i'm leah gabriel. it vanished dropping off the radar and disappeared over the java sea after the pilot requested to fly over bad weather. that request was denied. greg palkot is in london. >> reporter: second full day for searching for asia flight 8501 is over and still no sign of that plane. the airbus off from the indonesia ann city of surabaya sunday local time. most of the people on board were indonesian. 42 minutes after takeoff ground scroll lost radio and radar contact. apparently after encountering the bad weather the corrected course correction was denied due to air traffic in the vicinity. authorities believe the aircraft crashed into the waters of the java sea. the wreckage of the aircraft could already be lying on the seafloor. there are no fewer than 30 ships and 15 aircraft in the search. they come from four different countries. late reports leah, the object spotted is believed not related to crash but ships are going to the scene of oil slicks found to check them out. the offering any as

leah? leah: i'm sure a lot of people would like to see this up and running.urn for us over this holiday season, okay? >> reporter: great weather for us out here today. leah: will carr live in los angeles. leland: will has rough duty out there. in l.a. there are no weather problems. weather is causing a lot of trouble on a very busy travel day. there are powerful storms that turned deadly. forecasters say the worst of them may not be over yet. >> merry christmas eve to your and yours. >> "happening now" starts right now. >> deadly storms on christmas eve with much more dangerous weather on the way as folks race to make it home forthal -- for the holidays. >> mother nature is making trouble all across the country on the busiest travel days with rain on both coast and snow in the midwest. but in mississippi, four people were killed and dozens hurt after a powerful storm blew through the area leaving thousands of businesses and homes in the

leah? >> police in new york city are on high alert after a man overheard talking about killing police. it is the sixth such arrest the nypd made since ambush killing two officers last weekend. families and friends of one of those officers, rafael ramos will gather to remember him and hundreds of officers are expected to gather his wake. jonathan hunt joins us live from queens, new york. jonathan, it will be a somber couple of days for the n.y.p.d. >> it certainly is, leah. the funeral service for the first of two the slain officers, officer rafael ramos, will take place tomorrow. some 25,000 police officers from all over the country expected to fill the streets where i'm standing right now. last night the family of officer ramos went to the spot in brooklyn that has become a makeshift memorial for the two officers. they spent a few minutes there. clearly that was a very emotional time for them. there will be a wake service beginning at 2:00 p.m. here this afternoon for officer ramos. funera

nice to be with you, leah. leah: i'm leah gabriel.stivities from the faithful in the vatican to pilgrims in bethlehem. leland: the very simple of the christmas spirit. it is not too late to give to those in need. leah: the show will go on. after you will "the interview" opening in hundreds of theaters and online have sony does an about-face on the controversial new movie. but we begin with protests erupting on christmas eve near ferguson, missouri. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> hundreds of protesters taking to the streets in the town of berkeley for the second night in a row, this after police there say an officer shot and killed an armed teenager who allegedly pointed a gun at him. officers say the officer was conducting a routine check at at gas station when 18-year-old antonio martin, pulled a gun causing the officer to fear for his life. tensions simmer near the boiling point. david lee miller is live in our new york city newsroom. david lee? >> leah, half a dozen people were arrested during those protests. some demonstr

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2024 present that day the 16th of dos december in the year 2014 (clapping). >> i promise to be quick leah of the san francisco bicycle contradiction i want to thank you and particularly call out the ta i mean that i met with the staff yesterday it's been one of the best part of my job working with the ta authority and i think you bring a can do attitude dealing through the bureaucracy you trying to get things done it has helped me as an advocate and i know the bicycle coalition achieved more we feel oftentimes we were hitting calls wall but the transportation authority has been the agency it gets through the walls and helps us to make sure we make the positive changes i thank you for your leadership on the board and commend the staff and it is a pleasure you'll be hearing from me i'll be coming back early summer with a lot of lessons learned around vision zero and countries in europe have implemented it successfully and we have room to improve i hope to see you again, thank you (clapping). >> thank you leah and the city's in a better place because of our leadership much appreciated okay.

