this is deja vu news live from berlin a school shooting in the u.s. leaves 2 students dead it happened a high school near los angeles police say the shooter is in the hospital after turning the gun on himself we'll go live to away also coming up italy declares state of emergency after catastrophic flooding in venice the highest tides in half a century the government calling the floods quote a blow to the heart of the country. plus victor the fat cat francis served his

owner's perfect plan to sneak him on board a flight results and i find the task for feet and no we're not kidding around. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we begin in the united states where once again children attending school have become the target of an armed shooter 2 people are reported dead and 4 others are in the hospital 2 of those in critical condition a male suspect reportedly open fire at saugus high school in the city of santa clarita that's near los angeles police say he's in the hospital in grave condition after turning his gun on himself. the story a sad one and an all too familiar one students file out of saugus high school and

ambulances bear away the victims. the school north of los angeles has seen the us his latest mass shooting. somebody just freaked. out the door they wanted to rush to the door. just lock it all the chairs are going in the door close is really scary having everybody . call their parents saying. this. is scary. in the immediate aftermath of the shooting police place the school and others nearby on lockdown relatives of the students swarm to the area. desperate they remained glued to their phones trying to reach their loved ones. to wait. for many.

police have described the suspect as a 16 year old a student at the school who carried out the attack on his birthday. detectives have reviewed the video at the scene which clearly show the so subject in the quad withdraw a handgun from his backpack shoot 5 people and then shoot himself in the head. police are investigating the crime scene including the suspect's house for clues they're trying to figure out his motive and so the question of why he turned on his fellow students. joining me now from los angeles is jason capital and yet he's the l.a. bureau chief with n.b.c. news radio jason 1st of all just tell us about the victims of this latest california school shooting i understand they were teenagers. that's right and they range in age between 16 and 14 years old some very young people here

in southern california were affected today the high school rows about 2500 school students a day so as the shooting was happening school was just getting underway the survivors were taken off campus and they were questioned and then released to their parents this student the students that were shot are still in the home cerny dinner and they're surviving but still in the hospital we're supposed to get a live date from medical officials in that hospital here shortly but there are reports that we've now have 3 dead and the gunman is still in grave condition after using a 45 caliber pistol on his head. now let's talk about the suspect so we heard in the piece that he's 16 years old what more do we know about him and what more do we know about his motive. well right now motive is still unclear but it there's a couple of reports that are getting

a lot of play one and today is his birthday and 2 that there are some social media posts where he might have made reference to today's events before they took place and on top of that there might be a relationship that might have gone sour which might have triggered bad we're also learning that the gunman's father recently passed away so that might have sparked some anger as far as officials are saying or they're not saying anything except that they're doing a social media deep dive they're looking at everything from computers to from thumb drives to c.d.'s or d.v.d.'s that they found on his computer as does anything that they can get their hands on they're going to look at that digital footprint. and jason this shooting is one of at least 30 u.s. schools this year the result of their injuries or in death of course we know gun control is a divisive issue but is there any kind of plan in the works to make schools at least to make schools safer for students. well of course and you know there's

nothing definitive right now and it really depends on where you fall politically or which side of that you you believe or which side of the you believe it the left take all the guns away you don't need you don't need them unless you know you're part of the military and even then there's questions on the right it's where you say can we have a right to own these firearms that a firearm that was used for 45 caliber pistol is not legally purchased by a 15 year old child you have to be 21 here in california and in california we have some of the strictest gun laws in the entire country there are you know he shot 5 people in there and even shot himself we're only allowed to have magazines that hold 10 rounds some states in the united states can hold you know 100 round magazines. jason campbell reporting with the latest in los angeles for us he's the bureau chief with n.b.c. newsradio thank you very much thank you. well staying in the u.s.

and the secretary of state on peo has urged european countries to take back their citizens who joined the so-called islamic state and ensure that they are prosecuted many former i as fighters are being held in northern syria guarded by kurdish troops on peo met thursday with diplomats from some 30 countries involved in the fight against the jihad this group on peo said countries should hold the thousands of foreign nationals who fought in the name of us accountable for the atrocities that they committed in iraq and in syria. here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world in baghdad fresh clashes between anti-government protesters and police have left at least 4 people dead and dozens more injured demonstrators are demanding political reforms amid government corruption and economic hardship or than 300 people have been killed since the protests erupted in early october. media outlets in levanon

