US Capitol riot: How extremist groups mobilized with some pro-Trump supporters to incite violence
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Miller-Idriss directs the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at the American University in Washington, D.C.
Professor Miller-Idriss explains how several extremist groups mobilized on January 6th with some pro-Trump supporters to incite violence at the Capitol.
She tells the I-Team she believes the Biden administration will need to approach our country s extremism issues on multiple levels because counterterrorism policing is not enough. Miller-Idriss says so many are vulnerable to persuasive online propaganda and more people need to be trained to recognize signs someone is being radicalized.
From Old West to new vaccines: COVID-19 role for America s earliest law enforcement agency
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CHICAGO (WLS) The crucial, coast-to-coast job of securing COVID-19 vaccine shipments is being handled by the nation s oldest law enforcement agency: the United States Marshals Service.
In existence since President George Washington installed the first U.S. Marshals officers in 1789, more than 231 years later the I-Team has interviewed the country s current director whose last name also happens to be Washington. We protect people and products said Donald Washington, director of the USMS.
Securing the COVID-19 is a top priority and the US Marshals Service is the agency tasked with the job.
Eviction Since March, the federal, state, and local versions of an eviction moratorium have kept thousands in their homes. While typically there are some 20,000 eviction cases filed every year, as of December 14, only about 6,600 eviction cases have been filed against Chicago residential and commercial tenants and 65 percent of those cases were initiated before the governor issued his first moratorium. Landlords are still allowed to file cases if there s an emergency, but they have to prove that a tenant is a danger to neighbors or is destroying the property. However, the vast majority of eviction proceedings here, as everywhere in the country, start because tenants are behind on their rent, not because they re in violation of their lease.
taking your car for a free ride these days aren t just ordinary car thieves anymore. they used to just want to break in, get your computer, steal your credit cards. now hackers are setting their sights on what s sitting in your driveway. chuck goudie from our abc station in chicago with this story. reporter: thousands of pounds of steel and plastic. experts say the modern cars that fill our highways are really just computers on wheels. now there s new concern that those computers are easy marks. there s inherent failures, inherent security risks, if you will, that are available on all modern vehicles. reporter: the abc 7 i-team got behind the wheel with a security researcher who works with the auto industry to help carmakers secure their computer systems. he showed us how all cars sold in the u.s. have a port that hooks right into their computer systems. it s designed for diagnostics at an auto repair shop.
would it be possible to actually take over the car and steer somebody into ancoming vehicle? this particular car, no. but there are cars with park assist. on those vehicles you can make it think that it s parking and as far as the system knows, it s just trying to park the vehicle. wheels for you. reporter: experts warn if software design vulnerabilities are not addressed by manufacturers up front, once attackers infiltrate a car s computer system, fixing a computer hardware flaw isn t as simple as a recall. it would take a total overall of a car s overall design. there s no solution. it will cost billions of dollars to fix and that could potentially end a company. reporter: chuck goudie, abc news, chicago. i had no idea. did you know? i did not know you could do that. it s scary. technology is great. all these advances that make life easier, but it makes us vulnerable. i would just get a station wagon. i don t think anybody wants that. i think the threat would be ove