on the threat posed by isis last night undergoing plenty of dissection n washington today.our scott thuman shows us why it's being president left out, than what he included. 3 "here's what i want you to know: the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it."increased gun control & congressional war approvov, just some of the toolsshe president called for but critics and those worried about future attacks, argue it's what he *didn't* say, that is most noteworthy. (10-justin johnson, heritage) "i think i was underwhelmed. it was a missed opportunity, nothing really new here." senior policy analyst with the heritage foundation, justin johnson says the president's speech may have worked after paris, but in light of what happened in san rnadino, people need something more: (sot- justin) "that's something that we can all imagine ourselves being in that situation-- and it's not clear that the president has any plan for dealing with that threat and i think the polls are reflective of that." (graphic) those *polls* show only 38 percent surveyed approve of his handling of terrorism, 60 pe

senior political reporter scott thuman in vegas tonight. everything the guy has done and said vaulted him higher in the polls. scott: you are right. the numbers are proof. right, >> -- right, jonathan. we are live where the debate will take place. if there is a unified message from the debate, this is the party they say that is toughest on terrorism. i just got done speaking one-on-one the chairman of the republican party. reince priebus. he said that it is not a title they earned but one that would help them earn votes. while it seems counterer to why the city exists, don't expect frivolity. it's a serious debate subject. >> niceness won't matter. they want comp tense and smart and toughness. scott: this is something that republicans want to make the signature platform. new abc news/post polling -- "washington post" polling after the attack said those are loudest calling for the increased security are gaining the most. trump up another six points. cruz almost doubling his previous numbers. >> we ought to be working to provide a safe haven t

correspondence scott thuman went to jihad central to find out how young people are radicalized and whether there is a way to o keep it from happening here. scott: it is a glaring contrast at makes you stop and stare. hoholiday displays and heavy arms. soldiers preparing for an attack some believe is imminent. just a few miles away is the source of the scare. a diverse suburb with a startling resume of radicalization. the madrid train bombings, belgian jewish museum shootings, and paris attacks -- all with the deputy mayor is moroccan and is consumed with keeping the ideology of isis out. >> now, this is a sort of bloodthirsty frankenstein with extraordinary financial means. they also master social networks and audiovisual techniques. scott: it is an eye-opening figure. this tiny nation of just 11 million has produced more foreign fighters per capita than any other european country. geraldine hennigan knows it painfully well. geraldine: he was playing football, he was playing basketball. scott: her teenage son, e says, met the wrong people at the wrong time and beca fanatical about religion

i'm scott thuman reporting. 3 3 in bartisan fashion the house of representatives today voted to tighten restrictions on the visa waiver program. 3 that program lets residents of approved countries to visit the united states without a visa. among the changes if you are from an approved country, but have travelled to syria or iraq in the last 5 years you will now be *denied* the will now be 5 years you iraq in the last t tsyria or have travelled countnt, but an approved you are frorochanges if among the a visa. s stes without visit the united countries to visit the united states without a visa. among the changes if you are from an approved country, but have travelled to syria or iraq in the last 5 years you will now be *denied* the waiver.the house bill has support in the senate, but no vote has been scheduled yet. 3 3 3 taking a live look out over onana tonight our skywatch camera.our mid-december thaw continues... how long can we keep temperatures in the 50s? chad will let us know... 3 "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 larry and chad talk ab

"full measure" correspondent scott thuman has the journey of the great escape. scott: if you did not go to syria, would your son be alive today? >> no. he would have stayed there. it was the highest price to die as a martyr. scott: what dimitri faced was an almost impossible and certainly frightening challenge for any father -- to save his son from a terror training camp inside syria. even the lead up to this moment was baffling. his son was hardly the ideal foreign fighter, born in belgium and raised catholic, he seemed the average teen. he even visited in washington d c and spoke highly of the american dream. after a breakup with a girl and meeting another who introduced him to the koran, he began to change. soon after, under the lie he was he went to syria to join islamic extremists. dimitri: we were very shocked. what do you think? we are not muslims. scott: determined to bring him back, dimitri, a former soldier, begin plotting his sons rescue. dimitri: i don't speak arabic. i don't have any connections in the middle east. scott: the first trip turned up not

