And good evening from washington. Two major stories. Late word from the fbi on that threat to movie thee terms across the country. But now, the stories emerging from the School Children surviving the taliban storming their school. At least 141 killed. Tonight, pictures coming in. A Security Guard rushing an injured child to safety. This mother, mourning her son. A Good Samaritan, comforting these two young boys. And these parents waiting for word, did their children survive . Tonight, the white house calling this a heinous attack and abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz leading us off. Reporter it began just after 10 00 this morning and would not end for eight terrifying hours. There were only a handful of taliban gunmen, but the damage they inflicted is almost inconceivable. Those 132 students, sons, daughters, gone. The youngest, 2 years old. A visitor. The others, first graders through high school. This young man among the more than 120 wounded, but his mother, a t
Generation, europes leaders need to tackle youth unemployment. And madrid is in a mess, a week long mess after a garbage collector strike. Even five days only is hard for those on the ground to describe the devastation caused by worst storm in recording history. Which has hit the philippines. The countrys president now says that the death toll could be closer to 2 1 2 thousand, even though the u. N. Has estimated the figure to be much closer to 10,000. The survivors the situation is grim, in many ways becoming grimmer. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes, they have no shelter, those desperate to find food and water, have resorted to stripping shelves bare in shops and businesses, many of them still waiting for any kind of help to reach the destruction. The United Nations has launched an appeal for areas hit by typhoon. Started sometime and place, at dozens of country, and organizations pledging tens of millions of dollars in aid. U. S. Sending warships carrying thousa
Once again the celebration in shanghai as 2014 has now officially rained in in that country. Plus a firey train accident leads to airty concerns here in the us. And fighting continues in the south sudan in a key city. Rebels in south sudan have now captured the key city of bor. Until now that city had been controlled by government forces. Mohammed how important is this particular city . Reporter well, the town of bor is very important. Its the capitol of the state, which is the largest region in south sudan. Its also an oil rich, and the taking of bor by the rebels give them a lot to be able to negotiate with once they come to the negotiating table with the go side lead by the president. Now the fighting began early in this the morning when the rebels allied to former Vice President attacked the town, and they managed to take it after hours of bitter fighting. Does it appear to you that both sides are trying to seize as much ground as possible ahead of any ceasefire . There is no cease
Lets check in with Lauren Simonetti. Another record day for the dow and s p. Lauren absolutely. 12 more hours until 2013 ends on wall street. The dow at a record high as we close. The dow took out another intraday high. It closed at a new high. The nasdaq hitting a fresh annual high. A solid day of volumes. Also to the upside, the vix popping a little bit, but still maintaining the gains for the year. Shares of ibm, you look at the dow 30. 29 of the 30 dow components up. Many of them up better than 50 . The sole loser is ibm, down about 3 in 2013. The first annual loss since 2008. Back to you. I just went around the floor looking for white wine as a joke but everybody has read. Adam exactly. I will be rubbing that into cheryl. Wall street 2013 gains actually reached and final gone to main street . The majority are actually feeling optimistic about the economy once again. Wall street journal economic rigor in fact ms. Contributor steve moore joins us to talk about what this paul truly m
Did the same to make many holiday seasons a little brighter. Im going to go to the dinner. And i wanted to try something. And that doesnt help me out. We also saw volunteers donating their time at city team ministry, where Homeless People got a good meal, some companionship, and a Little Christmas spirit. When someone actually touches your hand, gives you a smile, listens to you, its a really big thing, especially around christmas time. A lot of people get depressed if their homeless around christmas time. They dont expect much to happen. Giving their time a gift you wont find under the tree. And of course, even though christmas will come to an end soon, the need to help others will not. Frafrl, here in san jose, Second Harvest food bank goes back to work tomorrow morning, collecting food for those who need it. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Delayed gifts have left plenty of parent unhappy tonight around the country and in the bay area. Chris sanchez is live in znl zj with more on th