We now know the four marines murdered yesterday, and as the nation mourned, their remains were taken from tennessee to Dover Air Force base in delaware to be prepared for their final honors. Today the government said it is investigating the shooting attack at two military sites in chattanooga as an act of terror. Weve learned a great deal about the gunman and those he took from us. Dean reynolds begins our coverage. Reporter as strangers neighbors and friends paused to reflect on their loss, flowers and flagged expanded a makeshift memorial. Ashley miller brought her fiveyearold son blake in his marine dress uniform to salute the fallen. His father is a lieutenant in the marine corps. I just wanted to come down and have him pay his respects and my respects, as well. As ava hastings was overcome. This really makes me sad. This makes me sad for the families. Reporter throughout the day, the names of the marines slowly emerged, some who had fought in wars abroad ambushed here in chattanoo
Capital of mali, a former french colony in west africa. Terrorists stormed the Radisson Hotel armed with guns and grenades. Malian and French Special Operations Forces freed more than 100 hostages, but at least 19 people were killed. Elizabeth palmer in france is following this. Reporter hotel guests were rushed to safety after an assault that began shortly after 7 00 a. M. Theyd been trapped in their rooms when gunmen drove up in a toyota s. U. V. With diplomatic plates and started shooting. Malian special forces set up an antiterrorist cordon. And then helped by their french counterparts and one offduty American Special forces member, they moved floor to floor evacuating more traumatized guests and staff. Those rescued included about a dozen americans, among many foreign diplomats and businesspeople, who were taken to a nearby Sports Center where Embassy Staff came to pick them up. At about 6 50, said this eyewitness, some men started shooting everywhere, shouting allahu ackbar. They
Cuts and bacon increases the risk of colon cancer and eating red meat likely does the same. After todays report by the world health organization, every one seemed to be asking how great is that risk . So we asked dr. Jon lapook. Reporter the w. H. O. Committee has placed processed meat like hot dogs and ham in the same cancer risk category as tobacco but the amount of increased risk is nowhere near the same. Lifetime risk of getting colon cancer is 5 . Eating the equivalent of one hot dog a day raises that to about 6 . By comparison, one study found the lifetime risk of lung cancer is 1. 3 in male nonsmokers, and about 17 in smokers. The evidence was strongest for a cancer link with processed meat. The International Panel of experts said the cancer link for red meat like steak and pork is weaker. But that red meat probably also causes cancer, mainly colon but possibly also pancreatic and prostate. The committee described the number of possible mechanisms. Dr. Mariana stern of usc serve
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 would lead us to believe that this is not a jihadist initiative, for example, that allah was not spelled with a capital a. That
Birth defects. Broward county includes fort lauderdale. Florida is reporting at least 12 cases, but in all more than 51 people have been infected in 12 states and the district of columbia. Conditions in the Sunshine State are especially conducive to zika. Mark strassmann is there. Reporter zika anxiety pushed teams of mosquitocontrol sprayers into miamidade neighborhoods today. Floridas hot, humid client puts its 20 million residents at risk for the virus along with millions more tourists. Governor rick scott. Were a state that has mosquitoes similar to mosquitoes that could carry this, so its better to get ahead of this. Reporter scott has asked the centers for disease control, or c. D. C. , to rush 1,000 zika testing kits here. The state will buy 4,000 more. Testing would focus on pregnant women who are especially vulnerable. The virus has been linked to a birth defect called microcephaly. Babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains. There is no zika vaccine, and no antido