familiar with and rejection, certainly the notions around him and his legacy, maybe not as much for john ross. help us set the stage because as we begin this book ross and jackson, ross is serving in regiment under jackson's command. i want to talk about how their destinies match, where they worked together and how eventually they come into conflict. >> and amazing story because this is the early 1800s, period when the new united states was expanding westward across the continent, further and further into indian land coming in the nation and they were legally recognized as such. not like the indians were just wandering savages, they were recognized by treaty and by law has possessing and having sovereignty over large chunks of land that are now much of the american south not to mention most of the rest of what we now think of as the united states. these guys came into conflict because two civilizations were coming into conflict, the cherokees had been there for centuries, there was this much larger, infinitely dynamic, growing and incredible country that was swamping them, overloading the che

karen: john ross' s dad? >> that' s right. langston -- uncle langston, as he called him -- called him and said, "why don' t you have a go at putting this together?" is was acknowledged as one of the best productions of langston hughes' play. karen: in the country. >> in the country. karen: that' s amazing. which leads to why it has been so successful for all these years. >> that' s right. karen: what is your favorite song in the performance? last question. >> my favorite song is "christ is born." it sums up everything that has happened to that point. christ is born in the land of judea and the virgin mary -- it tells the story in one song, it is one of the faster pieces, we build up to that song, and it explodes and the audience goes crazy and we feel their energy . we normally go back into singing the song again because the energy in the room is just so intense. karen: oh boy. and your favorite song? >> my favorite is "joy to the world." we have two versions. the first version is sung with this childlike karen: quality. karen

elma lewis, john andrew ross, george howard, who did the original choreography and vernon blackman who was the first drama director, so they are attached need that in order to appreciate where we are. >> for those who are now sold, officially you've sold our entire audience, because you're really good at this. i want to put up the run date and the tickets. >> yes, we still have tickets available. >> good. >> and you can call the box office at the paramount center, or you can go to www.ncaaa.org. now, if you putaa you'll get a athletic association. >> absolutely. it's a beautiful venn view. >> and don't miss this year. >> absolutely. so tell me, we talked about being a tradition, what in your submerse, keeps families coming back? because you get the naffings who are curious but i know huff families and folks who just keep coming year after year. >> there are two things i think one is that a tradition requires a certain familiarity. ill mean you want to have a contour that you know. so the show in its large aspect is similar from year to year, but you also don't want to be bored with the

honorablened by the john ross, inspector general of the u.s. department of homeland security and mrs. jennifer grover, director of homeland security. we welcome you all. all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. if you will please rise and raise your right hand. do solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to get will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you and let the record reflect the witnesses all answered in the affirmative. we would appreciate if you limit your verbal testimonies to five minutes. you written statement will be entered as part of the record. good morning, chairman. i thank you for the opportunity to testify on my vision for evolving the transportation security administration will stop my perspective is a shape -- to administration. approach is a my well-defined statement of admission, clear standards of performance, training and resourcing, appropriate measures of effectiveness, and an unwavering pursuit of excellent and accountability. i want to thank the inspector general fo

honorablened by the john ross, inspector general of the u.s. department of homeland security and mrs. jennifer grover, director of homeland security. we welcome you all. all witnesses are to be sworn before they testify. if you will please rise and raise your right hand. do solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you are about to get will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? thank you and let the record reflect the witnesses all answered in the affirmative. we would appreciate if you limit your verbal testimonies to five minutes. you written statement will be entered as part of the record. good morning, chairman. i thank you for the opportunity to testify on my vision for evolving the transportation security administration will stop my perspective is a shape -- to administration. approach is a my well-defined statement of admission, clear standards of performance, training and resourcing, appropriate measures of effectiveness, and an unwavering pursuit of excellent and accountability. i want to thank the inspector general fo

brian ross, abc news, new york. was in burst into flames and one official said essentially evaporated. >> and brian mentioned one of the hostages believed to have jihadi john, american james foley. foley's family has been highly critical of the administration's efforts to rescue hostages. abc news investigative producer from our brian ross unit james meeks spoke to foley's parents overnight. >> she said it was very small solace to learn that jihad john had been killed in an air strike and she said, you know, the government just doesn't get it. you know, it essentially doesn't bring their son back. that was their point and they are -- i don't think they're going to miss jihad john but i think they would have preferred to have gotten jim back alive. >> u.s. officials have been tracking him for several months now after identifying him as a british citizen in february. >> abc's stephanie ramos is live in washington. stephanie, will the u.s. ever have 100% confirmation that he's dead and how will they try to confirm it? >> reporter: well, reena, u.s. officials say this morning they presume jihadi john was killed by that u.s. drone strike based on what they obse

