Im stephen sackur. After recent Terrorist Attacks, the uk is preoccupied with questions about how best to counter the jihadist threat. For politicians, the focus is on policing, intelligence and negotiating powers. My guest today has a different point of view. Her son was radicalised in birmingham, went to fight with the Islamic State in syria and was killed at the age of 19. She now offers support to other families facing the dangers of radicalisation at home. How best to slam the door on thejihadis . Nicola benyahia, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I wonder what kind of impact the news of the last few weeks has upon you . Weve seen this spate of horrifying Terrorist Attacks in the united kingdom. The focus has been onjihadists inside the uk. This is very personal for you. I wonder what the impact is . Its been very difficult, especially because you have manchester and then recently london in close proximity. It really brings it home, how much of a problem there is and there are days
Right now on news 4 this week. On alert. How Jewish Centers across the country are deal with a growing number of bomb threats marylands largest county takes on the governor over school funding. Peak bloom just around the corner because of the unusually warm winter weve had. Welcome to news 4 this week. Hi, everyone. First up the growing wave of anti antime man tick crimes. Several schools had to be evacuated this week after threatening calls. Mark seagraves have the message for jewish leaders and the police. The Political Climate in the country is such right n situation. I know that the president denounced antisemitism last week and i would like to see more of that. And sort of finding out whos behind the calls. The flet to the school in rockdell was phoned in to the supper campus. They said there was a bomb on our premises and jewish souls would be destroyed. Police were on the scene within minutes. A similar threat in fairfax, according to jewish organizations, there have been nearly
Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. President Trumps National security adviser h. R. Mcmaster calls north koreas latest and failed missile test part of a, quote, pattern of provocative, destabilizing and threatening behavior. Only hours after yesterdays massive military parade in pyongyang, north korea launched what was believed to be a mediumrange missile. U. S. Pacific command said it blew up only four or five seconds after launch. South korea said the test threatened the whole world and japan called it a provocation shortly
Of delays especially at sfo. A change in travel pattern means that today probably wont end up being the busiest day to fly. A trend we are noticing is more people seem to be taking the entire week off. The last couple of years the trend has been that the friday before thanksgiving week and then the sunday after tend to be our peak days. About 150,000 in and out today. We about 165,000 last friday. Expecting about 160,000 this coming sunday. Now, i mentioned San Jose International earlier. No delays are being reported there or at oakland. As always if you are traveling youre advised to get to the airport a couple of hours ahead of your flight time. Of course, flying isnt the only way people are traveling this thanksgiving weekend. Many are taking to the roads. As you can see lots of drivers across the bay area in some very heavy commutes in some areas. Other areas not bad. It depends where youre headed. Another huge factor, the weather. Lets check in with meteorologist mark demayo. Weve
Covering this week. Many of these events are open to the public. Look at them to air in the near future on the tv on cspan2. Senator lamar alexander, someone asked you for a recommendation for a book about tennessee or tennessee history, what would you recommend. Guest i would recommend alec stewart, by john griese. Alec stewart was a cooper, its a barrel maker. He lived up maker. He lived up in Hancock County which is one of our remote counties and John Rice Irwin is the creator of appalachia and he interviewed alex stored about his life. He was a a remarkable man. He can make anything. He could pull teeth, he he could catch a squirrel, skillet, fright, eat it. He was so interesting that he was invited to washington to be part of the smithsonian folk festival on time. If you want to get a sense of how some Mountain People lived and totally off the land, alec stewart, john reiser. A lot of things politicians from tennessee, that janes couple of president s andrew jackson, what about bi