. >>> happening later today fattah jr. will be in court to argue that he does not need a lawyer. fattah jr. wants to represent himself because he's most familiar with the allegations against him. his trial is set for march 9dth and his father is the focus of a federal corruption investigation and he is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> rahim pleasant pleaded guilty. he was an innocent bystander when a shooting broke out. >>> this morning, we have some new video showing the aftermath of a multi-state police chase. that chase started in new jersey and came to an end in maryland. police arrested the carjacking suspect last night, just before he entered the fort mchenry tunnel in baltimore. the chase began just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon in west hampton burlington county. now, police say the suspect carjacked a woman at a mental health facility on wood lane road. officers finally took out his tires using stop sticks in baltimore. investigators identify the suspect as 29-year-old trent tally. >>> 5:06 now. the philadelphia police department has unveiled its body

theabdel fattah el sey.cause for the jailing of mo mohamed fahmy, bahar mohamed and peter greste. professor, you touched on it briefly before the break. please expand on that idea. is this a way at slapping at qatar without directly doing anything aggressive? >> i think it's slapping at qatar, but also more directly aid at the muslim brotherhood this. over reaction shows a sense of desperation, i think their concern is if the egyptian people have access to information that shows a different perspective. even if that per perspective is allegedly biased but anything that the not pro regime, the egypt people may question his legitimacy. it's not just about qatar. qatar surely is a target because the al jazerra network is a very powerful one and many people watch it on the internet or through satellite television. but more directed at the muslim brotherhood. because they were the only meaningful opposition that proved that it could take over parliament and win a president she. so to the extend al jazerra gives a

his father, fattah is the focus of a corruption investigation.he congressman is married to nbc news anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> rahim pleasant pled guilty in the death of 17-year-old bernard scott. in april 2013, scott was hit by a stray bullet in overbrook. three other men were also charged in that murder. >>> and this morning we have new video of the aftermath of a police chase that started in new jersey and came to an end in maryland. police arrested that carjacking suspect last night just before he entered the fort mchenry tunnel in baltimore. now, the chase began just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon in west hampton, burlington county. police say the suspect carjacked a woman at a mental health facility on wood lane road and lead police officers on that chase across state lines and officers finally took out his tires using stop sticks in baltimore. they identified the suspect as 29-year-old trent tally. >>> at 4:45, we have new information on the murder of american photo journalist james foley. isis militants are trying to sell foley's

this is the motion chaka fattah filed trying to get his case kicked. i thumbed through this and then i took to a legal expert who says this is an example as to why fattah should not be representing himself. >> what are you doing for a living now? doctor working on this case. >> despite a federal judge's warning, he insists he can defend himself better than his court appointed attorneys. >> let's talk about the lawyers that you have now and from what i've gathered, very competent lawyers and strong lawyers. why not use them? >> we have a difference of opinion involving strategy. >> reporter: he tells me one of his strategies is to get it indictment dismissed. he filed this 300 plus page motion asking the court to kick his case. >> this is thick and i guess his theory is that if it's thick, it might be true. >> reporter: he showed a former federal prosecutor the motion and he tells me the motion is based on whether the government lied to a grand jury. and that's not near good enough for a judge to dismiss the case. >> you have the government saying it's

and the egyptian leader fattah al sisi is simply a return to the time of mubarak. with protests in tunisia and the political outcome there while still a work in progress is totally different from that in egypt. tunisia's new parliament held session tuesday, four years after the ouster of long-time leader ben ali. >> now is the time to establish democratic institutions and make the articles of the constitution real. >> the country's presidential election is also still in motion, citizens went to the polls sending them to the run off. >> where we can do it. it's not a miss. it's not--it can be an evaluate. and elections. and democracy are possible in islamic country. >> as to yo to tunisians look forward, tahrir square is still off limits to protesters. doing it again looks much harder to pull off. >> did the mubarak trials acquittals mark the end of something or is there still a beginning. is this outcome just a way of moving free, a young military man holding the presidency in his place while thousands block egyptian cities to accomplish. here to discuss those ques

fattah, why don't you pick it up. mr. fattah: thank you and i appreciate that. we were together just recently n your district at the stagland scientific symposium focused in on some of the challenges related to diseases and disorders of the human brain. this issue that you raised on the floor tonight is the most dominant challenge that we face in terms of a degenerative brain disease. it is not by accident that prime minister david cameron, when leading the g-7, said that dementia was the world's global challenge. it is not by accident that here in our own country we have created, through the great work of members like yourselves and others, a major focus now on brand er's as one of the name, dementia, that is affecting millions of americans and will affect millions going forward. i led an effort in the appropriations process focusing on the human brain, both mapping the brain and challenging and chasing cures and treatment for diseases. this neuro science initiative, the fattah neuro science initiative has focused on the fact that these 600 diseases and plus of

