and exporting democracy -- ghana's role in training u.n. troops for deployment around the world. >> for years now academic studies have emphasized the importance of early learning. sadly, it's often a matter of whether parents can afford to give their children a good start to their education. we're off to an unusual nursery school in a moment. i did, after all, promise you an energetic start to the program. first though, here is some background -- in developing countries, 39% of under fives suffer from poor cognitive performance as a result of poverty. education can help them escape the poverty trap. and that is nothing new. in ancient china, for example, the children of paddy field workers could rise to top positions in the emperor's court if they were learned enough. in taiwanese culture, too, education has traditionally played a central role, so much so that some parents choose to pay to send their children to kindergartens offering an almost military approach to both work and play. >> here, where the suburbs start to give way to rice pa

and i knew then that africa, ghana was going to be my home. i knew it. >> it has been her home for 25 years now. she runs a hotel to stop -- just up the coast. a decision to move here seems strange to some. >> people ask why would you leave america to come here to suffer? this is suffering? i suffered in america. i lived through the civil rights movement. everything we've forgot in america we fought for. i do not hate america. but i do not like it. i love, i love africa. reporter: it took 50 years to discover it but she has no doubt about where she belongs. did i become an american, when i landed on the soil of america? no. i am still an african. anchor: debris from a nasa rocket that blew up moments reachedkeoff may have the coast. it -- a large fragment of its few shallots -- fuselage was found floating. reporter: a local boat yard worker has been busy cleaning articles off this unusual piece of state -- space debris. it was spotted out at sea. that they thought it might be parts of a plane. shocking to scrape the barnacles off and find out

here is an example from ghana. reporter: not enough jobs, high unemployment, little hope for a better life for the future. that is prompting young africans in particular to burn their bridges and head for europe, even in ghana. government in opera -- the government in akra is trying to break that cycle and offer better prospects. >> we are trying to employ over 100,000 young ghanaians. reporter: experienced by many in ghana. young people have little chance of getting work and earning money. initiatives and projects often fail, due to widespread corruption. >> they are not able to do. people are not aware of it. other people are on occasion -- are uneducated. if the population reduces, then you have the reader -- the resources. reporter: another strategy is self-employment, opening up a shop or starting a business, but that is a step that requires risk and a lot of courage. >> ok. let me find myself a job. i am proud to be here. reporter: equipping young people with more skills and means to stand on their own two fe

we look to the northeast of ghana. ghana and between algiers. a hostage situation. situation is tangible. 170. many westerners in the hotel. paris and syria unknown. we will come back with more on this and a look at the markets. from london, new york, this is "bloomberg surveillance." good morning. ♪ i just had a horrible nightmare. my company's entire network went down, and i was home in bed, unaware. but that would never happen. comcast business monitors my company's network 24 hours a day and calls and e-mails me if something, like this scary storm, takes it offline. so i can rest easy. what. you don't have a desk bed? don't be left in the dark. get proactive alerts 24/7. comcast business. built for business. tom: good morning. "bloomberg surveillance." a hostage moment in mali right now. 170 hostages. tweets reported out side the hotel, coming rather, from the hotel. always unconfirmed. up with theting situation in mali. our first word news. vonnie: talking about the attack on a radisson blu hotel. gunman took 170 people hostage at the hotel in the capital of ba

andres martinez is with us, onset, our bureau chief from ghana. pauline bax will join us again from south africa as well as we look at the economics and politics of a fractured mali. stay with us. "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. tom: it is another friday, folks. breaking again. a jihadist attack, this in mali, the landlocked nation, a former french colony. hostages taken at the radisson blu hotel in bamako. this is in western mali. some hostages were freed recently. these are pictures that have just come in from mali. you can see the chaos, clearly, an international group of people at this

ghana was the first country to gain independence in the 20th century. i was lucky enough to be the kid that he wanted to take with him. so, we traveled a lot. but actually i thank my father each day for giving me that incredible exposure. because, you know, by the time i was 14, when i came to england i had a very kind of plural sense of the world, and all the kind of differences it had from different religions, cultures, spaces, climates, temperatures. it was all very clear. >> and you went back to africa as an adult. and you went to every country? >> i went to every country except somalia, because of the war. i'm still desperate to go to somalia. i wanted to go to every single country on my own. i just wanted to discover, i didn't quite backpack. i flew, and taxied, and did my own thing. but i never wanted to go formally to any of these countries. i wanted to discover it for myself. because, in a way, the continent is such a big thing. and it's always spoken about and referred to. and i certainly realize that even myself, who had been to the continent

