investigators still looking for answers behind this deadly plainfield. as many as seven shots were fired in this residential neighborhood at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. and a man was killed walking on the sidewalk, just feet away from a group of children. >> so that let's me know that the person who did it didn't liver around here because they knew the kids would be outside. the kids are outside all the time. >> reporter: neighbors tell us that the children had been playing on the porch at the time. you can see bullets struck the fence and pierced through home. police say one of the stray bullets grazed a woman and another hit a 6-year-old girl in the leg. >> classmates? >> yeah,. >> okay. and they were just playing? >> yeah, just playing. >> reporter: edgar owns the house where this happened. he says the 6-year-old was here visiting his daughter and he tells us that his wife was the supervising those kids. she was treated at the scene before giving statements to the police. >> how is the little one doing? >> still in the hospital. >> reporter: friends say

marcus solis is live in plainfield with the latest. hi marcus. >>reporter: rob and michelle, it was that porch right there where the when she was shot. this taking place in broad daylight yesterday here in plainfield, new jersey. now, a 24-year-old man was shot and killed, pronounced dead in the hospital. another woman was grazed in the knee. she was treated at the scene. the girl was hit in the leg. she remains hospitalized. her injuries are not considered life threatening. this is the second fatal shooting in just a couple months here in this neighborhood. police say they do have an idea connection with this incident, but as of now, no suspects, no arrests in this triple shooting. marcus solis channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> this is a robbery in brooklyn that happened when a group of young people targeted a 78-year-old man. police say the victim was walking alone toward his vehicle when four black males him from behind. the suspects pushed the man against his car and took his wallet. the man managed to escape unharmed. if you know who any of th

and we're live in plainfield, new jersey. marcus solis channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you, marcus. >>> developing this morning, a texas state judge is recovering after someone shot her in her driveway. this happened in austin. investigators say the district judge was rushed to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. right now there are no suspects, nor is there any indication the shooting is related to her work in some way. police interviewed witnesses well into the night. >>> a truck driver was killed last night by an amtrak train headed here to new york city. the collision happened in alabama. the train was going from new orleans to new york when it hit a dump truck. it is not clear why that vehicle was on the tracks to begin with. no one on board the train was injured. >>> in connecticut, a couple is fighting for more insurance money after a man driving their driveway and into their prized vintage car. surveillance video shows the driver crash into two parked cars. one of them a 1974 chevy nova, which was par

it happened here on the corner of west third and evona avenue in plainfield. three people shot, one person confirmed dead. one of the wounded a 6-year- old child. witnesses tell us the little child, the child was playing in front of her home when a car pulled up and started shooting at a man walking on the street. a father and his daughter on their front porch witnessing this violence. the father running to help the little girl. >> [ indiscernible >> when i hear the second and third i jump the fence. she was crying and scared. she was shaken really bad. >> this guy came in a car and he started shooting. and it hit the girl in her leg. >> i feel like it's very dangerous. >> reporter: we have seen so many children playing on this block and heartbreaking to hear that little girl the 7- out here. the union county prosecutor's office is investigating to happened. we're live in plainfield, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs2 news. >> christine, thank you. >>> another sad story, this one in queens. killed. best friends and neighbors, they were shot outside their childh

investigators still looking for answers behind this deadly shooting on west 3rd street in plainfield. as many as seven is shots were fired in this residential neighborhood at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. a man was killed walking on the sidewalk just feet away from a group of children. >> what's going on? what's going on? the children had been playing on this porch at time. you can see bullets struck the fence right next to where they were standing and pierced through the home. police say one of the stray bullets grazed a woman and another hit a 6-year-old girl in the leg. >> classmates? >> yeah. >> okay. and they were just playing? >> yeah, just playing. >> reporter: he owns the house where this happened. he says 6-year-old was here visiting his daughter and his wife was the other one injured while supervising the kids. she was treated at the scene. >> how is the little one doing she's still many the hospital. >> reporter: friends of the girl's family says she has been recovering at the hospital after getting shot twice. >> she's okay. that's the good thing. >> reporter: police say the m

