. >> let's talk about 2016, your challenger for the primary, a 24-year-old, newcomer, alex law. he came out early for bernie sanders. who do you support? >> no question about it that we're very early in the process. i've had discussions -- in fact, senator bernie sanders and i sponsored a bill together as i have a long relationship with secretary clinton. i think each of them would make great presidents and i think we're very early on, but i -- quite frankly, i see hillary clinton being the forefronter in this race. >> let's talk more about afghanistan. >> they've come down from a high of over 100,000 troops. now they're down to less than 10,000. the world has changed over there since the troops started to leave. and in fact, we had to take a blackhawk helicopter from the airport to the embassy because the road was unsafe. we can't withdrawal that quickly from a country that is under that sort of duress from the taliban, what they call the aq-isis and isil. they're just waiting for us to leave. we heard that from the general and more importantly, we heard that from the troops. d

they say there's no policy, there's no law. alex is the first case. with the absence of federal or state policy governing advanced tribadyives or do not resuscitate. school systems have to rely on procedures that are in place of school. >> reporter: until the law changes, she says she has no choice but to remove alex from school because she doesn't want him resuscitated if his heart fails while he is there. >> he misss school, teachers and friends. to him not to be able to go and finish out the last days that he has, it breaks my heart. >> administrative straighters-- administrators are caught in the middle. >> he is a great kid and we love him. we're working hard with lots of different people to come up with good options for him to participate. >> i'm fighting for him to be able to have the comfort and the dignity and for it to be okay for people to sit and hold his hands when he is gone >>> joining me tonight is a law professor from south-eastern university and a philosophy professor. thank you for being with us. before we talk about whether or not y

there is no law, there is nothing on the book alex is literally the first kay. the absence of a federal or state policy governing advanced directives or do not resuscitate school system have his to rely on procedures that are in place in the school. >> reporter: until the law changes, whatever says she has no choice but to remove alex from school. because she doesn't want him resuscitated if his heart fails while he's there. >> he misses school. he misses his teachers. he misses his friends. familiar not to be able to go to school and finish out, you know, the last days that he has it breaks my heart. >> reporter: administrators at alex's school are caught in the middle. >> he's a great kid and we really love him and we are working really hard with lots of different people to try to come up with good options for him to participate and be taken care of. >> i am fighting for him to be able to have the comfort and the dignity and for it to be okay for people to sit and hold his hand when he was dieing. i'll fight for it with the last breath in me. >> joining me ton

federal government who decides whether or not to accept refugees--- and if they do-b law-anyone can move from state to state. alex miller, kcrg-tv9 news. the mayor of swisher says hi will continue to welcome all refugees to the small johnson county town. mayor christopher taylor signed a proclamation last night in response to the syrian refuge part: "swisher continues to welcome all visitors andd prospective residentt, regaadless of national origin or refugee status." taylor says it's the right thing to do. "obviously it's a complex situation, there are lots of challenges, but i always felt like you could approach these challenges from position either of fear and suspiccon, or from a position of compassion and neighborliness, and i think that's the iowa way. " cameras are likely watching in dubuque. visitors to downtown have likely been recorded. police monitor hundreds of surveillence cameras all in the name of safety. last month the dubuque city council agreed to spend a half million dollars to install dozens of l-e-d lights and almost 100 additional traffic cameras. that brings the total number of traffic and

alex miller. right now, iowa is one of 17 states that have laws allowing limited use of a marijuana product for medical purposes. iowa's law says people can possess cannabis oil and use it for treatment of severe epilepsy. but those people cannot produce or transport the oil in our state. some democratic presidential candidates are chiming in on the medical marijuana debate. bernie sanders says he would take a similar approach to the bill that iowan sally gaer is remove the drug from the controlled substances act. would like the government to reclassify the drug to allow more federally sponsored research on its effects. and republican front runner donald trump would like marijuana legalization to be a state issue. he wants medical marijuana to be available to people that need it to help with an illness. republican bobby jindal is dropping out of the presidential race. the louisiana governor says now is not his time. jindal has failed to gather much support in recent polls. his departure leaves 14 republicans still in the race. jindal wrote on his campaign facebook page today that he will now go back to

