Good evening. We now know who he is, but why he opened fire in a crowded Maryland Mall yesterday and what his ultimate plan was remains a mystery tonight. Two store workers were killed along with the shooter now identified as 19yearold darion aguilar, who took his own life. He had plenty of ammunition and even crude explosives. On the heels of other recent mall attacks comes the question, can we better secure these sprawling complexes . Reporter 21yearold Brianna Benlolo and 20yearold Tyler Johnson were killed when 19yearold Darion Marcus Aguilar opened shooting in zoomies, where the two worked. A family friend of aguilar, who police say was a manager at the Dunkin Donuts near the home he shared with his mother. A woman who identified herself as his mother said she was devastated and didnt know her son owned a gn. Hes never, never had a gun before, never been interested in guns, never been interested in anything like that. I dont know what happened. I just dont know what happened. I do
Upton gets excited for the super bowl. Its tuesday, january 28th. Early today starts right now. Hello there. Thanks for joining us. Im betty nguyen. The south is bracing for bitterly cold temperatures. A new arctic blast is pushing into the country right now. But this time its heading into parts of the deep south. States from texas to florida and the carolinas all getting ready for large scale snow and ice. We begin this morning with nbcs wendy in chicago. Reporter another bitter blast has locked in midwest in an unrelenting icy grip and now Southern States are in its reach. Bone chilling temperatures now stretch to the gulf coast. This second polar punch in as many weeks has left people wondering if winter will ever end. We just about had enough of this weather. Reporter coats, hats, scarves, gloves, so much winter gear needed just to step outside in these sub zero temperatures. Making matters worse, 24 states are having to endure a propane shortage after a pipeline exploded south of
We are still trying to authenticate the video. As for the air power being used it is big and it is destructive. A mix of u. S. Fighters, bombers and missiles all launched from airstri airstrips. And the u. S. S. Firing tomahawk missiles from the red sea. And one of the most crucial equations in these strikes against isis, the arab allies who assisted the United States. Were talking about saudi arabia, u. A. E. , bahrain, jordan and qatar. We have jim standing by live in london. But we want to start with brian moore with the first wave of strikes. The pentagon confirms that president obama gave the green light for this attack allowing his commanders to o put together the fine details, which involved fighter jets, bombs and missiles. All of them it aimed at syria, the selfdeclared capital of isis and the terrorist army there. U. S. Officials say the targets hit include d headquarters area, fuel and weapons depots and the United States did not carry out these attacks alone. It was assiste
Hard time understanding where this will go until it gets on the north side of Dominican Republic. 50 mile per hour winds. Here is the forecast track. Dont look at these center icons, look at the cone itself. So if the storm continues on this track the forecast, National Hurricane center has, it will most likely run up the spine of florida around the florida keys, miami about a 45 to 50 mile per hour Tropical Storm. It could strengthen over the waters of the bahamas and become a hurricane. If it interacts with cuba it will be a voir di will have a hard time getting itself back together and could possibly strengthen this the gulf of mexico. So uncertainty but it looks like it will cross over the Dominican Republic, haiti and emerge on the north side and have an interaction with south florida by monday morning. Today the models have shifted to the west we still have a flu outliars saying it could take the east or western track it will cause a bit of rain across the Dominican Republic, two
The ammunition, asked him about it, and he says that it was because he was renewing his license and needed to practice and thats why he bought the ammunition. She did not buy him to the pulse nightclub to case out the scene or the venue. In fact they drove by it but he was the one driving, she was not even aware why they were going through that particular area. So that is the version that is being told to us through a source to try to kind of refute some of the pieces of information that are coming out to suggest that she may have been involved or known about this attack. Shes saying she was not aware of it in addition to all of the other things that shes been telling us about her relationship with her husband, the shooter, omar mateen. Jose. Ayman, this is fascinating information. Im just wondering if there is any knowledge or if shes mentioned whether she had a phone conversation with the killer during the rampage, because thats a question i think a lot of people are asking. Was it j