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. we'll get to that story in a few minutes. we begin with the countdown to 2015. let's take a look at our countdown clock in fact ticking away the sections until midnight. just about six hours until the ball drops. >> times square is ready, taking a live look now. you can see crowds have already filled the streets. some people arrived ten hours before the show to make sure they had a good seat. up to 1 million people are expected to ring in the new year in times square. >> and the new year already arriving in france, as we speak. here's a live look at paris right now where the clock just struck midnight. they do call this the city of lights and paris is living up to its nick make here. the city is stepping up its new year's display on the champs elyses. >> nbc 10's rosemary connors is live at penn's landing. >> what's it like out there? >> jim and renee, the fireworks just starred, literally within the past minute or two. they're going off right now. eyes are fixated on the sky. people here are enjoying this new year's eve cele

the reason for that is is today marks 50 years since the creation of the fattah party.nk in their calculus they would also be celebrating the passing of that u.n. resolution with the nine votes, but that wasn't the case and that has cast a shadow over these celebrations. whatever the case in an hour or two the palestinian leadership will be meeting, discussing how they can move this forward, and they seem to be determined to do just that. in the long term they said they could approach the u.n. security council once again, but in the short-term we understand that they will be signing various treaties. they haven't said which treaties exactly, however, we're hearing that they may sign the rome statute. that effectively paves the way for the palestinians to join the international criminal court, something the israelis have been very vocal in their opposition against. so, again, that's what we're hearing is that this isn't over. >> but divisions divisions divisions. you have celebrations there, and yet we have hamas saying fattah has let us down entirely by even taking this

people gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this fattah movement. seen the president there on stage. he is expected to address the crowd a little bit -- a little bit earlier he was playing flowers at the grave of yasser arafat. this has been a year that has seen a return to conflict and the bid for statehood failed. the leaders have been weighing their options, decide on the next step with reports that they could be looking at setting a date for applying for membership at the international criminal court. so we'll continue to watch developments there in ramallah and bring you more from there has it comes into us. >>> let's move on with other news for now. at least 22 people have been killed in clashes on the border of the democratic republic of the congo. the army ambushed the fighters after they entered the country. >>> gambia's president has confirmed that his palace came under attack and the coup attempt was foiled. he was out of the country at the time, but has since returned and is promising stern reaction against the perpetrators. >> reporter:

. >> egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi insisted it was an issue for the courts. their appeal process is due to start this week. what's been going on behind the scenes is less clear. president sisi has suggested that he would have preferred the have had the journalists deported. perhaps a sign that he was aware of the damage this case was doing to egypt's reputation. but as 2014 comes to an end, al jazeera's team remains in jail having committed no crimes. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> well on january 1st an appeal for the three al jazeera journalists will be heard at egypt's court of casesian. it won't address the charges it's most procedural in nature reviewing aspects such as the arrest warrant the trial and the verdict. the judges meet one week out of every month but there's no time frame for them to issue their decision. there are three potential outcomes right now. the court can either dismiss the entire case, uphold the verdict and the sentence, in which case they can appeal once more, or order a new trial. but the retrial would only be for the three curre

fattah junior says he wants to represent himself because he is having disagreements with his current defense counsel. he did not say what those difficulties an agreement are. trial begins in march, fattah junior faces up to 400 years in prison if convicted. >>> well, there is breaking news right now that comes out of portland, oregon and this is chopper video just into "eyewitness news" following a shooting outside of a school there in portland. police say that three people have been taken to local hospitals, two young men and a young woman but there is no word on their conditions right now. we know this happened at rose marie anderson high school, investigators are still on the scene, they are looking for one or possibly even more suspects, details very sketchy after this school shooting in port land, we will keep you up to dayton any new details that come in the news room. >>> meantime a day country stood still, mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, two years ago this weekend. local gun control advocates mark the anniversary in philadelphia remember

