i think the l.a. superintendent did the right thing, taking the extra precaution of shutting down the schools until we got better information about what this is. this happens actually more frequently than we would like to. oftentimes a bomb hoax. we also know the terrorists would like to basically disrupt things by hoaxes. we saw before the fourth of july last year airplanes that were grounded over hoaxes. so this is currently what the fbi and homeland are looking into is where did the threat come from. there has been some initial reporting that it may have come from an i.p. address out of germany. we are doing that attribution now back to possibly europe, where the source of this threat may have come from. >> congressman, will you be briefed as that kind of electronic investigation goes on today? will you be part of the group that the feds will advise on this? >> yes. i had a briefing actually on the issue of the visa issue to miss malik, san bernardino terrorist, and i'm sure in that discussion, this

the difference in l.a. they saw this through a different lens and the superintendent of schools decided that he would close down the school system for today. we had in the 1:00 p.m. hour the update from the superintendent of schools but also standing side by side with mayor of los angeles and charlie beck, the chief of the lapd saying it wasn't their decision to do this but they support the superintendent. i want to go to jim cavanaugh for some context on all of this. jim, this is a big deal for what we know now is 900 schools being shut down and the effort that needs to be placed in to sweeping these schools before they're reopened. so, if you're tasking a team, what do you say? >> it is broken down, thomas, into each individual school and you get the school administrators, teachers, maintenance staff, some uniformed officers and search and find out what's out of place, suspicious bags or packages, you know, you bring in bomb disposal officer. i did this so many times, i can't tell you how many times, grad

"the l.a. times" reports the threat involved explosive devices, pressure cookers, assault rifles, pistols. the person claimed to be a muslim extremiisextremist. they've been investigating this since 10:00 last night. can you confirm those things? >> i can confirm everything except the exact hour when they started investigating. >> you've read the e-mail. it's been characterized to us as one by the new york city police department as one that shows no knowledge of islam and no specifics that would lead people to believe this was an islamic extremist. from what you've read, what was your conclusion? >> well, there's no knowledge of islam reflected as there is in most isis and al qaeda pronouncements. it does use the word, allah, several times. in one case, not capitalizing the word allah. so you would expect that an extremist muslim or devout muslim would make that -- would be careful as they type the word allah. perhaps the most telling thing is that it's from a particular address and that address

now the "l.a. times" is right now reporting that the threat involved backpacks and packages left at campuses. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams joins me. we also have nbc's joe fryar who's in los angeles. pete, start with you here. obviously we heard the superintendent reference city police, local police. one would ask is the department of homeland security involved in this? would this require some federal involvement if the threat would require the closing of all public schools in los angeles. >> no, not necessarily. schools of course are notoriously among the most local of all government entities in america. they will undoubtedly ask for the fbi's help in trying to figure out where this communication came from. we understand it was an e-mail sent to a specific school board member. and it was the nature of the threat in the e-mail -- which we're not going to go into too much detail with our reporting for reaps i think are obvious. we don't want to encourage copycats here. but the fact that

not only is it the city of l.a. s you know the school district represents many independent cities, and we have reached out to them also. there are unincorporated areas in the school district that we have reached out to. i have roached out to the board of super visors. i have reached out to the city council. i have notified the state superintendant of schools. i have notified the secretary of education mainly because there are no secrets. somebody has sent information that leads us to pause and make sure that we are safe, that our children and our staff are safe. nobody could be more interested in this city than our mayor. our mayor and his staff, his staff has joined us early this morning and our mayor is here now and i would like to turn it over to him. >> thank you very much, mr. superintendant. the decision to close schools is not mine to make but support. since san bernardino, our colleagues there who asked for the help from the los angeles police department when the shooting was reported. this morning, we are he

