as you may have heard, the department of justice has dispatched the fbi, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and other personnel to the scene , as soon as the assault began. we continue to work closely beside state and local partners who are working so hard on the scene and the aftermath. let me assure you, as this investigation unfolds, we will offer all and any assistance necessary to local authorities and to the people of san bernardino who have been so profoundly affected by this crime. and let me simply say, that whatever the result of the investigation, we do not know a lot right now, but one thing is clear, violence like this has no place in this country and in this nation. [applause] this is general lynch: not what we stand for, this is not what we do, this is not what we work for, not what we live for. so, i do not have any operational updates at this time, those will come later from local authorities who are on the scene. i do want to express not only my deepest condolences, but also ask that you join me in standing with colleagues, friends, and partners and san bernar

as you may have heard, the department of justice has dispatched the fbi, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and other personnel to the scene , as soon as the assault began. we continue to work closely be s

the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms said the christmas day fire at a houston the twos suspicious, it alarm fire causing major damage, nobody injured. nearly 80 firefighters responded to the scene. an hour before the fire broke out, the mosque was filled with 200 people. fire officials believe in accelerate was used. the day after christmas was filled with many happy returns, people exchanging gifts that did not quite hit the mark, taking advantage of post holiday markdowns. shoppers say there are a lot of deals. course i'm looking for myself. i mean, the sales. i pretty much got what i wanted for christmas, but come you know, what's wrong with shopping for myself? kellye: most people say they wore out there to shop for themselves, as you heard. surveyrican express shows 66% of consumers plan to shop today compared with just 45% on black friday. theng up -- you have seen lights and decorations, but wait until you see a movie that is good enough to eat. a big day for washington sports. kellye: and join us tomorrow for a special presentation of "diverted," about the untold stories o

. >> reporter: state police and the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms helped sweep the schools with dogs. they found nothing. no word from law enforcement on who did this or why. >> public outcry, safety worries, worries from the parents, we would certainly prosecute this individual to >> reporter: counselors tomorrow. will be discussing with situation. to defend his decision, basically saying it was how specific the threat was that alarmed him and the last time a school was closed in nashua due to a threat was a decade ago. live in nashua, louisa muller, wbz news. >>> the scare from this threat extended beyond nashua. the towns of tyngsborough and hudson, new hampshire put extra police at their schools this morning just as a precaution. >>> breaking news in confirmed six american soldiers died when a suicide bomber on a patrol. two more soldiers were wounded. the soldiers were patrolling through a village near bogra airfield when they were attacked. >>> also breaking tonight, police trying to find a woman and her two children. they say she has kidnapped them. paul? >> reporter: pol

kimberly bookman continues our coverage now live in our control room. fbi and bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms are involved in this investigation, part of a massive presence, as you said. we're talking about more than 100 police officers including homeland security officials, people from the u.s. marshals office, the bomb squad and the sheriff's department. now, go ahead and take a look at this video from the scene. you can see federal and local law enforcement moving in on heavily armed vehicles. they have converged on the center where they will methodically go, as you said, room to room, floor to floor, looking for victims, weapons, and explosives. now, in this video you see police leading employees away from what they still say is a very active situation. they want people out of the area and safe. they're also asking people concerned about loved ones at the center not to yom come to the area. they are concerned about block roads and large crowds. instead as brandon had mentioned, they set up a meaning given out. authorities clearly telling the public the shooter or shooters >>

information comes in part from more than 400 interviews investigators have conducted and atf, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives says it has more details about the guns connected to farook. >> i purchased a llama and springfield armory 9 millimeter pistols recovered at the scene as well as the savage 22 caliber rifle recovered during the search warrant. we have the federal documentation and the california documentation to establish that he actually purchased the firearm. >> much of the focus appears to have shifted to the the wife, the pakistani who lived in saudi arabia. at the moment, there is precious little information. the f.b.i. says it is working with overseas partners to find out more. as for san bernardino, local leaders say what's important is trying to get things back to normal. >> the purpose of terrorism is to make ordinary people afraid to do the ordinary things. last wednesday was an ordinary day in san bernadino county. it was it was a day when a group of our employees were gathered. these were dedicated public servants. to honor them, to express our gratitude f

. >> reporter: state police and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms helped police sweep the school with dogs. they found nothing. no word from law enforcement on who did this and why. now, counselors will be available for students tomorrow and the superintendent felt the need to defend his decision to close the schools. he said it was the specificity of that threat that made him do it and the last time nashua closed any schools due to a threat was a decade ago. live in actual -- live in nashua, paula, back to you. >>> six american nato soldiers killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan today. martin. >> this is one of the deadliest attacks so far this year. it happened just outside of bagram airfield, the biggest us military facility in afghanistan. bomber took his motorcycle, he rammed it into a group laden with explosives into a patrol near a village in afghanistan, six americans were killed, two other nato soldiers were injured in that attack. the taliban at this hour is claiming responsibility for that attack. coalition deaths in afghanistan have been declining as the us slowly

information comes in part from more than 400 interviews investigators have conducted and a.t.f., the bureau of alcohol, firearms and explosives say it now has more details about the guns connected to sayed farook. >> farook himself purchased springfield armory nine-millimeter pistols that were recovered at the scene, as well as the savage 22 caliber rival recovered during the search warrant. we have the federal documentation and california documentation to establish that he actually performed a firearm. >> much which the focus appears to have shifted to tashfeen malik. her background has been one big question mark, a pakistani who lived in saudi arabia. there is precious little information and the f.b.i. is working with overseas partners to find out more. as for san bernardino, after a weekend of memorials and vigils, local leaders say what's important is trying to get things back to normal. >> the purpose of terrorism is to make ordinary people afraid, to do the ordinary things. last wednesday was an ordinary day in san bernardino county. it was a day when a group of our employees were gathered, thes

the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives say it now has more details about the guns secondedsyed farook. >> i hem civil purchased the pistols that were recovered at the scene as well as the savage .22 caliber rifle discovered during the search warrant of we have the federal documentation and the california documentation to establish that he actually purchased the firearm. >> reporter: much of the focus appears to have shifted to tashfeen malik. her background was big one big question mark. aipac stan i who lived in saudi arabia. at the moment there is precious little information and the fbi says it's working on overseas partners to find out more. as for san bernadino after a weekend of memorials and vigils, local leaders say what's important is trying to get things back to normal. >> the purchase of terrorism is to make ordinary people afraid to do the ordinary things. last wednesday was an ordinary day in san bernadino county. it was a day when a group of our employees were gathered, these were dedicated public servants, to honor them, to express our gratitude for their unma

department of bureau of alcohol, tobacco & firearms is en route, the f.b.i. is en route. the a.t.f. would be involved in any bomb investigation. it would appear that in terms of the wounded, the immediate emergency appears to be over. a short while ago we were looking at a triage area that had been set up by the fire department. a number of ambulance a number of stretchers paramedics ready the treat people. and maybe 20, 25 minutes ago right about at this intersection, we saw them removing all of that emergency medical equipment. so it would appear that anyone who was wounded, anyone that police were able to get to, has been evacuated we understand to loma linda university medical center. we're just getting information that the president has been briefed on this and the white house has been watching and jan crawford has more from washington. report scott, the president has just gotten a briefing from lisa monaco about this unfolding terrible incident in san bernardino. he's about to sit down with our norah o'donnell for a previously scheduled interview to discuss climate change, amon

the fbi, the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms very involved in this investigation in san bernadino county and if it turns out that it is a terrorist attack of some sort, the fbi will then take the lead. as jonathan mentioned, the president spoke earlier today to cbs news this was an already-planned interview but when the shooting occurred he was asked about what happened in california and here is what the president had to say. >> my hope is, is that we are able to contain this particular shooting and we don't yet know what the motives of the shooters are. but what we do know is that there are steps that we can take to make americans safer. and that we should come together in a bipartisan basis at every level of government to, you know, make these rare as opposed to normal. we should never think that this is something that just happens in the ordinary course of events, because it doesn't happen with the same frequency in other countries. >> and the president also said that he hopes that folks come together to pass what he called common sense gun laws. such as stronger background che

