. >> when his friend was shot brian thomas drove his cab to the scene. there was nothing he or anyone else could do for the 66-year-old vietnam vet. >> excellent guy. no nonsense in the fact that he is a vietnam vet. but he was very compassionate. he would give you the shirt off his back. >> i just couldn't believe it. >> he was the veteran agent for several years. >> he wrote numerous editorials on behalf of the services that were being delayed in many cases. and it was really there for the vietnam veteran and for the veterans at the time that needed his service. >> one source says police may have surveillance video and they are looking for a young male 14 to 18. the investigators are not talking and the victim's brother says police are continuing to work the case. tonight brian thomas will continue working and driving for bluebird again. >> donna would want me to drive. i want to drive. i am a little scary. reporter: his son told us a little while ago that he heard the two boys, teen inning aers aers -- teenagers were looking for a ride. his dad did an

thomas brian for the hoosiers. federico scored 17. indiana pulled away. st. john's loses 83-73. the red storm will now play in a seventh place game tomorrow. >>> tuesday generally a day off for nfl players but laura behnke found some of the players on and doing big things. >> willie colon returning to his old neighborhood each holiday for a turkey giveaway. >> a lot of people watched me grow up, followed my career. a lot of players don't go back and connect with the community and i never wanted to be that guy. >> reporter: he and his family now come back often. >> we have the opportunity to be apart, continue to grow and prosper. >> he's taking time out of his day to help the neighborhood he grew up in and to give back to the community he grew up in so it's unbelievable. >> reporter: especially during a time of year as important as the holidays. >> a lot of starving families, a lot of kids that are going through a lot right now so if i can supply them with a turkey and a chance to have a good meal on thanksgiving, it makes it worth it. >> this is an important time in the nationa

thomas? >> brian, thank you very much. there have been so many fluid developments that we have been monitoring throughout the day, many of them happening inside this country but many more that have been happening in these new raids that happened overnight in belgium. want to go to nbc's claudio lavanga with more on what happened. bring us up to speed on the investigation from brussels. >> reporter: well, we spoke to the federal prosecution office here who said the raids this morning or overnight were in fact, nine and not six or seven as previously stated. now, they specified they were not really raids, they were more like house searches. there was no surprise factor or they didn't bring down doors, there was no exchange of fire. they went to the property, they were looking for specific people. they took them in for questioning and they will tell us tomorrow whether anybody is going to be under arrest. let me tell you how these were divided. six raids or house searches were targeting the acquaintances of bilal hafdi, one o

medal of honor recipients, thomas kelly, and brian that is corrector, we're honored by your courage and honor this beatle. senators collins, franken, cotton, tullis, your spouses and guests, ambassador rice, chairman dunford, general silva, general grass, admiral richardson, all of your spouses and guests, other distinguished leaders of the department of defense and military services. former va administrator, vice admiral norm ryan. military officers association of america, our co-hosts for this year's celebration, and all of the representatives of our veteran service organizations. fellow veterans, members of our armed forces, va colleagues and other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, as many of you know, president obama is scheduled to present the medal of honor to an american veteran tomorrow. tomorrow's ceremony will mark only the ten's time a service member has received the highest honor. seven more were posthumously awarded the medal. president obama will address the specifics of captain growberg's heroism. without hesitation, captain growberg acted in a manner that saved

. >>> brian's new book "thomas jefferson and the tripoli pie res" shows us the war against terror is not new to america. they confronted the pirates off the barbery coast that were kidnapping ships and sailors. jefferson sent warships to defend americans. this book is fantastic. i love it. >> thank you. i appreciated it. it is the war on terrorists, the first one we had. >> it opens up -- reminded me of the movie "captain philips." you know what i'm talking about? i am not making a joke. 1801 is when the war really started. go back 15 years and there is an american ship and it is captain richard o'brian. he is sailing across the barbery coast and a ship comes up alongside of him and what happens? >> he is boarded and they take the ship and all of these guys captive and strip them of everything they have. not only are they taken, button slaved. o'brian is kept for 10 years in the most harshest conditions. we are a new country. what is your problem? they used koran and the islamic religion as a false crutch because we were infidels and now susceptibles to be taken. we describe what it