law enforcement. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning everyone. i'm alex witt. we start with the breaking news. russia has announced that traces of explosives have been found in the debris of the downed metro joet plane. a bomb equivalent to 2.2 pounds of tnt exploded on board the aircraft. russia is offering a $15 million we regard for who brought down the jet. they will hunt the perpetrators and fine those responsible. >>> obama talking trade but also ways to coordinate with china a ice. the president spoke yesterday backing up his plan to defeat isis. >> we have always understood that there will be a long-term campaign. there will be setbacks and there will be discusses. the terrible events in paris were obviously a terrible and sickening setback. even as we grieve with our french friends however we can't lose sight that there has been progress being made. >> isis also released a new propaganda video threatening a paris style attack on the united states that. video has yet to be authenticated. the man hunt still ongoing for salah. who may have fled to belgium

federal government who decides whether or not to accept refugees--- and if they do-b law-anyone can move from state to state. alex miller, kcrg-tv9 news. the mayor of swisher says he will continue to welcome all refugees to the small johnson county town. mayor christopher taylor signed a proclamation tuesday night in response to the syrian refuge crises that read in- part: "swisher continues to welcome all visitors and prospective residents, regardless of national origin or refugee status." taylor says it's the right thing to do. "obviously it's a complex situation, there are lots of challenges, but i always felt like you could approach these challenges from position either of fear and suspicion, or from a position of compassion and neighborliness, and i think that's the iowa way. " from czech village to the old victorian homes in downtown, cedar rapids has plenty of historical sites. so the city has decided to organize all the historic properties in the area. tv-9's forrest saunders is live at city hall this morning. forrest, how did the city decide to organize all of these sites? the city of cedar rapids will u

trackler samantha parke robert kennedy deanna morrison jared duemling alex payne >>> this morning, voters in houston are repealed a law designed to give equal legal protection to the gay, lesbian and trns gender community. the houston equal rights ordinance was passed last year but defeated in yesterday's public referendum. it also included anti-discrimination protections based on sex, race, age and religion. opponents focused on one part of the law that will allow transgender men to use women's rest rooms. >>> a famous tourist attraction in seattle will be removed. the gun wall at the famed pike place market will be scrubbed clean. there are around 1 million pieces of gum stuck on the wall here. crews will use steam cleaner to remove the gum. they expect new displays to pop up but the wall will be pleased every two months. >>> police in connecticut are actually stealing from people to teach hem a lesson. they will be looking into every car they see and if they spot a valuable and car is unlocked officers will take something and leave a note. civil rights attorneys are not in favor of this new policy. >> in effect you

cars zooming past the crosswalk, john am alex lowell making sure people know how dangerous this intersection is. >> they do not stop and they do not follow the law. >> lowell was out there all morning long carry red flag sticks in his hand helping people to cross the streets. >> there is evidence to the city that there needs to be a stop sign. >> in response to yesterday's incident injuring two boys. the supervisor says, he met with officials and a stop sign will be there the next few days. >> that'll be up. >> supervisor pharaoh says it will include repaving and restriking the crosswalk and a greater police enforcement presence. >> here we have drunk drivers early in the morning and we need to make sure we need to send the message that we'll prosecute these people >> the stop sign is being installed here the next few days. some parents are asking if more can be done. >> it makes no sense to me that mta has no crossing guards here. >> the meantime, the 30-year- old kirsten of san francisco remained accused of hitting the two boys under the influence on wednesday morning. she's currently out on bail and awaiting for a hearing. in san francisco, k

real life lawyer also played a district attorney in law and order for several seasons before a run for president in 2008. thompson was 73 years old. alex. >> thanks, lauren. >>> happening today a funeral will be will held for former south jersey mayor whose death still remains a mystery. former clayton mayor jeff radio will be laid to rest. the his body washed up on strathmere beach just a file hours after being reported missing. medical examiner ruled the cause of the defendant of drowning but circumstances are still not known. >>> shack a a to take continue. the three two-year old is accused of the 23 counts of the bank and tax fraud. he maintains his innocent. former pennsylvania govern ed rendell has been called to the state and john street. fattah, chaka fattah is facing federal corruption charges. >>> 6:06. so long, new york mets. >> bye-bye. >> the kansas city royals are on the world champions of baseball. >> they dit in dramatic fashion. >>> yep, bottom of the 12th inning, another extra innings game, this world series. royals won their first world series since 1985. eric hosmer tied the game in the ninth with amazing base runni

