life. >> here are the headquarters of the nation's crack law enforcement agency: the federal bureau of investigation. the bureau maintains the most modern and completely equipped crime detection laboratory in the world. >> the discipline of microscopic hair comparison was developed not by scientists, but by law enforcement. >> comparisons show that the strand of hair from the assailant's scalp is exactly the same as the hair of one suspect being held by police. >> the fbi pioneered hair analysis, and used the technique across the country for over fifty years. >> hair microscopy involves two things. one is that a properly trained hair comparison expert can make an association between a hair found at a crime scene, and a suspect hair. >> even a single hair may supply evidence! >> and then two is: is it possible to give a scientifically valid estimate as to how rare or how common that association would be. so in other words, could 1 in 5 people have left this hair? or 1 in 5 million people? >> the examiners trained eye can learn many things. is it human hair? of what race? animal hair? what family? >>

the federal bureau of investigation's use of techniques is subject to oversight. internally and by the courts. >> we asked what law enforcement should do. >> if you find someone on the path to recognisation, what do you do about them. encourage them to commit a crime and catch them. why don't you have a programme of rehabilitation for them, rather than have them continue the radicalization plan. pull them back. in the absence of measures, there's concern that those vulnerable to i.s.i.l. predators may choose the wrong path >>> chicago's public school teachers to vote on whether to call a strike. the district says it may have to cut thousands of jobs in an effort to shore up offenses. as deest reportses, the teachers union is saying that it's prepared to fight for the jobs. >> reporter: two years ago thousands of angry chicago school teachers took to the streets to fight the close of 50 schools. they love the battle and are bracing for a bigger one. the loss of up to 5,000 jobs, a fifth of 27,000 public school teachers. >> we are willing to be realistic economicall

. >>> the federal bureau of investigation says it's finished searching a lake in san bernardino, davers had been looking for clues. authorities spent three days searching, hoping to find a missing hard drive that belonged to the couple missing. the couple are said to have destroyed their hard drive cellphones to hide information about the attack on the center >>> some tributes in paris to mark a month since the attacks. crowds left candles and flowers at the place de la republique, and outside the bataclan concert hall where 89 were called. some suspects were on the loose. they came to send a message "we continue to live, we do not hide." hull already has more >>> the i.s.i.l. attacks in paris that targeted sports fans, concert goers and diner's happened a month ago. a month in which life from the banks of syria changed dramatic will >> i think in the short to medium term the world will be more dangerous as a result of the things that are happening. and that is a consequence of the fact that islamic state has become strong and global jihadism is so strong. it was friday the 13th and at

says they have evidence that one or both of the killers spoke on the telephone with someone in the united states that was under investigation by the federal bureau of investigation. and they had contact with people outside of the united states that were under investigation by the fbi. the couple tried to erase their digital footprint, smashing cell phones and hard drives. as you heard earlier in those sound bites the fbi may have salvaged them and they are trying now to recover that data. it is in quantico in the process of being recovered. there is a belief that the wife is is the one who radicalized the husband, became his bombmaker and his trainer if you will. but today the family of syed farook said there was no evidence at all that the couple had any ties to terrorism. the investigation into the weapons goes on. remember, there were four weapons, two handguns and two assault rifles. they were bought legally two years ago. the two handguns were purchased by syed farook. but the weapons, the assault rifles were purchased by another man, believed to be a former roommate. police know that man's identity and they say for now he is not under arre

. >> the federal bureau of investigation is investigating an incident in which a severed pigs head ended up at the door of a mosque. it shows a pigs head tossed from a pick-up truck. the mayor elect is calling it an act of bigotry. the command for eating pork and has been used in the pass. the former ambassador is a member of the knesset, is a bet-selling author and joins us. good to have you with us. the times of israel published an excerpt from an upcoming message. it said these should be the first to condemn it. that's why you wanted to come on the show. >> indeed. thank you for having me on. it's not just as jews, as israelis. 20% of the population is muslim. >> it's important. if he takes extremists. it makes the distinction between the terrorists and the countless millions. muslims in the world that are contesting terrorism. >> you also said, and these quotes are in the times of israel while it's crucial to acknowledge there's an extremist form of islam that destroys israel and western civilisation, it's equally important that we make every effort not to increme nate all muslims, t