thomas? >> brian, thank you very much. coming up, the paris magazine attacked by isis in january delivers a defiant response to the paris attacks. we will show you that cover and talk about it more in depth. we will hear also from one young woman who was the first of those to escape from the bataclan shooting. the game? you'll see. i think my boys have a shot this year. yeah, especially with this new offense we're running... i mean, our running back is a beast. >> they checked on me and they said i think i had part of a bullet in my arm. ckers and dbs dish out punishment, and never quit. ♪ you didn't expect this did you? no i didn't. the nissan altima. there's a fun side to every drive. nissan. innovation that excites. the way i see it, you have two choices; the easy way or the hard way. you could choose a card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. or, you could make things easier on yourself. that's right, the quicksilver card from capital one. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, ev

medal of honor recipients thomas kelly and brian thacker were honored by your courage and your heroism. secretary carter and your wife, white house chief of staff, administrator mccarthy, united representatives, senators collins, franken, cotton, tell illis, sullivan, your spouses and guests. ambassador rice, chairman dunford, general silva, general grass, general welsh, general miley, admiral richardson, general mellor, all your spouses and guests. other distinguished leaders of the department of defense and military services, former v.a. administrator harry walters, vice admiral norm ryan. military officers association of america, our cohost are this year's celebration and all the representatives of our veterans service organizations. fellow veterans, members of our armed forces, ladies and gentlemen. as many of you know, president obama is scheduled to present the medal of honor to an american soldier tomorrow. captain retired florence gruenberg. tomorrow's ceremony will mark only the 10th time in living service member has received our nation's highest valor award for actions in afg

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and with that, we'll toss it back to thomas roberts in paris. >> brian, thank you very much.fferent angles here on the ground. one of the more unique is the cover of "charlie hebdo" that hit yesterday. so many people are familiar with that this year because of the attacks they suffered here in paris in january. the target of isis. and they lost 14 people at that magazine. chris hayes is here. he's been taking a look at this angle. chris, i think for a lot of people seeing that cover, it was shocking, provocative. but for those that are familiar with "charlie hebdo," it would be hypocritical of them not to do something. >> perfectly in line. i mean, the cover is, you know, a frenchman sipping champagne with champagne pouring out of bullet holes saying they have guns but screw it we have champagne. i got an opportunity to a write we are "charlie hebdo" and she's a very outspoken writer and critic, very intense opponent of islamic extremism and intense opponent of the far right and i asked her a little bit about what she saw now for france at this political crossroads in the wak

thomas? >> brian, thank you very much. yes. we will have much more live here from paris.and so far at least nine governors back in the u.s., they have said, no. closing their doors to refugees that have been flooding from syria. we have got details on that and whether it's enough to stop the threats to the homeland. coming up next. ♪ the way i see it, you have two choices; the easy way or the hard way. you could choose a card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. or, you could make things easier on yourself. that's right, the quicksilver card from capital one. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. so, let's try this again. what's in your wallet? hey! how are you?g? where are we watching the game? you'll see. i think my boys have a shot this year. yeah, especially with this new offense we're running... i mean, our running back is a beast. once he hits the hole and breaks through the secondary, oh he's gone. and our linebackers and dbs dish out punishment, and never quit. ♪ you didn't expect this did you? no i didn't. the ni

it's all inside brian's new book, thomas jefferson and the tripoli pirates. >> it's more than just thomastory of several and many brave americans who you do not hear about in history class. take a look. >> the aftermath of the revolutionary war, america had won independence from the british. that meant no more royal navy to keep its sailors safe at sea. the united states became vulnerable to a vicious new enemy whose extremist eye dealing we face today. islamic radical pirates. the year, 1783. the united states were free but buried in war debt. they needed to build an economy from scratch using their greatest asset, trade. the most important passageway, the mediterranean sea. the danger lurked off the north african coast. a new enemy would await. pirates from four islamic nations. morocco, algiers, teu nis, tripoli. without navy for protection, they were helpless and vulnerable at sea. they captured our ships, plundered our cargo and held them for ransom. without the trade, the economy would collapse. it took two future presidents to come up with a deal. john adams and thomas jefferson. t