one, two, at least throachlet hoy.les in the siding of this plainfield house. a car with shattered windows. the scene ives ou an idea of the shootout that broke out this afternoon. witnesses described it to us. >> at least 10 or 11 shots. >> the guy was shooting he other guy and the guy was running and trying to go into that house. >> that house b - ng this one where in front witneeses say 6-year-old charlene garcia was playing. >> she was shaking really bad d we really see, shot in the leg. >> two bullets hit garcia in the leg and another grazedilhe eg of her aunt, maria garcia who was also outside. the woman's husband, the girl's uncle spoke. saying i'm afraid for everyone here. while the girl and her aunt lie on the front lawn, witnesses say the targeted victim ran, trying to escape through homes on this street. >> he tried to go into the other house right there and there was cking when he pulled the door, he just went to the ground because he was shot. don't know how many times he was shot. >> he died at the scene while the suspect or suspects got away. whi

ed reported 1.95. 1.45 and you've got north plainfield at 1.3. central park about 1.25 as well. low deck and clouds falling, here is what we're planning on, clearing from the west to the east while you're sleeping. it will be breezy out there. a cool weekend, the temperatures will drop back down, down to 49, 50 degrees. right now the forecast is looking good. the winds are not going to be a problem right now. now you hit it at 10:13 in the morning and basically staying steady throughout the entire day. tomorrow cooler, 57. still above average. early rain is possible to still but it will be sunnier and breezy. if you take a peak at what we're dealing with as they would fill in. sunshine is in place, but right now we're getting rid of the most recent rain here. they are still catching rain as you will deal with it for the next few hours. late saturday going in to sunday, slight chance for north of the city, with some talk there as they would say no that they will be closer to the great lakes. across the board, 57 for your day tomorrow. cooler air, 50 on saturday and sunday and mon

rushed to the hospital after an apparent drive by shooting. is happened about 3:00 this afternoon in plainfield. witnesses say they heard at least ten shots ring out. the intended target apparently, a young man and that person was struck several times and killed. a little girl proying in a backyard a distance away was hit in the leg. she is expected to be okay. the gunman still on the run. >>> we have new information night in the case of the connecticut couple whose bodies were found last week. me'vdical examiners say that jeffrey and jeanette maven died of multiple gun shot woupds. they disappeared on august 4th. their remains were found last thursday. police charged their son with murder earlier this week. >>> today, mournersgatored for the wake of a little girl and her grandfather killed in a family and friends paid their respects. they were killed saturday when an out of control car jumped a curb and slammed into them as they were trick or treating. the mother says the family and family togetherness has been key to elping her survive such an unexpected and cruel loss. >> in terms of celebra

dave carlin is live at the scene in plainfield with more. >> reporter: bullet holes in on the street outaid a home where a 6-year-old girl should be in her sleeping. instead, she's in the hospital. a gunman is on the loose, a man dead, and a girl shot in the leg. the midday gunfire left this bullet hole in a porch fence and this one through the siding of the home. >> i'm upset over that baby getting hurt. the front porch with an a supervisedult sup viesing. this man saw the girl seconds after she was hit. >> she was shot? the legs. two in the leg. >> two bullets in the leg. >> m-hmm. she's okay. that's a good thing. >> reporter: also shot and injured, a woman whose injury was minor enough that it was treated right here on the scene. police say they have increased patrols in this area as they search for the suspect. dave carlin, cbs 2 news. >>> new tonight in campaign 2016, a testy ben carson defending his account of his life story. >> you're saying that something that happened with the words a scholarship was offered is a big deal. but the president of the united states, his academic

. >>> now, breaking news in plainfield, new jersey. police are hunt g ing for the gunman who opened fire in a drive by shooting. one man is dead and a child rushed to the hospital. happened around 3:00. witnesses say they heard at least ten shots ring out. it appears the young man quhofs shot was the intended target. he was shot several times. little girl play ng the backyard was grazed in her leg. she is expected to be okay. >>> and now, to our unusually warm weather. in fact, it's so warm we're breaking records. >> today was the warmest november 6th on record in bridgeport, islip and laguardia airports. janice? >> and let's tlo central park in there. tied the new one at 74 degrees. the warm weather was throughout th le tristate area. the record in central park stood since 1948 and pretty much stands although we tie it today, so we'll add 2015 to that. the fourth day of 70 degree temperatures or higher and still in the 70s in the park. newark, brooklyn, pew kip see at 75. 60s toward bridgeport and west hampton, so we're still in the m

