this is like an execution style. >> was bijan armed at all? >> no, he abhors guns. he is avery peaceful young man. >> reporter: the family thinks he may have left the first accident because he was afraid. they don't know. >> this is an unarmed man in a car that has crashed into a ditch. >> crashed into a ditch, a tree. i'm not sure, but yes, it was immobilized. it couldn't possibility have had any ability to go after the officers. you don't chase somebody down and shoot them in the head three times because he left the scene of an accident. i mean, come on. that's just not, it's unbelievable, it's impossible to justify that kind of action. >> reporter: since bijan was shot on the 17th, the family has held vigil at his with ire repairable brain damage, and the family decided to take him off life support yesterday. peggy fox, wusa9. >>> another scary report involving a sexual assault, and an uber driver in prince william county. it happened around 3:00 a.m. saturday morning between manassas, and woodbridge. a 22-year-old woman called for an uber. officers say christian

park police say bijan ghasar led them on a chase down g-w parkway, fo he died monday night, after 10 days on life support. park police haven't said why officers shot him. the f-b-i is investigating, but also won't comment. guy'-zar was an accountant from mclean. he was 25-years-old. happening today - a final farewell for a police officer... who made the ultimate sacrifice for his city. baltimore detective sean suiter will be laid to rest at eleven this morning. meanwhile, the search for his killer continues. a reward for any information -- leading to an arrest is now at 215-thousand dollars. on the hill.. the g-o-p tax plan clearing a major hurdle. the senate budget committe voting to advance the bill. that clears the way for a full senate vote as early as tomorrow. analysts say the wealthy - those earning more than $100,000 dollars

you are friends of bijan and his father, right? >> reporter: i did and i went by his house and his dad said he's not ready to share his story on camera yet. meantime, his son's death is a subject of an fbi investigation. 25-year-old bijan working as an accountant for his dad, described by friends from langley high school as a good person. >> you could tell in his picture how happy and how genuinely nice he looks. it's not out of character at all from what you see in this picture. and -- >> that's who he was? >> that's who he was? >> reporter: jon tells me they weren't best friends but they were close. >> i was really surprised to hear that he was even involved with something like this because i know that he wouldn't hurt a fly. >> reporter: jon's referring to this darkened crime scene illuminated by blue police lights on november 17th. he was involved in some sort of hit-and-run and then continued down the parkway. they chased after him and it ended with shots fired. >> it's hard hearing when someone that you're close with in the p

bijan ghaisar is iranian american. the national iranian american council has released a statement offering condolences to his family. it says based on reporting, it 5i7s that ghaisar was unarmed and in his car when he was shot three times in the head which strongly suggests that the police shooting was not justified or proportionate. we hope that the fbi will provide a full and fair accounting that takes all angles into account. and we still know very little about what precipitated this shooting, what action, what threat was perceived by the officer to cause him to use deadly force. bensen, news 4. >>> jackie, thank you. >>> developing now, north korea says it successfully tested a new nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile that could target the entire u.s. mainland. the u.n. security council scheduled an emergency meeting to discuss this latest launch. the missile fired today went higher than past launches. north korea's last test was a medium range missile in september. today's launch is considered far mo

picture the bijan he knew of being part of it. police say he was part of a hit-and-run and then cthey chasd him and it ended with gunshots. his family says that bijan did not have a gun and got hit three times in the head. >> it's hard hearing when someone that you're close with in the past just goes like that. and especially under these circumstances because it shouldn't have happened like that where we are is along slater lane which is where the hit-and-run may have started and continued several miles into fairfax county. fairfax county police also responded to the incident and the chief putting out an incident saying that their officers did not open fire and they have turned over the dash cam video that was in their police cruisers to the fbi. that's because the fbi, that's the agency now investigating this shooting. pat? >> david culver, thank you. >>> the white house is defending president trump's retweeting of violent videos amidst outrage from civil rights groups as they claim to show violence by muslims. they were tweeted

police say bijan ghaisar (ray-sar) led them on a chase down g-w parkway...ventually forcing them to open fire. but that's all they've said about the incident... and now - the victim's family wants to know more. john gonzalez is live in fairfax county. serious charges this morning against a man who athletic trainer at a prince george's county high school. suzanne kennedy is live in brandywine with more.. a congressional briefing is set for a new holiday hot spot in the district. the "made in dc" holiday bazaar opents today at the wilson building in northwest. the pop-up store will be stocked exclusively with dc-based brands. mayor muriel bowser will be there this afternoon to kick things off. a reminder this morning about how you can give back to kids in need this holiday season. we'll hold our big toys for tots' drive at national harbor this weekend. join us this saturday from 11 to 3 -- and donate a toy to brighten the holiday for a child in need. it's also everyone's favorite ti now on sale! each month features a differnt player cuddling up with a cute pup

