, del, it is one of the many developing and breaking events as we continue to cover this story. there are so many things going on on the ground here, but that is the latest report. it is coming that about less than 100 miles to the north of paris in an area that a gas station owner reportedly saw a car with two men in it and said there were weapons in it and he said that they looked like the kouachi brothers, said and is that reef, the main sus suspects in this case. there are photographs across the nation to police authorities and
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the public asking for help in locating these two men. that that, the prime minister said is our major concern now that is the main thing that the prime minister said as he left an emergency meeting this morning, and that is that there could be a possibility of another attack, so security just is unbelievably tight across paris today as we he drove here to the palace where emergency meetings with the government are taking place. >> what do we know about these two brothers, these suspects? >> cherif is well known to authorities. he was arrested in 2008, put on trial. he was detained and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. as these men ran from the scene yesterday hooded, one of them yelled that this is from al-qaeda in yemen and in fact, kouachi is known to have terrorist links in the past by the authorities they claim and they said that in 2008 in his
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trial, that he had been linked to the insurgency in iraq, funneling fighters to iraq to fight american forces there. >> also lots of information coming out this morning the second incident in paris. we understand that police are now looking for someone who shot and killed a police officer. >> that is all right adding to the tension on the street here and the confusion as to what's going on, but this morning not very far from here actually on the south side of paris a man supposedly armed with a bulletproof vest wearing body armor opened fire. that he hit two policemen and a street workerrer. we don't know, and that is still developing in term of the circumstances around that attack but he then fled he into the subway into the metro system and a police woman who was injured in that incident has since passed away in the hospital has since died. >> dana, two questions are
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any -- >> i should adjust very quickly that the authorities mentioned that we should not link that to yesterday's incident. >> two questions are any other countries assisting france in the investigation and what about the future of charlie hebdo? >> the f.b.i. came out formally yesterday saying they would assist in this investigation, in fact in any way they can and certainly with intelligence sharing that will be going on in terms of what did these men know ahead of time, where did they get their intelligence, their weapons, who funded them, were they trained did they train abroad. all of that taking place. that charlie hebdo the former editor said they need to print a special edition keep the magazine alive because it's about liberty and speech and they can't let it die because of the incident yesterday. >> the shootings in paris
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provoked widespread anger and pledges not to let these deaths go unanswered. >> a lot of people are looking back and remember the staff at charlie hebdo who lost their lives. >> in paris and across france, people held demonstrations in solidarity with the satirical magazine charlie hebdo and its right to be irref refer rent. the nation remains stupid by these images, two hooded gunmen. the men are heard to shout in french, we have avenged the prophet mohammed, then they drive off. survivors say the men asked for many of their victims by name and appeared to know that the magazine's editorial meeting was
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taking place that day. >> these individuals asked two maintenance men in the reception area of the building where charlie hebdo offices were located, they immediately fired killing one of them. they went into the offices on the second floor and went to the conference room where the newspaper's editorial team was meeting. the two men opened fire, killing 10 people inside. >> appealing for national unit, it is promised the killers would be brought to justice. >> i want here in your name to express gratitude to the families the ones hurt, the wounded, loved ones who today feel bruised by that he is courtly murders. >> sharp was the pen name of editor in chief of charlie hebdo and one of its cartoonist. he was killed with a number of his colleagues. jacki row land interviewed him
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in 2011 after a fire bomb attack at the offices of the weekly magazine. >> it's been 20 years that we have quote unquote been provocative on many subjects. every time we deal with radical islam, we have a problem and get indignant or violent reactions. >> now in defense of freedom of speech he and his colleagues have paid with their lives. tim friend, al jazeera paris. >> mike viqueira joins us now from washington. how is the obama administration responding to these shootings and also to the continuing manhunt? >> well, good morning to you. from the oval office and throughout the united states, calls for the firm defense of freedom of expression, and for solidarity with the french in the wake of the shootings. president obama condemned the shooting spree in paris calling the killings courtly and evil.
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>> those who carry out attacks against innocent civilians ultimately they'll be forgotten. >> mr. obama spoke with the french president by phone offering sympathy and support. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have been lost in france. >> the president expressed words of solidarity with the people of paris, calling france one of our oldest allies. meanwhile, the f.b.i. is assisting the french with their investigation. >> we are working with them, will do everything we can to help them bring to justice the perpetrators of the atrocity that happened in paris. >> secretary of state john kerry spoke directly to the people of france in french and in english. >> we stand with you in solidarity and in commitment both to the cause of confronting extremism and in the cause which the extremists fear so much, freedom. >> house speaker john boehner offering condolences and words
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of caution. >> this vicious terrorist attack is a reminder that we must be always vigilant against the enemies of freedom. >> democratic senator dick durbin remembered france supporting the u.s. after the 9/11 attacks. >> they spoke out in one voice saying they were going to be by our side in this battle against terrorism. i think it is appropriate today that we follow suit, that we join in that same spirit. >> members of congress used social media to express outrage and offer their prayers. >> that was mike viqueira reporting from washington. >> around the globe support is pouring in for the victims of the charlie hebdo attack. in paris this morning, tens of thousands of people flooding the city center carried signs that read i am char lie and they raised their pens in support of press freedom there. in berlin was a similar scene demonstrators coming to show
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solidarity with france. they remembered the journalists by lighting candles. then in new york city, hundreds here gathering in union square sang prayed, they also cried for the lives lost. >> not only is the white house condemning the charlie hebdo massacre but world leaders are expressing outrage calling it brutal hoar remembereddous and a cold-blooded crime approximate many see this as an attack on democracy he. >> in the capitals of europe, condemnation and condolences. >> we stand absolutely united with the french people against terrorism and against this threat to our values, free speech the root of all democracy, it's actually essential that we defendant those values today and every day. >> arab leaders were quick to denounce the attack, the ambassador to the arab league in washington had this to say: >> it's very painful tragic, an act by enemies. it cannot be that you kill
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innocent people the way that they did. >> the united nations: >> i want to express my outrage at the despicable attack today against a french magazine, charlie hebdo. it was a horrendous, unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime. it was also direct assault on the corn stone of democracy on freedom of expression. >> this is seen as much more than an attack on a satirical newspaper, but on democracy itself. al jazeera washington. >> we continue to follow the latest on the manhunt in paris for two suspects in the deadly attack on charlie hebdo. at 7:20, we will talk about the effect these attacks are having on journalists. >> back here, we don't need to
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tell you how cold it is. millions of americans waking up to freezing temperatures this morning. >> john henry smith up in the crow's nest with more. that john, this is causing a lot of trouble for a lot of people. >> dell, when rochelle said this is affecting half the country that translates into 200 million americans bundling up and trying to stay safe in those dangerously cold conditions. several states i should wind chill warnings and some states have had to deal with heavy snowfalls, blowing snow caused a 44 car pileup in muskegon michigan and an 18 car pile upin pennsylvania. three people died in that one. that the frigid weather has led to mass school closings in many places including chicago where the national weather service said the wind chill factor overnight dropped to 20 degrees below zero fahrenheit. twenty states are under wind chill advisories, the wind chill in wisconsin dropped to 40 below zero. there's not much snow in new
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york city, but single temperatures there have the natives restless for spring time. >> hopefully the warm weather comes soon, not may but late marsh, i'm ready waiting for you. >> we don't have hurricanes and tornadoes, we have cold weather and snow. drive carefully and layer up, not too bad. >> it got extremely cold in the dakotas and montanas. the coldest place in america yesterday was 13 miles northeast of popular montana the text there not counting wind chill 30 degrees below zero. >> thank you very much. >> those wind chills are making it feel below zero even in the south. >> nicole mitchell calls that spring. good morning nicole. it is bone-chilling cold out there. >> in minnesota, they would take a temperature of just minus one. part of the south is seeing -- that's balmy -- if you live in the south where it's not
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insulated and don't have layers and layers of clothes, it is brutal. this is the actual air temperature, not with the wind chill, not with the wind factored in, minneapolis has made it above zero to one but it hasn't felt like with the wind chill above zero for days and days and days, and even to the east coast sickle digits. a lot of the south, we have those temperatures with wind gusts in places like the northeast. it definitely is bringing the temperatures down. the good thing is the high pressure is sliding off. the cold air funneling in is cut off. 20-30 degrees below average is what we are dealing with. you add in the wind, gusting in some cases in the south, in the teens or 20s and it feels like one in atlanta tuscaloosa is one of the places for example in alabama that i saw the negative wind chill for brief times this morning opinion it feels brutal. even into the northeast with winds again places like boston gusting into the 20s feels like
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minus 24. just hopping from the house into the car car into work, not a big deal. in the big cities where people take public transportation and walk, it is a miserable morning. >> layer on layer on layer. >> artistic freedom of expression under attack. >> the massacre at charlie hebdo is not the first and perhaps not the last of its kind. we'll speak with the executive director of the pen american center about the fine line between satire and being offensive. >> the grudge that may have led to a workplace shooting in texas at a v.a. hospital. >> big companies by's first show since november as the legendary comedian is greeted by protestors. protestors.