do this. >> december 8th, 2014, just outside of philadelphia, devin still and his daughter, leah, are their holiday pictures taken. an annual tradition for the still family, but this year's photo shoot takes on a whole new meaning. >> it was pretty special for me, because a week before we took the pictures, she had one of her bad days. she had a breakdown and she was crying. it was a great feeling just to know that she felt like she was beautiful, even though i always feel like she is. >> after you guys went and took pictures, then you wrote letters to santa. what was at the top of her christmas wish list this year? >> princess jasmine. we went to disney world before everything happened. and she got to meet the princess and fell in love with her. the one that always stuck out to her was princess jasmine. >> j-a-s-m-i-n-e. ooh! >> we dropped her letter in santa's mailbox. then devin and good old st. nick went to work on fulfilling her christmas wish. >> maybe she comes when everybody's sleeping. we had to do a great job of keeping a surprise for her. she's a great detective and tries t

leah?live in new york city. >> trying to mend a broken relationship for his office in his first statements since being told he has their blood on his hands. what are we hearing from the mayor? >> we are seeing the ma ior being con sill tory. he is helping the city to heal from the anger and grief they are experiencing with the deaths. he noted the families are in pain as they try to deal with the loss of officer's rafael ramos and wenjian liu. they were more than cops they were men dearly loved by their families. the assassination of the two was an attack on the city our value and democracy. >> we will not tolerate such attacks. any one with the ability to help us stop them must step forward. >> they are calling for a pause and anti police protest and political rank core until after the funeral. many police officers are angry with the mayor. he arrived at the hospital where the cops are being treated after being gunned down. they accused the mayor of having blood on his hands that he helped

. >> her father called 911 and you can hear leah crying in the backgrou background. the latest in a spat of bear attacks in florida and gma spent the day with doug and his grizzly bear, bart and learned that there could be one way to survive an up close bear encounter. >> cover your face and neck and get on your stomach. >> hundreds of stitches later leah is crecovering from wounds to her arms and neck and back. they know they have much to get grateful for. >> i am happy my daughter is home and alive and well. >> they killed the bear that they suspect may have attacked leah, never run and never turn your back and back away slowly, if you are attacked fight a black bear with everything you have. >>> president, george h.w. bush is said to be doing well but will remain in a hospital in houston, he experienced shortness of breath and was admitted into the hospital, despite being in the hospital, the elder bush was admitted, and still ahead on "action news" at noon, consumer reports puts vehicles to the test to find out which ones are the most reliable and nydia han tells

i am leah gabrielle. it is nice to be with you this morning. >> i am cheryl casone.fox news alert. an october spotted in the search for missing air 8501 -- airasia flight. >> david piper is live in thailand with the latest. good morning. >> good morning to you both. indonesian officials say australian aircraft spotted objects floating in the sea in the search area. indonesia's vice president says they are likely to be debris from the aircraft. airasia indonesia jet on the way from singapore sunday morning local time. 162 people were on board. the pilot radioed in that he was facing bad weather and requesting a course change before losing contact with ind peesh indonesian air traffic control. no distress call was made. there are many nations in the sea. they asked if they needed help but so far the offer hasn't been taken up. the head of indonesia's search and rescue agency said the plane is likely to be at the bottom of the sea. he said he based this on the coordinates of the plane when contact wausz losts lost. special equipment is being used to help maintain the fl

i am leah gabrielle. >> i am molly line. thank you for starting your day with us today. news alert. overnight the attack in pakistan coming in the same region. the pakistani army has been battling pakistani indsurgentin. they stepped up operations against the taliban following the school massacre that left 130 children bed dead. >> days after the murder of two new york police officers brand new threats against the department. >> jonathan hunt is live in queens new york where the city is preparing for the wake of rafael ramos. >> mol lly and leah the grief h remained ever since the shootings the spot where the murders took place. the family of one of the office officers liu has visited the memorial. it has grown every day since the shooting. some of the relatives have to travel from his native china. here in queens at the christ tabernacle choir. later today a viewing ceremony will take place and a wake service for rafael ramos the other of the two mauer derred at the hands of the killer. as the city tries to come to terms with the grief and division this has exposed card

we all need them. >> leah, no kidding. good morning. last day of the year is the last chance to make final adjustments that will effect your life. april 15th. if you work from home it is free pay all of the way. prepay local income and property taxes by paying it a day earlier than the first day of 2015 you are going to get a tax benefit a full year earlier. deduction double up means double up on certain itemized deductions or charities that you get a deduction for them and you get a standard deduction for the following year. that helps you. apply for your business if you have one. small businesses should buy equipment before the end of the year. you are not going to be able to make any big purchases. it is time to get deductions right away computers printers, corporate cars all that good stuff. finally you want to set up your pension plans before year's end. there's no need to fund them until september of 2015. this plan, if a plan is in existence before the end of the year. there's no need to put money into it until september 15th. le