alex padilla. the purpose of the law is to create a mechanism to basically better meet the voter motor act.and so this is an attempt to get more people registered to vote. already the author, our office, the sponsor, worked very closely with dmv, the transportation agency, to make sure the bill was amendedthe author, our offi sponsor, worked very closely with dmv, the transportation agency, to make sure the bill was amended to make sure it didn't register undocumented individuals to vote. moving forward, since we have parameters of who we know is applying noon 8060 license in california, the dmv has a mechanism to say, these people are not eligible, we're not going to follow and automatically register this population because they're notical abnot ic eligible, they don't meet the criteria that's in statute. so the information you're hearing is not fact. the legislature has taken great caution to ensure that no undocumented individual is accidentally registered to vote. and the secretary of state's office is working very closely with the legislature on the implementation to make sure that the

law, people get into it. exciting weekend in philly, alex, thanks.testers took to the streets in center city friday, civil rights, anti-war and political groups came together for what they called a rally against war racism islam phobia and police repression. philadelphia police were on hand. no word on any arrests, but some roads did have to be shutdown because that far disruption. we're toll everything is now back to normal. >>> well, there is an urgent plea from a philadelphian mal shelter. they have run out every space and need good homes for dogs. "eyewitness news" at the animal care and control team shelter. all of the kennels there are full, about 22 dogsere euthanized thursday. that shelter is now offering free adoptions for all large breed dogs. >> kennels were totally full, so we need people to come in and adopt or foster help save lives, and encourage add open job if you adopt and liver in the sit of philadelphia you will have to pay 16-dollar pet registration fee. >>> hundreds of dogs and cats rescued from animal shelters in california are

guys just getting ahead of law enforcement and intelligence when it comes to the information war, setting aside the use of highly encrypted communications on an operation alexincredibly difficult. the task that these intelligence agencies and law enforcement bodies are forced to deal with, but now this group of returnees, individuals from belgium and france coming back and needing to be monitored. french authorities were following two brothers in the charlie hebdo attacks, monitoring one for everywhere he went for more than two years and found no indications of an attack. it's a resource challenge. choices have to be made. one of the individuals was known to french intelligence was on a watch list at the -- >> in any way the importance of these high tech apps, because what's app was not around during other highly coordinated attention, including 9/11. is a danger the events the ones in paris are used to justify an orwellian level of court? >> it's a we need to be able to talk in detail about the nature of technology and impact on law endorsement. it's difficult for them in the intelligence community to detail any efforts they've had. it's a debate being hel

. >> alex, i want to say one thing. we're talking about the the law.alking about is your obligation as a human being. i cannot fathom having a relationship with someone, as intimate as that and not saying oh, by the way, i happen ton hiv positive. the the law aside, what is the the right thing to do. the right thing to do is say hey this is where i'm at, this is what i have. >> to that point a will alex there is criminal repercussions for this. there are some places where if you have had relations with someone and you knew you were positive and did not tell the other person you can actually go to jail for it. california you have to do it on purpose and that is likely place where most of the interactions happened but there are other places these interactions happened where he may face criminal investigation. >> well, thanks very much, you too, doctor mike and heather hanson. he said he led with comments and honesty and 100 percent on west his partners. more information will come out that charlie sheen made a little bit ago saying he is hir positive. tha

this is one family a family of law enforcement looking out for those hoff passed, and their families as well. mike and alexyou. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> it is time to be thinking of their families. we take it for granted. there are some people that don't have that luxury. >> sure, going in to dave's report reminder of what happened yesterday, well, lauren. >> seventeen year-old who shot a pennsylvania state trooper yesterday has been charged as an adult. his name giovanni cotto, he faces criminal attempt to murder and several other charges. he is being held on three million-dollar bond. police say he was in a car stopped for an expired registration yesterday morning, traded gunfire with police during a chase that ended when he hit a bus, both his car and that bus burst into flames, trooper 31 year-old patrick casey is expect to be released to day so he will be able to go home with his family for thanksgiving. >> thanksgiving. >> 9:43. we have much more of this program come on back. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progr