. >> johning me now, wilbur ross, chairman ceo of wl ross and company, great to have you here, we'reay away from this a great night of debates. you are i think fair to say, a leading establishment republican. tremendous le legendary investor what do you want to hear from candidates tomorrow night, that you think would be persuadive to you and th american people for their votes. >> i think they need good serious answers, that really address the concerns that are on people's minds. particularly middle class people. middle class people feel and are right to feel they have been gerjerked around for decade that is the problem that republican party needing to solve i believe, if it is going to recapture the white house. lou: there is a almost ageless saying that economics is a dismal science, there is a potential for candidate to be so distrust full of economics and business and finance to ignore possibilities of great debate, when talking about political economy and setting values and principles and a vision forward, who do you think best has the ability to to do that. >> i think each wor

ross. >> all right. thanks a lot. john reporting live for us. >>> and a developing story out of sfo right now where a united flight headed to hawaii has been forced to return to san francisco as the plane has a cooling issue, and the problem is not related to the engine, hydraulics or any type of threat. this is united flight 1721, and we'll bring you any updates on this story as soon as we get them. >>> a body found in the napa river matches the description of a 48-year-old woman missing since yesterday. the deputy, coast guard and chp have been looking for her since last night. they found her damaged jet ski near the brazos railroad bridge. rekusers discovered a body on the western bank of the napa river. >> early indications might suggest that maybe she collided with the brazos bridge itself. we have deputies investigating the vessel accident to try to make some determination of what she collided with. >> the coast guard says she was wearing a life jacket, and they add there is no sign that drugs or alcohol were involve

. >> reporter: fop president john mcnesby supported at pointment of ross but says the department has serious challenges he hopes to get resolve. >> obviously we need more manpower and better equipment on the streets and that is something we have been dealing with over the the last four or five years. >> reporter: ross will assume the role in early january after commissioner ramsey retires. >> i like a person who has had relationships, had experience, knows the the players, knows advocates and community groups and knows the the officers a and knows the commanders and doesn't have to take six months to a year to come up to speed. >> reporter: the future commissioner tells me he continues to wear his uniform, he however has in the decided on whether he will ride in the squad car. reporting from the steps of the art museum, rahel will solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a favorite local holiday tradition in the city returns tonight. >> i love this. the the lights will be turned on for franklin square holiday festival, yep, it that is time already. more than 50,000 lights synchronize

ross. and covering oil. cnbc contributor, john kildoff. again, not sure, wilbur, how to interpret the moves in europe. very muted. i kind of understand the move here because this is one of the things that maybe puts the fed on hold. thursday and friday down 450 points and we talked about friday, 4 1/2 weeks is a long way off. a lot can happen. i was thinking about market breaks and percent. if the market broke they weren't thinking of something like this. >> it's always in the back of someone's mind. >> well, it is. i don't think this will provoke a 10% market crack. if we hadn't already had the tragedy of 9/11, the russian airliner going down, beirut, now par paris, after a while there was an incremental effect. >> >> if there had been an attack and the market had gone down 10%, that might have been related. at this point given that we know europe is going qe while we're supposedly going the other way. we already know 107 we know were worrying about. it looks like this will cost some slowdown. it makes qe more paramount. they will follow

abc news investigative producer from our brian ross unit james overnight. >> it was very small solace to learn that jihad john had been killed in an air strike and she said the government just doesn't get it. you know, essentially doesn't bring their son back. that was their point and they are -- i don't think they'll miss jihad john but preferred to have gotten jim back a. >> u.s. officials have been tracking him for several months thousand after identified as a british citizen in february. >> abc's stephanie ramos is live in washington. stephanie, will the u.s. ever have 100% confirmation that he's dead and how will they try to confirm it? >> reporter: well, reena, u.s. officials say this morning they presume jihadi john was killed by that u.s. drone strike based on what they observed in the hit and say his car was struck and it virtually burst into flames. they may never have 100% confirmation but they can come close by listening to the chatter of isis operatives and social media. >> okay, so clearly he is a high value target but could this be a turning point in the fight against isis? >> reporter: well, i