seven countries joining talks on how to tackle climate change conference opened with a traditional bijan welcome ceremony the types of islanders chairing the conference it's already suffering the effects of global warming and lacks the resources to host the event on the island itself negotiators are working to cap an expected global temperature rise to two degrees or less. well let's go to ball now to the conference and talk with powell a couple year oh she's the global director of the climate program of world resources institute that's an ngo and environmental think tank thanks for talking with this is morning in his opening speech there the fijian prime minister who's chairing this year's conference he said that this was a moment of truth in climate negotiations obviously he's trying to highlight the urgency of these talks do you think this is a moment of truth what makes this a critical juncture thank you for having me on the show and definitely it's a critical juncture the science tells us in paris agreement come from that we have to say well under two degrees to avoid the most catas

bijan was involved in a hit-and-run and then continued down the parkway and the police followed.it ended with shots fired. >> but then when i heard he was shot in the head, then it became as horrendous and horrible as you could imagine. >> reporter: jon describes him as someone who always brought peace. >> he was always the one that cared for everyone else. >> reporter: the fbi is still investigating and trying to determine why park police opened fire. answers jon and other friends are hoping for as well. >> you can tell in his picture how happy and how genuinely nice >> reporter: that's who he was? >> that's who he was, yeah. >> reporter: the shooting continued into fairfax county. the chief is putting out a statement late yesterday that said the officers involved did not fire their weapons. in fact, they have turned over the video from their cruisers to the fbi. that's the agency handling this investigation now. >> david culver live for us in fairfax county, david, thank you. >>> right now the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the latest missile l

bijan is a similar person. really kind of the front man, and he was setting up a lot of these meetings. a lot of people who worked with flynn intel group over 2016 said they didn't even meet flynn himself but they met bijan himself. and his connections have sort of permuted through a lot of washington circlds. we know he's one of the founders of the no rouse coalition. they have a very populent ball every year. he's someone a lot of people know. but he's also sort of seen as a formidable figure. he really pushes what he wants. and the fact he was part of a group that did not disclose $130,000 lobbying they got on behalf of the turkish government is important to mueller and the filing of the facts didn't include the rohrbacher meeting. and these are the same questions the grand jury is going to start asking about in the weeks to which. so it's really important on that fact. >> and jill, back to you, you see it in the fact that these names once considered fringe, not main players who would be listed six months ag

this man, his name is bijan kian. he was a partner in flynn intel. he appears to have been intensely involved in the day-to-day work of the flynn intel group, including some of the controversial work that flynn did secretly on behalf of the government of turkey while he was also working on the trump campaign without registering as a foreign agent. both flynn and his partner, kian, retroactively registered as foreign agents in march. after flynn got fired from the white house. well, now tonight, nbc news reports that, quote, federal investigators are zeroing in on bijan kian. a former business associate of michael flynn has become a subject of special counsel robert miler's investigation. federal investigators have questioned multiple witnesses about his lobbying work on behalf of turkey. so, former national security adviser, mike flynn, appears to be in the legal cross hairs right now, nine ways to sunday. his son, also appears to be in the legal cross hairs, at least four or five ways to sunday. and now his business partner, who appears to have been

> a mcclain family is grieving after their son who was shot by police, died on monday. 29-year-old bijan ghaisar was shot after a police chase two weeks ago. ghaisar was driving his black jeep when park police say he fled from the scene of the accident. the officers chased him. ghaisar crashed. the family sa shot their son three times in the head at close range while he was still in the car. the family says he was not armed. >> when i heard that he was shot three times in the head, the first thing that came to my mind, this is like an execution style killing. and which made it even more mind boggling. >> by the way, a quick correction there. that crash and shooting happened last week on slater's lane in fairfax county. but because park police officers were involved, the fbi is investigating. an fbi spokesperson would not answer any questions about the shooting. >>> metro has been slapped with a lawsuit over an ad you're looking at right here. this is a perfect gift initiative from the archdiocese from washington. the advertising campaign encourages people to attend christmas mass. but ra

