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tala, the younger sister, had been reported missing. their deaths remain a mystery. according to multiple sources briefed on the investigation, there are no signs of foul play. suicide is a leading theory. but nothing has been ruled out. >> there has been i will call it significant progress, trying to get the complete picture of what ultimately led to the two young ladies being discovered. >> reporter: according to the saudi embassy, the young women were students accompanying their brother in washington. nbc news has confirmed that the sisters lived and attended schools in virginia. the family appears to have had financial troubles. public records show two liens on their apartment in 2016. before the bodies were discovered here on the hudson river, officials say the sisters hadn't been heard from since august 24th. among the many unanswered questions is why they ended up 250 miles from home in new york city. lester? >> all right, stephanie gosk tonight in new york. >>> this evening, new video has emerged of passengers boarding that doomed jet liner that went down off

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and philly on their way to the city. 16-year-old tala and her older sister were saudi nationals. they were found bound together with duct tape. police have said there were no obvious signs of t drama their bodies. they believe they were arriveen when they into the water. >> today a group looking for justice were jam khashoggi is holding a memorial for him in the district. he was murdered last month after entering the saudi arabia juan conciliate in among the people speaking today will be his fiancee. she was waiting for him outside of the conciliate that day. >> it's now 4:48. right now open enrollment is underway if you're among the millions in our country that get insurance throughhe federal health exchanges. enrollment will run through mid cember. thisar, consumers are benefitting from premiums and moreho cices and an estimated 12 million people are covered through medicaid expansion. that could make a difference in the lives of thousands of virginians. she wanted to be the first to apply for health care befits under an expanded medicaid program. she has been fighting for this

. >> reporter: the bodies of sisters 23-year-old rotana farea and 16-year-old tala farea were found nearembankment off the dndson river last wednesday. police say the sisters were similarly dressed and bound together at their ankles and waists with duct tape. for nearly a week, these police sketches were the only leads authorities had. n.y.p.d. chief of detectives dermot shea: >> we are out to get justice for those two girls and to find out exactly what happened. what led them to be recovered in the water. >> reporter: late today, cbs news has learned the sisters were alive when they entered the water. right now, the cause of death has not been determined. polihey wereast seenere inate sy what happened after that remnssr urls cews tmother, whs in virg, told police she received a call from the saudi government in october telling the family they all had to go back to saudi arabia, because the sisters had g plied for immigration asylum. >> we are looking at all clues in their past life. >> reporter: right now, police are calling the deaths "suspicious," and the investigation has been hamper

tala, the teenager, was reported missing to e center for missing and exploited children. off the site. a case that ended in tragedy. because the circumstances of the young women's dea are so mysterious, there have been many theories. among them, this was an honor killing. a high-ranking law enforcement official tells nbc news so far there is no evidence to support that theory. killing? an honor >> that would mean a member of the family killed the young women to maintain thef honor the family. something that you see in the middle east, pakistan, places like that. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> let's switch gears. a check of the forecast from mr. roker. >> that front we told you about that wasausing problems i the gulf and the mississippi river valley extends all the way into the midwest. we have got heavy showers and thunderstorms, flood watches up for 17 million people stretching from buffalo all the way down into parts oftennessee. we are looking at this system pushing to the east and north. heavy rain for the midwest today. river and roadway flooding is expected. friday i

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for the first time today, we received pictures of 22-year-old eytana andol 16-yea tala f farea. ere found in the hudson river last week. both had on coats. the sisters disappeared in late august. in a strange twist, their mother says someone from the saudi embassy called her the day before her daughters disappeared. >> and again, we're looking at a two-month gap. and we're looking at a two-month gap, the detectives' work has filled in many of the pieces, but there are still some gaps that we would like to fill in and get a real clear picture of what happened in the last two months. >> the medical examiner's office says it's still not clear how the girls died. though apparent trauma was found on their bodies. detectives are not ruling out the possibility of suicide. rotana falla was en at george mason university, but she left in the spring. >> leon harris. leon, thank you. >>>fter an all-out brawl near a prince george's county high school, parents are demanding the school district do more to stop violence among students. there's even a dedicated youtube page to fights like this.

