southeastern part of the united states. it has killed at least 14 people right here in the state of georgia over the weekend. four people also died in other parts of the southeast. georgia s governor declared a state of emergency in seven counties where storms leveled homes and damaged property. the u.s. national weather service issued a rare high-risk alert for southern georgia and northern florida. this is the first high-risk alert issued since june of 2014. former french prime minister manuel vales will face the education minister in a primary runoff set for january 29th. the winner of that runoff will be the socialist party s candidate in april s french presidential election. samsung blaming bad batteries for causing its galaxy note 7 phones to catch fire. investigators say the overheating problem stemmed from poorly designed batteries from two different suppliers. samsung discontinued the troubled device in october. the latest attempt to end
convicted of an unthinkable crime, murdering his 22-month-old son cooper leaving him to die in a sweltering suv on purpose. anybody who could do this, and the evidence showed that he did this intentionally, he has malice if his heart. reporter: the case had riveted the nation. in june of 2014, harris told police he d forgot to know drop off his son at day care and drove straight to work, not realizing cooper was strapped in his car seat for seven hours. harris reaction caught on dash cam when police arrived. oh my god! what have i done? reporter: in a trial filled with dramatic testimony, prosecutors argued harris wanted to escape his marriage and the responsibilities of being a parent. alleging the 35-year-old was exchanging explicit text messages with multiple women, including an underaged girl, the day cooper died. there s no doubt the defendant lived a double life. reporter: the defense insisted harris may have been a bad husband but cooper s death was a tragic acciden
security at our nation s biggest thanksgiving celebration. top stories around the news nation this morning. authorities in new york saying there s no specific or credible threat to new york city s macy s thanksgiving day parade after an isis propaganda publication called the event an excellent target for terror. the militant group s message appeared in the latest issue of its magazine. the nypd said no reason for concern. we do get calls. we run those leads down. to date, nothing that we found overly concerning. the man accused of deliberately leaving his 22 month old in a hot car for 7 hours back in june of 2014. he s been found guilty on all charges. 35-year-old justin ross harris now faces life in prison without
reporter: already from sources inside the city that they have, for instance, released prisoners and used them to dig a network of trenches and tunnels around the city. we know as has happened in the past that they re also planting ieds and traps all over the place and prepared truck bombs and car bombs in the event that iraqi forces do get into the city. also other than that we re hearing things that would indicate perhaps that their nerves are getting a bit jangled at the moment. that some isis fighters have left the city. others are wondering if perhaps they ll be able to take advantage of an amnesty offered by the iraqi government even if this offensive and certainly what we ve seen. it s quite impressive to think that back in june of 2014 when isis took the city. it was just a few hundred men
go out and dig a network of trenches and tunnels for the defense of the city. but many of the residents of mosul, which we don t know the precise number, somewhere between 700,000 to a million, apparently are waiting desperately to be freed from the control of isis. isis has been in control of mosul since june of 2014. christi, victor? it s hard to overestimate the symbolic and strategic value of retaking that city after so long, especially as it relates to isis there in iraq. ben wedeman, thanks so much. thank you, ben. well, wikileaks seems to be living up to its promise to hack the clinton campaign. more hacked e-mails have been released including what appears to be transcripts of three paid speeches to goldman sachs. , the search for relief often leads. here. here. or here. today, there s a new option. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy.