-- the abduction? the car was on the play to the airport and it was stopped by armed men riding motorbikes. they took control of the car and they pulled the people out of the car and put her into a taxi. that is what we know as we speak. they also attempted to abduct another human vehicle, but this operation failed. >> do you have any indication of who the armed men are? collects at this time, we do not have any idea. -- >> at this time, we do not have any idea. the central african authorities are in charge of the country. but we also assure the security of our staff. we are here to help them and to see the outcome of this incident. >> minusca took over this past fall in the country. what are the main focal points of the team there? >> regarding the incident or -- collect no, just -- >> regarding the incident, we are working to resolve it. we are working to create conditions for social justice. we are working for a democratically elected government. we need direct contact with population to see how we

the extremists attacked yazidi villages in northern iraq last august and abducted several thousand people. they insist yazidis worship the devil. the senior kurdish official says the militants likely freed the captives because keeping elderly yazidi men and women became too much of a burden. it is unknown whether the remaining several thousand people will be let go. islamic state militants claim that they have sold the yazidi women and girls as slaves. >>> troops from chad arrived in neighboring cameroon on sunday to help fight the islamist group boko haram. officials in cameroon asked chad to take part in a joint military operation in areas along the border. chadean president idriss deby called on other african nations to unite to fight the growing threat. >> translator: we cannot be indifferent to what is going on. because we are directly concerned. and we believe cameroon must not be left to face boko haram on its own. >> members of boko haram attacked a town in northern cameroon early on sunday. they kidnapped dozens of people including 50 children. it's the latest in a series of rece

confirmed a female employee kidnapped in the central african republic has been freed. men abductedo win from a than -- the woman from a van taking workers to work. they were detained reportedly by anti-u.n. militia angry at the u.n. for detaining one of their leaders. >> the united nations announced that a female worker was set free. she had been kidnapped by gunmen tuesday morning in the capital of the central african republic. >> she was going to report to work and the car was stopped by armed men riding motorbikes. then they took control of the car. they took the police out of the car, put them in a taxi. >> the abduction came only a day after attackers sezied two eight workers from a humanitarian ngo, a 67-year-old frenchwoman and her african colleague who are still being held hostage. neighbors from her hometown were shocked. >> it really shook us up. she was so kind. >> she is kind and just a lovely person. >> the mostly christian militia are thought to be responsible for both kidnappings. the michelin -- militia demanded the release of their leader, who was arrested by u.n.

the case. and he was looked at early in jacob wetterling's abduction. e was arrested and convicted of sexually assaulting four boys. and what we're trying to do now is connect him to both jared's case and to st. joseph. >> the difference between what a blogger can do and what we do, the blogger can speculate. but in order to get -- to prove it, we have to add fact. >> we need to go back. you know, was it the same guy on all of them? we don't know. ♪ it's not just going back to the beginning and looking at it the same way you looked at it in 1989 or 1990. it's going back to the beginning and looking at it through what we know now. what we know now is more than what we knew then. >> a lot of those individuals have been talked to back in 1989, to relook at them is never a bad thing. >> we're really encouraging people to come forward and share, because we're really trying to piece this together. if the right people come forward, i think we can get this figured out. i really do. >> i think it's so important for the wetterlings to know at least something about

. >>> after the abduction and murder of h hanna graham requiring college campus police to notify prosecutors within 48 hours of a sexual assault report the parents of morgan harrington are pushing for it, their daughter was abducted from the uva campus and found dead back in 09 and after graham's alleged abductor jesse matthew was found this past fall, court records show a dna connection between him and harrington, he was investigated but never charged at two virginia colleges back in the early part of this century. >> i think that we reached a tipping point i think there's been such a high level of incidents at such a critical mass of tragedy that people are outraged and they want to change some parts of the system that they see a problem with to prevent further crime. >> the bill would require public campus police departments to alert prosecutors two days after sexual assault. >>> talking about the fourth year of a dramatic drop off in crime. >> scott broom's got the details. >> reporter: in prince george's county where leaders say a of 40% in the homicide rate alone is proof that communit

the abduction of the other hostage of yukawa first came to light in august. he was detained by militants with islamic state. he's throughout to run a private military company and travel frequently to syria and other middle eastern countries. a man who appeared to be him posted pictures on facebook of his activities in iraq and syria. he made his last update in july. sources with anti-government sources say that's when they take him to a battlefield. he got separated about 35 kilometers from the city of aleppo. negotiations to free limb were held, but not during the last month because of intense fighting. nhk world's editor in chief knows one of the captives she shared her story earlier with gene otani. >> you and i both know kenji kenji goto. >> i've known him for decades. people close to kenji haven't known his whereabouts since last october. this disturbing image is genuine, this is the first proof in months that he is still alive. it breaks my heart to see him in this horrific situation. but it offers some hope. >> he has contributed a number of reports to