. >> i'm leah gabriel in for martha maccallum. so good to see you and all of you as well. the president met with a group marines at a base in hawaii. he thanked them and said afghanistan has a future thanks to their sacrifice. this is set as the u.s. will end its rule there at the end of the year. >> peter doocy has more on this. peter, how was the president first received. >> reporter: the president was received very well. he was beginning to talk about this is the beginning of the end of the war in afghanistan with the first lady at his side the crowd in the marine base in hawaii erupted >> we have been in continuous war now for 13 years, over 13 years and next week, we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. we are safer. it is not going to be a source

leah is this really north korea? you are the intelligence expert.o you think they hired hackers in america? is it a guy in a basement? >> it is hard it to tell. people are saying, and in the intelligence community they say cyber security is a huge problem. the director of national intelligence said this is the greatest threat to our national security is cyber uhing tays. they come from -- cyberattacks. they come from china and iran. a lot of the attacks #r executed in china. it is a big problem. when you look at this, it is pretty unprecedented that a move vea would actually be about killing a sitting world leader. assassinating him and making a joke out of it. the thing is, i think kim jong-un should be flattered. the reason he should be flattered is did you see randal parker? have you seen randal parker? randal parker is a good looking dude. this is who was ging to play kim jong-un. he is a good looking, hot fellow. if i was kim jong-un i would be proud of that. >> there are two examples. there was the assassination of george w bush which was a fa

we want to go straight to sydney now and leah farrah. she's a research associate in counterterrorism at the university of sydney. sydney's united states center. and also anna coren, our correspondent, who is based there. anna, i'm going to start with you. what do you know about the victims tonight? >> reporter: we know about the two hostages that were killed. 34-year-old tori johnson. he was of course the manager of the lindt chocolate cafe, which is a block from where we are standing. we understand from media reports, local media reports, that perhaps he was grappling with the gunman, this lone gunman, and that is when perhaps one of the shots was fired. we heard from police that they heard gunshots just after 2:00 a.m. this morning. that is why they stormed the cafe and ended the siege. but certainly lindt, the lindt ceo as well as the family of tori johnson have both spoken out talking about the incredible man that he was. they describe him as a hero. he worked at that particular cafe for some two years, and obviously they are all gri

i'm leah gabriel. an apparent hostage situation drags on in a chocolate cafe in australia with no resolution in sight. the tense drama's been going on for about five hours now. as you can see, cops have swarmed around the cafe, and just a short time ago the associated press reported that two people ran out of the building where this situation is unfolding. authorities have not confirmed the number of hostages, but australian media reports there are ten employees, 30 customers being held inside. video shows several people along a window with their hands in the air. it also showed two people holding up what appear to be a black flag with white arabic writing on it. the police commissioner for new south wales says they're doing all that they can to reach a peaceful resolution and the situation is contained. listen. >> we have not yet confirmed this is a terrorism-related event. we are dealing with a hostage situation with an armed offender, and we're dealing with it accordingly. now, we are ready toes cla

to hear leah reeder tell that story is spine-tingling.t of nowhere as she was walking her dog ralph in an area that was residential, it looked a lot like this one. >> it was just kind of like a black bear. >> reporter: leah reeder says she was paying closer attention to her cell phone than the black bear closing in on her. >> i was down on the ground and it was on my back biting me. >> reporter: the 15-year-olds was walking her dog, ralph, near her home in east point, florida, when she was suddenly mauled earlier this week. it was what she did next that may have saved her life. >> in school they always told you to play dead. it worked because it stopped biting me as soon as i stopped screaming and realized nobody was going to come because like nobody could hear me. >> reporter: maybe humans didn't heed the call but as she was being dragged into the woods her cuddly companion did. >> he seen him dragging me and was freaking out barking and starting running up and the bear lost his grip and fell in the ditch. >> reporter: her 25-pound sprin