. >> and i johning us with more is brian ross -- and joining us with more is brian ross. >> they've made a claim of responsibility. they've been back and forth between al qaeda and isis. it's a local jihadist group that may well have targeted. five members of the u.s. military were in the hotel at the time and successfully hid from the terrorists and got out safely. >> wow. do we know where they hid? >> somewhere in the hotel. >> somewhere in the hotel. >> they also helped -- >> someone on the outside helping get people out of the hotel. they targeted this hotel, vet popular with westerners. >> they arrived in vehicles with diplomatic plates? >> yes. they planned for this. they killed two of them but the belief is many more got away. and that's troubling. >> one of the first questions people were asking, is this group tied to the paris >> i don't know if they are tied to the pair rix attacks -- paris attacks. it depends which day you check with hem -- with them. some parts are devoted to al qaeda. and these groups are at war against themselves more than anything else. >> and there may be

ross has been tracking the story overnight. >> reporter: the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared in this video wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. >> you have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to affairs. >> reporter: one after near he presided over the murders of foley, steven sotloff, peter kassig, plus two britons and two japanese hostages in our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> reporter: earlier this year his true identity was revealed to be mohamed emwazi seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to the united kingdom. even as a schoolboy in london emwazi was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. one teacher told the bbc that at the age of 11, he was put in anger management therapy. >> we'd find that he'd get very angry and worked up and it would take him a long time to calm himself down. >> reporter: flaunting his role as executioner once he joined isis with t

john. he is believed to have been killed bay drone strike in syria. >> seen in so many of those gruesome beheading videos had been tracked by the u.s. for months. abc's chief investigating correspondent brian ross has been following the story overnight and has the very latest now for us. >> reporter: the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared in this video wearing a black mask, holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised, but he could not hide his british accent. >> you have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to interfere in eastbound affairs. >> reporter: one after another, he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff, and peter kassig, but who britons and then two japanese hostages. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> reporter: earlier this year, his true identity was revealed to be mohammed emwazi seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to england. he was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. one teacher told the bbc that at the age of 11 he was put in anger management therapy. >> w

. >> reporter: fop president john mcnesby appointed the appointment of ross but department has serious will challenges he hopes can get resolved. >> obviously we need more manpower, berth equipment on the streets and that is something we have been dealing with over the the last four or five years. >> reporter: ross will assume the role in early january after commissioner ramsey retires. >> i like a person who has had relationships, has had experience, knows the the players, knows the ad ohio dates and community groups and doesn't to have take six months to a year to come up to speed. >> reporter: and mayor-elect jim kenney has been out spoken about the controversial stop and frisk policy, coming up tonight at 6:00, we will learn more about where the stand and if there could be changes in store. we will hear from the new commissioner ross. reporting live on the steps of the art museum, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thank you. police in claymont, delaware announced at rest of jon son, wanted in connection with the carjacking and kidnapping of the 71 year-old woman that h

john, american james foley. foley's family has been highly critical of the administration's efforts to rescue hostages. from our brian ross unit james meeks spoke to folol's parents ovovnight. >> she said it was very small solace to learn that jihad john had been killed in an air strike and she said, you know, the government just doesn't get it. you know, it essentially doesn't bring their son back. that was their point and they are -- i don't think they're going totoiss jihad john but i ink they would have preferred to have gotten jim back alive. >> u.s. officials have been tracking him for several months now after identifying him as a british citizen in february. >> abc's stephanie ramos is live in washington. ststhanie, will the u.s.s.ver have 100% confirmation that he's dead and how wililthey try to cocoirm it? >> reporter: well, reena, u.s. officials say this morning they presume jihadi john was killed by that u.s. drone strike based on what they observed in the hit and say his car was struck and it virtually burst into flames. they may never have 100% confirmation, but they can come close by listening to the social

ross. >> good evening, juju. he was the face of evil and the u.s. has been tracking and targeting jihadi john, a british citizen, for months. u.s. officials say the air strike thursday was launched by a drone as the target left a building in raqqa, syria, then entered a vehicle. one official told abc news it was a 100% flawless direct hit. the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared in this video wearing a black mask, holding a knife, threatening the his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. >> you've plotted against us and gone out of your way to interfere in our affairs. >> reporter: one after the other he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff, two britons, two japanese hostages. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> reporter: earlier this year, his true identity was revealed to be mohammad emwazi, seen wearing an american baseball cap. the son of kuwaiti emigrants to the united kingdom. emwazi was spotted by his teachers as having a violent streak. one teacher told the bbc at ag

