. >> are you jason eaton? yes. >> reporter: shooting suspect jason eaton is charged with three counts of attempted second-degree murder. >> mr. eaton enters a not guilty plea to all three counts. >> reporter: authorities say saturday night as the 20-year-olds, all of palestinian descent, were walking down this street, two wearing key fee yas, traditional arab scarves, the suspect allegedly stepped out from a porch firing four rounds, injuring all three. one man sustained a spinal injury. >> although we do not have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, i do want to be clear there's no question this was a hateful act. >> reporter: family members have you'd feed the college students as tahseen ahmed, kinnan abdalhamid, and hisham awartini. two of the members are american citizens and the third is a legal resident. police found a pistol and magazine of bullets during the suspect's apartment which is across the street from the crime scene. >> atf tests have since connected the casings. >> reporter: two of t

. >> reporter: 48-year-old jason eaton pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder accused of shootinghree u.s. college students, all palestinians, in burlington, vermont visiting family for thanksgiving >> this horrific unprovoked attack was a tragic violation of the values and character of this welcoming, inclusive community. >> reporter: the family says tahseen ali ahmed, hisham awartani and kinnan abdalhamid were out for a walk, chatting in arabic and english. two of them were wearing keffiyehs, traditional arab scarves. according to the affidavit, abdalhamid told police a man in a hoodie walked toward them and pulled out a pistol and started firing without saying a word all three were shot. >> they're all stable. but hisham, the prognosis is that he -- it's very likely he won't be able to walk again. >> reporter: hisham's parents spoke with nbc news's erin mclaughlin today at their home in the west bank city of ramallah >> it was a vicious crime and it will change my son's life >> forever >> forever there's no reason that he should have been targeted in this way because it was a t

longer be able to walk all three men have a lengthy road to recovery the suspect is identified as jason eatono has been living in the area for some time, according to authorities atf agents were said to have been in the area canvassing for evidence when they knocked on the apartment not far from where the shooting occurred. they're encountered the suspect who said he'd been waiting for them or something to that effect they returned with a search warrant to find a pistol, shotgun and rifle. victims' family members are hoping this does turn into a hate crime investigation officials saying right now there is no evidence that they can say will definitively link this to a hate crime, but they have no doubt this was a hateful act meanwhile, the family members are saying the brois in good spirits and hope they make a full rye discovery fwuk >> george, thank you >>> tribute also continue today today in georgia for lowrosalynn cart. jimmy carter is expected to attend a memorial service. also on the guest list are president biden and vice president kamala harris and their spouses. as well as bill and h

amy: jason eaton is the alleged shooter of the three palestinian young men.ant to thank you, joyce ajlouny, former director of the problem friend school where they all went to school in the -- ramallah friends school where they all went to school. joyce is now the general secretary of the american friends service committee. and i want to thank wafic faour, palestinian refugee from lebanon. member of vermonters for justice in palestine. speaking about the vermont representatives, you have becca balint who is the first jewish congressmember to call for a cease-fire. bernie sanders has not called for a cease-fire but has called for conditions on u.s. aid to israel. he said "while israel has the right to go after hamas, netanyahu's right-wing government does not have the right to wage a must total warfare against the palestinian people." coming up, we speak to jeremy scahill about is was propaganda for over al-shifa hospital and what is underneath it, who built what is under al-shifa hospital. 20 seconds. -- back in 20 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: "borders behin

." >> are you jason eaton?porter: shooting suspect jason eaton is charged with three counts of attempted second-degree murder. >> mr. eaton enters a not guilty plea to all three counts. >> reporter: authorities say saturday night as the 20-year-olds all palestinian descent were walking down this street, two wearing keffiyehs, traditional arab scarves, the shooter allegedly stepped out from a porch and fired four rounds, injuring all three. one obtained a spinal injury. >> although we do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, i do want to be clear that there is no question this was a hateful act. >> reporter: family members have identified the college students as tahseen ahmed, kin-nan abdalhamid, and hisham awartini. police found a pistol and magazine of bullets during a search of the suspects apartment which is across the street from the crime scene. >> atf tests have since connected the firearm to the casings recovered at the scene of the shooting. rich price and rodney tamimi uncles of tw