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>> we continue to follow the latest on the manhunt for the shooters at charlie hebdo. that there are reports that the suspects have been sighted north of paris. a third suspect has turned
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himself in, surrendered to police about 150 miles away from the french capitol. >> the attack left 12 dead. president obama said the u.s. stands in solidarity with france. u.s. intelligence is helping france find the suspects and anyone else involved. >> the president calling those shootings an attack on free press. that charlie hebdo has shocked and amused readers for decades called provocative, also controversial. >> let's bring in erica pitzi now. this newspaper that ha a long tradition in france. >> for nearly 40 years, charlie hebdo went after one leaving no businessman, politician unscathed. that islam has created the biggest backlash. >> i can see russia from my house. [ laughter ] >> like the most searing skits on "saturday night live" do not come close to the ferocious bite
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of french political satire. for the weekly paper charlie hebdo, no topic is off limits. cartoons skied politicians. the french paper was sued after criticizing islam. a french court rejected the case. four years later, charlie hebdo renamed an edition is that rehe i can't hebdo he after islamic law and listed the prophet mohammed as editor in chief. soon after its offices were fire bombed. later, the editor who died in wednesday's attack spoke to al jazeera. >> it's been 20 years that we have quote unquote been provocative on many different subjects. it just so happens every time we deal with radical is slam, we have a problem and get indignant or violent reactions.
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>> the new yorker has featured provocative cartoons. a comedian seems to speak for all satirists says. >> you have to draw a little blood. >> the surviving staffers say they are going to publish the next edition of the weekly paper on wednesday as scheduled. that no word on where they will work since their paris headquarters is considered a crime scene. one staffer said we are all suffering, but stupidity will not win. >> thank you so much. >> let's turn to suzanne the executive director of the pen american center joining us in studio this morning. how do you walk the fine line between satire and being religiously offensive. how do you walk that fine line? >> satire very often is offensive. here in this country and in
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europe is recognition that free speech encompass that is which is offensive. you can mock, insult and that's fair game. you can go after a politician, make him look silly expose his foibles and that's all part of protected speech. that for some muslims they look at it differently. i think there is a special reward for images of muhammed. for them, that's outside the bounds -- >> free speech, is there a line that can be crossed. >> there is and their editorial john mccains are made every day. some think about the audience. they don't want to stick it in the eye. you don't see he many of those cartoons published in the united states. sometimes there can be a fine line. >> you led state department efforts to address a defamation of religion resolution at the u.n. tell us more are about that. what all was involved in that.
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>> there was an international effort led by the pakistani government working with many other governments of muslim countries to try to get a global ban on the so-called defamation of religion. on the danish cartoons considered insulting to religion grew out of that controversy. that they wanted to mobilize the whole international community to say this is out of bounds, these cartoons should be banned and prohibited. idea united states and working with the european and latin american country be witness we rejected that as not consistent with free speech under our own law or international law. >> salomon rushdie had this to say:
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>> a word wide hit was issued on him for his "satanic verses." are there lines which shouldn't be crossed? >> there is room for judgment, an author, however they want to go. as a society we don't want to create no go zones. >> because it's backwards. >> it can creep out. that what else is offer limits. in europe, they do man in many countries holocaust denial. that that is out of bounds. you hear muslims saying if you ban that, why don't you ban this because this is equally offensive to us as holocaust denial may be to others. >> what happened yesterday seems to be part of an escalating pattern. do you think it is part of an escalating pattern? can you put it in perspective for us? >> in 2005 is the first time with the danish cartoons we saw these demonstrations outside of
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danish diplomatic installations that became violent. that that's when we learned how insulting these images can be. then we had the innocence of muslims, the video published in l.a. that sparked riots as far away as afghanistan. we've had these burn a koran incidents, which likewise are in i didn't understand-year. what brought it to a new level yesterday was targeted killing. >> thank you so much, we appreciate it. >> the charlie hebdo attack is
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sparking worry at the danish newspaper that is now stepping up security. in 2005, the paper set off angry and deadly protests after it published cartoons of the property muhammed. the editor of that danish paper said the journalists in paris paid the highest price for defending press freedom. >> federal officials are certain north carolina carried out the signer attack on sony. f.b.i. director said hackers sent messages directly from known internet messages in north korea in a move called sloppy. he went public in response to critics who say they believed disgruntled employees made the attack. >> there are new details this morning in tuesday's deadly shooting at a v.a. clinic in texas. officials sake the gunman was a former worker who once threatened the doctor he shot and killed before taking his own life. the 48-year-old is a former clerk at that clinic.
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he was an iraq war vet and medically discharged from the army in 2009. >> dangerous temperatures gripping motor of the country. >> let's get another forecast with nicole mitchell. >> you've been in some cold weather advisory around the country, but we have another system in the northern tier that will reinforce our cold, also problems snow. we had the lake effect from this last system wind down just in time for another. this is a clipper pretty quick moving but it is going to dump open? as it moves along a couple inches and reiterate that lake effect approximate lake effect places off of lake michigan could see another foot of snowfall as all this goes by. in the meantime, northern parts of the midwest with gusts up to 50 miles an hour, even an inch or two of snow. we have blizzard warnings up because it could cause conditions to become so blinding. >> keep an eye on the kids outside, too. >> the manhunt continues for the
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gunmen who massacred 12 people in france. >> several people connected to the brothers suspected have been detained by police. dana lewis tracking today's developments live from paris for us this morning. >> also concerned wednesday's attack will lead to backlash against muslims. >> newspapers around the world reacting as freedom of the press comes under attack in paris. the messages of support caught in our global net. >> the effort to pull the tail section of airasia flight 8501 from the jar have a sea continues. we'll he he speak to an aviation expert about clues that could be found in that part of the plane. >> this drawing from australian satirist david pope rewarding the murders of charlie hebdo in paris.
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>> these are the images coming in from around the word as paris and the world continues to mourn those lost in the attacks on charlie hebdo. the battle cry "i am charlie," pens held in the air saying they will not be silenced. >> french police may be closing in on the two men suspected of the attacks. there are reports that brothers cherif and said kouachi may have been spotted. >> a third suspect an 18-year-old turned himself into police. police arrested several today in connection with those shootings. dana lewis is live in paris.