i'm leah gabriel.we now join "stossel" in progress. >> everything happens in the stars. it makes no sense. dozens of studies have debunked astrolo astrology. i'll tell you why astrologers have duped people in the show. let's ask our skeptic michael sherman. he wrote the book, "believing brain." our brains are faulty, michael? it leads us to believe in nonsense? >> i wouldn't say they're faulty, but they do believe in nonsense because we believe just about everything we hear or see or read about or are told by others, and there is an evolutionary reason for that. imagine you're an ancient human on the plains of africa millions of years ago and you hear a ruffle in the grass. is it a dangerous predator or just the wind? if you assume the ruffle in rus grass is a dangerous predator and it's just the wind, no harm done. if you believe it's just the wind and it's a dangerous predator, then you're toast. we're the descendants of those most likely to believe everything is real just in case it is. our brains a

l leah, back to you. >> thanks loren. fox business network log on to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> the time now is 12 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up an incredible rescue how a sailor is saved overseas. >> google mro i es have a big reason to feel lucky this morning. why you might want to fly to work for the tech giant. they're still after me. get to the terminal across town. are all the green lights you? no. it's called grid iq. the 4:51 is leaving at 4:51. ♪ they cut the power. it'll fix itself. power's back on. quick thinking traffic lights and self correcting power grids make the world predictable. thrillingly predictable. >> welcome back. a miraculous rescue off the coast of hawaii. a sailor saved after 12 days at sea. he made two desperate calls from his water logged boat but they turned up nothing after days of silence. he managed to make another mayday call. coast guardable to pinpoint his position finding him 64 miles south of honolulu. he was tired and dehydrated but expected to be okay. >>> i

. >> i am leah gabrielle. president obama's leadership under fire as members of his own party blast the administration's handling of the agency. >> doug mckeller is live for us. >> what does the administration say now? >> cia director john bren nonin the aftermath of the intelligence report that found the cia engaged in such tactics waterboarding rectal feeding to get information. many condemn the report as a one-sided hatchet job now they say bush administrations helped over sea the tact -- oversee the tactics. >> he needs to purring those instrumental and in the running and development of this program. they are willfully providing information and misrepresent the efficacy of torture. in other words, the cia is lying. >> henry asked press secretary about that. >> how can the president appoint john brennan and james cowan to cia and fbi if he believed they endorsed unamerican tactics? >> i can tell you he fall noose the same category as mr. brennan in terms of somebody whose advice the president is pleased he

heather and leah we are tracking cold weather. this is what the thermometer has right now 4 degrees below zero minneapolis 23 degrees below zero in denver. you factor in a little bit of a breeze what it feels like out there is bone chilly. 19 degrees below zero in minneapolis police. we have windchill advisories in effect because of the cold temperatures. by wednesday morning that cold air continues to expand eastward places like buffalo you are looking at temperatures into the teens in the morning hours and we will be in the 20's as far south in places likes raleigh not only thursday morning winter weather will be possible across the rockies and spilling over parts of texas oklahoma and texas. couple inches of snowfall accumulations possible. wintery mix as well. >> thanks maria. >> the time now is 12 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up deer in lights. >> you must stay in this position. >> terrifying moments inside a packed plane. the nonstandard landing that is finally made. >> a triumphant trio what did president obama

good morning. >> good morning, heather and leah.ated on saturday with a chase of ishmael brinsly into a nearby subway station. listen to this. >> this is crazy. >> what you are hearing there are tellicops telling people to on the ground and stay on the ground. they found him dead from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. his day had begun with him shooting a former girlfriend near baltimore. she is in critical condition but is expected to survive. he then took a bus from baltimore here to new york posting a dire warning on his instagram account which read quote i am putting wings on pigs today. they take one of ours let's take two of hears #shoot the police #rip eric garner and #rip michael fwroun. this may be my final post. i'm putting pigs in a blanket. he did exactly what he threatened. >> jonathan hunt live for us. thank you, jonathan. >> family and friends of the new yo york. >> ainsley earhardt has been covering this story since it broke saturday. she phoned officer ramos wednesday night. >> what an incred pible for giving family.