concern here in the u- s about the security surrounding *our* new year's eve celebrations.our scott thuman has more on what's being done to address worries both overseas *and* here at home. 3 "nats soldiers walking around brussels"the very soldiers we saw trying to protect brussels from an attack, may have been the target in this newly uncovered, alleged plot. belgian authorities say law enforcement officers & the famous grand place...the main gathering spot for holiday events---were among the targets. this is video we took earlier this month of soldiers guarding that very site.they say 2 men were arrested with military-type uniforms and islamic state propoganda."nats of speaking in french"this member of parliament told us, they're still struggling to discover warning signs in the fast growing phenomena of radicalization.(jamal ikazban) "we need to have the modesty to say that we don't understand and that we don't happening--that's why i hope we'll be able to arrest jihadists alive so that we can learn more."across europe, police have ramped up security, surveillance & id checks leading up

in brussels belgium i'm scott thuman, now back to you." to see more of scott's exclusive report from belgium, don't miss "full measure with sharyl attkisson" this sunday morining at 9, only on fox 28. fox 28 news wants to know what you think of the fight against terrorism. do you think governments can keep us safe from terrorist acts?let us know on our twitter poll - at fox 28 iowa and coming up in sports... sports...the hawks going to the 'ship -- but just how far they've come plus... plus...the iowa wrestling team takes on south dakota state tomorrow night -- why they won't be taking the jack rabbits lightly next in it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on insurance companies to bring down drug prices. i'm not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. and throw it away. unless you've been living under a rock, you k

to introduce themselves to voters who might otherwise, not be paying attenenon.on capitol hill, scott thuman. the democratic frontrunner is making good on a promise to visit keota high school. hillary clinton will be stumping at the scscol on december 22nd.this comes after three sociology students launched a twitter campaign to bring cliton to their community. the class has also had visits from martin o'malley and rick santorumm for r re political headlines, watch iowa in focus.it airs sunday morning at 10:30, only on cbs 2. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in the cedar rapids flood zone which has been set on fire three times, will soon be torn down.authorities were called to the home on "l" street at about 2-45 this morning.when they arrivevethe back of the house and porch were on fire. the home has been boarded up since 20-14 due to unsanitary conditions, and the city says the owner hasn't fixed any of the e sues.today, the owner signed a waiver to have the home demolished.there have been more than 40 fires in '08. in north liberty, liber

scott thuman, abc seven news. jummy: this is the deadline to sign up for health care from government exchanges if you want health care by new year's day. it requires americans to carry health care or pay a fine. people who choose not to carry will have a steeper find this year, average penalty of 1000 dollars. there are 11 million uninsured americans eligible to roll it -- enroll in a marketplace health plan. bill cosby is countersuing seven women who are accusing women as sexual assault. he says the women made malicious, opportunistic, and defamatory comments about him. the women are a few of a dozen who have come forward saying that he drugged, assaulted, and raped them over the years. the force took over hollywood last night for the premiere of the new star wars film. the red carpet stretched four city blocks and involved three different theaters. some waited days for a glimpse and in some cases a selfie with the cast. the largest cheers were for the original cast, back together after 32 years. >> you have all

on the threat posed by isis last night undergoing plenty of dissection in washington today.our scott thuman shows us why it's being more criticized for what the he included. 3 "here's what i want you to know: the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it."increased gun control & congressional war approval, just some of the tools the president called for but critics and those worried about future attacks, argue it's what he *didn't* say, that is most noteworthy. (10-justin johnson, heritage) "i think i was underwhelmed. it was a missed opportunity, nothing really new here." senior policy analyst with the heritage foundation, justin johnson says the president's speech may have worked after paris, but in light of what happened in san bernadino, people need something more: (sot- justin) "that's something that we can all imagine ourselves being in that situation-- and it's not clear that the president has any plan forordealing with that threat and i think the polls are reflective of that." (graphic) those *polls* show only 38 percent surveyed approve of his handling of terrorism, 60