ross mirkarimi's bid for reelection. he will be replaced by vicki hennessy. she won with 61% of the vote. john robinson a former lieutenant in the sheriffs department finished third. hennessy was all smiles when she posed for pictures. she held a victory party south of market. well wishers included former mayor ed lee. >> i was a trail blazer in the early days in the sheriffs department and i continue to be one. but i also think it's more important that i am a qualified to be in the position whether i'm a man or woman. >> the tension inside city hall that they really want to consolidate power. that means getting rid of the independent elected sheriff. >> we asked hennessy if she thought mirkarimi mishandled the sanctuary policy. she would only say she has a different interpretation of the policy. one of the most contentious issues is prop f. voters handed the victory to air b & b. it was voted down 55% to 45%. air b & b spent millions on the no campaign that flooded the airways. san francisco voters passed proposition a 73% to 26%. this one needed a two-thirds majority to pass. proposed 18 mon

john wolf used and distributed meth and possessed child porn videos. fbi agents say wolf had several videos of children, including infants being sexually abused. moments ago a.j. ross spoke to some patients outside his office in chelsea. >> reporter: there was a federal raid here this morning so i've been asking patients if that's surprising. >> i didn't know anything about that at all. >> reporter: his demeanor never seemed -- >> no, not at all. i'm very surprised. >> again, a.j. ross reporting. attorneys for wolf say it's possible he was entrapped by government agents. >>> tonight, a muslim extremist group is claiming responsibility for a deadly terror attack in africa. troops stormed the hotel to end the siege in mali. 27 people dead. six americans who hid inside the hotel we're told were safe. the attack was in the capital city of mali, and tim fleischer has the details in the news room. >> us if i believes are ron democratting -- condemning this latest attack, and trying to citizens in the capital, and are ready to assist mali's government any way they can. >> reporter: as attackers stormed into the hotel they recollect began firing at -- they began firing at

incumbent ross mirkarimi is seeking re-election challenged by vicki hennessy and john robinson.h hennessy and robinson have experience working in the sheriff's department and mirkarimi's office, of course, has been in the news for alleged misconduct by deputies in jail among other scandals. so the polls open at 7 a.m. >> jackie, housing is constantly being debated about in the city. we already talked about prop f. are there any other measures voters should be aware of today? >> in addition to prop f and i, let's talk about prop a for a second. this is a $310 million general obligation bond that's being floated to finance the construction or rehabilitation of 30,000 affordable housing units. people like mayor lee and the entire board of supervisors say this proposition is critical for making san francisco a more affordable place to live. the most vocal opposition group the san francisco green party says this proposition has few restrictions and little oversight on what the money will be spent on. so we'll see what voters decide. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> another

incumbent ross mirkarimi is seeking re-election being challenged by vicki hennessy and john robinson.arimi's office has been in the news for alleged misconduct by deputies in jails. so obviously a lot more local issues to break down for you. so stay tuned right here. we are live in san francisco, jackie ward kpix 5. >>> it is going to be an exciting day and kpix 5 will stay on top of all the election results through this evening. just head to cbssf.com to stay connected. >>> first storm of the season moved out of the bay area leaving a big impression. we saw a little bit of everything yesterday from streets flooding in concord to a little bit of lightning in the east bay, as well. i saw some of that. for homeowners in fire ravaged middletown in lake county they hoped the rain wouldn't cause any landslides. no major problems were reported but now they are bracing for the next weather event but i don't think it's coming for a week or so. >> got a little break according to roberta gonzales. >> yeah. a slide chance on the ninth but it's a slight chance then looks like a little more favora

san francisco mayor, rather sheriff ross mirkarimi is running against a forchler intern sheriff vicki hennessey and john robinson. san am voters still can drop off their ballots in person, just go to your local city hall or your town hall. if you are registered voter or you really want that sticker and vote in person, you can do so at the san mateo county elections office or at the county clerk's office in redwood city. good luck finding parking there. if you're in santa clara county and it seems quiet, that is because it is quiet. a consolidated election and only people who are registered voters in the city of los altos and the orchard school district and the union school districts have issues to decide. i am going through the registrar of voter information for all of our nine bay area counties and i'm tweeting them via krisnbc and putting them up on our website. you can also find all the election results as they start coming in later today. sam? >> kris will guide you along for complete election coverage of all bay area counties. go to nbcbayarea.com and track election results on our twitter and faceb