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where is that search focused now for the two suspects still at-large? >> we're hearing that that took place in leim, less than 100 miles to the north of paris. it is a sighting, a gas station observer saw a car, two men in it weapons in the vehicle reported it to the police. police responded to that area and we are told at this point no one was detained, but it may well be these two men that were involved in the shooting yesterday and that is the main concern. let's face it, with all of the larger debate about what happens now, right now the most immediate concern for french authorities are that these two men are still at-large, heaviry armed, extremely dangerous and as the prime minister said today, that's the main concern that another attack could occur. unprecedented security everywhere, the police on the streets, they're very visible at the train stations and around
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government buildings and they are very worried that another attack might occur here and elsewhere in the country. >> the rains falling behind seem eerily appropriate. what do we know about the connection to the shooting and possibly the suspects of those arrested? >> so far the arrests are in direct connection, we're told with the investigation. whether there's significant people that they've arrested or not, we don't know, but i think that the interior minister actually was the prime minister said in an interview this morning that they picked up about seven people, maybe more, but the main suspects, said and cherif kouachi remain at-large. cherif is well known to the authorities, placed on trial here in 2008 for terrorism offenses. he was accused of actually
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funneling the insurgency to iraq funneling people to the insurgency in iraq to fight american forces there so he is a significant player, somebody who has an intelligence well known to intelligence authorities, but has also served time in prison and has all sorts of connections. yesterday, as these men, two masked men were running from the shooting at one point they yelled out to people that they had -- they were from al-qaeda and al-qaeda yemen. that if there is that connection indeed, they are own more dangerous and may have some very extreme links and links the intelligence community wants to investigate and find out about. >> what do we know about this 18-year-old suspect who turned himself in? >> mor a. d was named by the press.
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slowly it emerged because of an identification card that was found in an originally reported to be in one of the getaway cars whether it was him or the kouachi brothers, there is some confusion about that now but he was sought and then went out in the press here in france, he then turned himself in and he said he he had an alibi at the time and was not involved. >> live in paris this morning dana, thank you very much. >> the arab association of new york call the gunman extremists who do not represent islam. the french society has not been welcoming to muslims. >> they're the hip pack razz, they don't allow women to wear hajab. i can't walk into a public university dressed like this in a place like france but then
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they are touting freedom of expression. i'm ward about backlash. in germany two weeks ago, 30,000 people on the streets of germany, actty islam anti foreign. we don't want history to repeat. we have to stand up and unite. the terrorists are enjoying this. they want countries difficulted people pinned up against each other. we need unity to stand together. the muslim french citizen is the same as a french sit 10 to me. >> shootings provoking more anti muslim sentiment in europe. boss ago she pointed out anti islam marches bringing thousands to the streets in germany. >> there's an economic component to the growing fear of muslim immigrants there. >> wednesday deadly attack in paris comes amidst growing popular support in europe for far right nationalist parties opposed to what some see as
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islams rising influence over society. >> inevitably reaction to things like this, nationalist groups almost always sought to make little capital out of terrorist incidents. >> in germany the grassroots anti islam movement was staged in an 18,000 strong demonstration this week was quick to capitollize on the shootings saying: the leader of france's far right national front said it's too early to draw political conclusions about wednesday's attack.
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the parties platform led it to political victory in may. anti muslim sentiment is on the rise. three mosques were attacked over the holidays. anti immigrant movements in europe have gained tractions. the latest piece of bad news hit wednesday, with figures showing inflation in the euro zone turning negative for the first time since the death of the great recession. >> the rise of nationalist and right wing parties that were seen in the last few years are directly linked to this weak and seemingly never really properly recovering economy. >> wednesday night people throughout europe turned out. a picture of solidarity belies the growing divisions in europe over immigrants and islam. >> let's look at international reaction pouring into the paris
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attack in our global net. the u.k., the headline reading war on terror, emphasizing the shooting was france's deadliest attack since 1961. british security officials worry that a similar attack could happen there. there have been at least three major attack plots that have been foiled in the u.k. in the last four years. >> the headline of a national newspaper in scotland reads "the world stands with france," the front page featuring pictures around the globe showing people gathered in solidarity with the victims as well as support for free speech. you can see the glowing sign that says not afraid. >> news in denmark features a head line from a french sports newspaper reading the press is more important than ever, showed a cartoon which would shock spectators the scoreboard pictured. >> a cartoon said freedom of
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speech will prevail. >> we'll have more on the attackers and manhunt. we'll speak with former f.b.i. assistant bill gavin about the role the u.s. is playing in the investigation. >> a minnesota appeals court looking at a case against a teen accused of plotting a massacre at his school, a judge dismissing attempted murder charges against him. prosecutors want those charges reinstated. he was arrested in april. police say he had bomb making materials and planned an attack. >> police in columbus, ohio investigating what held to the deadly shooting at that city's airport. authorities shot and killed a man who tried to stab an officer in the passenger dropoff area where the man illegally parked his s.u.v. he tried to buy a ticket with a woman's i.d. >> the block boxes have not been found from airasia flight 8501. >> divers looking for the black
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boxes found the tail section yesterday. >> they found the tail. what's the difficulty in finding the boxes. >> the problem has been the murky water and bad weather. now the latest issue is that the tail when they found it was upside down. it is partially buried on the sea floor so getting to the block boxes is going to be no easy task. this morning, we are seeing dramatic new video this is it, of the wreckage of airasia flight 8501 and what divers and rescuers have to deal with on the sea bed. the indonesian navy released this footage. divers seem to be near the plane's fuselage. they were checking to see if the block boxes were in their
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original conditions. the currents prevented that. they are looking to lift the voice and data recorders away from the tail in the sea bed. one more body was found today making a total of 41 recovered from the jet so far. officials believe most of the 121 remaining bodies will be found near or around the fuselage. air asia said their priority is to recover all the bodies. the airline said the families of each crash victim will receive $100,000 in compensation. that is a little more than usually offered by airlines. it doesn't mean that's all the families will get. it is an initial offer. >> joining us via skype is an air safety expert and former accident investigators. he teaches aviation studies at ohio state university. we appreciate your time this
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morning. as john was saying, they spotted the tail. they haven't been able to lift it up yet haven't found the black boxes with. how long of a process could this be? >> given the restrictions we have with visibility in the water and the weather in the area it can be a pretty challenging effort. sometimes what happens is when we ever a tail that's upside down certainly for are a land based scenario, we simply split into it. airbus knows exactly where these boxes are and we roll it over and cut it open and go in and get them. a lot more challenging underwater. it has been done, but they're weighing do we try to put straps around it and bring it up or is it worth going in and splitting it open and getting the boxes. that's the decision now. i think visibility is going to play a significant role in that decision. >> whether or not to split it really is an important decision, because often all the pieces of planes are lifted up to try to
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put the plane back together to investigate what happened, right? >> you are correct but typically what happens is for larger sections like especially a tail section they're not also concerned with necessarily trying to put that together. complete reconstruction of an aircraft after an accident is really exceptionally rare. it was done a couple times but that's a tremendous undertaking extremely expensive and given the type of event doesn't always really completely yield the answers we're after. actually, the pieces are typically looked at in isolation, so doing that, of course after significant photography of the area, that you're going to cut that you're going to destroy is done first then you go ahead and do that in a relatively safe place. that would be easy to find in a tail section if you could photograph it and get an understanding what you're doing. visibility is going to restrict that and make it challenging making that less likely, but it is on the table.
