All morning along with officials this morning. That is the latest effort to calm the nations fears over any potential attacks. Meanwhile european leaders are meeting in belgium today focusing on ending the war in syria. That diplomatic effort coming ahead of a major u. N. Meeting in new york later this week. Also leaders are meeting with secretary of state john kerry in paris. The meetings coming on the heels of stepped up airstrikes by the syrian government. Al jazeera reports. In this moment of sheer panic and desperation, talk of a truce is irrelevant, bloodied bodies clutter the floor of a temporary basement clinic. In this rebel stronghold outside of damascus, lifeless infants are checked for vital signs. On another table a doctor tries to save another child who has lost his legs. The streets of duma are littered with debris and shards of glass making it difficult to reach those in need. Most of the victims were children and women at a market and a school. Syrian and russian jets
Cortinez called the threat rare, and he said all campus also be searched until they are deemed safe. I think it is important that i take the precaution based on what has happened recently and what has happened in the past. I have asked the chief to be working with the City Police Department in the sheriff before the day is over. I want every school searched to make sure that it is safe for children and safe for staff to be there. Lets go live now to al jazeeras rob reynolds in l. A. What do we know now at this hour about the nature of the threat . Well, del, ramon catrinez, who we just heard there, also mentioned the threat involved the possibility of backpacks and packages left on school property. Not a lot of details beyond that. However, the very latest is that a School Spokesperson named Shannon Haber told reporters that the threat was emailed to a school board member. They traced the ip address, the internet protocol degrees of that email transition back to the city of frankfurt i
That being that a lot of people are wondering right now, because the United States is recognized for years that this was going to be the emerging threat. In other words, not uniform forces, soldiers who lay low, and attack, or in this case, try and attack the United States on the home land. Did the pentagon not prepare for the fact that these lone wolves would be cropping up and if so, how do you prepare for lone wolf attacks like we saw in San Bernardino, california . Thats not the pentagons responsibility. Thats why we created after the attacks of 9 11 the department of Homeland Security, which we spent 600 billion on since 9 11 to deal with that. And you know we know that the fbi has been tracking Something Like 900 people. President didnt get into it today. I think he did in the previous speech he gave that jamie referred to earlier. But the fact of the matter is, you cant buy perfect security. Youll always have people inspired by all kinds of reasons to do horrible things. In the
After losing her son to Baltimore gun violence in 2017, Maryland House Del. Chanel Branch experienced some closure when police announced two arrests in the case. But then more questions troubled her: Who were these young men, and why did they turn to violence?
Baltimore officials and politicians are considering setting up what's known as a gun court in the city to expedite prosecution of minor gun-related charges in an effort to divert those charged into programs that offer resources and support services instead incarcerating them, much like drug court.