next hour, we are expecting the l.a. school officials to give us the second update in the last hour and a half to let us know who this threat is from, and how it is detailed and how long it will last? but make no mistake operationally to clear this threat and the clearing of 900 schools which unspecifically have been targeted could take a very long time indeed, and it could be exhaustive. i want to read for you something that has come out of the other coast now. out of new york now, we are hearing that the new york police department is investigating what it says it believes to be a h x hoax. a hoax in the way of an e-mail that went to the superintendent in the new york city school system, apparently receiving an e-mail similar and i will quote almost exact ly the same one a that was received by other locals specifically the los angeles area. that is what the police commissioner in new york bill brattin is saying at this time, and he is saying that the police are not considering the new york threat sent to the new york sch

no word when they may reopen only the l.a. unified school district says the schools will open when they are satisfied they are completely safe. l.a. police chief charlie beck said the threat in the email late last night was specific to all campuses in the l.a. school district. the imply threat involved explosives devices. a specific threat was shooting attack with the use of assault rifles and machine pistols as a result. we know 900 public schools, over 1000 if you include charter schools were closed. 640,000 students told to stay home. some of the students already had gone to school and had to be taken home after this announcement was made. they say the email to the l.a. school district came from an i.p. address that wept back to frankfurt, germany, but the police chief says he believes the origin was much closer and not in europe. as david just mentioned the new york superintendent of schools also received a very similar email. however, it was dismissed as a hoax. and that is exactly what new york police commissioner bill br

the l.a. unified school district. >> let's go now to bernard parks the former los angeles police chief. thanks for being with us. are your sources telling you something that we have not already heard? >> no, i think this is so recent that there -- generally, things are basically being dealt with as we speak, and so i think the things that probably are not made public, it's just how specific the threat is, and what type of threat, and so the fact that they are going through this general search of all buildings and also likely the buses, i think they are looking for something very specific. i think if it's -- you know, we -- we have lived in an era of very general threats and i think the real key is going to be at what point does the school district and its police department feel as though they have been -- done all they could to ensure the safety because as you know, we have seen enough false threats that -- just recently in another city, individual made the false bomb threats, this could go on

the l.a. times saying a dispute at the party may have started the whole thing. we begin with jessica, who has been following the story all day. >> let's start with what's happening right now. there's just hours of terror unfolding and in multiple locations. all these locations are just a few mile uz part. happening right now is this neighborhood, tactical units are going door to door, literally officers with guns drawn, armored s.w.a.t. vehicles, methodically moving through the neighborhood. they have been focusing on a church, potentially some sort of tip. they are looking for that third gunmen. let's backtrack now, show you where it started. shots first started ringing out at 11:00, here at the inland regional center. this is the site of the mass shooting on south waterman. sheer horror. people trying to run as others barricaded themselves inside their offices. then, a short time later, word that three gunmen escaped in a black suv. for a few hours, it was just treating the wounded, trying to

that's what the l.a. mes was able to pick up by talking to half a dozen of his coworkers today. >> that is one of the scary aspects. what we've seen in the past is the ability to categoryize their lives. they have the ability to have this front for some people. it's almost trite when you hear about some horrific incident and you'll talk to a neighbor who said, he's always such a nice guy. i can't count the number of times i've seen that where some people you see something specific and then you have this ulterior motive, this alternate life almost where this other angle is being taken. you can see it with coworkers. you can see it with neighbors. can you see it with family directly. as you alluded to earlier with one of your previous guests here. it's possible his family is even unaware of that. >> we'll be back with more live coverage of the situation in san bernardino. we sent two women into a real guys night out to see if they could find the guy who uses just for men. it's me. no way. i had no clue. just

here's shep. >>> was the l.a. threat legit? >> i want every school searched so make sure it is safe. >> was that the right thing to do? this hour, we're digging deeper to find out why the officials in los angeles took this so seriously when officials in new york said essentially we're blowing it off. >> we do believe preliminary investigation that this is, in fact, a hoax. and investigated as such. >> this is, in fact, a hoax. the commissioner of new york says one particular clue was a big giveaway and there were others. so did los angeles overreact this morning? >> it is very easy in