>> reporter: yeah, lester, we're learning jason eaton was let go from his job.horities also say he had multiple guns in his home including three shotguns and the pistol that was allegedly used in the shooting. and according to the affidavit when investigators and police arrived at his home to do the search he said to them, "i've been waiting for you." lester? >> stephanie gosk in burlington. thank you. >>> once again suspected iranian-backed militants have fired toward u.s. forces in the waters off yemen. courtney kube is at the pentagon tonight. courtney, what more do we know about this? >> reporter: that's right, lester. overnight militants believed to be iranian-backed houthi rebel fighters fired two close-range ballistic missiles from yemen that landed near a u.s. navy warship, the "uss mason." and just two hours before that the "mason" was responding to a distress call from a commercial tanker that was hijacked by pirates. a team of u.s. sailors detained the hijackers, who are suspected to be somali citizens. now, no one was injured, and tonight defense off

they were out for an evening walk when 48-year-old jason eaton stepped off his porch armed with pace to the and opened fire. critically wounding one of the three young men though all three sustained gunshots. and an updata few moments ago from city hall, that they continue their recovery. some with much longer roads to recovery than others. what is extremely interesting is we heard from investigators sort of opening up about what led them to knock on the door of mr. eaton yesterday. it was just a series of door knocks at the site of the shooting. they knocked on the 48-year-old's door. and at that point according to court documents, he said, quote, i've been waiting for you. and that's when investigators come back with a search warrant after detaining him. they searched his apartment and they're able to find a .380 caliber pistol. the ballistic evidence has now, according to police, been able to link that pistol with the site of sunday's shooting. if you hear from police they will say they are confident that they know who carried out that shooting. the man that is currently behind ba

police say that this man, jason eaton, walked up to the three college students and fired four shots. all three students are still in intensive care tonight. jason carroll is "outfront." >> i believe the families fear that this was motivated by hate. these young men were targeted because they were arabs. >> reporter: one of the victims' uncles sharing a family's fears about what they say could have been a motive for saturday's shooting in vermont. >> hard to imagine in this time and with everything that's happening that it was just a random act. >> reporter: the three victims are palestinian. all are 20-year-old college students in the u.s., lifelong friends visiting one man's family in burlington on holiday break. the three were out for a walk saturday night shortly before 6:30. two were wearing palestinian scarves when they say a man suddenly stepped on of a porch, walked toward them, and opened fire. >> they were walking down the street essentially minding their own business. and they were speaking in a mixture of english and arabic. >> reporter: arat of ani has th most serious inju

what are you learning about what lead authorities to jason eaton? >> what led authorities to jason eaton was the lack of video showing a perpetrator captured on video, a perpetrator running to a car, a suspect that they might be able to get an i'd indi fication of, and so they start knocking on doors and asking in the immediate vicinity, what did you see, what did you hear, and when they knocked of his door, this is an atf agent part of the gun violence task force of the burlington, vermont, p.d., he knocks on the door with his partner, and according to him, sam brown, the agent says he came out, he looked a little bit shocked and shaky. he says, i've been waiting for you, and then put his hands out, as if offering himself to be handcuffed. so first from an officer's safety standpoint, they asked him if there were any weapons in the apartment, and he said, yes, a shotgun, according to the affidavit, they then handcuffed him, and he said i want a lawyer. after that, they weren't able to talk to him. they were able to get a search warrant and they did

as for jason eaton, police have not revealed any other details about him. he'll be arraigned today. >> there is hope this morning that the cease fire between israel and hamas may be extended beyond today. it follows these heartwarming scenes of hostages reunited with their loved ones after 50 days in captivity. 17 more hostages were released yesterday. among them, four year old abigail edan in american, israeli citizen. but some 180 hostages remain in hamas custody, including up to nine america. as abc's justin finch is here with the latest. justin. good morning, andrea. >> good morning. the white house is expressing support for extending that truce to make sure all hostages. hamas is holding captive are freed. and this morning, high hopes for the release of even more hostages taken from israel on sunday, seven teen more released include 13 israelis and four foreign nationals. new video showing a red cross motorcade through northern gaza carrying the first american freed four year old dual citizen abigail morejon. aiden's parents were killed during the octo

that seems like a crime driven by hate. >> reporter: officers located the suspect, 48-year-old jason eatonafternoon near the scene of the attack. police say he lives in an apartment building in front of the shooting scene. according to an affidavit of probable cause, eaton told atf agents i've been waiting for you. investigators say a pistol found in his apartment matches the shell casings at the scene. and that eaton acquired the gun legally, just a few months ago. he was arraigned monday and pleaded not guilty. eaton is being held without bail. the families of the victims released a joint statement monday calling the attack a crime fuelled by hate and say they welcome the investigation and pursuit of hate crime charges. >> these three young men grew up in remolla. they're best friends from growing up. grew up under military occupation and who would imagine that they would come to a place like this to celebrate thanksgiving and this is when their lives would be at risk. >> reporter: and here in burlington, certainly no doubt that this was a hateful attack, but was it hate motivated? that

