back to you catherine. >> catherine: you can watch all your celebrity news here on kron-4. >> catherineinsider -- at 7:30. followed by kron 4 news at eight >>coming up at 5:30. international outrage after the brutal execution of a jordanian pilot at the hands of isis. >> catherine: also -- the new tactic san jose is using to make sure another homeless encampment like the "jungle" doesn't spring up again. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine: critics compare it to the popular arcade game known as 'whack- a-mole,' many of san jose's homeless are being evicted from various illegal encampments. >> catherine: >> catherine: only for new encampments to pop up again nearby. kron four's rob fladeboe has the latest. >> reporter:in response to the latest eviction order, most of the two to three dozen homeless san people who have been living in tents and tarps here at an abandoned electronics store on monterey road packed pets and possessions into shopping carts and moved on tuesday. the so called 'encampment sweeps' are aimed at stopping this an

catherine?e: an alarming number of band-tailed pigeons are dying along the california coast, and scientists are blaming a parasite. >> catherine: it's happened over the last few months. >> catherine: at least one- thousand birds have died in in santa clara and santa barbara counties since december. >> catherine: california's high speed rail has endured some fierce opposition. but it could be derailed by something the size of a cat: >> catherine: the "san joaquin kit fox." it's on the federal endangered list. >> catherine: and the 68- billion-dollar bullet train is set to run right through its backyard. >> catherine: "u-s fish and wildlife" says that work by a high speed rail contractor has already infringed on the fox's habitat. >> catherine: the contractor claims it hired a biologist, who determined the fox den in question -- near fresno-- was not active. >> grant:a terrifying sight.caught on camera tonight; this motorcycle colliding with a car that's running a red light in san francisco. >> gr

>>catherine: the naming of catherine heenan.ion with the suitcase full body parts blaze police have the wrong man in custody. this video shows the 59 year-old mark andros being led away by uniformed officers. they are the ones to cover some with the sheet. in order to prevent any potential juror bias. >>catherine: investigators have until to the dow had a case over to the district attorney's office who will ultimately beat one of them wanted charged with murder or seven free. >>reporter: law enforcement 0 and on him after watching these surveillance cameras as to the person that they initially called a person of interest. police are saying what evidence they have against this 59 year- old but they say the he was booked on suspicion of murder early saturday morning after being interviewed by homicide detectives carry it >>reporter: the said they didn't notice anything unusual about his friend. is it was an acting strange nervous he was the same person that comes over is usual. peter says he's known and used for 2 1/2 years they m

>>catherine: and would take several more months the bay bridge.r: the ads to the strangely depressing at all day people have been buzzing on line about the super bowl commercials. outside was getting the most was from the big game >>gary: which sought to the genius of bob dorfman. mr. advertising will commercials were up what commercials were down and get the enjoy the car- tense. kardashians... >>catherine: sadder on line broke records on facebook there were more in and to order 55 million poles and likes all related to the super bowl. today the internet is been buzzing over the ads of the dancing chartres and the spooky prediction from artificial intelligence that turned out to be accurate. >>reporter: the dancing starks stole the show. oliver social media people are sharing the means of the glove shark superimpose into pictures. there's also an on-line campaign for his 2016 presidential run. the ad getting the most buzz is a nationwide insurance had featuring a little boy listing out the things that he would never do because he is dead. at the

catherine heenan is sure what the store. >> catherine: the president u.s.a fellow worker currently have all tried to rescue kayla and her family confirmed her death this week. one example, a man appeared at ices cap and c rework carol was being held at one point and appealed for release on the grounds he was her husband it was part of the scheme kelly did not know about >> probably missing her by it one day or two creek. >> catherine: the president is getting flak for allegedly not moving fast enough. the daily beast is reporting today that the british gave the white house information on where to look for taylor and other hostages back in june 2014 creek and his national security team refused to act on the intelligence. because it was from a foreign government. by the time a u.s. raid was launched in july the hostages had been moved. >> catherine: more than 5000 people turned out in north carolina today for the front row of the three young muslim allegedly killed by a neighbor. they were shot to death yesterday outside a condo complex and chapel here. chape