our senior political reporter scott thuman looks into it. 3 "nats from debate"with debates pulling in record audiences, the candidates are enjoyiyi unprecedentetereach... b b is that what they all want? that may depend upon the party. (400-o'malley) "one debate in iowa, that's it? one debate in new hampshire, that's all we can afford?"democratic contender martin o'malley has been fuming over the debate calendar, specifically, trashing the saturday night schedules.(410-o'malley) "and get this: the new hampshire debate is cynically wedged into the high point of holiday shopping season so as few people watch it as possible, is this how the democratic party selects its nominee?" (340) "oh, ha ha. i think it's a little strange. i'm not a big fan of saturday night debates, now we might have a couple when we get to the networks, i'm actually trying to see if we can move those saturday nights to a thursday night."republican national chair reince priebus is proud to point out the disparity... (graphic)since the 2000 election according to vox.com, only 7 of those held on saturdays but this cycl

i'm scott thuman reporting. 3 3 in bipartisan fashion the house of representatives today voted to tighten restrictions on the visa waiver program. 3 that program lets residents of approved countries to visit the united states without a visa. among the changes if you are from an approved syria or iraq in the last 5 years you will now be *denied* the waiver. 3 ((rep. joseph crowley/(d) new york)) "any step we can take to help prevent a terrorist from entering the country by using that program we need to do ((rep. xavier beccerra/(d) california)) "what we a a trying to do is go after the real problems in allowing people to come into our country who mean to do us harm."((sen. jeff sessions/(r) alabama)) "we have a myriad of programs that people can come under other than just visa waiver so there is a lot to be done and we are not close to up to speed."the house bill has support in the senate, but no vote has been scheduled yet. it's been a month since chipotle closed dozens of stores in the pacific northwest over an e. coli scare... but now *more* sick customers are blaming the chain *across

concern here in the u- s about the security surrounding *our* new year's eve celebrations.our scott thuman has more on what's being done to address worries both overseas *and* here at home. 3 "nats soldiers walking around brussels"the very soldiers we saw trying to protect brussels from an attack, may have been the target in this newly uncovered, alleged plot. belgian authorities say law enforcement officers & the famous grand place...the main gathering spot for holiday events---were among the targets. this is video we took earlier this month of soldiers guarding that very site.they say 2 men were arrested with military-type uniforms and islamic state propoganda."nats of speaking in french"this member of parliament told us, they're still struggling to discover warning signs in the fast growing phenomena of radicalization.(jamal ikazban) "we need to have the modesty to say that we don't understand and that we don't happening--at's why i hope we'll be able to arrest jihadists alive so that we can learn more."across europe, police have ramped up security, surveillance & id checks leading up t

worst.we begin tonight's vote 2016 coverage with more from fox 28 political reporter scott thuman. thuman. "everybody wants to be so politically correct: oh le everybody in! we have a problem and the problem"does the tough talk of donald trump, and the backlash by critics, help or hurt the grand old party? it's a question republicans everywhe are having to ask themselves, and choose a path: "are you worried about the brand of your party? him: oh candidates up and down the ticket will have to decide: does donald trump represent the republican party that i am a part of."even though taken just before his controversial comments, ump's up *13 points* in the newest cbs news/new york times poll of republicans"never been involved in politics, never had an interest in any f it. now suddenly he is resonating. he is resonating with the people and he's speaking our minds.while inspiring for some on the right, democrats believe, it plays right into their favor--as well as hillary clinton's."trump is damaging the country and damaging the republican party." democratic cocoressman chris van hollen

scott thuman has a look for us. scott: 24 hours ago we were here reporting that two men had been arrested in belgium for plotting a new year's attack. this is adds we make changes going about our daily lives. bomb-making equipment and esexplosive device in the back pack are some of what was found after they arrested two men accused to plot a new year eve attack. terrorism alteration of the daily lives is only increasing. >> i trust that the t.s.a. and everyone else is taking extra measures to make sure we enjoy the holidays. scott: weary travelers have to get ready as they august meanting the screening for airport and airline employees. new york city will see 6,000 police officers on times square festivities to protect the 1 million revelers expected. the graduating class of nypd reminded they will need more than just weapons to prevent attacks. >> i encourage you to build bridges to the communities in this city that the islamic state is attempting to target recruitment. scott: disney world has a slightly less welcom