source told philly.com fattah jr.ts to represent himself because he's most familiar with the allegations. his trial is set for march 9th and his father congressman fattah is the focus of an investigation. >>> a 13-year-old boy is recovering after police say two men shot him during an attempted robbery. this happened in last night. investigators say the bullet grazed the teen's stomach. this morning officers are still looking for the robbers. >>> 6:35 a.m. in ocean county tonight, the commune will gather for a fund-raiser. it's for the family of the woman killed when a jet crashed into her home in maryland. marie gemmell grew up in brick to township. all three people onboard the plane were killed. gemmel's husband and 5-year-old daughter were not home when the plane crashed. the fund-raiser is called a toast to marie. it's set for tonight at 8:00. held at the river rock restaurant and marina bar in brick township. >>> happening today rowan university in glassboro will break ground. it ilallow rowan to double enrollment

possible would be going through the judicial system because the head of the regime in egypt with fattah al sisi would not like to look like that he's interviewing, that's what he says all the time, that this is all in the judicial system. he cannot interfere. i think to list them even as a way to walk out let the trial go on. i think that the egyptian regime wants to stabilize the country more. they want to hold things more in their own hands. they may possibly release the journalists to get more international support for the regime itself, and they would use that as a way to let say convince the outside world that there is a freedom in the country, and journalists can walk free. >> other world news, a second day of searches has failed and they believe the malaysian plane to be at the bottom of the sea. >> another day of anxious waiting for relatives on the aircraft. in the morning they got a private briefing from search and rescue officials from where the airplane took off with 162 people on board. andreas sister-in-law was on board. >> we heard that the team will found the plane immed

. >> reporter: egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi insisted it was an issue for the courts. their appeals process is due to start this week. what's been going on behind the scenes is less clear. but president i.s. has suggested he would have preferred the have the journalists deported. perhaps a sign that he was aware of the damage this case was doing to egypt's reputation. but as 2014 comes to an end, al jazeera's team remains in jail, having committed no crimes. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> while the social media campaign to free our colleagues has reached around the world the one year rk ordeal last played out online. >> whilst we prefer the have them outside this is #freeajstaff hashtag sort of afternoon during europe, mortgage in the united states and evening through asia and asia pacific. there's good strength particularly through europe, london and the netherlands were strong and africa, that is where peter greste was based based in nairobi before he was arrested. how does that actually translate into numbers? if we look at the graph this is 3:30 p.m. doha time. 12:

fattah junior's trial is set for march 9. his father is a congressman who is married to our news afrpger. >>> in ocean county a fund-raiser will be held for the family of a woman killed when a jet crashed into her home in maryland. she grew up in brick township. she and her two young sons died in the crash. all three people on the plane were killed that day. the husband and 5-year-old daughter were not home at the time of the crash. the fund-raiser is tonight at 8:00 at the river rock restaurant and marina bar in brick township. >>> in the atlantic city casino crisis where he more than three days away from the deadline to save the trump taj mahal. the new deadline is monday. the owners say the workers union backed out of a deal to keep the casino open and save the 3,000 jobs. the ceo says the union has until 5:00 p.m. this monday to drop its appeal of a court ordered cost cutting move that cancels health insurance and pension plans. the union has not commented on the deadline. it is set to close a week from tomorrow. >>> new

nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah live is in the operation center. those two women along with another accuser is represented by gloria allred. >> reporter: that's right. and gloria allred, she suggested that bill cosby waive the statue of limitations and that would allow the accusers to take him to court. now a news conference with allred and the accusers just wrapped up. the attorney asked cosby to put $100 million into a fun. then any accuser who won a civil suit from cosby could take money from that fund. bill cosby's lawyer has not responded to requests for comment and it's important to note that, again, bill cosby has not been charged with any crime. reporting live from the digital operations center, renee chenault-fattah. back to you. >> more breaking news out of new york city. as mentioned earlier, a grand jury has decided not to indict a white police officer on criminal charges in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in july. an attorney for the victim's family said he was told there would be no indictment for officer daniel pantaleo i

nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah joins us with an update. renee?ore debris will resume soon. crews will be concentrating on a shallow area in the water where they see a large, dark shadow. indonesian tv showed footage of the debris which includes an emergency exit door a life jacket and a bright blue suitcase. what crews haven't yet fond are the cockpit and flight data recorders. those will give investigators a much better idea of what led to this tragedy. news of the debris being found left family members as you can imagine, devastated. many are being flown in to identify any bodies that are found. several relatives have also chartered a plane to fly over the crash site and pray for their loved ones. >> it's an experience i never dreamt of happening and it's probably an airline ceo's worst nightmare. but we stay strong for the families out there to ensure that we can look after them even after this incident. >> dozens of elite military divers will join the search for more debris. the u.s. is sending the arb"uss sampson" destroyer in. >>> as anothe

has released an audio clip, which shows officials trying to influence the current president abdel fattah al-sisi was serving in the clip, one official is heard to ask another official to intervene on behalf of another general's son. editor in chief of the newspaper says the audio recording is significant. >> translator: the leaked audio is very damaging. i think it raises two questions. the first is against mamdu shaheen. i know shaheen's voice very well and his voice is the one we can hear in the recording. the second is the judge's in the case. did he allow meddling in a case of 37 are killed. >>> brigadier general hamid terhi against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. a funeral procession is set to be held in tehran on monday. >>> as part of a special series, al jazeera is looking back on some of the more difficult events of the year. one of the worse is the shelling of a united nations school. >> suddenly use losing the use of two limbs makes everything harder. what she misses most is playing with her children. >> my life was okay, i used to play with my children, run with my

live in the studio, renee chenault-fattah, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> we have learned the names twoof people kille in a house fire in reading. family members say 87-year-old petro morales and 88-year-old miriam vega died when flames ripped through a home on spruce street last night. witnesses say the two were trapped inside the burning home. investigators are still trying to figure out how that fire started. they say does not appear to be suspicious. >>> an autopsy reveals that a man found dead in mantua creek accidentally dwoun lyly drown. a police officer found the body on the bank of a creek in gloucester township. smith was seen leaving an inn, the telford inn in the morning. >>> state senator tom carper toured the claymont fire company today. crews just finished remodeling here. the work took 14 months to complete. this has been a long time coming. >> it is something to see. it is well worth the wait and the agony through the construction. >> the remodeling project cost more than $2 million. >>> several penndot workers charged in an alleged scheme to rip off taxpayers face a ju

nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah introduces us to this year's winner. ♪ hark!rter: hark the herald angels sing, a classic christmas choir, done au capella. >> i've liked singing since i was little. singing is a way to get rid of the stresses of your life and let go and do what you want to do. >> reporter: it was a complex choral arrangement for the 25 ninth through 12th graders. their director told them she wouldn't let them perform it unless it was perfect. >> they said, we promise, we'll get it, we'll work so hard. i said, prove it. >> reporter: prove it they did, winning the grand prize in moore fm's christmas choir competition. >> we were in my car and turned up the radio then that little more fm jingle came on. we were like, oh my gosh, this is it. then they said oxford high school, we were like, how does this feel? we were so honored to be selected as win withers. >> reporter: what will they do with the grand prize of $5,000? >> we are so grateful for the money from mercedesmercedes-ben. first, we'd love portable choral risers. we're halfway there now. ri

from all of us here at nbc 10, i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield.ews continues with "nightly news" with brian wilson. i'll see you again at 11:00. rights of have a good evening. pregnant women in the workforce all across the country making its way to the supreme court. >>> and a good yarn. a heartwarming story right when everybody could use one. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams.

as rene se chenault fattah explains, they consider themselves family. >> reporter: harmonizing like thiss work and these 10th and 11th graders have been at it for years. >> it seems fun, but now everything i love to do, i breathe, live, sing all the time. >> reporter: and the hard work paid off with a second place finish. >> it was awesome. we were so excited. everyone was like jumping up and down when they announced it to the radio. >> reporter: along with the announcement came $2,000 in prize money. >> the money, we're going to take a trip to carnegie hall and to a performance there. >> reporter: the ensemble is performing as part of the music heritage festival. >> certainly the students and mrs. o day have put a lot of time in to what they do. we're very proud. >> reporter: for the choir director, it's a labor of cadem well. they're very fun people to be around. i love my job because it's really the kids who make it so awesome to come to work every day. >> reporter: and the feeling is shared. >> just something i can always have with me, it's a beautiful thing. music is so important an

