local time in dubai right now, in the united arab emirates. we've been covering a fire that has broken out in the address hotel, a luxury five-star hotel and residence in downtown dubai, one of the main tourist attractions, if you will. it is nestled among several luxury hotels, restaurants, cafes as well as iconic burj khalifa tower, the world's tallest building. and when this fire first broke out, people were being evacuated. people on streets evacuated as firefighters tackled that blaze. a short while after that, the united arab emirates announced their pyrotechnique show and celebrations would go on as planned and that is exactly what happened shortly after midnight or at the stroke of midnight, if you will, we saw burj khalifa and other locations across the united arab emirates, fireworks on display as scheduled. we've been hearing from both eyewitnesses as updating you from the official dubai media account. we have an update on the number of those injured, 14 minor injuries, according to the dubai media office who reported that the fire

dubai is the united arab emirates' most populous city. we're going back to richard who was an fbi unit chief at the national counterterrorism center. richard, thank you for staying with us. tell us more about the united states' relationship with the united arab emirates. >> well, of all of the gulf states, you would say that the united arab emirates, their state security department this premiere in that area, and we have had a work relationship with them dating back to the early gulf war, and have continued to have a working relationship with them and our best partner thursday the region. they have assisted us in access to information and intelligence gathering with the thread against isis. when we talk about combating the global threat we have to have a better partnership with the community, the gulf state community in the region, and the uae offers us the best partner, and information is traded with them on a regular basis. >> we want to emphasize right now, as we have throughout the hour, we have no word on the cause of this massive fir

in dubai, in the united arab emirates. you're looking at a split screen of a fire that's engulfed one of the five-star high rise luxury hotels in downtown dubai. the fire broke out i'll probably say about an hour and a half ago. and it has been burning ever since. here's some of the information that we have learned from both eyewitnesses as well as from the official account of the dubai media office. we understand, according to the dubai media office -- this is the official account of the dubai government there in the united arab emirates, that a fire at the address downtown was reported to have originated from outside the 20th floor of the hotel. it has not spread inside. internal fire extinguishers are preventing the spread of the fire in the hotel. four squads of foirefighters ar working to fight a fire that broke out in the address hotel and are on the site. we have yet to get confirmation of what the cause of that fire was. we still have no information on any casualties or fatalities as a result of that. what we do kn

front door open we begin tonight with a developing story out of dubai - the largest city in the united arab emerites. you're looking at a luxury hotel... going up in flames. the fire broke out shortly before reported hearing some loud pops... then seeing windows. authorities say the fire started don't yet know what caused it. as of right now... authorities say 14- you updated on this developing story throughout the newscast. year... a lot of you are getting ready to head out for the night... bundle up... because it's going to be cold. new year's eve will be chilly across the state. lows will dip into the single digits in northern iowa, with low teens in the southern portion of the state. temperatures will bounce back with another round of sunshine on new year's day. highs may even make it to the freezing point in des moines, leading to the start of some significant melting into saturday. highs over the weekend could reach the upper-30s in southern iowa, and will remain mild throughout the first half of next week. this time tomorrow, the hawkeyes this time tomorrow, the hawkeyes this time to

boy, this is a total catastrophe happening in dubai ua e, united arab emirates and one hopes that mostthe people got out of the building in the initial stages of the flames. >> we are looking at live tv in down down. when we see flames like this on a day like this. on new year's eve. it makes people think what is behind this and if there is a sinister plot involved. i want to bring in steve rogers who is a retired detective in our studio, detective rogers, lieutenant rogers you were here to talk to me about the preparations for the new year's eve times square event. what do you saw to folks about this? >> what is important that people wait until they get the facts. unfortunately the first reaction is terrorism. in this case, it may not be that. but it is very important that people just take a step back and take a deep breath and wait for the investigation to be completed and then you take it from there. >> obviously you are a detective and we wanted to talk to you on counter terrorism and you have been on the scene and you can see the flaps see bright and red and what can you tell us a