scott thuman looks into it. scott: more people are probably aware of the fact there is a cowboys football game tomorrow night rather than debate in new hampshire. the question is all of this by design? do the candidates want unprecedented reach? that could depend on the party. >> one debate in iowa? that's it? one dbate in new hampshire? that is all we can afford? >> martin o'malley fuming over the calendar trashing the saturday night schedule. >> it's wedged wedged in the hih point of the holiday season so as if people watch it as possible. is this how the democratic party select the nominee? >> it's a little strange. i'm not a big fan of the saturday night debate. >> reince priebus is proud to point out disparity. since the 2000 election according to vox.com there has been a hundred debate. only seven of those held on saturday. this cycle the dems are holding half. three of the six on weekends. republicans are scheduling only two of the 12 on weekends. >> are avoiding the weeknight debate? >> i would avoid all

conduct some of his business.now congress wants to know more.fox 28 news senior political reporter scott thuman plains. explains. ah, he shouldn't do that, he should know better! (big grin)" a series of scolding remarks from lawmakers thursday and on the recieving end of this verbal artilery, the secretary of defense for using his personal email, for official business."i think it's worth checking out. if indeed that happened it's against federal regulations""i'd rather have him make some personal communications on his official, than official communications on his personal."secrtary ash carter claims the emails were administrativevenot classified. "and even that, i shouldn't have been doing. and when i realized that, i stopped."just *beginning* though, a formal inquiry. the senate armrm services committee wants to be *sure* nothing's been compromised, requesting copies of the emails which were sent over *unsecured* servers. the white house knew about the violation since may...and was asked ursday if, in lighghof email issues with everyone from former secretary of state hillary clinton to former

scott thuman is in las vegas now. how much should we expect it to take center stage tonight? scott: i think it will dominate the conversation. as you mentioned the scare in california. if candidates want to be tough on terror. they are going on stage to assimilate themselves and the surroundings to be prepared for the debate. we are three hours away from the matchup where you will have nine candidates on the main stage in the big event. the preceding one has the four candidates that were not polling as well. i caught up with ted cruz briefly this morning and i asked the senator how much preparation he needs to do in the national security front. he said that is what they are focusing on. but they want to be seen as a party to keep america safe. they will do a better job fighting terrorism and protecting americans than the democrats. we expect a lot of that tonight. people wonder if someone will go after donald trump in a way to effectuate a change of the poll numbers. will they gain ground? we will keep an eye on all of these things and have lights report before, during and hal

attacks.fox 28 news senior political reporter scott thuman has more now on the effort to keep tomorrow night's celebrations -- safe. safe. bomb-making equipment and an explosive device inside this backpack, just some of what was seized in a raid by turkish police who arrested two men, accused of plotting a new years eve attack.whether or social media---terrorism's alteration of our daily lives is only increasing: "i trust that the tsa and everyone else is taking extra meausres to make sure that we all can enjoy our holidays"leery travelers may be protected by another layer of security now that the tsa plans to augment randon screening for more airle & airport empls kpoints.new york city will see 6-thousand police officers converge on time's square festivities this new year's eve to protect the roughly 1-million revelers expected...a graduating class of nypd this week, reminded they'll need more than weapons though to prevent attacks."i encourage you to build bridges to the communities in this city that the islamic state is attempting to target for recruitment."and disney world, adverti

scott thuman went to belgium to find out how he did that. this is a preview of the sunday's "full measure" show. tell us about the incredible story. scott: this is fascinating. dimitri bonntick whose son with a catholic upbringing radicalized and joined terror group inside syria. until he went to get him back. >> what did they do to you? >> took all my clothes off. took me upstairs. beat me. because they suspect me to respond. >> beating you, torturing you, questioning you. >> yes. >> the whole time you are just trying to find your son. >> father looking for my son. >> no boundary in the mind of dimitri when it came to saving his son. the first trek inside syria turned up nothing, on the second they were reunited. the teenager turned jihadi had a change of heart and ready to return home. after intense negotiations he says they were allowed to go. scott: the day you got him out of syria and across the border, and you are in safely. what is the feeling? the first moments i know we were safe i hold him like a small baby. we were both crying. em

