Complete coverage for you starting with safety and security. Also, a former assistant director of the fbi. Our own ashley webster. The very latest on the story. We have to really secondguessing each other. Bill bratton saying that the l. A. School district overreacted. This was not a credible threat. The fbi has told the School District it was not a serious threat. Regardless, the superintendent says that he felt the threat was credible. More than 1000 of you, including the charter schools, 640,000 students to be exact. Judging the whole system down. They will check all 900 schools. Involving the detonation of backpacks and packages and so on. We pretty much have the same email. It was riddled with mistakes. Claiming to be ag hot. Taking the name of all of. Things that obviously would not have been done if the threat was real. In response, the l. A. School District Holding a press conference just about a half hour ago. It is so easy for others to criticize when they have no responsibil
That has come. Chris calls like this one went out to parents in los angeles this morning. Authorities closed down the entire Los Angeles Unified School district over an unspecified electronic threat that was made to, quote, many schools. Superintendent cortines some of the details talked about backpacks, other packages. Chris police are investigating the threat and did not provide further details. But officials said they are taking the precaution based on recent terror attacks in San Bernardino and overseas. Superintendent cortines as superintendent, i am not going to take a chance with the life of a student. Chris the superintendent ordered authorities to inspect every school by the end of the day. Superintendent cortines i want every school searched to make sure it is safe for children and staff to be there on wednesday in chris students who were already at school were until they were picked up. Board president zimmer we need the cooperation of the whole of los angeles today. Chris t
Him good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. National Security Fears dominated last nights republican president ial debate. Senators ted cruz and marco rubio battled on everything from combating isis to immigration, as they tried to make up ground on donald trump. A new National Poll of registered republicans and likely Republican Voters finds trump with his biggest lead yet over his gop rivals. Last nights debate was the first since the attack in san bernardino. The candidates used it to explain policy, attack the Obama Administration, and take shots at each other. Danielle nottingham is in las vegas and she has our report. Reporter ted cruz and marco rubio went toetotoe. Jeb bush came out swinging. And donald trump was his nine republicans took the stage at a hotel in las vegas for a debate focused on national security. The first topic was Donald Trumps call to ban muslims from entering into the unite
Pelley tonight, officials in los angeles are defending their decision to abruptly close the entire School System in response to a Terror Threat that turned out to be a hoax. The threat came less than two weeks after the attack in San Bernardino less than 60 miles away. Critics of l. A. Include the citys former police chief, who now heads the new York City Police department and had a very different response to a similar threat today. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter the email to members of the Los Angeles School board was long and rambling. It was sent last night and threatened an attack with assault rifles on every school with bombs hidden in backpacks in lockers. The writer claimed he was part of a cell of 32 comrades willing to die, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. New york city received a similar email threat, but unlike los angeles, kept its schools open. Police commissioner bill bratton said the threat was a hoax. The language in the email this is not a jihadist initiative,
In los angeles are defending the entire School System in response to a Terror Threat that turned out to be a hoax. The threat came less than two weeks after the attack in San Bernardino less than 60 miles away. Critics of l. A. Include the citys former police chief, who now heads the new York City Police department and had a very different response to a similar threat today. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter the email to members of the los angeles rambling. It was sent last night and threatened an attack with assault rifles on every school with bombs hidden in backpacks in lockers. The writer claimed he was part of a cell of 32 comrades willing to die, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. New york city received a similar email threat, but unlike los angeles, kept its schools open. Police commissioner bill bratton said the threat was a hoax. The language in the email this is not a jihadist initiative, for example, that allah was not spelled with a capital a. That would be incredible to