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>> we hope to get answers from the black boxes. tell us the information that they could yield and how long would it take to retrieve that information once the boxes are found. >> well, there are are two different boxes that are in the tail of the aircraft, what we call the cockpit voice recorder called the cdr and fdr. the cdr covers all of the voice communications between the pilots and air traffic control the communications between each pilot, but also the ambient noises on the flight deck with itch in the past has proven useful. as investigators we want to hear the bells and alarms, someone interesting the flight deck conversations that's what that provides. that's a two hour continuous loop of that recording. the flight data recorder sometimes as long as 23 to 25 hours of continuous loop of data streams, and over 2,000
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different parameters of the aircraft of captured. not only everything from buttons being pushed on the flight deck and control movements but also all the pressures voltages, everything you can imagine on an aircraft that you can record is recorded on this data stream, a tremendous amount of information. >> while all of that part of the investigation and search is happening that you just described, there's another very important part, obviously dealing with grieving families. you have been part of this process. tell me about the challenges and things you have to consider day to day for people that just want answers. >> you're exactly right little some of the worst part of this and that is not lost on the investigative community. the focus is try to get them meaningful information. that doesn't necessarily mean the answer to why this occurred. that what it means is typically families want to know and quite reasonably as you can imagine about their loved ones in their last few moments did they suffer were they unconscious
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during the die sent to the water, what experiences they had in the last 10 seconds or two minutes, depending on the nature of the accident. that tends to be where they focus. totally understandable. we can do that as investigators get data army in the investigation to help answer questions. the long term questions why did this happen that to my loved ones why did plane go down can take as long as a year and pose challenges for the families. if you can get them that preliminary information that helps on the road to recovery. >> they just want human answers. thank you so much for your time this morning we appreciate it. >> in mexico, more mass graves have been found in the state where the 43 students went missing. the 10 bodies have been recovered in guerrero state along with 11 heads. some of those remain showing signs of torture officials still looking for students missing since september. >> a new york city police officer shot during a robbery is now out of the hospital.
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he was greeted by dozens of fellow officers along with friends and family. the shooting came as a time of heightened tensions between the police and city hall. >> a group angered about the grand jury decision unveiled banners and chanted slogans. the session was stopped for 30 minutes while the chamber was cleared. state lawmakers are looking at legislation in the aftermath of brown's shooting. >> the search continues for the gunmen in paris. >> the f.b.i. is helping with the investigation. we'll speak to the former assistant director of the f.b.i. about the role of u.s. investigators. >> a scare for a driver thrown through the windshield of a bus. why he was lucky to walk away. >> getting down and dirty could be good for you. the heal benefits in the earth is one of today's discoveries. >> there is this illustration
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rewarding the charlie hebdo shooting making the rounds of social media. london-based french artist sending the message one pencil yesterday, broken today will create two artists tomorrow.
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>> artists around the world this morning offering thoughts on social media about the charlie hebdo massacre in paris. this one from a french illustrator who writes without who writes no freedom without freedom of the press. france this morning authorities trying to find two men wanted in connection with yesterday's deadly shooting in paris. police are fog up on reports that brothers said and cherif kouachi are spotted north of the
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city. both are suspected in the killings. a third suspect will assist the french police with their investigation. the former director of the f.b.i. joins us from boston, mr. gavin, thank you for being with us. the f.b.i. is providing assistance. what does that mean? >> there is a legal attache offers in paris with agents assigned to it. these individuals will bring any information to the french authorities to help resolve the situation to find these two individuals. that this is going to amount to information from a criminal investigation standpoint and intelligence information that the u.s. might have rewarding either one of these individuals or the mode of operation. >> what do you make about tactics used by the gunman, people paying close attention to shots fired striking the window of that police cruiser. what does this tell us about the
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expertise of the men involved? >> i don't think there's any doubt that these two individuals were trained very well. the reconnaissance and the entrance strategy was one thing but they had a remarkable discipline on scene. lots of times in situations like this the individuals go in and just on automatic weapons pull pack on the trigger and spray and pray as we call it. these individuals executed people within the office on a positive basis. they did not waste any ammunition in there they just shot and killed and executed these poor people. this shows me that they had fire discipline we'll they were in there. they also add an exit strategy and that's what concerns me a little bit. that this young 18-year-old individual who turned himself in allegedly, there's a problem there. did he have some information? was he just hired as a driver? did they feed him information
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disinformation? one of these victims convicted of funneling fighters into iraq, so i suspect with their exit strategy, they have a way to funnel themselves out of france and get them receivers into a position where they're with other extremists. >> a lot of americans waking up this morning wonder are we next, are we targets. what hallmark, one benchmark of an al-qaeda attack is that it is well coordinate and carried out on multiple location. are you more concerned that these men were well-trained or this plot was well organized and kept secret and there might be follow up attacks elsewhere? >> i don't think there's any doubt about it, del that mr. will be follow-up attacks. this country needs to be aware we are a constant tarts. it's not that we're just every once in a while they think about doing something in the united states it's constantly on they are mine and they look for targets of opportunity in the united states, so this is
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something that very much concerns me and i think will concern everybody throughout the world, because we've seen australia, canada, the u.k., now we see france. this is -- these people are vicious, hard people, and they are determined to cause as much havoc as they possible can to those that they consider to be their enemies. >> bill gaffe describe, thank you very much for being with us this morning from boston. we will have continuing coverage of the paris shootings and on going manhunt in our next hour, including a live from from dana lewis on the ground in paris. >> president obama continues his economic tour with a trip to phoenix to talk about boosting homeownership. he'll unveil plans to reduce the amount of mortgage insurance charged in f.a.a. loans to encourage americans to buy. >> a bus driver in albuquerque is lucky. he survived that, that frightening crash captured on his dash cam.
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a pickup truck ran a red light smashed into the bus and sent a driver flying through the front window. he is actually ok. he says the next time, yes he'll remember to buckle up. >> bill cosby taking to the stage in canada, his first public performance since november. outside, protestors gathered, upset by sex allegations against the comedian, fans shouting, walking at him as he went into the show, the theater was reportedly about two thirds full. cosby didn't address the claims, just thanking those who attended. >> women came forward speaking to reporters yesterday. all three recounted stories of being drugged and assaulted by cosby in the 1980's and 1990's. that cosby's legal team has not responded to these latest claims. >> get another check of your weather now. i'm not a scientist but it's pretty cold. >> that sums it up. >> back to you, you know. >> just doing any job this
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across the lower 48. >> new images of the underwater search for airasia flight 8501, low visibility is just one of the issues as crews try to find the black botches. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm richelle carey. >> a possible sighting of the two men carrying out the deadly attack in paris seen at a gas station outside paris. we begin with dana lewis in par areries. new details about the possible
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whereabouts of these two suspects. >> they are still on the run and wanted and heavily armed and described as dangerous by the authorities, the latest development is that they were spotted near land at a gas station. i believe we have video now. the police at the scene of that, because it is more than a siting now reported as a robbery which took place by two men fitting the description of said and cherif kouachi. they were supposedly armed with rivals and r.p.g.'s as well. they stole gasoline, food, fired shots. to add to the concern of the authorities, they drove offer in the direction of paris. that is the latest they are saying. we are hearing now that security officials are beavering up police presence at some of the main highway entry points on the
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north side of the city, because that is the direction in which that they would enter paris presumably. the greatest fear now by the prime minister, he said this morning is that they could carry out another attack. the country the government still reeling from the attacks on the newspaper yesterday. >> the moment of silence in paris as a day of nothing mourning draws many near the offices of charlie hebdo the site of wednesdays massacre. a massive manhunt is underway for two gun men who shot and killed 12. several detentions ever taken place. >> we are doing everything to insure that this investigation will be successful as quickly as possible and that the terrorists who committed this barbaric assault will be neutralized and arrested and justice will prevail. >> the french president conduct add crisis meeting with
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government ministers and even his predecessor nicholas car cozy. calling for nationwide rallies for charlie hebdo and any attack on free speech. >> through you we want to in form the french people of our mobilization and also welcome the rallies held by our fellow citizens yesterday and again today, and certainly again at the weekend and willingness to fight for our democracy for our tolerance. >> overnight paris prosecutors announce add third suspect an 18-year-old french national surrendered at a police station near france's border with belgium, 140 miles from the crime scene. the two heavily armed shooters on the loose are brothers, one of the men identified after leaving his i.d. card near the scene of the crime. survivors describe the methodical opening fire, storming rooms where charlie hebdo were meeting.