alex. groups of five or six or seven law enforcement fully armed with pistols as well as rifles going about and the video shows this after they had evacuated those who were here, those law enforcement that stayed back, were by the monuments looking to see if there was anything of concern and then were there at the end. >> richard, stand by if you will. kelly cobiella now joins me. she's right by the notre dame cathedral. the tremendous report you gave about the memorial service that's under way. but you were expecting to be interviewed by richard. his camera went down. i took it last minute to get to you because we lost contact with him. now we know why we lost contact. i understand you also there, some distance away, saw a sense of panic as well near the notre dame cathedral. >> we're about three miles away from where richard is by the notre dame cathedral. i had just finished speaking with you and we had a little down time. i wanted to get around to the front of the cathedral to talk to some people. as i was walking there, a woman stopped me and said don't go there, don't go there, don't

practical solution within the confines of the law, but in a way that the 1909 legislation did not contemplate. we will continue to look for those kinds of solutions. alex: let's talk about transparency for a second. a lot of the platforms say that when you hear and artist complaining that they have low compensation, it is an large part because the labels, or in a lot of cases, the publishers, are skimming off the top. it is sometimes hard to violate -- and evaluate those claims because we cannot really see what they look like. i know that the compulsory part, we know what sound exchange payments look like, but outside of that context, would you agree that more transparency is a good thing to sort of educate and get everyone on the same page, and if so, when we doing to get their? cary: we definitely need more transparency. this is a very complicated business and you have very different deals, as we just talked about. most artists don't realize that they are being paid this much from youtube and this much from spotify, you hear artists with taking their music off of spotify and insisting that it be on youtube. people do not understand where their money

alex. >>> in other news, the sheriff in contra costa county says he's losing deputies to other bay area lawcement agencies because their salary is too low. sheriff david livingstone told the board of supervisors about a third of the recruits hired and trained since may of 2012 have left for other agencies. barda hired 22 of the deputies followed by the richmond police department which hired 11. the sheriff says deputies in contra costa earn 15% less than nearby counties. he also says the turnover has cost the county more than $1 million in the recruitment and training of new deputies. >>> an inmate in the santa clara county main jail will file a claim today that using guards their of beating him and breaking his job. ruben garcia is telling the paper the guards were angry that earlier he became impatient and loud while waiting several hours to be processed. the sheriff says their office takes every complaint seriously and will investigate the allegations. garcia says he also witnessed three other correctional deputies beat and kill inmate michael tyree back in august. the deputies were arre

university says they are investigating those threats and working with law enforcement officials to keep robin, george. >> all right, alex, thank you very much. >> intense situation there. >>> the other big story, the republican debate in wisconsin, the candidates facing off on the economy and immigration and abc's tom llamas was there for it all. good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. the debate stage was smaller but there were still some big fights. no personal attacks this time. the disput were over positions anand it was big night for senators cruz and rubio and jeb bush showing more energy. overnight, the republicans battling to be president making their case on the economy d national defense. a debate more policy -- >> marco, marco, how is it conservative -- >> reporter: but some pumps. >> how is it conservative to add a trillion dollars in military expenditures? >> we can't even have an economy if we're not safe. there are radical jihadists beheading people and crucifying christians. a radical cleric trying to get a the chinese yes, i believe the world is a safer -- i don't believe, i know tha

there is in all member briefing with top members in the law enforcement intelligence agencies to give greater light on a consultative process. >> alex rogers is a congressional reporter for national journal. you can read him at journal -- national journal.com. thank you for being with us. alex: thank you for having me. >> french president spoke with french mayors and tuesday, saying his country would honor the commitment to accept 30,000 refugees, despite the terrorist attacks. those attacks left 129 dead, and over 300 wounded. this 30 minute speech courtesy e president: madam mayor of paris, city of light that has been attacked, we are with you. , throughd gentlemen you, francis brought together. brought together during hardship. united through resolution. resolving to fight. because the -- circumstances are exceptional at the moment. as i speak before you, a police operation, a particularly. list police operation -- perilous police operation has just ended. the aim was to neutralize last night's terrorist set up. ties to theth perpetrators of the attacks that occurred on friday night. terrorist died during the attack. people were