. >>> for all of us here at nbc 10, i'm renee chenault-fattah.es with "nbc nightly news." see you at 11:00. >>> on the broadcast tonight -- wreckage recovered. the worst fears now confirmed about that passenger plane that disappeared three days ago. now investigators try to close in on what caused it to drop out of the sky. >>> line of duty. a dramatic increase in the number of cops killed on the job this year. and police advocates worry it's part of growing animosity towards the government. >>> the big plunge. just before the ball drops so are temperatures. drastically throughout the nation. but would you believe this is the warmest year on record? >>> and peace and quiet. grades are up suspensions are down and this school district credits a technique that goes back thousands of years. "nightly news" begins now.

president barack obama has spoken to egyptian president abdul fattah al-sisi, about the three al jazeerarnallists who were jailed in egypt. they have now been held for 356 days. and are appealing against their convictions. the deputy spokesman says in the phone conversation, obama raised the imprisonment of the al jazeera journalists and: >>> u.s. president barack obama signed a bill to impose more sanctions on russia over the crisis in eastern ukraine. after big falls in the value of the ruble, additional economic sanctions would put president vladimir putin under more pressure. ukraine isn't the only place where russia is accused of interfering. just across the border from ukraine, transnistria, is recognized by russia as an independent republic. but the state exists outside of the international system. that is having a major effect on those who live there. robin forestier-walker explains. >> reporter: these peoples from transnistria take the bus every day with their teachers. it's a journal the deputy has been making for 12 years. today is a good day, no hold ups as they cross the bou

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> good night. on our broadcast tonight, school massacre.ble tragedy more than 140 dead. almost all of them children. as armed gunmen storm the campus and open a ferocious attack. >>> threatening violence at movie theaters. the electronic hackers that have taken down sony pictures have gone a step further now, threatening violence, invoking 9/11. nbc news has learned the fbi is closing in. >>> earl warning. what are 30-year-olds doing in an alzheimer's clinic. tonight a new approach to battling the awful disease years before the signs start to appear. >>> and over a barrel. as americans enjoy a big break on gas prices, look who's paying the price. "nightly news" begins now.

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. news continues with "nbc nightly news." >>> on our broadcast tonight, knocked out. who turned out the lights in detroit? a huge power grid suddenly goes dark, a city-wide emergency focusing attention on a crumbling infrastructure nationwide. >>> mandatory evacuations in california as the nasty and sprawling storm moves on shore. too much rain way too fast and in a drought-stricken region that now means floods. >>> sounding the alarm about what's in the cargo hold on commercial flights. tonight the product that could bring down a plane. >>> also our nbc news investigation on a potential health risk in certain playgrounds. why some doctors warn against it, some parents won't let their kids near it. >>> and plunge at the pump. gas prices continue to dive, and we learn where they might

. >> egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi insisted it was an issue for courts. their appeals process is due the start this week. what's been going on behind the scenes is less clear. though president i.s. se has suggested that hesisi last cialg mentioned he would prefer to have then deported. al jazeera's team remains behind bars having committed no crimes. andrew simmons al jazeera. >> owner mohamed lal shami was released last summer, being held without charges. >> wouldn't like to look like he is interfering into the judicial system because he claims all the time, you know, at least from what he says to the egyptian people this is all in the judicial system, he cannot interfere in it. so i think it will possibly be at least even them a kind of, you know, a way to walk out and still let the trial go on because of all the pressure that has been going on. i think the egyptian regime now wants kind of to stabilize the country more. they want to kind of hold things more into their own hands so they would more possibly release those journalists in reward of getting