a jesup man faces a drunk driving charge after a head-on-crash near plainfield. the iowa state patrol responded to highway 218 near 110th street at around 8:00 last night. the state patrol says 24-year-old kevin harris was driving north in the southbound lanes of of the highway last night when he struck a truck, head-on. neither harris nor the other driver needed medical treatment. but authorities charged harris with operating while intoxicated and traveling the wrong way on a one-way. he was also cited for not wearing a seat belt. an abandoned dog is getting a new lease on life and a new job in central iowa. and it's partially thanks to a 5-year-old from ankeny. this week, tristan sommerfeld welcomed the newest member of the ankeny police force. bosco is a 1-year-old lab mix out crime in polk county. tristan helped raise money to train bosco and bring him to iowa from a rescue shelter in indiana. instead of asking for presents for his october birthday, he asked for donations to the police department's k-9 fund. altogether, tristan's friends and family donated mo

investigators say the driver of a car with two other men inside opened fire on evona avenue in plainfield. they rushed 24-year-old anthony bowles to the hospital where he died. a 6-year-old girl and 33-year-old woman were hit by recover. >>> final farewells today to the young girl and her father killed while trick-or-treating in the bronx. funeral services were held in the westchester square section for nyanna akweel and louis per res. a driver lost control of his car and crashed into a group of saturday. the other victim, 24-year-old wednesday. the deadly crash of a russian plane confirmed tonight that an unknown noise is heard on the black box recorder just before the crash. experts say it is still too early to know what the source of the noise is but the announcement bolsters u.s. and british suspicions that a bomb egypt. analysis of the recordings is now under way. >> you know what a bomb sounds like, or a fuel tank blowing up sounds like. >> investigators announced debris stretched for eight miles across the sinai desert indicating the plane broke up in the air. authorities have not

by ambulance, but the young man believed to be in his early 20s, was dead on the scene here in plainfield. police tonight not releasing a meloft information. huge crowds gathered here. sadly, this isn't anything t tt unusual except for the fact this little girl was hit. she was not the target of this shooting. that white car you may be able to see, the window shattered out. in the car when the bullets started flying this afternoon. i'm pat battle, news 4, new york. >> thanks for that. >>> and now to the one thing everyone is talking about. this weather. temperatures soared into the 70s today breaking records in our area. yes, it really is november 6th. storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff is tracking the te mperatures. >> the temperatures are like summertime. central park tied the record high today at 74 degrees set in 1948. other areas that set new records, actually w th above the former >> records. bridgeport, 71. laguardia, 75. 69 degrees in islip and jfk set new record high temperature. today, right now, most of the re ings are still mild. the 60s and lots of 70s. we saw temperature

this happened yesterday in plainfield. bowles was the intended target gunned down in the street a 6-year-old girl and her aunt were caught in the cross hairs. they were both hit. pleading for the gunman to turn himself in. >> this is ridiculous. you know, these young kids with these guns. it's not right. and we're killing off our own kind, you know, when we should share love and unity, we're just dropping one another off like flies. >> the gunman is still on the run tonight. union county crime stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest. >>> well, the investigation into last weekend's plane crash in egypt continues tonight. the big revelation from the black box is at this point is a loud noise heard before that plane went down. so was it the sound of a bomb going off? nbc's bill neely has more. the investigating team has spoken officially. and we got the first confirmation today that they believe the plane broke up in midair and that's due to the fact that the wreckage was scattered across an area 8 miles long. also, official confirmation for the first t

erin: the plainfield couple staging months long standoff in 2011 after refusing to face -- pay taxes. they are now in prison. the irs sold everything from their home and their dental office. >> we get whatever we can and the proceeds will go to the expenses from the option -- auction and any taxes that may be owed erin:. erin:a final -- that may be owed. erin: the final tally is not yet owed -- known. sean: wmur political reporter john distaso' s newest online column is out this morning. he looks at who is hosting hillary clinton for a fundraiser and some pats fans might find the answer deflating. he also looks at how kelly s just say he' talk about these days. erin: we have some busy weeks ahead. coming up, before you start buying toys for kids this holiday season, a local watchdog erin: welcome back. the consumer watchdog group has hazardous toys. it includes raptor clause based world." with this quick folding trampoline. they also point at this "teenage mutant ninja turtles" swior ord. sean: there are many apps that this app connects you with exactly what you are craving. it is cal