catherine heenan is here with the latest. >> catherine: at the national guard moved in to help school kids may be the only ones enjoying this mess. most people in new england are fed up with digging out from a major storm only to have another one hit. >> catherine: getting snow off through it--a job with new urgency. new video shows some of collapsed rootstalks including this three story building now scheduled for demolition. another casualty of the storm--a fancy p.l.o. once owned by liberace >> catherine: covered in thousands of austrian rhinestones and now it is somewhere beneath the rubble of this building. probably smashed to pieces but crews cannot get inside yet. meantime do not talk to boston officials about snow records because they have seen more than their share. >> we have smashed the 7 day record up 32 record after record pretty much every record there is to have from snow and the month of february. >> catherine: also did not bring up the governor's public criticism of boston's transit service city officials sound testy when are in when they are doing their best they can'

back to the egg. >> catherine: turns out it does not raise your blood cholesterol. >> catherine: coffee and alcohol. a moderate amount does not seem to affect your health. >> catherine: and then there are unsaturated fats, the kinds found in fish, nuts and vegetable oils. >> catherine: they are actually better for you than many foods marketed as low fat. >> catherine: the study recommends that adult americans consume no more than a dozen teaspoons of sugar daily. >>the real average is about 30 teaspoons, half of it from soda, juices and other sugary drinks. return to >> pam: coming up at 5:30. a popular for business after a high profile robbery. >> pam: we will take you inside. next. >> pam: plus. why one same- sex couple was allowed to marry in texas. return to index of >> pam: and kron 4 is celebrating black history month with a special: >> pam: "selma to ferguson: what has changed." >> pam: we talk civil rights with former mayor willie brown, journalist belva davis and the reverend jesse jackson. >> pam: >> pam: we hope you will tune in. >> pam: a popular downtown san francisco museu

>> catherine: exasperation from the streets of the bay area to >> catherine: the halls of congress.eathtaking but mind bending in its extent and potential impact" >> catherine: anthem has joined the long list of corporate hacking victims in recent months: >> catherine: target, home depot, sony, and jp=morgan chase among others >> catherine: this time as many as 80=million people are affected including california blue cross and blue shield members. >> catherine: the hackers stole records of anthem's own c=e=o >> catherine: .of president obama's own cybersecurity adviser. >> catherine: and of thousands of employees of boeing and other defense contractors. the stolen information includes social security numbers, birth dates email and street addresses. >> catherine: but not medical or financial records. right now suspicion is focused on a group of chinese hackers known as black panda. >> pam: still ahead.it's been more fire left dozens homeless in san francisco's mission >> pam: since then.the donations have been pouring in. >> pam: the event happening tonight to help the victims. >> pa

crime - only a parking dispute. >> catherine: the suspect had turned shootings. >> catherine: policeibility of a hate crime. >> catherine: family members of the victims say they had complained about hicks being >> pam: a 'hateful' neighbor.who >> pam: the murder trial for the navy seal. who wrote the popular movie "american sniper" is beginning. eddie routh is accused of shooting chris kyle and another man. chad littlefield, back in february of 2013. >> pam: kyle wrote "american sniper," which stars bradley cooper and has performed very well in theaters. >> pam: eddie routh's attorney says the marine suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. >> pam: he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >> pam: today, the texas prosecutor asked the jury to sentence routh to life in prison. >> pam: eight hundred jurors were screened in erath county, texas. the two men were killed. a >> pam: ten men and ten women were chosen to serve. >> pam: more drama in the murder trial against former n-f-l player, aaron hernandez. >> pam: a second juror has been dismissed from the case. >> pam: the judge

--catherine heenan >> catherine: san francisco. los angeles. and phoenix.of them followed by expressions of remorse. >>it was stupid and something i don't want to repeat >> catherine: now she is in the county jail in yulee city florida, facing two counts of fraud and one of criminal trespassing. >> catherine: more charges may follow if that she arrived on a flight from minneapolis without a ticket or boarding pass. >> catherine: at jacksonville airport she upscale omni resort, saying she was a participant in the hotel's "biggest loser" promotion. >> catherine: she was given a room, by the time the real guest showed up, she had vanished. hartman was discovered yesterday morning in another room undergoing renovation. >> catherine: the officer who arrested her says he asked why. >>just wondering how you done this before and she just wouldn't tell me >> catherine: hartman's bail was set at more than 50=thousand dollars. she told the court she had no money for a lawyer. >> catherine: she i's due back in court march 5th. >> pam: still ahead: >> pam: a popular cal

