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coming despite threats from hackers, details of sony's new plans. security breach, dozens of weapons seized from gun runners traveling through the world's busiest airport. a christmas storm floods and dangerous wind threaten to derail holiday plans. >> she's pushing us off the road. >> also coming up, this dramatic cell phone video captures some extreme road rage that turned into a life-or-death situation for one driver. we'll bring you the full story on that arresting footage. >> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states
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and, of course, all around the world, i'm rosemary church. >> good to see you, rosemary, hey, everyone, i'm errol barnett. we will have those story, of course, but want to start with this one independent theater owner calls it the best christmas gift anyone could give us. sony pictures has decided to let more than 200 u.s. theaters show its new comedy "the interview" starting on christmas day. >> the studio says that number could grow but so far none of the major u.s. theater chains are on board. bruce leshin from wusa reports. >> reporter: the phones started ringing at the alamo within moments of the announcement by the austin-based owner of the small chain of theaters. tim tweeted under the #victory. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what! >> reporter: a massive hack on sony pictures and threats of mayhem if it was released. but after the on again, off
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again, on again release, star and co-director seth rogen tweeted "the people have spoken. freedom has prevailed." for the alamo it may be a gutsy move. >> i love coming for the beer and food. >> and no concerns about the threats. >> none. >> reporter: the cramers who just finished taking their three girls to "a night at the museum" had mixed reactions to the news that "the interview" is coming to their favorite theater. >> i think there's enough other theaters in the area that we could go to officially for taking our three girls with us. >> reporter: you'd be nervous about those threats? >> maybe a little bit. >> reporter: do not take the kids. >> i think better to be safe than sorry. >> reporter: the cramers were not alone. >> i think some people will be nervous about it. you know, i don't know if everybody will attend just because i know there have been like threats. >> reporter: but so many people are trying to get tickets that the first showing is sold out and the theater's website has been all but overwhelmed by
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demand. >> i'm going to tell my wife to come out and go see it just to support, you know, americans and free speech and everything like that. >> reporter: 10:20 p.m. on christmas day. >> that sounds like a nice getaway from the kids. >> and the plaza in atlanta will also be showing the film. the theater's president says his customers have been asking for it and he plans to have extra security on hand. >> i don't expect to have a problem but we would be foolish if we don't take some different precautions perhaps a little bit what somebody could carry into a theater or along those type of lines. >> and we will have much more on sony's decision to release "the interview" including how a hack like this could happen at all. if you think it couldn't happen to you at work, well, you are mistaken. the story coming up. another important story we are following former u.s. president george h.w. bush is at
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a texas hospital at this hour. his spokesman says bush had shortness of breath, was taken by ambulance to houston methodist hospital just as a precaution. bush, of course, is 90 years old and served as the nation's 41st president. you may recall he was hospitalized back in 2012 with bronchitis and recovered after two months. protests against racism and police violence continued tuesday despite a plea from new york's mayor for them to stop. bill de blasio had asked protesters to back down until after the funerals for two new york police officers who were ambushed and killed on saturday. cnn's miguel marquez was on the ground with them. they told him why they can't quit. >> reporter: they say they are not anti-police and feel badly for those police but they also say that they want to protest.