are reporting that political parties have agreed on naming a new prime minister mohammad suff a former finance minister will take over after his predecessor resigned at the end of october following nation wide anti-corruption protests the demonstrations have thrown lebanon into political and economic turmoil. the european union has launched legal action against the u.k. for refusing to nominate a commissioner to the block and once they britain said it would not be putting forth a candidate to serve on the e.u. commission until after parliamentary elections those take place on december 12th. italy has declared a state of emergency after the catastrophic flooding of venice the government in rome has released 20000000 euros for immediate aid prime minister jets a big day describe the disaster as a blow to the heart of the country the mayor of venice said the very future of the city is at stake. the floodwaters. recede and the people of venice salvage what

they can. just see this city floods regularly and venetians take precautions the owners of this jewelry store normally prepared for one and a half meters of floodwaters but the high water on tuesday 190 centimeters of salty sea water swelling into the city. this hotel's entrance is reinforced with metal barrier the water breached it you know there's a recession which i think we have 70000 years of damage more loss. obviously we're still counting the level of damage and we're trying to fix parts of the electricity . we threw away around a 1000 years of food because it was all in a large fridge and the fridge filled with water. where to get to italy's prime minister saw the damage for himself. but.

i saw great distress. today i spoke to a newsstand owner mr gallagher who saw his kiosk collapse in the canal. he lost everything. you can imagine what it means 1st someone who owns a business to see his world drowning in the water. if you've been in. an undersea barrier called the most is being constructed to protect venice from high water but it's not finished yet it is face constant delays since construction began in 2003 the bill for the current damage is expected to run into the hundreds of millions of euros people hope that the 20000000 euros in immediate financial aid promised by the government will arrive soon with more floods expected over the weekend conditions hope they won't be left hanging. earlier we spoke to our correspondent julie deli in venice and she gave us this wrap of the situation right

now in the city. venice has gone back at least for today to its normal tides in this time of year the moon and the sun and their effect on the earth's waters. influenced the high tide in venice so today we reached about 110 centimeters which is definitely lower than the record reached on tuesday night people however are still reeling from the high tide they are counting the damage they are trying to clean up their homes and their shops and they hope that they will receive some help from the government today just ethical and to the prime minister promised some money that will be readily available for citizens and for business owners in the city in the hopes that that will help them kick starter and get back on their feet so venusians are used to hardship high tides come every year but this one was exceptional no one was expecting it no one was prepared for it and venetians are

tough but they are also a little skeptical of what the government has done and will be doing for example the most of this system of very years that is meant to protect venice from the high tide has been in construction for almost 20 years it was meant to be finished 5 years ago but it still hasn't happened and the trust in the government being able to bring that to completion is quite low here. ok changing gears to sports now and french football legend thierry henry has returned to coaching this time with canadian club of montreal's impact already signed a 2 year deal with the club which plays in north america's major league soccer or really knows that league well you ended his playing career in the m.l.s. with the new york red bulls the job of montreal is always 1st since he was fired by french side monaco in jail. or the terms

fat cats and air miles are not usually mutually exclusive but in our next story the fact cat is not a rich russian oligarch but a proton and russian feline here's the strange case of a russian man and the fallout from a perfect plan to smuggle a tubby tabby onto a plane victor is a plus sized cat in his owner's flat in vladivostok he's king of the hill and he likes to chill by grabbing him so if a drink we're not drinking or eating well this big boy really likes to fly so we start aboard an airline ticket and passage for the frumpy feline the problem being that the plump pussy weighed much more than the airline limit of 8 kilograms so he's on a hatched a cunning plan an airport switcheroo swapping out big victor for a small a lot of cattle there port wine at that point he would reunite with his heavy friend and i would both be drinking bubbly high in the sky which they did but the

airline found out and the russian carrier who i showed its claws. we were going to fuck them up on revealing several facts indicating a deliberate violation of terms of the carriage agreement aeroflot decided to purchase this passenger from his loyalty bonus program all the miles that he accumulated for the entire duration of the program will be cancelled and his membership account will be closed. heavy indeed for the owner. or less or more local news you know the laws of the law i broke the rules and the air carrier has the right to act as it sees fit if they chose such a preventive measure i can't argue with that word back in the flat they have privileges scratched mikhail is not planning to talk to his favorite feline about his waistline any time soon or the cat swap was brought to the attention of president vladimir putin on wednesday during his daily call with russian journalists when asked about victor mr putin said the kremlin does not comment about cats well don't forget you can always get news on the go download our app

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