in fact there are more navy port visits in the united arab emirates than anywhere else in the world except the united states. so, they put a lot of money in there. they're forward-looking and so it doesn't sure price me they would -- surprise me they would put money in some. best construction in their show place buildings. david: judy, it is still earl and i don't want to conjecture terror but dubai is close to iran and worried about iranians getting nukes and perhaps attacking them or their allies in saudi arabia. that must be a concern of dubai that there must be some terror connection with this? >> it's a concern. that is why they traditionally worked extremely closely with u.s. intelligence and both private and government firms. and there are excellent, excellent coordination mechanisms between our two countries. and also between the neighbors. if you recall, even the israelis have lent a hand on dubai security because of their proximity to iran. and exactly what chuck nash was say something my recollection of how strongly they emphasize the american connection. the presence of the u.s

between the united arab emirates but suspect ported others including qatar and turkey. all are major trade partners which is led to allegations of undue outside influence, on the british government. >> that may be or may not be deflected in the outcome of the report which stopped short of the organization. >> they tread a careful line with the i have view, the foreign affairs committee says it may run an inquiry towards political islam, that in response to complaints from lawyers representing the muslim brotherhood, in the u.k. and whether or not this is the end of the matter, may well depend on responses to come from britain's heavy weight business partners in the gulf, and beyond. jona hull, al jazeera, london. >> the offer of the new muslim brotherhood in the west, he joins me now, so that finding that any kind of association with, what do you make of that finding. >> i think it is the middle of the road, that they decided to strike, between those that the brother shooed should have been designated as a terrorist organization, which i don't think they ever considered

the united arab emirates has acquired hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art to fill its exhibit. that's incredibly intriguing. let's get a check of the weather from al roker. well-traveled man. >> thank you very much, and let's travel across the country. take a look at your december outlook, and it's looking fairly warm. will be at the temperature outlook. above average temperatures from minnesota all the way to new england and above average, really the eastern third of the country, below average through the southwest and above average along the west coast, and then going to stay pretty wet here in the northeast, the mid-atlantic states, gulf coast into the southeast and on into the southwest. however, average to below average for our friends in california, below average in the plains and more wet weather in the pacific northwest. that's >> good morning. through the day on and off, steady rainfall on the way the afternoon, through pennsylvania right now. works up to southern new england through the afternoon, but at no time is the rain heavy or overwhelming. cool and raw, 30s an

already rung in 20-16 in the eastern hemisphere in places like the phillipinnes, china and the united arab emirates. firework displays were seen for miles around the major cities in those countries. security is tight in many major cities celebration... in brussels, officials canceled their festivites in light of a terror alert. deborah: meantime, here in the u-s we are just hours away from the big countdown to 20- 16. and officials have beefed up security in the big apple. an estimated one million revelers are expected to pack into about 20 blocks in and around times square this evening. the e pd is deploying 6- thousand heavily armed ofcers... more than ever before. commissioner william bratton, nypd: "we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible. pasadena was also under hightened alerts for the rose bowl parade. federal officials signated the parade as a top- tier security event...even before the san bernardino terror attack.. more than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with local police....to protect the 700,000 people expected to attend. the vegas strip

. >> it comes to us from the united arab emirates in the middle east. this guy is getting a tour of some of the local area. but you know it, the expanse of the desert. >> it's a relatively small plane and everything is going nice sound stops. >> no, no. you don't want the propellers to stop. >> that propeller is supposed to be spinning around. you can hear nothing but the rushing wind. >> you have a nice serene flight. >> not exactly a phenomenal amount of places to land. around now our super chilled out pilot eases over to the right and we see a beautiful look of us. >> i didn't even see a bump. he just eases onto the tarmac. and just because he's that kind of pilot, he coasts all the way up to a perfect stop. >> this is a textbook lesson on how to land your plane when the engine stalls. says. >>> drones. they're fun. they're exciting. you can get some really cool shots with them. romantic? >> huh? >> okay. >> because this drone is lowering down onto this courtyard. you notice there's a couple standing right in front of that christmas tree, taking pict

