now. the president will take questions from a live studio audience. that s thursday, 8:00 p.m. here on cnn. breaking news. breaks news, saudi arabia is cutting all ties with iran and giving iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. this follows a firestorm of protests against saudi arabia. angry demonstrators storming the saudi embassy in iran. protesters are furious that the saudis executed 47 people accused of terrorism and among those executed a prominent shiite cleric, nimr al nimr. the execution will cause, quote, divine revenge for saudi politicians. and armed protesters have taken over a federal building in the oregon wilderness.
more now on our breaks news. the arrest of a new york man apparently inspired by isis and charges he was planning a new year s eve attack. rachel spotts is outside the courthouse in rochester. rachel, really alarming some of the allegations from the fbi. it is saying this 25-year-old had planned to go inside a bar or restaurant in rochester, kidnap somebody and probably set off bombs to kill people there. reporter: yes, that s what they are telling us. now, 25-year-old emanuel lutchman did appear here in federal court this morning. he is now behind bars but that information is correct. a 25-year-old rochester resident accused of planning a terror plot, an armed attack on innocent civilians here in rochester today on new year s eve. we are told this would have happened as you said at a restaurant/bar here in the city.
that s your new names. next much more on our breaks news. the threat to the second largest school district in the country. more than 600,000 students sent home. we will soon hear from los angeles officials on way this decision was made and what they have learned over the last several minutes. stay with us. every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. those who have served our nation
the one thing i will add, john boehner said the only thing he knows, the pope will speak in english, will not use a teleprompter. they know nothing about the content of the speech. always good when the pope is speaking. we re going to have much more of francis visit ahead. cnn is going to bring you that action at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and new day is going to be live at the united nations tomorrow, another big moment for pope francis as he gives an address at the general assembly. alisyn, back to you. we do have other stories to tell you about. including this breaks news, just terrible out of saudi arabia. more than 300 people killed and hundreds hurt during the stampede at the hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of mecca. becky anderson is live with the
election. it doesn t matter if he doesn t like it. there are questions that need to be answered. and the problem is he s not used to being questioned. he doesn t like uncomfortable questions. it happened with you, with your colleagues at fox news. he hates it when he s being confronted. we have to ask the questions. as journalists, with all due respect, i think we have to take a stand when it comes to racism, corruption, public life, dictatorships and public life. when he s speaking when he s expressing those really dangerous words, ve to confront him. that s our job, to ask tough questions even if he doesn t like them. jorge, it s great to see you. thank you for being here. up next, an coulter weighs in on that interview. breaks news, a standoff in louisiana after a police officer is shot and killed.