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. >> 48-year-old jason eaton has pleaded not guilty to three counts of counts of attentive murder . he is accused of shooting the men as they were walking down the streets speaking a mixture of arabic and english. police say two of the men were wearing traditional palestinian scarves and that eaton did not say anything to the three before opening fire. we will continue to follow the latest development on the vermont shooting as well as the pause in fighting in the release of hostages. you can find updates anytime on our website, www.kpix.com. >>> it is the end of an era for b.a.r.t. riders. soon, you can't use the paper tickets. what you can use to deride. we will tell you. >>> and bare-metal groups teaming up to try to stop the billionaire city from being built in solano county. when it comes to your health, you do you. you ping and pong that body. you plunge that body. you green that body. you brain power that body. you practice... and practice that body. you make it rain that body. you flu shot that body. and now, you spikevax that body... because even though the pandemic is over

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jason eaton the person charged here allegedly told the atf i've been waiting for you. his statements to him, very limited statements that's the reason why they were able to charge him. but we don't know why he did it. >> tom winter, thank you. >>> winter weather is causing issues for people returning home after thanksgiving today. >> tsa is saying yesterday was the busiest travel day ever with nearly 3 million people flying, thankfully not too many flight delays or cancellation and on the roads it was a different story, drivers are dealing with slick conditions including this guy in wisconsin, officers were called to help when the oscar winermobile veered off the road. >> it could have been wurst. keep going. >> let the storm that did hit chicago and wisconsin and illinois with snowy travel delays over the weekend. has moved the cold air through the great lakes, a significant surge of cold air over the relatively warm water, the lake-effect snow machine is finally turned on, snow has been delayed a lot of places around the country, mostly too warm, now we have a snow b

police arrested 48-year-old jason eaton yesterday afternoon. so far, authorities have not established a motive. the fbi is investigating. >>> let's get to this morning's top stories. a five-year-old girl who was rescued after being swept out to sea in san mateo county has died. the incident happened near martins beach yesterday. first responders have called off the search for the 54-year-old man alongside her. he was also swept out. the coast guard said the search for approximately 22 hours and scoured 100 square miles. the incident followed national weather service warnings of an increased risk of potentially deadly sneaker waves saturday and early sunday. >>> today marks 45 years since the assassination of san francisco's harvey milk and george muskogee. milk was one of the nation's first openly on the sexual politicians and a beloved advocate . former board of supervisors member dan white went into the government city offices on this day in 1978 with a 38 revolver. and opened fire on then mayor muskogee before turning the gun on milt. riots

. ♪♪ >>> we're following breaking news out of vermont where any moment now, this man, jason eaton, ise charges for the shooting of three college students of palestinian descent. earlier this hour attorney general merrick garland confirmed this case is now being investigated as a possible hate crime. nbc news correspondent george solis is following the developments from burlington, vermont. george, what do we know about this suspect and what happened? >> reporter: good morning, ana. sort of rewind the clock here. this shooting taking place on saturday here, not far from the university of vermont. police then saying that the shooter walked up to these three college students and then shot them and walked away. police later confirmed these college students were here in town visiting a relative for the thanksgiving holiday. now, during sunday, it appears police working with the fbi and atf were able to track down this accused shooter, identified as jason eaton, and they found his apartment, which wasn't very far from where the shooting scene took place. using some of the resources of the f

one of the students was seriously injured. 48-year-old jason eaton was taken into custody and is expected to be arraigned today. >> these are three arab looking young men wearing kafis which are traditional palestinian scarves, speaking arabic, walking down the street. certainly a strong possibility and we shudder at the thought this might be a hate crime. >> police say two of the victims are u.s. citizens and one is a legal resident. >>> a three-day mourning period begins today in georgia for former first lady rosalynn carter. the wife of former president jimmy carter died last week at the age of 96. a wreath laying will take place at georgia's southwestern state university in americus. afterwards rosalynn carter will lie in repose at the carter presidential library and museum in atlanta. funeral services will take place on wednesday. >>> and about 45,000 portland, oregon, students will be back in class this morning after a nearly month-long teacher yesterday the state's largest school district said it reached a tentative agreement with the teachers union. educators have been on the pick