i am leah gabrielle in for heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day wugs. let's start with a fox news alert. the star studded premiere of "the interview" new canceled. they are verifying the threat and the stars cancel all up coming ail peppearances. robert? >> the film's premiere was canceled by landmark theaters. it follows hackers threatening a 9-11 style attack. guardians of peace wrote the note. soon the world will see all the world what an awful movie sony pictures has made. this world will be full of fear remember 11th of september 2001 we recommend you keep yourself a distance from places at that time. they can opt out of theirç commitments to show the movie. they are unclear if it is a credible threat or not. police chief spoke out to allay the concerns of movie goers with a christmas day release of the film. >> people should not be afraid to see a movie in los angeles. there is no credible threat. we are well aware of the e-mails we will take pretaugss to make our movie theaterings as safe as we can make them

i am leah gabrielle.an apparent hostage situation in australia. the police commissioner from south wales said they are doing all they can to find a peaceful resolution. australia media reports there are ten xhoi es. it shows two people holding up what appears to be a black flag with white arabic writing on it. australian's

her parents dialed 911. >> she's got a big ole gash up on her head. >> you can hear leah crying.r in the latest spate of bear accouttackd we spent time with doug seuss and his grizzly, bart. and learned what can be one way to survive an up close bear encounter. >> cover your face and neck and you would try to get onto your stomach. >> reporter: hundreds of stitches later she is still recovering from wounds to the neck, head, back and arms. but at christmas dinner last night -- >> thank you for your protection over leah. >> reporter: -- one family knows it has much to be grateful for. >> i'm glad my daughter is home and alive and . the spike in encounters with humans is probably to blame for the rise of bear pop layings in florida. if you do encounter a bear, never run, never turn your back, back away slowly. if it is a black bear that attacks it, fight it with everything you've got. dan, paula. >> that would be fight all of my instincts because i would run really fast. >> the chances are it would outrun you. >> yeah, thanks for that, paula. >> hopefully we won't have to put that

i am leah gabrielle. an advisor briefed the president on an apparent hostage situation in australia. the police commissioner from south wales said they are doing all they can to find a peaceful resolution. australia media reports there are ten xhoi es. it shows two people holding up what appears to be a black flag with white arabic writing on it. australian'sjhañ prime ministero speaking urging australians to do a better lesson. it is stronger supported by commonwealth agencies. we don't know the motivation of the perpetrator. we don't know whether this is politically motivated. obviously there are some indications it could be. >> the u.s. is reportedly evacuated our consulate in they are urges u.s. ingig lens. toop cure stef don't allow them to leave the ground. the commissipolice commissioner said there are hundreds on the ñ screen. we have following it closely and give you up states when we believe them 1600 page spenda palosa. it was a bill that liberals and conservatives hated. elizabeth warren and n

leah: hopefully we'll get more information in the coming days. find the location and get resolution for families. thanks for joining us. "happening now" starts right now. >> continuing our coverage of that big story of the day teams searching for a missing airasia jet with 162 people on board. unidentified objects and oil slicks spotted in the water. testing underway to determine if that oil is connected to that missing plane. good morning to you i'm jon scott. >> hello i'm arthel neville in for jenna lee. it is nighttime in indonesia and second full day of scouring the java sea for any sign of the aircraft is over. a fleet of ships planes and helicopters are now involved in asia flight 8501 midway through its flight from indonesia to singapore early sunday morning when the pilot requested a higher altitude to avoid rough weather. that request was denied. moments later communication was lost and the plane disappeared from radar. greg palkot is following developments from our bureau in london. greg what's the latest? >> reporter: arthel, jon, as y

. >> leah spilling season four secrets from the exs. >> there's a wedding. >> good. >> you don't know who's getting married. >> i love weddings. >> i don't love weddings, i love the idea of two people getting married. i find them to be extremely boring. >> this won't be boring, i'm letting her interview her castmates. >> jimmy kimmel, watch out. >> a pep talk from her former dancing partner, tony. >> your interview for extra, i have to see this. she works through a few issues. >> you have a new partner. >> and finally ready to grill your co-stars. >> how great is it to work with me? >> doesn't get any better. >> hello, nikki, love to see you. >> wayne, is there going to be any couple between you and my character? >> i've been trying since you arrived and nobody seems to care. >> now, you guys had kissing scenes, did you talk about it before, no tongue, tongue, i go to the right, i go to the left? >> it's always tongue. >> it's always tongue. >> i'm always the first person to -- >> leave. hello. see you. >> catch leah and the very first cast wednesday nights on tvland. >> it's time for

