california. police responding with tear gas after a small group of protesters threw rocks and bricks at them. two officers were hurt. looters also hit local businesses. in other parts of the country from oklahoma to atlanta, protests have largely been peaceful. officials with pakistan say a high-ranking al qaeda was killed in a suspected u.s. drone strike. he was believed to be head of al qaeda operations in pakistan and afghanistan. he decide along with four other suspected militants. the northern philippines is bracing for typhoon hagupit s fury. this cyclone is moving at only 9 miles an hour and drenching this area, dropping tons of rain. now authorities worry hagupit will cause disastrous mudslides because it s headed to a mountainous region and it will likely endanger 40 million people. earlier the typhoon slammed into
landfall. this hasn t stopped residents from still going out and doing their last minute shopping in preparation for the landfall of typhoon hagupit. and as you can see, many of the stores here are closed, but this did not stop some businesses to continue operations and most of the residents here or the shoppers buy rice, packs of rice. they also buy canned goods and instant noodles and ready to eat meals. nobody knows how strong the impact of tag pit will be here but store owners say that other businesses would go back to operations in a day or two. our meteorologist is tracking the storm from the world weather center . i know it s moving very slowly
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similar demonstrations across the u.s. remained peaceful. the city of tacloban was the most worried about as typhoon hagupit, it was hit hard last year by a super typhoon and has not fully recovered still. it does appear the city has been spared the worst of this storm. let s get to andrew stevens who is in tacloban. andrew this is in many ways a success story after last year, many feared the worse. this time it seems tacloban residents were able to get to safety well before the storm hit. what can you tell us? reporter: you re absolutely right. there was a lot of preparation, a lot of planning, a lot of o y cajoling in the days leading up to the typhoon. the best ways to describe it is
jason rezaian has u.s. and iranian citizenship. he s been there at the paper s bureau chief in iran since 2012. it s not clear which charges specifically, if any, he s facing. secretary of state john kerry is urging iran to free him. the northern part of the philippines is bracing for typhoon hagupit s fury and it is concern it will cause mudslides, putting nearly 40 million people s lives now in danger. earlier, hagupit slammed into tacloban with 140-mile-per-hour winds, causing severe damage to homes and businesses. we re keeping an eye on that and will have more in a few minutes. another unbeaten season for florida state, surviving the win over georgia taking tech to take the acc championship last night. alabama and texas christian university also easily won their conference championship games and they hope won over the