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they see this as a first amendment issue. they don't see this as related to the police that were shot and killed here. they find it very sad. i will say that the police that have been behind us, the police who have been along with these protesters, some of the protesters themselves individuals challenging police, trying to harass them. trying to make them react. the police have shown incredible restraint tonight. they did not want them to go on the streets. they eventually did go on the streets for parts of this protest. >> hundreds of new yorkers have stopped by a memorial for those two officers killed in the line of duty. martin savidge says it's become a place of healing for a city in mourning. >> this is, you know, the absolutely epicenter of the emotion of all this because this is where that shooting took place on saturday and now this is the place where people come to gather to remember and where this memorial continues to grow,
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there were the flowers. there's the wreaths and notes and candles and then there are the people, yes, you have many police officers here, detective, firefighters but many of the general public, some from the surround communities and some from all over new york. >> now, the lights on the christmas tree in rockefeller center were turned off tuesday to honor those fallen officers and in times square, bright lights were dimmed. the mayor called on new yorkers to unite in moving the city forward. other buildings that went dark were one world trade center and the chrysler building. the families of the slain police officers won't have to worry about their mortgage payments anymore. a foundation established to honor first responders after 9/11 has announced that it will immediately start picking up the payments for the family of wenjian liu and rafael ramos. >> in texas, another grand jury has decided not to indict an officer for the death of an
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unarmed black man. 26-year-old jordan baker died last january after allegedly charging a police officer. the officer claimed baker excuse me matched the description of a serial robber and ran away when asked for an i.d. >> the bottom line is this, the question this grand jury had to answer was whether there was enough evidence to show that the shooting was not objectively reasonable at the moment it occurred as viewed from officer castro's standpoint. not whether it could have been avoided, not whether an alternate course of action could or should have been taken. some will disagree with this outcome. but after having heard all the evidence and having been given the law, a diverse harris county grand jury found there was no probable cause to believe a crime was committed. >> now, baker's mother says her son was just a college student who did everything right and
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what is now becoming a bit of a trend protesters are calling for a federal investigation. rosemary. well now to a few other top stories we're working on. a curfew in place in parts of assam state in northeast india after a series of deadly attacks there. a police official tells cnn the tribal militants targeted a rival group on tuesday. the official says at least 54 people were killed. india's home minister plans to visit the area today to assess the tension. in australia, police have arrested two young men as part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation. both now face terror-related charges. the arrests come a day after australian prime minister tony abbott warned of heightened terrorist chatter since the sydney cafe siege last week. police say there will be extra security in public places over the holidays. well, with christmas less than a day away, the united states is experiencing one of its busiest travel times of the
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year. but the weather is anything but festive. a strong storm system is blowing through the southern part of the country. this was the scene in the state of mississippi where four people were killed by tornadoes on tuesday. and in the west, snowstorms have bogged down drivers in colorado, montana and wyoming. meteorologist ivan cabrera is following every aspect of these multiple storms and joins us now with an update. what will the next day bring, ivan? >> more delays, i think at this point we'll transition from a deadly storm system which, of course, this was yesterday to more of a nuisance one which is certainly something we can deal with here, but there will be delays up and down the eastern seaboard because the rain will be heavy at times and we are going to have gusty winds, as well. not to say we won't have snow. not in the east but across portions of the midwest specifically chicago winter storm warnings are likely going to be for today. a watch in effect as a result of the snow that's going to be falling for today as we get cold
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air pulling in from the north. this is what transpired through the day on wednesday here as we -- tuesday, excuse me, as we check in on these tornadoes. national weather service out letting us know what kind of intensity these were touching down on louisiana and then we had a couple of towns in mississippi and those are the ones that turned deadly, two fatalities in one and then two in the other so for a total of four people lose their lives through the day on tuesday as this storm system rolled through and now continues to push on to the south and east. still have a tornado watch box in effect. i think that will go by the boards today early so we'll transition into a heavy rain event that can certainly be dangerous if you're out on the road but not talking about the tornadic threat that we had yesterday. look at the estimated rainfall from radar here just incredible amounts of rain. in fact, never rained this much on december 23rd in tallahassee over 7 inches of rainfall falling at a very short amount of time so that resulted in dramatic rescues that were underway across the i-10 corridor. that's what happened in
