president has to respond to everything whether they are missing gis in nigeria or bombing in sydney australia or a plane that gets shot down in ukraine, let alone an oil spill in this country where there is a central focus of wax >> host: i just don't know if this is a manageable climate right now. i'm open to the idea that maybe it has been uniquely not good. i think that as fast as they were to respond to things than there were crisis in the campaign for they are more methodical now as president and as the head of the government. there is an argument to be ade that methodical is a good thing. you don't want to be rash. but they never fod that touched went to be immdiately on top of something. and it's funny that they handled this pelessonhey try to be asked out front early on but nobody noticed that they were. and then the case have been to somehow not a lot, but the campaign made it worse in the campaign environment for the most part the infrastructure of washington would have said they handled it pretty well. >> host: your last sentence is the way to get something done obama said was to g

we'll go live to sydney australia to talk about the latest and we'll also talk about airasia's safetyand new questions about that. >>> also ahead here the hit film "back to the future" made om some predictions about 2015 when it came out 30 years ago. what did it get right and what did it get wrong about what would life be like this year. we'll look into that one for you. stay with us. >>> welcome back. here are the stop stories. the sus has slapped north korea with sanctions after alleging it was against the attack against sony, preventing them from access to the u.s. north korea insists it had nothing to do with the cyberattack. >>> rough seas are keeping search teams from getting a closer look at two large pieces of metal spotted in the java sea. they believe the ongts are from airasia flight 8501. 30 dodd byes now have been recovered from the suspected crash area. six of them have been identified. well the new debris and oil slick spotted off the coast of borneo may mean that the searchers are getting close to finding the plane's fuselage and more key pieces of this plane. so that

it was slow-going, until terry found an article written by a fire investigator in sydney, australia.> is it an accidental fire or arson? >> the article described common mistakes investigators make when determining the cause of a suspicious fire. specifically, it discussed the role of bias in fire investigation. for example, arson investigators tend to look for arson, and insurance investigators tend to look for insurance fraud. the article recommends that fire investigators have a scientific or chemical background. terry desperately wanted to get in touch with the author. >> i didn't understand e-mail. when i saw the little envelope thing on his page, i clicked on it and like a blank page pops up. i just assumed, okay, i can send this to him. i still didn't understand how he would get back to me. >> the author did respond. but since he lived in australia, he recommended dr. gerald hurst in austin, texas. dr. hurst earned his phd in chemistry from cambridge, and he agreed to look into terry's case. >> homeowners burning the house down to kill their children, pretty rare. very rare. >>

the final stop was sydney australia, a week after they started. andrew thomas was there to meet them. 12 people have been running around the world. since last they they ran six marathon courses. 42km in antarctica 42 in chile. the same before further marathons in spain, morocco and dubai. the runners have flown more than they run. nine floats the final flight to sydney. some dressed up on board for show. within four hours of landing the real running gear was on. >> your head is all over the place from what day, country, time zone. >> ted jackson raised more than 200,000 for charity. >> i just got a text saying i was up to 136,000. every time i get on a plane it goes up 2,000 or £3,000. that's nice. >>> two years ago doctors found a tumor on douglas wilson's brain. he did that and the marathons to get the fitness back. the body is keeping up but the mental fatigue is coming to an end. it's catching up. >> in sydney a midnight start to get all seven races run in a week. quickly the runners spread out. each marathon had its own particular challenge.

last one was in sydney australia. he posted this instagram and done. ran in to hour 55 minutes. trying to raise money for cancer research go to the web site at abc7news.com to get involved. >>> this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. tim stayed in touch with me on the way. i think from morocco to sydney. he ran two in 24 hours. so it was a beast of a challenge, and congratulations to him for finishing. >> don't call him for a week to congratulate him. he will be sleeping. thanks shu. >>> next at 6:00, old carpet ripped out of an airport. sounds like a big improvement. why the carpet's removal has thousands mourning its passing and rushing t huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me! get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts... get some cold cuts! whooo! gimme some! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. whoo! forty-four