my next guest wrote the book about this called thomas jefferson. brian joins me live on the radio.eat book and i read it cover to cover. you detail how we went after islaming terror 200 years ago. my question is, isn't that a template for today? can't we do the same thing now? >> how many times have we talked about the constitution and what our founding fathering intended. when it comes to war why wouldn't we tap into that. if you want clues as to what george washington, benjamin franklin did all you have to do is read this become and look bag at how they battle simply -- islamic extremist taking our ships inflating our crew. taig our cargo, and in the end demanding money to get it become and extortion like the mob in order to use the mediterranean. i'm talking about new morocco ad tunisia, and where that hotel was hit in mali that is the country right next to those four on the rim i just discussed and people that -- country that used to control those four was turkey. these countries have one extreme and used qur'an as that are crutch. >> bottom line that i got from the bock, ameri

nbc's brian williams monitoring the latest and joins me with more. >> thomas, that's right.st say it is the local dominant authority is hezbollah. 37 dead, 181 injured. those are the latest numbers. and let's run this video one more time and, as we do, think of the classic pattern, an explosion goes off. human nature is to run toward the wounded, and then a second explosion. there it was in the background. absolute chaos. these may be explosions, these may be bombs small enough to be worn on a vest, small enough for someone to go largely undetected through a crowd. but that much explosive can do a whole lot of damage. and that's what we're dealing with right now. kelly cobiella in our london bureau with the latest she's been able to gather. kelly. >> from these pictures, just how busy this area was. these twin apparent suicide bombings happened in the middle of rush hour in this southern beirut neighborhood. it was about 6:00 local time. a very busy shopping district. three suicide bombers, we now understand, from the interior ministry in lebanon. one attacked a shiite mosqu

brian williams with you from msnbc headquarters. we'll be handing off to thomas in just a moment. but to bring you up to date on the hour's breaking news, couple developments out of washington. the word that president hollande of france will be coming to the white house on tuesday for meetings with the president. word that the white house will be conducting a conference call tonight for concerned u.s. governors about refugees from syria coming to this country. but a lot of the news has come from overseas on the terrorism front, chiefly along the lines of aviation. let's go to tom costello in washington. tom, it was the russians today who said that definitely a bomb had taken down that commercial airliner from isis. >> that's right. i'm double-checking the translation, in fact. russia's security agency saying samples of sand taken from the crash site in addition to samples from the actual fuselage of that metrojet plane indicated that an explosive was used. they discovered traces of what they believe is

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brian williams with you here from nbc headquarters in new york. shortly we'll go to thomass where among other things he'll show us his interview exclusively with the u.s. ambassador to france. you're looking at the room where the french prosecutor, and as we have discussed, it's a title that doesn't really translate perfectly. think of, perhaps, district attorney in the united states, but it's the -- somewhere between district attorney and attorney general. the french prosecutor, the man who will be pressing charges, is going to brief the news media. this is critical because we will finally find out with some certainty the dead, the wounded, the missing, the still at large after this eventful 12 hours. last night's raid in the northern paris suburb of saint-denis about 4:00 in the morning local time, the first people were awakened by not just

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later in the fourth thomas robbins getting this deal, going to go to it easy two handed jam, they win and the first win of the year 106798, the keys general manager brian cashman, aggressively transforming the scene in the off-season and aaron heck from minnesota for catcher john ryan murphy yesterday take the roster spot of chris yen to begin free-agency, a cashman says the infielder jose for a minor league pitcher, just take on the buffalo bills and their old coach rex ryan at metlife stadium, giving green will be without veteran like that will lead to london was placed on season end this change in reserve. the team activated quarterback mill there. the jets sitting at 5-3 after their win over jacksonville last sunday. the team knows they must be ready in rearing to go to take on buffalo. this game so important for their playoff hopes against the quality division opponent. the 5-4 first place giants back in a practice yesterday getting ready to take on new england patriots and the giants have been bill belichick, tom brady and the patriots, superbowl 42 and 46, undefeated, the g men tell us that doesn't matter. what matters is playing their best foot