the gun turned out to be a replica of a nine millimeter pistol. >> jesse matthew, charged in the uva abduction of hannah graham, was in court today. the judge turned out a request on a gag order for the lawyers. that charge stems from a 2005 sexual assault. >> the d.c. government taking heat for its response to this week's storm. residents say trash has not been collected yet in the streets have not been cleared. some commuters were stranded after metro canceled bus services. let's see how things are shaping up this evening. no storm to contend with. what is it that you are watching bob? >> dry pavement, but just the rush-hour flow on i-95. heaviest doors -- heaviest towards lorton. just a little bit of a bottleneck. all lanes open. 270 northbound through montgomery village off and on into clarksburg. the inner loop from tysons, not as bad. through bethesda and silver spring, heavy and slow. same with 66 most of the way through centreville. no incidents on the way. the cameras on the beltway at connecticut avenue, brake lights on the inner loop side. not unusual. all lanes open. 95, dale city,

the court found that was guilty of planning and finance thing the abduction in june. the bodies of i.l. were found in a field near the city. more details from jerusalem. >> upon reading the verdict, the judge stateses this one of the worst cases of kid happening and murder, in israel's history. it also said that it let to an influence a great influence on the security situation here now, of course, he was accused convicted of financing and planning the kidnapping of the three teenagers and murder, they were found buried in a plot of land that he owns in the occupied west bank and what prompted this in the end the massive incursion on the israeli army in the occupied west bank, all of hamas' leadership there also raiding many villages many homes it calls incredible tension during the period over the summer, hamas also increased it's robert fire, and of course we then saw the gaza war take place in july, so certainly, a whole chain of events one that can say escalated tensions on the ground here, so now a verdict, by the courts three life sentences. >> well, the 50 peopl

the abduction of the other hostage, haruna yukawa first came to light last august. the video was posted on youtube appearing to show him being detained by militants with islamic state. yukawa is thought to run a private military company and travel frequently to syria and other middle eastern countries. a man who appeared to be him posted pictures on facebook of his activities in iraq and syria. he made his last update in july. sources with anti-government forces in syria say that's when yukawa asked them to take him to a battlefield. they say he got separated from their men during a fight about 35 kilometers from the city of aleppo. the sources say negotiations to free him were held but not during the last month, because of intense fighting. nhk world's editor in chief joins me now in the studio. miki you and i both know kenji goto in person. >> yes, and i've known kenji for almost two decades. we both have been covering conflicts and wars disasters around the world. people close to kenji haven't known his whereabouts since last october. and this disturbing image i

he's charged with the abduction of uva student hannah graham. her body was found in a wooded area where she was last found. math new is also linked to the -- matthew is also linked to the murder of virginia tech student virginia harrington. >>> in september bob mcdonnell was convicted on 11 counts of corruption in his trial. >> peggy fox covered the trial. she's back in rich richmond -- richmond now. how much time do you think he'll get? >> reporter: well, a former federal prosecutor thinks bob mcdonnell will receive between six and nine years behind bars. the federal probation officers recommends mcdonnell receive no less than 10 year and up to 12 1/2 years behind bars, but mcdonnell's attorneys are requesting the judge forego prison time and sentence the former governor to 6,000 hours of community service instead. his sisters tell me that they believe their brother could do a lot of good at several nonprofit organizations and supporters have written some 400 letters to judge jail spencer asking for leniency many requesting no jail time for bob

he's also charged in the abduction of u.v.a. student hannah graham. her body was found in october and today in court, matthews' attorney suggested it's likely he will also face murder charges there. but the attorney did not elaborate. we're waiting for a big decision from the u.s. olympic committee board of directors. at this hour the board is meeting in denver it's expected to reveal which of four cities had will put forth as its candidates to host the 2024 olympic games. washington, d.c. is a candidate along with boston los angeles and san francisco. a formal announcement will be made tomorrow morning in the winning city. the announcement is part of a 31-month bid process. it ends in september of 2017 when the international committee will decide which city will host the olympic games. two brothers are some of the most wanted men in france tonight. they're accused of yesterday's terror attack on a newspaper in paris that killed a dozen people. senior political reporter scott thuman is in the newsroom with what we're learning about the search. scott? >

