officer michael wolf. officer ronald laberto. >> mike wolf decided to be with his wife, having a baby and missed our ceremony. see if he ever gets anything again. >> and the silver medal awarded for the first officer on that night sergeant roberto. and although captain told the story as well could be told. i was there that night. and the story pales by comparison if you saw what these officers encountered. and the fact of the smoke and the rounds going through floors and ceiling and fire and all the buildings attached. i can assure that the shot taken that night by officer hines saved lives as well as all of these officers. [applause] and one person that is not mentioned in the report is captain jason turnis, i don't know if he's here. but he's the captain on scene that had the courage and experience to call for the green lights. and green lights are less common than gold medals. because it takes that much thought and puts the commanding officer out there. and for jason to make that call merits appreciatio

officer michael wolf. officer ronald laberto. >> mike wolf decided to be with his wife, having a baby and missed our ceremony. see if he ever gets anything again. >> and the silver medal awarded for the first officer on that night

michael holmes. cnn newsroom with wolf blitzer cnn newsroom with wolf blitzer starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comorm is moving east threatening to derail holiday travel for millions of americans. it's leaving behind snow, flooding and massive delays across parts of the southern plains. we're going to tell you what else to expect over the next few days. also right now, police at yale university are checking a report of a person with a gun on or near the campus. an alert on the university's website urges people to stay where they are, schools in recess, most of the students have left campus. >>> right now, the news anchor and talk show host katie couric is preparing for a new an seenment. yahoo! last named couric as the face of its global news operation starting early next year. >>> hel, i'm wolf blitzer reporting today from washington. we begin with the weather, the warnings across the country which could make for some anxious moments for those of you trying to get home for thanksgiving. first off, there's the snow. this is what is it looks like in colorado. texas and oklahoma. and check out this

it's going to be a shift from michael bloomberg and certainly from rudy giuliani, the former republican mayor of new york. >> wolf, fantastic job as always tonight orchestrating events for us. thank you very much indeed. governor's race in virginia was a lot closer than just about anybody expected, but in the end former dnc chairman terry mcauliffe eeked out the victory. joining me is cnn's chief congressional correspondent dana bash. dana, more exciting tonight than we expected. the significance of ken cucinnelli losing in the way that he did. is it bad that he lost or is it encouraging for the tea party that it was quite close? >> reporter: probably all of the above. if you're a member of the tea party or if you are a staunch conservative who believes in the ideals that he was running on, not just in the general election but when he won the primary much to the chagrin as wolf was just alluding to of many republicans in this commonwealth of virginia and broadly across the country because they understand what a bellwether virginia tends to be with regard to the national election. but piers, i have to tell you, co

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want to hand over our coverage to our colleague wolf blitzer who's got more information about what is taking place on the ground. >> suzanne and michaelanks very much. we're following the breaking news, very disturbing information coming out of l.a.x., the los angeles international airport. shots were heard, shots were fired. we're told about a half an hour or so ago, 9:30 a.m. pacific time. that would be 12:30 p.m. here on the east coast. about a half an hour or so ago, this incident apparently started with the shots fired. there are injuries. we've seen people evacuated. and we've sign people who have been injured. we have no idea what caused the shots to be fired. we do know that as a precaution, as they always do at these kinds of incidents, authorities are taking precautions and evacuating the terminal. we believe it's terminal 3 at l.a.x. if you're familiar with l.a.x., this is a huge terminal. this is a huge

to our colleague wolf blitzer who's got more information about what is taking place on the ground. >> suzanne and michael, guys, thanks very much. we're following the breaking news, very disturbing information coming out of l.a.x., the los angeles international airport. shots were heard, shots were fired. we're told about a half an hour or so ago, 9:30 a.m. pacific time. that would be 12:30 p.m. here on the east coast. about a half an hour or so ago, this incident apparently started with the shots fired. there are injuries. we've seen people evacuated. and we've sign people who have been injured. we have no idea what caused the shots to be fired. we do know that as a precaution, as they always do at these kinds of incidents, authorities are taking precautions and evacuating the terminal. we believe it's terminal 3 at l.a.x. if you're familiar with l.a.x., this is a huge terminal. this is a huge airport. on a friday morning when traffic is just building up for something like this to happen obviously very, very disturbing. l.a., l.a.x. police confirming and i'm quoting now there is an incident at l.a.x. an

wolf attack. that's a a terrorist strike. the potomac institute hosted this event. >> ladies and gentlemen, my name is michael swetnam.focus on the issues of science and technology and how science and technology is changing our society. for almost 17 years now, we been the host and home for the international center for terrorism studies, headed by professor yonah alexander. and i think most people here will agree and understand that the center that yonah heads is one of the most foremost academic institutions and consortium of institutions in the world focusing on all aspects of terrorism. professor alexander's group has looked at, studied, and published documents on every conceivable realm and aspect of terrorism for many, many years. you personally as an author of over 100 books on the subject. we are proud here at the potomac institute to be the home of his academic efforts. we are also privileged to have partnered with the international law institute and professor donald wallace is here represented as he always has, the chairman of international institute, and for well over a decade we've partnered with aisle i am