Millions gone in seconds. Good evening. And we begin tonight with those breaking developments, an alarming scene playing out during rush hour, right here in new york city. Police spotting the suspect, a man with a meat cleaver. As they respond, it turns dangerous. Gun fire erupting. Authorities saying at least two officers injured. And we are just now hearing from eyewitnesses. Abcs gio benitez is in midtown manhattan, and he leads us off. Gio . Reporter david, very much an active crime scene here in midtown manhattan. And you said it, that unusual weapon tonight, a meat cleaver. Tonight, that terrifying scene in the heart of new york citys tourist midtown area, leaving two officers injured. Police swarming to this area just after 5 00 p. M. During rush hour. Sirens blazing, as that suspect, armed with a meat cleaver, was Madison Square garden and macys harolds square. Officers telling a man to drop a weapon. What some witnesses described as a meat cleaver. When he didnt, the officers
Sidney blumenthal knee long, nbc 10 news. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with new video of a scuffle that septa says shows kids behaving badly. The video is going viral and septa police are looking for the children in this video. We had to turn down the audio because the language used is not acceptable for tv. Brandon hudson talked to septa and joins us live to explain what happened on that train. Brandon . Reporter we heard from the chief a little more than an hour ago. Called the behavior outrageous and asking for help to find out who these children are and help get them counseling. The chief asked us not to blur the faces of the children in this video because but because they are under 18 years old were choosing not to reveal identities. We hope the details including location and time can help. The chief says this happened at a septa stop on york street in north fill fail round 7 45 last thursday. Three of the five yelleds profanities and racial slurs at the man recording. One
Call for a strike in the capital of kiev. And one person has been killed after a Police Helicopter crashed in the scottish city of glasgow. The death toll is expected to run. Welcome to the program. Millions of Syrian Refugees are bracing themselves for another biting winter away from home. Many are struggling to cope. The u. N. Received less than half of the 4. 4 billion it needs to provide for people in syria and its neighboring countries. Well, we can bring you the full picture right across the middle east. Were in jordan, and first lets go to northern iraq. Just tell us about the camp where you are, and how worried are people from the on set of people there . Reporter well, this is the first winter that many of these people will have faced. They only moved into this camp a few months ago. And let me show you around now. Now i have to say as it got dark the temperature plunged considerably. This camp was busy during the day. Look at it now, scarcely an anda soul in sight. And were n
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