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. >>> i would like to introduce the new hampshire eight in charge of the federal bureau of investigation. i turn it over to the questions . >>> chief is this related in any way to what happened in california last week? would you step to the microphone are there are arrests and how use an e-mail to shut a whole school system down . >>> very concerned about state is the utmost. our state of the union and teen teeners safety is really what matters the most and as far as other being related to other cases investigations or ongoing. i won't comment on the case itself but as far as just being able to shut a school down, each incident is looked at on its own merits so i certainly wouldn't say just throw a blanket thing out there that's all it takes to . >> anchor: you were just listening to a press confence out of nashua, new hampshire where all city schools were closed a. the headline is there is no credible threat found in that school is going to resume tomorrow but with an increased police presence . >> anchor: the problem was they couldn't determine if the threat was indeed credible or just

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they tell us they are working with the federal bureau of investigationing the push is -- with the fbicious substance. we learned in the last 5 minutes three people were taken to a local hospital as a precaution who were inside of this building. just to bring you up to speed. authorities got the call after 1:00 p.m. thissen this -- this afternoon to council on american-islamic relations. staff members didn't touch the letters so it isn't clear what was written. three people were evacuated. they were sent as a precaution to a local hospital. it will be turned over to investigators. as you can imagine reaction from the leaders here is that of anger. >> disappointing and annoying that there are people out there who would try and intimidate an office of

has been contained in iraq and syria, and the mass interest, being investigated by the federal bureau of investigation and law enforcement. the idea for the president is to calm americans down, reassure americans, and at the same time not being too alarming. why is it in the obviously office, to convey how serious the president is taking this. he met again, releasing the photographing, letting the people know that he is on the job. there's a practical impact. the kennedy center honours is going forward, the president participated in that. in the venues, smaller than many think. it's clear that the white house, that the setting is appropriate to the subject matter at hand. >> are you expecting any major new initiatives out of the address, or is this a be calm, we have this situation. i think so. i think it's largely the latter. we don't expect major policy. the administration over the course of the last couple of weeks announced more special operations forces, military forces. 200 going in to iraq and syria to assist in raids, gather intelligence, and other purposes, a lot of people look at that saying

aggressive tone following the downing of a russian fighter jet >>> searching for clues - the federal bureau of investigation does not no much about the pakistani woman that went on a shooting regime

. >> my 1st reaction, the federal bureau of investigation it is hardly reasonable.impression, it bothers me to see this, forensic accountants may be more valuable than retired navy pilots. we always have to follow the money. follow the money and find out if these guys are getting finance and cut that off. it would not help because it's short-term financing. this is clearly the kind of issue we are going to have to bring up the issue. they get all the cash that they need to conduct the terrorist attack. there is no way to predict or prevent. david: do you think it is likely there will be copycats? see what he did then do the same thing, try to get an online loan? >> it is beyond likely. it is an absolute certainty. they love copycats. they lovecopycats. they love to see what works. they validated methodology and then replicated. until we figure out how to stop this lone wolf copycat attack using short-term financing it is virtually guaranteed that we will see a repeat offense. melissa: knowing exactly how it came to fruition is the 1st up and stopping it. discovering

suggest, if the committee hasn't, remember, with regard to the domestic affairs, the federal bureau of investigation has the principal counterintelligence and intelligence function. and with regard to abroad, it's the national security agencies that do that. i'm not just passing it along. we use that information. but i would think a classified hearing in which you would understand exactly what the fbi is doing in a classified setting, and what the intelligence agencies are doing, i think would be of great utility in answering your questions. >> we might want to arrange that. >> we've all participated in all of those high level -- i want to make sure that the viewers recognize that members of congress have been invited to a series of significant classified briefings. we take that very seriously. and we still have questions. >> well, for all the witnesses, and sort of in conclusion as we get to the end of the hearing here, we basically have lost control of our borders. we have somewhere between 11 and i've heard 15 million people here who are illegal entrants; is that correct? anyone? >> is that the r

. >>> but the big story on "action news tonight comes from the federal bureau of investigation. bernadino as an act of terrorism. one of the discoveries that may have led law men to that point is the fact that tashfeen malik who with her husband syed farook killed 14 people posted her allegiance to the leader of isis on facebook just hours before the attacks. live in san bernadino tonight is "action news"'s brian taff. brian, it's possible that profiling may have played a part but it seems that many americans were out in front of the fbi on this one. >> reporter: indeed, jim. you know many here in san bernadino, california and across the country he have been calling this terrorism since became painfully apparent this attack was well orchestrated and precisely carried out. the fbi has maintained they have a specific set of criteria by which the word terrorism is used. tonight it appears that criteria has been met. >> there's a number of pieces of evidence that has pushed this off to cliff to say we are now investigating this as an act of terrorism. >> reporter: that official desig