of the 9/11 hijackers -- most egypt -- lebanon -- and the united arab emerates. fast forward 15 years -- and the united states is facing a similar threat from the same region of the world -- but the terrorists are no longer connected to al-queda.now -- it's isis. "isis seems willing to go to basically any soft target where people are and so defending against al queda meant protect symbolic targets, protect transportatio n hubs, but that gave security services something to focus on and with isis, they seem willing to basically hit anywhere and that becomes very difficult top stop because that would require such a police state that people wouldn't actually want to live under and that would be worse but when americans see the footage of the colorado planned parenthood shooting -- the carnage is the same -- but the difference is the perpetrator. perpetrator.the suspect is an american -- robert dear.we don't know much about him -- but at the very least -- he's the latest in a long line of terrorists already born within "unfortunately it wasn't very surprising to me giv

muslim brotherhood is now banned in any number of countries including egypt, saudi arabia, and the united arabmirates. all are major trade partners and investors in the u.k., which has led to relegations of undue outside influence on the british government. >> the guardian as we know, details about the pressures applied on the government, to ban the muslim brothers including the package of sticks that has to do with arm deals and so on. >> other governments do not proceed may be or may not be projected in the outcome of the organization. >> the government tread as careful line with this review. the foreign affairs committee says it may run an inquiry that in response to complaints representing the muslim brotherhood in the u.k., and whether this is the end of the matter may depend on responses to come from the heavy weight business partners in the gulf and beyond. still ahead. buy an armed deal, has top dip lo pate in china summons to explain. on the brink of civil war, the words from ba rouhani as he sends an envoy to the african nation. libya's rival governments have sign add deal to form a

injust saw egypt welcoming 2016, and also, the united arab emirates and other countries a few hours ago welcomed in 2016. but also, they had that huge and authorities say 14 people were injured after the massive fire engulfed a skyscraper just after the new year celebrations were due to begin. it is not clear how the fire started in the 63-story address downtown hotel. it is possible the same complex burnt -- the world's tallest building is situated. the fireworks display to herald the start of the new year did take place as had been planted just a few hours later. bridget kendall reports. literally at towering inferno. an intense placed sweeping through one of dubai's luxury downtown hotels. dramatic and terrifying picture, hardly but the crowds had come for. the blaze broke out less than three hours before the city's plan to spectacular new year's fireworks display. from thew meters away world's tallest building, the fire apparently started on the hotel's 20th floor. before long, flames engulfed the side of the 63-story building, sending out billowing smoke and scattering, blazing deb

he said he was in the united arab emrants so they would not worry. he was due to return just before his wife gave birth to their second child. >> they treat you like for family, so for a member of their family to pass, it feels like your own. >>> those who new brubabergen said she was a great athlete and an even greater mother. she lived for her family. >> she was my friend. >> peter's family expect his body to arrive tomorrow. >> another price of the sign of freedom. >>> three service members were also injured in the attack in addition to those killed p. >>> a yellow weather alert just in time for form. >>> topper shutt, maybe thunderstorms we are hearing about. >> reporter: i would say both commutes are going to be wet at this point. 6:00a.m. in the morning, showers just about everywhere. the orange and yellow is heavier activity. 57 downtown, and 55 in fairfax and silver spring, and by 8:00, showers to fredericksburg, and essentially northbound and you're going to have showers, and it will be a wet commute. 9:30, 10:00, we still have showers up to