it happened at a chocolate cafe in sydney australia. a ricochetting bullet hit katrina dawson and was killed. that prompted a police raid at the cafe. 16 other hostages were not injured. >>> and tonight, isis militants may have used a japanese hostage to set a new dead line for a prisoner swap. chris lawrence is at our live desk with more. chris? >> doreen they were to start executing prisoners tonight but this message now says sundown thursday. it was posted on a forum that they use. we can't confirm its authenticity it certainly sounds like the man who's being held hostage. >> i'm kenji goto. this is a voice message i've been told to send to you. >> it goes on to say that jordan has until sundown thursday to release a convicted terrorist and bring her to the turkish border. otherwise, isis will execute kenji goto and a jordanian pilot. the terrorist that they want is a jordanian woman named rishawi. she was captured. jordan has agreed to let her go in exchange for its pilot. the japanese government has been working with jordan to try

in recent weeks we had the islamic extremists shoot up shot in sydney, australia. before that the attack in parliament in ottawa, canada. how is today different from the attacks? >> two things stand out to me in terms of what's different. one is the attacks you mentioned were lone individuals. this was obviously three individuals. this makes this a conspiraciy. it's much more difficult to carry out a conspiracy with multiple individuals than it is to do a lone attack. so that's one difference. the other difference, to me is the sophistication of this attack, of the planning it took, the way it was carried out in military style is very, very different than what we saw in the other attacks. >> pelley: we have a picture of a french police car. you can see the bullet holes in the windshield are grouped tightly together. what does that tell you. >> this, again, tells me this is a sophisticated attack and tells me at least one of the individuals, the individual that fired that weapon, had some sort of military training. >> pelley: because they knew what they were doing.

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last one was in sydney australia. he posted this instagram and done. ran in to hour 55 minutes.ey for cancer research go to the web site at abc7news.com to get involved. >>> this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. tim stayed in touch with me on the way. i think from morocco to sydney. he ran two in 24 hours. so it was a beast of a challenge, and congratulations to him for finishing. >> don't call him for a week to congratulate him. he will be sleeping. thanks shu. >>> next at 6:00, old carpet ripped out of an airport. sounds like a big improvement. why the carpet's removal has thousands mourning its passing >>> join us for abc7 news on kofy of 20. at 11:00 here on channel 7 an about-face by the dmv when it comes to uber lyft and other services. the potential roadblock has been removed for now. >>> in port, oregon the antihours king and the most mundane items can become iconic. that what's portlanders are on the rush to get their behind on carpet. the carpet has covered the airport's floors for two decades and is being ripped out. the carpet has become a sensation

tonight, he spoke with me via skype from sydney australia where he crossed the finish line 12 hour, ago first thing, i think a group of us did, was have a nice cold beer. and just sat around and talked. >> reporter: that is how tim durbin, the only american to compete in the world marathon challenge wrapped up his incredible journey today. he ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven somedays. through snow, rain, and jet lag. >> it will take a while for us to process what we just did. >> reporter: the 31-year-old san francisco man says the toughest part was the morocco leg. the second marathon he ran in 24 hours. >> it was dark and cold, there was a little bit of rain as well. and it was just a long night overall. and i think everybody kind of reached a breaking point. that was everybody's breaking point for the race. >> reporter: tim trained everyday for the last year averaging two hours a day. >> i'm by no means any sort of great athlete. an average person can do anything if they set their mind and pick their goal. they can do anything they want. even if others think it is impo

. >> it started last saturday and ends in sydney australia tomorrow.he 31-year-old has run six marathons, each 26.2 miles he's run through snow rain, jet lag. >> sounds insane doesn't it? >> mike human caught up with him last week, he says he has his reasons for doing this. >> i saw it as another mental and physical challenge that i could take on and prove that an average person like me can do what a lot of people think is impossible. >> isn't that amazing? >> he's averaging five hours for each marathon. >> and doing it all for a good cause. raising money for cancer research. named after coach delvano. >>> world news tonight is next. >>> on this thursday night, the breaking news. the scandal before the super bowl. the star quarterback, tom brady, answering the question. are you a cheater? tonight, how brady explains those deflated footballs. who handled them after they were checked by the refs? and what now for the football star with the supermodel wife? >>> also tonight, the giant inferno. more than 1,000 people homeless. the state of emergency declar