the 3rd address he's delivered from the oval office.fox 28 news senior political correspondent scott thuman shows us why it's being criticized more not for what the president said, but what he left out. out. (na-=80su-obama) "herere what i want you to know: the threat will overcome it."-increased gun control & congressional war approval, just some of the tools the presidede called for but critics and those worried about future attacks, argue it's what he *didn't* say, that is most noteworthy.- (10-justin johnson, heritage) "i think i was underwhelmed. it was a misseopportunity, nothininreally new here."- senior policy analyst with the heritage foundation, justin johnson says the president's speech may have worked afr paris, but in light owhat happened in san bernadino, people need something more:- (justin @ 613) "that's something that we can all imagine ourselves being in that situation-- and it's not clear that the president has any plan for dealing with that threat andnd think the polls are reflective of that"- (graphic) those *polls* show only 38 percent surveyed approve of his handling

the senior political reporter scott thuman is live in belgium with a preview of what to expect in the discussion. good evening. scott: leon, good evening to you. this city was almost paralyzed last week when they thought an attack was imminent. it's getting back to formal. brussels is important for a number of reasons. one ises have sharing. they have lacked the ability to cooperate and communicate proactively with the rest of the european union. that is important because this is an area where a lot of the suspects come from. this is about radicalization that is happening quickly here. one woman today said by all standards her son was a normal muslim boy. nothing rad cat about him but at some point something changed and he became devout in religions. before he knew it he used turkey as a conduit to get into syria and died on the battlefield by coalition forces. she and a number of parents were testifying before parliament to ask for help. if they do that they believe they can curb some of the problems in the war on terror. we will have more in the town hall. leon: watch it tonight at

the scott -- scott thuman is investigating. scott: i'm in mulanback. this is a big part of the problem and others say this is where the solution will be found. they are trying to deter any would-be attackers but across the canal a section with jihadi history. young men are connected to the paris attacks, the madrid train bombing, jewish museum shootings and more. >> we were not prepared. scott: johan runs the youth center and has seen how quickly the team can become radicalized and for years sounded the alarm. >> do you think it has been ignored? >> of course. >> i think our approach is too democratic. >> we talk to the politician like the deputy mayor. unemployment is 50% for young men. scott: like geraldine went from what she called a normal boyhood to battlefield of syria where he was killed. >> i'm are angry. i say please help me to stop my son. >> more belgian teens have left to join isis than anywhere else in europe. workplace like this are in place and the messages of change are prouding up. but l it make a difference? is the rest of the country

scott: i'm scott thuman in las vegas. hours away from the final republican debate of the calendar year. the thing to watch ou horace: today marks 224 years since the bill of rights was ratified. tonight the republicans vie to lead the country as the 46th president will take the stage in las vegas for the final debate this year. senior political reporter scott thuman live in vegas with a preview. what should we watch for tonight? >> three things we'll keep an eye on that we imagine the viewers may want to also. first, can cruz capitalize? he has momentum recently. he beat donald trump in an iowa poll raising eyebrows but a lot of support coming from even gel calls and -- evangelicals and tea party supporters. that is something he'll to tonight. trump's tough talk. after the talk about banning muslims could be the downfall for trump and broke the camel's back as far as what he is doing. it seems in some cases to helped his numbers. there is a jury say showing him at 41% of the likely republican voters. that is more than the

