Transcripts For KDSM 13 News At Nine On FOX 17 20151203

It happened around lunchtime in san bernardino. Police say at least 17 people are injured. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. A terrifying afternoon and evening for people in san bernardino, california. At this hour. Police say. Two of the shooting suspects are dead. Killed in a shoot out with police. A third person was detained close to the scene of the shootout. But it is possible he is not connected to the shootings. Earlier police said they were hunting as many as three suspects. Who had fled in a black suv. We have multiple officers that were involved in the shooting. We have two suspects that are dead at the scene. One is a male. One is a female. We had one Police Officer that was wounded. He has injuries that is not considered to be lifethreatening and he is at a local hospital and is expected to be okay. As for where the mass shooting happened. According to its Facebook Page nearly 670 people and it provides services to more than 30 thousand people with disabilities and special needs in southern california. As investigators searched for the gunmen fire crews helped the injured. Putting them on stretchers attempting to save lives. While others inside the building hid and contacted loved ones. she said the guy shot and came in next to her office and i guess started shooting. They locked themselves inhe office. They seen bodies on the floor. At this point. Police say they do not know yet if this is or is not a terrorist incident. President obama reacted to the situation on cbs news as it was all unfolding. Obviously our hearts go out to the victims and the families. The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of Mass Shootings in this country that has no parallel steps we could take, not to eliminate every one of these Mass Shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently, common sense gun safety laws, stronger background checks, police say. The shooter in a double homicide on monday in des moines is police say. The shooter in a double homicide on monday in des moines is behind bars tonight. 39year old Michael Wanchanic was wanted as a person of interest in the murders of his two roommates inside their des moines home. He was arrested last night. After an alert driver spotted his car and called police. And i dont remember saying the letters, i just saw it and picked up the phone and i was shaking and said siri, call 911. Maxwell resident Chris Charron pulled into a Convenience Store parking lot in woodward. When police arrived. Wanchanic took off. Leading police on a chase. Until his car stalled out along highway 141. Sparking a fourhour stand off. Wanchanic surrendered peacefully and is now charged with two counts of murder in the first degree. Hes accused of killing 36 year old bryon howard and 31 year old heather belieu. They were found dead monday in a home they shared with wanchanic at the 3900 block of Center Street in des moines. Chris charron says one distinct image gave him the strength and courage to follow wanchanic long enough so police could catch him. I was going to follow him regardless. I just kept seeing the video of the kids being carried out and i think about the family and what theyre going through. Heather belieu and bryon howard were engaged to be married. And together leave behind five children. Funeral services for howard will take place at 10am saturday at belieus will follow at one oclock. Also at hamilitons. Tonight Des Moines Police are still working to solve two other homicides. 20year old Dashwan Smith was shot and killed outside the evolution nightclub on northwest sixth drive on november eighth. Police are yet to make an arrest. Or at least publicly. Identify a suspect. Then. On sunday 21year old Edmanuel Perez was shot and killed along court avenue. A second person was also shot and is recovering in the hospital. Because of the violence. The court Center Organization is hiring two Police Officers to patrol court avenue. The increased security will begin tomorrow. The two officers will then be on duty from 1130 pm to 230 am thursday, friday, and saturday nights. The number of homicides in des moines now stands at 19 for the year 2015. Thats the most murders in the capitol city since 1996. And the year isnt over yet. But in this month in particular. Some in the Community Say police are overlooking major issue. Our 095205 she was spontaneous and just feisty more than a week after her death. Scalicity perezs family is wondering what really happened during that ride with her boyfriend troy mure. Mure claims he was being chased and shot at the time of the accident from people who think he is responsible for a murder at a local night club in early november. Five days following the accident a relative of perez was murdered outside of a downtown bar. Leaving some to believe Gang Activity is at play. 143829 we know that he was involved in a rough crowd scalicitys mom but police say the rumors are just that. 432524 we havent made that connection yet and thats even through interviews and we havent have that connection made to us sgt paul parizek however former gang members say police are intentionally overlooking Gang Activity in order to protect the citys reputation. 