cbs news has learned police are tracking 16-year-old tala farea, and her sister, 23-year-old rotana,ough the use of their credit card transactions and a phone number the sisters used. investigators are also looking at hotels, transportation, and boutique shops for video evidence to retrace their whereabouts. now, the sisters were found last wednesday on the bank of the hudson river. police believe the sisters were alive when they entered the water. the youngest sister was reported missing in august. thficials are still not clear why the sisters came to new york in the first place. tomorrow, police are expected to hold a news conference to update us on the investigation. still, as we've talked about, a lot of questions with this one. >> glor: a lot of questions and a really sad story. all right, jericka, thanks. google employees all over the world staged a massive walkout today. they accused the company of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations against executives. jamie yuccas is outside google rnadquarters in california tonight. >> women's rights are workers' rights! >> reporter:

they arrived september 1st. 16-year-old tala farea, and her 22-year-old older sister rotana were saudi nationals. they were found bound togethert with ductape. police have said there were no obvious signs of trauma to theio es. it is also believed they were alive when they went into that water. >>> u.s. troops are on the southern border right now. leon harris here at the live desk. about 100 troopsht arrived ton in mcallen, texas, as president many consider a a shocking warning to migrants walking towards the border. thes military st is deploying 7,000 troops to texas, arizona and california to help the department of homeland security with logistics and transportation. th president today said h would approve up to 15,000 troops and that my grigrants wo be met by american s holding weapons. if the migrants throw rocks, the president says he wants the soldiers to use those weapons. >> we're not going to put up with that. they want to throw rocks at our military,it our my fights back. we're going to consider it. hrtold them consider it a rifle. when they rocks like they did at the mexico

. >> reporter: police now believe 16-year-old tala and 22-year-old rotana farea were alive when they entered the river. the saudi citizens had been living in fairfax, virginia. nypd detectives are now there looking into the sisters' lives. >> detectives' work has filled in many of the pieces, but there's still some gaps that we would like to fill in. >> reporter: there are reports the sisters had requested asylum in the u.s. and the saudi government ordered the family to return to the kingdom. the saudis deny ever making that order, and police are treating the sisters' deaths as suspicious but say it's too early to call it murder. they say they have a good idea of where the sisters may have entered the river, and they haven't ruled out the possibility that it was a suicide or accident. an autopsy, of course, will determine the cause of death, and police say the sisters were first reported missing back in august. investigators are now trying to determine what happened between then and last week when their bodies were discovered. >>> just two days after the school bus crash in indiana

>> reporter: the nypd has positively identified the victims and released these photos. 16-year-old tala farea and 22-year-old rotana farea, saudi nationals who had been living in fairfax, virginia. there are reports the sisters had asked for asylum, and that the saudi government had ordered the whole family to return home, a detail the saudis deny. police are treating the deaths as suspicious, but say it's too early to call it murder. investigators haven't yet ruled out the possibility it was a suicide or an accident. this is where the bodies were found, and investigators say they have a pretty good idea where they may have entered the water. authorities now canvassing this area, looking for witnesses or video that may help solve the mystery. david? >> david wright tonight. thank you. >>> there are new details tonight about the murder of "washington post" writer jamal khashoggi. a turkish prosecutor now says he believes that khashoggi was strangled and dismembered soon after he entered that saudi consulate in istanbul. turkish officials also saying that a visit from saudi arabia's top p

. >> reporter: the bodies of sisters 23-year-old rotana fa rea and 16-year-old tala fa rea were found near an embankment off the hudson river last wednesday. police say the sisters were similarly dressed and bound together at their ankles and waists. n.y.p.d. chief of detectives dermot shea. >> we are out to get justice for the two girls and find out exactly what happened, what led them to be recovered in the water. >> reporter: late to the cbs news has learned the sisters were alive when they entered the water. right now, the cause of death has not been determined. the sisters lived in fairfax, virginia. police say they were last seen there in late september, but say what happened after that remains a mystery. >> at this point in time, it still srce tells cbs news that the mother who lives in virginia told police she received a call from the saudi government in october, telling the family they all had to go back to saudi arabia because the sisters had applied for immigration asylum. >> we are looking at all clues in their past life. >> reporter: right now police are calling the death

