tv News4 Midday NBC November 16, 2015 11:00am-12:01pm EST
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i'm aaron gilchrest. terror in paris. the fallout beginning as president obama goes on the offensive to fight isis. >> i'm eun yang, the attacks spark international reaction. huge raids in the search for answers. the unprecedented move to find who's behind the attacks and what we're learning behind the man that some call the mastermind of it all. >> and how our city just became a part of the story three days after those tragic events in paris. news4 midday starts right now. >> president obama just wrapping up an extensive news conference from the g-20 economic summit in turkey. obviously questioned at length
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about the terror attack in paris on friday and the strategy to take out isis which took attacks. a big point of note here said the u.s. intel over the last several weeks presented no specific mentions of the attacks in paris that needed to be passed on to french authorities. he also said these attacks will lead to an intensification of the assault on isis targets and what he described as not conventional warfare. >> these are killers. with fantasies of glory who are very savvy when it comes to social media. and are able to infiltrate the minds of not just iraqis or syrians, but disaffected individuals around the world. and when they activate those individuals, those individuals can do a lot of damage. >> the president said the strategy will go as continued.
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to have air strikes, more training for iraqi forces and working with the syrians to end the civil war in syria. 65 countries involved in the effort. the president said it will take more countries to get involved to help with the intensification to cut off the head of isis and continue to go after these splinter groups as well. we will continue to track developments on the attacks in paris. an update in a bit. >> here are the latest developments from france. we're learning more about the man that investigators believe orchestrated the attack. they say the mastermind is abdelhamid ab abdelhamid abaaoud. a huge police raid took place brussels overnight. police were looking for terror suspects. they say it's over now. that's in addition to nearly 170 other raids in france. police say in those raids they seized several weapons and put
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104 people under house arrest. right now counterterroism officials are looking at a new threat from isis targeting d.c. >> a new video was posted on a site used by the islamic state. in the propaganda video terrorists warn that countries that take part in air strikes against syria will suffer the same fate as france. the man in the video claims if the u.s. takes part in that campaign, isis will strike america in its center. he also threatened europe saying isis will be coming with booby-traps and explosives. in france a moment of silence for the 129 people killed friday night. you can see a huge crowd gathered. the moment of silence was also held at schools and businesses. french president francois hollande stood with students at a university to remember those who died. >> you can visit a memorial here in d.c. to pay tribute to the
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victims. you can see people gathered at the french embassy in northwest washington to remember the victims. people created a big memorial at the front gate there. also at this hour flags at the white house the capital and several other buildings in d.c. are flying at half staff in memory of the people who died in france. our coverage of the attacks in paris is just getting started. all hour long we'll keep you updated as this story develops. we will bring you more in-depth stories about the victims, the response and what will happen in the search for answers. you can get updates any time on nbc washington app. >> i'm molette green in downtown d.c. with breaking news. barricade situation over. that we got from d.c. police just ten minutes ago after close to 11 hours with this. the suspect we can tell you, is in police custody. luckily no injuries, after all
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this started with an early morning gunshot. car traffic still an issue. pedestrian traffic still an issue. work and traffic for a lot of people came to a shutdown. road rows and rows of city police cars lined the block. downtown at a standstill. >> we've been here 20 minutes. we don't know what's happening. >> reporter: d.c. police confirm a woman is at center of a barricade at 19th and k. it started after midnight. police say when they arrived a firearm discharged and that began their hours long standoff. some downtown workers fought through heavy traffic jams and made it to offices. overs on foot and in cars close to the barricade were blocked. >> it's 1900 k street northwest. we can't cross over. i had to park five blocks from
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where i work because of the backlog. considering what's happened in paris, safe precaution is a better precaution. olice tweeted warnings to avoid this area so they could deal with the person who they say was having a mental health crisis. people had no choice but to wait it out and text or call bosses. >> it looks like they have ten blocks or so blocked off. pretty tough. >> reporter: some streets are still closed to pedestrians. the 1900 to the 2000 block of k street. and the 1000 block of 20th street between i and l. it will take some time for things to return to normal after this barricade situation lasted for so very long. that's the latest live from the scene, i'm molette green news 4. 4. >> gorgeous november day underway. live view from the storm team 4
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tower camera. beautiful royal blue sky. reagan national in the upper 50s. right now around the bay the low to mid 60s. shenandoah mount beensains about 50 degrees. lots of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon, don't have any rain in the vicinity of storm team 4 radar. you will need sunglasses, long pants for the afternoon. only briefly hovering in the 60s for another few hours and get chilly tonight. thank you. this morning a puzzling and disturbing situation, who stole weapons from an army reserve center and why? and fast-moving new developments all morning long in the wake of the terror attacks in paris. what happened and what's
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. >> right now washington college is on lockdown because of a threat. the college in chestertown maryland put up a message online saying the ca students should stay indoors. a student's parents called them saying their son went home and got a gun. the parents have not been able to reach him and don't know where he is. campus and local police are checking parking lots and campus buildings. the student may have been in a 1997 dark green land rover with pennsylvania tags. a fire destroyed this home in great falls. chopper 4 was over the home nearly six hours after the fire broke out. flames erupted about 1:00 this morning in the 100 block of river park lane. it's unclear what started the fire. the fbi is tracking down a thief who stole weapons from an army reserve center in it happened saturday night at the lynn come army reserve center in worcester.