>>catherine: at&t says the fcc willow's a legal battle.ders from blocking certain websites that consumers want to visit. they're leaning towards heavy regulation and is set to propose new roles and thursday. lawyers for eight t and t. say they will sue and the proposed new rules will not hold up in court the sec has tried several times before to claim authority for such changes and failed. >>catherine: gm says a record number of recalls cost the company more than $4 billion last year. that money recovered got money covered a repair costs, compensating victims and other expenses. gm recalled more than 30 million cars and trucks in 2014 that includes a recall of more than 2 million vehicles because of a faulty ignition switch. that recall has been tied to dozens of deaths. >>catherine: the news that a box of and hence could cost $5 this year has some people up in arms. some girl scouts are raising the prices of cookies but it depends on where you live. in central illinois and greater new york for example scouts are keeping prices at $4 a box

>>catherine: there now 113 confirmed cases of measles and california.hough state health officials say the three new infections do not have any connection to the disneyland outbreak. their 15 measles cases in the bay area and there's still concern about a link in employee who rode bart recently potentially exposing thousands of people. public health officials say people who have been vaccinated are extremely unlikely to gets measles. the measles outbreak has spread to six bay area counties. >>pam: still an and new golden gate bridge zipper barriers its neck. the impact it's having for the old one of the bridge and next also like guards rushed to rescue to the rescue of a stranded sea lion. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but only through presidents' day at sleep train. bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for

catherine heenan is here with the update >> catherine: hist we all love the video this week of this a little sea lions which had been set up and made a healthy by rescue workers are relieved back into the ocean but there are record numbers of them washing up. so many they cannot all be helped. rescue workers are inundated. so far in 20159 ordered 40 california sea lions have been brought in to various rehab facilities. five veteran 50 of them are still being treated. some of the release like these but many have died. researchers say most of this denny's said pups are route a month-old war last summer. it is still not clear exactly why they are starving. so many calls are coming in workers trying to keep to assure people that although they can't get to all the sick bobs right away they are trying. >> pam: the problem runs underground it was leaking about 100 gal. a minute and four times and was leaking onto a property on called cornwall court. they say the water is being shut off and the act would the apple dog should be drained tonight to the elite can be fixed. >> pam: and today is t

>>catherine: the first one is a wacked-out color photo it's just wrong.: the head ophthalmologist at the eye hospital in philadelphia says the cones and are redness has a fine layer of nerve tissue that lines the back of my eyes to detect blue-green iran it and the cones and your brain and makes those colors to make other colors and iverson of the time we see the same colors. but the picture of this dressing stepped cents that it's the sweet spot that's causing all the confusing with a lot of people. icy white and gold. >>pam: you're just trying to be in both categories. >>catherine: they're the bad photo of the grass and good photos of the dress. >>grant: we have a lot on this story about in our poll and see several articles of on the whole topic and thank you for humoring house and people still do not agree on this color of the dress. >>pam: coming up wages going up for our workers and bay area city coming up is six. kron 4 news at six is now cost kron 4 news is six is next. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could

chief intelligence correspondent catherine harrage is live in washington. catherine, i'll ask you again about the credibility of their claims. >> well isis has been expert at leveraging social media and using the web to further this jihad of theirs. but often what they do is they overreach and they present information that can be very helpful in terms of verifying their claims. and if you look closely at the isis statement today there are a series of photos that they release of this site where they say the jordanian air strikes allegedly killed this american hostage. what the intelligence community can do in a situation like this is, they can use overhead imagery to identify the site in iraq as sort of like google maps, the overhead maps and then they can work back in time with the satellite surveillance they have, and they can see, in fact, whether that is an area that was hit by the jordanians, by the u.s., by another group. and what the timing is exactly. this may well have been a site that was struck several weeks ago. but, of course, it's being present