he said he finished his last marathon in sydney, australia, in under five hours. durbin was the only american taking part in the world marathon challenge. earlier this week, he ran the 26.2-mile race in antarctica, chile, spain, florida and dubai. >>> well, the damage looks like an earthquake hit. but a ski resort is blaming this on frat brothers. the serious consequences after a raging weekend of partying. >> superhero meets star power. the oscar winner helping bring batkid to the big >>> this makes animal house look tame. three michigan fraternities are accused of trashing two ski resorts last weekend. tonight and inside look at the wild parties that caused tens of thousands of damage. >> we had a group visiting and excessive partying, too much fun and created a disturbance and damage for the resort. food, beer, alcohol, all over the floor on the walls, carpet damage, a lot of ceiling tiles broken down, some furniture damage. >> reporter: crews are still cleaning up a path of destruction leavitt at treetops resort from the sigma alpha mu fraternity. they say pol

sydney australia to washington. take a look at that picture. those gathering in central paris to honor the 17 victims of last week's terrorist attacks here it "usa today" post a question, who represented the united states yesterday. president obama was not at the rally. the ambassador was there. eric holder was there. the debbie terry of homeland security -- deputy secretary of homeland security will not attend the march. the white house said no official comment. what are your thoughts on this? joseph is an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to talk to c-span for a minute. how can you go to paris and televised something and then we had nothing about the riots in new york and ferguson. you never have independents. this is not equal opportunity. this is bullshit. host: the images you see are not c-span cameras in paris. what do you make of the attendants? president obama was not there. "the wall street journal" writes . host: mark, you are up. it caller: yes, i was calling about the march that they had in paris. we have hundr

. >> reporter: sydney, australia, at midnight. for the first time, this breathtaking null year's light show captured by drones. seven tons of fireworks illuminating the sydney harbor bridge and the iconic opera house. celebrations from hong kong's victoria harbor to a glittering light show outside beijing's olympic stadium. in dubai, this spectacular display at the tallest building in the world. over 70,000 l.e.d. panels reaching nearly half a mile into the sky. in moscow, fireworks lighting up red square. but perhaps no one will celebrate more than these american astronauts. >> we figure that we will be over midnight somewhere over the earth 16 times throughout this day. >> reporter: counting down with all of us from above. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> and 16 celebrations up in space. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" on this news year's eve. shrinking your family's favorite products. packages that may look the same, but are you getting less than you expect while still paying the same price? >>> ca

the last one was in sydney australia. he posted this picture to instagram with the words and done.ran his last race in four hours, 55 minutes. he did it. >> good for him. amazing feat. >>> still ahead, a okay buddy what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too... and fruity... oh yeah, and frosted! okay, but...what's you're most favorite of all? hmm... the kind i have with you. me too. >>> still to come tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 survivors of domestic abuse claim they have been victimized again at a place they went seeking safety. the story you will see only on abc 7 news. >>> also at 6:00 the major effort to repair a washed-out highway but the work cannot get done fast enough for some folks. >>> and opening up cuba. 7 on your side's michael finney says you can get from there to here but don't expect it to be easy. >> all of that and more coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. hope you can tune in for that. >>> dozens of san francisco teenagers are getting a chance to dig up the city's h

. >>> we have new information now on the deadly terror siege in sydney australia, last month. the coroner found that one of the hostages was actually killed by fragments of a bullet fired by police. you'll remember that a gunman held more than a dozen hostages for more than 17 hours at a cafe in sydney. the gunman executed one of the hostages. police eventually stormed the cafe and killed the gunman who is a self-described cleric with a long criminal history. >>> let's turn our attention to something a little lighter this morning. super bowl xlix. now just oh yeah, here's the countdown clock if you're keeping up at home. three days 14 hours, 12 minutes until christine maddela throws a giant super bowl party that i haven't been invited to yet. the showdown is this sunday here on nbc 10. >>> and while many fans will be focused on the game a lot of people are watching for the commercials. not all of them are light-hearted this year. one ad will be the first ever to address domestic violence and sexual assault. >> 911, operator 911, where's the emergency? >> 127. >> okay what's go

appeals judge, live from sydney australia. are we right to be feeling the beginning of optimism that soon the al jazeera three will be released from a cairo gaol? >> no. these many are being held as hostages, and they are to be seen as hostages. there was no evidence against them. i've read the judgment in translation and the trial is a farce. they were accused of spreading false news. there was no evidence that they ever reported anything falsely. they were accused of being terrorists with the muslim brotherhood. there was no evidence that they ever supported the muslim brotherhood. as against reported them. there was one secret witness, who was said to have secret material that could be reeled in on the strength of his secret evidence, the court convicted. so an honest judge should certainly have quashed the decision and freed the men. what happened is that in fact it was the prosecutor, the prosecutor himself reflecting the egyptian government realised that this verdict could not stand. so it was - it was at the prosecutor'