times is reporting a spokeswoman for the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms says two of the weapons used in this shooting were purchased legally. a third person was also detained here but authorities now say it looks as though there were only these two shooters who we now know are dead. juliet: a lot of people are questioning what this is all about, who was in this meeting or this holiday party, the center the meeting was held in, different buildings in it but the center provides housing and work programs, therapy and social services, lots of conflicting information but it obviously, workers in the county. family members getting messages from their loved ones, here is what they are saying. >> he was going to turn off the lights, i don't think they wanted to talk, they wanted to and hung up. >> people shot. pray for us. i am in the office. >> reporter: another parent says her daughter thought it was just a drill because apparently they had started training once, and for a specific event like this. not fire drills the events like this. we are going to be watching this story all mornin

trooper mark greedy and his new partner stars has graduated from the training course at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms in virginia. will now be helping out federal state and local fire investigators in massachusetts. there are now seven units within the state police force. >> we continue to get new information on a developing story in lowell there are reports tonight's that a child was hit by a car. new at 11:00 why neighbors say this is a dangerous stretch of road. >> up next in sports more on the injury bug that bit the patriots. plus, a look back at the celtics as they try to get back to their winning ways and bruins have three straight wins can they make i'll make that more. >>> a new royal family photo. charlotte and george this was released overnight with the announcement that the little prince will soon start preschool in the new year. he's going to go to a montessori school near their home in the english countryside. >>> lebron james ends up crashing into the wife of pga champion jason day. lebron landed on top of ellie day her seat ended you up back on the floor. parame

trooper mark greedy and his new partner stars has graduated from the training course at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms in virginia. will now be helping out federal state and local fire investigators in massachusetts. there are now seven units within the state police force. >> we continue to get new information on a developing story in lowell there are reports tonight's that a child was hit by a car. new at 11:00 why neighbors say this is a dangerous stretch of road. >> up next in sports more on the injury bug that bit the patriots. plus, a look back at the celtics as they try to get back to their winning ways and bruins have three straight wins can they [ dog barks ] [ bark ] there it is! [ gasps ] look, the sky's awake! that. was. epic! care a check up, how would it do? let's look at lahey health doctors and nurses who know and care how you feel... check right where you live... check many locations and convenient hours check looks like we're off to a very healthy start. what's next in primary care for who matters most: you. lahey health. lahey hospital and medical center beverl

. >>> today, atf, the bureau of alcohol and firearms hosted dogs and handlers for an important missionin fairfax and we were there. >> reporter: you are looking at some of the 80 dogs from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies that came here with their handlers to take a test that will determine their ability to detect explosives. >> good girl. >> reporter: when she and her lab, sonny go to work their efforts could mean the difrepbs between life and death. >> a lot of pressure -- difference between life and death. >> a lot of pressure. >> sonny knows 19,,compounds. >> reporter: some are loaded with explosive material. others with distractions. dog and cat food and toys. the dogs are trained to sit. >> good girl. >> if your dog looks at something and it is there, it so you. a big responsibility. >> reporter: the skill is not specific to a particular breed. >> it is all of the drive in a dog. >> reporter: joy's dog, daisy was adopted from a shelter. >> that was one of the things that she had. the hunt drive. >> reporter: these dogs smell differently than humans, even odors ma