jason just never knew how far that would take all of them, to africa, ghana to be exact. two years ago, jason started operation genesis, a week-long trip to ghana for a handful of bayview youth. he got the idea from a childhood friend who had moved to africa, and suggested it would be a powerful experience for the kids. jason: they all have this image or this definition of what being black is. and okay, i said, "okay, you think that's being black? let's go see what, originally, what it was like being black." garvin: jason says the impact has been remarkable. students came back from that first trip more dedicated to their schoolwork, their families, and their futures. jason: it was phenomenal, the results was phenomenal. and we said we've got to keep it going. garvin: and that is just what jason has been doing, not just planning the next trip, but expanding the ways he can work with the kids back at home, improving their plans for the future while solidifying his. jason: this is absolutely the beginning, just the beginning. garvin: our next story is also about a journey, b

i'm an immigrant from ghana. my concern when i look at the saids in europe, and i with ties with what the europeans have to through. >> it seems to me everybody is forgetting the libyan part of it. the european union, especially britain and france, intervened. they helped to break libya. as our former secretary of state says, you break it, you own it. i would like some comments on refugees trying to get europe -- to europe europe are centrall getting less attention. president obama confessed the intervention in libya was not handled well. when he is increasingly refu to come to the u.s., he doesn't mention the libyans at all. i think there is a blind spot where the libyans are concerned. if you could share thoughts on that i would appreciate it. >> very few of the refugees coming through libya are libyan. they are coming from points further south. the sea arrivals to italy, about a quarter are from a reach. another 15% from nigeria. sudan, gambia. bangladesh. but two of those countries are sub-saharan african cou

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i'm an immigrant from ghana. and my concern, when i look at the crisis in europe, and i sympathize with what the europeans have to go through, it see seems me that everybody is for getting and i thank lisko, everybody is for getting the libyan part of it. and that the european union, especially britain and france, intervened. and they helped to break libya. and our former secretary of state said you break it, you own it. and therefore, would you like some comments on why the african refugees trying to get to europe through the central -- i mean the mediterranean are getting far less attention. president obama said of the u.n., that he confessed that the intervention in libya was not handled well. but when he is increasing the refugees to come to the u.s., he doesn't mention the libyans at all. so i think there is a blind spot where the libyans are concerned and if the panel could share some thoughts on that, i would appreciate it. thank you. >> kathleen. >> yeah, well, of course, very few of the refugees coming t

we asked our guy in ghana to go out and do his own research in some of the different provinces in ghana. it comes back with the same answer however you do it. at the very tip top of this triangle, you have maybe 5%, 6% of commercial farmers. those are farmers who wouldn't look like commercial farmers here. labor, they hire have hybrids, the have credit they have some access to , fertilizer, some storage. they fit in the commercial world. then you drop down, and then there are kind of market-ready -- you can call them whatever you want -- we called them "market ready." that's 10%. then there's a group -- i can't remember what you'd call them, but that's another 10%. the bottom 50% are subsistent farmers. these are farmers living day to day, week to week, and diversity is important to them. they have no credit. they have little, if any, access to fertilizer, unless a government program gives them some. a lot of them are planting on land. everybody talks about smallholder farmers, but there are these big different groups. everyone takes a different approach. i hate to say this, because it

today two small countries, the ivory coast and ghana produce 70% of the world's cocoa. >> that is ithy there's a lot in the news about cocoa becoming the new sort of powered gold. powered gold. >> there's another reason why the price of chocolate is rising like gold. you, me, we are the real-life august us gloops. >> look at augustus. >> don't do that, you are contaminating my river. please, i beg you. >> reporter: we eat a lot of chocolate. on average american's scoff 11 pounds per person. the english and the swift eat more. and new chocoholics are getting hooked too. kennedy warns all the swede demand coupled with supply spelt bad news. smaller bars. more of what the industry conclusion inclusion, like grapes and crispies, and the industry's cleverest substitute for chocolate. >> you are finding that generally as a trend, chocolate is getting sweeter with more bits in it, and it's getting smaller. there's ways in which the industry is promoting the fact that it is good you have a smaller bar. one is... >> that's spin. >> less calories. >> no, it's not. it's less chocolate. higher i