. >>> we learned more details about the deadly siege insides of the cafe in sydney australia one person died from fragments of bullets fired by a police officer. the report says that moanous is sponfor killing one hostage and he was killed by police a self proclaimed cleric with a long criminal history. >>> and the ebola epidemic in africa may have turned the corner. ali gorman is here now at the big board. >> last week was a landmark week there were 100 fewer cases of ebola. 30 in new guinea and 4 in liberia. they are tracking a mutation now to the virus that has cropped up in guinea they don't know yet if it will change how ebola is spread. also, today there is a possible break through for people suffering knee pain, surgeons at ohio medical center has replaced the first plastic meniscus millions of people have a torn meniscus a damaged one won't repair itself and gets worse over time. the synthetic meniscus replaces the damaged one and overtime shapes itself to fit. >> if this works out as well as we think it will. it fills the spectrum for patients with injuries to their knee. >> do

the parliament building in ottawa, the coffee shop in sydney australia the newspaper office in paris again will we be attacked again? colonel ralph peters on that one in just a moment. i want to top out what is happening in the markets get you caught up before we get to colonel ralph peters. the dow is up 135 points. remember in the last two days it has lost 500. maybe the fed is many could together rescue. we'll pose that question throughout the day's program. stocks are up this morning. look at price of oil briefly earlier today it touched $46 a barrel. right now it is at 48. and here is our interest rate barometer. this is quick sketch of the marketplace. we're at 1.98% is the yield on 10-year treasury. it is below 2%. all right. let's get to the terror attack in paris. colonelof a peters in paris. you say this is attack on freedom of speech. yes it is. so what should we be doing here right now? >> well the first thing we should do if we had any guts at all would publish the "charlie hebdo" cartoons of muhammad on front page of every english speaking newspaper in the world "new yo

final stop is sydney australia, a week after they started. andrew thomas was there to meted them. >> reporter: these 12 people have been running around the world. since last saturday they won six marathons in six condinents. 42 in antarctica, chile florida, spain, morocco and nearby. they have flown more than they ran, nine flights. the final flight to sydney - some dressed up for show. within four hours of landing, the real running gear was on. >> your head is all over the place. what country are we in what is next. what time zone. >> ted chak sins raised more than 2,000 for charity. his wife has multiple sclerosis. >> i had a text saying i was up to 136,000 pounds. when i'm on a plane it goes up to two or three thousand planes. two years ago a tumor was found on the brain. >> the body held up. mental fatigue is stepping in. flying and jetlag. >> in sydney a midnight start is needed to get all seven races run. the runners spread out. each marathon had its own particular challenge. in antarctica it was the code. in morocco it rained in dubai,

like the bloody stand off that took place in sydney australia, a gunman held 10 hostage in a cafe in a 16 hour siege. at one point forcing them to hold up a black banner similar to i.s.i.l.'s and others that has the sher harda, the muslim declaration of faith written in arabic calligraphy. three, including the gunman were killed. >> you don't have a chance to identify them until we do the preparatory work because you use surveillance they'll probably do a few dry runs. >> reporter: law enforce. can't stop someone thinking violently thoughts about identifying future people undertaking the attacks is difficult >>> france has the second largest muslim population in western europe making up 7.5% of the country. most come from north africa, algeria algeria. muslims and france condemned the attacks, many report a double standard in french society, where the government bans religious symbols in schools, but defend what the community sees as religious hate speech and others point out double standard in the global community. the same danish newspaper that created an uproar for publishing pict

started last saturday in morocco and ends in sydney, australia tomorrow.far the 31-year-old has run 6 marathon each. 26.2 miles because yes they are marathons t.run through snow, rain and jet lag of course and antarctica, chili, maim, madrid antarctica, chili, maim, madrid, morocco where he started and due beat. sounds insane. mike caught up with durbin last week and he says he has reason for doing this. >> i just saw it as mental physical challenge to prove that average person can do what a lot of people thinks impossible. >> durbin averaging about 5 hours for each marathon and doing it all for good cause. raising money for the foundation for cancer research. >> what a great and amazing thing. >> that's unbelievable. to run one marathon is quite an come president clinton. to run 7 in 7 straight days. >> how many have you run lately >> how many have you run lately. >> not lately. lately sear o. i have as many answers as tom brady. is it possible that brady was so me particular news all facet of the preparation could not know anything about those deflated f

