To his dog. Refugee crisis. The debate over whether to allow Syrian Refugees into the state of iowa continues to grow. Who is wading into the issue now. And the story from the perspective of a refugee from iraq. Now living in central iowa. Selfish selfie its a trend on social media that comes with a warning. Why you may be guilty of doing it and not even know it. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 this playful little dog is a big hero. After saving her owner from a burning home. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joing us tonight. Firefighters say an ogden man was just minutes from dying in a house fire when his dog woke him up from a nap. Tonight, he says he owes his life to that pup. E story. Meet bella. Shes a Border Collie. She loves to play. And now shes also a hero. monday afternoon, Larry Matthews came back to his ogden home for a nap after taking his kids to school. Minutes later. Bella was wakimg him up. i was upst
In the apartment blew up a suicide vest. Police ordered residents to stay inside. Anyone who approached was told that no Uncertain Terms to back away. Neighbors, many of them muslim immigrants, were evacuated by police and searched. We stopped this resident who was rushing down the street. He said in arabic that he had witnessed the whole thing. I saws the raid. Twenty cars passed by here. Then five minutes later, the shooting started he said. You heard the gunfire i ask. I saw it with my eyes he said. Meanwhile, the police focused on one apartment on the third floor of this building. That neighbors say is the apartment where the raids targets were holed up. The main target Officials Say was abdelhamid abaaoud, the man they describe as the mastermind behind the paris attacks. A belgium national, he had gone to syria to join isis. As day was breaking, the raids seem to be winding down. But explosions echoed through the streets. Its common in situations like this for police to use grenad
Are creating a challenge for thousands of syrians hoping to come to the united states. Why states are worried about accepting them. Plus candidates react. How white house hopefuls from both sides would handle the influx. And why one republican wont get a say at all. Holiday help. The charities that say they need more help this time of year. And what theyre doing to get the word out. Its wednesday. November 18th. Today in iowa starts now. First on 13. People in france another loud night. Authorities there launching an overnight terror raid in a northern paris subburb take a look. Guards continue to patrol in search of the mastermind behind those deadly french terror attacks. Reports this morning show two terrorists were killed. One a woman with a suicide bomb. Several people have also been arrested. At least three Police Officers were hurt carrying out the raid. And french media says a bystander was killed as well. No word yet this morning if they captured the man they were looking for.
First on 13. People in france waking up after another loud night. Authorities there launching an overnight terror raid in a northern paris suburb take a look. Guards continue to patrol in search of the mastermind behind fridays deadly french terror attacks. Reports this morning show two woman with a suicide bomb. Several people have also been arrested. At least three Police Officers were hurt carrying out the raid. And french media says a bystander was killed as well. No word yet this morning if they captured the man behind fridays attack. French police. Also looking to learn more about this man. They say he was a suicide bomber who attacked the stad de france, friday. But before he was an accused suicide bomber. He was a refugee. Fleeing war in syria. To start a new life in france as an isis militant. Now 26 us governors say theyre closing the door to Syrian Refugees. Iowa being one of them. The effort runs countercurrent to president obamas efforts to relocate 10thousand Syrian Refug
Fallout from the paris attack and the impact on refugees. Ahmad almohammad claimed to be a syrian refugee fleeing the war in his home country. That allowed him to get into france. But instead of fleeing war. He helped carry it out. Almohammad was one of the isis terrorists involved in the attack. 26us governors say they arent willing to put their own residents at risk. They are all blocking president obamas efforts to relocate 10 thousand syrian refugees. The governors. And the fbi say the us is unable to vet refugees to make sure they dont have ties to isis. The iowan youre about to hear from knows exactly what the refugees are going through. Channel 13s mike dasilva has the story. 11 07 0409 a lot of people, they have this wrong thought about muslim means terrorist. Ghassan Abood started working as a translator with the u. S. Army during the war in iraq in 2003. 11 11 56 this i received from an American General in 2009 abood and his family resettled here in iowa. Abood refugees shoul