. >>> the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms joined the investigation into a fire in a houston texas mosque. friday's fire was suspicious because there were multiple points of origin meaning an accelerant may have been used. members hope surveillance video will help track down a suspect. >>> police in new jersey have identified a man killed in a christmas day hit-and-run. 59-year-old steven was hit by a car at cedar lane and garrison avenue friday night and was taken to the university hospital where he died from his injuries. scene and so far no arrests. >>> investigators in new jersey are trying to determine a motive in a murder suicide that left three people including an eight-year-old girl dead in edgewater. 53-year-old michael shot and killed his 49-year-old wife and their daughter before pulling the trigger on himself. investigators believe the murder suicide took place two or three days before christmas. the mother and daughter had been in their pajamas. >> we believe the shootings took place while they were laying in bed. >> edgewater police came to the scene on christmas afte

federal government and bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms.tory been watching this since it unfolded on wednesday. is there anything in your opinion that authority has -- authorities have not done that they should be doing? david: i don't think there's any stone that will be left unturned. the dea wasn't part of atf. it's directly under doj. the way i would work this case is probably the same way that is being done. to look at number theyany electronic media can be retrieved and analyzed, that's a great start. review all phone records, land lines, try to see who they call, what link you can come up with there. try to identify every associate, every friend they have in this country, identify them, find out if there involved. the most probative they can be retrieved and analyzed, that's a great start. review all i think will be the electronic analysis, and if there's any transfer of funds. people made something of the fact of, how do they afford this kind of attack? this was a few thousand dollars and you get this accomplished. it still would be

a k-9 just graduated from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms in virginia. there are now seven k-9 units within the state police force. >> vanessa: a state trooper saving the day for a thrill girl who lost her favorite toy. emma was in the car with her parents, on 495 in milford, when the toy flew out of car's window. emma was devastated, but trooper was able to find that bear and return it to emma. she sent a thank you card and a photo and the trooper said, it >> mark: following breaking news ahead at 6:00 p.m., the mother of baby doe faces a new charge. what a grand jury indictment just revealed. a string of robberies has police concerned. what they have in common that has investigators thinking they are tied together. and also new at 6:00 p.m., the federal government's cracking down on who can use tanning beds. the new warning, the new panic button and the new rules before you lie down. >> vanessa: next at 5:00 p.m., why boston based how do you reimagine "banking"? you start with this... then you make it... nothing like this. you make a capital one caf\.

state fire investigators and the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms are assists. they haven't said how it was set or if there are suspects. >>> saudi arabia is making history. for first time, women are heading to the polls to cast their ballot and the first time they're allowed to run for office. about 130,000 thousand have registered to vote. this in fact is only the third time since 1960s that saudis have gone to the polls. >>> let's go now to the weather. crews in the pacific northwest are working to clear roads and highways swamped by mudslides from this week's torrential rains. entire neighborhoods have been flooded in washington and oregon and rain is expected to continue in the region throughout the weekend. bringing more threats of flooding and mud slides. now for a look at the weather, let's go to the weather channel's reynolds wolf. good morning. >> alex, my friend, great weekend to you. unfortunately, not a great weekend for our friends in the southern plains. we have strong storms today, maybe some isolated tornados especially by this late afternoon. a

. >>> new to cnn this morning, federal investigation under way right now in texas after the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is called in to investigate a suspicious mosque fire there. now, this blaze broke out yesterday afternoon after friday prayers. and it took some 80 firefighters to get those flames under control. thankfully no one was injured. but members of the mosque congregation were rattled. >> a burned mosque, burned church or a burned synagogue or a burned temple, it's not good to see it like that. the mosque is doing a great job to educate the community, not to hurt people, and to educate people to do the good and for beat the evil. >> investigators say it's the, quote, multiple points of entry for the fire that led them to call this blaze suspicious. joining us now to talk about this is jonathan gillian, a cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi special agent as well as a former navy s.e.a.l. jonathan, the fire is suspicious because it has these multiple points of entry. the attendees of that mosque are hoping this is an accident, but just on the face of it, what are y

