Gave their reactions. We heard a boom. We thought it was a car accident. When we tried to get close they told us to get out of the way. Translator we were asked to stay indoors all the time it was going on. The police were worried there might be another shooter. Reporter overnight, the police lowered the threat level suggesting that tensions may have be lowered somewhat, but that is not case. The incident schaerbeek, one of the airport bombers was najim laachraoui. His brother has now spoken to the media. Why did you stop contact with him . Because he was in syria. Did you try to get ahold of him . He was in syria. It was difficult to get hold of him. There were no more contacts. While the hunt for those involved in the attacks goes on elsewhere the third and last day of National Mourning has been observed. The u. S. Secretary of state paid his respect to the victims at the ceremony at the airport, zaventem airport. We all declared, je suis. Owneis parisi parisien. Now we declare, je s
Off course, the centuries old shipping law that some people say is crippling puerto ricos economy. Plus, david jo johansen. Performance. Performing. We beginning with the civil war in syria as russia addition in, the United States steps russia digs in, United States steps back. Cost 500 million, an expensive endeavor. The pentagon says it was also a total failure. Mike viqueria has more from washington. Conceding failure. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter says the u. S. Is pulling the plug on the program to train and quip Syrian Rebels. Were looking at ways to achieve basically the same type of strategic objective which is the right one. Reporter the idea was for the u. S. To train syrian fighters in a third country, either jordan, turkey or saudi arabia and send them into syria to fight i. S. I. L. Initial price tag, 500 million. President obama unveiled the plan in august of last year. With this new effort well provide training and equipment to help them grow stronger and take on i. S.
On the website the restaurant says it has stood the test of time including the great fires of portsmouth in the early 1800s. Sadly, today that narrative changed forever. Fire crews training on the river spotted smoke this morning, the exact same time the 911 call came in. Smoke was coming from the roof, the building has five stories and Officials Say the blaze that appears to have started on the first floor quickly traveled up the chimney and spread. Within an hour the fire went to four alarms, bringing crews from surrounding towns and maine. The mixed use building has apartments on the upper floor that were heavily damaged. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The guys were here quick, nay just come back from doing some training. We had two separate Water Supplies established quickly, we had access to the roof quickly, attack lines underneath the fire. And it was a remarkable job. Reporter investigators have determined the cause of this fire, they are not ready to release it just yet. When we
Over Market Street wednesday morning at the same time the 911 calls came pouring in. Crews arrived to find fire on the first floor that extended up around the chimney out on the roof, with heavy black smoke and brown smoke coming from the rear of the building. Reporter the building is 170 years old, according to the restaurants website, and survived the great fire in 1880 unscathed. Today it was not so lucky. They found the fire had traversed the third floor and subsequently a second, third and finally a fourth alarm was transmitted, which you see behind me. Reporter the Portsmouth Gas Light Company is famous for its wood fired pizzas. The fire broke out just as surrounding businesses were opening up shop for the day. Thankfully, no one was hurt. We had a lot of, we had access to the roof quickly, attack lines underneath the fire almost immediately. Reporter fire officials tell us that investigators believe they have determined the cause of this fire, they arent quite yet. It is not be
December at this point. Activity for today and the foreseeable future. We start off with wet highways. We get beyond that and it is a mostly cloudy sky and warming up further into the afternoon. Into the afternoon, mostly cloudy skies. We will have much more on the forecast as we look for the weekend and a milder air. Let s take a look at your morning ride. We are joined live by 95. 7 wzid s deb davidson. Deb good morning. All major roads in the state of New Hampshire are a good ride. Allow some extra time for the wet roads. 89 north is great. Coming on the southbound side, we are not seeing any delays we are seeing some minor delays on the everett turnpike southbound right around the bedford tolls and by exit 11. We are seeing delays on 93 south and in new bern. From the wzid traffic network, i m deb davidson for 95. 7 wzid. Sean we start with breaking news from the town of unity, where firefighters are still battling a two alarm house fire and they are facing challenges caused by a p