the man who play in the abduction and murder of three is really teenagers have been jailed for life. ourt in jerusalem handed down three life sentences to hossam qawasme for the killing of eyal yifrach, gilad shaer, and naftali raenkel. their deaths sparked an escalation in violence that led to this summer's war in gaza. we are in jerusalem and and we hear now on how the families of the boys reacted. >> the father of one of the jewish teenagers that was killed he expressed relief. he said the law should punish the killers with all severity. as we know, hossam qawasme was sentenced to three life sentences today after he was convicted last week for the planning and financing of the kidnapping and killing of three jewish teenagers outside an israeli settlement in the west bank. hossam qawasme was convicted of receiving money from hamas, something around $50,000 that was used to buy weapons and to dairy the victims. as we all know on june 12, three israeli teenagers went missing in the occupied palestinian territories near a settlement. 18 days later, their bodies were found dairy in a la

even when there was the abduction of more than 200 girls, goodluck jonathan did not travel in the region. he wanted to meet soldiers and talk to them, but only for a few hours. it is a good sign. on the other hand, we cannot expect the situation will change. >> on the story for us in nigeria. thank you very much. on thursday, pope francis condemned any form of killing in the name of god. but the pontiff also said that freedom of speech does not mean that one can make fun of faith. >> the head of the catholic church was speaking on his way to the philippines on the second leg of his asian tour. this is the first visit by a pope to the country in 20 years. >> bells tolled throughout the country while thousands waited to catch a glimpse. even the weather put on a show for the arrival of pope francis in manila. the crowd put on a rockstar welcome for frances. eight out of 10 filipinos are roman catholic. many waited hours to see their pope drive by. >> i did not see him much, but knowing he is here in the area, it is really great to see the pope. >> it will inspire a lot of good people. thro

a group with ties to isis says the siege tuesday was to avenge the abduction by american commandos ofoperative. >>> officials say they'll continue to search for victims of airasia flight 8501 for another week. yesterday the military announced it would halt efforts to raze the plane's fuselage amid bad weather. 70 bodies have been recovered but 126 were aboard when it crashed. >>> the man who crashed a plane, a drone, rather, on the white house grounds, works for a u.s. spy agency. the man was reportedly drunk and offduty when he lost control of the drone monday. the national geospatial intelligence agency says he turned himself in hours after the incident. >>> and a surprising discovery about that big asteroid that flew by the earth. nasa says the first images of the asteroid shows it has its own moon. the asteroid itself measured more than 1,000 feet across. its moon is only 230 feet wide. a canadian astronaut called the discovery strangely delightful. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update after the blizzard aftermath. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out

he is charged in the 2005 sex assault and attempted murder case in fairfax county as well as the abduction of uva student hannah graham. graham's body was found in october in albemarle county. the murder charges, when they are filed, will be filed out of albemarle county. >> would you go to community college if it were free? in an announcement recorded on air force one and posted to facebook, president obama proposed a plan to make community college free for, quote, everybody who is willing to work for it. now, it's not clear what that means exactly or where the funding will come from. however, a formal announcement is expected tomorrow. >> well, after the president landed, he made an unscheduled visit to the french embassy. there the president gave his condolences for the terror attack that killed 12 people in paris. the president wrote, quote, the u.s. stands united with our french brothers to assure justice is done and our way of life is defended. the president says that terror is no match for freedom. and in paris tonight, two suspected gunmen are on the loose. police s.w.a.t. teams ba

a group with ties to isis says the siege tuesday was to avenge the abduction by american commandos ofoperative. >>> officials say they'll continue to search for victims of airasia flight 8501 for another week. yesterday the military announced it would halt efforts to raze the plane's fuselage amid bad weather. 70 bodies have been recovered but 126 were aboard when it crashed. >>> the man who crashed a plane, a drone, rather, on the white house grounds, works for a u.s. spy agency. the man was reportedly drunk and offduty when he lost control of the drone monday. the national geospatial intelligence agency says he turned himself in hours after the incident. >>> and a surprising discovery about that big asteroid that flew by the earth. nasa says the first images of the asteroid shows it has its own moon. the asteroid itself measured more than 1,000 feet across. its moon is only 230 feet wide. a canadian astronaut called the discovery strangely delightful. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update after the blizzard aftermath. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out