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seen your political reporter scott thuman in brussels looking into the terror threats. scott has more on the worries overseas as well as at home. scott: the arrest for specific threats is less common and that one reason they are ramped up worldwide. this may have been the target in the newly uncovered alleged plot. law enforcement officers and the famous grand plate, the gathering spot for the events were among the targets. this is video we took earlier of the seasonals guarding that site. two machine were arrested -- two men were arrested. this member of parliament told us they are still discovering the warning signs in this phenomena. >> we need to have the mo decemberty to say we don't understand and we don't know everything that is happening. that is why i hope we will be able to argy haddist alive so we can learn more. >> this is the first time we have had a full-time dedicated force and number in the city. >> they tried to counter the 500-strong terrorism team. they moved new year's eve party from the hilton downtown to philadelphia due to the security concerns. na

concentration of islamist fighters, including those who launched the paris attacks.correspondent scott thuman went to jihad central for full measure and met a mother whose son was 3 geraldine h. knows it painfully well. her teen son, anis, changed his name to abu brams. she says, met the wrong people at the wrong time. he became fanatical about religion.so she begged police to stop him from taking his passion to the syrian battlefields. for a mother to allow the police to label your son a terrorist, it's a very difficult thing to do."it's a very difficult thing.""it was very terrible for me to do that." he called from syria on occassion, saying his humanitarian pilgrimage had turned into more violent. he wanted to come home. a year later, she received the text, she feared."i receive only a short message, five lines." "you are the mom of anis? yes. please know that your son has died.""i have no photo. i have no body. i have nothing."her experience once considered an anamoly, is multiplied.how many apart of your group?"14. molenbeek. there is a problem, a general problem in belgium." "we have b

senior political reporter scott thuman monitoring what is happening on the hill. >> why five days? >> that is how long they hope it will take to iron out the details. in the meantime, the crisis averted for the five days. the brief extension will keep it funded through wednesday night. using restriction over the u.s. oil exports. tax cuts that could be worth billions in ten-year time. so that is what we are looking at. at least for now. we have the syrian refugee crisis, the cuba relations. a lot to dole with over the weekend. maureen: scott, thank you. federal workers going to get extra time off the jobs for christmas. within the hour, president obama signed an executive order to make christmas half day of work for all federal employees. that gives them half of thursday. and the entire weekend for the holiday. fireworks on the campaign trail as the presidential candidates dr. ben carson threatens to leave the g.o.p. the threat came after they discussed broker convention in project dinner. >> republican leadership says talks were to address concerns that no candidate will win the n

scott thuman, abc 7 news. alison: a judge has sentenced one of the so-called black cap bandits to 32 years in prison. he also ordered 65-year-old thomas george to pay $182,000 in restitution. be confessed to his role in a string of bank robberies in d.c. , maryland and virginia. 's attorney said the client became addicted to heroin after being hurt in vietnam and fell into a life of crime. jonathan:'tis the season of giving and some will go above and beyond are being recognized for their effort. alison: diane cho introduces us to a officer that is gone above and beyond uniform duty. >> i'm on my way. i should be there in about 15 minutes. reporter: on every third thursday, corporal tonya smith of the prince george's county police department makes a stop at angelic touch. >> hi ladies, how are you? >> it's not about me. without them what i do is not possible. reporter: a nonprofit group that helps feed those in need. to pick up bags of food to get to the homeless and senior citizens living on a fixed income. >>

scott thuman shows how this can affect on the presidential election but other political races nationwide. reporter: it's interesting to see what his popularity or notoriety depending on your viewpoint will have an effect on the rest of the field. elections that are going on nationwide and how those candidate choose to handle it. >> everybody wants to be so politically correct. we have a problem. reporter: the tough talk of donald trump and the backlash by critics helps or hurts the grand old party? is a question republicans are asking themselves. are you worried about the brand of your party? >> absolutely. i think that maybe candidates up another ticket will have to if donald trump represents a republican party that i'm a part of. reporter: taken just before his comments, he was up 13 points in the newest poll of republicans. >> never been involved in politics. now suddenly he is resonating. he has resonating with the people in speaking our minds. reporter: while inspiring for some, democrats says it plays right into their favor. the countrydamaging and damaging the republican party. ho

scott thuman is live in vegas with live coverage and analysis through the day right here on abc 7. leon: coming up -- the countdown has been on for months, some people have waited outside for weeks. alison: the new "star wars" movie is premiering in hollywood. we will have a alison: tonight, bill cosby is fighting back against some of the women who have accused him of sexual assault. he has countersued to seven of the women in a defamation lawsuit. the suit claims that his reputation has been damaged beyond repair after the women filed their lawsuit last year. have come40 women forward accusing the actor of drugging and sexually assaulting them. frenzy of "star wars" fans in los angeles for the world debut of the seventh film of the franchise. alison: it's one of the biggest film premieres in hollywood history and some fans were camping outside of the movie theaters for more than a week to get in. nationwideilm debuts friday, but there was an early look from los angeles. c3poter: storm troopers, r2-d2 close behind for in a list of stars. lucas, andrd, george steven spielberg. all h

