The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered today by our guest chaplain, reverend bruce brolio, st. Helena Catholic Church, st. Helena, california. The chaplain good and gracious god we ask your blessing upon this day that you provided for us. As we confront all the challenges that arise from the human condition, we ask your blessing to allow us to use our int and free will to guide intellect and free will to guide our Human Affairs and to seek the blessings of Freedom Personal Development and prosperity for the common good. In your goodness, bless the members of our nations house of representatives. May all their deliberations and discussions be inspired by the vision of your loving kindness and saving grace. May the work conducted here today bear rich fruit that nurtures all of the people of this nation and their dreams for a better world and thus be for your greater honor and glory. All of this we ask in your most holy name, amen. The speaker the chair has exa
Numbers. Reporter some say crime scene is an unwelcomed and too often seen decoration in this district. They fired at an armed carjacking suspect in northeast who they say fired at them first. Four failed shootings closed out Christmas Eve in southeast, northeast, and northwest. I guess bad things happen but not usually here. Reporter add that to violent stabbings in place where crime doesnt stop by often. Im the mayor and sponsible. Reporter bowzer brought up the issue today. Sometimes spikes in violence are just that, unexplained spikes. But whats important is if there are connections that the Police Identify the connections. Reporter we asked dcs Police Department for an interview and received this response. While there has been uptick in violence in recent days, overall, crime in the city is down 9 . They say thats compared 2013 to 2014 and Violent Crime includes homicide, sex abuse, robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon. You have all these police who are making sure we stay
Is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It has happened before a deadly terror attack on a crowded modern shopping mall. And so it might be hard to dismiss entirely out of hand a new threat issued by the Terror Group Al Shabaab that identifies major mall as by name inside and outside this country as targets. As it often does in these cases, the u. S. Governments walking a careful line here insisting tonight that theres no specific credible threat while at the same time urging the public to exercise heightened awareness. Its a threat especially hitting home in minnesota. Nbcs Kristen Welker is outside the famous mall of america, one of the threatened targets with more for us. Kristen. Reporter lester good evening. Shopping traffic has been steady here at the nations largest mall despite that video calling for an attack here. The white house today insisted that there is no plot that they are aware of. Still this latest threat has sent shock waves through this c
And vehicles skidding across the ice. We have two reports and a forecast. First adriana diaz in texas. Adriana . Reporter scott, this is one of dallas busiest highway intersections. Normally this would be bumpertobumper traffic but this onandoff sleet storm has broad roadways to a crawl. So far theres been one trafficrelated death and 300 accidents. It looked like a monster truck derby on interstate 40 just outside amarillo. 25 vehicles, mostly semis banged up and broken after sliding on icy roadways. Outside dallas, drivers had to reverse off an icy highway ramp, and one driver tried to push another up a slippery incline. Tony hartzel is from the Texas Department of transportation. Its a little more challenging because people think that its a little like snow, but its a lot slicker. It can look passable, but underneath can be black ice. Reporter at the dallas airport, more than 1,000 flights were canceled and the american sniper murder trial in stephenville was postponed. This person
Is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It has happened before, a deadly terror attack on a crowded modern shopping mall. And so it might be hard to dismiss entirely out of hand a new threat issued by the Terror Group Al Shabaab that identifies major malls by name inside and outside this country as targets. As it often does in these cases, the u. S. Governments walking a careful line here insisting tonight that theres no specific credible threat while at the same time urging the public to exercise heightened awareness. Its a threat especially hitting home in minnesota. Nbcs Kristen Welker is outside the famous mall of america, one of the threatened targets, with more for us. Kristen. Reporter lester, good evening. Shopping traffic has been steady here at the nations largest mall despite that video calling for an attack here. The white house today insisted that there is no plot that they are aware of. Still this latest threat has sent shock waves through this