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tallahassee then in louisiana and not only with the tornadoes but also hail coming down, 4 1/4 inches, size of a grapefruit, incredible scenes in louisiana, but that at this point is done as we push the storm further to the east and then we'll get into the big cities here now getting in on the heavy rain and very gusty winds. the anticipation of flooding is there so we have the flood watches in effect, the red you see here still seeing some flash flood warnings, that means flooding is occurring and is imminent in those areas and then we have the northeast which will see the storm here as it moves in today with heavy rain and very gusty winds. there will be some snow added. not on the east but on the back side so chicago will be in on some 3 to 5-inch totals perhaps as we talk about snowfall there. certainly something they can handle and also across portions of michigan as well as we continue to track the storm as it heads further off to the east, as far as airport delay, well take a look. traveling across new york metro trying to get internationally or
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really going up and down i-95 here we'll see delays anywhere from 6 onto 90 minutes. that's what we'll be talking about. incredible delays in philly yesterday. likely that will happen again for today. so, again, it's a pain. it is almost christmas and you're traveling and you want to get to where you're going to get to quickly but it will be likely be a slow go of a day for today but less dangerous as far as the weather. guys. >> certainly salute those brave enough to travel at this time, right? >> knowing that there will be delays you should go out, make friends with the check-in agent, make friends with the couple you wait with because you'll be stuck with them for hours anyway. you know. >> errol, don't use that thing with the armrest that people have been, you know -- >> the armrest blocker, right? >> oh, yes. you won't make friends that way. >> yeah, i know. all right, ivan, thanks very much. safety officials say a weapons smuggling operation should serve as a wake-up call. coming up, we'll show you how guns and ammunition were being
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>> reporter: 153 firearms recovered. smuggled on board nearly 20 commercial passenger planes from atlanta to new york. that according to federal investigators. >> they could put guns on a plane this time. they could have easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: here's how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks. but they do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restricted airport areas. the accomplice former delta employee mark henry clears tsa and arrives at a concourse, the two men communicate by text message and meet in an airport bathroom. once inside out of the camera's
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view, the guns are handed off. >> tsa, the airports and the airlines after 9/11 are there to prevent this type of incident occurring. >> reporter: according to prosecutors henry, seen here in surveillance video, boarded flights from atlanta to new york with handguns, ar-15s and ak-47s. some of the weapons loaded. it was all part of a five-man operation. >> this gun can shoot through a car door, can shoot through an apartment door, can shoot through a bulletproof vest. in november, mr. henry brought this gun on a delta commercial airliner to new york. >> reporter: this kind of breach in security has happened before. in 2010 an american airlines baggage handler helped smuggle 12,000 pounds of marijuana on board a flight to new york. in 2013 an airline employee sentenced after agreeing to smuggle a machine gun and
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cocaine onto a commercial plane. and a 2009 government audit says workers with access to secured airport areas is one of the greatest potential threats to aviation. >> everyone who is involved in aviation and aviation security know that this is a gap and a vulnerability. >> reporter: i spoke with atlanta hartsfield jackson airport and so far have no changed security procedures. they tell me they are having conversations about possible changes but no guarantee anything will change but the question is, if this is a known vulnerability, why don't all airports screen all employees and the answer may just come down to money and resources. as for delta air lines, they are fully cooperating with investigators. >> and there's been a bit of a pushback by the tsa after those arrests, the u.s. agency in charge of airport security released a statement on the
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security privileges that many of its employees and airline employees enjoy. the transportation security administration says, quote, the tsa administers security assessments and airport criminal checking for all airline employees prior to receiving credentials and access privileges. this is a recurring vetting process that involves random checks. tsa continues to closely partner with law enforcement on this investigation and where possible will use the findings from the investigation to improve current processes. the faa says it will investigate how two planes clipped each other while taxiing at laguardia airport in new york. a southwest airlines plane bound for denver and american airlines plane bumped into each other. the left wing lift was ripped off the plane. you can see the airplane worker carrying it. fortunately no one was injured. >> it was just a sudden jarring
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bump. we all gasped a little. looked out the window, saw that half of the wing was missing. obviously became very concerned. >> very much a concern and one pilot says it's actually very difficult to look back from the cockpit and see where your wings are and pilots must constantly be aware of other aircraft especially at a smaller airport like laguardia. yes, one hopes so, right? >> absolutely, and flying in there can be scary. how would you like to celebrate the new year twice in one night? i would love to do this, rosemary. >> i'm sure. a company called private flier is calling it the ultimate double new year's eve experience. >> okay, so this is how it works. you will start the party in sydney, australia, a little after midnight. a gulfstream jet will fly you all the way to los angeles. >> yeah, that sounds nice. >> with the time difference you'll have another six hours to party all over again. but it will cost you around $14,000. >> there's always a catch.