the perpetrator identified as jason eaton has pleaded not guilty to charges of second degree murder acriminal court in burlington, but he was ordered by a judge to remain held without bond. earlier police classified the shooting as hate crime. president joe biden has also denounced the incident and pledged federal assistance in the ongoing investigation. controversial media reports on the death of an island girl suggest that the regime might have implemented its handle protocol on the war in gaza. israely media earlier this month reported the 12-year-old girl was killed on october 7 on precedented attack by hamas assist resistance fighters that as an eye-witness surviving the incident believes that the girl together with her family was killed by rounds shot by israeli tanks. the witness says israeli tanks fired a home. where hamas resistance fighters kept the captives. media reports later held hamas fighters responsible for the death of the family. in earlier investigation also suggested that the israelis attending a music festival at the time of operation at locks a flood were wounde

jason eaton was refused bail after appearing in court.e say two of the students are stable in hospital, but that a third suffered more serious injuries authorities are still investigating if it was a serious hate crime. more than 2 million people are without power in a massive storm that has battered ukraine, southern russia and the caucasus region. it brought hurricane winds, spreading floods and transferred chaos, with heavy snow drifts blocking roads and tracking people in vehicles. , but and nicolai of our two of the regions worst affected. health advocacy groups in new zealand are protesting the government's decision to scrap the country's ban on smoking. the law introduced under the previous government led by jacinda ardern would have banned cigarette sales next year to everyone born after 2008. health organizations say they are appalled by the decision. new zealand's laws are believed to have influence to the u.k. government to announce a similar smoking ban for people here. reporter: more people died from smoking in new zealand th

authorities are investigating whether this was a hate crime. 40-year-old jason eaton pled not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. the three victims were in town for thanksgiving. police obtained a search warrant for for eaton's home and recovered a gun. >> we do not have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, there was no question this was a hateful act. >> they were approached by this individual who pulled a handgun on them and shot all three of them and then left and again, he didn't rob them. there doesn't seem to be any justification. >> police say the time of the shooting the victims were speaking a mixture of arabic and english when they were attacked. two were wearing traditional palestinian head scarves. >>> today marks 45 years in one of the most shocking moments in san francisco's history, the assassination of mayor george moscone and supervisor harvey milk. milk was one of the nation's openly gay politicians. in 1978 former supervisor dan white, angry he couldn't get his job back, went to city hall with a .38 revolver and opened fire on then mayor moscone be

they identified him as suspect jason eaton.y mentioned how they recovered ballistics at the scene of the shooting that matched a ruger, a 380 inside the apartment. they also found a 22 rifle and a shotgun. they were questioning him down there at the police station. again, as you said, the officials today during the press conference saying they're looking into whether this was a hate crime, but certainly a hateful act as the investigation is unfolding. we know students were wearing keffiyehs and speaking arab and english, in town visiting a relative for the thanksgiving holiday. at the news conference we heard from the uncle of one of those men, hisham awartani who we learned was shot from the spine and we've learned tragically may not be able to walk. take a listen to what he said. >> tragic irony is not even the right phrase. but to have them come stay with me for thanksgiving and have something like this happen speaks to the level of civic vitriol, speaks to the level of of hatred that exists. >> reporter: there was no bail f

. >> are you jason eaton? is charged with three counts of attempted second-degree murder. >> mr. eaton enters a not guilty plea to all three counts. >> reporter: authorities say saturday night as the 20-year-olds, all of palestinian descent, were walking down this street, two wearing keffiyehs, traditional arab scarves, the shooter allegedly stepped out from a porch and fired four rounds, injuring all three. one man sustained a spinal injury. >> although we do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, i do want to be clear that there is no question this was a hateful act. >> reporter: family members have identified the college students as tahseen ahmed, kinnan abdalhamid, and hisham awartani. two of the men are american citizens, and the third is a legal resident. police found a pistol and magazine of bullets during a search of the suspect's apartment, which is across the street from the crime scene. >> atf tests have since connected that firearm to the casings that were recovered at the scene