of radical islam are linked to the attack last month that killed two at a chocolate shop in sydney australia. that same month it played a part in the slaughter of 132 children. 13 adults at that school in pakistan. it's believed to be behind the murder of a soldier outside of canada's capitol building in ottawa. for months we have seen how religious extremism has ripped apart war-torn syria and iraq. let me bring in my guests. gentlemen, welcome. >> thank you. >> nice to be with you, brooke. >> i should point out that doctor you wrote a book called "battle for the soul of islam." let me begin with you. as we think about -- there are too many to even talk about right now these different attacks. are all of these different separate attacks part of this larger goal extremists using cartoons with an ultimate goal of this massive imslamic state. >> it's important to not separate them. they're all relateded to ed tod to a common issue. islam is in the same time as christianity was in the 17th and 18th century. we're in a battle within the house of islam against the clerics that want an islamic sta

distinction is what happened in france with reason long will the tax in autolock, canada, and sydney australia officials are drilling down on a level of premeditation, the gunmen entered the building and asked for individuals by name as they began to shoot. the chairman says that this clearly involved preplanning and premeditation for the attacks. >> to me the question is is this organized highly in paris, was there any international environment and that is the key. reporter: there have been conversations with government officials and analysts, three categories of suspects. the self radicalized individuals and affiliates, this would include the affiliate aqim. a counterterrorism source said it was worth noting that the latest edition of inspire magazine, a propaganda journal put out in yemen by them specifically called for attacks on united states, the great britain area, and france. jon: the massacre today the latest in a wave of violence tied to a extremism extremism that we have seen over the past few months. in december, a string of attacks put france on edge and they began when a man walk

. >> sydney, australia. hostages seen on camera running for their lives. >> five people escaping from a gunman who some 15 hours ago stormed into a cafe in downtown sydney wave ago jihadi flag. >> massive manhunt underway in paris for the masked gunmen, three of them, who stormed a french newspaper, killing at least 12 people at the offices of charlie hebdo. >> this vicious terrorist attack is a reminder that we must always be vigilant against the enemies of freedom. >> the rise of radical islam around the globe is disturbing, so tonight we have brought together right here in studio terrorism experts, former members and law enforcement officials. thank you all for being with us. robert spencer, jihad watch. there is one commonnallity, the word islam. yet the president won't say islamic state. what happened to fort hood? allahu akbar is workplace violence. why this reluctance and resistance to say islam? >> it seems the president thinks and the administration thinks if they say something islamic, then they wil

. >>> sydney, australia was one of the first major cities of the world to celebrate the new year. it's always impressive display there. a million and a half people gathered across the city harbor to take it all in. >>> and it's also 2015 in new zealand. impressive fireworks burst forth from the sky tower. and of course we're less than three and a half hours to 2015. if you plan on staying home to ring in the new year, you can catch the big fireworks show in san francisco. it's right here on kron 4. in fact, let's go ahead and check in with our own catherine heenan who is live at hotel vitali in san francisco where she and gary radnich will host a new year's party tonight. i love the hot pink coat. >> reporter: thank you. it goes with the ferry building red behind me, sort of. you know, we're watching the video that you had of the celebrations around the world and we're all saying this is going to be even more beautiful. this is our times square and even prettier, i think. as you said, we're on the embarcadero. and it is cool but not too terribly cold. and crystal clear. vicki, ton

this thing that happens in paris, the attack in the cafe in sydney, australia in mid-december could happen in new york or washington or any other american city. if we don't pay attention to it, it will. lou: john bolton always good to see you. >> thank you, lou. lou: thanks so much. a new report finds the persecution of christians reaching record levels last year. 100 million christians targeted because of their faith. the study ranking the most dangerous countries in the world in which to be a christian, north korea, first place, followed by somalia, iraq afghanistan, the list unfortunately goes on. >>> up next billionaire pedophile jeffrey epstein's sweetheart deal with the government netted him 15 months in prison despite his ties to 40 underaged girls. his once attorney alan dershowitz is here with us next. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly... you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone so you can breathe and sleep shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. every truck c