the young women were identified as twenty two year old rotunda and sixteen year old tala for a police say they went missing from their home in virginia in late august publicly the first priority was identifying the girl's. young ladies and once that was done i do think we've made significant progress see you piecing together pieces of this puzzle to find out what happened the mother of the two young women told police that he had received a call from the saudi arabian and the sea the day before the bodies were discovered she says the family was ordered to leave the united states because the daughters had applied for political asylum no comment on that from saudi officials here in new york but the consulate has put out a statement saying that an attorney has been appointed to closely follow the case. according to the saudi consulate general embassy officials in washington have contacted the family and extended its support and aid in this trying time it said the sisters were students accompanying their brother in washington investigators have also visited the fairfax condominium where th

they are 16-year-old tala and 22-year-old rotana farea. saudi nationals living in virginia. authorities say they were probably alive when they entered the river. police are treating their deaths as suspicious. there are reports that the sisters requested asylum and that the saudis had just ordered them and the family to return to the kingdom. >>> human remains may help solve a 35-year-old mystery. the bone fragments were found during construction work at the vatican's embassy to italy. they may be those of teen girls missing since 1983. the two 15-year-olds disappeared six weeks apart. investigators say it will be at least a week before they know the age and gender of the remains. >>> breaking overnight, a major development in this week's plane crash in indonesia. today navy divers recovered the black box from the lion air jet on the sea floor. and indonesian television station aired footage of the two divers placing a bright orange device into a large container. the plane crashed early monday morning just minutes after taking off from the

-year-old tala farea wereand16 found with their feet and wastes tide together. th years. credit card records indicate they arrived in new york two months ago and had been staying inigh end hotels where they maxed out their credit cards. a witness told police he saw the women in a park on thern ing of october 24th praying together. their bodies wereve disd later that afternoon. >> we also have soues that the detectives have developedti r, statements made that they would rathernflict harm on icthemselves and commit sue than return toaudia arabia. at this point in time, a we've alrea a put significant amourecentf notre done until we are comfortable working with the office of the chief mecal examiner, et cetera, but at this point in time, everythingha t we've seen thus far is pointing to other than a crime taking place. w butre not ruling anything >> detectives believe the women may have applied for after alleging that they were victims of abuse. >> d.c. police have me an arrest in a 14-year-old cold case. in4 the murder case of kendra smith. the.c. woman was gunned

they tell us 22-year-old rotana and 16-year-old tala were seen playing near the river the day their bodies were discoveredful they reported abuse at home but police couldn'tte corrobo those allegations. after reporting the abuse, the sters lived in a shelter of sorts in virginia. and they hadt seenheir parents since last year when they ran away from their fairfax county they disappeared this past august. an electronic per trail puts the girls in new york cynic early september. they were staying in high end hotels and had been orderg food. police say the money was running out and perhaps the biggest piece of the puzzle yet, a witness claims to have seen the praying aloudhe day their bodnds were fou duct taped together. >> it is entely credible the girls entered the water alive. we have sources that the detectives have developed from the investigation thus far. statements made that they would rather inflict harm on themselves and commit suicide than return to saudi arabia. >> police confirmed the two w seeking asylum. they had been in the united states since 2015. an c officialse of death ha

tala went to high school and her sister was pursuing an engineering degree at george mason universitysses since last spring, we're told. public documents reveal the family may have been going through financial troubles. two liens were placed on an apartment in 2016 listed in the older sister's name. it says the tenets owed over $6,000. the teenager was reported missing to the center for missing and exploited children. her profile now taken off the site. a case that ended in tragedy. because the circumstances of the young women's deaths are so mystery, there have been many theories. among them that this was an honor killing. a high ranking law enforcement official tells nbc news so far there's no evidence to support that theory. >> what's an honor killing? >> that would mean a member of the family killed the young women to maintain the honor of the family, something you see in the middle east, pakistan, places like that. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> let's switch gears and get a check on the forecast from mr. roker. >> the front that was causing problems in the gulf and the mississippi

she and her sister tala would order food on it every day. always getting two stays. they charged their stays to the hyatt and t knickerbocker. there were allegations of physical abuse in the family. police say they used that credid cars to take ubeorth to manhattan. arth the credit c maxed out, a witnessaways he s them at a play ground in rerside park. they were sitting 30 feet apart and praying. police believe that is the last they were seen alive. >> this is a tragedy all the way around. an we wanted to make sure to get justice for the victims. wereat everything like a crime until we know otherwise. >> reporter: police say they are investigating every possibility. suicide is the leading theory. the sisters could walk right into the water from that park. there is no credible evidence that shows a crime was committed and they have stements that the sisters said they would rather die than return home to their native country. they were found clothed, duct taped to each. bound at their ankles and waists. >> nbc news. >> no cause of death for the sisters has been release