erin: the plainfield couple stager months long standoff after refusing to pay their taxes. they are now in prison. yesterday, the irs sold everything from inside their home and the dentist office, including furniture, power tools, and dental exam chairs. >> we get whatever we can and the proceeds will go to the expenses for the auction and any taxes that may be owed. erin: a final tally for the auction is not yet known, but the house and land were sold for $205,000 last month. sean: wmur political reporter john distaso' s newest online column is out this morning. he looks at who is hosting hillary clinton for a fundraiser the answer deflating. he breaks down how senator kelly ayotte might stack up against a conservative challenger. plus, a look at how much time spending in new hampshire and iowa. it is on wmur.com. his typewriter -- or i should burning up lately. he does not need a typewriter. erin: coming up, before you start buying toys for kids, a i owe about $68,000. i owe $44,000 in student loans. my plan, the new college compact, says you should not have to borrow mon

. >> reporter: one, two, at least three bullet holes in the siding of this plainfield house. the scene gives you an idea of the shooting that broke out. witnesses described it to us. >> the guy was shooting the other guy and the guy was running and trying to go into that house. >> reporter: that house being this one where in front the six-year-old girl was playing. we see the shot in the leg. >> reporter: two bullets hit garcia in the leg. another grazed the aunt who was outside. saying, i'm afraid for everyone here. while the girl and her aunt lay on the front lawn, witnesses say the targeted victim ran. >> he tried to go into that other house right there. the other door was locked. when he pulled the door he went to the ground because he was shot. i don't know how many times he was shot. >> reporter: there's anger the in this neighborhood why an innocent girl is a victim. >> something wrong has happened. why he tried to go in the house, somebody else's house? that's why the girl got shot. >> reporter: the prosecutors identities of the victims or any suspects' names. authori

in the news, police in new jersey say a man has been killed after a shooting in plainfield, new jersey two. others were injured including a child shot in the leg yesterday afternoon. the 6-year-old girl was taken to the hospital but she is expected to be okay. an adult woman received medical treatment at the scene. police say the shooter remains at large. >>> family and friends will say a final good-bye to a man and his granddaughter who were hit by a car and killed in bronx on halloween. an out of control car jumped the curb killing the 10-year- old and her grandfather, a 65- year-old and a 24-year-old. his funeral was held this week. the funeral for the two will begin this morning at 10:00 at harvestfield community church in bronx. police say the driver may have had a seizer before the crash. >>> now let's head over to vanessa murdock with a look at the forecast. >> well, it is a cloudy look. live across the cityscape here. it's going to be a pleasant start to the weekend. right now, 62 degrees and we are not going the warm up much, low and mid-60s. this is as warm as it gets today a

have to compete with them >> last week of similar rules extended to taxi companies to level the plainfields. >> taxi must learn to adapt. >> if i can take uber from our wings, that would be me for sure. >> i think the taxi is providing better service when there is more competition. i think it is good. >> reporter: the airport is still working on improving permits for uber and lyft. there is no time line of when they'll be able to pick up passengers from the airport. one o the delays is that uber still has to pay $200, 000 in fine for operating here. thank you. >>> the clouds have rolled in and rain is on the way. itis not el nino, this is a cold november storm moving towards bay area and it could mean wet weather for the morning commute. >> our chief meteorologist, bill morris is tracking the storm that's moving our way. when do you think it is going to hit? >> it is going to hit just in time for the morning commute maybe around 9:00 or 10:00 for the bay area. it is going to be wet and not a ton of rain. it is a cold system as we pointed out. it is not an el nino character. winter storm war

we're live in plainfield. back to you. >> thank you. we want to turn now to a pedestrian killed on the streets of new york. an elderly woman was killed on the streets in flushing queens. this is the third deadly incident in a week. tim fleischer has more. >> reporter: we have breaking news for you. we have new information as of right now that police have not only identified but they have found the bus that was involved in this fatal hit and run. this was the third fatal hit and run this week alone. the elderly victim was out here in the middle of main street last night when she was struck. it's now causing growing concern. >> she was an elderly woman. probably took her time to cross. something has to be done. i don't want anyone else to die. >> reporter: this woman sees the dangers every day on main street in flushing. large buses, public and private that jam the streets and pedestrians line this man taking a dangerous chance crossing the street not in a crosswalk. >> they zoom down the block. as you can see we're very congested. soon t