. >> yeah the shootings in ottawa canada and the siege in sydney australia, both were carried out by a single assailant. but what happened in paris yesterday was different. listen to what cnn analyst mark hurtling had to say about it. >> when i first saw it i was very concerned. because it was a different approach. first of all, the uniforms they were all in the same uniform. what i could tell from looking at their coats, they were very bulky, which led me to believe they either had armored vestings underneath or some type of suicide device. one of the gunmen had a triple-point sling which gives you capability to fire a weapon closer. when you saw the pictures of the police vehicles with the bullet holes through the window that was what is called a tight shot group. very different than the kind of things we normally see with jihadist where it's a pray and spray with their ak-47. they were firing single shot not firing automatic on the automatic device. and it was aimed fire. they had good muzzle awareness as they went through the streets, which means they didn't across in front of ea

the final stop was sydney, australia, just one week after they started. andrew thomas was there to meet them. >> these 12 people have been running around the world since last saturday they've run six marathon courses on six continents. that's 42 kilometers in antarctica another 42 in chile and in florida the same and then spain, morocco and dubai. the runners, of course, have flown more than they've run. nine flights since their first antarctic race, and their final flight sydney, some dressed up for the show. within four hours of lapping though the real running gear was on. >> your head is all over the place. what day is it, what country are we in, what's next, what time zone. >> they've raised more than $200,000 for jarrett. his wife has multiple sclerosis. i. >> i just got a text from her saying that it has gone up. that's nice. >> doctors found a tumor on douglas' brain. he beat that. the marathon is bringing his previous fitness. >> it's all coming to a head now. >> in sydney a midnight start is needed to get all seven races run within the 178 hours

. >>> sydney australia one of the first to celebrate.y photographed by a drone. st. bay zil's in the kremlin on red square lit by new year's fireworks as well. russian president vladimir putin used to aneckization of crimea and ukraine. and last, salute the troops. stationed in more than 150 countries around the world. happy new year to all of them and to their families who missed them very much at home. happy new year's to you. great to be on. all the worst coming up next here on cnn. >>> i'm don lemon. we are just one hour away from the big show new year's live with anderson cooper and kathy griffin. what will kathy say? i'm live at the other square in new orleans, the heart of the french quarter. it's going to be a beautiful evening in the french quarter, starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern our coverage will start and then at midnight, central time the

and in sydney australia, a gunman held ten people hostage in a cafe.rtually all loan wolf cases there are questions about the attackers mental health and social isolation. isolation which can make them even more difficult to detect. law enforcement can't arrest someone for thinking violent radical thoughts or for being a suspicious loaner. >> typically you don't have a shot at identifying them because they start doing the usual preattack -- the preparatory work. they are going to do surveillance. they probably do a few dry runs. >> reporter: dry runs before turning plans into action. and by the time loan wolves do that it's too late to stop them. even intelligence is sometimes not enough. in 2011 russia advised the fbi and cia that the older brother was a person who should be monitored. it was an opportunity missed. john? >> >>> now to the latest fallout to the police shootings of unarmed african american american. one of the jurors is suing to speak out. he said that the prosecutors mischaracterized grand juror's views on the case. >>> in new york cit

i was born in sydney australia on the 5th of september 1994. and i was born to a german mother and an australian father with greek heritage. the greatest trial of my life came at just 16 months when i was diagnosed with a very rare and unusual childhood cancer. only one in 100,000 children get this cancer. there are only 600 cases a year in measuring and just 40 -- in america and just 40 in australia. and the thing is, it is a enormously difficult cancer to diagnose, and that means that overwhelmingly when it is diagnosed, the tumor will have spread to other parts of the body. when i was diagnosed i was diagnosed with stage iv. the cancer had spread throughout my body. my entire body was riddled with cancer. and my mother and father were told that i had just a 5% chance of survival. of life. and after almost three years of chemotherapy radiotherapy and an operation through the healing hands of our master physician god, i defied the odds and i lived. and it would be a battle that would forever shape who i was and the way i conducted my life. it

like the bloody standoff in sydney australia, a gunman held 10 hostage in a cafe. at one point forcing them to hold up a black banner. a group that has the declaration of faith rein in calligraphy. three, including the gunmen were killed. this is a pre-attack preparatory work. they'll do a few dry runs. >> reporter: law enforcement can't arrest anyone thinking radical thoughts but the bloodshed that took place - locating them is difficult >>> france has the second largest muslim population making up 7.5% of the country's population. most from french-speaking countries. muslims in france have fully condemned the attacks. the government bans religious symbols in public schools, and defends what the community sees as religious hate speech. the double standards there and in a global community at large. a newspaper created uproar for publishing offensive cartoons of prophet muhammad refused to run drawings making fun of jesus. the paper fired a cartoonist in 2009 for inspiring racial hatred for mocking president sarcozy's son over a rumour he was converting. >> judahism

