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walking. and demand sududnly washing out supplies. >> we're doing everything we can to build boots. we build them one pair at a time. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." good evening i'm jeff glor. presidt obama arrives in washington at midnight following nine-day overseas trip that was supposed t tfocus on economics but quickly moved to terrorism. before leaving malaysia the president promised that he would destroy isis. but todathe top democrat on the senate intelligence committee told cbs news the president's plan is not sufficient. this as capital of belgi, brussels, remains on lockdown the investigation n paris continues and as americans enter one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. according to new poll, 83% of registered voters believe a large scale terror attack in the u.s. is likely in the near future. we have reports from paris, new
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with debra patta in brussels just learning of new arrests today. >> brussels remains the city in lolodown tonight with several police operations underway as the threat alert remains at highest level. in the country's capital. the metro is still not open anan tomorrow, , e security measures will become even more drastic for the unprecedented closure of the capital schools. a top level security briefing was held in the city earlier, belgium's ime minister stressed the threat of an attata remained serious and imminent. >> we are worried about an attack like those in pis with several individuals,s,e said. possibly targeting commercial centers, streets for public transport. still at large is europe's most wanted man and prime suspepe in the terror attacks. authorities believe he might be
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his last known destination. but police have their hands full as they are also hunting several more men in connection with the latest terror threat against brussels. his brother, muhamma made telelesion today for him to turn himself over to police. we'd rather see salah in jail said, than in a cemetery. belgium police wind in their security net, first images of the french raid in saint denis last wednesday have emerged. it lasted several hours, more than 5,000 bullets were fired. when it was over, three peoplele had been killed including the suspected ring leader of the paris attacks, and eight more had been arrested. brussels is certainly a lot more nse tonight, security forces
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patrolling the streets have been stepped up, and d t far from herere number of police operations are underway, as one just finished on the square. but police have urged both media and the public to stop supporting the movement on social media as this could compromise their security, jeff? >> dora in brussels, thank you very much. here in the u.s., it is one nott biggest travel week of the year, there have already been scares. one at la guardia airport in new york city. >> 46 million will travel in the united states this w wk and they will see extra officers, patrol dogs and guns at virtually every airport, train station and tourisisdestination in the country. homeland security secretary jeh johnson says his agency is ready for anything. >> i hesitate to rank threats. but the poteial copycat, the lone wolf factor is one that we're continually focused on. >> lines at the airport will be longer, and slower, the tsa says it will handle 25 million passengers this week with
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enhanced screening. new york passenger sherry tropin left for miami today. >> we're all a little bit more awawe of the increased security now and people may be a little more nervous. at the same time we're still traveling. >> if travelers are nervous, so are the airlines. just this week, southwest delayed or diverted three flights. in two cases, passengers were afraid when fellow flyers spoke arabic. today, three passengers said to be acting suspiciously on a flight from indianapolis to los angeles forced a d dersion to kansas city. phony bomb threats redirected three flights from the u.s. headed overseas. including a turkish airline flight to istanbul this morning. today in new york city, police held a three-hour active shooter drill in the city's subway system. for the first time t tir drill included an attacker in a suicide vest.
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>> we have now beefed up our resources that we're in the position of events going on simultaneously, sequentially. >> department of homeland security says, there are no credible threats anywhere in the u.s. >> we urge you to continue to travel, go to public events, go to public places and know that our folks are on the job. >> extra security measures are also in place for overseas flights headed into the united states. concerns are also playing out in the presidential campaign. a new cbs news poll shows about 40% of republicans in early voting states saying their oice of candidate wawaat least attacks. hampshire, and south carolina lead. here i ijulianna goldman. with national security concerns rising, donald trump leads the republican pack,
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is slippg and senators ted cruz and marco rubio are gaining ground. >> leading every poll by a lot. it's not even a little bit any more, it's a lot. >> in the wake of the paris attackat least two-thirds of the republican voters in the three early contests say candndate must agree with them on how to handle isis in order to get their vote. and overwhelming majorities favor sending u.s. ground troops the middle east to fight the terrorist group. today, truru built on his controversial policy perscrpitionaying he would resume waterboarding, watchlists for refugees and monitor mosques. >> i think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they would do to us. >> in another new poll, 25% of new hampshire primary voters say trump is best equipped to handle the u.s. response to isis. rubio lags behind with 13%. >> what happpped in paris could happen here. >> the florida senator said his campaign was using the issue for its first campaign ad.
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abouthe events that happpped last week in paris, but i think it's a positive development that it suddenly has cast a -- forced americans to confront for carefully the issue of national security. >> the rise of rubio and cruz has come at the expense of ben carson whose campaign admits hurt retired neurosurgeon has been hurt by the focus on national security. >> who's got the most experience? i don't know that it necessarily comes down to politics, it comes down to practical experience. >> to burnish his foreign policy credentials, his campaiai consididing a foreign trip ahead of iowa. asia, australia, africa have been membered. a campaign official says part of strategy to take control of the news cycles do nothing unusual and eye opening. >> juliana goldman in our d.c. bureau, thank you. the french president is visiting several world leaders this week including president obama at the white house on tuesday. back in paris returno normalcy has beenenlusive. elizabeth palmer is there. >> if you're young enough, paris feels as enchanted as ever.