a letter from the federal bureau of investigation agents association dated november 24, 2015. a letter from the national association of police organizations dated november 30, 2015. a letter from the association of prosecuting attorneys dated november 24, 2015. a letter from the virginia association of commenwealth attorneys dated july 10, 2015. a letter from the technology counsels of north america dated november 30, 2015. a statement from americans for tax reform dated december 1, 2015. a coalition letter signed by tech freedom and other coalition members dated november 30, 2015. without objection, the items have been entered into the record. it's now my pleasure to recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte, members of the committee and our honored witnesses here for the hearing. and those who are in 2141 to participate in the listening of this very important measure. hr-699, the e-mail privacy act, enjoys, i'm pleased to say, the overwhelmingly bipartisan suppo

anything but inside there's a sheet right now from the united states department of justice, federal bureau of investigation, receipt for property received, returned released or seized from inside this car. the black lexus, 5300. it says that it was apple iphone, a multitool key, business -- some business cards, miscellaneous items, bank receipt, shooting targets, a hammer, vice grips, uhaul receipt, tire receipt, notebooks, garments, go propackaging, and some legal documents. a couple of the headlines there, the gopro packaging and shooting targets. when the nib -- they told us they were going to come out today and the assistant director would be here who would call this aterrorrist incident and then talk about the connections digitally. take a listen. >> i'm ready to confirm there are some telephonic connections between these two individuals, at least one of thieves individuals, and -- these individuals and other subjects of our investigation. >> reporter: now, we were told that press conference would be noon. it was moved up an hour because the national director was speaking at noon so this investigation

that were in the data keeping in terms of fatal police shootings which are kept by the federal bureau of investigationse undertook a year long investigation where we essentially counted every single fatal police shooting and ended up finding out there were nearly a thousand this year which was nearly twice as many as the fbi reported. >> for me this is such a critical idea that simply data collection constitutes almost an activism or at least of kind of journalism that we often don't have an opportunity to see where you go and actually find the answers to these central questions. how different is the world if we think there are a thousand people shot and killed by police than 500? >> i think it's a lot different. what you have is, now the fbi taking a look at our numbers and saying you know what? we need to look at how we aggregate our data and so for 2017, they're saying we're going to look at not only the number of fatal shootings, we're going to look at more granular data. that data should be able to tell us what the breadth and scope of not only police shootings are across the country but the use o

the vetting of refugees raised by members of congress the american people and even the federal bureau of investigationand intelligence officials within the administration uscis simply tells us not to worry because in a process that's good enough doesn't still confidence. the fact that the uscis keeps abusing what is supposed to be as limited discretionary parole authority to create new classes of foreign nationals eligible for parole in the states despite congress's unwillingness to do so doesn't instill confidence. the fact that there continues to be a seeming rubberstamping of credible fear claims for the record high number of individuals surging across the southwest border doesn't instill confidence in the fact that sources tell us that the uscis is considering making it easier for individuals with dui convictions to get daca doesn't instill confidence. the american people are not impressed with paying lip service to security and anti-fraud measures in written testimony to congress. they deserve action ensuring their safety and security. i appreciate your appearing before the subcommittee and look

-- in regards to the domestic affairs, the federal bureau of investigation has the principle counterintelligence and intelligence function. with regard to abroad, it is the national security agencies that do that. we use that information. would think a classified hearing in which you would understand exactly what the fbi is doing in a classified setting and what the intelligence agents are doing, i think would be of great utility. >> we have all participated in all of these high-level -- i want to make sure the viewers take thatthat members very seriously and we still have questions. for all the witnesses, and sort of in conclusion as we get toward the end of the hearing, we basically have lost control of our borders. we have somewhere between 11 and 15 million people here who are who are illegal entrants. is that correct? 11the usual number is million. the number i have always heard is 11 and actually declining. 11 and 15, pretty much everyone agrees. we will just take it at 11. about half of the people here overstate a visa or a taurus ,hing or a student, i am told and the others just came acr

if the committee has them, remember, if it's with regard to the domestic afairs, the federal bureau of investigationhas the principle, counterintelligence and intelligence function and with regard to abroad, it's the national security asianies -- agencies that do that. i would think a classifyed hearing in which you would you understand what the fbi is doing would be of great utility. >> you may want to arrange that. >> we've all participated in all of those high-level -- i want to make sure that viewers members of congress are involveed in briefings and we take that very seriously and we take that very seriously. >> we have basically lost control of our border, we have somewhere 15 million people here who are illegal entrance here; is that correct, anyone? >> the usual number is 11. >> 11 to 15. >> the number that i've always heard 11 and declineing. >> 11 and 15, everyone pretty much agrees. we will just take it at 11. about half of those people here overstayed a visa or a tourist thing, or student, i'm told and the others just came across the border illegaly, rodrÍguez? >> that's consistent. >> t