sharyl: scott thuman, thanks. very interesting. there has been much dedete about stateses since the u.s. census bureau does not survey religion, we don't have official numbers. a survey in 2011 reported 2.75 million muslims. the council on muslim american relations says there could be as many as 7 million muslims in america. either way, it meaeans muslims are minorities in almost every city. in one town, we found democracy in action. a community with an elected mumuslim majority on its counsel. a report from hamtramck, michigan. >> it is a city built on the hamtramck is a small community in michigan carved within thth boundaries of detroit. when the auto industry turned detroit into motow hamtramck doubled in size in one decade, with immigrants ruruing to fill the jobs and find the american dream. space. it may look a little different. >> we are thinking this place is very comfortable to live. >> this is the president of the islamic center in hamtramck and when the auto industry turned detroit into motown, hamtramck one of the thou

scott thuman, thank you. no verdict in the trial of baltimore police officer william porter. the jury went home after 6:00. they said they are deadlocked on the case against william porter, charged in the death of freddie gray. the jury of seven women and five men asked the judge for magic markers, sticky notes, and radiors to play police transmissions as they methodically go through the evidence. baltimore remains alert for possible protest when a verdict does come back. >> we have activated a joint information center with numerous people from around baltimore and the region who will communicate with one another in real-time information. jonathan: the police have called in reinforcements from other departments. they are staging officers out of sight and out of mind to try to ease inside a. be the first to know when the jury which is a verdict. sign up for text alerts at wjla.com/text. stay with abc 7 for continuing coverage of the trial. 737 rolling off a taxiway at national airport, stuck in the grass while it was taxing to mitigate. eight people were taken to the hospital

ourrenior political reporter scott thuman explains. 3 (pkg)--(chaffetz, panel chairman, r-utah)"(smiling)ah, he shouldn't do that, he should know better! (big grin)" -a series of scolding remarks from lawmakers thursday and on the recieving end of this verbal artilery, the secretary of defense for using his personal email, for official business.-(rep wahlberg r-michigan) "i think it's worth checking out. if indeed that happened it's against federal regulations"-(mica r- florida) "i'd rather have him make some e rsonal cmunications on his official, than official communications on his personal."-secrtary ash carter claims the emails were administrative, not classified. -(na-24th-ashton carter/secreta ry of defense) "and even that, i shouldn't have been doing. and when i realized that, i stopped."-just *beginning* though, a formal inquiry. the senate armed services committee wanan to be *sure* nothing's been cocoromised, requesting copies of the emails which were sent over *unsecured* servers. -the white house knew about the violation since may...and was asked thursday if, in light of email

our reporter scott thuman has more on what's being done to deal with worries both 3 "nats soldiers walking around brussels"the very soldiers we saw trying to protect brussels from an attack, may have been the target in this newly uncovered, alleged plot. belgian authorities say law enforcement officers & the famous grand place...the main gathering spot for holiday events---were among the targets. this is video we took earlier this month of soldiers guarding that very site.they say 2 men were arrested with military-type uniforms and islamic state propoganda."nats of speaking in french"this member of parliament told us, they're still struggling to discover warning signs in the fast growing phenomena of radicalization.(jamal ikazban) "we need to have the modesty to say that we don't understand and that we don't know everything that's happening--that's why i hope we'll be able to arrest jihadists alive so that we can learn more."across europe, police have ramped up security, surveillance & id checks leading up to new year's celebrations.here in the united states, precautions as well.(sototill