the witness saw the sisters, 22-year-old rotana and 16-year-old tala in a park not far fm where their bodiesul be discovered. an electronic trail puts them in new york in early september. the money was running out. sources have told police the girls would rather commit suicide than return to saudi arabia. >> when you come back to they were discovered with the duct tape. and it was not binding them tight together. sore like keeping them together. it brings to where we are today. >> a lot of people have asked abt their parent where are they right now? the girls had not seen them since last november when they ran away from their fairfax home abusallegations of the two wound up in a shelter of sorts in the areape what ped them to go to new york? that remains unclear. policeave confirmed that the two had or were seeking asum. ck over to you. >> it sounds like an incredibly sad story. thank you. >>> we are following more breaking news out of montgomery county where three damascus high school stroonludents are facing multiple rape charges. what have you found out today, cory? >> reporter: we

last week 16-year-old tala farea and her sister rotana were found dead in the hudson river.they stopped in d.c. on their the saudi nationals were found bound together with duct tape. police say there we obvious signs of trauma to their bodies. it's also believed they were alive when they went into the water. >>> a man wrongfully convicted is freed to prison with the help georgetown university students. >> last night he visited the university to say thank you. valentino dixon served nearly three decades for a murder he did not commit. the students discovered a he issue that proved he was guilty. his work during c prisonaught the eyes of "golf digest" magazine. they feature his work andl h make a living selling his intings. >>> if you've ever wondered whether radiation from your cell phone could raise your risk for cancer, a new government study may put you at ease.wh this is they're saying. researchers from the national toxicology program exposed rats and mice to levels of radiation ar to levels in most cell phones. some of the animals developed cancerous tumors. there was no

a law enforcement force says tala farea and her sister were alive when they went in. >> the detective work has filled in the pieces but there's still some gaps we would like to fill in. and get a real clear picture of what happened in the last two months. >> reporter: the nypd is visiting whether it was an accident, homicide or suicide. according to the "new york times" the sisters were seeking asylum in the u.s. >>> an oakland city council candidate is the target of vandalism just days before the midterms. swastikas and other messages of hate were spray-painted on some of joseph tanios' campaign signs. he says that he started to worry for his family's safety and then he called police when messages of hate kept appearing this week. >> very concerned. i watch my back. i check on my kids more off. >> tanios says he doesn't know why he would be targeted or who might have done this. he adds that the vandalism does not represent the values of the city of oakland. >>> a california uber driver is due in court today accused of kidnapping and leading police on a chase with his passengers along

their family lives in fairfax, virginia, where tala had been reported missing august 24th.odies bound together with tape.dermot shea/nypd chief of detectivesdetectives have been down in virginia. they've conducted a number of interviews in virginia, including members of the immediate family as well as others."a law enforcement source says, so far, there are no signs of foul play.and that water was found in the lungs of the sisters.authorities say that's a sign that the fareas were still alive when they entered the hudson.the n-y-p-d says its still investigating whether the deaths were accidents, homicides or suicides.dermot shea/nypd chief of detectives"the detectives' work has filled in a lot of pieces, but there are still some gaps that we would like to fill in and get a real clear picture of what happened in the last two months."the royal consulate general of saudi arabia in new york issued a statement saying the women were saudi citizens. according to the new york times the saudi embassy recently calledtala and rotana's mother to say the sisters were seeking asylum in t

the bodies of 23-year-old rotana farea and 16-year-old tala farea were found together in the river tied together with duct tape. the mother was recently ordered to return to saudi arabia because her daughters had applied for asylum in the u.s. >>> a student stabbed on campus is out of surgery and her attacker is in custody according to authorities. that attack happened about noon yesterday in a college cafeteria at cabrillo college in aptos. police say that steven wooding broke his restraining order and then stabbed 19-year-old asha allott and chased after her. asha's friends say that it appeared that wooding was wearing a freddie krueger costume. witnesses first thought it was just a halloween prank. but then several good samaritans jumped in. they held the suspect down until police arrived. >> he yelled at the perpetrator, get down right now! the guy just dropped and we both ran up. he knelt on his left wrist and i stood on his right wrist and we held him to the ground. >> makes no sense why somebody would do that especially inside the cafeteria to such an innocent person like this. >