cnn learning in recent months jason eaton was experiencing financial trouble and struggled to hold down a job. this information coming as two of the three students who were shot underwent surgery today. his family says right now he's unable to move his legs. his mother and uncle will join me in just a moment. but first polo sandoval is "outfront" with new reporting on the investigation. >> reporter: new details tonight about the man who burlington police say stepped off the porch of his apartment building saturday night and shot three palestinian students walking by. jason james eaton pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted second-degree murder, while burlington investigators have revealed evidence they say links the 48-year-old burlington man to the shooting. the motive remains elusive, says the mayor. >> nothing i have heard at this point is that kind of critical piece of information i think we're all looking for that would really explain how he could have done this. >> reporter: police say the three palestinian students were walking down the streets speaking arabic and englis

. >> jason eaton pleaded not guilty in court yesterday. several weapons were recovered from his home. when federal agent arrived at his door eaton said he'd been expecting them >>> former president donald trump will return to the witness stand, according to his attorney mr. trump will testify again on monday, december 11, as the final witness in his $250 million tax fraud trial. when he first testified three weeks ago, the former president appeared to lose his cool and vshly attack the presiding judge. he denies the charges that he and his family lied about his company's worth. >>> george santos could soon see his time run out on capitol hill he could face another expulsion vote as soon as tomorrow a report found that he deceived his donors and used campaign money for his own personal use he has called the investigation a smear campaign house speaker mike johnson said he spoke to santos monday about the situation and said the congressman has options when it comes to his future. >>> now let's turn to georgia where an outpouring of love for

of palestinian dissent in vermont this past thanksgiving weekend on saturday night 48-year-old jason eaton approached the three and fired at least four rounds authorities now say that eaton was arrested after his house was searched he is expected to be arraigned later today. now, the victims, two of which have dual citizenship, were speaking arabic and wearing traditional palestinian scarves when they were shot. the mayor of burlington says a hate crime motive is being prioritized in this investigation. two of the men are in the icu right now, all three grew up together in ramallah on the occupied west bank. >>> meanwhile, today is the last day of the hamas-israel truce and another round of prisoner exchanges is set for later today. on sunday hamas released 17 hostages from captivity as israel freed 39 palestinian detainees, all of them minors. among them is a young israel american girl who lost both her parents on october 7th and turned 4 in hamas captivity. our erin mclaughlin is in tel aviv and has the latest. >> reporter: 4-year-old american abigail edan is coming home. the first u.s.

palestinian college students in vermont is held without bail after pleading not guilty. 48 year old jason eaton is a former boy scout leader who reportedly had interned as a harvard research assistant. eaton's mother tells the daily beast he previously struggled with depression. the shooting is being investigated as a possible hate crime. the family of the most seriously injured student says doctors fear he may not walk again. >> i'm shaken. i'm hollow inside. i'm aching to be with my son. he's lying, immobilized in a bed. he had very high spirits in the beginning and i think now it's beginning to sink into him. the extent of the enormity of the challenge that faces him. >> police say when they knocked on eaton's door, he told them, i've been waiting for you, but they say there was no indication of a possible motive. >> the weather is making news this morning. several people were injured in this chain reaction crash. you see closed interstate 86 in idaho for seven hours. up to 30 vehicles were involved and police are now blaming the dense fog in the area at the time. happening right now, heavy

the suspect's ex-girlfriend reported jason eaton to police for harassment in 2019 but did not press charges, instead asking for a domestic incident report in case she wanted to eventually secure a restraining order. meanwhile the three victims are still recovering, one is suffering from a gunshot wound to the spine. his family says he will likely never walk again. >>> let's turn now to georgia and a fitting fair wirewell to beloved humanitarian. the life of rosalynn carter was stra celebrated in atlanta where every living first lady paid their respects, including her husband of 77 years, jimmy carter. their daughter amy read from a love letter he wrote 75 years ago. >> while i'm away, i try to convince myself that you really are not, could not be as sweet and beautiful as i remember. but whethn i see you, i tall in l fall in love with you all over again. >> she will be laid to rest in pla pl plains, georgia. >>> video shows flames shooting in the air in the bay area. officials have received dozens of complaints over air quality. chevron says the flaring started after a partial outage at the