there is new information coming into fox about a terrorist scare shutting down the l.a. school system. where did the threats originate? tonight, "on the record" is investigating an act this hour parents from coast to coast worrying as news spread as schools in other cities receive that same threat. some law enforcement agencies determining the threat was not credible but how do they know? what are they telling parents? "on the record" has live team coverage from los angeles to washington. kicking off with fox news adam housley live from los angeles. adam? >> we expect to hear from the superintendent here shortly in southern california. we are told that schools will reopen tomorrow after being closed today. it's been quite a almost 24 hours. last night at 10:00 is when the threat came. in they trace it back to web address or$ host in germany. that doesn't mean it came from there. it could have hopscotched around the internet. one way of describing it in layman's terms. then we are told that right away it had to be taken credible by not only l.a.p.d. but also federal author

this move comes as the l.a. area is reeling with the aftermath of a deadly terror attack in san bernardino, california. former california governor gray davis getting in the chair, joining us exclusively to discuss the threat of terror and today's false alarm and what it means for the future. >>> terror no doubt on the agenda in the presidential debate in las vegas. senator ted cruz prepares to defend himself which weakens the nsa's former data collection program. the host states handicap the action in vegas. >>> the recent terror attacks in paris, san bernardino and elsewhere opening up a reluctant but new market. terrorism insurance. how does it work when the enemy is overseas and hidden among us? insurance industry legend hank greenberg with us exclusively live. >>> and the federal reserve now two hours into the most highly anticipated rate decision meeting in more than a decade. are the markets rallying for race? the dow jones industrials jumping 203 points right this hour, climbing as we speak. less than 24 h

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changedou think it is at the l.a. times from when it was a daily newspaper to around-the-clock news cycle. particularly when new information is being contributed online. >> how that is infecting decision-making at the los angeles times, perhaps even about what constitutes a good sport these days. what may prevent speculation. >> i can talk a little bit about what happened on what the morning. somethinggly enough, was amiss in san bernardino -- it was a tweet the fire departments and tell they never was wanting to shooting that have up to 20 victims. most newsrooms now have someone constantly monitoring news on social media. you might hear something incorrectly follow up on it. the other night distance of a pilot was found dead in the first and -- indication was. you are and that you investigate. i thought immediately of that the number be right? i got up i walked to the floor and started having people well. we confirmed with the fire department that that was the information they had started listening to the police did

at least that's what the l.a. times was able to pick up by talking to half dozen of his co-workers today. >> yeah, that is one of the scary aspects of this. what we have seen in the past is the ability of some to simply categorize their lives. they have the ability to have this front for some people. it's almost trite when you hear about some horrific incident and talk to a neighbor who said, he was always such a nice guy. i can't count the number of times i have seen that. where for some people, you see something specific. and then you have this ulterior motive, this alternate life, almost, where this other angle is being taken. and you can see it with co-workers, neighbors, you can see it with family directly as you alluded to earlier with one of your previous guests here. it's possible his family is even unaware of that. >> we'll be back with more of our live coverage of the situation in san bernardino. the cold truth is, (coughing) you can't work from home when you're sick. you need real relief. alka-seltzer pl

the l.a. school system closing due to a security threat. our sharon eperson has the latest over at hq. sharon. >> yes, carl. we are looking at the nation's largest second largest school system here. the los angeles unified sool system cancelling classes after receiving what it called a "credible threat to students' safety." the threat was received in an e-mail message. it was broadly targeted at many schools. not just one or two locations. l.a. school police chief speaking at a news conference today explained where the school district took this action. >> in an abundance of caution as superintendent cortinaz has indicated, we have chosen to close our schools today until we can be absolutely sure that our campuses are safe. >> now, police and school officials plan to search schools and continue to evaluate the threat. the school has more than 640,000 students. we're talking about 900 schools that cover some 720 square miles. it is the second largest school district in the nation. parents have been asked to keep their children at home or to ge