you may have heard about leah still, the daughter of cincinnati bengals defensive end, devin still. she wanted for christmas was to meet her favorite disney character, princess jazzmin. after writing a letter to santa, her wish came true. she and her dad got on a plane and flew to disney world where leah dressed up as a princess and got her big surprise, a face-to-face meeting with princess jasmine. she was so surprised, she's speechless. >> just to see the expression on my daughter's face, to see she had a chance to meet princess jasmine, it will be hard to overdo that when she opens presents tomorrow. she has been doing terrific. it's been about a month since she had any treatment. she has to let the radiation do its job for the past couple of weeks so it's given her body a lot of time to recuperate from the radiation so she has been doing very well. >> her next step is getting a scan in january to see how much cancer remains in her body, if there is none her father says they will move forward with a stem cell transplant. >>> there is a new food trend for anyone hungry for a new e

leah is still recovering from wounds to the neck, head, back and arms. was able to enjoy christmas dinner with her family last night. >> good for her. imagine how hard that would be to play dead when a bear is attacking you. >>> a blind sacramento dog miraculously survived a 15-story fall. workers heard' giant splash this past monday and saw sam, the 13-year-old boston terrier, paddling in a hot tub. his owner assumed sam had died after the fall from the balcony of his 15 story condo. >> it's just ridiculous luck. there's no other way about it. the dog actually when he goes into the hot tub, hits it almost dead center and then starts swimming immediately in the hot tub the try to find his way out. he got his way to the steps and then pulled himself out. >> the boston terrier did suffer five broken ribs and several fractures to his pelvis. he is currently recovering at an animal hospital. he says his dog enjoys catching sun on the balcony but he will have to stay inside for now. how about that. he survived. >> i don't think he will take much convincing to

leah gabriel has the rest of it.hat's a big night for going out all across america, the wednesday night before thanksgiving, and something went wrong. >> huge night. the fbi says that their investigators are trying to pull together any surveillance video that may be out there that many of the businesses were closed that were near the bar where shane montgomery was last seen for the holiday weekend. now that they're back open, investigators are trying to track down any video that they might have. now, police say that they finished searching the canal just across the street from the bar. and today the marine unit is searching the river. earlier investigators described to me why they say this disappearance is suspicious. >> there's no reason to believe that he would have just voluntarily left the area and separated himself from family and friends and school. there's no reason for us to believe that. there's no -- nothing that we're aware of that explains this, so i don't want to use the word "desperate" but yes, we are

we've been checking and leah and her baby are doing just fine. >>> all righty, good saturday morning.re waking up to partly cloudy skies. a little cold this morning. temperatures at or below freezing in many spots in the area, but we'll be mild later. temperatures well above what's typical for this time of year, about 13 degrees warmer. headlines on this saturday, cold start in the 30s, but mild this afternoon. enjoy that. a nice day today, and then things change tomorrow. we bring the clouds back in and we're also tracking the chance for some showers. we'll take a look at them as we track them on future weather. cold next week. we're looking at temperatures dipping back to the 30s, so enjoy the 50s today. taking a look outdoors, we have partly cloudy skies this morning. we'll see mostly sunny skies as we head throughout the afternoon. there's cold temperatures, 34 in philadelphia. winds are calm and we're seeing one degree colder than this time yesterday. so temperatures all across the area. lots of blue on the map. we are cold this morning. 36 in mt. pocono, 30 in reading, mt. holly

leah vandervelde has served on the faculty of the university of iowa college of school. she's published audibles by the score. she regularly lectures in the united states and abroad on topics drawn from her teaching specialties, employment law, property law, legal history, and constitutional law. she has served as visiting professor or scholar, a scholar in residence at the law faculties of yale, university of pennsylvania, nyu, and university of vienna. her current research centers on the law of the frontier 1800-1857. and she visits in her work the most modern electronic tools. her next book titled "redemption songs, suing for freedom," is based on a discovery in which she participated, the discovery of nearly 300 freedom suits brought by slaves in the st. louis court. professor vandervelde, was, as dorothy just announced, the awardee of the prestigious guggenheim fellowship in constitutional law in 2011. in the spring semesters of 2011 and 2012, she was a visiting scholar at the american bar foundation and during that time she convened a meeting of experts on the amer

