To world news today. President trump has urged americans to come together to eradicate anti semitism, after five people were wounded in a knife attack onjews celebrating hanukkah in new york state. The suspected attacker, named as grafton thomas, has appeared in court to be charged with five counts of attempted murder. The mayor of new york, bill de blasio, is set to announce new measures to combat anti semitism following a number of incidents in recent weeks. Chris buckler reports from washington. Members of new yorks largejewish community had gathered to celebrate their religion, only to be attacked because of it. They were at the home of a rabbi here to mark hanukkah, when a man forced his way into the house and started stabbing people, in some cases multiple times. He pulled out a knife and he started running to the left side, and i have thrown tables and chairs and shouted he should get out of here. The injured are still being treated in hospital and this community has been left s
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With us on this xxx morning. 3 3 once again highs will be in the mid 40s today, but we may see a slight chance for drizzle after noon that will get the ball rolling for what looks like a messy thanksgiving day. A wintry mix is the best way to describe thursday morning switching to all snow by mid day. Expect 12 of wintry precipitation. Look for temperatures to hang very near freezing through the end of the weekend, with another chance of a wintry mix sunday into monday. 3 3 3 theres a lot of tension in illinois right now. One day after dash camera videow showing a white Police Officer shooting and killing a black teenager was made public. The tape set off protests on the streets of chicago into the morning. As c b s news correspondent adriana diaz shows us. The veteran Police Officer is now 3 pkg nats16 shots 16 shots the city of chicago is bracing for more heated protests today. Following the release a video showing Laquan Mcdonalds last moments. sot mos no name given you have turned
Be vigilant but not give into fear. Thats how terrorists win. We cannot give them the victory of changing how we go about living our lives. Reporter as part of the alert, federal officials are telling people to be cautious in large crowds. Ahead of the balloons for the thanksgiving day parade being inflated, you can see the increase in security at the end of the parade route in midtown. Theyre everywhere. You like that . I love that. Thats very important. We need that here in the city. A lot of police presence. Things the public will see. And of course, the public will not see. Reporter the nypd planning to have hundreds of extra uniformed officers and traffic agents, mobile camera, helicopters and mounted units. Some of those officers will be equipped with the long guns as we have heard of them, the rifles. We will have additional hercules teams that the will be around the area of the parade route. Around large crowd, this is places where they would target but i dont worry about it. Y
Pat erp violating the constitutional right. A Law Enforcement official says that a report will show that African Americans made up 88 percent of cases where police used force. All 14 cases were the departments k 9s bit a suspect and was african american. The they accounted for 85 and 90 percent of the people issued tickets and 93 percent of the people arrested. Authorities collected more fines for a suspects failure to appear than any other charge and they were mostly from the citys poorest and vulnerable residence. The findings come six months after launching an investigation. It was prompted by Michael Browns shooting by Darren Wilson who since left the force. Holder is going to release the staff recovered emails. One of them was sent after president bam was e elected in 2008 and suggested that mr. Obama could not be president for long because what black man holds a steady job for four years. Theyre talking about a settlement with the Police Department to change the practices or face