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>> they asked charlie hebdo offices were located, then immediately opened fire killing one of them. >> the editor and cartoonists are dead. amateur video captured two gunmen attacking a police officer. they shoot him killing him. the shooters run back to the car and escape in traffic. >> it's very interesting the charlie hebdo newspaper, there is question will it continue, the heart was cut out of it yesterday with the killing of its chief editor and all of the journalists there. there's been an announcement that thanksgiving newspaper will next week issue a special edition. they normally put out 12,000 copies. that they're going to do a million copies as a symbol of free speech and liberty in france, and that will be released next wednesday here in
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paris. >> before we he let you go, what do we know about these brothers, the two suspects and the people rounded up in connection with these brothers? >> >> the kouachi brothers are well known to french authorities. there will be questions as to why french authorities weren't watching them closer, but the one kouachi brother cherif kouachi was put on trial in 2008 brought up on terrorism charges, so he's extremely well known. he was accused and convicted of funneling the people to the insurgency in iraq to fight american forces there and he said at his trial, he was motivated by prisoners at the abu ghraib prison, under the control of the american authorities outside of baghdad at the time, so very well known and the question's now being raised with the intelligence
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community, why weren't they watching him closer. he may have been under surveillance at some point. >> dana, thank you very much. >> we continue team coverage with senior washington correspondent, mike viqueira. ok when something this horrific happens, the rest of the world feels it, the u.s. is feeling it. how is the u.s. responding to what happened in paris yesterday? >> well, first and foremost and good morning to you in a concrete fashion the f.b.i. director james comey announcing that the f.b.i. is assisting french authorities in the investigation. there have been several expresses of solidarity, defenses of the freedom of expression we heard that from the oval office and throughout america. >> let's talk about the oval office the president held a strategy session in the oval office wednesday with vice president biasedden and secretary kerry. what was the president's message coming out of that very important meeting?
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>> that was a hastily called meeting so that the president could make a lengthy statement. he expressed sympathy and solidarity with the french and condemned the shooting. >> all of us recognize that france is one of our oldest allies our strongest allies, they have been with us at every moment when we -- from 9/11 on in dealing with some of the terrorist organizations around the world that threaten us. >> president obama spoke with his french counterpart by phone yesterday and expressed sympathy offering the assistance which now the f.b.i. is supplying. >> it goes to the saying that the rest of the world is on heightened alert after something like this happens but specifically as the department of homeland security said, that there are other credible possible threats right now. >> first of all the president is traveling he's on a three
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day swing to promote his domestic agenda and on that trip his spokesman told reporters the white house is not aware of specific threats to the u.s. homeland related to the attacks that we've seen in paris. jay johnson was on capitol hill yesterday talking about his budget and the threats to homeland security if congress continues to short change him. he was stopped by reporters in the hall. that he warrant to the threat is growing, evolving, growing more complex not only from those affiliated with extremist groups like isil, but lone wolf terrorists here in the united states. he says they are growing in number. >> all right, mike viqueira reporting live from washington, thanks. >> let's talk about the magazine the newspaper. for decades, charlie hebdo has shocked and amused its leaders. >> we have more on that angle. this is a paper with a very controversial history. tell us about that.
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>> that's exactly right. charlie hebdo is known in france for being both provocative and controversial, no subject is off limits in its pages. its mockery of muslims drew the biggest backlash. in 2007, the paper was sued after reprinting cartoons criticizing islam, four years later its offices fire bombed after the property muhammed was ridiculed. other artists around the world have been threatened. >> we have two choices. either stop using words and cartoons and stay mum or stand up and be counted and speak out. i think tame satire is useless. you have to draw a little blood. >> though not to the same degree as the french american magazines like the new yorker have depicted their fair share of provocative cartoons depicting then presidential candidate
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president obama in a at your ban, fist bumping his wife michelle in camo carrying a rifle. the next edition will publish on wednesday. >> pope francis operating for the victims of the attack. the vatican a statement was issued calling the shooting a double act of violence. it condemned the attack on people as well as an attack on press freedom. the pope calling on everyone to stop the spread of hate. >> the shooting has led to stepped-up security at a danish newspaper, the controversial cartoon of the prophet mohammed in 2005. they are concerned that elon's offices could be targeted. the journalists in paris paid the highest price for defending press freedom. >> j.j. green will join us to talk about the new security concerns that now are arising
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from this attack. >> video released this morning of the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. the indonesian navy put out this footage of divers at the bottom of the sea. >> they still haven't found the black boxes even though they did find the tail section of the jet. we are joined now with more. the recorders have also not been releasing the familiar pings we hear so much about. >> not as yet and that's very worrying. they don't know why. they suspect because it's covered by the sea bed. searchers are going to have to determine if they are in the tail section or somehow detached upon impact. that video put out by the indonesian navy gives a glimpse of what divers contend with. despite the murky water and strong undercurrent, it is clear that the divers are close to the wreckage can touch it. the video came a day after they found the tail upside down
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yesterday approximate these pictures were reds. the tail is buried, so the black boxes could be underneath. divers have not been able to confirm if that is the case or not yet. if the recorders are still inside the tail would ever to be plucked out of the sea using a crane capable of lifting at least 70 tons. divers managed to find one more body today meaning 41 of the 162 onboard have been recovered. air asia is going to give the families of each crash victim $100,000 in compensation, a bit more than they normally get. doesn't mean that is all the families will get. >> thank you very much. >> in mexico, more mass graves have been found in the same state where 43 students went missing. ten bodies have been recovered across guerrero state some showed signs of torture. 11 heads were also found approximate officials are still
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looking for students missing since september. >> in cuba, three political prisoners have been freed. a leading human rights activist saying the release is part of the landmark agreement between washington and havana. neither government would confirm that. president obama is in the process of restoring diplomatic ties after more than 50 years with cuba. >> the weather is tropical and nice anything but here in the u.s. it's actually dangerously cold. >> millions of americans, more than half the country waking up to freezing temperatures this morning. what type of effect is this bitter cold having? >> a pretty serious one. 200 million americans live in areas right now experiencing single digit to sub zero temperatures and 17 states have i should wind chill warnings. some of those states are also dealing with heavy snow. >> snow and frigid cold in both the midwest and northeast made for treacherous driving conditions. blinding snow caused an 18 car
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pileup, three died in that one. no one died in a 44 pile up in michigan but nerves were frayed. >> i could hear the crunching and it sounded like a big explosion behind me. i thought oh boy. >> poor visibility in michigan got this minivan carrying a family of forewedged under a moving semi truck. it was dragged a frightening six miles. police flagged down the truck driver no one was seriously hurt. >> commuters who decided on mass transsit didn't have it easy, either. >> makes it a lot harder when everything is delayed. >> i have an app that helps me figure out when things are coming and i go out just right when the bus or train is about to come. >> the frigid weather has led to mass school closings in many places including the chicago area where the national weather service said temperatures dropped to 20 degrees below
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zero. 17 states are under wind chill advisories. in these conditions, you could quickly get frostbite. >> you got pins and needles and numbness. at times, you can get pain, which is the nerve endings getting injured. >> police took total streets trying to convince the homeless to come inside. some were defiant. >> tell them i ain't punking out. that that's the truth. i'm not going to do that. i've been out here too lock. >> there's not much snow in new york city, but single temperatures there have the natives restless for spring time. >> dress in layers, like it's uncomfortable, i hate it. that can't wait for spring. >> it also got extremely cold in the dakotas and montana. the coldest place in america was the area 13 miles northeast of popular, montana the temperature there not counting wind chill 30 degrees below zero. i'm not sure there are enough
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layers to put on to combat that. >> you just have to stay inside. thank you. >> to nicole mitchell now who grew up ice fishing. is it cold enough now yet? >> this is kind of bottoming out, at least so, yeah, i like a little bit of cold weather. i don't quite like it when it's 30 below zero or 40 below zero. i've been as cold as 60 below zero and it's miserable. across the country this is the air temperature minus the wind, not including. chicago is minus six. it isn't hard adding a little wind in there to have it feels like minus 20. i'll have a closer look at the midwest in a second. today with that flow around the high pressure is the colder day for the east coast through the south, south 20 or 30 below average and that is before you add in the wind chill. that with the wind chill, we have the northeast especially once you get interior,mont deal minus 28. there are temperatures including the u.s. interior close to minus
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30 degrees, a little moderated by the coastline. southward and this is significant for the south feels like one degree in atlanta. that this is the part of the country where the pipes aren't insulated. i've talked to my female friends. they all gave up on pretty footwork for work. >> that's when you know it is serious. >> president obama and other world leaders condemning that attack in paris. the harsh words they offer up in the wake of this continuing violence. >> the attack on charlie hebdo raising new concerns about safety in the u.s. our security contributor weighs in. >> citizens coming together to honor those killed in the attack. the videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world.