live in plainfield, new jersey, christine sloan, cbs2 news. >>> in other headlines this wild weather we're seeing in the area. >> certainly seems like an odd combination. the day the tree goes up in rockefeller center people are out and about in shorts and t- shirts. even tank tops! we have team coverage. records were shattered. >> the trees going up, people out ice skating and yet we established records. take a peek. you will see all of them here anywhere from laguardia down, jfk, bridgeport, islip, central park 74 tied the record. but a lot of warmth for everybody. the skies okay, cloudy at times, peeks of sunshine at other times. now we are seeing more clouds come into the area. warren and suspects county and morris county -- sussex county and morris county. it's a light rain. it's indicative of where the front is. this cold front is going to come through the area, not with much rain. a little tonight, not too too much. it's going to stop this run of 70s. today was the fourth 70-degree day. not tomorrow. saturday afternoon, maxing out at lower to mid-60s for a lot of folks. sunday

. >>> we have new information shooting in plainfield, new jersey. officials have identified 24- year-old anthony bowles as the man who was killed. a 33-year-old woman and her 6- year-old niece were also injured. people who live nearby say they're afraid no one is safe in that neighborhood now. >> somebody saw something. somebody needs to talk. we live here. we should be safe. we should be safe. >> police haven't made any arrests in the case. >>> this morning police are searching for suspects in separate stabbings that took place in two busy sections of manhattan. the first one happened in herald square around 5:00 yesterday morning. the second about 12 hours later in union square. in the herald square incident, police say a 25-year-old woman was stacked in the chest by argument. in union square, a man was stabbed on east 16th street by a suspect described as bald and wearing a green jacket. >>> friends and family said a final goodbye to a child and her grandfather both killed bronx. the funeral was held yesterday for 10-year-old nyanna aquil they di

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six-year-old new jersey girl is recovering this morning, an innocent victim of a wild daytime shooting in plainfield. the neighborhood is still shaken up this morning after shots rang out about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. bullet holes still visible in the side of one house there. six-year-old charlene garcia was hit twice in the leg, her aunt grazed by a bullet. >> we really see the shot in her leg. >> the guy was shooting the other guy and the guy was >> the girl and her aunt with expected to be okay. the man who was trying to run away died and was pronounced at the hospital. police are looking for whoever fired those shots. >>> new this morning, two police officers in louisiana are facing charges in the deadly shooting of a six-year-old boy with autism. they were arrested on charges of second degree murder and attempted second degree murder. those officers opened fire on an suv during a chase in louisiana. young jeremy was killed and his father was injured. we don't have any information on what led to that chase. the head of louisiana state police said he is not ruling out more arrests. >>> we have

and here, 36 degrees gene from north plainfield, new jersey. and what does jean have so say? it's black friday and i'm saying home. that's probably really smart. however, at least get outside and enjoy the day because it will be warm. the live look outside. conditions are really warm, however they're cloudy. so this is a live look over the empire state building. current temperature 52 degrees. relative humidity, 86%. and now i don't mention that often but today because it's a little muggy out there, i do want to mention that so keep in mind, it's muggy with those low level clouds. that fog moving through. so headlines include that dense fog early this morning. the sun does come out as everything mixes out. the sun will evaporate everything and certainly improve conditions soon enough. so a splendid afternoon in forecast. visibility is poor. so drive slowly, take your time getting to those black friday sales. and now what is fog? it's simply low level clouds on the ground. a lot of time it happens when there's differences in temperatures, especially along the surface. so light

number, yeah, they reflect the cooler temperatures. 45 here in gene in north plainfield. and you don't want in the boss' office but i love it from jean, it's take a hike day. dress warm because it's cold outside. love these pictures though. loving the skies. bruce has got beautiful sun from yesterday. and seeing that play out a couple times. and from the critter corner, les sent this in. and he suspects fowl play. if you think that's a turkey, i love this shot too. thanks, charlie. appreciate that. beautiful focus. and i love that, no leaves but a beautiful majestic animal taking flight. and winds are going to fill in. the it's going to be brisk and breezy. and then a change in the wind and seeing a system that's brought dangerous weather into the plains, affecting our area, particularly on thursday. 12 to 18 miles per hour. as cold as 28 on the map. these numbers compared to yesterday, i mean it's no surprise. on average, you're about five degrees cooler. it's a nine degree drop for the city. so hour-by-hour, ample sun by not even 50 for lunchtime. and only 51 for your h