quote, federal investigators are zeroing in on bijan kian, a partner at the now-dissolved flynn intel. that's according to three sources familiar with the probe who say a grand jury is expected to question some of those witness as soon as. suspected e-mail also showed kian was with flynn at a meeting in september of 2016, with pro-russian congressman, dana rohrabach rohrabacher, as msnbc previously reported. that meeting is under scrutiny by mueller's team. i'm joined now by the author of that report, julia ainsley of nbc muse and jessica woodruff is is reporter with the daily beast. so is this a gambino-style ro rollup where they'll start with the most tesirnlgier figures. >> we saw with this rick gates and paul manafort. rick gates was the business manager of paul manafort, his deputy, and bijan kian played a very spectacular role with michael flynn at the flynn intel group. he was arranging a lot of these meetings, the person out front shaking hands and arranging for him to meet people like dana rohrabacher. so now this is a point where mueller has not only questioned kian for info

park police officers involved in a deadly shooting of 25-year-old bijan ghaisar.usa9 has learned the officers were placed on administrative leave the night of that shooting off gw parkway. guyghaisar died of his wound on monday. his family said he was nonviolent, not armed and not a threat to anyone. >> i don't know. i wasn't there, but i know that he would cause no harm of any sort. >> the officers' names have not been released and there's been no explanation why the officers opened fire in the first place. the fbi is in charge of the investigation. >>> here's a story that's new tonight. a virginia grandmother who makes $6 an hour was fired while fighting for higher pay. tonight she's got her job back. pete muntean spoke to her in july and again tonight after her this woman has her eye on a wheelchair for her job as a wheelchair attendant here at dulles international airport. an important job? >> yeah. it's very nice. >> reporter: even though it pays only $6.15 an hour plus the occasional tip, but the money stopped coming last december. her employer, huntley corp

tonight nbc news reports that federal investigators are zeroing in on bijan kian. become a subject of the investigation. questioned multiple individuals about his lobbying work on behalf of turkey. former national security adviser mike flynn appears to be in the legal cross hairs right now nine ways to sunday. his son also appears to be at least four or fire ways to sunday and his business partner, appears to have been intimately involved in business transactions, including the ones for which they had to retroactively register as foreign agents, he also now appears to be a subject of the robert mueller special investigation. not just squeezed personally but in a vise now. doesn't appear to be wealthy man. decades in the military, only retired after obama fired him in 2015, not out that long. not from wealthy family. facing legal jeopardy from at least three investigations. pentagon, congress and department of justice. under the headline of worrying about legal bills in dictionary, there's a picture of michael flynn now. he's set up a legal defense fund where anybod

the attorney representing the family of bijan ghaisar describe the death surrounding the 25-year-old accountant, a graduate of virginia commonwealth university. >> i don't think there are words to describe how heavy the shock was because of the circumstances. like i said, it's one thing somebody goes out and is riding in a car and somebody had been drinking too much and you have an accident. okay, this was not an accident. >> reporter: this is how the suv looked the night of november 17th. officers from that agency pursued the vehicle after a hit and run crash on the george washington parkway near reagan national airport. the pursuit ended deep in a residential area of mt. vernon after park police officers fired shots. fairfax county police confirm officers participated in the pursuit, but were not involved in the shooting itself. fairfax county police chief ed rossler has promised investigators the use of any police camera video from t >> three days after the shooting we learned that the fbi would be the lead investigative agency at the request of u.s. park police chief rod mclean.

the attorney representing the family of bijan ghaisar describe the death surrounding the 25-year-old accountant, a graduate of virginia commonwealth university. >> i don't think there are words to describe how heavy the shock was because of the circumstances. like i said, it's one thing somebody goes out and is riding in a car and somebody had been drinking too much and you have an accident. okay, this was not an accident. >> reporter: this is how the suv looked the night of november 17th. officers from that agency pursued the vehicle after a hit and run crash on the george washington parkway near reagan national airport. the pursuit ended deep in a residential area of mt. vernon after park police officers fired shots. fairfax county police confirm officers participated in the pursuit, but were not involved in the shooting itself. fairfax county police chief ed rossler has promised investigators the use of any police camera video from t

julia ainsley reports for nbc news that robert mueller is zeroing in on an associate of flins named bijan kian, one of flynn's business partners, according to this, mueller wants to know what role kiaf, if any. subpoenaed e-mails show kian joined flynn at a meeting in 2016 with pro-russia congressman dana rohrbacker, republican of california. as abc news reported that meeting which was fought disclosed when flynn initially registered is under scrutiny by team mueller. tonight's other report comes from "vanity writer" howard blum, it's about the controversial oval office meeting in may between donald trump, russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and then russian ambassador to the u.s. sergei kislyak, a meeting that took place the day after former fbi director james comey was fired a. meeting from which american journalists were barred while members of the russian press core was brought in. in an article what trump really told kislyak, he stops an isis bomb plot described to him by israeli intelligence sources. >> that mission was then disclosed to the russians by president trump. blum als