. >> he had a 9-year-old daughter back in the ghana, west africa where he's from. reporteding live, nbc 10 nauz. >>> tonight there is a suspect in a murder at a delaware car wash, police say bob with by taylor shot and killed a co-worker at the american car wash this morning. they're still looking for him tonight. police found the body behind the business on pulaski highway. there no word tonight on a motive. >>> >>> a boat capsizes on a jersey shore killing two men from philadelphia. tonight what happened on the water that made that boat flip over. plus do you know what you have to do to have live christmas tree? we'll tell you the rules can coming up. >>> we'll have the timing on the temperature change coming up. ♪ today, apparel will cool down to 40% off. [both] 40%! [quickly] the news is good! [quickly] sports win! [quickly] let's go shopping! 40% off apparel and accessories at target. ♪ cyber sales are storming in with ultra hdtv deals. ultra hd huh? i'll look good enough to eat. [ gasps ] oh no... on sale at target.com, starting tomorrow. >>> tonight police s

matthew mwinsori died wednesday night, a father and military officer in native ghana.this man entered the store in willingboro with intention to rob the store. he wore a mask. prosecutors did not confirm what happened next, but he went after the bandit who shot the clerk outside the store. >> going to miss him, really miss him. >> he did not have any family in the area. he did have a 9-year-old daughter back in west africa. if you have any information in this case, if you know anything about the shooter, contact the police. >>> police named a suspect in a murder at a delaware car wash. authorities tell us that bobby taylor shot and killed a coworker at the american car wash yesterday morning. police are still looking for taylor. police found the body of the victim behind the business in bear. the victim has been identify ie and there's no word of a motive in this case. >>> today is small business saturday, a day to shop at the mom and pop stores in your community, show them your support, and nbc 10 is live in collingswood with one of the communities participating. moni

and exporting democracy -- ghana's role in training u.n. troops for deployment around the

armstrong, he lunged and commiserated with climbing puma, the black leader of the independent state of ghanain 1956. when he arrived, i know when i was growing up, it would be what we thought, more like that tarzan movie between africa and people in new orleans. when he arrived there, it was somewhat hard, that many connections between african-americans and native africans in that time period and the lady with the british accent went over to louis and introduced herself. we are extremely happy

he will visit the central african republic, kenya, and ghana. our african correspondent reports. onlytal city one safe way to travel. for gunfire and grenades ring out every day. is a country divided on religious grounds. that is perhaps why pope francis has added the central african republic to his itinerary. his art he brought the papal ambassador planning his trip to the mosque, which has the vatican police on high alert. after we filmed, a gunbattle broke out. the pope said last year he wanted to come here. he was worried about the situation. he wanted to comfort those entered by the war and encourage peace and reconciliation -- those injured by the war and encourage peace and reconciliation. air is the only way to leave the capital. a group of mostly muslim rebels took power, traveling to the north, attacking churches and christian communities on the way. they hit back. now hundreds of thousands are living in enclave. >> it is a festering sore. there's a lot of ungoverned space, leaving the terrain open for people to come here if they wanted. the reason we should care is a l

eric boon is going to paris and melissa is headed to ghana. she is expected to take trips to other continents like nigeria. >> i'm a firm believer in going out and doing it. you can't let anything stop you. >> news 4 reached out to the deputy director of the study abroad director at howard. the department is working closely with law enforcement and they're also staying in close contact with the state department. >>> new details this morning in a deadly double shooting in the district. we now know the name of one of the men involved in that shooting in southeast. dwayne ran son was shot and killed sunday night. a second man was shot and is in the hospital facing charges. the victims shot at each other. police say this picture shows the vehicle that may have hit 69-year-old dahor khan. he was crossing the road november 1st when he was killed. police are looking for the driver of that white vehicle or anyone else who may have seen something. >> new concerns to help the homeless in d.c. mayor muriel bowser plans to replace the shelter with eight s

ghana. immigrant from my concern when i look at the crisis in europe and i sympathize with with the europeans have to go through, it seems to me that everybody is the libyan part of it. and at the european union, especially britain and france intervened. they helped to break libya. our former secretary of state is you break it, you own it. therefore i would like some the africanwhy refugees trying to get to europe through the central -- mediterranean are getting far less attention. president obama said at the u.n. he is convinced that the intervention in libya was not handled well. when he is increasing the refugees to come to the u.s., he does not mention the libyans at all. i think there is a blind spot where the libyans are concerned and if the panel could share their thoughts and that, i would appreciate it. very few refugees from libya are libyan. they are coming from further points south africa. about a quarter of from a richer ia, nigeria, bangladesh, mali, senegal. them are not consi