. >>> well, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is now in the investigation in the fire that damaged a months income houston, texas. the fire broke out at islamic society of greater houston on christmas day. investigators say that fire had multiple points of oregon which is an indication that accelerants were likely used. >>> still to come this morning on "eyewitness news" if you bought a brand new appliance this holiday season but didn't spring for the warranty in worries, find out how lemon law extend to your appliances. apparently not just forecaster. >>> plus a new movie about the financial crisis create as lot of oscar buzz, ukee sits down with the director of the big short to talk about his philadelphia connection. >>> and warm break is over cold weather is also on its way meteorologist justin drabick has your weekd >>> when hear the term lemon law you think of cars, right. did you know lemon law extend to tv's and other big ticket items as well. we now have the the details. >> reporter: from a cracked tv screen to a faulty refrigerator there are a number of things that

we have the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, tony, it's officially terror and the fbi has to be very careful with exactly what it decides and how it puts this out. but a house of horrors, paired with all kinds of stuff that's coming out on the web, what is your best assessment at the moment of how far, how many tentacles there are from this one couple? >> well, that's difficult to say. it's been my opinion all along it was terrorism from day one, but the logistics of what this couple had to have had, you don't do these things in a vacuum. photos from the crime scene from the residence showed a bag full of pipes. pipe bombs, reportedly. it appeared to me that bag was probably delivered to them that way. whether or not those are full of pipe bombs is yet to be seen. that's to be investigated still. but it's quite a fete to gather this kind of equipment and this material without some support. liz: there is hard evidence and then there's electronic evidence. the female suspect in all of this, tashfeen malik, and i am guessing, tony, that this is really the lead piece of evidence,

here, we also have on the scene or working through the entire situation, the fbi, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives on the scene, local police, california highway patrol. s.w.a.t. teams from many municipalities. do you get the sense from looking at the screen it appears the situation in the area, there's a massive search under way that we simply cannot see. >> absolutely, i totally agree with the senator. these people will be neutralized whether they're killed or arrested, they'll be stopped in due time. law enforcement is doing the job they've been trained for, unfortunately, given the time to be able to go in there safely, stop these people and do it in a safe manner to protect whoever is potentially left in this building and as well as themselves because now they have to be concerned about being first responders, being taken out with some incendiary device or explosives or something else. i totally agree with the senator that they will be stopped. it's just a function of doing it in a safe mode as far as securing the building, that's probably already been don

as you may have heard, the department of justice has dispatched the f.b.i., the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, and the u.s. marshals service personnel to the scene, as soon as that assault began. and we continue to work closely alongside our state and local law enforcement partners who are working so hard on the scene and its aftermath. and, let me assure you that as this investigation unfolds, we will be offering any and all assistance necessary to the local authorities and to the people of san bernardino who have been so profoundly affected by this unspeakable crime. let me simply say that whatever the results of this investigation, we don't know a lot right now. but one thing is clear. that violence like this has no place in this country. and in this nation. [applause] this is not what we stand for, this is not what we do, this is not what we work for. it's not what we live for. it's antithetical to our values. i don't have any operational updates for you at this time, those will come later, from the local authorities who are on the scene. but i do want to express not only my

jurisdiction and i'm sure in this case department like san bernardino will reach out to the fbi or bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms for assistance as well. david: we should mention by the way, department of homeland security, jeh johnsons head of that agency, are being briefed regularly right now, are in a meeting to discuss what's happening. so presumably they are on top of things. our own national services are engaged trying to track data whatever, right, commissioner? >> every state and local is in gear trying to resolve the situation but the key here is right now intelligence is critical. and one of the things that i'm sure is happening there are dozens of police officers speaking to people on site to get as much information as possible. melissa: okay. thank you so much. i think we want go check in with jo ling kent right now who has some more details from our newsroom. jo, are you with us? >> yeah, i'm with you. this manhunt is very much ongoing, melissa, what i'm hearing from police sources and from individuals on the ground they're pursuing several different locations up to three to fi

bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, everybody with a badge and a gun was called into this situation, mark. >> well, what they did is they established a tactical alert probably in four or five of the southern california counties. and that means that everybody comes to work, the lower levels have to maintain the patrol and the security of the city. and all the upper echelon detectives and special tactical units end up going to san bernardino or other locations where there might be a threat. i'd like to try to understand why we have to be so sensitive with known suspects, known names, known shootouts, known murderers. and this is the problem. when you make political correctness ahead of justice, you're not going to get justice. >> yeah. >> it's just not going to happen. >> and listen, the name, i first heard the name, syed farook hours ago today. i heard it during my radio show, four and a half hours ago. that name was passed on to me. so nay knew more and those are a very important question, why are they so slow and giving the public the information and they don't want people to rush

after the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is called in to investigate a suspicious mosque firere's what happened. the plays broke out yesterday afternoon after friday prayers. it took 80 firefighters to get the flames under control. no one was injured. but members of the mosque congregation were understandably rattled. >> i burned more chairs, or i burned synagogues or temples. it's not good to see him like that. the mosque is doing a great job to educate the community. and to educate people to do the good and to beat the evil. >> investigators say it's the quote multiple points of entry for the tire that led them to call this blaze suspicious. joining me now on the phone is jonathan gilliam, a law enforcement analyst and fbi special agent and former navy seal as well. thanks for joining us on the phone, the fire now being called suspicious because of its multiple points of entry. some attendees are hoping it's just an accident. >> well, i mean, they have multiple points of entry. i'm not an expert on fire safety. but once the atf or those individuals actually handle fire on sc

according to the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. gun manufacturing is up, way up.a report released showed gun manufacturing in america started climbing in '09. the first year president obama was in office. by 2013 had doubled. that's how many guns were made in the united states in 2013. the last year for which we have data. according to the national shooting sports foundation companies in the united states that manufacture distribute and sell firearms and hunting equipment employ as many as 128,000 people in the country. and generate an additional 133,000 jobs in supplier industries. the nssf puts the total economic impact of making and selling guns ammunition and hunting equipment at 42.9 billion. billion. with a "b." in 2014. and the gunmakers well let's just look. it's more than half a billion dollars in sales last year. smith & wesson's stock price is up 93% this year. in its latest conference call, the company said the reason for strong sales is simple, high demand. shooting after shooting. body after body. the inaction is staggering. and the polling shows us

bureau of the alcohol, tobacco and firearms is now on the scene. investigators say the fire has multiple points of origin which is indicative that an accelerant may have been used there. >>> well, the the coastguard had to help remove a boat that ran a ground in the delaware river. that the ship seen here in this video was successfully refloated around 1:00 he clock yesterday afternoon in morrisville bucks county. the the 622-foot the vessel, which was transporting scrap metal, had been stuck for more than eight hours and there were no reported injuries. so that is good news. >>> still to come this morning fedex customers outraged after many didn't receive their packages in time for christmas. a look the a the reason for delays and how employees try to help. >>> part comedy, drama and lesson on life we will look at the new movie joy, justin. >>> we are waking up to areas of dense fog, and we're talking about record warmth this afternoon, complete forecast when we [slow, building african-style music] it's the little moments. that make the biggest wav

in fact, an opinion from obama's justice department required the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms to change its policies to prevent persons arriving from visa waiver countries to buy guns and the administration's removes the longstanding requirement that non-citizens, at least establish residency for 90 days in the state where they want to purchase guns. these 90 days could be crucial in a terrorism investigation. so when we address the issue of foreigners in the united states buying guns, we need to be comprehensive about it, not just clean up the mess that this administration created. finally, our friends on the other side of the aisle have attempted to divide us, deride us and distract us with proposals to deny the right to purchase firearms to those on various terror watch lists including no fly list. the incident in california and the terrorists connected with it were apparently not on any terrorist watch list. so such a proposal wouldn't have stopped that attack. in addition, the president's claim that, quote, people we don't allow to fly could go into a store right now in t