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>> oh. the flight, though, includes wines, catering and entertainment. also a bed and a shower if guests need to freshen up before the second celebration. >> you would need to freshen up, maybe a nap, maybe sleep. >> when do you sleep, though. to get through it all. here's a story for all of us. road rage, of course, is something that happens all the time. but it's reale rarely caught on. [ screaming ] >> she just hit our car. >> we'll tell you about the frightening experience for two california women and how they managed to get away. incredible, plus, the fbi says north korea is behind the cyberattack on sony. we'll see exactly how it was done and why other companies could be vulnerable, as well. stay with us.
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welcome back. a joint investigation with the u.s. at one point, tom foreman takes us through exactly how the hack happened. >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what! >> reporter: a hack such as the one on sony can start with a list of names like the credits for a film. only this list would be of employees. hackers would scrutinize that list for people who work on the
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targeted companies computer network sorting out their relationships with information from facebook and linked in and even figuring out which projects they're involved with. >> i'm going to go ahead. security specialist alex mcgeorge helps companies understand how it works. >> once you've got a list of meme you think will have this list of access that's who you target for spearfishing. >> it's when they send it to a specific person that seems to be coming from a legitimate colleague. >> i look at it. because it's from someone i know i open the e-mail because the subject makes sense i then click on the attachment. that's critical. >> right so now you're going to a web page that i designed and it's -- as you'll notice as it renders it will look legitimate. >> reporter: but that web installing malicious software and in seconds the target's computer is under the hacker's control. >> look at that. >> that is your --
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>> now my computer is showing up on your computer. >> exactly. >> you can see what i'm up to. >> exactly right. >> reporter: the hacker can read e-mails, look at projects, reports, budgets, pictures even record your every keystroke. >> so in realtime, i see exactly what you're typing on your screen. this is how we get passwords. >> reporter: a simple version of what appears to be a much more elaborate scheme in sony. >> both the fbi and the experts who we brought in basically said the malware was so sophisticated 90% of american businesses would have fallen prey to what happened to us. >> reporter: yet the cost of this hack may ultimately prove much harder to calculate. in the end, all of this means it may be impossible for a company to protect themselves against any kind of a nation state attack. simply because nations are too big, too wealthy and have too many people to keep pressing
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that attack time and again until they break through. >> and thanks to our tom foreman for that report. now to a guilty verdict for a canadian man who killed and dismembered a chinese student in montreal. it took a jury eight days to find luca magnoza guilty in the death of engineering student jun lin. he admitted the crime and posted a video of it online but he pleaded not guilty on grounds of mental illness. prosecutors say he also e-mailed a british journalist six months before the murder claiming he planned to kill someone and make a movie of it. in the spring of 2012 lin's body parts were found in the trash behind a montreal apartment building. prosecutors say he also mailed some of the parts to political parties in ottawa and schools in montreal. u.s. health officials will recommend that gay men who have
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abstained from sex for one year could donate blood in 2015. if approved this would end a lifetime ban on the group. officials say evidence shows a change in policy would not create a risk to the nation's blood supply. >> all right. a short break now but still to come on cnn, australia and france are stepping up security after a string of recent attacks and u.s. officials have a message for americans, as well. and a record day on wall street as the dow closes over 18,000 for the first time. what's driving investor optimism? after the break. ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh...