whether it is specifically at the l.a. times or in a broader sphere, and what responsibility do they have, but also what rights do they have at the same time? >> that's a really fascinating question because it is something -- in my role, i run the homepage of the website at the l.a. times. but i started off as a traditional print reporter. i have covered beats, and i have learned a lot about data reporting. so, i think reporters in general have to be much more jack of all trades than they were ever. i know quite a bit of html and all sorts of stuff that you used to have to write down on a notepad and transcribed. if you're are good at writing, bonus. but i have to be in greatly -- incredibly careful about what i say. i don't share generally personal opinions. i think that it is important not to because even if i have a personal opinion, a strong one, i feel like i could still go and cover -- i cover the presidential campaign in 2000. this is who i traveled with. i tried with george bush, al gore, i spent six months of my li

he is the superintendent of l.a. ol district ramon cortines and it appears on early information, it was his call to shut down the schools in the l.a. unified district. let's listen to the police chief in los angeles, charlie beck. >> our best advice on moving forward. we were able to do that. the sprpuperintendent made a decision and we support his decision, as does the mayor. i would say this to people that are critical. it is very easy in hindsight to criticize the decision based on results that the decider could never have known. its is also very easy to criticize a decision when you no responsibility for the outcome of that decision. the school district safeguards three quarters of a million lives every day. when they make a decision, they have to take into account the safety of the children of los angeles. i think it's irresponsible to, based on facts that have yet to be determined, to criticize that decision at this point. all of us make tough choices. all of us have the same goal in mind. we want to keep our ki

the white house is apparently been in conversations with l.a. and the fbi.rying to get the update on what happened. do you think that the white house will start saying things? you scare people. do they ordinate it in a response. >> i get it. even if this was a hoax and big people sped up, we want to be productive here at remember what just happened recently. we are still under a persistent threat. i hope that washington handles it appropriately. we can all learn from this. new procedures will be put into place. you can help them sort this from real activity. >> back to l.a. the authorities are speaking there. i do not see a representative of the fbi. let's listen in. >> paint on past circumstances, i could not take the chance. as it relates to one student or our staff that serve our students. it is important that in the last four hours, this city, this community has come together on behalf of our students. our students that are in regular schools. our students that are in the charter schools that are authorized by this school board. we are taking all sorts o

in the l.a. school district. it is the nation's second largest school district with more than 640,000 students and 900 schools. new york city actually received the same threat but determined it was a hoax and mayor bill diblasio said he was absolutely convinced there is no danger to school children in new york. meanwhile, l.a. mayor eric garcetti said it is premature to make judgements. we're awaiting a press conference. the l.a. mayor expected to speak at that press conference. back to you. >> thank you so much. in the mean time, let's get a check of where we are on the markets. a big bounce back day for the markets ahead of the fed meeting tomorrow. the dow up is about 250 points, close to session highs right now, 1.4% is the gain. the s&p 500 up by 1.5%. right now, big movers that we're watching, pushing the dow higher today, goldman sachs, disney, boeing, exxonmobil. it would be up more today fit were not for 3-m. this, of course, after cutting guidance. we're seeing the oil picture. reboundin

decision to close the l.a. schools, quote, a significant overreaction. >>> the underpanel of ex -- experts accuses iran of breaching the nuclear deal. >>> i'm david foster, you are watching al jazeera, live from london. also in this program, los angeles closes all of its public schools over what is described as a credible threat. >>> saudi arabia announces a new anti-terror alliance to fight isil and other armed groups from mali to pakistan. >>> and a shaky ceasefire starts in yemen as the warring parties begin a week of peace talks in switzerland. ♪ >>> a missile test fired by iraq violated international rules. that is the message from the u.n. security council's panel of experts. despite that the agency praised iran for the way it has curtailed its nuclear program. the u.n. security council panel says it was a breach of the nuclear deal. let's go live to gabriel elizondo at the united nations. this was a missile test flight which the u.n. said could have carried a nuclear war head. it didn't, but the potential