in fact, in a recent dream alex trebek read me the final jeopardy answer, and it was it's an international and national center of learning about the power of law to improve the world. well, in my dream i won by quickly scribbling down the winning question. why did brooklyn law school on observe in the same week the 80th anniversary of -- 800th anniversary of magna carta, the anniversary of the united states constitution, the 150th anniversary of the eastern district of new york and the tenth anniversary of brooklyn law school? it's because brooklyn law school, your law school, is a center about learning about the power of law. and, in fact, that question reveals why we do so much of what we're doing, trying to drive down the price and make legal education more accessible, improving the curriculum, doing everything we can to help launch our students and graduates in meaningful careers so they can fulfill the public and private roles that lawyers fill in the service of others. the power of law is certainly the continuing thread through all the presentations that you'll hear here today in a remarkable parade of authors and commentators. no doubt

law and failing to integrate some schools and diane esther brook has more from st. paul. >> reporter: getting them to school each day is a two-step process. first their father alexrives them in his mini van to miles to a bus stop. >> by dad. >> reporter: then they hop on board a school bus and travel another five miles to the elementary and the kids could go minutes from their homes in st. paul but the dad says it's in a poor neighborhood and not as good. >> it's not that hard for us because we know it's worth it and they are are getting a lot better education and happy in school. >> reporter: he is one of seven plaintiffs named in a class action lawsuit filed thursday accusing the state of minnesota of failing to provide an adequate education to poor and minority students. the suit claims minnesota allowed school districts to set up boundaries that encouraged segregation and failed to develop or implement rules for effective integration. civil rights attorney daniel sholman represents the families and he says separating poor minority students from wealthier white ones sets them up for failure. >> told at a very early age, you are different and not as good and i

law enforcement community. >> reporter: and david, police $300,000 on that manhunt and investigation. tonight, the family of the lieutenant calls this another day of deep sorrow. david? >> alex perez with us tonight. thank you, alex. >>> and now to the race for 2016 tonight, starting with donald trump on the ground in new hampshire today. officially filing for the primary there. but having to answer for this controversial retweet. taking aim at jeb bush with an image of a sombrero and a swastika. just days from hosting "saturday night live" now, there are calls tonight for trump to be pulled from his hosting duties. abc's tom llamas on the trail. >> reporter: in new hampshire today, donald trump is still the best show in town. >> feels like a historyic day. >> reporter: smiling as he officially files to be on the primary ballot. >> well, this may be a very, very important signature or maybe not so important. >> reporter: but behind the scenes, his campaign dealing with a pr might mare after trump retweeted this tweet. adios jeb, aka jose. the tweet included these images, the bush family next to a swastika and jeb in a mariachi outfit. trump has prided himself in his twitter

law. that's exactly how it should be. >> reporter: and the mcdonald family has already reached a $5 city. they are calling for peace. van dyke is being held without bond. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> alex leading us off tonight. alex, thank you. >>> and we are also following the new fbi alert tonight for americans right here at home, just as millions now travel for thanksgiving. the fbi and homeland security very concerned about the potential for a copycat terror attack here in the u.s., after paris. the warning involves beefing up security at so-called soft targets, trains, airports across the country. and at malls, as well. a heavy police presence from new york to miami to los angeles tonight. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with the strongly worded alert this evening, warning attackers could, quote, replicate paris using similar weapons and tactics. >> reporter: at washington's union station today, an unmistakable show of force. repeating scenes from lower manhattan this week. fbi and homeland security officials today sharing their most urgent concerns in that new bulletin to police and across the country. that homegrown radicals in