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60s north and west of the metro area. shenandoah valley the mountains, many locations in the upper 50s. just south of washington climbing into the low 60s. much of northern virginia, southern maryland around the bay as well. the afternoon planner by 1:00, most of the area in the low to mid 60s with bright sunshine. upper 60s most of the region. by 3:00 4:00. sunset today at 4:54. back down to the 50s by early evening. >> thanks tom. tonight we'll find out if a controversial redistricting plan will get the green light. officials want to rework the attendance zones to move students from growing areas like gaithersburg to schools with less students. all of this after several work sessions and a few heated meetings. parents showed up in record numbers upset because many of the schools pulled from recently opened. the decision will be made at a meeting tonight, that's happening at 6:00 p.m. at the board of education in rockville.
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the united states next. specifically d.c. the director of the cia said this morning americans should be vigilant. police departments said they are increasing, sometimes doubling patrols. in paris people are still on edge. >> we already care. we already care but we need to -- we scared that we know we have to fight back and the only way to fight back is keep doing like we do. >> in a little more than an hour from now, the eiffel tower will reopen in the colors of paris. the the the. >> america standing in solidarity with the french. you can see at new york stock exchange exchange, florent groberg there
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to ring the opening bell. europe observed a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. london time. watching developments about the story the search for the master mind behind the attack. check for alerts and updates on the nbc washington app. a d.c. flight to boston had to be evacuated after suspicious activity. american airlines said there were concerns over two passengers on board flight 2124. airport police took everyone off the plane and brought in bomb-sniffing dug inging dogs. after the plane was cleared the passengers reboarded. those on the flight say they didn't mind the minor inconvenience. >> no we were totally happy because we knew the flight was safe. they checked it from top to bottom. >> the two passengers who prompted the incident were questioned and released. tom? >> perfect day to put the baby in a stroller take your toddler to a playground today. it's going be wonderful.
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sunshine, temperatures in the 60s. afternoon highs north and west of washington, mid and upper 60s. bright and sunny out of the mountains. shenandoah valley, a glorious day. many locations upper 60s by the afternoon. high temperatures around the bay, a bit cooler. bright and sunny, temperatures in the low to mid 60s. wonderful november day, it will be beautiful for the next several days as well. highs near 60 tomorrow, rather cool, wednesday into the mid 60s, maybe rain late wednesday night into thursday. thank you, tom. a body found saturday in laurel is the body of lisa wyche. her body was found on the baltimore-washington park way. she had been missing since halloween. her family set up a go fund me page for her funeral expenses. new details about what led to a shooting inside union
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station. d.c. place say rasheed bugbay slashed a woman outside the station on saturday night. the victim and suspect went back into the station. an off-duty baltimore county officer saw the suspect walking with a knife and ordered him to drop it. the officer said the man came at him then with the knife so he shot him and wounded him. the suspect is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. a smooth first run this morning of a major rail expansion. >> vre's fredericksburg line goes all the way into spotsylvania. kristin wright was there. >> reporter: one of the very first vre trains pulling into the new spotsylvania station to pick up passengers this morning. bound for washington's union station. the new southern most station on vre's fredericksburg line is finally open after five years of planning and delays. >> very exciting.