. >> reporter: to a certain extent, the abduction and the presumed killing of the students has overshadowed this visit. as the two leaders met in the west wing, protests from a very vocal group. protests all over mexico in the past months as the 43 students were presumed abducted by local law enforcement officials in mexico and presumed perhaps with the knowledge of the federal initials and that's the allegation, and it has wracked mexico and it's politics, sending the president's approval ratings to the lowest of a mexican leader in two decades. president obama sat in the oval office with his mexican counter participate, and the president spoke briefly about the controversy surrounding the students. >> our commitment is to be a friendly supporter of mexico in its efforts to eliminate the scourge of violence and the drug cartels that are responsible for so much tragedy inside of mexico, and we want to be a good partner in that process. realizing that ultimately, it will be up to mexico and it's law enforcement to carry out key decisions that need to be made. >> now, $2 billion has been sent

an arrest in connection with the abduction and apparent murder of 43 college students in mexico. authorities there say they apprehended the leader of a mexican organized crime ring believed responsible for the incident nearly four months ago. federal mexican authorities say local officials were cooperating with the crime group. burned remains of only one of the students have been identified thus far. parents of some of the missing students remain convinced that they are still alive. police in north miami have suspended a sniper training program after it was revealed that they used old mugshots of black suspects during target practice. north miami beach's police chief says that none of the department's policies were violated and that no disciplinary action will be taken. the city says photos of whites hispanics and even osama bin laden were also used. the story came to light after a member of the national guard saw a bullet-riddled picture of her brother at the gun range. there were mixed attitudes toward police in a new nationwide survey. nearly 75% of those polled say they approv

nothing wrong. >> it's believed the attack on bu yanaya near ramida, was an attempt to recover the girls abducted by islamic state of iraq and the levant. the girls some as young as 10 had been raped and forced to the i.s.i.l. cause. but it was that attempt that prompted the u.s. to join the force against i.s.i.l. in september. and yazidi fighters have also since joined the battle, joined up with peshmerga force he in the u.s. together they will force i.s.i.l. fighters out of rabia. but this has exposed contraction in their campaign. >> we will make sure we know who the perpetrators are because we condemn what they did. >> arab towns say since i.s.i.l. was chased out they have been under siege and suspicion of the doamentdominatedoamentdominant forces. >> against the attack on the arab town of bu hania. to fight oforce like i.s.i.l. they can't fight alone. they need to act together. erica wood, al jazeera. >> we have a lot more to come. we go to court in eastern africa and see the taliban's justice in action. plus. >> cities putting a living wage in place ten years ago we look at the lessons lear

. >> now it began when the presidential administration concerned that after the abduction by the houthiel movement more officials could be detained. narrated some security measures road blocks and they have their own check point system and been here for months didn't like that. clashes broke out and we don't know who started them. it resulted in an hour-long artillery jewel around the presidential administration itself a building which cabinet minister told me if you control that, you basically control the country. residential buildings caught up and the death toll as high as nine dead and dozens injured by seize fire was always mooted from the start. talks faltered when the prime minister left that meeting, he actually had found his convoy attacks, so did the houthi envoy unclear who the gunmen were. the ad minister said they have been taken over by the houthi and the guns fell silent about 4:30 in the afternoon. spore sporadic gunfire heard and heavy lifting needs to be done now. many sides are meeting in closed door discussions. there are suggestions they want to make it more amicabl

alert will include important details about the child such as a photo, description, location of the abductiony other available information that can be provided to the public to aid in the search. >> reporter:people will also have ato-date information about the case and importantly, will be able to share the alert with friends - a feature no other system offers. >> security, trust & safety manager >> reporter:gsk4n >> pam: later in this broadcast: mayor lee has a pre-school program. that parents need >> pam: plus: certain crib mattresses pulled from store shelves. >> pam: we'll show you. if yours are safe. and this dog is no stranger to a city bus. but there's someone important missing along her route. my whole life, i didn't have health insurance because it was too expensive. as a professional dancer, i tend to beat up my body a lot and having health insurance is a priority for me. it's a relief to be able to keep the same doctor. i was born with a back condition that required surgery. i'm paying a fraction of what i used to pay. even with my back issues, i'm able to afford health insurance.