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news right now that isis has shot down a warplane in the raqqah province according to the syrian observatory for hume rights. we do not know what country the plane came from or the status of anyone on board. we will, of course, bring you any new details as they come to us. we also have another report just in to cnn from the st. louis post-dispatch. a teenager reportedly has been fatally shot by a police officer in berkeley, missouri, just outside st. louis. this is a suburb right next to ferguson, missouri. the newspaper's website says a crowd of about 60 people has gathered at the scene there and a number of police officers are also there. but no one is officially commenting yet on the shooting. it's just past 2:30 in the morning here, berkeley, as i mentioned is right next to ferguson, remember, ferguson is where michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer in august which is sparking
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national debate on police treatment of unarmed black people. so now this report that an 18-year-old reportedly shot there next to ferguson, missouri, police have not yet commented but we'll keep pursuing answers to some of the key questions here and bring you updates throughout the day here on cnn as we get new information. >> we'll certainly do that. we want to check some of the headlines we've been following, as well. australian police have arrested two men as part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation. both are facing terror-related charges. the arrests come a day after australian prime minister tony abbott warned of heightened terrorist chatter since the sydney cafe siege last week. australia is also raising its police presence in public places throughout the holiday season. >> and it's a similar story in france. our barbara starr has more. >> reporter: since the sydney attack by a gunman claiming isis
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affiliation, australia very much on edge. >> an attack is likely. we don't know when and how an attack may come, but we do know that there are people with the intent and the capability to carry out further attacks. >> reporter: the sydney gunman, the latest in a series of attacks often by people with violent criminal backgrounds and mental illness. >> we have to consider that isis is almost a magnet for the deluded and mentally ill to associate themselves. as soon as they put the banner of isis behind it it obviously has a greater repercussions in terms of the gravity they believe their actions are that they're taking. >> reporter: security now being increased across france after three attacks in the past three days. on saturday a man stabbed three police officers while allegedly shouting god is great. on sunday, a vehicle rammed into pedestrians, witnesses said the driver also was shouting allahu
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akbar, "god is great." on monday a van plowed into shoppers at an outdoor market. the french prime minister warned of a terrorist threat. >> translator: it is without a doubt the major challenge of our times. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn, there are no specific homeland threats, this holiday season. >> i certainly encourage people to do what you normally would do during the holiday season. but we have to be vigilant and vigilance involves public awareness, public participation in our efforts. >> reporter: but the state department reminding americans overseas, terrorists may be targeting hotels, shopping areas, places of worship and schools. and a chilling reminder of a failed 2009 christmas day attack. for the first time seen underwear bomber, anwar awlaki
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and whahashi together before th attac attack. isis remains a worry. iraq and syria remain a safe haven for those who vow to attack the west. barbara starr, cnn. they've killed the leader of a terror group that beheaded a french hiker, they say. >> they say gour ichi abdelmales killed after they set a trap and released this image along with photos of weapons seized the day he was killed. abdelmalek was the leader of jund al khilafa. >> in september the terror group which was formally linked to al qaeda beheaded frenchman herve go gourdel to show their support for isis. they launched ten new air strikes in syria and iraq acc d
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according to cent com and warplane, it says, hit six isis targets near kobani within additional air strike near the city of barghouti in iraq. standard & poor is potent l potentially going to downgrade russia. their currency plunged to all-time lows raising concerns that the country is headed toward a full-blown financial crisis. s&p says there is a 00% likelihood that russia will be downgraded in the next 90 days. all right, so -- all right, that was a little error there. we do want to check reaction in the asia pacific markets to a big day on wall street tuesday. you can see tokyo's nikkei closed up over 1%. hong kong's hang seng was up slightly in a half day of
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holiday said and sydney's asx 200 closed up a quarter of a percent and shanghai a shares was down almost 2%. the hitting the 18,000 mark for the first time, cnn's richard quest explains how the indention managed to get there. >> reporter: consider it an early christmas present for the markets. the dow jones has crossed the 18,000 for the first time. this is the number. this is how it got there, up 18 -- up a third of 1% up to -- up 66 points to 18,025. look at the whole session. investors are cheering the crucial milestone, and it saw 35 record closes for the dow. it came out of the gate higher