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i live, like, five minutes away from here. very convenient for me. instead of me going down fredericksburg. >> reporter: a lot of smiling faces for a monday morning. >> this will be great for commuters of this area. >> reporter: passengers who, until today used the fredericksburg station say the parking is everything. 1500 spots and the longest platform in the entire system. night and day. this is the best for me. >> reporter: county officials say the spotsylvania station will mean economic development, especially if one day trains are running not just to d.c. in the morning but also from the district. >> that means we can go up to see if we can get an agency or big business down here. >> reporter: what's next. >> we're working on building the third track. >> reporter: in spotsylvania, kristin wright, new 4. the attacks in paris playing
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i'm eun yang. social media played a huge role after the attacks in paris. for the first time facebook launched its safety check feature. the tool allows people to easy and quickly tell whether their friends and family were safe. the company did get some pushback. some people saying it should have launched the feature earlier for events before friday's attack. it's not clear when facebook will use it again. a reminder in the aftermath of these teribilityrible attacks, not everything on social media is true this post saying the eiffel tower went dark in memory of the
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used in the fight against isis. storm team 4 four-day forecast, you'll like it. later today, we'll be climbing into the upper 60s. lots of sunshine and a blue sky. then tomorrow more clouds around. should be a bit cooler. morning lows in the 40s. afternoon highs around 60. wednesday gets mild again, mid 60s wednesday afternoon with increasing clouds. and then a front comes in late wednesday might, showers may be coming in during the latter part of the evening, rain looking likely on thursday morning. could end up with an inch of rain. that could be causing problems for the morning commute on thursday. seven-day outlook, cool weather returns, partly cloudy thursday, friday, saturday, sunday with highs in the 50s. well, you nay not see video like this from california for a long time. that's a tornado that touched down there. the national weather service says it hit near modesto in northern california it knocked down trees and fences and ripped
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off a church roof. the area is cleaning up today. we're told no one was hurt. a local single mom is celebrating a big accomplish accomplishment. karin cannon realized diapers are a big financial hardship for families. that's when she came up with a solution. >> we said what can we do? we formed the d.c. diaper bank on my son's first birthday. we've been doing this for 5 years. >> cannon received a big surprise on the steve harvey show. you can find out how she was honored at 2:00 on nbc 4. running out of time, a deadline fast approaching, especially if you want to avoid deep penalties on track fines. >> quickly developing situation unfolding across the world in the wake of the deadly attacks in paris. all within the past hour. president obama weighed in on isis which just issued a threat that hits close to home. a
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i'm aaron gilchrest at the live desk. we're staying on top of the latest developments in the paris terror attacks. the french president wants to extend the country's state of emergency for three months. he'll make that request of parliament this week. that state of emergency extends police powers for searches and arrests and limits public gatherings in france.
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we learned more than 100 people killed were of 19 different nationalities including an american college student from california. right now counterterroism officials here are looking into a new video propaganda video posted on an isis website that warns countries that take part in air strikes in syria will suffer the same threat as france, that would include washington, d.c. president obama addressed the isis threat in turkey a short time ago. >> so we have to take the approach of being rigorous on counterterroism efforts and consistently improve and figure out how we can get more information, how we can infiltrate the networks and reduce their operational space. >> the president went on to call isis the face of evil and said that the effort now is to constantly degrade and destroy that
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makes you feel humble. >> this was the first gala of its kind honoring five of the people whose portrait also hang in the gallery. they raised nearly $2 million to help future generations learn history from the people who helped make it. >> the heart-felt tributes on social media as the world looks for solace after the paris attacks.
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out of sensitivity and respect for the events that occurred. now some celebrities are also canceling events as a result of the attacks this weekend. others had a different response. madonna's speech is getting attention on the huffington post. guy osiri caught the moment in >> i was going to cancel my show tonight. then i thought to myself, why should i give that to them? why should i allow them to stop me? and to stop us? from enjoying freedom? >> "snl's" traditionally punchy filled opening replaced by there somber opening. [ speaking foreign language ] and now, live from new york it's saturday night. a moving tribute there. other big names taking to
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twitter over the weekend to talk about praying for paris and supporting people there. a few posts here, pray for paris and the washington8]v÷ capitals talking about pray for paris. that's what's trending this midday. back to you. >> thanks. it's the video that you have to see to believe, the wild animals that broke out of a zoo and made a run for it. we're not talking about lions tigers and bears.
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right now bright sunshine, temperatures climbing into the 60s. this mild pattern continues for most of the week ahead. afternoon highsrñy$r'to the upper 60s. much of the region holding steady there for several hours. lots of sunshine. then sut kp dropping back down to the 50s tonight. partly cloudy. by dawn on tuesday, upper 40s. a lot of clouds around tomorrow. probably cooler weather.
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maybe briefly making it to the low 60s. wednesday, back into the mid 60s( s. mild with a southerly breeze, lots of clouds. then a front comes in triggering rain j b late on wednesday night. maybe an inch of rain thursday drier and cooler friday, saturday, and sunday. >> i'm helping him. i love him. i always loved him that will never change. i just feel like it's an insensitive thing to fast forward a divorce. >> that's a clip of khloe kardashian kardashian's appearance on the ellen degeneres show. she opened up about lamar odom's overdues and hospital ligs. in the interview that airs today at 4:00.
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two escapees wearing black and white stripes gave officials in west philadelphia quite a chase. the two made a break for it galloping at full speed and weaving in and out of traffic. >> all i saw was two cops chasing a zebra. >> they were running. the cops were trying to urnsher them. they had no control. >> the zebras ran for two miles until police caught up with them. >> nobody knew what was going on. >> i guess they just slowed down. >> that does it for news4 midday. thank you very much for joining us. pat lawson muse and chris lawrence will be here this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and we want you to remember as events develop in the wake of the attacks in paris, we'll send push alerts to your smartphone or tablet.
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test. today on the meredith vieira show. all eyes are glued to the devastating attacks in paris. how can we talk to our children and feel safe. it is all starts right now on "meredith "meredith". ♪ [applause] >> meredith: we have a great show today. you always want to dress to impress when our first guest is around. she is a
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