>>catherine: the egyptian television shows and just taking off of for the race. the bomb site video show the destruction of what inch of military called isis camps training areas and weapons depots in the city of brno in eastern libya. taught is a websites posted these images claiming the raids killed civilians including at least three children. it said it was retaliating for the videotape execution of a least one dozen of his sins is since since all of them coptic christians working in libya. the five admitted video showed them being marched along the mediterranean shore before being be headed. anorak isis is also on the most threatening an air base housing hundreds of american military advisers. in a new cnn poll most americans now believe the fight against ices is going badly they are split on whether to commit ground troops something president obama said last week he is against. >>pam: there the moment a pattern for airline passengers at lax airport. all up after hearing on the public address system there was a man with a gun pomelos. passengers in terminal 2

catherine?hotograph paragraph thank you very much there was appear assessment back in july of last year. they said 14,000. so if do you the math real quick, what you see is that it is an additional thousand fighters every month over the last seven months. what's even more important is the assessment says the rate at which traveling surpasses anything the intelligence community has seen in the last two decades much faster rated than what they saw in iraq, also afghanistan. foreign fighters going to the tribal areas of pakistan as well as yemen and somalia the reason that matters all this has france spider since the u.s. along with the coalition started air strikes in syria and iraq. cleary make the argument it may have escalated the flow of fighters into the region, greta. >> catherine, you know, what's the u.s. doing in terms of those 150 americans? do we know who they are and where they are? >> one of the most interesting elements of the testimony that was on capitol hill today. because a lot o

>>catherine: more than 5 ft.of snow has fallen in some areas of new england less than two weeks and is not over. forecasters say there could be even more coming later in the weekthe >>reporter: look how beautiful this sunset yes and the cemetery of greenwich somerset 543 and about 10 more minutes. we do have a few high clouds north but they're moving on out. the rate has continued to push off into the east and north east. you still see a few pockets of snow in the sierras. it we are into the 50s and 60s through much of the bay area. 6:00 into the upper 50s at 8:00 the temperatures will call fallen to below orff upper '40's lower 50s. with a big warmup coming later this week >>pam: the u.s. supreme court cleared the way for alabama to begin performing same-sex marriages. the court declined a request by the state's attorney general to block such marriages from taking place while they consider a challenge to gay marriage bans in four states. on sunday alabama's chief judge ordered probate judges not to issue same-se

grn correspondent catherine field joins us live from paris, catherine, can you tell me what's with theinvestigation of these sleeper cells in france? >> well, they say they are about 400 french citizens french residents who have contact with some sort of radical they have to keep watch on these guys. they are not sure entirely what the emotions are at the moment. but they are keeping track of them. of course, if you remember back in january when there were these attacks here in paris. afterwards the authorities came into a lot of criticism, the failing in their intelligence on that particular case. so what they are trying to do is not have the same failings and their intelligence gathering information that they had last month. >> well it shows how difficult it is because the ones who are involved in the slaughter and at the magazine and at the deli were people who were known to french officials and they apparently were keeping track of obviously that didn't work particularly well. now we have the situation where they say that they have 400 people that they're likewise tracking and, you

what can you tell us about how kayla was taken hostage, catherine? >> we have very specific information, shep, about the details surrounding her kidnapping in august of 2013. that have been not been public until now. what we understand through our contact who had firsthand knowledge of the efforts to rescue the western hostages she was traveling with a syrian man who she identified to her colleagues as her boyfriend. they were traveling near aleppo, syria, when they were forced off the road by another vehicle. so simply put, kayla mueller was targeted for this kidnapping. the boyfriend was held for a matter of days and then released. this raised questions at the time as to whether he was some kind of bait to lure her into a trap. but that was quickly dismissed as he went back in to syria and contacted isis to try and convince them to release her. but we know now that that was not successful, shep. >> kayla wrote about forgiveness. help our audience understand that what that's about. >> well forgiveness in the letter is about having her own personal f