bill bratton saying that the l.a. school district overreacted. this was not a credible threat. the fbi has told the school district it was not a serious threat. regardless, the superintendent says that he felt the threat was credible. more than 1000 of you, including the charter schools, 640,000 students to be exact. judging the whole system down. they will check all 900 schools. involving the detonation of backpacks and packages and so on. we pretty much have the same e-mail. it was riddled with mistakes. claiming to be ag hot. taking the name of all of. things that obviously would not have been done if the threat was real. in response, the l.a. school district holding a press conference just about a half hour ago. it is so easy for others to criticize when they have no responsibility for the outcome of that decision. certainly a lot a second guessing going on. they believe that was a credible threat. now, can they reopen tomorrow. this threat traced to an ip address, and internet protocol. it was believed to be a blank e-mail sent out. there are indications that it went to oth

>> reporter: interesting to note that the l.a. superintendent who made the call, ramon cortines, was a former superintendent here in san francisco and also a former superintendent at the schools in san jose and one other big city, he ran the schools in new york city. reporting from san francisco, mark mathews, nbc bay area news. >>> schools in the east bay also took note of the threat in l.a., but they say the scare did not reach a level that called for any extra safety measures. >> we get threats here in the school district, bomb threats and other threats, that we vet out over the course of the school year. we handle all the threats as if they're a viable threat until we determine they are not. there wasn't anything that caused us a concern here. >> still ahead on nightly news who may be responsible for all of this and how such threats have become the new normal for americans. nightly news begins at 5:30. >>> only on nbc bay area the photo that made national headlines. here it is. you remember this, a beam slid off of a big rig an

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what you may have in the l.a. case, though, is a scenario where the superintendent and their law enforcement authorities did not have adequate time to assess and made this decision. there are some challenges that come with making a shutdown like this because have you to make sure this does not become a routine process, teams are trained and you evaluate. oftentimes the best thing for children is to continue on under heightened security as these investigations go on. it's a challenging situation. i suspect one of the possibilities, again, is they did not have adequate opportunity to do a thorough threat assessment. we would hope that once they do that they return to normalcy under heightened security unless their threat assessment shows there's an imminent threat. the situation in san bernardino may bring proximity to it because of the location, because it's caught some of our attention in the school security field about the shooter having public employment role where he had access to schools, cafeteria and accordin

. >> if it's tuesday, fear is the new normal. today's l.a. schools shutdown shows what a terror threat can do. and hoax or not, it will weigh heavily on the minds of republican voters watching tonight's final debate before the calendar turns to 2016. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. a nation full of fear over terrorism and school shootings watched in shock today as fear triumphed. with the recent attack in nearby san bernardino as the backdrop, the superintendent of the los angeles unified school system, made the extremely rare move to shut the entire district down based on what was perceived at the time as a serious threat to multiple schools in the city. now you got to know this is the second largest school district in the country. more than 900 public and charter schools were shut down. the police chief said the threat was delivered via e-mail to a number of people around the school. it also said the e-mail referred to explosive devices and outlined an attack with assault rifles. a similar threat

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the buildings needed to accommodate those people. he cited recent violent events near and far from l.a. for closing down the schools. >> i think the circumstances in neighboring san bernardino, i think what has happened in the nation, i think what happened internationally, i as superintendent am not going to take the chance with a life of a student. remember, we do get individual threats. we do evacuate schools. we do lockdown schools, et cetera, and do not release students until we notify parents. so what we were doing today is no different than what we always do, except that we are doing this in a mass way. >> he says the school district is working to notify all parents and officials asked everyone to work together. >> we need the cooperation of the whole of los angeles today. we need families and neighbors to work together with our schools and with our employees to make sure our kids are safe throughout the day. we need employers to show the flexibility that a situation like this demands, and we ask you to show the maximum possible flexibility with your employees who are primarily mot

