On capitol hill there are calls to overhaul the way security clearances are given. The office of Personnel Management looked important information. Edward snowden, Chelsea Manning and aaron alexis. Snowden and manning had reams of classified documents and alexis killed dozens of people at the navy yard. Aaron alexis was profoundly psychotic when he hunted employees in a u. S. Navy office in 2013. He was armed with a shotgun and a clearance to handle military secrets. He was able to exploit his access to building where he murdered his colleagues. 12 of his colleagues. Others wounded. Reporter Paul Stockton is a former assistant secretary of defense who led an investigation in to the massacre. What was with it about his security clearance that jumped out at you right from the start . Aaron alexis should have never been granted a security clearance. Reporter this is a draft the public has never seen of a separate federal investigation in to the allege ai lex sis case. In his security clea
To the midwest, in particular this area from kansas city to st. Louis, southern iowa in to illinois. This is where we could see damaging wind gusts and several tornados for tomorrow. The wintry side of this, the rockies to the plains, blizzard warnings here. Not just for a snowfall but blowing and drifting snow causing treacherous travel conditions on 70 and 76. Tomorrow morning snow in denver. The storm moving to the plains. The strong storms tomorrow afternoon. Around the system a lot of strong winds could lead to additional travel disruptions. Eric fisher from the great wbz. Thank you. Today the university of missouri appoint advice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity. It was yesterday that the president and chancellor resigned after protests over their handling of racial issues. The football team, which threatened to boycott saturdays game returned to practice today. Today new york became the first state in the nation to adopt a sweeping increase in the minimum wage for
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That building and an adjacent home were engulfed in flames. Police say best they can tell, no one was inside either building but survivers from the plane are unlikely. Were going to go to our transportation correspondent kris van cleave who is following this. Kris. Reporter scott, local police say it was a twin engine hawker business jet that went down. At least two people on board are dead, and that number is expected to rise. There are reports up to nine people may have been traveling on that small plane. Investigators say no one on the ground was hurt when the plane crashed a little before 3 00 p. M. As it approached the citys airport. Witnesses saw the crash. It landed on the Apartment Building, and it just blew up, and it just sounded like gunfire going off, like ammunition just keep going off. Everything was ge. It looked like a bomb exploded. There was no plane plane, no buildings. All the cars were on fire and it looked like the second Apartment Building was like a big dollhous
Late this afternoon, a business jet clipped utility wires and crashed into an Apartment Building in akron, ohio. That building and an adjacent home were engulfed in flames. Police say best they can tell, no one was inside either building but survivers from the plane are unlikely. Were going to go to our transportation correspondent kris van cleave who is following this. Kris. Reporter scott, local police say it was a twin engine hawker business jet that went down. At least two people on board are dead, and that number is expected to rise. People may have been traveling on that small plane. Investigators say no one on the ground was hurt when the plane crashed a little before 3 00 p. M. As it approached the citys airport. Witnesses saw the crash. It landed on the Apartment Building, and it just blew up, and it just sounded like gunfire going off, like ammunition just keep going off. Everything was gone. It looked like a bomb exploded. There was no plane plane, no buildings. All the cars