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and, in fact, it did get even high after lunch and gave back some of the gains but by the close of day, it was up some 64 points. it came 50 points with an 18,000 at the beginning of december. but as you will have seen, let's look at how the last, say, three months have traded because this is fascinating. 18,000 was tantalizingly close here, but then we had this dramatic drop in the market in the middle of december and at that point just about there it was at 17,000 and change so to put this in perspective, the market has gained the best part of a thousand points in just over or just under a week, i should say, since december the 16th. look at this. this is the one year to the date so you get an idea how we are since the beginning of the year, up roughly 8%. how did we get here? how did we get here? well, it's christmas. so we're going to be suitably festive as we look at how we got here. here we have the "quest means
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business" christmas tree. now, time to do a bit of -- well, the first thing, of course, to get towards 18,000, the first thing was gdp, which today came in at 5% on an annualized basis for the third quarter. the gdp number sits very nicely on the tree. then we have the question of jobs. here we have the jobs bauble. there have been 321,000 jobs added in november and, incide incidentally, the u.s. economy has pretty much gained and increased all the jobs it lost in the recession. one of the big thrusting points in the last months, couple of months, the price of oil which has fallen some 40% to 50% on the exchanges. that has disadvantages for the oil-producing countries and parts of the u.s. economy, but it certainly is a great benefit to the consumer, puts more money in the pocket.
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now, there are some negatives. first of all, russia. da, da, da, da. the problem with president putin, the russian economy all related to the falling cost of oil, that is most definitely a negative for some people in the market. then you have emerging markets. they are going to feel the effects of a higher, stronger dollar. that is a negative. we'll put it down here. all in all, though, the number one, the reason why we've reached 18,000, ah, janet yellen, the fed. we have to put janet yellen near the top of the tree because taking our baubles, we managed to get all the way to the top, and we hit 18,000 on the dow jones industrials.
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>> now, if you're still trying to get home for christmas, the weather might make things pretty nasty for you here the next few hours. our meteorologist ivan cabrera is here now to give us the news. >> yes, indeed. it's not great. i mean if you're traveling by road, if you're driving just slow down it's going to be so heavy as far as the rain out there, gusty winds, visibility will be very low especially across the eastern united states if you're drive ago long the 95 corridor we talk about here, the interstate that goes from miami all the way up into maine here but that is going to be the busy area now. air travel will be delay eed as well because of gusty winds relegated to chicago and it will be accumulating there but let's talk about this severe weather threat that is still ongoing at this hour. still have a tornado watch box which means conditions are favorable for tornados to develop and within that watch box, in fact, in just the last few minutes across southern georgia a tornado warning is in effect radar indicating a possible tornado on the ground so this is an ongoing threat
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here across the southeast and then eventually it will all transition into just a big mess as far as heavy rain and very gusty winds, that's going to be your issue for the remainder of this day for this big travel day and then on the back side of the storm, right now chicago is still looking at winds, the rain is falling there but once the low pushes east we'll get on the back side of the low, it'll pull in some cold air and that's when we'll begin to snow, in fact, talking accumulating snowfall there but the flood threat continues across the southeast. we'll get a break across portions of the mid-atlantic. the rain won't be as heavy there to prompt the flood watches but they are in effect across new england, so boston heading up towards portland seeing some very heavy rainfall there, as i mentioned the snow 3 to 5 inches in the next 24 hours accumulating so a white christmas if you want that. that's in the cards for you in chicago. heavy rain in the southeast and then on the northwestern side here, now some of the snowfall you're seeing here across the western u.s., that's from a secondary storm system that will
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be moving in over the next few days and there, of course, everyone is going to be skiing, at least if you know how to ski. if you're me then you're staying indoors with a nice book as it's nice and wet here in atlanta. although here it will begin to clear out by christmas. so there is that and no snow for us. >> okay. well, that might be a good thing because we can't deal with that very well. extreme road rage captured on video. >> aaagh. >> she just hit our car. she just hit our car. she is pushing us off the road. >> can go back and kind of laugh about it but in the moment absolutely terrifying.