that's one reason they took this decision. >> the "l.a. using the word bomb threat, we didn't hear that from officials in the press conference. this is two weeks since the two shooters killed 14 people in san bernardino. deadliest terror attack in america since 9/11. obviously police officials and school board members said they were doing this in an abundance of caution. the superintendent said we get threats all the time but this is a rare threat. besides san bernardino, what's happening in the nation, what's happening internationally, we cannot take a chance on the safety of any child. >> now you have a major operation for those kids already on their way to school who arrive at school, they will be met at the reunion gate by officials and then have to be transported home in some form which is what the president of the school board was asking for. asking for employers to show flexibility that is required in a situation like this, to allow mothers, fathers, guardians to go out and meet those children or stay at home with the kids if that's

the l.a. times-ish on about this show. it definitely helps. the more that we can see that this is the new normal. >> thank you. megan i want to turn to you. because this question of how do whent eyeballs came to me we watched cnn and smb see. we have suspects in san bernardino. there are all kinds of ethical questions. photos from the inside of the apartment were splashed across the cover. how do that kind of decision-making happen? do you think there is an immediacy to allowing the investigation to take place? >> i will clarify a few things. we did have reporters in the department. we did not immediately use that material because you want to assess what had happened. the investigation had actually been cleared. they were not going into an active scene. it was boarded up because the windows had been shattered. the landlord came out and said this has been a cleared up scene. in their purview as the property owner to allow people in. ultimately, we decided to show images from inside the apartment, because i think there was news value to try to un

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the "l.a. times" -- the note from the "l.a. times" that they may have been wearing b ining br is being echoed by a number of other news organizations as well. we now have 20 shot, and the reporting from knbc indicates that three bodies on the ground. but that's only one report from a knbc reporter. so i'm waiting for a second confirmation on that. >> we're at that point where you don't know what's real and what's not. much of it can be misinformation. you have to take a lot of that with a grain of salt. >> we've watched stocks fall as this news has unfolded with the dow at one point down 170 points, but we were seeing pressure across the board anyway today. a lot of different things going on. crude oil having a horrible session. that was having an impact. different things regarding the fed. the dow is only down about 117 points. it has moved off the weakest levels of the session. the volume has lightened up a bit, too. we should be careful before we tie any of that too closely to what's happening in these tragic images we're bro

. >> the l.a. freeways. cording to the california highway patrol's recent statistics, every month brings an average 3,000 accidents here and some 100 high speed chases. but no one's ready for this. february 9th, 2015. downtown l.a. news choppers are on the scene after police spot a toyota camry driving erratically. they run the plates and discover the car is stolen. when the suspect won't pull over, the chase is on. for local nbc anchor-reporter robert curvasic, it looks like a familiar sight at first. >> l.a. is the car chase capital of the world, so we've seen at all. >> but there's soon something different about this one. >> i heard in my newsroom audible gasps. we knew this thing may not end well at all. >> it's 5:15 and the roads are starting to fill up. >> this is the heart of rush hour. so you've got people on surface streets in downtown los angeles, you've got kids, you've got people just walking their dogs, all in this guy's way. >> the camry driver is all over the road. and then a collision. >> whoa

the "l.a. times" reports the oakland- based nonprofit health system has not selected a site yet. head of kaiser says he wants to take the company's technology had been driven model of care to train young doctors. classes set to begin in 2019. options >>> the pharmaceutical ceo was arrested on securities fraud. mar kin sker really martin shkreli is accused of plundering a biopharmaceutical company he useed to run for personal game. his legal team declined comment >>> breaking news. word of an earthquake shaking southern mexico. it had a magnitude of 6.6. it was centered near the town of [ non-english language ] not far from the border of guatemala. it was near the coast but no threat of a tsunami for them >>> time for weather now. let's go to roberta and find out how we're doing.. >> we have a significant change in our weather beginning with today. here's what you need to know after a cool start to our day. it wasn't as chilly this morning as it has been in recent mornings. we have a cool afternoon slated with a few north bay sprinkles and rain moves in tomorrow. here's the deal.