muslim brotherhood is now banned in a number of countries including egypt, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. all are major trade partners and investors in the u.k. economy which has led to allegations of undue outside influence on the british government. >> the guardian as we know published details about the pressures applied by abu daw db. abu dhabi. therefore apply the counterpressure and here you see, that may be or not be reflected in the outcome of the report which stopped short of banning the organization. >> the government treads a careful line with this review. foreign affairs committee says it may start an inquiry, and whether or not this is the end of the matter may well depend on responses to come from britain's heavy weight business partners in the gulf and beyond. jonah hull, al jazeera, london. >> news just in, a dutch court has found that oil giant shell can be found liable within the netherlands for the action he of its subsidiary in nigeria. in 2008, four nigerian farmers filed the lawsuit. they want shell to clean up its oil spills and pay compensation. the appeal

muslim brotherhood is now banned in a number of countries including egypt, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates but supported in qatar and turkey, all are major trade partners and investors in the u.k. economy, which has led to allegations of undue outside influence of the british government. >> they detailed the pressures applied by abu dhabi to ban the muslim brotherhood, and including a package of carrots and sticks that have to do with armed deals and so on. therefore, to apply the counter pressure, that may be or may not be reflected in the outcome, and it would stop short of banning any organization. >> the government treads a careful line with this review. the foreign affair committee said that they may run an inquire in political islam, that in response to complaints from lawyers representing the muslim brotherhood in the u.k. whether or not this is the end of the matter may well depend on responses to come from britain's heavyweight business partners in the gulf and beyond. jonah hull, al jazeera, london. >> on this day five years ago events were set in motion that would chang

in the united arab emirates most populace city. video shows flames engulfing a large section of the high-rise hotel. reports say the fire started on the 20th floor of this 63-floor structure. the dubai government media people had minor injuries. the hotel described itself as the premier five-star haute until dubai. it stands near the burge khalifa, the world's tallest high scaper. witnesses say the fire started around 9:30 p.m. >> you can see they're trying to get everybody out of the mall area. >> reporter: a reporter from l.a.who happened to be there on vacation shared video of himself and others being evacuated from the hotel. the fire did not stop the fireworks celebration in dubai as it went on despite the blaze. officials are saying that control. at the breaking news desk, brandon gunnoe, 7 news. >> elizabeth: in boston thousands of people will be packing into the city for first night necessaritive if is and police are keeping a close eye on all of the excitement. jennifer egan is live in >> reporter: liz, we've seen boston p

race is in antarctica followed by back to back marathons in chile, miami, spain, morracco, the united arab emirates and australia. just imagine her passport stamps. >> incredible. i looked up the marathon run in antarctica. i wanted to know more about it. >> i know someone who did it, unbelievable. >> it also said leave yourself two weeks to get out of there because you never know what the weather will be. >>> parents, you know that helpless feeling when you're up in the middle of the night with >> yes. now one doctor says he has a surefire way to quiet any take a listen. >> this is ashton. here's what we'll do. we pick up ashton. i pull his right arm like this and his left arm in front and this. hold his little bottom and gently rock him up and down just like that and even though he's just got a shot, look at that leg, big ouch on that leg you can see that you can comfort him and quiet him. >> wow. >> i think the baby went from crying to saying dude, what are you doing? the move is called the hold. dr. robert hamilton says the baby should be held at a 45- degree angle and in addition to h

air war and certainly the countries that were there at the beginning, including jordan and the united arab emits should be more engaged in terms of going after i.s.i.l. fighters. the other part is this, it's to push back against domestic political pressure here in the united states where notably a number of congressional republicans want to see a more robust u.s. military operation against i.s.i.l. both in syria and in iraq. carter's mission before the senate armed services committee on wednesday was to try to persuade the senators that the u.s. military could theoretically carry out a large-scale operation against i.s.i.l., but that from a long-term practical standpoint it would be extremely ill advised >>> the conflict in syria has been high on the agenda over gulf corporation meeting taking place in saudi arabia. the king opened the summit asking leaders to work together to restore stability in the region. he also said he remains committed to a political solution in syria. the summit is being held in riyadh at the same time as the talks between armed and political opposition. >> transla