working hard and sending money back to support his young daughter in ghana. >> he was a very good guyard working guy. >> reporter: sunny sing had the very difficult task of calling matthew's family to deliver that sad news today. if you know the person you saw in that surveillance video, those surveillance photos you are asked to contact police in burlington county. tonight we're live in willingboro township, joanne pileggi, fox 29 news. back to you, dawn. >> joanne, thank you. >>> it looks like something created in hollywood but this real life drama played out on a new jersey interstate. the dangerous moves the driver made and what finally stopped him. plus, a naked man on the run in freezing temperatures what police were forced to do to get him out of the cold. this is black friday. oh my god. does anybody want to be part of this? nooooo. well, chevy has a better way, with black friday deals all month long. that's a great idea. what if you could get up to twenty percent cash back when you bought it? bam. twenty percent back? that's awesome. it's black friday. find your tag and get c

working hard and sending money back to support his young daughter in ghana. >> he was a very good guyard working guy. >> reporter: sunny sing had the very difficult task of calling matthew's family to deliver that sad news today. if you know the person you saw in that surveillance video, those surveillance photos you are asked to contact police in burlington county. tonight we're live in willingboro township, joanne pileggi, fox 29 news. back to you, dawn. >> joanne, thank you. >>> it looks like something created in hollywood but this real life drama played out on a new jersey interstate. the dangerous moves the driver made and what finally stopped him. plus, a naked man on the run in freezing temperatures what ♪ >>> check this out. a wild chase is caught on police dashboard cameras in new jersey. palisades park police just releasing this footage of the drama that unfolded on monday. the man behind the wheel of the black chrysler was wanted for murdering his girlfriend in upstate new york. when he crossed into new jersey on to the palisades parkway, state police were right behind him.

always want to work overtime to support his family back home and he has one daughter in his country ghana. >> anyone with information is asked to call willingboro poli police. >>> in the wake of of a fatal fire fire official are making sure residents in the neighborhood have working smoke alarms. "eyewitness news" in the 1900 block of north brunner street where officials installed free smoke alarms and also distributed home fire safety checklists. authorities say the home that caught on fire had no working detectors. >>> france holds national memorial service for the 130 people who died in the paris attacks two week ago. ♪ >> the ceremony was held in a courtyard of the national monument in paris. a choir provided one of the only breaks in the silence. president france choice hollande promised to france will do everything to quote destroy the army of fanatics who committed these crimes. >>> the connecticut man cues of jumping the white house fence on thanksgiving made his first appearance in court today. 22-year-old joseph caputo was ordered to under go a psychiatric evaluation and he is c

always want to work overtime to support his family back home and he has one daughter in his country ghana>> anyone with information is asked to call willingboro poli police. >>> in the wake of of a fatal fire fire official are making sure residents in the neighborhood have working smoke alarms. "eyewitness news" in the 1900 block of north brunner street where officials installed free smoke alarms and also distributed home fire safety checklists. authorities say the home that caught on fire had no working detectors. >>> france holds national memorial service for the 130 people who died in the paris attacks two week ago. ♪ >> the ceremony was held in a courtyard of the national monument in paris. a choir provided one of the only breaks in the silence. president france choice hollande promised to france will do everything to quote destroy the army of fanatics who committed these crimes. >>> the connecticut man cues of jumping the white house fence on thanksgiving made his first appearance in court today. 22-year-old joseph caputo was ordered to under go a psychiatric evaluation and he is cha

armstrong, he lunged and commiserated with climbing puma, the black leader of the independent state of ghana in 1956. when he arrived, i know when i was growing up, it would be what we thought, more like that tarzan movie between africa and people in new orleans. when he arrived there, it was somewhat hard, that many connections between african-americans and native africans in that time period and the lady with the british accent went over to louis and introduced herself. we are extremely happy to be visited by such an eminent character, and done this occasion we hope, they do their level best to remember for the rest of their lives what they have seen today. we have taken advantage of this occasion to extend a handshake, the united states of america, we look upon as their home, we looked at them because we feel deep down, must realize they came from this part of the world. in old new orleans, the sacrifices and heroism like the citizens committee, we meet ernest john wright and zachary frenzy who founded the people's defense league in central city decades before the modern-day civil rights

