By that work zone. Zm by the way looking okay and 95 in maryland. We are working for you as the thanksgiving travel rush begins. Team coverage of the roads with our traffic experts, you saw Melissa Mollet there and jack taylor. And we have you covered from up with chopper 4 bringing you pictures of the delays. Nearly 15 million will be traveling this week, the highest number in nine years according to aaa. More than 1 million most of us will be driving to our destinations. Aaa anticipates 43 Million People on the roads through the thanksgiving holiday. Heres some tips to make sure your trip is as stressfree as possible. Get on the road before noon. If youre flying, get to the airport at least two hours, two and a half hours, before your flight. If you need to leave your car at the airport, book your parking spot now so youre all set when you arrive. Take advantage of those low gas prices were seeing right now by become long. And coming up, news 4s justin fitch will introduce us to a wh
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. One of the heros of the war in afghanistan receiving the nations highest military honors. It happened just a short while ago at the white house. President obama honoring captain Florent Groberg at the white house. He spotted and tackled a suicide bomber. As you can see, then the tears began to flow. Al jazeeras Jamie Mcintyre is live at the pentagon. Good morning, jamie, tell us more about flo groberg. Reporter an interesting story. Is flo groberg was born in paris. He lived there until he was 11 years old. He moved to the United States with his family. He attended high school here outside of washington where he ran track and was a track star at the university of maryland. I had a chance to talk to him a little bit yesterday and along with his mother, and his mother told me that he called her after the september 11th attacks, and said he wanted to serve his country. He finished college. Enlisted in the army and in order
[applause] good afternoon welcome and they give you for joining us today on the topic of critical importance. I am president of the United States institute of peace with the critical moment to this serious conflict to threaten not of the regional political will security with the arrival of refugees in europe that there is 60 Million People displaced by conflict and 12 million are syrian. And estimates suggest what quarter have been killed in the civil war today. One of the pressing tragedies of our time United States has been the leading donor of humanitarian assistance over the last five years by growing more bloody and complex by the day the Global Community mr. Jett they Work Together to provide desperately needed civilian production to achieve a meaningful and lasting pay peace with the community and the commitment we read never again turn a blind eye let that systematic violence of human suffering come forward so i am honored to welcome to the u. S. Institute of peace they committ
When the customs Computer System went down, long lines quickly formed like this one at dallas ft. Worth. Passengers traveling internationally waiting in line forrhours. Some o othe busieie airports affected from coast to coast, jfk, boston, logan, atlanta and l. A. X. Overnight, a serious slowdown at american airports. Its crazy. I never saw anything like this. Reporter from los angeles to new york, major delays and long lines forming for International Travelers at checkinin counters and in cusms. The people up there were all cursing. There was people that couldnt walk. It was crazy. It was crazy. People in a wheelchair that were crying waiting for hours. They told me the Computer System was down and we needed to fill out some form, old school style. Reporter the problem with e department of homeland securitys system. It checks passenger names against ecklists. It was down for 90 minutes but the lines lasting much longer. They should have had a better system like another backup or some
My heart goes out to them and also Khloe Kardashian who was in the process of filing for divorce but cares so much about him. Everyone said hes such a good guy. He remains in a las vegas hospital this morning. Odom was at a brothel on an open ended reservation in the establishments best vip suite. We know what may have led to him being found unconscious. All the details from abc. Reporter new details emerging into what may have left lamar odom in a coma and on life support. We need an ambulance. Tuesday afternoon, employees at a state licensed brothel in nevada discovered the former reality show star unconscious in his room. Hurry, please, because hes got blood coming out of his nose. Cant get him to wake up. Still alive. Ambulance came. Police came. They immediately sai this is not looking good in wednesday the local sheriff revealed the 911 calls and says people confirmed he had been using drugs. The male had been using cocaine. They also informed dispatch hee had used up to ten tabs