was at a rally for almacar lopez, another young brother named alex nieto, many of us know the story of is on gar grant. many case whefrs law enforcement are actively gaining in violent, even lethal acts. that erodes community trust that is necessary to create the public safety partnership. these things are inextricably linked. people say, what about black on black crime? i say, what about constitutional policing? we can't have one without the other. we work on both sides of the issues. i hope people will begin to see the connections soar else we won't have the public safety results, particularly around gun violence that we all say we want and need. >> another aspect that's come up with the policing issue and people i've spoken with in the world of law enforcement, robin thomas, maybe you can comment on this. a lot of police go out into their daily work with the expectation that everybody's armed and dangerous. and there's a lot of discussion about the kind of warrior mentality that police are trained to have. pastor mcbride saying that that's causing serious problems in terms of the local community fabric. when you think a

law. that's exactly how it should be. >> reporter: and the mcdonald family has already reached a $5 million settlement with the city. they are calling for peace. van dyke is being held without bond. alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> and just north of there things turned tense in minneapolis during a tenth night of protests against a police shooting. a man jumped a barrier and was quickly detained. earlier in the day hundreds of demonstrators marched on behalf of jamar clark, who was killed by a police officer. his funeral is later today, and the family has asked for peace. three people have been arrest for shooting into a crowd of protesters monday night. >>> on one of the busiest travel days of the year the nation is on high alert over worries of a possible paris-style copycat terror attack right here at home. travelers will see a heavy police presence at so-called soft targets from airports and train stations to malls. air travelers are being asked to arrive at the airport two hours early. abc's pierre thomas has the latest. >> reporter: at washington's union station an unmistakable show of force. repeating scenes from lower manhattan this week. fbi and homeland security officials s

alex? ben: tiny sneezes her propulsion. ben: use knees loudly, you sneeze multiple times in a row. >> meteorologist: two or three rapid fire. my mother in law does that. ben: people have their own -- >> it is not one of, usually you get two or more. >> creating lots of high propulsions knees clouds. ben: you start sneezing. let me sneeze john you. >> meteorologist: let's show you what is going on. what we had a high temperatures yesterday. 36, 41 in sussex, these are cooler high-temperatures we will see, today should be warmer even though we start cooler. 33 is the current temperature central park, 31 in newark, almost everyone freezing, central park, that and montauk, since his son is not yet there's a good chance it will drop below freezing. we have are the cloudy sky in the tristate, more cloud cover working its way through, most of the northwest where there are a few snow showers near the poconos, toward the catskills and some of that may not be making it to the ground so nothing to worry about even if you get a few flakes no big deal, high temperature 48 degrees later on 52, wednesday, 61 thursday, travel looks fine, that is where we g

alex, back to you. >>> new jersey lawmakers will hear testimony, today, about legalizing, recreational marijuana in new jersey. judiciary committee will hear from health professionals and lawhe issue. new jersey medical marijuana laws air monk the most strict in the nation. the patients a and doctors are both required to register with the state and each has to pay a 200 dollars fee. the current liz there are five medical marijuana dispensariness new jersey. >> this is recreation aal use. >>> another sunday, another disappointment for us, eagles fans here. steve, what can you say, just go. >> reporter: well, i think new jersey, eagles fans, could have used that recreational marijuana yesterday during the game, that is what i say. eagles fans have that deflated feeling both psychologically and realistically to make it a miserable monday with flat tires after watching such a flat team. who do you blame most for this debacle. >> in three years i can say chip the new guy. >> i'm hoping they get better. i'm hoping chip kelly picks up, maybe does something with the team more than what he was supposed to give thus year. it didn't turnout that way. >> reporter: do you still have fa

law went on such a public rant. eyewitness news reporter darla miles live in jersey city with more. >> not only has that facebook post been taken down this afternoon, sheriffs officer alex pino disabled his entire facebook page. >> reporter: eyewitness news first met alex when he returned home from a tour in the middle east back in 2004. >> you've got to take care of your own people first. he's worried about taking care of foreign policy. i don't think that's right. >> reporter: then the unemployed navy veteran was concerned about the job market. he did get a job at the sheriff's office two years later according to his linkedin page. a recent facebook post published on nj.com is filled with profanity and takes a harsher tone with his personal view. one part written in all caps says, expletive on the mosque. tear them all down. we accommodate too many of these people here. follow our laws in place. >> we're going to be asking for an apology and will be contacting the sheriff and to know why somebody in his capacity is an officer to say something like this. >> reporter: the post troubling for the council on islamic-american relations. it also reads according to nj.com, ge