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield.he news continues now. >>> on our broadcast tonight, who's to blame for the withering continuing electronic attack on sony pictures? publicly the white house won't say, privately the feds are pointing to north korea. and what does that mean for national security? >>> trouble from within. a scathing new report on what the secret service has to fix right away starting with the fence around the white house. >>> inside cuba, while some americans remain suspicious, cubans seem to embrace a new era of relations with the u.s. and the change can already be felt in the streets. >>> and joining the team. how a 9-year-old boy became the most celebrated member of a college hoops squad. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this

thanks for watching ip renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. >>> we leave you right now with new year's in sydney tokyo and more. see you at 11:00. happy new year everybody. >> happy new year. t test >>> on the broadcast tonight, battling the elements. bad weather holds up recovery efforts in the airasia crash. and each minute that passes will only make a somber duty tougher. >>> tragic accident a young mother shot dead inside a walmart when her child gets ahold of the gun she was carrying in her purse. >>> frozen nation 80%f the country experiencing below freezing conditions and bad weather socking parts of the west already may have -- lives. >>> and the final countdown. it's already 2015 in much of the world. in just a few hours it will be our turn and despite the cold people are ready to party. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm kate snow in for brian on this new year's eve. it's been exactly four days since the tower lost contact with airasia flight 8501 and desp

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield.news continues with "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> on the broadcast tonight, plot twist. the president calls out sony for caving to the hackers and pulling its christmas blockbuster. and tonight, the fbi says knot korea did it. now how will the u.s. respond? >>> mean season, the flu hits early and hard across the country. tonight, a warning from doctors why this year is already worse than last. >>> triple threat, big storms hitting right at the worst time. a big mess for families traveling for christmas. >>> and making a difference by giving teachers a helping hand and giving millions of kids the tools they need to succeed. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york,

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield.ws continues with "nbc nightly news." >>> on our broadcast tonight -- making history. the surprise announcement by the president, the u.s., and cuba agree to normalize relations after more than half a century, opening up the floodgates for travel and commerce. tonight the prisoner swaps, the tearful reunion for an american held there for years. the fallout and reaction from here to havana. >>> breaking news -- the feds say they know who was behind the sony attack as the studio now cancels its christmas-day movie release after threats of violence. >>> and nightmare flight -- a genuinely terrifying ride, the kind of turbulence that has rarely ever been recorded on video as passengers are heard praying for their lives. "nightly news" begins now.

general is investigating a leaked audio recording which allegedly involves top aids of president abdel fattahptian tv says they are herd discussed forced evidence against deposed president mohamed morsi. morsi is appearing at another hearing before a cairo criminal court accused of spying. his defense in continuing to -- is continuing to present its argument. >>> al jazerra continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been held in prison in egypt for 344 days. peter crest every, mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed were jailed on as far as chargeses of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. all three are appealing their convictions. >>> bangladesh is holding a sum toyota look at ways at establishing sustainable and reasonable supply chains in the text style and garment tech tour. the industry has been in the spotlight since 2012 when disaster struck the government factories. most survivors are still waiting for comprehension. we'll see how one of them is coping two years on. >> reporter: three years ago she was trapped inside this building when it was on fire. desperate

fattah's corporal michael j. crescenz department of veterans' affairs legislation reminds us all the contributions of our nation's veterans should never be forgotten. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: i thank the gentleman for yielding back. i will close, having no further speakers, by saying i can't think of anything more appropriate than naming this v.a. medical center after this medal of honor winner. i'm a vietnam era veteran, lost a lot of friends in the war in vietnam. it's difficult for me to even talk about it. i can't think of anything more appropriate than naming this great medical center after this hero from philadelphia, pennsylvania. once again, mr. speaker, i encourage all members to support s.-229 and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 229. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no

. >>> for all of us here at nbc 10, i'm renee chenault-fattah. the news continues with "nbc nightly news." see you at 11:00. >>> on the broadcast tonight -- wreckage recovered. the worst fears now confirmed about that passenger plane that disappeared three days ago. now investigators try to close in on what caused it to drop out of the sky. >>> line of duty. a dramatic increase in the number of cops killed on the job this year. and police advocates worry it's part of growing animosity towards the government. >>> the big plunge. just before the ball drops so are temperatures. drastically throughout the nation. but would you believe this is the warmest year on record? >>> and peace and quiet. grades are up suspensions are down and this school district credits a technique that goes back thousands of years. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >> good evening. i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. there's such deep anguish for families of those ab