. >> sydney, australia at midnight. the first time this breathtaking new year's light show captured by drone. seven tons of fireworks illuminating the sydney harbor bridge and the iconic opera house. celebrations from hong kong's victoria harbor to a glittering light show outside beijing's olympic stadium. in dubai, this spectacular display at the tallest building in the world. over 70,000 l.e.d. panels reaching nearly half a mile into the sky. in moscow, fireworks lighting up red square. but perhaps no one will celebrate more than these american astronauts. >> we figure that we will be over midnight somewhere over the earth 16 times throughout this day. >> reporter: counting down with all of us from above. lindsey janus abc news new york. >>> let's go back now to pasadena. we showed you the windstorm that tossed tents around there. well, it could be the coldest ever for the parade. reporter robb hays has more from the parade route where he has been talking with some of the early arrivals. >> reporter: the sunny skies ma

and then on to chile, followed by miami, madrid, and ending in sydney, australia. durban is trying to raise money for cancer research. >>> 6:26 is the time. it is being called the miracle highway. the memorable experience two bay area families and their newborns now have in common when it comes to highway 24 in contra costa county. >> if you ride bart into san francisco you need to be warned about a protest that will be happening in just about a half an hour from now. it's a demonstration over police violence. it will get started at 7:00 this morning. we'll tell you how police are preparing for this action. >> and right now we're looking at the roads and it does seem as though more people are out than on a normal friday. especially in some of the east bay commutes. here in the south bay 280 looks good. >> some rain up to the north from about windsor north. mendocino county and lake county. fog to the east. what about the weekend? more sun or more clouds? >>> good morning. welcome back. you are looking live at the montgomery street bart station in san francisco. we

. >>> we have some new information on the deadly terror siege in sydney, australia, last month. the coroner found one of the hostages died from fragments of police bullets or bullet. you'll remember a gunman held more than a dozen hostages for more than 17 hours at a chocolate cafe in sydney. the gunman executed one of those hostage hostages. >>> the fbi is investigating a rash of bomb threats made on twitter targeting u.s. airlines. agents are trying to track down the person or people responsible, but they won't comment on any specific threat. several dozen threats showed up on social media since saturday against passenger planes and flights in the united states. >>> opening statements are delayed in the murder trial of former new england patriots player aaron hernandez. the judge spent the morning sorting out some last minute jury issues. right now the judge is giving instructions to the jurors. the trial had already been delayed for two days because of the blizzard that hit new england. hernandez pleaded not guilty to killing semi-pro football player odin lloyd in 2013. >>> h

attacks in canada in october were carried out by men who converted to islam, and in december, in sydney australia, a gunman held 10 people hostage in a cafe forcing them to hold up a flag in the window. in virtually all lone-wolf cases there are questions about the attackers mental health and social isolation, that can make them more difficult to detect. >> law enforcement can't arrest someone for thinking violent radical thought or being a suspicious loner. >> typically you don't have a shot at identifying them until they do the pre attack - i guess the preparatory work because surveillance. a view try runs. >> dry runs before turning plans into action. by the time lone wolves do that it's too late to stop them. intelligence about a suspect is not enough. in 2011 russia advised the fbi and the c.i.a. that the elder dzhokhar tsarnaev brother was a person that should be monitored. looks like an opportunity missed. >> absolutely. >> to the other big story, oil prices are at their lowest point in five years. good news for drivers, but around the world it can have a destabilizing effect. >> a free fa

aviation safety expert with dra professional aviation services and he joins me now via skype from sydney australiayou, sir, for talking with us. now, in the effort to explain this aircraft the focus has come back on the weather and its possible role in this tragedy. indonesian authorities even suggesting at one point that icing may have been a factor. what's your response to that? >> rosemary it's the monsoon season. there are storms everywhere. there are going to be storms everywhere for the next three months the aircraft needs to avoid storms of that magnitude. i've never seen a storm so great that it could tear an airplane apart. it's a rare occurrence. these aircraft are built to withstand that sort of weather. my question is they're all becoming related. i'm very unclear, very uncertain as to why the aircraft found itself in that situation. there were a number of choices t. could have collapsed. he apparently called to go over the weather. in going over the weather he was getting up higher in conditions more likely to cause icing f it forms it becomes a problem and creates loss of lift could