ghana has this program where african-americans can go there and get citizenship. is there some sort of different relationship there? can we generalize it in that broad sort of way? that's not to insult the question at all, you know, it's a decent question. but i think it's one that, you know, requires study. it will require study from me be, you know, require more than i know right now to actually intently answer. >> all right. this questioner says not sure if you know the history of this neighborhood, fort green. ask can spike lee. but many poor people of color were displaced to make this area beautiful and, quote, safe enough for us, unquote. be how can we respond, how do you, to gentrification? >> by advocating for reparations repeatedly, over and over again. [applause] because, like, gentrification is just a funny word to say black people have less wealth than white people. that really is the bottom line. it would not -- neighborhoods change all the time, and, you know, in their makeup and their ethnic makeup. the problem is black people don't really have the

if i weren't antitrust lawyer in ghana, i'd be very excited about this. you could hold up the whole deal if you don't get this done. manus: matt, you just live a torch under every one in the world. $4.4 billion worth of synergies. is that a lot? matt: we have to be clear about what that means. when ab inbev buys a company, that is going to mean jobs. it is going to mean employee perks. the brazilian family who control ab inbev love to cut costs. they would certainly get rid of the free food. manus: and the food is good here. matt: not a lot of perks are going to survive, i expect. manus: we get pancakes on friday. let's bring in our guest, francesco curto from deutsche assets wealth. it took a long time to get this deal. is this good? francesco: clearly is good for the shareholders. a are seeing the share price going up. the question is what's next? the combined group has got 30% of the market share in the beer market globally. at this point, it's very difficult to see how the companies are growing the business going forward. the company is going to becom

erin was born in ghana and she appreciates this hospitality. >> this is my first time.le the battleship ceo, a young roman who was an air man in the war. >> i know what it's stuff to be on base on thanksgiving. >> and his wife jessica and daughter erica, there are prior thanksgivings they have not been together. >> often times he is on the road and an i'll see you when i get back hope you are safe. and erica is thankful their family is together this year. >> thankful that we can spend the time together this year. >> and as you heard in john rawlin's story the fight against terror was on the minds of many even as they sat down for a meal. several raids took place in belgium on this thanksgiving day, we have details on the raids and also a meeting between the presidents of russia and france. >> that is right sharrie, the president of france, francois hollande, is on a world tour of global leaders to gain their support in the country's war against terrorism pledge that france will not back down. france and russia say they are united in the fight against terrorism. russian

today is between china's richest place and its pores place at the difference between new york city and ghana. if you think that kind of gap is a political issue in the united states, you can imagine how awkward it is any country the people's republic which are still after all ruled by the communist party and so that is one of the byproducts of this period that has in some ways introduce a contradiction that is hard for china to reconcile. what do chinese leaders today, the people running the country, what is it they want? what is their ambition, aspiration for china in the world? this current generation of leaders, leaders of the standing committee, the polar bear, came at a bar when i was living in beijing in november 20 oh and i got this invitation -- pulled up your. i got to go see the unveiling. until the moment you actually don't know who it is that's going to be running the country. it's always held in the same place at the great hall of the people in this building beside tiananmen square but this is an advanced of volunteers in the 1950s. and so i go to see the unveiling and its seven

today we had a couple of sprinkles along the outgoing -- of ghana and clarion areas. we have a lot of cloud streaming in from the south and southwest ahead of the system that's already producing a lot of rainfall across the dakotas and baxter nevada -- nebraska. by around 3:00, the cold front moves through, switching the wind over and we have a band of thunderstorms with it the weekend and some cooler temperatures. thundershowers developed right through central iowa by 1:00, they will raise up to the east and northeast, leaving behind by 5:00, the best chances of rain will be east of i-35, so if you're coming in from i-80, watch out for some very heavy rain all but all of that should be out of the area by 9:00 p.m., leaving behind just some blustery wind and big changes in the air. hi city in the 60's, maybe some 70's -- highs in the 60's, maybe some 70's. right now in des moines, it is warm, temperatures on the rise, 61 with a gusty south wind headed for 68 but if we get some sunshine, temperatures could climb back into the 70's. thundershowers are like this afternoo

he died wednesday night, a father and military officer in his native ghana. take a look.man entered a quick n' go with intentions of robbing the store. he had a mask covering the face, and prosecutors did not confirm what happened next, but friends say he went after the bandit who shot the clerk then just outside the store. >> really miss him. for his job, for everybody. i really miss him. >> he did not have any family in the area. he did have a 9-year-old girl back in west africa. if you is any information on this case, police in new jersey would like to hear from you. >>> a reminder on this saturday, you can save big by thinking small. today is small business saturday as we get into the holiday shopping weekend, and nbc 10 is live in collingswood where a parade begins hours from now to draw in more shoppers. i'm sure plenty of families will be out there for that. >> reporter: that's right, rosemary. according to u.s. news and world reports, today is the recovery day after black friday. we've also learned that about 88 million customers visited businesses like here in co