police say that on saturday night 48-year-old jason eaton approached them and fired at least four rounds. authorities say eaton has been arrested after his house was searched he is expected to be arraigned today. the three were visiting family in burlington for thanksgiving our liz kreutz has this report >> all units be advised the shooter is unaccounted for. >> reporter: burlington police say around 6:30 p.m. saturday, the friends, who were speaking arabic and wearingra palestinian kaffiyeh scarves were out walking when they were confront beside awhite man with a handgun who without speaking fired at least four rounds before fleeing on foot. >> we heard a man screaming in pain it was very scary. >> reporter: police say the three men, all 20 years old were shot and transported to the hospital families of the victims have identified as hisham awartani, a junior at brown university, and kinnan abdalhamid, a jr. at haverford college, both u.s. citizens and tahseen ahmad, a junior at trinity college. the friends grew up together in the west bank city of ramallah rani amaya is their former sc

that's when police say jason eaton confronted them and opened fire. serious injuries. eaton pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. court documents say a gun, along with a loaded magazine and ammunition, were found in eaton's home. investigators are still working to determine if eaton will face hate crime charges. the mother of one of the victims is speaking out on nbc nightly news and says her son may never speak again. she's also opening up about the guilt her husband feels in the wake of the shooting. >> my husband is devastated because he sent my son to the states for an education and he thought it would be safe. he did not want him to come back for christmas. i wanted him to, and he said no, leave him there. it's safer. and he was in burlington, and, you know, my husband is just devastated by the fact he couldn't protect his son. >> ahead on "nbc nightly news," the new action happening on that college campus in vermont right now. the full story airs at 4:00 this afternoon right here on nbc bay area. >>> we're now learning the name

but the 3rd has some serious injuries. 48 year-old jason eaton. he appeared in court for the first time earlier today where he entered his not guilty plea. investigators say that reportedly shot the boys without saying a word. >> they had no knowledge of this individual had not encountered him before he stepped off a porch and produced a firearm and began discharging that fire on horrific unprovoked attack was a tragic violation. the values and character. >> of this welcoming inclusive community. >> this shooting comes amid concerns of increasing hate crime since the start of the israel-hamas war, attorney general merrick garland says the atf and the fbi are helping with this case. >> atf and the fbi are investigating the tragic shooting. 3 men but palestinian descent in vermont. the justice department is poised to provide assistance. any assistance that our state and local law enforcement partners need as we work together to protect our communities. >> when authorities approached the suspect eat and allegedly told them, quote, i've been waiting f

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two victims are us citizens and the third is a us — the suspect jason eaton, the shooting comes amid anti—islamic incidents reported around the us. the first of our reports comes from middle east correspondent hugo bachega. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is—year—olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, with about 180 people still in captivity in gaza, the painful wait of the families continues. earlier the bbc spoke to a man whose sister has been kidnapped by hamas, showers abducted along with her husband, her in—laws and her daughter. gili roman told the bbc about her story and his optimism despite the fact that she has not yet been released. they were put inside a vehicle towards gaza, and just before the border, they decided they are going to jump out of the vehicle, try to escape and run for their life. so, my sister was holding geffen in her arms, they were jumping out of the moving car, started to run away. 0bviously soon after, the terrorists started to run after them, shooting

and tonight, jason eaton has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder in what police calledovoked an terrible crime. >> he stepped off a porch and produced a firearm and began discharging. >> reporter: on saturday night, authorities say the students were out for a walk, speaking a mixture of arabic and english, two of them wearing traditional scarves, when they came under fire. >> although we do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, i do want to be clear that there is no question this was a hateful act. >> reporter: when detectives knocked on eaton's door, authorities said the 48-year-old told them, "i've been waiting for you," but made no other statements that would point to motive. investigators say bullets recovered from the scene matched a gun at the suspect's home. tahseen ali ahmed, a student at trinity, kinnan abdalhamid, a student at haverford, and hisham awartani, who goes to brown, were spending thanksgiving in burlington, where their families said they thought they'd be safe. >> we're very lucky that the boys are not dead. he shot them from a