swain: justin is in plainfield, indiana. hi, justin. you're on.n: hi, thank you for taking my call. this has been an excellent series. i really enjoyed it. but you kind of touched on it early about the special relationship between margaret thatcher and ronald reagan. and i wanted to know, what was nancy's relationship to the thatchers, both margaret and her husband, denis? and also, does she feel that it's time that we have a woman president in this country? thank you very much. ms. swain: thank you. do you anything about the relationship with the thatchers? well, i know that nancy invited mr. cannonwell, i know that nancy invited margaret thatcher : to the 80th birthday party of reagan, so that's pretty good. he asked about a woman president? ms. swain: it was a statement, that someday -- that it's time for a woman president from this country. mr. cannon: he may not have to wait that long. [laughter] ms. swain: and then we'll do a series on -- a very short series on first men. mr. cannon first gentlemen? : ms. swain: that's right. so we have abou

jersey pride here, jean has 55 in north plainfield and go jersey. in 1789, new jersey becomes the first state to ratify the bill of rights. and tony just got in from a walk and wanted to report it was a great walk and everything worked out for toby and it feels like fall should. it is over the weekend, in fact, below normal for sunday and monday. in the city right now, yeah, no issues with visibility. and most puddles receding like my hair. and a few big ones on 495 and as i hopped off 3 this morning. so watch out, but again, that's just going to get better and better. 58 degrees here. and there's more of that variety, 40s north into the hudson valley. and still the low 60s for the island. we're saying good-bye to the last of the rain right now. and high pressure builds in. and another system to the west. i'll tell you what, looks like the energy is going to miss us. we will show you the futurecast. first off, the first feature, you see the rain exiting and it's a quiet day. it's bright and breezy at times and a northwest wind so it will feel cooler

officers say this one happened about a month ago in plainfield. the man filled the cart with tuesday and took off without paying. call police with any information. >> encouraging follow up about that baby left in a new york manger. parishioners at the church where the baby boy was found are now offering to adopt him. the priest says the parish would love to see the baby stay within the congregation. monday, the newborn's mother, left him tucked into the nativity scene, she will not face charges under that safe haven's law. the baby is doing well and under the custody of child care authorities. >> calling for a defect that could spark a fire. recall includes ford fusions and mercury elans made in 2010 and 2011. there are no reports of any fires related to the defect. dealers will fix the problem and no cost to the customer. >> happening now, let's take a live look at the mass. pike. today is the third busiest travel day of the holiday week. right now you can see both sides of the pike in right ton look great. a great time to leave the house if you'

five months overdue and will help insurance ohio exporters manufacturers, workers are not facing a plainfieldgional and nationally significant projects. with my friend and senior senator from oklahoma pointed out several times on the senate debate, on the floor projects like the bridge connecting cincinnati and northern kentucky, they carrying equivalent of 4% of our gdp across that bridge every day, every week, every year. the federal government must play a role in its improvement is so much more. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator brown. with that, recognize mr. thompson for opening statements. >> chairman schuster, thank you so much. i appreciate your leadership in this. i i want to thank all the members of the staff that have move this critical bill to this point. i look for to working with you as we complete this process in a timely manner. haven't having spent decades as a firefighter and emergency medical technician i have a witness first hands how lives have been at risk or protected by the conditions of highways. our highway investment sure it not only the safe and efficien

of new jersey serves on the homeland security committee and represents trenton, princeton, and plainfield good morning. >> and a lot more other towns. good morning. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to start with events in paris. being a member of the homeland security committee, look at the event there is. what does it mean for homeland security here? >> well, homeland security here has been very diligent and very vigilant. we have an incredible system where we are vetting anyone trying to get in here. all of our sort of refugees who dent to come here go through an incredible vetting process that includes the fbi, counterintelligence, department of defense, department of state. we're constantly in contact with even local government and local government enforcement. so we're very vigilant and very concerned and make sure that the people who are trying to get here go through a vetting process that is almost unprecedented. it's been enhancing and growing over the last couple years. so the very tragic friday in paris where our hearts go out the the