he handled the case, he told the country it was time to move beyond the case just weeks after the abductiond also took him what a month to meet with the families. you wonder if any good that he does is overshadows by the way he has handled this. >> well, i think some people would refer to tone deafness, that occurred certainly in delaying a response, or trying to minimize it hoping that perhaps it would blow over, these are long standing issues. we have to emphasize they didn't start with him, they aren't going to end when he leaves office. they are very difficult they go to the issue of rule of law both at the federal and state and local level at the same time they do have to be addressed and a way to cooperate to make sure that they are. whether or not they overshadow the reform agenda i think we can't know the benefits of the reform really is to accrue for some time yet and so we will have to wait against the progress in p the security as well. >> okay, appreciate it, from washington he is the vice president of the council of the members thank you. >> one of the three al jazeera journali

the abducted nigeria girls. >> if you take 200 girls from detroit, you will end up being a hostage. we don't take that. >> the ferry crash near south korea. >> the hostage standoff in australia. terrorist slaughter of children in pakistan and the clash with palestinians and israelis. >> this seems like a conflict that is never ending. >> best new guy shaping up the old world scene? pope francis kept the world guessing with the issues with divorce and lgbt rights. he demoted a bishop who was critical of him. >> i love the pope. what an amazing guy. he is like a real person. thank you, pope. thank you. i'm not going to convert, but i really think you're doing a great job. >> he actually sold two of his motorcycles for the hungry. he's different. he really is. >> he's way, way, way more liberal and out there than any pope i have seen in my lifetime. >> back in the states, there were plenty of big, bad stories. school shootings, sex abuse scandals. a massive mudslide. but the worst unexpected headline ebola. appearing for the first time on american shores. >> oh, everybody was scared rid

. >> mexico president enreway enrique peÑa nieto has been maligned in the abduction and suspected killingof 43 students. >> reporter: it's early saturday morning, and jorge opens up his tortilla shop. for three decades he has been making tortillas. while his business is located in the wealthier area, he barely earned $300 a month. with customers buying fewer tortillas than ever, life is getting harder. >> the minimum wage is about $4.50 a day. the minimum wage is not enough. >> with sluggish growth and a weakened peso, jorge and other mexicans say their country needs an economic boost. it's a message mexican president enrique peÑa nieto will bring to washington when he mets with president obama. but it could take a backseat to a more pressing issue. >> reporter: the meeting comes at a crucial point in president pena nieto's career. his popularity has dropped to 40%, the lowest approval for a mexican president in nearly two decades. when the leaders met in early 2014 the u.s. praised mexico's energy reforms and the capture of drug bosses. expectations that many nieto would surgeoner in pro

we saw last year after the abduction of the girls how some countries from the west contributed troops equipment to deal with the problem. unfortunately seven months after we have not seen any tangible results in rescuing these girls. now the united states and united kingdom are talking about looking at the possibility of intervening to bring the problem to an end. it's more of a global problem, because more and more countries are becoming more threatened. so it's like other groupings from different parts of the world are taking their own initiatives to try to address the problem. unfortunately or fortunately we don't know how much of that will be appreciated by people. because here in these parts of the world, people are suspicious of the presence of foreign troops on their soil. >> all right. thanks so much for that. >>> let's bring you breaking news coming into us here. we're getting a line that the icc prosecutor is launching a preliminary probe we're told into possible war crimes in palestinian territories. the icc prosecutor launching a preliminary probe into possible war crimes

the abducted men were working to support their families in egypt >>> the family of a libyan-al qaeda suspect who died in the u.s. days before trial is accusing washington of neglecting his health. abu anas al-liby was accused of being involved in the bombing of the u.s. embassies. he was captured by u.s. troops in tripoli in 2013 >>> bad weather is preventing divers from reaching the wreckage of the airasia that crashed into the java sea on sunday. 32 bodies have been recovered. and safe teams say they found another large object on the seabed. indonesia's weather agency says bad weather is likely to be a major factor. indonesia's transport minister threatened to ground the airline because the plane shouldn't have been in the airat all >>> even before the cause of the crash on december 20th is known, it has been barred from flying between the indonesian city of surabaya and singapore. the airline is found to have been operating the flight that went down without a proper licence. it does not draw sanctions. >> air traffic control have conversations. the airport and airasia and other ai

he's also charged in charlottesville in the abduction of uva student, hannah graham. coming up tonight on news4 at 6:00 julie carey explains why the judge ruled the way he did. >>> it's been rough for just about anyone out in this cold. >> and right now at 5:00 a winter weather rescue. one dog ending up in a life-threatening situation, just taking a daily walk. >>> plus raising the speed for reckless driving. why some are calling this move simply common sense. >> reporter: after being killed pitbull, animal control experts are saying this isn't as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. don't miss your last chance to get $300 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a 2-year agreement and get $300 back. just call 1.888.774.4418 today. >>> right now at 5:30 seize not a victim she's a fighter. a woman is violently att