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues now. >>> on our broadcast tonight, who's to blame for the withering continuing electronic attack on sony pictures? publicly the white house won't say, privately the feds are pointing to north korea. and what does that mean for national security? >>> trouble from within. a scathing new report on what the secret service has to fix right away starting with the fence around the white house. >>> inside cuba, while some americans remain suspicious, cubans seem to embrace a new era of relations with the u.s. and the change can already be felt in the streets. >>> and joining the team. how a 9-year-old boy became the most celebrated member of a college hoops squad. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it has already crippled a big company. it's cost a major studio a major motion picture. and it's had a terrible cost to privacy. and while the electronic attack on sony pic

but he was regarded as a hard liner loyal to president abdel fattah el-sisi.le, sisi has held talks with qatar's deputy foreign minister. it's the first such meeting since i took office last year. the talks have been described others an attempt to start a new chapter in relations between he just a minute and qatar. >>> egypt says it will reopen the rafah border crossing with the gaza strip on sunday for the second time in two months. it will allow around 3 1/2 thousand palestinians stranded in he just a minute to crass in to gaza it's the only passage not controlled by israel. it was shut in late october following a suicide bombing in the sinai peninsula. >>> al jazerra continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been in prison in egypt for 358 days. peter greste, mo ham he ha and s were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. >>> now to syria where there has been intense fighting near the northern city of aleppo. as rebels try to out of the government forces fr

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> good night. on our broadcast tonight, school massacre. a terrible tragedy more than 140 dead. almost all of them children. as armed gunmen storm the campus and open a ferocious attack. >>> threatening violence at movie theaters. the electronic hackers that have taken down sony pictures have gone a step further now, threatening violence, invoking 9/11. nbc news has learned the fbi is closing in. >>> earl warning. what are 30-year-olds doing in an alzheimer's clinic. tonight a new approach to battling the awful disease years before the signs start to appear. >>> and over a barrel. as americans enjoy a big break on gas prices, look who's paying the price. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. it was two years and one day ago we were trying to process, along with everyone else, the horror we had just witnessed at a school in newtown, connecticut. the world was watching back then as they are again tonight. a school in pakistan was

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues with "nbc nightly news." >>> on our broadcast tonight -- making history. the surprise announcement by the president, the u.s., and cuba agree to normalize relations after more than half a century, opening up the floodgates for travel and commerce. tonight the prisoner swaps, the tearful reunion for an american held there for years. the fallout and reaction from here to havana. >>> breaking news -- the feds say they know who was behind the sony attack as the studio now cancels its christmas-day movie release after threats of violence. >>> and nightmare flight -- a genuinely terrifying ride, the kind of turbulence that has rarely ever been recorded on video as passengers are heard praying for their lives. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. four out of five americans alive today have never known a free cuba, and while that didn't change today, a lot of history seems to fall down at once. it's been over half a century of tension, fear, cold war and frigid rela

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues with "nbc nightly news." >>> on our broadcast tonight, knocked out. who turned out the lights in detroit? a huge power grid suddenly goes dark, a city-wide emergency focusing attention on a crumbling infrastructure nationwide. >>> mandatory evacuations in california as the nasty and sprawling storm moves on shore. too much rain way too fast and in a drought-stricken region that now means floods. >>> sounding the alarm about what's in the cargo hold on commercial flights. tonight the product that could bring down a plane. >>> also our nbc news investigation on a potential health risk in certain playgrounds. why some doctors warn against it, some parents won't let their kids near it. >>> and plunge at the pump. gas prices continue to dive, and we learn where they might be about to dip under 2 a gallon. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. when the power

i'm renee chenault-fattah. >> i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues with "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> on the broadcast tonight, plot twist. the president calls out sony for caving to the hackers and pulling its christmas blockbuster. and tonight, the fbi says knot korea did it. now how will the u.s. respond? >>> mean season, the flu hits early and hard across the country. tonight, a warning from doctors why this year is already worse than last. >>> triple threat, big storms hitting right at the worst time. a big mess for families traveling for christmas. >>> and making a difference by giving teachers a helping hand and giving millions of kids the tools they need to succeed. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm natalie morales in for brian. he'll be back on monday. there are a lot of fast moving developments tonight concerning the massive cyber attack on sony pictures. president obama had tough words for sony a