a small cell attack and a clear departure from the lone wolf operations we saw in ottawa and sydney australia, sean. >> catherine thank you tonight. also standing by on the ground in paris is fox's own greg palkot. greg, what's the latest? >> reporter: sean, french police are confirming more details about these suspects. they inspect confirm to us the reports are accurate that says at least one of them already had a terror conviction, that he was involved in sending french young men over to iraq a few years ago to fight against american forces there. this all went down just after or around noontime wednesday paris time when those two gunmen stormed into the offices of the satirical newspaper here. one thing they said in in addition to alla akbar was, we are avenging the prophet. because that newspaper had printed cartoons of the muslim prophet muhammad. after they left they left a scene of carnage. 12 people killed including two police. 11 people injured including four critically. there was another shootout with police. one policeman was executed. and another shootout and then they were gone.

. >> sydney, australia have to see on camera running for their lives. >> five people escaping from a gunman who some 15 hours ago stormed into a cafe in downtown sidney waving a jihadi flag. >> there's a massive manhunt three of them who stormed a french newspaper killing at least three people at the offices of charlie hebdo. >> suspicious terrorist attack. i am reminded we must always be vigilant against the enemies of freedom. >> radical islam around the globe is disturbing so tonight we brought together right here in studio terrorism experts former members law enforcement officials and much more talk about this grave threat. thank you all for being with us. appreciate it. robert spencer jihad watch. seems we have this rise but there is one commonality. in each instance the word islam, but yet we -- the president won't say islamic state. what happened at fort wood allah akbar is workplace violence. why resistance to say the word islam associated with terror. >> if the president thinks and administration thinks something is islamic they will be at war with the entire islamic world a

the attack is sydney, australia.act is that the threats are coming home and they are going to come home to this country. this is where the united states needs to exercise leadership. not just that the law enforcement level but at the broader strategic level. this is not a law enforcement problem. and we can't ever hope to solve it with a law enforcement approach. >> is president obama sort a casual observer? i guess that's a poor description as he watches what's goes on in france. this is france's business. this is their search, their manhunt. it happened on their territory how does he show leadership in the world when this did happen some place else what do you want from him. >> in terms of this particular affair that may be true. we already have information that at least one of these two brothers may have been trained in yemen i think intelligence services believe a number of europeans and americans fighting with isis now in syria and iraq numbers in the thousands, so, this could simply be the tip of the iceberg. i

. >>> the boston marathon bombing, the siege in sydney australia, and now the shootings and standoffsance. three attacks carried out a killing spree despite being monitored by federal authorities or law enforcement. have these and other attacks exposed a gap in our counterterrorism measures and monitoring programs? joining us now to discuss, former cia operative, bob baer. we have retired delta force officer, lieutenant colonel james reese. and former nypd detective, harry houck. to you first, colonel, do you think it's time we rethink how we flag and monitor possible extremists? >> good evening, brianna. the -- yes, i do. i believe right now there is -- right now, what you have is you've got a lot -- you know we started this years ago. we had a smaller number of people and we had a lot of people that could do it. now, i was listening before. we have over 1 million people on the watch list, and it really just turns out to be how many assets we have. and we have to be able to fund our law enforcement and our intelligence services to be able to track these people around the world, and w

but he's in sydney, australia if you're so inclined. this next story might boost your fate in humanity. good samaritan came out of the blue and helped a glasco delaware woman with disability, pay her grocery bill. fifty year old lynn read has had a string of bad luck recently. her mother and fiancee are both sick, and she says she's been dealing with her own health issues. well yesterday, when she went to pay for her grocery she realized she had forgotten her wallet. while in tears on the phone with her fiancee she says she felt someone touch her shoulder, read says total stranger offered to pay her entire bill. >> and then after i screened my coupons came to 98.47. and she is like don't worry about it. she goes i have this for you. and then oh, i also asked her if i could transfer, ya, but she -- >> she said she tried to get the woman's name so she could pay her back. she said the woman declined saying she was just doing it to help her out. new jersey governor chris christie his state-of-the-state address all eyes on that, are saying w