. >>> two senior army commanders from saudi arabia and the unit arab emirates have been killed in fighting in yemen. the sawed head of operations was taking part in an offensive in the city of taiz when he was attacked. this is him meeting the yemenis president hadi earlier. a ceasefire between the yemen government and houthis is due to come into effect at midnight monday. sawed airstrikes have hit homes and a market in the city of haja. 19 civilians were killed. >>> a finance ministers meeting in brussels say they are ready to provide financial support to libya to help end the conflict there. the j policy chief said the main will only come if the u.n. backed peace deal becomes a reality. >> we will work on the package which support that the european union has prepared already in the last month, including financial support to the libyan authorities in the moment when the new government would be formed. we expect the libyan process to bring some results in the comes days, as you know. obviously it is libyan owned, libyan led process. the problem is that the international community and europ

the national newspaper in the united arab emirates reported the billionaire's name has been removed from developments. his billboard's gone. he canceled a visit to israel to speak with benjamin netanyahu. who spoke out against him. >> trump would only say he called off his trip to the middle east for a lot of different reasons and plans to reschedule with prime minister netanyahu after he becomes president. reena and richard? >> kenneth, thank you so much. you can add hover boards to the list of items now banned from most mobile comoeshl police. delta, united say the popularized motor scooters are not allowed on flights in checked in or carry on luggage. the concern is still the lithium batteries can catch fire. >>> if you haven't already bought your holiday travel plane ticket, do not do it today. the airline industry, analysts of the industry say tickets bought on fridays are generally about 13% higher than those purchased on sundays. they recommend shopping on saturdays and suns while tuesdays are the most inexpensive weekday. >>> know what they also say? don't buy your trips too earl

it's right for you. >>> we're following some alarming breaking news coming out of dubai in the united arab emirates. this is the address hotel , it s a luxury hotel. this is a place where many foreigners stay. it is engulfed in flames. these are picture from al arabiya that we turned around just moments ago. what we're able to discern from the amount of damage so far is that a significant portion of the hotel has been engulfed in flames. keeping in mind it's also hard to figure out what part of the complex has been taken over by this fire. it is not just a hotel, although it is a luxury hotel with hundreds of rooms thatmany foreigners will be staying in certainly at a very busy time like new year's, but it also includes a residential area. this is a hotel and a residential area. there's a mall in this building. there are a number of restaurants. this is a huge very busy complex. it's actually located basically in the shadow of the world's tallest skyscraper there in dubai, which you probably would definitely know if you've seen that. but at this point in time we know evacuations are under

one was united arab emirates. ou tell bahrainian pilots that fly, you're good enough to fight against isil but not good enough to come in the united states. huge mistake. this sends the wrong message to people that have to be part of our partnership forces. yes, does serve as -- i'm not concern ld about international i'm concerned about radically occasion here, people who are already in the united states that does tend to be the case. >> dickerson: thank you so much. we'll be back in a moment to take a closer look at the climate change agreement. >> dickerson: joining us now is dr. marshal, weather channel meteorologist director of the university of georgia's atmosphere rick science program. dr. shepard the basic question, why is this two degree temperature goal, atmospheric temperature goal as part of this agreement why is that so important? >> yeah, that's a great question. one that i really tried to address just this morning in my most recent column. where did that come from? two degrees really was put forth bac

he's building two golf courses in the united arab emirates and crowned a muslim miss usa in 2010. but he's now encouraging profiling, urging his supporters to sound the alarm. >> when we see violations, you have to report those violations and quickly. don't worry about profiling. i promise i will defend from you profiling. i promise. >> reporter: david, america hasn't heard ideas like this or language like this from a presidential candidate in generations. but the question tonight, the big question, does this stop trump cold or make him even more popular? david? >> tom llamas leading us off tonight. tom, thank you. as i mentioned, barbara walters sat down with donald trump today. trump is well aware of the comparisonses that have now been made, and barbara walters asking, are you a bigot, and does he have new second thoughts about his controversial proposal? >> reporter: do you regret your bans on muslims, which some people think is un-american? >> not at all. we have to do the right thing. somebody in this country has to say what's right. i have great respect and love -- i have p

