commissioner william bratton: the instigator of the threat may be a homeland fan. basically watching homeland episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episode on homeland. police said the message sent to new york read in part: something big is going down. not only are there bombs, but there are nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time: during lunch hour. mayor bill deblasio: it was so generic, so outlandish and posted to numerous school systems simultaneously. the message continued, with a conspicuous typo: me, and my 138 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah, with a lower-case a in the new york version. commissioner william bratton: that would be incredible to think that any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital a. elias: still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's "now, we are iowa's forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam today should be very similar to yesterday with very overcast and chilly temperatures throughout the day. we a

nypd commissioner william bratton, mayor bill de blasio and others attended the service for joseph lemm at st. patrick's cathedral. the 45-year-old lemm was an air force of the nypd. he was killed last monday when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber outside bagram air base. lemm's mother, shirley lemm, lives in beemer. some political science analysts believe that nebraska could be in danger of losing a congressional seat after the 2020 census because it is not growing as fast as other states. however, university of nebraska-omaha political science professor randall adkins says a number of other states have lost in population, and that should leave nebraska's ree congressional seats safe. a new platte institute study finds many public power districts in nebraska are facing challenges to keep electricity rates from rising faster than in neighboring states. director of research jessica herrmann, says a variety of factors are pushing electricity prices up, including abundant supplies of natural gas and the epa's plpl to cut power plant emissions. those and more stories can be heard

commissioner william bratton, nypd: "we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible. pasadena was also under hightened alerts for the rose bowl parade. federal officials signated the parade as a top- tier security event...even before the san bernardino terror attack.. more than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with local police....to protect the 700,000 people expected to attend. the vegas strip... also on high alert with more than 300,000 people expected to descend on the streets of sin deborah passengers aboard an allegiant air flight...from cedar rapids...heading to orlando.....ot a new years eve surprise, when their flight was re-routed to chatanooga tennesee. at 5:30 this morning, the plane was rced to make an emergency landing ....an hour and a half into the flight. passengers say they had to leave the plane with all of their belongings....and wait out the delay. for some it was a frustrating process. ""we heard a crazy sound underneath us. it kind of sounded like when your tires come out for landing. we weren't anywhere near where we would be land

commissioner william bratton: the instigator of the threat may be a homeland fan. basically watching homeland episodes that it mirrors a lot of recent episode on homeland. police said the message sent to new york read in part: something big is only are there nerve gas agents set to go off at a specific time: during lunch hour. mayor bill deblasio: outlandish and school systems continued, with a conspicuous typo: me, and my 138 comrades will die tomorrow in the name of allah, with a lower-case a in the new york version. commissioner william bratto that would be incredible to think that any jihadist would not spell allah with a capital a. matt tag whoever did this could face 20 years in jail ? " jessica rae: all ieyes will be on the federal reserve board this afternoon that's because the board will anounce whether it will be raising the key intere rate for the first time in nearly 10 years. most analysts expect it will happen. rates have been near zero since december of 2008, when the u-s housing market collapsed. such a move would suggest the federal regulators are

william bratton says he's hopeful it will finally make a difference. >> very optimistic about it. they are service resistent people. >> you talked about noticing an up surge in the homeless as you walk the streets in the neighborhood where you live. do you think this is going to make a difference. >> i think it definitely will. attention we'll be focusing on the behavioral issues the mayor toked about and the illegal activities that we don't want to see. >> the mayor wants the cops to make more arrests for our nateing in public and setting up encampments. meanwhile the administration will be introducing new laws in january to make it easier to get the homeless off the streets, laws they hope will pass. mary, chris. >> marsha thank you. the drug company ceo raised outrage by raising the price of medication by 5,000% is under arrest for security fraud. new at noon live at the federal court in downtown. sonya. back in september the ceo of a pharmaceutical company. the charges being announced have to do with a hedge fund he started and another biotech company that forced him out and s

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police commissioner william bratton says officials are exploring new legislation to give the police more power to get them off the streets to get them help. cold weather coming >> reporter: yeah. i mean, it's really important it get them off the street because there's so many other them. >> marcia, thank you. and it's not just the streets and the subways. tonight at 11, living at laguardia. we go undercover overnight at the airport. our cameras uncover a bigger problem people bathing in bathroom sinks. watch our report at 11 on cbs 2 news. >>> and in the suburbs, the problem of homelessness has a different look but experts say it's worse than ever. even if the breadwinners are working. today a gifted for one homeless family. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff report from long island. >> reporter: a new home is a new concept for the harris family. they have been living in a shelter for more than a year. >> who would think they would be in a homeless shelter? i make decent money. i had a decent bank account. >> reporter: they are the things fell apart when downsizing eliminated his $60,000 a year deli

william bratton flipped the switch at the new york stock exchange. he was joined by exchange president tom farly. the event marked the 92nd annual tree lighting in the financial district. >>> following breaking news overseas, more than a dozen people are dead after a fire bomb in egypt. >> we are learning more about the couple behind the deadly mass shooting in california. federal investigators are looking for another person to explain how the suspects got morning ted! scott! ready to hit some balls? ooh! hey buddy, what's up? this is what it can be like to have shingles. oh, man. a painful, blistering rash. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. after almost 3 weeks, i just really wanted to give it a shot. you know, i'm not feeling it today. talk to your doctor or pharmacist today >>> now new york's number 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness news this morning. >>> loved ones come together to remember the 14 lives lost in the mass shooting in southern california. >> one local sheri

but i heard police commissioner william bratton, recently, i think on "60 minutes," say, "it's coming. this is coming." so i think that this can't be a one-solution-fits-all. universal background checks strikes me as something that's prudent. i mean, look at the things that parents do to prevent their children from falling down the steps. [ chuckles ] and we do virtually nothing to prevent people from picking up guns and walk-- not rifles to shoot deer, but assault weapons to take into schools. >> and let's not -- let's also not make this about muslims and all about terrorism. the person who walked into a black church in south carolina wasn't a muslim and killed a bunch of people. in columbine -- there are lots of these mass events that are happening that are not terrorist-related. they're just crazy-people-related, and we all want to make it simple. that's our way. we want to make it simple and say, "this is all about terrorism," and stopping people from coming into the country. that's not gonna get at -- and sam is hitting it on the head. this is an unraveling. >> i agree with what