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we are getting new details on that police shooting in the st. louis area. police say officers were on routine patrol in the town of berkeley when they came across two men on the side of the gas station. now they say when the officer got out of his car and approached the men, one of them pulled a handgun. the officer fired several shots. hitting and killing one of the men. the other one fled the scene. we'll continue to bring you more details on this breaking news story as they come in to us, you see the positioning, berkeley near ferguson in missouri. some comments on social media saying it's a tense situation right there as police try to gather more information, as well. this will be something we'll
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continue to watch over this next day. now, holiday travel can be stressful enough without someone trying to run you off the road. >> that's for sure. that's what happened to two women over the weekend in northern california. nick maracelli from kxtv has the story. >> she then -- it's a ford explorer, a sport trak. >> reporter: it's road rage taken to the extreme and even further sfler she just hit our car. she just hit our car. >> i can go back and kind of laugh about it because it was such a crazy experience but in the moment, absolutely terrifying. >> reporter: vanessa was the one driving on saturday. she and her friend delaney were on i-80 near dutch flat road after being cut off by this truck. one of the girls flipped her the bird then admit they should not have done that. >> she's swerving us off the road. she keeps trying to hit us off the road. >> reporter: the rest of the blame is on this woman forcing
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the girls to stop. >> she got out of her car and started waving her arms at us saying i'm a sheriff. you're going to jail. she went to go back and get into her car and the shake did i pulled into the fast lane. >> she's turning her thrashers on weaving in between the lanes so nobody can go around. she's making a u-turn out in the middle across all lanes. >> reporter: vanessa stopped the car one last time. >> she's saying she's a cop knocking on our window saying she is a cop. >> not believing a word she's saying they took off again. >> i told my friend i think she's going to hit me. >> she just hit our car. she just hit our car. >> reporter: she is on the phone with the chp and a dispatcher had them get off at the next exit where an officer is waiting. >> go to the officer. go to the officer. go to the officer. okay, okay, please. make sure he helps us, please help us. >> reporter: even once the cops got involved deidre was not cooperating and then i.d. badge she was flashing, it's for
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visiting angels, a company providing senior assistance. >> go. art and during all this vanessa had no idea her friend was recording the entire thing. >> i'm so glad that she did. because i don't think anyone would believe us. and that we just told a story. >> nick monticelli reporting. the korean air executive it kicked a flight attendant off a plane. the executive is the daughter of the airline's chairman. the flight attendant's transgression serving nuts the wrong way. it happened almost three weeks ago forcing the plane to return to the gate so the disgraced attendant could get off. the warrant involves charges of violating air safety rules. now, nasa's exploration of galaxies and planets far away may include earth's sister planet venus. just 00 kilometers above conditions are so close to that of earth's nasa's exploring the
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possibility of a 30-day manned mission in the blimp-like vehicle like you see there. it has a possibility of a permanent manned presence in their atmosphere. the mission to venus could be seen as practice to going to mars. the images that come back to earth are just as astonishing. take a look at this. video of nasa's orion re-ent re-entering earth's atmosphere reaching speeds of over 32,000 kilometers. nasa placed a camera inside the spaceship to give us a view of what an astronaut sees and encounters making its way back to earth. the intense temperatures cause the dense air to change from white to yellow and then a light red after entering earth's atmosphere 11 parachutes are
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deployed slowing orion before splashing down off the coast of california. how great is that? >> amazing, amazing footage, as well. following major breaking story, one out of syria with a plane possibly gone down and a shooting very close to ferguson, missouri. we'll bring you details on that and other big stories after the break. >> technology gives you security. technology gives you control and now technology gives you home security and control in a new and revolutionary way.