he was born in the united arab emirates and moved to maryland as a small child. he later graduated from the university of virginia before enlisting in the united states army. in june, 2004, he was serving in iraq. one day while his infantry unit was guarding the gates of their base, a suspicious vehicle appeared. captain khan told his troops to get back, but he went forward. he took 10 steps towards the car before it exploded. he was killed but his unit was saved by his courageous act. posthumously awarded the bronze star and purple heart. he was 27 years old. we still wonder what made him take those 10 steps, his father said. maybe that is the point. all the values, all the service all the things he learned in this country kicked in. those values made him take those 10 steps

. >> crabapple has drawn migrant labor camps in the united arab emirates, illustrated the conflicts in palestine and syria and she's taken her sketchpad to the us prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. >> it's a place where, when i went, they were force feeding and torturing really--dozens of men, while at the same time there was a cheerful gift shop that sold t-shirts that say, "it don't gitmo better than this." >> plus, she's used her artwork to draw attention to problems in the criminal justice system. >> they filled the cells with tear gas. they beat, they tased, they hit the men with electrified shields. they cut off their clothing, put hoods over their head. >> following the release of her memoir "drawing blood," crabapple's been called "a new model for this century's young woman." and "our irreverent guide for the new gilded age." i spoke to molly crabapple at her studio in new york. >> you write in the memoir, "to draw was trouble and safety, adventure and freedom." so art was an outlet for you, not just a form of expression growing up? >> oh god. art saved my life. to me, art was my

now the fire hassening gulfed the address hotel, that is the united arab emirates and it started just hours before a large fireworks display was set to start from the tower, that is the world's largest building, it is of course, new year's eve, it is about 10:00 p.m. now, so that was due to start. you can see the flames engulfing the hotel, we are getting live pictures of this, it certainly doesn't seem that the fire is under control, we will bring you more on those developments from the u.a.e. in the coming hours. but you can see right there, the address hotel in downtown dubai engulfed by flames. >> a commander has been killed in a drive by shooting in the yemen city of adan. he was shot dead just hours after handing over control of the kooistra teenic port to government troops. in nearby one of the last working hospitals says it came under attack on wednesday, rob matheson has more now on the challenges facing medical staff working in a war zone. >> no let up in the fighting in yemen, houthis rebels fire shells. hospitals are on the front line in the battle between the rebels and s

across the red sea into egypt or to smuggle me across the border into one of the countries in the united arabtes. i was thinking about these escape plans, but i didn't think that they were quite safe. i remembered that there was a policy in the hospital that if a relative was critically ill, that they had to send you home. so i phoned my sister. >> marie? hello, it's steve. >> and i got her to fax a letter stating that my mom was seriously ill and that i was required to come home. >> i really need you to help me now. >> it was a lie that i was telling, but it was my only hope of getting out. so the next day i went straight up to the hospital to see the government relation officer to request my passport and to request an exit visa. i handed the letter over to mr. abdula. i was really nervous. and i was thinking, this will surely work. this will surely work, because my mother was dying. mr. abdula didn't like me. every time that i spoke to him, he had a look of disdain on his face. and he -- he just read it. there was no change of expression in his face. and he says, you're not going home. >> w

united states. the gcc countries and all other arab allies including turkey who would want to act in syria would not to do such a thing without the leadership of the united states. apparently there is now some sort of urgency in washington to wrap up things in syria, and do something about the isil attacks. maybe this is another way to get people on board, because maybe the u.s. is now more interested in doing the job. >> okay. we have got the gcc going on in riyadh, making the right kind of noises. will they go further than they have gone? probably not. we have had ash carter, the u.s. defense secretary in washington saying will the u.s. probably go further than they have gone in probably not. no. you can keep right across all of the developments with our colleagues in london top of the hour. we're back tomorrow at the same time. we'll see you very soon. bye-bye for now. ♪ >>> rebel fighters and their families pull out of the syrian city homs in a ceasefire negotiated with the government. ♪ >>> very good to have your company, i'm david foster, you are watching al jazeera. also in the next 30 minute