later in the fourth, thomas robinson goes into the two handed jam, they are on the road, 98. yankees general manager brian cashman following through to transform the team this off-season, switch hitting outfielder aaron hicks from minnesota to john ryan murphy and yesterday hicks takes the roster spot of chris young who became a free agent. hicks will lead 26 years old, former first-round draft pick play all the positions with the twins in 97 games, had 276, 11 home runs, 30 rbis, 27, this deal may open up the door for the yankees to make another trade possible to bring garner. infielder jose perot at for many league pitcher. the jets take on the buffalo bills and rex ryan tonight at metlife stadium. gain green will be without was placed on season ending injured reserve and the team activated quarterback, the jets are sitting at 5-3 after their win over jacksonville, the team knows they must be ready and raring to go to take on buffalo. the game so important, their playoff hopes, quality division opponents. >> it is 7 this time here there will be a reaction with fans and everyone but in the locker room, o

thomas. pierre, even though we just heard from brian that some of the cell phones they discovered in france were relatively simple there is a big concern out here that those terrorists may have used encryption technology to go dark and escape detection. >> reporter: yes, george, it was an unusual classified briefing tuesday when all the members of the house and intelligence officials met with some key senators. snores came out of that meeting saying that the evidence is mounting that the killers in france did, in fact use encrypted cell phones that made them invisible to law enforcement. senate intelligence chair richard burr said it's a wake-up call to the nation and with the holiday approaching and airports being crowded and all those shoppers in malls law enforcement will be under tremendous pressure to hunt for any clues. while no specific credible threat has been identified to the u.s. homeland, you can see why this issue of encryption or going dark has everyone so nervous. you can't stop what you can't see coming, george. >> yeah, talked to the new york police commissioner bill bratton on

where is brian salman headed i'll tel >>> first back-to-back season for the celtics a win last night in milwaukee but couldn't get it done at home tonight in indiana. isiah thomas had a big game last night scoring 26 but couldn't quite do that tonight. he could pass though. look at david lee. getting this one to fall. with some contact. pacers led by 2 at the half. how about r.j. hunter. that's a three poiner. get ready for some more of those. double double as the pacers outmuscle the celtics 102-91 is your final. earlier today the globe's dan shaunessy spoke with larry bird about a number of topics including the whole deflategate saga how bird viewed it. the main take away was bird telling shaunessy i thought it was pretty chincy. people finally realized that the patriots would have beat the colts anyway i just laughed about it. here's brady sharing his feelings on that history with the new york giants. >> i would you much rather have won them than lost them but they won't have any bearing on this week or what the matchups are this is a totally different team and game and situation or so forth. we've always had very, very close games against them even when we

brian taff. >> hello again, 4:30 now and "action news" continues with the surprising discovery of what you reportedly can't find in a thomas the train toy catalog. >> plus, is the device that brought down a passenger plane, the answer according to isis is yes. >> plus, an overbrook arson suspect may have successfully torched a dozen cars this month but they never heard what they said about starting a fire. >>> we start in burlington county with the investigation into a fire at an historic house used for weddings and meetings. nora muchanic is live for us at the scene in morristown with the story. >> reporter: hi there sharrie, we are outside of the community house in morristown, you can take a look up there now, there are crews working to sealp and cover the roof of this local landmark that opened in 1926, they want to cover the roof before the rain comes of course, yesterday's fire shut down what they consider the hub of activity in downtown morristown, beth is heart broken about the fire that damaged the morristown community house, ats favorite spot for weddings and other events. >> i'm sad to see it burned and it's my p

another fox news host, brian kilmeade is on the list along with don yeager provides history of barbary wars. in "thomasfferson and tripoli pirates." donald trump's book, quote crippled america" how to reform the economy and strengthen the military. ben carson on "usa today"'s list with a more perfect union. he argues for a better understanding of the constitution. next up jocco willick and leif babin applies lessons from knave sy seals to business and life in extreme ownership. some of titles on "usa today"'s list on best-selling nonfiction lists examination of 1692 salem witch trials by pulitzer prize-winning author, stacy schief several of these authors will appear on booktv. watch them. >> earlier today p.j. o'rourke join us. we'll go to a five minute clip of that now. >> i remember the title of republican party reptile, how wl got to that.an p you remember that at all? >> well we just didn't know what to call a book. you never know what to call a book. >> we were calling irrationala affairs? >> that sounded like a sad novel. and so i, i wanted to call it, punk republican. morgan said punk is over.