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let's begin with the item. >> item 3 action item initiation of black-out period and rfp. >> catherine dodd would you speak to this. >> director dodd. you have the memo in the packet from me. this is pursuant to -- the memo is notification to the health service board that the health rates and benefits in 2016 is issuing rfp for vision services pursuant to the providers selection policy currently in place and the board must be notified of a black-out period when a rfp is released from the on set to conclusion of the plan with a primary provider and communication between board members and providers seeking contracts with hss solely related to hss contract suggest restricted and communication includes meetings and telephone. >> >> and email and text messages and letters and faxes and any other social media or contact with service providers pertaining to hss except during board or committee meetings. board members that communicate with service providers for reasons not related to hss agree to disclose in writing to the director and the board. >> this is not a new policy and it is my expect

catherine dodd director. first i wanted to highlight in the handouts and in your packet the recent data breech that occurred for anthem blue shield blue cross in country and we expect to hear from them in the reports and as far as we know blue shield of california is separately incorporated company and there was no data cross over unless some was data traveling and have a file in another state but blue shield of california is a separate company and separate from the anthem blue shield. i wanted to start out with that. i will highlight some of the things and 34 increase in member visits and 22% increase in calls over january so we don't know why that is. we think that both of them were probably related in terms of anecdotally collecting data to the blue shield sutter issue. the advertisements in the newspaper, et cetera. there was a lot of concern from people. the other major thing that operations worked with communications on as well as data analytics on was identifying all of our part time employees, the aff

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i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo.rench authorities are testing a new way to stop the stream of young people from joining militant groups abroad. they've seized the passports of those suspected of planning to travel to syria to join the fight. it's the first phase of the new anti-terrorism law. interior minister bernard kaz noour said authorities have taken six passports from people in their 20s. he said they're preparing travel bans for 40 others. and he said if french citizens leave to commit atrocities in syria or iraq they would pose an even greater risk when they return. france's parliament passed the new counterterrorism laws in november. they allow authorities to prevent nationals from traveling if their suspected purpose is to engage in terrorist activities. government officials estimate about 1,400 french nationals have joined the islamic state group or are planning to do so. authorities have been on high alert since terror attacks in and around paris last month left 17 people dead. they've also raided organiz

. >> catherine: people are saying what happened in this house the missouri is beyond belief.ear-old boy was kidnapped up, threat was a done an ordeal that lasted for hours. police say was always the mother's approval. the child's mother grandmother i'd better call worker ought i are now facing it felony charges. they reportedly staged the kidnapping to teach the little boy lessened. say he was too nice to strangers. it began when the man involved lore the boy into his truck and drove off with them. >>: he was threatened with being put into a sex trade. >> catherine: 60 is tied up in his head was covered. he did not realize he'd been brought back to the basement of his own home. he later told police at his school what happened and they call police. incredibly the family is still insisting they did nothing wrong. the mother is charged with kidnapping and felony abuse. and the others are facing follow up felonious restraint charges. at >> catherine: the pup was ok with children being spanked as long is their dignity is maintained. he is getting mixed reaction to that comment. th

and next the xhf report from catherine on the the embassy evacuated in yemen. plus new testimony from the man who was accused of killing american sniper chris kyle and his friend chad little field, that's next. >> egypt is launching air strikes against the isis in libya without consulting the united states. the lib rathreat is held later this afternoon in new york city. cairo is calling for international military intervention following the beheading of 21 coptic christians by isis terrorist. john bolton is a fox news contractor. what do you think of the efforts made today and how significant is that? >> i don't think much will come of it. the security council will authorize countries in the region to use force to protect their citizens. i don't think there is anything stronger to that. it is iraq and syria. >> senior officials are talking about the strikes that egypt waged on isis and libya and said the egypt is not consulting the u.s. and not part of the coalition. does egypt need to talk ambassador before they make a move? >> i think the president of egypt is