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>> time for videos captured by citizen journalists around the world, people showing solidarity with charlie hebdo following that deadly shooting at their offices in paris. 200 people coming together in new york to honor those who died.
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>> a similar across the scene in san francisco several hundred gathering outside the french consulate. many wore signs supporting the paper and holding pens in the air to represent freedom of the press. >> thousands coming together in paris, the crowd repeatedly chanting "charlie" holding signs saying that we are charlie. >> world leaders stepped forward to denounce the violence. >> all of them agreeing that the acts of these gunmen are an attack on freedom, as well. we report. >> from across the globe came one voice france, you are not alone, vigils held near and far from the americas to asia and with the condolences condemnation. >> those who carry out senseless attack against innocent civilians, ultimately, they'll be forgotten and we will stand with the people of france
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through this very, very difficult time. >> the terrorist attack this time is an act of terror against a news organization, as well as the freedom of speech and freedom to report. this is unforgivable, regardless of the reasons, we cannot forgive such attacks and condemn them. >> obviously, this is a horrific atrocity an absolute atrocity. sadly, we can expect more of this. >> in neighboring countries people and leaders showed solidarity. >> we stand absolutely united with the french people against terrorism and against this threat to our values, free speech the root of all democracy, it's absolutely essential we defend those values today and every day. >> muslim nations are also speaking out. saudi arabia posted this message on its state news agency saying
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the king.com condemns this cowardly terrorist act that is rejected by the noble islamic faith and all other religions as well. strong words from the united nations. >> it was a horrendous, unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime. it was also direct assault on a cornerstone of democracy. on freedom of expression. >> the messages of unity keep pouring in, not just in sympathy but also defending the right to speak out. >> perhaps the most fitting reaction coming from the french penalty who said no barbaric act will ever extinguish freedom of the press, we are a united country and will act as one. >> joining us now j.j. green from washington, d.c. this morning. we always appreciate your time.
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the fact that these gunman. >> good morning. >> good morning. the fact that these gunmen escaped, what does that tell you about their level of planning? >> there was a significant amount of planning and from the very beginning they did not intend to die there. they intended to move on to another part that have mission or another target. one of things that's very clear about then is they were very skilled with weapons, in terms of timing and also some of the sources that i've spoken to indicated that they were very good with people. as weird as that may seem, there were a couple of situations during their escape where they were very calm and polite to people to facilitate getting away speaking to the professionalism that they knew they needed to execute in order to get away. >> what is the possibility they are planning something else? >> highly unlikely, considering the fact that they did this, it
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was planned very well, very meticulously and the fact that obviously, as we've learned from the information we've gathered from the intelligence, they had grudges, issues, problems and concerns with some things that were going on in the broader society of the world so why would we think it would stop here? we don't. that's the thing. that they getar that with this one with their lives and they continue to move on and push their agenda. that's the usual m.o. of people like this. >> there were plots foiled during the holidays. that what are some of the challenges that french authorities or any authorities face in finding plots like this? >> >> the challenge is trying to figure it out narrow it down, figure out who's involved, the timing of it, but one of the greater challenges in dealing with plots like this is what's next if we do find this plot, is
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this a trigger for something else is there a backup plan, trying to figure out all of the connective tissue of plots is very difficult looking at travel looking at communications especially in a case like this where you have seemingly more than just a lone wolf, it seems to be some kind of connection between these individuals and perhaps others, as well, as we saw in those raised in reims yesterday. >> how do you balance national security concerns with anti muslim sentiment? >> good question. u.s. national or rather u.s. homeland security secretary jay johnson has been engaged in a sort of crisscross of the country in the last few months designed to present a counter narrative to people who may be disgruntled. 300 plus million well over that in this country, hard pressed to
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find anybody who doesn't have some issue that they're upset about, how how are they going to act on that? terror organizations recognize some people may be vulnerable to buying into their message and deciding to launch attacks so what johnson is doing is presenting a counter narrative going to key places around the country, presenting a counter narrative, letting them know it's ok to be upset but not to attack and letting them know that the u.s. government has to do things to keep people safe but it doesn't necessarily mean and it doesn't mean that they are going after people's religions or faiths by arresting people who may be engaged or involved in terror plotting. that's i think the key pros right now for u.s. officials and maybe for officials around the world to engage in. >> and letting them know that a few do not represent many necessarily. j.j. green, thank you so much. >> a powerful winter storm causing danger for more than a million syrian refugees in lebanon.
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four have died, including a three-month-old girl. the snow is piling up, temperatures plunging to the single digits. aid workers have been handing out blankets and kits to reinforce flimsy shelters that somehow manage to protect the people trying to survive. >> snow will also be falling back here at home. we have more on who will be getting fresh snow. >> we ever the one system that went through that brought all the cold air people are dealing with this morning and now we have another headed behind that. the last system cranked up the lake effect snow, erie county, over a foot in some cases. now we have a clipper it's quick moving, the problem with this as it moves along is it will be able to reinforce lake effect winds so places like michigan could get up to a foot because of that element. most places are just getting the system snow, it's light. however, even in the interattitude, northern parts of the midwest, parts of north carolina and minnesota with wind gusts blowing that around, still a blizzard warning because it
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could make visibility so low. >> the records coming from france to the two suspects still on the run in that deadly paris newsroom shooting have been spotted. dana lewis is live with the massive manhunt to find them. >> going too far we'll talk about the violent backlash facing cartoonists and whether penning them is worth the risk. >> residents in one virginia community working to get back to normal after a toxic chemical spill put them in danger. we have more on whether the residents trust the water now.