. >> i read about the abductions. >> you can be hit by lightning or struck by a meter too. >> i wasn't near a car and the cop asked where are my parents? >> the child lived a mile from this location. it's a great distance for a seven-year-old to travel without water or any nourishment around with him. we charged mr. arthur with reckless conduct. >> they put me in the back of the police car. >> this raises the question, who's child is it? the parents or the state's we want kids protected from abuse but don't parents get to decide if their own kids are mature enough to walk home on their own? >> to think that a child let alone parents sometimes make really good judgments when they are in a situation that they cannot predict? >> that's how they learn good judgments. >> if a child is not at the age where they can supervisore another they should not be supervising themselves. you can get money from parents by making them nervous. >> this company sells tracking devices. >> if they go outside the boundary you will receive a text alert. >> reporter: the device is locked on to your child. >> ma

there had been false leads over the years but last february police named imprisoned child sex offender lloyd lee welch as a person of interest in their abduction. that led police to this patch of land which once belonged to the welch family. sources say investigators believe the girls are buried here. a possibility whichrifies life long neighbors. >> my mind won't even go there what their family went through. >> never thought that maybe a predator had passed through. >> searches last fall came up empty. so in addition to searching these new spots for evidence which would allow charges to be filed, the local commonwealth's attorney is once again appealing for information from neighbors and from members of the welch family who have so far, according to sources, stonewalled investigators. >> please come forward. you're not just helping law enforcement do its job, you're helping a mother and father have some peace. >> right now, this dig is scheduled to last two days but the bedford county sheriff says even this investigation is low on budget, he won't stop until this case is solved. on taylor's mountain brad bell, abc 7 news. >> coming up on abc

>> well unfortunately, the incident that happened isn't an isolated incident. abductions haram have been a consistent feature of the conflict. in november, more than 100 people were kidnapped by boko haram in northeastern nigeria and we saw further kidnappings at the end of december of last year. so really this problem is still going on and more needs to be done to end the abductions. >> and you have to point a finger at the government not doing enough? >> we've already seen the government say that it wants to launch an operation to take back bagr. however, boko haram remains in control of more than 20 major towns in northeastern nigeria, and only a few of those towns were recaptured later by the government. so really more needs to be done. >> daniel thanks very much. daniel eyre from amnesty international. >>> indonesian officials have recovered the flight data recorder from the air asia plane that plunged into the java sea last month. that's the latest step forward in trying to work out what caused the crash. the cockpit voice recorder has also been located, but it's st

area the alert will include important details about the child in full description location and of the abduction was missing in the community people who use facebook has been using the platform to share this information with their friends and family what we want to do with this new distribution system is to get this information out to more people in the community in the hope that somebody will know something sure that information and the child will be brought home. >>mark: the struggle for civil rights in this country he and others have formed a team to help raise thousand of dollars to allow students to see the movie cellmark for free is based on the 1965 montgomery march led by dr. martin luther king jr. in starting today through next monday and is to the middle or high school prayer breakfast the the id card at this wedding there is a different ticket to the movies. they should go the there is no other way to get a full understanding of what the civil rights movement was all about and a particular the role played in some cases by lyndon johnson marled the king jr. and the whole host of ordina

it is believed they were looking by some of the women and girls abducted in august. e peshmerga say they weren't told about plans to attack the town. >> reporter: when around 20 armed yazidis stormed this arab town on wednesday, it caused panic. several men were killed and women and girls were taken away. many escaped to surrounding towns for safety. but the raid has been condemned by high-ranking yazidis solders who say the attackers acted alone. >> translator: we found out three yazidis girls were abducted. and youth decides to storm the village and get the girls. condemn the attack. >> translator: they arrested my husband, the mayor of the village. we have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: it is believed it was an attempt to free yazidis women and girls abducted by isil forces. since august thousands have been taken from their home region. amnesty international says the girls some as young as ten have been raped, forced into sex slavery, and used as a way to tempt fighters to the isil cause. >> reporter: but it was that assault on the yazidis community that prompted