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john. he was the masked man who became a symbol of isis after beheading an american and over hostages. u.s. officials now presuming he has been killed in a drone strike. breaking details from our brian rossraight ahead. >>> and donald trump on the attack, taking on his closest rival, dr. ben carson, even demonstrating a fake stabbing and asking how stupid are the people of iowa? >>> plus, what the president thinks about trump's immigration plan. >>> then big questions right now in italy. are italian olive oil makers trying to fool you when it comes to what is in their bottles? >>> plus a "world news now" exclusive. an inspired story. we're going to catch up with the world's oldest yoga instructor. she is

ross. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, george. he became the face of evil and the u.s. had been tracking jihadi john, a british citizen for months. u.s. officials say the drone strike was launched late thursday, just before midnight in syria, as he left a building in raqqah and entered a vehicle. military and intelligence officials watched live a video feedback in washington and one official told abc news it was a 100% flawless direct hit. this morning, praise for the u.s. effort from leaders around the world. >> i've always said that we would do whatever was necessary, whatever it took to track down emwazi. today i want to thank the united states. >> reporter: the world first came to know jihadi john a little more an a year ago, when he appeared wearing a black mask, holding a knife, and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. his voice was disguised but he could not hide his british accent. >> reporter: one after another, he presided over the murders of folly, another sotloff. and peter kassig, plus two britons and then two japanese hostages. earlier this year, his true identity w

charlie: lillian ross, i won't give away her age, but she is in here with classic profiles of hemingway and johnhes. she just just -- john houston. she just put out a book. a real revolutionary figure for the new yorker, because they were not a lot of women around until the second world war came around. and almost by necessity, forcing the hands of the editors to higher, got for big, women. she was one of the stalwart ones. charlie: one was the first change of editors? david: harold ross was the founding editor, lasting 25 years run 1925 -- from 1925. and then along comes william shaw. and bob gottlieb for five or six, tina for five or six. charlie: for you, is it the perfect base for you to be? david: is a thrilling place. i see my job this way. it is not just -- every week, we want to put out a wonderful magazine. every day, we want to have the website be alive to the events. but more and more come to realize because of the revolution we are looking -- living through,, the technological revolution, ultimately, coverage of this or that, but the big overarching job for me, because of the time i'

ross burke rini will have to look for a new job because voters overwhelmingly chose former chief deputy sheriff vicki hennessey to unseat him. 61% of the vote, nearly doubled mercury's vote total. john robinson finished with just less than 6%. hennessey was all smiles last night as she posed for pictures with supporters. she held a victory party at don ramon's restaurant. well-wishers included mayor ed lee and former mayor willie brown. hennessy is the first woman elected sheriff in san francisco. >> i was a trailblazer in the early days of the sheriff's department. and i continue to be one. i also think it's more important that i am qualified to be in the position than when i'm a man or woman woman. >> the tension inside city hall that they want to consolidate power, that means getting rid -- getting rid of the independent elected sheriff. >> we asked hennessy if she thought mercker rini mishandled the relationship with federal immigration agents. hennessy says she has a different interpretation of the policy that burke rini. >>> in the san francisco propositions, props f the short- term residential resident -- it was nicknamed the anti- airbnb initiative. the measure went down to

john mcnesby the president of the fraternal order of police. and mcnesby among all of the people praise on rivered adder ross, and jim ken fry making a good choiceant too hear from people, their complaints, their concerns, but you also opportunity know you can meet with beam in more structured way, where people are willing to roll up their sleeves, show they're committed improving the quality of life in this sitment and people all across the city want. >> this i don't care what neighborhood you are you can tag -- talking about, everybody wants the same thing, all of this stuff about people in certain neighborhoods don't care, that's a bunch of you know what. so i never bought into. that will i don't accept people who do. >> richard ross will be great commissioner, from inside the ranks, we were classmates,'s positive straightforward kind of guy. and you noel do compound on what economic nerve ramsey did, will move the department forward. >> richard ross, a very young looking 51, staying young, because he's got black belt in karate, runs every morning, and not only did he graduate in that cop class in 1989, alex, mike, he's also a graduate of bot

john. number of incidents now. you had the attack on the russian plane leaving egypt, the attack in lebanon and now you have this three significant terror attacks coming in short order. >> let me ask brian ross about that. when i spoke to the president yesterday he would still only call it a strong possibility of isis behind the drowning of the russian plane. >> without a doubt it's considered to be an isis attack. they believe the growing >> the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee told me that isis has eclipsed al-qaeda as the number threat. -- number one threat. >> they have as we saw with the charlie hebdo attack. there's on going operations. this is not over by any means. >> talk about where isis is most activity right now. they have a business of operations in syria, a base of operations in iraq and libya and afghanistan. >> they recruit from europe and from the u.s. talking about thousands of recruit from the united kingdom, france, belgium and italy who have gone or stood back to fight in their home countries. >> you were just recently in afghanistan. isis on the rise there too. >> it certainly is. it is a real problem . one of things is people want to join isis. they