gun control. today, is he meeting with attorney general loretta lynch to review pros. he could make an official announcement tomorrow. federal investigators have released several images of the el faro that giant freighter sank in october during a hurricane. the remains of the 33 crew members were never found. authorities may launch another search for the chip s black box. those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 4th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to everyone. let s get started this half hour with the armed occupation of buildings at a remote national wildlife refuge in oregon. it s happening right now. the u.s. fish and wildlife service says work is being done to resolve the situation peacefully. the whole thing is lynched to this long-running dispute between two ranchers, father and son and the federal government. reporter: dozens of armed militia members have seized a federal building, angry at the government.
federal investigators have released several images of the el faro that giant freighter sank in october during a hurricane. the remains of the 33 crew members were never found. authorities may launch another search for the chip s black box. those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 4th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning to everyone. let s get started this half hour with the armed occupation of buildings at a remote national wildlife refuge in oregon. it s happening right now. the u.s. fish and wildlife service says work is being done to resolve the situation peacefully. the whole thing is lynched to this long-running dispute between two ranchers, father and son and the federal government. abc s neil carlin can i reports. reporter: dozens of armed militia members have seized a federal building, angry at the government. it s the duty of the people to put the government back in its place. reporter: the takeover following
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several images of the el far row, the cargo ship that will left florida on september 2th and then lost contact as hurricane joaquin became a category 4 storm. the remains of the 33 people on board never found. investigators still hope they can locate the black box. the developer of the dubai tower that caught fire new year s eve vows to repair it. the skyscraper burned as the city held its annual fireworks display. consultants are working to repair the damage to the 63-story building. the cause of the fire remains under investigation this morning. next the race for the white house. donald trump is breaking his silence this weekend after appearing in a terrorist recruitment video. true to form, the gop front-runner found someone else to blame, democratic front-runner hillary clinton. mary bruce explains reporter: forget his donald trump is going full steam against hillary clinton. saying as secretary of state s s hillary clinton created isis with obama. reporter: tru
out of hand for you, the budweiser? oh, n. we ll get to that story in a moment. we do start this half hour with this standoff that is happening right now in oregon. there are armed militia members occupying a building at a national wildlife refuge. and it all stems, of course, from years of long dispute that the two ranchers, a father and son have been having with the federal government. one federal agency says its working to resolve the whole thing peacefully. with grievances and with guns, dozens of armed militia members have taken over a federal building in the oregon back country. this refuge here is rightfully owned by the people. we intend to use it. reporter: they moved in on the building saturday. it is theuty of the people to put that government back in its place. reporter: one of their grievaes the sentencing of two local ranchers for arson who are in a dus put with the federal government over land rights. the principles we areere of the united sta