vetting of refugees raised by members of congress, the american people, and even the federal bureau of investigation and intelligence officials within the administration, uscia simply tells us not to worry. the vetting process is good enough. doesn't instill confidence. s the fact that the usci sichlt continues to abuse their authority to create new classes of foreign nationals eligible for parole in the united states despite congress' unwillingness to do so doesn't instill confidence. the fact that there continues to be a seeming rubber stamping of credible fear claims for the record high number of individuals surging across the southwest boar drder doesn't inl confidence. and the fact that sources tell us that uscis is considering making it easier for individuals with dui individuals to get daca doesn't instill process. the americans are not impressed to lip service. they deserve action, ensuring their safety and security. i appreciate your appearing before the subcommittee and look forward to asking you some questions to follow up on these comments that i've made so that you can assure me despite

. >> the federal bureau of investigation as we know is entrusted with enormous responsibility, not only enforcing our laws but protecting the nation. no matter what the threat. no matter what the motivation of those threatening us, the fbi is told, keep us safe. on any given day, the fbi agents around the country investigating cases involving not only terrorism but violent crime, gangs, cybercrime, identity theft, fraud, human tracking, hate crime, child exploitation. and they know there's no simple answer. for example, when the greatest terrorist attacks in this country by timothy mcveigh happened, none of us said after that, well, we have to exclude people who served in the military or people of timothy mcveigh's religion. instead, we found out what he had done and how we might stop others from doing the same thing. the events of the past six months have underscored the varied nature of the threats the fbi faces. this past june, nine african-american church goers were murdered by a white supremacist during a bible study in charleston. the day after thanksgiving, three individuals, inc

additional information, i would suggest, if the committee hasn't, remember, with regard to federal bureau of investigation has the principal counterintelligence and intelligence function. and with regard to abroad, it's the national security agencies that do that. i'm not just passing it along. we use that information. but i would think a classified hearing in which you would understand exactly what the fbi is doing in a classified setting, and what the intelligence agencies are doing, i think would be of great utility in answering your questions. >> we might want to arrange that. >> we've all participated in all of those high level -- i want to make sure that the viewers recognize that members of congress have been invited to a series of significant classified briefings. we take that very seriously. and we still have questions. >> well, for all the witnesses, and sort of in conclusion as we get to the end of the hearing here, we basically have lost control of our borders. we have somewhere between 11 and i've heard 15 million people here who are illegal entrants; is that correct? anyone? >> is that the r

a statement dated december 1, 2015, from the department of justice, a letter from the federal bureau of investigation agent association dated november 24, 2015, a letter from the national association of police organizations dated november 30, 2015, a letter from the association of prosecuting attorneys dated november 24, 2015, a letter from the virginia association of commonwealths attorneys dated july 10, 2015, a letter from the technology councils of north america dated november 30, 2015, a statement from americans for tax reform dated december 1, 2015, a coalition letter signed by tech freedom and other coalition members dated november 30, 2015. without objection, the items have been entered into the record. it's now my pleasure to recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte, members of the committee and our honored witnesses here for the hearing. and those who are in 2141 to participate in the listening of this very important measure. hr-699, the e-mail privacy act, enjoys, i'm please

[laughter] federal bureau of investigation is entrusted with enormous responsibility. threat, nohat the matter what the motivation, the fbi is told to keep us safe. fbi aroundn day, the the country investigates cases games,sm, violent crime, identity theft, human trafficking, hate crimes, child -- they know there is no simple answer. one of the greatest terrorist , nones by timothy mcveigh of us said after that, we have to start excluding people who served in the military or people timothy mcveigh's religion. the event of the past six months have underscored the very nature of the threat the fbi faces. this past june, nine african american churchgoers were murdered by a white supremacist during a bible study in charleston. the day after thanksgiving, three individuals, including a police officer, were shot to death inside a women's health clinic in colorado springs. last week, 14 county workers in san bernardino were murdered in a shooting rampage. related.e scene all of them had different motivations among those shooting. not be able toy share all the details about the