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isis has shot down a warplane in the raqqah province in northern syria according to the observatory for human rights. we don't know what country the plane came from. or the status of anyone on board. just reporting in that we know, this plane shot down by isis, we will bring you any new details as they come in to us. the other major breaking story we're following right now relates to a police shooting in the st. louis area. very close to ferguson, missouri which has been a flash point of tensions in the u.s. here's the latest information we have on this story. police officers say they were on patrol in the town of berkeley when they came across two men on the side of a gas station. they say when the officer got out of his car and approached the men, one of them pulled out a handgun. the officer then fired several shots hitting and killing one of the men, the other fled the scene.
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we are now looking at footage being broadcast to us from our affiliate kmovr. this is just next to ferguson, missouri in a place called berkeley. there's a lot of social media chatter right now with people claiming to have been there when this all unfolded saying that what really happened on the ground is not matching up with what the st. louis county police department has already said took place. so everything sounding very similar and very familiar to the shooting of michael brown over the summer, of course, we had the incident in new york of an unarmed man being killed by police through a choke hold h is all happening at a time in the u.s. when there is a debate over the use of force by police specifically when it comes to minority communities. the argument from many protesters that we've seen all over the country is that the police are heavy-handed and more aggressive when it comes to perceived violence in poor black communities than they are elsewhere.
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many police unions have been vocal in pushing back and saying that's not the case. so this is the debate happening in the u.s. at the moment and while that happens as we approach christmas day, as well, this news that an 18-year-old has been fatally shot at a gas station and as you look at these images come to us from kmov, we're watching this live for the first time, as well. unedited, we should note and you are seeing there a grim picture as the presumed body of the victim is covered by a yellow tarp there, rosemary, but as we watch this and see what people are saying online, it all sounds and feels familiar once again. another police shooting. another controversial killing. >> of course, this as we've seen the protests there in new york city, in manhattan and those protests taking place despite the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, saying, no, hold off until those police officers who were killed, shot, ambush style,
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were to be buried. but the protests have continued and as far as those protesters are concerned, they feel that they have good reason to be out there on the streets, you know, they are protesting against what they see as police brutality and we're reporting now another shooting of a young black man, an 18-year-old there in berkeley near ferguson and just reminding our viewers that you are watching this unedited video from cnn affiliate kmov as we bring this to you, bring this story to you. there's a lot of people crowded around there, a lot of police officers there on the scene, of course, we're learning these new details about what happened, the police turning up there at this gas station, these two young men there as one of the police officers approached one of these men. he took out a handgun and he was shot by the police officer and, of course, more details will come to us and we will share them with you.
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>> as you watch there, you're seeing as the police try and keep control of what is a crime scene, people are evidently and obviously upset either at what just happened in these past few hours or at the larger debate about the police. there is this massive chasm. this vacuum of trust between people who live in places like this and the police who serve them. these police officers not in riot gear of any form but, of course, this incident just unfolded. we should note, as well, it's approaching 3:00 in the morning here in missouri. so it's right in the middle of the night. this is the holiday season. but people are out and frustrated at what just unfolded. we don't have the facts. we don't have all the information but have yet another example of the divisions in the u.s. between police and the communities they serve. we will, of course, continue to follow this. >> we will and thanks for watching cnn. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. stay tuned. more news after this.
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♪ deadly tornadoes. at least four people killed when vicious storms rip through the south. this ugly storm system is hitting during one of the busiest travel times of the year. we have what you need to know this morning. breaking news, george h.w. bush hospitalized overnight. being treated for shortness of breath. details head. tributes and protests. demonstrators ignore mayor de blasio's requests as police officers who are killed or memorialized. od
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