and now to new developments about the gunman who went on a shooting rampage, killing four sailors and one marine in a military facility in tennessee. we re expecting a briefing from police in about a half hour. also investigators are looking into whether abdulazeez told others about his intentions. let s get the latest from sarah dal dallof in chattanooga. law enforcement right now focusing on two acquaintances of abdulazeez s. if he had indications he was planning the attack or any other details about it. it led to them searching an apartment about 20 minutes from here overnight. meanwhile, the family representative continues to reveal new details about the days leading up to the attack. the last time the shooter saw his parents, they argued. in the days leading up he was in a downward spiral out joy riding in the renting mustang he used in the attack. they believe he was using drugs, smoking marijuana specifically
that killed nine people in waco texas. one newspaper is playing into social media race baiting. the woesh put the washington post putting out a picture of sarah palin in biker gear. what do you think of that story? weigh in on that for us. what if you saw this giant tiger, look at this thing, riding around on a top of car. don t call police because this is a toy. someone in washington state could not tell the difference and actually called 911. so a cop went out to inspect the animal problem and he found a couple of teenager joy riding with a stuffed tiger strapped to the roof. just because their teenager and that s what they do. that could be on our minivan? exactly. or a big fox. the weird thing about the tiger, the tiger was on the top. shouldn t it be in the tank?
mario a year ago. back in september there was a girl that came forward that wanted help. right. her name is elizabeth sorano. jessica and elizabeth worked for mario. he was good con artist. it all started when she was 18, on her way to becoming a code breaker for the air force. she was about to be deployed, she says, when arrested for joy riding in a stolen car. as a result, the air force dropped her. i was already processed. just waiting to graduate high school. elizabeth says she was sitting in jail when approached by another woman in the lockup. she said she had a friend that owned an escort service and she could get me in. out of money, desperate, elizabeth called the owner of the escort service mario davis. soon, she was turning tricks. i had a quota.
providence is nbc news s ron mott where things are picking up wind-wise, ron. reporter: wind-wise indeed, alex. good saturday to you. we re starting to see a lot more people come out of their apartments here downtown. i m assuming there s a little cabin fever setting in for a lot of folks. it s only 1:00. but granted they want to get out and get a little bit of daylight before the light goes away here in four or five hours. 19 1/2 inches. as you mentioned, we think most of the snow is probably done here in providence, which is great news. but obviously as you can see, alex, there s a lot of snow on the roadways down here. some of the streets have been cleared out downtown. for all practical purposes it s a ghost town down here. and one of the things you mentioned, there is an active ban on travel throughout the state of rhode island. a friend of mine used to say that 10% never gets the word. we ve seen a lot of the 10% out here. a lot of folks out joy riding. one guy stopped here at
spent the night with another woman at her apartment before going home and killing his girlfriend and then himself. next to a shocking video, this out of santa fe, new mexico, it s of a blind student being dragged down a hallway by his teacher. a surveillance camera captured the teacher dragging the student to her room. in kentucky, a heinous kidnapping scheme was uncovered during a traffic stop. police arrested three suspects after discovering a store clerk bound and locked in the car trunk. they beat the 22-year-old and stole his car for joy riding. and oregon couple also had some incredible luck on their side when a 100 foot tall tree fell on their car. the couple had just returned from house hunting when a gust of wind sent the tree crashing down. both lunged toward the car floor. they survived that freak accident with minor injuries. unbelievable.