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>> images capturing the nation coming together following the deadly attack on a satirical newspaper in france. that ahead much more on that
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attack. >> also, colorado is seeing a boom in business for companies selling marijuana in food form. the dangers that come with these edibles. >> dangerously cold weather is gripping the u.s., the fridged air along with lake effect snow he squalls have been linked to five deaths, the weather forcing school closures and flight delays. >> crews looking for the block boxes from airasia flight 8501 shows what crews are up against strong currents and low visibility. the tail is upside down and partially buried on the sea floor. >> french police may be closing in on the two men suspected of a deadly attack wednesday. there are reports cherif and said kouachi have been spotted north of paris. they are suspected of the
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attacks on charlie hebdo. what can you tell us about the attack on a gas station north of paris? >> >> well, it was initially reported as a siting, and now a robbery, which is very significant. two men that fitting the descriptions of the brothers robbed the gas station taking food and fuel, firing shots. they had rifles and grenades and drove off in the direction of paris. that that has authorities very concerned that another attack could occur here. they have beefed up security forces on the northern entrances to paris worried that these men may return and try to carry out one more attack. >> rocket propelled grenades, my goodness. several people have been arrested today. it's early but do we know
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anything yet about the possible connection between these people they arrested and the suspect? >> they are rounding up anybody connected at this point. these are the men that are the prime suspecting that they are looking for in this case, well known to the authorities that one of the brothers was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 on terrorism charges funneling the insurgency in iraq to fight american forces there so they want to know anything about them where they've been. they may have been under intelligence surveillance at 1.62008 and that is a question being asked here by the government in their emergency meetings now what the intelligence services knew about them. that we knew from the interior ministry here that said they rounded up at least seven people who had some links to the brothers as they tried to track them down.
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>> an 18-year-old suspect turned himself in. what information do we have on him right now? >> there's very little on that. he may be a red herring in this right now but originally, they said that there were three men and the french media then came out with the pictures of the kouachi brothers and 18-year-old. authorities surrounded the apartment and went through it. he gave himself up to the police turned himself in to the police and saying that he had an alibi, he was nowhere near paris or the robbery at the time. >> dana lewis, thank you. >> the head of the arab american association of new york calling the paris gun member extremists lieu dent represent islam. she says extremists are found in other religions, as well. >> you can't just affiliate your
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receivers with these people. they believe in a lot don't you, too the bob activity church of christians, k.k.k. was lynching people in this country they were also christians. that this obsession with asking muslim to say condemn all acts of terrorism and saying that it represents all islam for me is like ridiculous. it wears me out. >> coming up, we'll talk about the dangers of satire in the wake of this attack. we're going to ask if comedy is sometimes worth the risk. >> pro russian actors are taking responsibility for shutting down germany's systems. >> federal officials say they are certain north korea was behind the cyber attack on sony pictures. speaking in new york, f.b.i. director said hackers used known
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internet address said from within north korea a move he called sloppy. >> we could see that thei p. addresses being used to post and send the emails were coming from i.p.s exclusively used by the northnorth koreans. it's very clear who was doing this. >> the obama administration's response to the attack. >> this week marking one year since the toxic chemical spill in west virginia, residents there left without drinking water and businesses had to close doors for more than a week before the river was declared safe. jonathan martin has been following the story. you've gone back to west virginia. that has life returned to normal? >> good morning del. it has returned to normal for a lot of people. we are cooking with the water
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using it to bathe but every other person is telling us i'm not yet drinking the water again, despite reassurance business a understand a series of tests from the health dealt trust remains a serious concern. >> in bluegrass kitchen the crowd has come back. in table conversations no longer focus on what's in the water. a massive chemical still tainted the water for hundreds of thousands of west virginia residents one year ago forcing most restaurants to close for at least a week approximate today she remains cautious. >> we're producing our own water with a system through a dehumidifying system. >> she said trust between government officials and the water company haven't been rebuilt. >> during the crisis, there were important questions that even west virginia's governor couldn't answer.
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>> i am frustrated and angry. >> it wasn't they're how long the tank had been leaking the toxic chemical mchm or how much got into the water supply. there were mixed messages about when the water was safe to drink or bathe with. after of series of flushes to the system, the state gave residents the all clear but two days later the c.d.c. issued a warn for pregnant women not to drink the water. jennifer was nine months pregnant. >> we got so many conflicted messages. it made me very angry. >> after five months on bottled water, she a understand her family went back to using the take that water. >> terribly, i think the water is probably better than before the spill. at least now, they are being forced to be more transparent. >> along the elk river freedom industries tanks have been dismantled and licorice odor from the spill is long gone. that some worry about the chemical's long term effects. hoping to prevent another water
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crisis the water company upgraded its treatment system and a law was passed requiring all large storage tanks to be registered and inspected. >> we know where they are how big they are, how much material they're holding and we know what they're holding. >> we make up to 20-gallon as day. >> keely doubts she'll ever made up the money she lost while she first down. the company responsible is now bankrupt. she hopes the lawsuits she and 30 businesses filed send a serious message. >> the lawsuits are there to try to hold corporations and people who make bad decisions culpable. >> there is a new law on the books in west virginia, the above-ground storage tank act pass unanimously regulates all of these above ground large storage tanks. that doesn't matter if it's water in the tank or gas or chemicals, they're all subject
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to these inspections and they have to register. that there's a concern that this allow goes too far perhaps rushed by the legislature. the legislature convenes next week and there is concern there will be changes to the law with a bit of overregulation. we're working on that part of the story and will have that tomorrow morning when we see you. >> freedom industries is gone, bankrupt. that who's being held accountable? >> that remains to be seen. freedom industries is bank result but a lot of lawsuits filed were also filed against the water company. while freedom industries is bankrupt former owners are being held accountable from a legal perspective. four of the former owners have been enthat dated arrested and charged with violating the clean water act and former president charged with various fraud charges. many people say no, we may not get the money back, but we would like to see some of these people
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who were in charge of freedom tell the are being held accountable. >> jonathan, live in west virginia will be back tomorrow with more on the spill tomorrow morning on aljazeera america morning news. >> president obama's economic tour has taken him to phoenix to talk about boosting homeownership and reduce the amount of mortgage insurance charged under f.a.a. loans. the administration said it is a good way to encourage americans to buy. >> california fo. >> gras lovers can enjoy it again. fans of the goose liver are celebrating the decision, calling it a victory for freedom. >> legal marijuana leading to conflict. >> recreational pot can be smoked and consumed in food and drinks coming sometimes with serious risks. >> we have the next installment
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of a look at a year in pot. >> i was starting to convulse and freak out. >> you thought you were going to die. >> i said it probably 20 times i'm going to die have a heart attack now. >> when jordan took his family to the denver county fair, he never expected to o.d. on marijuana. >> i feel like i got poisoned. >> the 34-year-old father and video game designer said he and his wife parked their little boys with his father while they checked out the pot pavilion. that there wasn't supposed to be any actual pot there because it can only be sold at licensed sites. >> it was 21 and up. >> convinced he had nothing to worry about he he approached a booth. >> it looked like a willy wonka thing. i said there's no t.h.c. in here. >> he said no, we're not allowed that ever to ever that here. i ate the chocolate. >> he became disoriented and
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begged his wife to take him to a hospital. >> she doesn't know where the nearest hospital is. i'm so paranoid, i said you are trying to kill me. you know where a hospital is, you can find it. that why you are trying to kill me? >> he said medical workers diagnosed him with a t.h.c. overdose the active ingredient in marijuana. >> i'm curious how angry you are now, knowing that this happened to you. >> yeah, you're really pissed off. it's -- i'd be just as mad as if i was at mcdonalds and they were giving us bad beef or something like that. you can't do those things. >> he wasn't the only one. he is among seven people suing the companies for t.h.c. poisoning. the incidents ever prompted calls to ban edibles. >> a company called us the google plex of the marijuana industry a couple of months ago. >> chris runs one of the largest edibles manufacturers in colorado. >> why does it have to look like candy? it looks like something that's
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not appetize to go a child. >> well, there's no stipulations that the constitutional amendment requires a product to look in any form or fashion. it just allows for the rights of in fused products to exist. >> edibles around the only potent form of marijuana to catch the state by surprise. concentrates, also called dabs are one of the fastest growing segments of the industry. while they can be manufactured safely using expensive commercial equipment a rising number of home could bees are trying to make concentrates by watching how-to videos on you tube. >> you squish it down. >> using dangerous solvents like butane. >> they are in condos, apartments the impact of the explosion can endanger your neighbors. >> this is a recent one where the actual structure caught on fire. >> according to kevin wong, the number of explosions has more than doubled in the last year to
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32, six retail legalization went into effect. >> that's his legs. >> my. >> so far the numbers of small but the casualties may increase as the businesses grow and state authorities scramble to keep up. denver colorado. >> this evening america tonight will look at what scientists know and do not know about marijuana at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> that attack in paris raising questions about the us of comedy to convey controversial messages. >> an award winning cartoonist will weigh in on some of the dangers of satire. >> artists around the world using creativity to express con doles for those who died in paris. >> it is time for our wig quote. many called the violence in the newsroom of charlie hebdo an attack on the freedom of expression. >> one said this:
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>> who had that to say, next.