the suspect that you saw on the video, jason eaton, shot the men without saying a word beforehand. attorney general merrick garland announced that the justice department is investigating if this is a hate crime. with me is former intelligence analyst john miller. what are you hearing of first and foremost what led them to this man. >> aside from the technology that they usually rely on after doing quite an extensive video canvas of the ring doorbell or the video on the building was not productive, and they went back to plan a of knocking on the doors and talk to witnesses, and who heard what and saw what, and they encountered this individual mr. eaton, and i can't tell you what happened between them, but something in the encounter made them want to focus on him more directly. at that point, they got a search warrant for his house. at that point, they recover a shotgun, we are told by law enforcement sources, and a .380 ruger pistol which matches the caliber. and right now, the ballistics lab is looking at the shell casings on the ground, and the bullet, and whether that gun scienti

jason eaton was arraigned at burlington this morning, and pleaded not guilty and being held without bailknocking on one door, the atf agents were greeted by a man who stepped out of the door towards them with his palms up at waist height and stated something to be effective, i've been waiting for you. atf agents said, why is that? the gentleman said, i would like a lawyer. >> the three victims, each 20 years old are, hisham awartani, the student at brown university in rhode island who now has a bullet lodged in his sign. kinnan abdalhamid, student at college in pennsylvania shot in the glute, and tahseen ali ahmad, a student at trinity college in connecticut still has a bullet in his chest. -- police say the students were walking down the street saturday evening while visiting one of their relatives for thanksgiving. >> they were speaking in a mixture of english and arabic. this is their want. two were wearing keffiyehs, and they had no knowledge of this individual, have not encountered him before. he stepped off a porch and produced a firearm and began discharge in the far. >> -- report

skashd sfrefr, the suspect charged with three counts of attempted second degree murder. 43-year-old jason eatonrraigned in burlington this morning, held without bail. >> atf agents were greeted by a man who stepped out of the door towards them with his palms up at waist height and stated something to the effect of "i've been waiting for you." the atf agents said, why's that? and the gentleman said i would like a lawyer. >> reporter: the three victims are hisham awartani, a student at brown university in rhode island who now has a bullet in his spine. kinnan ab ball hamid shot in the glute and tahseen ahmed who still has a bullet in his chest. the students were walking down the street saturday evening while visiting one of their relatives for thanksgiving. >> they were speaking in a mixture of english and arabic which is their want. two were wearing keffiyehs and they had no knowledge of this individual, had not encountered him before. he stepped off a porch and produced a firearm and began discharging that firearm. >> reporter: the rising reports of targeted violence against joous and palestini

ipad and five cell phones and backpack full of hard drives and the online accounts and postings of jason eaton to say, well, what was he saying to the days leading up to this and the posts prior, and are there references that could tie to the background, and in that the criminal profilers and the behavioral unit are developing a profile based on everything that they could use to the social media to deliver a case that could amount to a hate crime charge on top of this, and given the charges faced on this it would not add a lot of time, but the community is looking for charges here. >> thank you, john miller. sara? >> one of the most influential and controversial policy makers, henry kissinger at 100 years old has died. we will take a look at his life when we come back. >> former national security adviser and secretary of state died at 100 years. he escaped nazi germany when he was a boy and went on to become one of the most influential and controversial advisers in american history primarily working under president richard nixon. to talk about his life and complicated life is political analyst

. >> now this is the suspect jason eaton.s 48 being held without bail on three counts of attempted murder. law enforcement is still determining whether this can be charged as a hate crime. >>> we're expecting secretary of state antony blinken to speak. he's speaking after critical meetings in the middle east. we'll have those comments ahead for you. >>> this is a live view from a podium in tel aviv, israel, where we're anticipating remarks from secretary of state antony blinken. he visited the middle east and israel since the thnovember 7th terrorist attack three times. we await word for whether the truce between israel and hamas will be extended. we'll bring you his remarks live. stay tuned for that. >>> we want to pivot to another global conflict and a view from inside the trenches in ukraine. soldiers are fiercely fighting from keeping russia from surrounding a key city. we spoke with an ukrainian commander as russian tanks nearby shelled their positions. >> reporter: in the pre-dawn light military fire power fills the air

burlington, vermont on saturday evening, police say they have now arrested the suspect, 48-year-old jason eatonan apartment building where the shooting took place. cnn has the details. >> authorities in vermont are looking into the possibility this was a hate crime. according to the police in burlington, the three palestinian students were walking on the street on their way to visit a relative on saturday when they were confronted with a man armed with a gun. all three students were shot. at the time of the shooting we are told two of the three victims were wearing a traditional palestinian scarf. we're told the photo of the three students was taken earlier in the day on saturday. all three victims are being treated at vermont medical center. two of them, we're told, are in stable condition, the third suffered more serious injuries. now according to the institute for middle east understanding, that's an organization that is in contact with the victims' family, the students were identified as hisham ourer tani, kinnon abdelhamid and tahseen ahmed. and ourer tani's uncle said ourer tani was visit