374524 stop downplaying it and saying there is not a problem when there is a problem Bernard Davis the department does not have a officers on gang recognition. Former crip Bernard Davis says without a unit the community is suffering. Gang activity is on rise and affecting those even guilty by association. 515314 if im hanging out with a group of guys but im not gang banging but them guys over there dont like those groups of guys because these guys are gang banging but these are all my friends when they they see me somewhere by myself they are gonna put me in with that gang with those guys lack of cooperation from witnesses is leaving police without a motive or a connection for the crimes. Frustrating those think their community and Police Department can do better 583122 they cant expect everyone to just run out there and get to tellin you do your job as a Police Officer. Investigate properly and it will come together during the summer months the department puts into place what it calls the Summer Enforcement Team meaning they increase patrol in hopes to reduce crime. But now their strategy following the recent violent pattern the iowa board of regents voted to increase tuition at the university of iowa today. The three percent increase for iowa students will start next fall. Northern iowa and iowa state students wont see an increase. Their rates were raised earlier this year. The regents will wait to see how much support they get from the legislature, and if needed could raise tuition again next year. We had snow this morning. But we are in for a little warm up. Chief meteorologist ed wilson has the details. Up next. Police officers are under greater scrutiny recently. How iowa Law Enforcement officials hope to make officers and the public safer. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. Youre watching the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 jeb bush heres the truth you will not hear from our president we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. It is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. The United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Their aim is our total destruction. We cant withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. We have but one choice to defeat it. Vo right to rise usa is responsible Police Officers across the country are under greater scrutiny following several high profile. Police involved shootings. Here in iowa. Theres a new effort to better prepare iowas Law Enforcement. Its called blue courage. And its being made possible with a one Million Dollar grant from the Us Department of justice. Dave price has the story. For iowas Law Enforcement, its the unknown. A dangerous unknown. Officers often have no idea what awaits them in an emergency situation their actions and reactions could mean life or death. The nations Law Enforcement officers are under scrutiny like never before. The Fatal Shooting of a black chicago teen by a white Police Officers only enflamed racial tensions. Add those tensions. To economic unrest along with unstable incidents involving the mentally ill. Theyve all led iowas new Law Enforcement Academy Director to look for a new approach. 5920 the blue courage training. Blue courage is a National Program featuring some of the top t its a holistic approach and its continual. Its not just something that we send you to a two hour class and how youve received your training. Its continual. Iowas new Law Enforcement Academy Directors unveiled the details of this first of its kind training the governor acknowledged the director bradshaw says the first round of blue courage training begins at the academy in february. Ed ad lib weather tease on set say goodbye to the snow and hello to much warmer temperatures. We are going to see 40s, and even 50s by the weekend. More heat is set up for much of next week. It may not look like christmas, but for preholiday travel and busy shopping time, it will be great. Dry weather is expected through the say goodbye to the snow and hello to much warmer temperatures. We are going to see 40s, and even 50s by the weekend. More heat is set up for much of next week. It may not look like christmas, but for preholiday travel and busy ad lib weather toss back o maerbut first rate hike. Its coming. The Federal Reserve at the first world conference on climate change, the challenge seemed insurmountable. But today, as World Leaders come together in paris, the solutions are clear. With a real commitment to clean energy, we can tackle the climate crisis, and create millions of american jobs. But none of it will happen unless america leads. Stocks on wall street closed lower wednesday. The s p 500 declined 23. The dow jones lost 158 points. The nasdaq ended the day down 33 points. Today. Federal reserve chairwoman janet yellen said she is looking forward to an Interest Rate hike. Showing the economy has recovered. But she did not say when that rate hike will be, even though many experts are predicting later this month. Yellen says the economys progress expectations that the labor market