and the l.a. ay in a news conference made it pretty clear that they thought it originated closer to home. the fbi and the police in new york and los angeles are trying to run it down now. it's a little easier to do what was done just a couple weeks ago, when there's a threat against the university of chicago, and that shut the school district down. based on a social media posting. that could pretty quickly was run down. tracing e-mails back is a little harder, because if somebody knows what they're doing, which is apparently the case here, it's pretty easy to route your e-mail through so many different servers, that it's easy to lose the scent. they're confident they can follow this through, but it takes time. >> pete williams, thanks so much. jane harmon, director and president of the woodrow wilson center. when she was a congresswoman, she served on the homeland security and intelligence committee. tell me your reaction to the decision on its face to close down all of los angeles schools. >> well

they have until wednesday to sign a deal. >>> the l.a. sheriff's department is investigating what happened when police shot a man to death in south los angeles. they say when deputies arrived the suspect was waving a gun and pointed it at them. two deputies fired 33 rounds in all. protesters say the killing was unjustitied and want a federal probe >>> the fbi says it's been unsuccessful at its investigation at a lake. authorities were likely searching for a hard drive belonging to the shooters in the recent attack. officials believe syed farook and tashfeen malik destroyed the drive to hide evidence of the crime >>> some tributes, sombre tributes held in paris to park a month since the deadly attacks. crowds left flowers and candles at the place de la republique, and outside the bataclan concert hall where 89 were killed. some suspects remained at large. mourners say they came to send a message - we continue to live, with do not hide. >> jonah hull has more. >> the knil attacks in paris targetting sports fans, concert glowers and diners, h

this is the cover of the "l.a. times," rampage kills 14. t taking place about 60 miles to the east of los angeles. >> and gabby giffords tweeting out america is an extraordinary place but these shootings make us stand out in the worst of ways lsht san bernardino. >> she's been vocal about this every one of these incidents when they've taken place. and dianne feinstein, the senator from california, of course, saying each time i see news of another mass shooting i feel it in the pit of my stomach. high my heart is with san bernardino. >> the "washington post" has been keeping tabs on shootings this year. they say there have been more shootings in america than days of the year. 352 by their count. >> it's really a frightening frightening number. this one, there have been 44 mass shootings in the month of june alone when you think about that. more than 351 as you mentioned overall this year alone. it does become a daily occurrence it seems here in this country. as i mentioned those words like shelter in place and active shooter, they're young ki

. >> a beloved pet is trapped near the l.a. river and poor rocky is injured. how rescuers kept the scared cat away from rushing water. >> cycling in traffic is dicey because -- >> you never know. >> who's going to cut you off before they take off? >> plus, why jumping rope is harder than it looks. >> and a woman pulled over by police is -- >> obviously worried, but she shouldn't be. >> why a cop in surprise has one big surprise. >> she's getting a ticket for 25 >> yeah. >> is it a bird? is it a plane? no, it's a crazy russian guy. >> that makes a lot of sense. >> because a couple of videos have surfaced out of russia and jumped an insane stunt. check it out. someone has put a slack line over 100 feet in the air, across between two buildings. this guy falls and grabs on. he's not doing so well at the beginning. >> is there a net down there to catch him? >> there is no net. you can see the playground and there is tar mac but apart from that i see no safety line. i see no harness. >> it looks like there may actually be a harness right behind him. a line, just bare

. >> i don't have the l.a. er. i told you it's about 115 plus just school threats in new york city. >> do we have an l.a. number comparable to that? >> no. one of the things that they did, i don't know if you recall that there was a spate of celebrity cases where people would call up and say that there was someone being held hostage at a celebrity's house or a shooting. and then s.w.a.t. teams would show up. well, one of the things that the lapd did and other law enforcement agencies have followed suit was to not publicize those cases. so in cases of bomb threats, unless it's a lot of people showing up, and then the news kind of follows that, they tend not to publicize those cases. in fact, one of the schools in manhattan beach, mira costa high school this week had three bomb threats. the last one, they closed schools. >> andrew and jonathan, thank you both for joining me today. really appreciate it. coming up, hillary clinton has an answer to ted cruz's carpet bombing plan. if yand you're talking toevere rheumy