. >> to point out weapons this is according to a representative from the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearmsapons two assault rifles two handguns in the massacres? are san bernardino purchased legaling two by one under investigation according to reporting if by associated press all four guns bought four years ago wouldn't say whether purchased out of state how when at the get into hands of two shooters all if you're weapons purchased legally. >> two shooters suit up with gear tactical gear so all the rifles as you mentioned fbi has yet to call this terrorism in attack killed 14 people in interned a new quinnipiac poll highlights merp fees are of a major terrorist attack in the united states jo ling kent in the newsroom with that. jo ling: good morning that is right 83% americans at least some what very slyly terrorist attack would happen in u.s. also shows 58% of merp voters believe that home grope jihadists are greater threat to the united states, 16% say terrorists are hiding among syrian refugees that they tr supposedly agreeder threat, social media reactions pouring in from the world of

special agent et with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, explosives, said he doesn't think the f.b.i. was part of the ripoff crew but the agency was directing the rip crew. the point here, i think that is important, we know that one of the guns that this administration was pushing legitimate gun dealers in the united states to sell to people that shouldn't have been allowed to get guns, so that they could end up going to drug cartels and they could supposedly follow the weapons, we know that one of those weapons this administration pushed to be sold ended up in the hands of drug cartels who killed apparently u.s. border patrol agent brian terry in 2010, so we know there's violent drug cartel activity in the nogales, arizona, area, and now interesting report that apparently it's not just drug cartel activity in that area, it's also middle eastern activity surveilling the entry areas. . i think it's also important to remember what this administration did as reported atkison who was working at cbs who was exposing something which was a big problem as fast and furious, but in he

in fact an opinion from obama's justice department required the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms to change its policies to prevent persons arriving from visa waiver countries to buy guns and the administration's removes the longstanding requirement that non-citizens at least establish residency for 90 days in the state where they want to purchase guns. these 90 days could be crucial in a terrorism investigation. so when we address the issue of foreigners in the united states buying guns, we need to be comprehensive about it, not just clean up the mess that this administration created. finally our friends on the other side of the aisle have attempted to divide us deride us and distract us with proposals to deny the right to purchase firearms to those on various terror watch lists including no fly list. the incident in california and the terrorists connected with it were apparently not on any terrorist watch list. so such a proposal wouldn't have stopped that attack. in addition the president's claim that, quote, people we don't allow to fly could go into a store right now in the u

d-n-r started to look at beach safety after they say alcohol fueled at least two fights on state beaches. now, the chief of the iowa state paks bureau wants to hear from the public on how to best approach the issue. if you'd lili to comment, go to this story on kcrg dot com for more information. the city of marion is inviting the community to a reception honoring and thanking outgoing mayor snooks bouska. it will start right after the 5:30 city council meeting at marion city hall with a short program around seven o'clock. bouska did not run for re-election in november. voters chose nick abouassaly to replace him as mayor. he'll take office at the beginning of january. cedar rapids city council member monica vernon has a new focus this morning. she said goodbye just before the final city council year yesterday. vernon did not run for re-election to the council last month. she's concentratin g on her bi for iowa's first district congressiona l seat. she's hoping to win the democratic nomination to face incumbent republican rod blum next fall. a temporary homeless shelter in iowa city has picked up right where it left off -- it's full.

of a u.v.a. student left bloodied after an arrest outside a charlottesville ba leon: a federal judge has a trial date involving a civil lawsuit against a virginia student against the state alcohol bureau control agency. he is suing the abc. he was arrested and there was a bloody altercation caught on camera. the a.b.c. says he tried to enter a bar with a fake i.d. the trial scheduled for fall. alison: for the second time in a week is montgomery county police officer has been injured in a confrontation with a suspected drunk driver. this time in a wild police chase. jeff goldberg shows us how it came to an end. >> he was screaming,uising, failing to maintain his lane. jeff: it was hard to miss but even harder to stop. the 32-year-old led police to the mother's gaithersburg home where he allegedly rammed a neighbor's garage. took out an officer. >> a single shot. right over the officer. >> this man witnessed the 1:00 a.m. melee. >> he kept driving. hit a police officer. jeff: after offroading through the neighbor's backyard, slaughter came through this passage way. it's really narrow between the tree and the house. take look at the plastic car parts that did damage to the tree here and