. >> reporter: mayor de blasio and police commissioner william bratton admit that even with the new home-stat plan for dealing with the street homeless, it will be difficult because they are service resistant. >> but no matter how long it takes, we are going to keep coming back until we find the

>> when asked about the sheriff's facebook posts, the new york police department commissioner william bratton the street and does not support themselves. >>> the california massacre front and center in the presidential race now. both hillary clinton and donald trump are moving toward calling it a terrorist attack as a new poll shows trump surging to his biggest lead yet. abc's jonathan carl has the story. >> hillary clinton said whatever the killer's motivation in san bernardino stricter gun control should be the priority. >> we are trying to protect, protect our fellow americans. people like you and me to a holiday party at their place of work. >> the white house agrees, but also acknowledged that the president's gun proposals wouldn't have prevented this attack becaused guns were bought legally and the shooters had no known criminal record. >> why the kind of immediate fallback to congress needs to pass more gun legislation. >> because the president is determined to ensure that these routine. >> you just acknowledged that these proposals wouldn't have done anything to prevent this incident.

new commissioner william bratton suspending two nypd officers after a prisoner escaped under their watch. it caused a massive search that shut down part of the subway system. shoplifting suspect barry toon silently slipped out of his handcuffs in tribeca last night and told officers he felt ill. they pulled over he ran away, disappearing into a subway tunnel. police found him six hours brooklyn. excisioner bratton says the two -- commissioner bratton said jobs. >> they have had their guns and badges removed and they are totally off the streets. they will go back for a retraining before they get back. their commands, and needless to say this will impact their future careers in the department dramatically. >> the commissioner not happy. this was the sixth time since june that a suspect has somehow escaped nypd custody. arrest this afternoon in rocklin county accused of breaking into cars in several communities: that's not the most disturbing part. the teenage boys were arrested overnight in ramapo after being violation. inside that car police say the suspects had handguns, knives, bullet p

. >>> police commissioner william bratton sheds some light on the holiday season. he flipped the switch on the tree at the new york stock exchange. he was joined by exchange president tom farley. it represented the 92nd annual tree lighting in the financial district. >>> stocks on wall street fell victim to a worldwide selloff as europe's central bank unveiled plans to stimulate the economy. the dow jones starts 252 points down. nasdaq composite and s&p 500 begin 1 1/2 percent lower. >>> steep losses overseas, kong's hang seng index lost 1%. >>> time is 6:24. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. >> we've got clear skies to partly cloudy skies. we're going to be looking at great weather here. we're going to be looking at what's going to be temperatures this morning starting out around 43, 45 degrees, which is warmer than normal for this hour of the day. 45 to 42 newark here over toward jamaica queens, 44 around laguardia. just light wind out of the southwest and southwest. we are looking at sunshine today, 47 by noontime, and then we're go

in washington yesterday, new rk city police commissioner william bratton urged congress to renew the zadroga act that benefits first responders who came sick after working ground joined him for the trip. >> among the bill's biggest supporters is jon stewart, the comedian. he made an appearance last night on "the late show." he sent another lawmessage to lawmakers this time imitating donald trump. >> these 9/11 first responders, let me tell you something. these 9/11 first responders are the top crusted heroes america can produce. don't let congress play politics with this necessary bill. >> paul ryan says the act will bebencluded in a spending bill and lawmakers are expected to vote next week. >>> donald trump's business empire could face new crofts for his controversial remarks on the campaign trail and about keeping muslims out of the united states. your local weather. >>> ahead, army sergeant bowe bergdahl's first public accounts morning right here on "cbs this announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places!tacare no-cost maintenance plan. what's

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motorcycle bomb attack in afghanistan was a new york police detective and the nypd commissioner, william bratton issued a statement discussion the man who served that department and served his country. let me read part of it. detective joseph lemm epitomized the sellessness he strived for. he not only served new yorkers as a member of this department but served his country as a member of the u.s. air national guard. detective lemm was a 15-year veteran of the nypd, promoted to detective in january of last year and he served in a bronx warrant squad. one of the six we expect to learn, of course, the names and about the lives of the other five who perished in the coming hours when the pentagon makes the formal announcement of their names. all of this very difficult, of course, for the families, coming at the holidays. two other service members and a contractor wounded in this attack. alisyn? >> oh, boy. just seeing that video of him with a child there is also really touching. barbara, there's more developing news. can you tell us about what's under way right now, the operation going on in ramadi?

bratton. brian williams is standing by to continue the breaking coverage. this is a striking moment here. you have our pete williams reporting that the same e-mail threat was sent to new york as well as the los angeles school district. bratton there dismissing it as not credible, noting some of the language and comparing it to a television show that they found in a way this e-mail to be ludicrous. now you have at the same time 650,000 students in the second largest district in this country being told not to show up for school, if this is the same e-mail, this is extraordinary in that both have said -- were said to have conferred with the fbi here. >> it sure is. i have been listening to l.a. local news radio, and as we have been covering, as you have been discussing on the air, it is impossible to overstate what this has done to the nation's second largest school system in a state of 44 million people, southern california, has been on full alert and full scramble this morning, and for the new york system to talk about this same threat, if true, that they were dealing with concurrent langu