we don't know if the children in the photographs are the abducted children and forcibly recruited andced to train. they could be the children of boko haram militants. you will remember earlier this month there was suicide bomb attack where a girl thought to be as young as 10 years old was strapped with explosives and detonated by boko haram remotely. this seems in keeping with the way they have used young children in the past. it also coincides, this twitter account, with a ramping up of their media strategy and increase in production values they put into it. they released on thursday, the interview with the alleged spokesman with boko haram where he talks about why the group attacking bagr. that town was part of the islamic state in africa. i think we should be aware these new videos the production that has gone into them very much emulates what isis is doing in iraq and syria. you just have to hope that at the moment this is simply a matter of monitoring the mode of operation. >> diana magnay troubling images in nigeria. >>> all right. 54 minutes past the hour. i have some good news

what jesse matthews' attorney said in court today regarding the possibility of more charges in the abduction of the u.v.a. student hannah graham. >> how the cold weather is causing problems inside some homes. the news at 6:00 starts now! >> we're dealing with another day of bitter cold and wind chill. the cold weather prompted fairfax county prince william county and loudoun county public schools to announce a two-hour delay tomorrow. and schools in faquier county will open one hour late. you can find the full list of delays and closures on wjla.com. and now, chief meteorologist doug hill is here to tell us when a little relief is on the way. doug? >> hey >> hey maureen. tomorrow relief in the upper 30's for one day. from my 7 weather center here in arlington, farther north and west to the teens already. 12 to 18 degrees and forecast overnight temperatures and running between 10 and 13 degrees. over last night and this morning. through the overnight, there you see the tracking of temperatures with a little increase in cloudiness. 12 to 18 degrees. the air temperature range and then as we hea

the gangs were blamed for the abduction and killing of 43 students. >> our commitment is to be a friend and supporter of mexico in its efforts to eliminate the scourge of violence and drug cartels that are responsible for tragedy inside of mexico. we want to be a good partner in the progress. >> today's meeting comes two months after the executive action of the president delaying immigration for millions of migrants. thousands of unaccompanied children turned up on the doorstep earlier. heidi zhou-castro is at the border in texas. >> good evening. just behind the border fence is a city where migrants that travelled hundreds of miles rest you have for the final leg of their journey, to cross to the united states. few are coming. border apprehensions has dropped by 60% since the peak over the summer. we went back to the other side of the border it find out why. >> reporter: they accompany him in photos. the wife and daughter of this man live 150 miles away in corpus christy, texas. until five months ago the three shared a live. he had been a pastor at a church for men recovering from drug

had a public defender, and he said, look, he said, they're going to try to give you 20 years for the abduction, 20 years for the kidnapping and 20 years for the attempted rape. i said, okay, and i took the plea bargain. >> since his return home to charleston, mayberry has had arrests for failing to reregister as a sex offender, and that's what's led to his latest arrest as well. >> i didn't know about a sex offender has to register and not live by churches and couldn't go to shelters and stuff like that. i didn't know nothing about all of that. >> mayberry says bouts with homelessness and periods off his medication have led to his failure to keep current with the sex offender registry. he is now awaiting a court hearing to find out if this latest violation will result in additional time in jail or prison. >> i would die rather than go back to prison. i mean, my heart's right with god. >>> coming up -- >> i'm not going to be okay. i'm going to keep passing out here until i get up there or somewhere else somewhere. >> william jarrett's struggles in protective custody continue. give you 37-thousa

matthew was charged with the abduction of uva student hannah graham as well as the sexual assault ofg9 a woman from fairfax. >>> gambling executives at maryland's two largest casinoerize betting -- casinos are betting on their plan to add more table games. they'll take their proposal to the gaming commission this week. the plan will be to get rid of 300 slot machines at each facility. >> on our busiest night which is new year's eve at any given time on the casino floor there were 1200 slot machines not being played. at the same time if you're on the casino floor looking for table games open seats, you would have had a hard time finding one. >> the casino bosses say more table games would be more jobs too. at least 100 more for maryland live alone. >>> president obama became the first u.s. leader today to participate in india's annual republican day festivities. the event in new delhi celebrates the country's adoption of its democratic institution in 1950. indiana is looking to improve its ties with the u.s. >>> the anger grows over huge fees and fines on the expressway. now a congressm

it was nine months ago that the #bringourgirlshome drew the world's attention to the group's abductionsome 270 schoolgirls, most of whom remain unaccounted for. human rights watch spoke to one woman kidnapped by the group who later escaped. >> i was forced to carry their bullets. they want me to kill the first man, i wish shaking and i fell down on the ground. >> >> well, for more we're joined by three guests. adotei akwei is managing director of government relations for amnesty international usa. in washington d.c., rona peligal is deputy director of africa division or human rights watch. she edited their report, "those terrible weeks in their camp: boko haram violence against women and girls in northeast nigeria." and joining us by democracy now! video stream, horace campbell is professor of african american studies and political science at syracuse university. he has written extensively on african politics, including the article, "the menace of boko haram and fundamentalism in nigeria." he is working on a book about u.s. militarism and african independence. welcome all of you to dem

