no say in its formation some of threaten to tear it down today in fact while the president has vowed to send in the national guard if he has to to try and stop people from taking it down where they re live and we re going to bring you developments as they happen but we re going to begin this newscast with one word one word it s a word that a year ago would have met very little but now seems to mean everything to almost every single person living on the planet earth and fact to many it means the difference between living and dying and that word is vaccine. so let me get to it here is the news on the vaccine front there are 4 major laboratories racing right now to try and get a covert 1000 vaccine out right away they are johnson and johnson. they re u.s. based by the way sanofi which is a french firm lab. it s also american and astra zeneca which is a british laboratory there is news on 2 of them so let me bring you up to date on that going to start with madonna dern a is annou
reporter: will look like this. work crews creating two sets of fireworks set to go off on the two barges, anchored near peer 30. the producers are keeping quiet about what it will look like. music is different. the way they will be performed is different. tricks up our sleeves. 25 minutes of fireworks. reporter: she a fireworks show producer. he says the show programmed in a way that if the fog makes an appearance it won t cloud people s ability to see the show. chances of some fog is always possibility. we use the big stuff and focus on the mid-range, 500, 400, 300 feet. and we have been successful in making those visual no matter what happens. reporter: morning those helping among those helping is this pre-school teacher. really cool. it is a lot of fun. i am excited. i am, you know, nervous because i have never done it. reporter: nothing to be nervous about. quarter to half million people are expected to be watching. back live. the barges are expected to be
84 children. in an attack by the taliban on the school. a deadly terror attack in pakistan. all nine gunmen holding the kids hostage inside of the school are dead. swat teams and other officers are continuing a desperate man hunt. for an iraq war veteran suspected of killing his ex-wife and five former in-laws. as we stand here right now, we do not know where he is. australia continues to grieve over the deadly ending to the hostage crisis. prime minister tony abbott placed flowers at a makeshift memorial. innocent people got caught up in the sycophantsy of a deeply disturbed individual. bill cosby s wife publicly defending her husband. new concern in california. rain is falling again on the unstable hillsides. and there s another storm right behind it. and delta flight hod to make an emergency landing in montana. dash cam video shows an elderly man being tazed by a texas police officer. all that. country s biggest names came out for the americ
been killed including 84 children. a deadly terror attack in pakistan. at least six armed men stormed the school. some still being held hostage. wta teams and officers in philadelphia continue a manhunt. for an iraq war vet suspected of killing his ex-wife and five in-laws. we do not know where he is. australia continues to grieve over the hostage crisis. prime minister tony abbott placed flowers at a memorial. people got caught in a deeply disturbed individual. in a statement, his wife said, quote, he s a man you thought you knew. unstable hillsides. plus winter watches, advisories and another threat right behind it. and a delta flight had to make an emergency landing in atlanta. passengers smelled an electrical odor. and dash cam shows an elderly man being tasered by a police officer. all that and thanks for showing up and partying with us, we love you. reed new orleans, touchdown. a convincing win for the saints. their defense with the s
don t get me wrong. i ve seen it work firsthand. i ve been a strong advocate for this program. however, we have had results of a gao study that are less than favorable. gao recommends that tsa limit future funding for the program so an accurate study is completed using behavioral indicators to identify based on tsa s own plans it will be at least three years before they can begin measuring the effectiveness of spot. i m that tsa disagrees with the gao s findings and i look forward to hearing that. and also argues that spot is risk-based, which i think it s a good premise. i would like to hear tsa s explanation and information used to support this. frankly, i am disappoindisappoin ted with the findings in the report because i believe, as i said, there s value in assessing behavior in aviation environment. they are our century-old techniques and tools law enforcement and other security organizations, including israel. many people pointed israel as a model. that will allow ind