leah gabriel is here. what do we know from that video? >> you mentioned that police right now are trying to figure out if the killer is even a man or woman. the video shows several people, including the person, the security guard, that shep mentioned, speaking with the suspect. now abu dhabi police released the video. witnesses saw the american woman and the suspect fighting inside the rest room before the stabbing. now in the video you can see people running out of the rest room, one woman in a white jacket seems to confront the suspect and try to flag down help. you see the suspect get on the elevator and then disappear as the doors close. one person runs to try to stop it. but just too late. the video also shows the suspect entered the mall about an hour and 20 minutes before the killing, shep, the same entrance they came into and this mall is one known for attracting expatriates. >> lots of americans in that area. i understand there had been some kidnapper about americans there recently, right? >> that's right. the u.s. embassy in abu

right now we'll turn to leah gabriel. nice to have you here this morning. >> we're talking a lot about airplanes. texas had terrifying moments mid air when passengers on board a u.s. airways plane see this outside their window. did you see those flames shooting out from one of the engines? it happened moments after takeoff from philadelphia airport. the plane made an emergency landing and no one was hurt. >>> congressman michael grimm stepping down one week after admitting to tax evision. grimp said after much thought and prayer i made the difficult decision to step down from congress effective january 56789 it is a turn around from last week when he claimed he had no plans to leave new york. he could face up to three years in federal prison. sentencing set for june 8. >>> the f.b.i. standing behind claims north korea is responsible for the sony hack even as new theories emerge. private security groups briefing the bureau with their own ideas about who tore through sony's infrastructure. one firm claiming the attack was a

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she is your mother, leah. she could call me too. you know that's not the point. you obviously feel guilty about it. remember, in the end, all we have is our faith and our family. i'll try, i guess. good. now we should pray. oh, my god! oh, my god! oh, god, rachel!

i am leah gabrielle in for heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt.hank you for starting your day wugs. let's start with a fox news alert. the star studded premiere of "the interview" new canceled. they are verifying the threat and the stars cancel all up coming ail peppearances. robert? >> the film's premiere was canceled by landmark theaters. it follows hackers threatening a 9-11 style attack. guardians of peace wrote the note. soon the world will see all the world what an awful movie sony pictures has made. this world will be full of fear remember 11th of september 2001 we recommend you keep yourself a distance from places

. >>> up next on american history tv, history professor leah vandervelt talks about a supreme court case of 1987. scott attempted to sue his owner, after being moved to a free state by their former master. the court ruled that slave or free blacks could not sue in federal court because they could not be u.s. citizens. professor vandervelde talks about the repurr cushiercussion decision. this is anho

. >> i am leah gabrielle in for ainsley earhardt. >> a plane vanished off the indonesian coast. mysterious objects and oil spots have been seen in the water. let's get right to david piper. he has the latest details for us. >> indonesian officials say australian planes spotted octobers floating in the sea in the area they have been searching for the missing aircraft. indonesia's vice president says they could it could be debris from the planes. >> >> the search has been focusing about one hour into the airasia plane to singapore monday morning 160 people were on board. the pilot said he was

leah, back to you. >> a lot of words of caution for folks travelling. >>> protesters hitting the street in new york and new jersey marching in spite of the mayor's call to stand down until after the funeral of the officers killed last week. in st. louis, news broke of a man who shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him. >> this is a tragedy and our hearts go out to the family. but bad decisions were made. the officer could have complied. he could have ran away or dropped the gun. >> rick has more from new york city. >> reporter: there are comp pairsons between this one and the shooting death of michael brown. but this 18-year-old suspect was armed with a loaded 9-millimeter handgun and pointed it officer. the shooting was captured on surveillance video. they released videos of the lead up of the incident that happened at 11:15 last night after the officer responded to a larceny call. you can see the officer approached by the two men, questions them, one steps back and pulls a handgun and points it at the six-year veteran who fires rounds and one hits and fatally kills the suspect w