This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. In just a few moments, president obama will speak to reporters at the white house. He has been meeting with his National Security team throughout the morning, the briefing focusing on domestic security over the holiday weekend. The attacks in paris raising concerns of more attacks around the world. Lisa stark live for us this morning in washington. Lisa what can we expect the president to say . Reporter well, we understand that the president is really not going to make a lot of news, but he is going to tell the American Public that there is no specific or credible threat right now pointing to a paristype attack here. I see it as him being the reassurer in chief to tell people things are okay. We have got it under control, dont be too worried. This does come after the state Department Issues a worldwide alert for americans traveling overseas to be especially vigilant. And after the fbi sent out a bullet calling Law Enforc
Times. And rescuing food how one group is trying keep 16 tons of perfectly good produce from ending up in the trash. Is we begin tonight with a deadly mass shooting in colorado. It unfolded at a planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. A lone gunman opened fire and barricaded himself. Today after hours long standoff, the pt i suspect is in custody. Jim hooley is there. Jim. Reporter came out here to help out his fellow officers. A call went out for mutual aid he responded and thats when he was shot and killed. Still this hour, the motive for this shooting is still unclear. The perpetrator is in custody, the situation is resolved, there is no continuing peril to the citizens of Colorado Springs. Reporter that marked the end of a five hour standoff between a gunman and police at a planned parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. Later, authorities revealed that three people had died. Unfortunately with this tragic situation today, we have to confirm that we have two civilian casualti
Activism in a campus. Good evening. The terror alert is at its maximum level in brussels tonight. Soldiers and police are patrolling the capital city that has become a folkal point in the investigation of last weeks attacks in paris. The countrys Prime Minister warns that the city faces a serious and imminent threat. Subways are closed and much of the city has been brought to a standstill. The department is telling americans living in prisms to stay home. Paul brennan has the story from belgium. Reporter belgium soldiers now patrol where once were just Brussels Police and the city woke to a security level not scene for nearly a decade. The p. M. Was in Constant Contact with the chiefs and called a special sitting of cabinet in the morning. He did not reveal the nature of the danger, but urged the public to avoid crowded places. Translation the analysis of the situation leads us to identify particular locations. We believe shopping malls, events, demonstrations and transport are the mai
This morning millions of merps are taking to the skies are, the roads, the rails, all trying to get to their holiday designations. This is a live look at how crowded the skies are right now. Many travellers could be seeing delays. Good morning and welcome to your world this morning. Reporter according to the Popular Crowd sourcing, today is the worst day for Holiday Travel, so expect traffic jams and long lines at the art port warnings are already out because of some dangerous weather reporter this bus Holiday Travel week started off wet. Its not Getting Better you have to visit, right. Reporter more than a hundred million travellers will hit the road more than ever before. You have to keep an eye on the skies just as much as they do the road. Fog may have led to this chain crash killing at least three people. Cross parts of the west, snow is so heavy it is slow in the search and rescue mission in washington state. A missing skier had to be halted because of avalanche dangers. Dangerou
And still months before ttys its fully under control. Will see if it can mount a major operation to push i. S. I. L. Out of dug in positions, and u. S. F16s to attack around ramadi. When i. S. I. L. Is out, if the Iraqi Government can restore government to the mostly sunni city. Sunni force of anbar police has also been trained and is ready to provide security once the city has been secured. Freeing ramadi from i. S. I. L. Control will allow iraq to end the year on a significant victory and allow it once again to set its sights on recapturing mosul, i. S. I. L. s de facto capital in northern iraq. Al jazeeras Jamie Mcintire at the pentagon. Mark kimmit joins us. I think jamie was spot on with his analysis. It is going to be a significant victory not just for the iraqi army but for the police forces, and in many ways the tribal forces that are participating in the operation. More importantly it will be a success for Prime Minister abadis campaign which has come under criticism for quite