. >> reporter: 48-year-old jason eaton was arraigned in burlington this morning.ded not guilty and is being held without bail. >> upon knocking on one door, the atf agents were greeted by a man who stepped out of the door towards them with his palms up at waist height and stated something to the effect of, i've been waiting for you. atf agents said, why's that. and the gentleman said, i would like a lawyer. >> reporter: the victims are hisham awartani, who has a bullet lodged in his spine, kinnan abdalhamid, a student from pennsylvania shot in the glut, and tahseen ali ahmad still has a bullet in his chest. they studied together at a non-profit quaker school in the occupied west bank. police say the students were walking down the street saturday evening while visiting one of their relatives for thanksgiving. >> they were speaking in a mixture of english and arabic, which is their want. two were wearing -- and they had no knowledge of this individual, had not encountered him before. he stepped off a porch, produced a firearm, and began discharging that firearm. >>

they arrested jason eaton. and there are growing concerns this could have been a hate crime.night an arrest. police say they caught the suspect who shot and injured three palestinian college students who were visiting family in burlington, vermont. the friends, who were speaking arabic and wearing keffiyeh scarves were out walking when they were confronted by a white man with a handgun. >> we heard a man screaming in pain. very scary. >> reporter: police say the men were transported to the hospital. families of the victims have identified them as a junior at brown university, a junior at haverford college and a junior at trinity college. they grew up in r ramallah. >> they were there for the thanksgiving holiday, spending it at one of their grandmother's. >> reporter: a joint statement was released saying as parents are devastated by the horrific news. >> we are afraid it is most likely a crime against palestinians. >> reporter: officials saying there's no known motive yet, but the possibility of a hate crime is being prioritized in the bpd's investigation. two of the men are

jason eaton was arraigned in burlington this morning. he pled not guilty and is being held without bail. >> upon knocking on one door, the atf agents were greeted by a man who stepped out of the hall, out of the door towards them with his palms up at waist height and stated something to the effect of, i've been waiting for you. the atf agents said, why is that? and the gentleman said in sum and substance, i would like a lawyer. >> the three victims are each 20 years old, a student at brown university who now has a bullet knowledged in his spine, a student at college in pennsylvania who was shot in the glut and a student at trinity college in connecticut who still has a bullet in his chest. they studied together at a non-profit quaker school in the west bank. the students were walking down the street saturday evening while visiting one of their relatives for thanksgiving. >> they were speaking in a mixture of english and arabic, which is their wants. two were wearing kafias. they had no knowledge of this individual. they produced a fire a

and 48-year-old jason eaton who made his first court appearance.re was a series of door knocks, investigators going door to door. they knocked on mr. eaton's door and he said something to the effect of, i have been waiting for you. the investigation proceeded. they moved forward and eventually detained him. eventually secured a search warrant. that leads investigators into mr. eaton's apartment and that's where they discover a pistol. the police chief saying they have been able to connect the pistol that that was seized from inside of the suspect's apartment to the casings that were found on that sidewalk where those three young palestinian american men were shot. authorities saying that they're cautioning the public not to jump to any conclusions. they're looking into the possibility that it was a hate crime. but as this time, they're not prepared to officially classify it as such. federal authorities are standing by waiting to intervene if it does reach that point. >> a very important unanswered question and no matter what, it's very good news th

and the suspect jason eaton has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder and is being held without bail. >>> and the college student who was most critically injured over the weekend describes what happened that day. >> they were our house guests for thanksgiving. on saturday, it was our 8-year-old twins' birthday party. these three young men, college juniors, agreed to come to this birthday party with us, very graciously they played with our boys. we had just come back from the birthday party and they decided to take a stroll around the block to get some fresh air. they were just walking, talking amongst themselves. they were wearing their keffiyeh, which are the traditional palestinian scarves. and this gentleman stepped out of the dark and pulled out a handgun and fired four times and my nephew was struck twice. but all three were struck by bullets. and it is inconceivable that something like this could happen in our community. and these three young men grew up in ramallah, they are best friends from growing up. they grew up under military occupation. and who would imagine that t