[speaking spanish] you are just listening there to the l.a. ol superintendent there who was talking about some of the details of what transpired this morning to prompt the closure of all l.a. public schools. i want to get to vonnie quinn who has more. vonnie: all schools in los angeles are closed due to what the superintendent called a credible terror threat. he made the decision after receiving an electronic threat. he called it a rare threat, he says he gets threats pretty often but in relation to what events have occurred in recent months, he called it a rare threat and decided to close the unified school district. it is the second-biggest school district in the country. we also heard from the board president, saying all of los angeles is being asked corporate -- asked to cooperate. all in attendance, parents are being asked to bring them home. police say they are in the process of validating the threat . we will keep you updated. betty: she will keep track of that situation in l.a.. now overseas, volatility across asia and latin america has

here is the reaction from the l.a. police [ cheers and applause ] >> i would say this to people that are critical. it is very easy in hindsight to criticize a decision based on results that the decider could never have known. it's also very easy to criticize a decision when you have no responsibility for the outcome of that decision. >> and that's a good point to make, but when you hear from local authorities here, whether the police chief or others, they will tell you they support whatever the decision is made but that decision was made solely by the university -- lausd so the police and fbi, they again told us very early on they didn't feel it was credible, that it was someone taking advantage of the situation here in southern california, specifically with what happened two weeks ago, and they were surprised that the l.a. usd took the action that they did, neil. they think, again, they say it's a bad precedent to set and that what it's done is really cause the a lot of commotion and problems, not only here locally and

the l.a. times is reporting that one of them is an american citizen named sahid, faro, k and the others an unnamed woman. investigators have not ruled out terrorism. >>> the mass shooting today again bringing up the topic of gun control. it comes just days after brisk sales of firearms on black friday along with a slew of new background checks. >> sales saw a huge increase so did weapons training sessions in massachusetts. fox 25's ted daniel is here now with the reasons behind this rising trend. >> reporter: on black friday, vanessa and mark, the f.b.i. processed a record amount of 185,000 across the country. more people are arming themselves citing personal safety in an unstable world. >> reporter: at mass firearm school in holliston you get a lot of bang for your buck. the gun store and training center is one of the largest in new england. and business is good. during the black friday weekend, the number of people who enrolled in the mandatory safety class required to get a gun license in ma

the getting it right. for that, you head to east l.a. >> the most famous notorious street in l.a. the history of it. and then crenshaw boulevard in south central. >> so, that's going to be your most critical audience, and at the same time, the most appreciative. >> yeah, the ones you want to see your car, you know? >> it's a slow-moving piece of art. you treat the car a piece of art, acutely aware of the dangers -- cops, for whom you are a target, potholes, other cars. in east l.a. you see people ooh and ah, you see people change the expression from what is that, to nice ride. >> hopefully gang members gives us props, giving us respect, you know? first you build a car for yourself, but at the same time, you're building it for the streets, you're building it for the people. you want them to appreciate it. ♪ >> within the borders of koreatown, it's not just koreans. there are new arrivals every day. there is, in fact, an official little bangladesh right in the middle of k-town. >> so good in here. >> yeah, this is going to work. so, you're not short of options around here. >> no, you

the l.a. convention center. we are hanging out with 15,000 of our closest iowa friends. >> expecting 60,000 at the game. >> this is what iowa dies. >> just like the swarming iowa city on the football field. scott: it is a hawkeye party and it will last well through the week. andy: that is a great scene at the l.a. convention center. and even cooler seen tomorrow where there will be a pregame tailgate party on the deck of the uss iowa battleship. they are expecting almost 30,000 fans to show up for that one. tony: if you blew off last night iowa-michigan state basketball game, you missed the roof blowing off. iowa cruised to a win led by mike gesell's performance. it is a huge w, that this conference grind is just getting started. >> is the first game in the big ten season. celebrate tonight and go back to work tomorrow. it is a great confidence builder in that sense, but we have a great team going saturday. hopefully, we learn the lessons of how to compete and how to execute and carry that over four tony: next up