financial assets belonging to a group of iranians and companies in iran, hong kong and the united ar united arab emirates and bar u.s. companies from doing business with them. iran denies any wrongdoing >>> republican candidate, jeb bush, is moving staffers out of his miami headquarters and moving them to early primary states like new hampshire. he is canceling millions in tv ads. bush says, this is not a desperate move, saying his new year's resolution is winning. ben carson raised $23 million in the first quarter and senator ted cruz raised $20 million. senator marco rubio brought in $6 million. >>> if a picture is worth 1,000 words, white house photographer, pete souza, turns out about 2 million words a day capturing pivotal events in history and some more personal moments. here is nbc's ron allen. >> they are unique, behind the scenes, close-up images of a president. many never seen publicly until now. serious matters inside the white house. a first daughter drops by the oval office to see her dad. the president with an aide's twin sons. mom wiping away a tear. the year-end gallery of white

the united arab empire. here is i.s.i.s. and al qaeda. you have a perfect situation. we have chaos whether it's al qaeda and afghanistan. or i.s.i.l. in syria. basically these non-state extremist groups are nourished in conflict zone. they are social parasites. and the question is where do we go from here. you need to basically help reconcile the government. one in tobruk in the east, one in italy. you need to help begin the process. a centralized government, an army. you need to mobilize the libyan people. if i.s.i.s. or i.s.i.l. succeeds in establishing a major base in libya, libya would not only become a failed state. basically it would be truly a state that would export terror to its neighbours near and far. >> a lot to worry about in libya. always a pleasure to talk to you. thank you for your insights. >> thank you for having me, antonio. >> president obama welcomed israeli president rivlin to the white house, they joined guests at a hanukkah ceremony. he had been a strong voice. they discussed renewing a security agreement that could lead to military assistance

bob's other than said based on on recent sales he could end up in the united arab emirates. 7-year-old samuel johnson has been fascinated by everything star wars. his favorite character darting darth vader sevilleen, it is helping him with his autism. >> he doing all his school work with incentive to get pictures printed of dat -- garth -- darth vader and connecting with pierce. without a doubt the force is with this little boy. norman lewis is at the pennsylvania academy of fine arts. karen rogers has 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: norman lewis was a trail-blazing artist for african-american. it is one of the most important exhibitions in north america this fall. he was an artist in harlem in the mid 20th industry. >> norman louis has been under appreciated. >> the exhibition divides his career into 6 sections. >> his paintings and drawings and prints and very wonderful objects he made. >> including a handmade doll that is said to be a self portrait of the artist. >> you can see it when you enter the exhibition. >> reporter: while he was reserved about his political pieces, they ar

. >> reporter: this woman says she was trapped as a domestic worker in united arab emirates working 21 hours a day, living on stale bred. >> translation: my employer would often tell us we can have you killed any time. >> reporter: stories like hers are reaped millions of times across the world. people living as slaves earning little or no money, unable to escape. some hide in the shadows, others labor in the blazing sun. according to an annual census of slavery, there were nearly 36 million slaves last yeah. they span the continue incidents. the countries with the biggest share are various. the most vulnerable are poor unned indicated migrant workers. the international labor organization says children make up around one in four victims. some are forced to serve as soldiers. around one in five is forced into sex. most others i toil in industries, like fishing, construction. the trade is fuelled by the bottom line. forced labor generates around $150 billion each year. the people who exploit modern day slaves tend to shun pub lickity. but i.s.i.l. is an exception. yarzidi women and girls