i know you will anyway. >> the federal bureau of investigation as we know is entrusted with enormous responsibility, not only enforcing our laws but protecting the nation. no matter what the threat. no matter what the motivation of those threatening us the fbi is told, keep us safe. on any given day, the fbi agents around the country investigating cases involving not only terrorism but violent crime gangs, cybercrime, identity theft, fraud, human tracking, hate crime child exploitation. and they know there's no simple answer. for example, when the greatest terrorist attacks in this country by timothy mcveigh happened none of us said after that, well, we have to exclude people who served in the military or people of timothy mcveigh's religion. instead we found out what he had done and how we might stop others from doing the same thing. the events of the past six months have underscored the varied nature of the threats the fbi faces. this past june nine african-american church goers were murdered by a white supremacist during a bible study in charleston. the day after thanksgiving thre

a requirement in the law that the process itself be certified by the director of the federal bureau of investigation, which the refugee bill requires is a very important and legitimate thing to consider. but it -- and it isn't limited to the issue with regard to refugees. it is something that needs to be examined for all different areas where we are issuing visas. this system needs to be improved. there were a number of things discussed in the briefing that relate to that. i am not at liberty to determine what might be classified there so i'll leave it at that. it's an important area for the administration and the congress to address. thank you. >> was any indication given of how long they were radicalized or what sorts of communications they're looking at on social media? mr. goodlatte: i want to be very careful to not tell people who are interested in entering the united states what is or is not being done and what the level of scrutiny is, i'm not going to answer that question, having just walked out of a classify briefing where i don't know what is in the public domain. >> is there concern about

vetting of refugees raised by members of congress, the american people, and even the federal bureau of investigationd intelligence officials within the administration, uscia simply tells us not to worry. the vetting process is good enough -- doesn't instill confidence. the fact that the uscis continues to abuse their authority to create new classes of foreign nationals eligible for parole in the united states despite congress' unwillingness to do so doesn't instill confidence. the fact that there continues to be a seeming rubber stamping of credible fear claims for the record high number of individuals surging across the southwest border doesn't instill confidence. and the fact that sources tell us that uscis is considering making it easier for individuals with dui individuals to get daca doesn't instill confidence. the americans are not impressed to lip service. they deserve action, ensuring their safety and security. i appreciate your appearing before the subcommittee and look forward to asking you some questions to follow up on these comments that i've made so that you can assure me, despite all

new this morning, a federal investigation in texas. after the bureau ofohol, tobacco and firearms is called in to investigate a suspicious mosque fire. here'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 expe

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, wh

federal authorities involved. 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

federal terrorism investigation. jonathan: the bureau is treating the attack as a terror investigation. >> we are spending time as you imagine over the last 48 hours trying to understand the motives of trying to understand every detail of the lives. jonathan: that include smashed up cell phones. >> there is a lot of evidence that doesn't make sense. jonathan: we know while wednesday's attack was underway the 27-year-old female shooter tashfeen malik posted a pledge of allegiance to the isis leader. the statement was made under a different name and the f.b.i. says the attack may have been inspired by isis. >> this is a significant moment unfortunately. isis are going to take ownership of this in big way to inspire other attacks. >> the f.b.i. is advising caution saying it's still early in the investigation. >> we have no information this is part of a larger krupe. jonathan: the and lord allow allowed -- landlord allowed the media in the couple's

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. paramedics were called in to check her out. they took her away on a stretcher. she was awake and conscious and coherent. we hav

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the the department is already under a federal civil rights investigation after a white officer shot and black teenager 16 times last year. >>> 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 c

bureau of prisons didn't have it. the gao has done a couple massive investigations but under close examination they are counting illegal and legal immigrants, which i think we should do in the federal prison but in the much larger state system, they are counting only illegal immigrants, only illegal immigrants from whom the states have requested reimbursement and only those that have committed at least one felony or two misdemeanors. we are not getting anchor babies. we are not getting the children with amnesty by ragan. no, i want to know. i think we have a right to know and i think the last few weeks, thank you donald trump, he's brought it into light. people are thinking, how many are there. incidentally i spend the weekend and a lot of money looking up these reports. i don't know if you know, i'm sure you've seen some of this, liberals keep asserting on tv that immigrants show they commit less crime and i don't think that's true but i don't know how they are lying. i want to know but i need the reports. new york city has a lot of immigrants and i don't see a lot of crime here. that's not a study. that's not science. that's retarded. [laughter] geraldo was making that argument a

the federal government is now assisting with the investigation in the the fire that damage a mosque in houston, texas. fire broke out at islamic society of greater houston on christmas dan. 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-styl