and later this hour the latest in our special feature series focusing on twenty eleven artie's shawn thomas this time talking about the extreme grief and pain he witnessed while covering the plane crash that killed the entire lokomotiv hockey team. i remember we were out of the scene when it was pouring down rain it was in the middle of the day we saw this one player in new jersey walking along with two of his friends in this moment of shock in this very rare and very roll moment and that was very special that he shared some of his feelings and his thoughts with us in a time when he was just processing what was going on. with this is. history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our team. the iraqi government plunges deeper into crisis with leaders in gauging in a blame game following a wave of bombings that rocked the country thursday it comes only a few days after the official pull out of u.s. troops it was the worst attack in months at least seventy two people killed nearly two hundred injured in a series of blasts across baghdad crisis talks betwe

leaders or he's shawn thomas reports from baghdad.packing up to head home it may be easy to overlook the total costs of war at least one hundred or two thousand iraqi civilians killed as well as thousand american soldiers millions displaced from their homes not to mention a one trillion dollars financial burden still the former occupiers leave behind of encouragement i can see it with confidence that in the next twenty or fifty years iraq will be a leader here in the in the gulf region that rivals any country in sizable region i think that right now is a safe and six. your environment is not a safe and secure is as it should be or it will be but it's it's progressing very well the american occupation of iraq saw the fall of the balance regime the capture and execution of deposed leader saddam hussein and the implementation of a democratic government but now nearly nine years later is of the country better off well it is i that they below in the house of a u.s. troop invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and their grief mystique r

coming from the heart of moscow here still ahead for you in the program shawn thomas remembers the plane crash that wiped out the entire lokomotiv hockey team he looks back on the tragedy in our special series on the last twelve months. there was anger there was frustration there was sadness there were tears. and the outpouring of support from everyone in the town coming to place flowers and pictures and jerseys and stuffed animals and light candles in front of the stadium where the locomotive practiced it was just amazing to see such an outpouring of support. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shaped two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . eleven minutes past two in the afternoon here on friday you're watching r.t. turkey is recalling its ambassador in france after the lower house of the french parliament passed a law making it a crime to deny the genocide of armenians in turkey in the early twentieth century if approved by the senate offenders could face a year in prison and a fine of forty five thousand euro hundreds of french turks have been protesting in

still ahead here in the program here shawn thomas remembers the plane crash that. he looks back at the tragedy in our special series on the last twelve months. there was anger there was frustration there was sadness there were tears. and the outpouring of support from everyone in the town coming to place flowers and pictures and jerseys and stuffed animals and light candles in front of the stadium where the locomotive practice it was just amazing to see such an outpouring of support. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shaped two thousand and eleven. that story on the. team is coming away in just a few minutes here for now big brother for a ride on oxford taxis that is if the local authorities have their way and install . every cap in the british privacy activists are fighting them tooth and nail claiming people's rights would be violated and the court in another city has sent its own message by rejecting similar security surveillance. laura smith reports. in oxford surveillance cameras everywhere and now in the city council scheme taxi

thomas' d.c. council colleagues by surprise. bob barnard has more on their reaction to today's developments. bob. >> reporter: out in the community, shawn, there is outrage with some calling for council member thomas to resign, others saying he should go to jail. emotions more reserved among his council colleagues,y this not all expressing their full support. inside the wilson building today, the harry thomas scandal could hardly be avoided. >> clearly, it's a serious situation. i think there has been a lot of angst in this building that the u.s. attorney proceed with the investigation. i am hopeful that we will get to closure very quickly. >> well, i am sad that it's reached this point, and my feelings, i have been thinking about council member thomas and his mother and his family and how terribly impactful this really must be for them. >> are you still calling for his resignation? >> based on the previous -- what happened with the 300,000 with the attorney general yes but in terms of this, i don't have any new information. and at that this time i have no comments. >> reporter: harry thomas was at the wilson building for a world aids d

member harry thomas under federal investigation, his home raided by the fbi and tonight we are one on one with his attorney. thanks for staying up late with us tonight, everyone. i'm shawntwo vehicles and several bags of evidence taken from the thomas home today, but what investigators are looking into remains a mystery. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the latest. >> reporter: councilman harry thomas' house here off montana avenue northeast remained darkened most of friday night, but friday morning this neighborhood was rocked by the appearance of fbi agents executing a raid. the fbi scoured the home of embattled d.c. councilman harry top jr. bringing up a new chapter into the ongoing investigation into his conduct. karl racine is thomas' attorney. >> mr. thomas has cooperated fully to date. we publically the public's interest in this matter but we also ask you respect mr. thomas and his family. >> reporter: the fbi took documents from the home as well as an suv and motorcycle. thomas was not arrested but stayed out of sight. >> wanted to commend you on the work. >> reporter: last summer councilman thomas agreed to pay back $300,000 from his children's charity after being ac

thomas the head coach for fiu. we start in the first half. check out the senior shawn mosley. don't bring that in my house. him pin this against the glass. chasing from behind. good effort there. later in the first half fiu on a run. a deep three. buries it to give the panthers the lead. they were up by seven at halftime. maryland down by four. mosley loses the ball. taylor lays it in. taylor led fiu with 20. but maryland would take control. tough turn around here. he's double teamed. gets it to go. turns up by one. 2.5 minutes to go in the game. told you this was close. a big block. fiu gets it back. but he gets another block. big plays by the freshman. maryland holds on to win 65-61. the terps improve to 6-3 on the year. isaiah thomas is not pleased. >>> the redskins could be without brown and landry again. both players missed practice today and their status for sunday is uncertain. the redskins relegated to playing the role of spoiler against the division leading giants. getting tired of talking about spoilers. the giants reclaimed the nfc east lead and are succeeding mainly due to eli manning. the gian

of the war in 2007, shawn, the united states was spending a quarter billion a day fighting the war in iraq. >> all right, tom fitzgerald, thank you. >>> d.c. councilman harry thomas appeared in federal court today. this is part of the bench trial on charges that he ied $16,000 in unpaid student loans and dating back to his time at bowie state in the early '80s. thomas agreed to a celt met to pay the money back. meantime, he's part of a federal investigation questioning whether he used public city funds for personal gain. >>> and now to a story you saw first on fox 5. last night, we introduced you to a d.c. woman who said she was fined eight times for throwing away shreds of newspaper she used to make public -- use as cat litter. the department of public works is issuing to us why they issued the fines and that the inspectors found more in the trash. matt has more on the story. matt? >> reporter: she thought she was being treated unfairly and fined for throwing her homemade cat litter in the trash and not the recycling bin. she took her case to the court and the judge sided with the city. patricia white invited us into her home tuesday and showed us step-by-step h

harry thomas voting in favor and there is going to be fine tuning done the next few weeks and then a second reading on december 20th if it passes then, shawn. it becomes law. >> bob bonnard reporting live. -- bob barnard reporting live. thank you, bob. >>> the fate of two of the redskins top players has hung in the balance since sunday. today, the nfl made its ruling. dave feldman is in the newsroom with the late-breaking details. what is going on? >> reporter: we knew what was going to happen but not when. now we do at 4:28 this afternoon. the redskins released a statement put out by the nfl making it official. tight-end fred davis, tackle trent williams are done for the season, suspended without pay. last sunday was the last time we will see the two in uniform this season. davis having a breakout season. 59 receptions, fifth among nfl tight-ends, 796 yards, third among tidents -- tight ends. williams, the fourth overall pick last year, played his best game against the jets according to the head coach. this is a big loss. the nfl released the following statement: fred davis and trent williams of the washington redskins have been suspended