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it's been 50 years of the fattah movement. the palestinian liberation movement, and there was a bit of a shadow cast over that celebration, if you will. the crowd was not as large as people had expected. still, people said they were determined to move forward. this was not the end of the palestinian cause. and only moments after word came out, and those international treaties, we heard fireworks going off. in the past hour we heard celebratory gunfire, it's clear that many palestinians are happy about this move. they want their leadership to be muscular, to go forward to fight their cause and join the international criminal court. >> thanks very much. let's now speak to al jazeera diplomatic editor james bays. why this bid why does it matter? what is the strategic shift on the part of the palestinians? >> this is something that the palestinians have been talking about doing for a very long time. israel and the u.s. have been trying to warn them not to do it. ultimately we could see things that have happened on the territory of

. >> reporter: egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi insisted it was an issue for courts. their appeal process is due to start this week. what's been going on behind the scenes is less clear. president sisi has suggested that he would have preferred the have the journalists deported. perhaps a sign that he was aware of the damage this case was doing to egypt's reputation. but as 2014 comes to an end, al jazeera's team remains in jail having committed no crimes. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> and coming up a little later at 4:30 we will tie deeper look at egypt's press freedoms and what it could mean for al jazeera's imprisoned journalists. >>> fierce battle with the taliban, this comes after the u.s. and nato formally ended their combat position in afghanistan. jamesyjamie mcintire joins me. >> as america's longest war is ending at least symbolically, the obama administration is pinning its hopes ton afghan security forces even as the taliban are claiming victory. 13 years after the september 11th attacked most u.s. troops now leaving afghanistan will never return. preside

re renee chenault fattah, nbc 10 news. >>> and now the investigation into the first female firefighterto die while fighting a fire. joyce lewis died in a row home. she was one of the first to go into the home to fight a basement fire. nbc 10 news was able to listen to fire radio recordings indicating craig lewis pressed her emergency button. a call went out that a firefighter was trapped in the basement.fire union president says that's not where craig lewis was found. >> we've been told that she was in fact found on the first floor. but again, i can't say if they were in the basement and then came back up or if it they were on the first floor the entire time. i think that's something that will come out in the investigation. >> craig lewis was an 11 year veteran. she was the mother to a 16 month old girl and a 16-year-old boy. there will be two viewings friday night and then saturday morning at bachelor brothers funeral services on north broad street. her funeral will be held saturday morning at the same location. >>> new information now on the search for missing college student shane m

. >> is egypt's president abdel fattah al-sisi insisted it was a decision for the courts. their appeal process is due to start this week. what's going on hinder the behind the scenes is less clear. beings al i.s. se has being reported to say he would have preferred to have the journalists deported. as 2014 comes to an end al jazeera's team remains in jail having commit noticed crimes. andrew simmons. al jazeera. >> and earlier i spoke to the united nations david kay. he works to protect the rights to freedom of opinion and expression around the world and i asked him for his reaction to the continued attention of our colleagues in egypt. >> it's frankly very depressing to be sitting here you know, a few years after the so-called arab spring and to be talking about such a crack down on not only on dissent and muslim brotherhood and political opposition but the crack down on freedom of information and the right of all individuals to have being access to information and that's the service that's the profession that journalists provide. so when you ask what to make of it, i thi

renee chenault fattah has more on joyce craig lewis. >> this was an emotional day for the victim's two families. her relatives as well as her colleagues. she was a decorated 11 year veteran. she served at some of the busiest stations in the city including engine 9, engine 45, and engine 64. just before 3:00 this morning, craig lewis was one of the first to arrive at a house fire on middleton street. she got trapped inside the basement. >> i can tell from you experience typically a basement fire is a very hot fire and the visibility is near or at zero. >> tonight black bunting hangs above engine 64. investigators trying to figure out what started the fire. federal experts will conduct their own advice. and darrel clark issued a statement on today's issue that reads in part, i hope all philadelphiian takes a moment to appreciate the risks taken and sacrifices made by our first responders every day. these brave public servants put the lives of complete strangers before their own just as firefighter craig lewis did today. craig lewis was working overtime for another city fire company when