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the big department stores have deck out their windows and christmas market stretches down champs elysse. closed for f fr days right after the attacks, the stall owners have lost a lot of business. now they're opening again, margot sales are slow. >> there are not as many people walking. >> many people walking, so many people are not here and some say >> nobody spending the way they usually do. >> very difficult. >> business is down all over by a third ininhe restaurants and cafes, and the chamber of commerce says hotel revenues are down by half as tourists cancel their plans. lilly carvalho a ken eisner buck the trend. bur, -- >> there is like a fog around it.
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soldiers all over the city. >> this constant awareness that you don't know what it's going to be hit next or it is real or if there is any place safe. >> since the attacks, the french have rallied around national symbol. that is good news for the quoniam family, who make flags, in what is not normally a flag- waving country. >> you have a french flag on yourself it's an act of patriotism. >> and a declaration that terrorism will not defeat the values of the french republic. of course, the economies do bounce back after terrorist attacks. but in this case this is the second onenen less than a year.. and jeff, the french government has warned that there may be more of them. >> liz palmer, thank you. the security team for pope francis nenely doubled in size before his visit to africa, which begins wednesday. as allan pizzey reports, the
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at the vatican. >> reporter: the ramped-up security was in place long before the faithful even began to arrive. armed police from italy's numerous forces were on every corner. everyone w`o arrived for the pope's weekly angelus was done. bags open, random papaowns. that was just to get into the street in front of st. street in front st. peter's basilica. the line entered for several blocks. that is another layer including metal detectors. the security wasn't just a reaction to the paris attacks. some months ago the cover of the isis online magazine had a photoshop of their flag flying from the center of the square. implied threat didn't worry ernest and joanne morelli of st. petersburg, florida. >> we feel they're doing pretty good job. they're all over t t place. and we don't feel as if anything would happen at this point. i mean at least it always could
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the city rejected several freedom of information requests. police superintendent garry mccarthy says they are prepared for possible violent protests. >> we will facilitate people's first amenenent right to free speech. we will facilitate protests, quite frankly, but we will be intolerant of criminal behavior. >> reporter: commune activists are calling for calm, but t sse jackson acknowledges people are frustrat. >> people are disgusted, most any. >> reporter: the night mcdonald was shot authorities say he had four inch folding knife and pcp in his system. officer jason van dyke's attorney, dan herbert, says mcdonald's behavioiowas erratic. >> he firmly believed that he was in fear for his life. and he was concerned about the life of his fellow officers. >> reporter: the mcdonald family reached a $5 million settlement. jeff, the attorneys for the
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mcdonalds say the family has no interest in seeing that dashcam video. >> jericka duncan, thank you very much. still ahead here, , lice i.d. a suspect after a stunning shooting of a medical student in new orleans. and a growing threat of the approaing el nino when the "cbs evening news" continues. rheumatoto arthritis... dinary objects often seemed... intimidating. doing something simple... meant enduring a lot of pain. if ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. orencia works differently by targeting a source of ra early in the inflammation process. for many, orencia provides long-term relief of ra symptoms. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious iection. serious side effects can occur inclcling fatal infections. cases of lymphoma have been reported. tell your doctor if yoy're prone to or have any infectio like an open sore, the flu, or a histo of copd,
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here is contessa brewer. >> reporter: college is not all fun and games, even for a bunch of clowns. at clown u, there are tough lessons. and rules to follow: no cell phones, no smoking, no drinking. >> i didn't mean booze. >> you mean water? >>water >> i just like -- give me water. that's not easy. >> karen mccarty is a true professional with the big apple circus in new york. as a professor, she's seen a lot of freshmen jitters. >> lot of times nervous to imagine to be in front of that many people. >> but they get over it fast. you think it's crazy to get a whip nae nae lesson in a lecture hall, wait until you get load of the lab.
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>> whoever has the -- town someone -- >> in class it's all about funny business.e >> as you're walking away look over your shoulder. >> where assignmnmts for the thanksgiving day p pade. include pinwheeling, interpretive dance and of course, horsing around. >> to be a clown is to be as human as possible and to project that exagerratingly human. >> i'm going to do a swish motion. >> the clown u yiu don't have to be born a clown. you can n arn it. like returnini volunteer john plotsky. >> do you remember the lessons out there on the parade route? >> yes. as a team as a group, gets you in the spirit of the holiday. >> this may be the only school where landing at the top of the class is a piece of cake. contessa brewer, cbs news, new york. >> that is the cbs evening news, later on cbs "60 minutes" and "cbs this morning" with the latest on tonight's terror raids in belgium.
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