i broke out in the united arab emirates tallest -- blocks from the world's tallest building. incredible video coming out. the fire is still burning. we will keep you updated at 6:00 tonight. the road captured on dash cam video. that's ice smash nothing a windshield. >> blair: it's one of several close calls since our first winter storm. eric rasmussen reports from lexington where a similar incident sent a woman to the hospital this. story is new at 5:00. >> reporter: by the time you see the ice flying, it's almost too late. take another look at this video from the dashboard of a man's car on 495 south. >> with my car on the right side of the middle lane, i had nowhere to go. >> somehow the driver stayed calm enough to safely pull over. >> holy cripe, there's glass in the back seat, too. >> christine never had a chance. >> i saw the ice fly off the roof, and there wasn't anything i could do. >> her windshield caved in, also smashed by a large piece of ice on route 2 near the belmont arlington line. somehow she escaped with only a few cuts, no one else hurt. first time you're s

air war and certainly the countries that were there at the beginning, including jordan and the united arab emmets really should be more involved, more engaged in trying to parts of isil's infrastructure and in terms of going after isil fighters. the other part is this, it's to push back against domestic political pressure here in the united states where notably a number of congressional republicans want to see a more robust u.s. military operation against isil in iraq. before the armed services committee on thursday, trying to persuade the senators that the u.s. military could theoretically carry out a large scale operation against isil but that from a long term practical standpoint, it would be extremely ill-advised. >> leaders of the gulf cooperation council are immediating in riyadh with syria high on the agenda. opening the summit, saudi arabia's king said the country is committed to finding a solution to the condition applicant in syria. >> rewarding syrian crisis, the kingdom of saudi arabia is hosting the syrian opposition in order to help in finding a political solution according t

united arab emirates have a big military. what will be dr. carson's answer on that?for those of us who worked in the middle east understand and the nuances and the sensitivity of many of the players there. the answer was the right answer because right now i can tell you that in the middle east, in central europe, western europe, united states to take the lead before anyone is willing to step up to the plate and help in the way that needs to be done. so dr. carson was quite correct until the president of the united states steps up and sets the tone, calling anyone else is not worth the time of day. so we first need a president who's going to set the tone for leadership and start making the calls. it was a thoughtful answer, actually. liz: okay. well, some people on both sides of the aisle thought it was a little messy. but we've got to get on israel and certainly what's happening with donald trump, who said he would ban muslims from entering the country based on religion. where will dr. ben carson stand on that? the israelis don't like that position at all? >> i think

lou: one instance, cair, the activist organization for muslims in america, which, by the way, the united arabrates among others declared it to be a terrorist organization, had trodded out the brother before any one of the authorities talked to him. it was an extraordinary moment! >> how did they have such contact to be there immediately. they didn't defer him to the fbi. it's bizarre, and yet we're here in washington because we have a summit of muslim reformers that have met and are going to have a declaration to put groups like cair on notice. it's not just about condemning the violence, about condemning the supremesism of islamism, the caliphate, the jihad and that's what they're doing. lou: there are over 3,000 mosques as you know, brad. they have doubled since september 11th. we've seen the number of immigrants more than double into this country. we are having a discussion about good and bad muslims? i mean this is mind-boggling to me that the country is on tenterhooks afraid to say radical islamist because so goes the politically correct group tank in the white house, this one and the pr

the coalition includes egypt, qatar, the united arab emirates and turkey. >>> three new crew members are on their way to the international space station. they blasted off in a russian spacecraft just about 15 minutes ago. nasa astronaut tim with veteran cosmonaut and tim peak. he is the first british astronaut to visit the space station. it will be a six-hour journey to the i. s. s. with docking scheduled for 12:24 p.m. once aboard three crew members will quickly become involved with many research projects including experiments on the effects of space on the human body. and we'll also test out an inflatable capsule similar to one that may be used on missions to mars. >>> time to get a check on that accuweather forecast. we have a wind out of the west. be aware of that making your commute today. if you're around the five boroughs, there's that canyoning effect that doubles the wind speed. be ready for that. things can get blown around, debris and dust. it's a refreshing morning here. you can tell that the humidity is gone as compared to yesterday, yesterday evening when we had the rai