and inflation will keep improving. When the committee begins to normalize the stance of policy, doing so will be a testament also to how far our economy has come in recovering from the effects of the financial crisis and the great recession. And in that sense, it is a day that i expect we all are looking forward to. markets are watching carefully for any details on what would be the feds first rate increase in nine years. You may soon be able to satisfy your Dunkin Donuts craving from the comfort of your home. The chain is partnering with the Ondemand Service door dash to test out delivery in select cities. With a promise to have your order to you in 45 minutes or less. The coffee and doughnut giant is rolling out dunkin delivery testing in dallas, atlanta, chicago, los angeles and washington, dc. Mcdonalds is testing out table at some restaurants. The menu, called taste crafted, allows you to customize your choice of beef or chicken with a selection of buns and toppings. With table service. You order at the counter, take a seat and the food is brought to you. Right now, the options are only available at restaurants in southern california. No word on whether it will be offered at Mcdonalds Restaurants nationwide. Theres still much more to come in the next halfhour. Just ahead budget battle. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . Good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 more data than verizon and at t. Plus 400 per line. International tension. It is growing between russia and turkey. The latest accusations being flung between the countrys president s. Fierce debate. Leaders in the United Kingdom vote on increased military action in the middle east. The pros and cons. And whos resign. Thats the demand from protestors to chicago mayor rahm emanuel. Why they say his recent actions following the shooting death of a black teen by a white Police Officer. Are too little too late. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 relations between russia and nato member turkey took another hit, today. Moscow publicly linked the turkish president and isis militants. Tensions between the two nations are high after turkeys military shot down a russian fighter jet last week. John huddy has more from jerusalem. Russias Defense Ministry says it has proof turkish president recep erdogan is profiting from an Illegal Oil Trade with isis. Officials displaying images they say show trucks being loaded with oil in extremistcontrolled territory, and then traveling into turkey. Its unclear exactly what evidence they antonov says . Turkish leaders, including president erdogan, wont step down and they wont acknowledge anything even if their faces are smeared with the stolen oil. President erdogan denies his country buys oil from the militant group. Erdogan says . Those who slander turkey need to prove it. If they can prove their allegations i will not remain in my post as president even for a minute. Tensions between russia and nato member turkey high after the Turkish Military shot down a russian fighter jet, last week. Relations between moscow and the 28 Country Alliance already strained by the conflict in ukraine and Russian Military aggression over northern europe. Ties could be further complicated after nato invited montenegro to join the alliance, today. Russia opposes the inclusion of the small balkan nation. Kerry says . Nato is not a Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said today hes ready to meet with his turkish counterpart. He says hell be disappointed if he hears nothing new during the meeting. After a debate that lasted more than 10 hours, today british lawmakers voted in favor of airstrikes on isis positions in syria. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the uk faces a fundamental threat to its security and needs to act now. I have here, quote after quote, from leader after leader in the gulf world, begging and pleading with britain to take part so we can take the fight to this death cult that threatens us all so much. Cameron faced resistances from britains leftleaning opposition. Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to support airstrikes, calling also demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for suggesting those opposed were. Quote. A bunch of terrorist sympathizers. To brand those who plan to vote against the government as terrorist sympathizers both demeans the office of the Prime Minister and undermines the seriousness of the deliberations we are having today. Here in the United States, the pentagon is proceeding with plans to send Additional Special forces to battle isis. With less than a year to go before the 2016 summer olympics. There are growing concerns about the safety of the water in rio de janeiro. In july, the Associated Press reported that its first round of tests showed diseasecausing viruses directly linked to human sewage at levels of up to onepointseven million times what would be considered highly alarming in the us. Or europe. But, now. New testing shows the contamination is more widespread than previously thought and shows no improvement in water experts said athletes are competing in the equivalent