we know that the 16-year-old, tala farea, had been reported missing at the end of august, august 24thhad been looking into was trying to piece what went on in the two months or so since she went missing. but we still don't know a whole lot when it comes to what led to this death. right now, they think it's a suicide. >> just the saddest story. thanks very much for following it. >>> new details in the death of the notorious mobster james "whitey" bulger in a federal prison. >> attackers tried to cut out his tongue, apparently a popular punishment in the mob boss crime world for people who snitch. let's go to jason carroll. he is here with more. not an appetizing story for 10:00 a.m., but very disturbing. what can you tell us? >> very much so, poppy. so many movies have been made about whitey bulger. if you were squeamish, this would be the part where you were turn away. but law enforcement sources telling cnn the 89-year-old was beaten so badly that he was practically beaten beyond recognition. and as you say, those who attacked him tried to cut out his tongue. again, that is in the wo

new york, more news is sisters about two saudi found dead in the hudson river last week. 16-year-old talaarea and 22-year-old rotana farea were found on october 24, their waists and ankles duct-taped together though police say no obvious signs of trauma were found. the sisters were saudi nationals who moved to the united states with their mother in 2015 and were living in fairfax, virginia. rotana, the older sister, was a student at george mason university but left in the spring. the sisters were reported missing in august. they reportedly went missing in 2017 as well, and d were temporarily placed in a shelter. the ap reports the sisters' mother informed police that she had received a call from the saudi embassy ordering the famimily to leave e the u.s. bee her daughters had applied for political asylum. they were found dead soon after. and in washington, d.c., the national archives has released a set of documents from the watergate scandal, including new information relating to ththe indictmentnt against presidedent richard ninixon. the documents were released after a lawsuit requested

the young women were identified as twenty two year old rotunda and sixteen year old tala for a police say they went missing from their home in virginia in late august probably the first priority was identifying the girl's. young ladies and once that was done i do think we've made significant progress see you piecing together pieces of this puzzle to find out what happened the mother of the two young women told police that he had received a call from the saudi arabian and the sea the day before the bodies were discovered she says the family was ordered to leave the united states because the daughters had applied for political asylum no comment on that from saudi officials here in new york but the consulate has put out a statement saying that an attorney has been appointed to closely follow the case. according to the saudi consulate general embassy officials in washington have contacted the family and extended its support and aid in this trying time it said the sisters were students accompanying their brother in washington investigators have also visited the fairfax condominium where th

the bodies of rotana and tala were discovered bound together last week. the sisters lived in northern virginia. jericka duncan is along the hudson river in new york where their remains were found. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the sisters were reported missing on september 12th from fairfax county, virginia. investigators now trying to piece together how they got from fairfax to new york city and ultimately they want to know what led up to those girls being found here along the hudson river. >> it's scary. it's supposed to be a good neighborhood where you should feel safe. >> reporter: the lifeless bodies were found on a rocky pier in new york city last wednesday. police say the sisters were bound together at their ankles and waist with duct tape. >> we're out to get justice for those girls. and find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: the nypd does not yet know if this is a homicide or suicide. they're also having a tough time tracking where the sisters were in the weeks leading up to their deaths. no cell phones or social media accounting

these sketches on wednesday, police identified the sisters as 22-year-old rotana farea and 16-year-old talaheir deaths were initially thought to be a possible suicide pact after potentially jumping off a bridge like the george washington bridge but police later ruled that possibility out citing no trauma on either body. the women found submerged in the water but fully dressed in yoga pants and fur-lined coats. >> the detectives' work has filled in many pieces but there's still some gaps. >> reporter: police say the sisters are from saudi arabia and had moved to fairfax, virginia, in 2015, with their family. both last seen in august. police interviewed the women's family trying to piece together a time line of what could have happened. according to "the new york times," police said the sisters recently requested asylum in the united states. police are treating their deaths as suspicious. an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause. michael. >> definitely mysterious. thank you so much, linsey. >> certainly is. >>> coming up next, that football firestorm. university of maryland footbal