our scott thuman shows us why more of the criticism is for what the president left out, than what he included. 3 "here's what i want you to know: the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it."increased gun control & congressional war approval, just some of war approval, just some of the tools the president called for but critics and those worried about future attacks, argue it's what he *didn't* say, that is most noteworthy. (10-justin johnson, heritage) "i think i was underwhelmed. it was a missed opportunity, nothing really new here." senior policy analyst wiwi the hehetage foundation, justin speech may have worked after paris, but in light of what happened in san bernadino, people need something more: something more:(sot- justin) "that's something that we can all imagine ourselves being in that situation-- and it's not clear that the president has any plan for dealing with that threat and i think the polls are reflective of that." reflective of that."(graphic) those *polls* show only 38 percent survrved approve of his handling of terrorism, 60 percent disapprove. pre

scott thuman is here with the story for us. surprise, surprise or not so much? scott: in some circles a huge surprise. others will say look he has been on the list four time before. we are talking about donald trump. some people may be surprised he is tied for second place with the pope. they both got 5%. behind president obama. but this puts donald trump ahead of people like bill gates, the dalai lama and the reverend billy graham. it's plenty of chatter. by the way, president obama, this is the eighth time he has been the most admired. this is hillary's 20th time. number one. she is number one on the list of all time. 20. eleanor roosevelt had 13. hillary clinton, 20. leon: i would have thought oprah would have broken the string at some point. interesting. scott: oprah is third place in women. leon: you have government figures but the poll looked at what people think about it. what did you find? scott: a separate poll cnn poll. people are always dissatisfied with congress. it's worse than ever. 85% of people right now are dissatisfied with congress. that is goi

tonight, in this fox 28 news exclusive, senior polictical reporter scott thuman shows you how one man managed to save his son from a life of terror. the man, is dimitri bontinck--he's a former belgian soldier whose son, despite a catholic upbringing, was radicalized and joined an islamic terror group in syria-- -that is, until dimitri went to get him back."what did they do to you? him: well, they suspected me to be a spy they took all my clothes off beating me they put a cap above my head, handcuff me and took me upstairs in the place where they ...and beating me. they're beating you? they're torturing you? they're questioning you? yes yes yes! me: and all the time, you're saying: i'm just trying to find my son? him: i'm not a spy, i'm just a father who is looking for his son."there were no boundaries, in the mind of dimitri bontinck when it came to saving his son. while his first trek inside of syria turned up nothing, on the second he and jejoen were reunited...the teenager turned jihadi, had a change of heart---and was ready to return home...and after intense negotiations, dimitri

] 1:05 "that's the reason the visa waiver program needs to be drastically scrutinized. 1:11i'm scott thuman reporting the house today passed the visa wavier program which amends visa travel practices. it cracks down on visa-free travel and makes a series of other changes like requiring countries to share counter- terrorisisinformrmion and makes sure travellers are checked against interpol databases. the 14-year-old accused of killing a cedar rapids teen guilty.as part of a plea deal today, robert humbles pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.he was originally charged with first-degree murder.police say humbles killed 15-year-ololaaron richardson this summer.humbles is now in the linn county juvenile detention center. he'll be sentenced in juvenile court and will remain in the detention center until he is 18 years old. now in the hands of the jury. jury.today during closing arguments the defense focused on cusic's mental state when he attacked his mother with a crow bar nearly nearly three years ago.cusic's l lyer denied the prosecution's claims that he *intentionally* committed murder.pr

the paris attacks---remember, several of the paris suspects were *from* brussels.on capitol ll, scott thuman. on friday... it'll be all about football... talk... coming up in sports... we have all your coverage from media day at the rose bowl... and on the hardwoodod. iowa welcomes the country's number-one team to carver... stick around for as iowa football cruised to their best season in program history... their demeanor never anged... whether it was on the field... or in front of cameras and microphones... they're always boring... but today... at rose bowl media day... the hawkeyes let their hair down and h h some fun... c-b-bs two sports reporter zach hanley was there it was rose bowl media day, which happened to be the last time we were able to talk to the hawkeye players. so everybody on the roster was in one room for one final hoorah... hoorah... media day at the rose bowl was just a little bit different than media day at iowa in augustblythe: "this is way different you know. we didn't have these scuffles with my picture on or anything like that so it's a lot different." ferentz: "id s