catherine: asÍ es, durante un recorrido por el centro para ser clausurar formal a la segunda fase dede corrupciÓn, reiterÓ que como mÁximo representante del ministerio pÚblico asumirÁ toda la responsabilidad para que el caso termina de manera justa. >> que cada quien asuma su responsabilidad. el dinero de los dominicanos, no es sÓlo para una persona. >> el procurador ante la actitud del senador el dÍa de ayer, expresÓ que como ser humano y profesional se mantendrÁ ecuÁnime, pero firme. >> hay que hacer lo que haya que hacer. catherine: calificar la manera por la que los tribunales han procesado el caso, ya que hay que esperar la conclusiÓn del mundo. domÍnguez brito se expresÓ en esos tÉrminos al inagurar el pabellÓn donde dormirÁn los internos de la correccional, hubo un despliegue de presentaciones artÍsticas, mientras que los privados de su libertad manifestaron esperanza y alegrÍa por el cambio infraestructural de la correccional. esto es todo de mi parte. ilia: muchas gracias, despuÉs de luchas contra la droga, la policÍa de colombia reclama una reducciÓn grande en la cantidad d

catherine heenan is here with the latest. >>catherine: this is happening just one day before illegal immigrants were set to begin applying for work permits and legal protection. but a texas judge is blocking it. everything has come to what all. this is an immigration rally in denver today. the organizers know that the president still has a big battle ahead. the white house is appealing that texas court order that temporarily blocks his program. the order gives a coalition of 26 states time to put together a lawsuit to permanently stop the executive actions. they argue the administration is overstepping its authority. today the president sounded frustrated but determined. >>: president obama speaking been trying to block something that is proving to be lawful. >>catherine: the president says that he will abide by the ruling. but again the first part of the order affecting children in the country illegally was disposed to start tomorrow mean a lot of disappointed families tonight. >>pam: and a grant emigration reform act of thi

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo.embers of the islamic state militant group have been recruiting people from around the world to join their battle. now authorities from the united states have charged three men with conspiring to support the group. investigators believe two of them were planning to travel to syria to fight. one of the men is 19 and is from kazakhstan. the others age 24 and 30 are from uzbekistan. all of them live in brooklyn new york. federal authorities said two of the men intended to go to syria to take part in jihad or holy war. officers arrested the 19-year-old at john f. kennedy international airport. he was preparing to board a flight for turkey. investigators believe the oldest member of the group provided the others with money for plane tickets. authorities say two of the men posted messages on the minority supporting the militants and contacted a person with links to the group. fbi officials and the new york police believe the two men were planning terrorist attacks against the united states.

i was thinking about what mary catherine was saying i tend to agree, i'm a little older than mary catherinehink it's a little beneath the dignity of the office gosh, why the president is doing this? nixon was an laugh-in. clinton on arsenio blowing a saxophone. i understand these people want to president of the united states want to come across as more human but at some point, i think you don't want to end up somehow demeaning what is the highest office in the land. heather: at least, pick your opportunities. i wonder who is advising him when doing these things. he could have wait ad day or two after announcement about kayla mueller, the same day when we're running out of our embassy in yemen. as you mentioned mary catherine, this is the not first occasion this has happened. following beheading of james foley. he was seen minutes later smiling on a golf course after benghazi. took off next day for a fund-raiser in las vegas. who is advising him? >> yeah i think he does want to reach these millenials. i have no problem doing an interview with buzzfeed which i don't think is below the dignity

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo.he nikkei is hitting a milestone. it is trading at a 15-year high. more on that in our business segment in just a moment. but first we take you to ukraine, where separatists there backed by russia say they've taken full control of a key railway hub in an eastern part of the country. they've seen government troops ordered out of the city of debaltseve. they hoisted their flags on rooftops to show their initiative in the truce process. they also began to withdraw heavy weaponry from the seized area in an apparent gesture to abide by the arrangement that took effect on sunday. ukrainian president petro poroshenko made an unexpected visit to the region and praised the efforts of soldiers there. he stressed their withdrawal was to comply with the truce. he also spoke with key cabinet ministers and military leaders about ways to deal with the separatists and russia. and he's decided to ask the u.n. and e.u. to dispatch personnel for a peacekeeping operation. debaltseve is considered a strate