matthew mwinsori died wednesday night, a father and military officer in his native ghana.good look. police say this man entered quick n' go with the intense of robbing the store. prosecutors would not confirm what happens next, but friends say he went after the bandit, and he shot the clerk outside the store. >> going to miss him, really going to miss him. >> he did not have any family in the area, but he had a the-year-old daughter back in west africa. if you have information on the case, information about the robber, contact the police. >>> autopsies scheduled today for two men from philadelphia who died when their pontoon boat capsized in the inlet in ocean county. investigators say it was choppy waves that slipped the boat over, killing the two men and injuries five others. first responders are getting credit for rescuing the boaters who got hurt. the five others got them to safety. as you see, chopper crews, rescue teams, and witnesses tried to help yesterday. new jersey state police say the men on board the boat were launched right into the water. you see in this vid

>> my very first trip to ghana a few years ago they knew me from my movies. i just recently went back to south africa a couple of times in the last couple of years and most recently in august, and i was walking through the airport and all i hear is "black-ish," "black-ish." i found out they had just started airing the first season of "black-ish" this past august. it was exciting. >> jimmy: isn't that crazy? >> yes. "bck-ish" on the blackest continent on the earth, yes. >> jimmy: well, of any place, that's going to be the place to go, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: is it something, though imagine these people in totally different culltures are watching this shohow thatou're making on a sound stage here. >> it's pretty amazing. really amazing group walk through cape town and all that and you see broers look at you and just -- they saw the nod episode, cool, cool. all right. >> jimmy: inside jokes with them. >> translates. >> jimmy: that is nice. you hosted an award show over there, right? >> yes. i hosted the mtv african music awards in durbin. >> jimimmy: howid tha

. >> reporter: melissa is traveling to ghana. she's also expecting to travel to other countries in africa like nigeria where terror attacks are prevalent. >> i'm a firm believer in just going out and doing it. you can't stop. you can't let anything stop you. >> reporter: eric feels the same way. in february, he'll be studying in paris. >> i definitely still want to two. i am a little bit nervous. >> reporter: tania is the deputy director of the study abroad program at howard. she says the study abroad programs have been working closely with law enforcement agencies and they're staying in close contact with the state department. she also says the university has revised its safety policy. >> here at howard, we are revisiting our emergency protocols to make sure that we are giving students enough information, proper information, about what to do. >> reporter: students and travelers are all aware that anything can happen anywhere, but they're not letting terrorists dictate their lives. now, the u.s. state department says they're enco

the group includes people from pakistan, nepal, ghana and blrved. bangladesh. >> a 19-year-old was arrested accused of make online posts, andy rosian is in columbia with more. andy. >> there was some cryptic statements online, some are safe, don't go to campus, but there was one that popped up that instantly brought out the police. it popped up on tuesday night, an anonymous message on the online forum yikyak, i'm going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person i see. security was immediately beefed up and about six hours later, this 19-year-old was under arrest, police managed to track him down about 75 miles from the main campus in columbia. he is a sophomore in computer science. he had no weapons when he was arrested. >> i was obviously fearful, walking around on high alert. it is something we deal with on a daily basis. >> several shops were closed and a number of classes were cancelled. in fact all of sissy kisey's classes were cancelled. >> i was nervous enough to text my parents. >> those students who did show up were buried in

melissa filigen is heading to g ghana. >> i'm a firm believer in just going out and doing it. you can't stop. nothing can -- you can't let anything stop you. >> news 4 reached out to the study abroad program. she told us the department is working closely with law enforcement agencies and they are staying in close contact with the state department as well. >>> new details this morning in a deadly double shooting in the district. we now know the name of one of the men involved in that shooting in southeast. dwayne granson was shot and killed monday night. a second man was shot and he's still in the hospital facing charges. police say the victims shot at each other. a new clue this morning in a deadly hit-and-run in fairfax county. police say this picture shows the vehicle that may have hit 69-year-old decour khan. he was hit and killed. police are looking for the driver of the white vehicle or anyone else who might have seen something. >>> 5:34. new concerns over the mayor's plan to help the homeless in d.c. mayor muriel bowser's plan would replace one shelter with eight shelter