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>> pretty powerful words there who said this: >> our big quote this morning is from the editor of charlie hebdo and he was one of those killed, 12 killed in the attack on the paper's newsroom. that he made those comments in 2012 about the potential backlash to the paper's cartoons. >> the attack is shining a light on extreme response to say political satire. >> it's especially true when it comes to depictions of the prophet mohammed. that we look at why these cartoons sometimes draw gyp tense anger. >> this is how many muslims
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reacted after a danish newspaper published drawings of the prophet mohammed in 2005. around 250 people were killed with weeks of violent pro it was. most victims were muslim. people in denmark were shocked to the response. the drawings were satire and accepted in european societies. for muslims depiction of the prophet are for bid be. many believe the newspaper went further, insulting the prophet mohammed by linking him with terrorism. >> i've spoken to officials of muslim countries who say we are completely supportive of free expression but those insults to the prophet mohammed are something of a different order of magnitude, they are not free expression which of course for us westerners is a real contribution. i think there is cultural and religious dimension here that needs to be understood. >> apologizing for causing
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offense, but defending the cartoons several publications reprinted them, including charlie hebdo. since then, the magazine released more drawings of the prophet. although outraged, muslim leaders say there is no justifies for a violent response to a depiction of the prophet. >> if allegedly they said that they avenged the prophet we say to them, they have retaliated against muslims and they have offended the prophet. the most offensive thing they did to the prophet muhammad was today, to kill people just because of their opinion. >> almost all muslim leaders agree, there might be many misunderstandings about islam but nobody understands it more than people who kill innocent people in his name. >> rob rogers is an award winning cartoonist and deanna is the director of the comedy, the
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muslims are coming, a documentary about breaking stereo types. he also is a columnist for the daily beast and joins us from new york. rob, i begin with you. that this is a tougher question. have you ever thought sometimes i better not go that far with this cartoon? >> no. i think that what we do as editorial cartoonists is push the boundary and as we go after leaders that we feel are somehow doing abinjustice to their people, i don't think most cartoonists ever think i shouldn't go that far. the he had doors sometimes will say that and publishers will sometimes say that. our job is to sort of push the boundary and try to get a reaction. >> in 2012, the white house questioned the judgment of charlie hebdo for publishing a cartoon featuring the prophet mohammed neighborhood. did that go too far? i know you don't want to criticize your colleagues
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especially when things are so sensitive. >> sure. >> but how do you remember if you're a muslim and see a cartoon like that? >> i can't speak for muslims i'm not a must lil but i have drawn my own leaders neighborhood including the president, so, you know, i don't think that it should be off, you know off the radar but -- and i do think that coming at it from a religious point of view and thinking of someone as off limits i think that's what cartoonists like me try to avoid. you know, we try to make -- we try to burst that bubble that says this person is not caricaturable. >> you are a muslim, do you think there are lines that can't be crossed by cartoonists? >> i am a proponent of free speech around the world. there are no limits whatsoever.
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it's up to people what kind of joke they want to tell or cartoon they want to draw. that if people don't like an image, movie or t.v. show, they can protest make counter art write a letter to the editor abgo on the news. that's the way we do it. even if you're offended, it's a mine price for freedom of expression. >> the fine line between eliciting response and causing a backlash. you had a cartoon that showed the war in gas. what was the response and how did you handle it? >> i was accused of being an anti semite, a nazi era political cartoonist by pro israel supporters and even by the pittsburgh jewish federation. that i think that i did get a strong reaction to the cartoon but i defended it. that i think that that's what we
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need to do as satirists we need to be able to say what we he think. the that point, i was criticizing israel's military action. i wasn't criticizing jews, but it was taken he that way. >> dean, you were out there in front on this. that are there fears and do you fear for your own life sometimes being so outspoken i guess bringing comedy into an area people say that's not fun. >> i. >> i'm not fearful for my life. i know the muslims are coming, the documentary that shows muslims in a positive light that i was going to get backlash from people who don't like muslims. that that's typical. you'll get emails, tweets, angry posts on facebook. that's the price you pay and that's acceptable. i've never feared for my life. i've done comedy in the middle east i've done jokes with muslims, about the way we practice islam at times. that gets great laughs in saudi
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arabia and egypt. my goal is not demonizing, but to have fun collectively. >> how do you deal with protecting the lives and livelihoods of your loved ones, as well. >> i haven't had the kind of death threats we are talking about here, but have had thinly veiled threats to my bodily harm and i think it just goes with the territory. i think that we do what we do because it's a freedom of expression and we're -- and satire is one of the biggest expressions of liberty that we have. it just goes with the job. i don't fear for my life, but i do know that it does evoke a strong response. >> that is why they say the pen is mightier than the sword. both of you, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> a last tribute to the victims of the charlie hebdo attack, this one you see here is a pointed drawing from the french london based illustrator lucille
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clark representing resilience. it has gone viral. since this was posted last night, it has been retweeted and shared by more than 150,000 people. >> we're going to continue to watch the latest developments in the manhunt for the two suspects in the shooting attack in paris. that stay with us for updates throughout the day. >> right now the focus seems to be on that gas station actually north of paris. officials are following up on the report that suspects were spotted there. >> there are worldwide protests, condemnation and signs of support for these who have died yesterday in paris. that many people around the world holding up pens saying that the pen as we pointed out in this broadcast is indeed mightier than the sword and that free doll of expression is something that will not die. >> images of the day, people rallying in support of the victims of charlie hebdo. >> these pictures are from paris
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and new york, thousands coming out to remember the dead and demanding that the press will not be silenced. >> see you back here tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. have a great morning. ♪ [[vo]] rock star astronaut chris hadfield. >>everything i've done has been fun stuff. [[vo]] mind-blowing discoveries & >>it's on the edge of impossible. [[vo]] terrifying near-death experiences & >>if it had been higher, it'd hit us. [[vo]] and an exciting future that's closer than you think. >>go from being an air traveller to being a space traveller. >>you see it as the future. >>i see it as inevitable. [[vo]] every monday, join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time.
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>> the hunt for the paris shooting suspects intensifies north of the french capital after a witness said he spotted them at a petrol station. >> coming up in the next half hour: [ bells toll ] >> france remembers the 12 people killed in an attack on a satirical magazine. >> the french president