a siege on the government in yemen by houthi rebels there and a very confusing situation after the abductionf a high government figure, the chief of staff. at this time, krb is learning that the yemeni government has resigned. the prime minister and cabinet in its entirety. there's been a lot of pressure on this government and the constitution by those who basically thought their way in in what was being called by the government a coup. nick payton walsh is live in yemen right now. obviously, this is critical. this is a, albeit an ally, an ally of the united states. we have several hundred staff members inside the american embassy in saana. what does this mean for this government, for that president, and who's in control? >> reporter: it seems as though the last of the government's control are slipping away from under it. president hadi is still president, but he agreed to this lengthy series with the houthi rebels. now this resignation of the prime minister and his entire cabinet as confirmed by a yemeni government spokesperson which purports to be outlining the reasons for the resignation.

her son-in-law, who witnesses the abduction, calls 911. ithin minutes, plano police officer koy clements has located the truck and is in hot pursuit. >> i had never chased an 18-wheeler before. and not realizing that even if you disable nearly every tire, it's not going to stop. >> police try stop sticks, spikes designed to puncture the tires. but they have little effect. the big rig keeps on rolling. >> i was only taking out the front tires. it didn't disable the drive tires and the truck didn't slow down at all. >> meanwhile, inside the cab christie is doing her best to calm her abductor who is angry and agitated and still holding a gun to her head. >> my daddy used to say that i could talk a fence into surrendering. and i just figured the best thing to do is just keep a conversation going and ask him whatever. keep his mind off of doing anything crazy. >> jones has a sea of police in tow, but no real destination. he directs christie to keep driving. thanks to local news coverage, christie's abduction is now drawing hundreds of people to

mubarak's release and condemned the abduction and this really show i think, how increasing my powerful the movement here feel they are. in the past months they have gained in momentum across the country taking a lot of territory in the last few months moving into the capital itself. we see their checkpoints on the main roads here. their opponents are the presidential administration. what's left of the government here and the sunni tribes and other groups here even includes al qaeda as well. al qaeda often attacked them in yemen. yemen in a lengthy civil conflict. it's a mess. it's nothing that's going to be calmed by this escalating move by them today. and it really shows how little executive power is left of government here have. there's an economic collapse coming here soon. >> as it pertains to this chief of staff, was he at home? was he at you know public building? do we know much about the circumstances? what was the opening that made it so easy for him to be kidnapped? >> we don't have precise details of the location where this happened but obviously something like this you need

. >> a possible breakthrough in the search for two sisters abduction from -- abducted from the whaeatoheaton plaza mall nearly 40 years ago. >> the fbi agents and share staff pities bedford county are on this hillside, actively digging. they first came here in september. a did not find anything but now new leads have brought them to this specific spot. they are on their hands and knees in the rain and mud, looking to solve a 40-year-old mystery. the sheriff of bedford county says that new leads point them to the specific spots. >> the unit will process the forensic dig. >> sheila and catherine lyon vanished from the mall in 1975. last february, the police named and imprisoned sex offender lloyd lee welch and thereabout in. that led the police to this patch of land that belonged to the welch family. sources say investigators believe the girls are buried here. a possibility which horrified lifelong neighbors. >> my mind won't even go to what the family went through. you got out and played all over the neighborhood it never thought that a predator pass through. >> searches last fall came up emp

and then he described, he wants full capability, fine motor control he wants to flex at the wrist, elbow abduct, flex at the shoulder, fully autonomous completely self-contained, caring its own power, and be done in two years. >> makes you appreciate how complicated the arm is. >> i'm happy to say that we delivered on something that i think they were excited about. we made a second generation and we now have them on about 30 soldiers. [applause] >> have you got to meet with the people using them? >> oh, yes, and it is astounding. but the most astounding thing to me, i don't know what our backgrounds are, but the rest of my life is mostly medical equipment, and no matter who you put it on, people have had an issue, they need their artificial organs, they need dialysis. people inevitably feel like victims. they feel entitled. they feel, as i would, afraid and sorry for themselves. they could be 90 and they need then the replace so they can play tennis. these young people put these arms on and without exception they think they -- sit there, thanking you. i have never seen a group of people so comm