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo.he former head of south korea's intelligence service has been sent to jail for three years after a major legal turnaround. a seoul high court judge ruled won sei hoon should be imprisoned for trying to influence the outcustom a presidential election. the judge reviewed a decision by a lower court which found the former director of the national intelligence service guilty of political meddling. but he received a suspended sentence. the high court judge concluded that won made his subordinates launch an online smear campaign during the 2012 presidential election. he said they used more than 700 twitter accounts to post a slew of messages critical of candidates who ran against park geun hye. she won the vote by a slim margin. the judge said won neglected his duty to maintain neutrality and meddled in the political progress, and he said the former spy chief harmed the country's democracy. won has the right to appeal this latest vertical. members of the largest opposition party new politics

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo.>> u.s. president barack obama says he's determined to take on islamic state. he called the group a grave threat to the national security of the united states and its allies, and he's asked congress to formally authorize military force against the militants. >> this resolution strikes the necessary balance by giving us the flexibility we need for unforeseen circumstances. for example, if we had actionable intelligence about a gathering of isil leaders, and our partners didn't have the capacity to get them, i would be prepared to order our special forces to take action. because i will not allow these terrorists to have a safe haven. >> obama says islamic state poses a threat to the people and stability of iraq, syria, the broader middle east and to u.s. national security. the proposal would limit operations against the militants to three years. obama said the plan does not authorize long-term large-scale ground combat operations like those in afghanistan and iraq. obama has been carryin

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fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the report. >> reporter: the father of the jordanian pilot lieutenant moaz al-kassabeh overcome by grief after learning the news his son was dead, burned alive by isis terrorists. the jordanian government was quick to confirm what it called an assassination which would not go unanswered. >> whoever doubted the unity of jordan will be proved wrong. whoever doubts jordan's stern and lethal response will be proved wrong. >> reporter: mr. obama condemned isis and yet another savage act. >> we'll redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make

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catherine field is live in pairs. catherine, what you can tell me about these drones? >> well, not that much, unfortunately, greta. what i can say is that on the night monday to tuesday there were five sightings as you said around the american embassy in paris. around in paris and the isle eiffel tower. these are very strategic locations and on the night tuesday to wednesday night. nine different sightings. this is very unusual to fly anything, is illegal. not allowed to fly in central paris. the police had already been happened. apparently they were there on tuesday and got footage of other drones who is operating these drones or each people in the area who might have got more information or seen some of their neighbors with these particular drones. >> how is it possible that the french can't figure it out two nights in a row that they are not almost standing guard waiting for this. is it that impossible to sort of locate who might be operating a drone? is it that much range in these drones? are they fearful that they carry something sinister whether it's a spy thing

the family also says this, catherine. -- >> reporter: if i could just follow up. go ahead. bill: the family state, we remain heartbroken for the families of the other captives who did not make it home safely and who remain in our thoughts and prayers. there are still americans in syria. do we have a full accounting of who they are now? >> reporter: there is not a full accounting of the remaining western hostages. the conventional wisdom, when you talk to intelligence officials is about a handful that remain and then over 100 who are syrian nationallals. back up for one moment bill very little has been said about these back channel communications between isis and the american families. and, with the death of cale law mueller, i think we can tell you a little bit more about some of the communications we were aware of at fox news. isis set up a twitter account specifically to get into contact with the family of peter kassig. former military, also an american aid worker, who was executed by isis. and as part of the exchange w

heenan report. >> catherine: and aggressive president obama cyber security adviser and thousands ofmployes of other defense contractors stolen information in close of security numbers birthdays and e-mail's including street addresses. the nonmedical order help find records. --nonmedical our financial records. the group that is supposed to be behind this is caught the panda. >> pam: and aggressive i'll is on the crowd and part in or in four victims say they had that attack while running or walking on trills and bush pastor part in salem. what is believed to be a barred owl has been swooping down and scratching people's heads so far the injuries have been minor. >> like a tearing sensation and when he flashed on to my head. >> pam: sofar injuries have been-size and the part warn runners and walkers that they should wear off of all things, hard hats. the attacks on people call last march which is the end of mating season. >> grant: getting into trouble because he was convicted felon. he gained thousands of them mires one police put his picture of facebook creek modeling a disease or ev