There are Widespread Evacuations in missouri this morning as hundreds of homes face the threat of flooding. The state governor is calling in the National Guard as rivers and streams from swelled to unprecedented levels. Welcome to your world this morning. Im stephanie sy im del walters. Al jazeeras correspondent is live in valley park missouri. How prepared is the state to handle the flooding . By all accounts, del, as well as can be expected. They are used to flooding in the area. Take a look. Its a major intersection that would be busy off internet 34. You see the water, this is the river that has flown over the banks. We see a highway flown over. As high as it looks now, and we are guessing 56 feet. Its getting higher. More by four feet, cresting by tomorrow. Theres the threats and the waters still rising. Along the rising windows, neighbours are lining up with sandbags. Some suburbs submerged. We need help. We really need help. We are saving my house now. Reporter hundreds of roads
Former intelligence officials from the clinton, bush and obama demonstrations spoke monday about the Government Security clearance process and recommendations for moving the system. From the Wilson Center, this is an hour and a half. Good morning welcome bright and early on monday to the Wilson Center. I and jane harman, president ceo recovering politician for many many years, too many for some of my detractors. I spent time in the house of representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th cen
Framers of the 14th amendment were actually taking about, you cant get to a lot of these decisions. That is not the way the court has determined to construe the 14th amendment. Thank you for another important episode. I wonder if the timing and the nature of tonights case and others related to it, if it really isnt kind of representing the cleaning up of the failed postcivil war reconstruction business. Im wondering how much time was wasted between then and these cases which occurred. Douglas it is a great question. I think certainly we continue to grapple with these issues today. Certainly, it is a neverending process, one we have to continue to keep working at to figure out how to make our democracy real. Ted it is not just our democracy, but the principles of the declaration of independence, the gettysburg address, the 14th amendment, the concept of equality. We have never been a very perfect country with respect to living up to those ideals, and i think a lot of it is that the just
Suspect, federal officials tell abc news roundtheclock surveillance on that suspect takes at least 30 agents. All of this while isis pumps out 90,000 social media messages a day. The fbi saying now is not a time to fear but to be vigilant. Sources tell abc news that as of yet the nypd has not changed their security plans for the thanksgiving day parade or the new years eve celebratiti here inimes square. M llamas, abc news, new york. Well, were learning more about the female suicide bomber who blew herself up during the police raids outside paris. Her friends say that 26yearold Hasna Aitboulahcen led a life of drugs, alcohol, and x until she found islam. They say she only began wearing the traditional veil a month ago. Shes become europes first female suicide bomber. We should mention aitboulahchc was the cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud. We now know he was killed in th raid. They say he was plotting another attack. Heres abcs brian ross. Reporter he was arrogant and cruel. In one of the m
Isis warns of more strikes. Abaaoud spotted on surveillance footage. Pollard released from federal prison this morning, 30 years after he was caught sharing intelligence secrets with israel. The president and Hillary Clinton are completely out of touch with reality. In a blow to president obama, that overwhelming vote in the house in favor of a bill requiring high level signoffs for refugees. Slamming the door on every syrian refugee, that is just not who we are. A new jersey state trooper allegedly drunk on duty after rear ending another car. Daring river rescue. A kayaker falls out of his boat. Touchdown jacksonville. Thats tough. Trying to cover julius thomas. And the jags have back to back wins. Is it just me or is Mike Huckabee always bringing everything back to food . Wish i had some meat that i could have put in that meat locker. Were talking chicken and egg here. The popeyes chicken. So many food metaphors. The fda has approved genetically modified salmon. I think we have a pic