of raw sewage. Based on the virus levels found on these waters, it is not safe to recreate or have any type of activity in these waters. Olympic and who Officials Say brazil needs to carry out testing for bacterial markers of pollution to determine water quality. Activists are again calling for chicagos mayor rahm emanuel to resign. This despite him firing Police Superintendent garry mccarthy. And the creation of a new task force on Law Enforcement accountability. The moves following widespread backlash in the shooting death of 17 year old Laquan Mcdonald by a white Police Officer. Mayor emanuels effort to keep the video of the shooting secret and his long wait to take action at the Police Department have stirred deep skepticism. Many say firing mccarthy and the new task force is not enough. And they want emanuel to step perez says this is a very sad day in chicago that we have to come forward and demand the mayors resignation. This is not a petty crime. Every aspect of this case indicates a pattern of obstruction of justice. Many activists are enraged at the fact the video of the october 2014 shooting first surfaced during a reelection campaign. When the mayor was seeking africanamerican votes. The mayor has defended the decision to withhold the video from the public until the investigation was finished and says the move had nothing to do with his 2015 campaign. The white house is expressing disappointment that a budget deal may not be reached as a december 11th deadline looms. White House Press Secretary josh earnest blasted republican lawmakers who he says are cowing to special interests. Congressional republicans are whistling past the political graveyard of a government shutdown. They do this as they continue to submit filled with ideological riders. Earnest did praise congress for working in a bipartisan effort on no child left behind legislation. He says it eliminates onesize fits all federal mandates like overtesting students. A 90year old connecticut woman is a true example of what the spirit of giving should be. Its beginning to look a lot like christmas especially on lexington street in new britain. Jim altman has the story. If you are amped up for the holidays prepare for an added jolt. Courtesy of 90 year old Rita Giancola ysee rita has decked much more than the halls at her new britain home. Shes decked the walls. The doors. The yard. And the floors. And that toostill in the midst of making spirits bright for this season, for the past 37 years rita has opened her house to help usher in some holiday cheer. The only thing she asks for in return to tour her home . A donation giancola new britain its all charity jimmy standup today 113356 mind you rita will be 91 in january and she says this is a True Team Effort putting up all this yuletide finery there are 10s of thousands of different decorations and if you didnt think rita could become more endearing she still stays in rhythm teaching ballroom dancedonna kasper plantsville rita does a wonderful job with the house and it changes up every year, even the toilet is decorated for xmas and here she says, the holiday stopping 102623 Rita Giancola if im rita is still putting the finishing touches on her holiday house. It opens for tours for 5 nights this year, starting december 18th. Say goodbye to the snow and hello to much warmer temperatures. We are going to see 40s, and even 50s by the weekend. More heat is set up for much of next week. It may not look like christmas, but for preholiday travel and busy shopping time, it will be great. 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Troy dannen spent more than ten years at Northern Iowa. First as a student, the past seven as athletics director. Dannen decides its time to leave his comfort zone. He takes the ad job at tulane. Dannen went to Northern Iowa after leading the iowa girls union he helped upgrade uni facilities, and increase the number of scholarships. Dannen has told us the new power five structure in football makes it harder on schools like Northern Iowa. Uni begins the search of a new athletics director immediately. If you dont have tickets to the title game yet, youll pay. Nosebleed seats on stubhub start at 150. For good sideline seats, youre dollars apiece. This is a big reason way. Its a defacto quarterfinal game for the national championship. Winner a virtual lock for the College Football semifinals the Walter Camp Award goes to the nations finest College Football player, and iowas desmond king is a finalist. Hes the only defensive player. Thats a serious honer in and of itself. King leads the nation with 8 interceptions, which ties nile kinnicks school record. He also has 39 solo tackles. Look at this company at least three of these guys will end up at Heisman Trophy ceremoney. King, alabama rb derrick henry, clemson quarterback deshaun watson, oklahoma quarterback baker mayfield, and stanford running back Christian Mccaffrey the mid american conference, or mac, names its football coach of and hes no longer in the mac. Its matt campbell. Former toledo coach, now leading the cyclones of iowa state. Campbell had a busy first week, winning over players, and hiring most of his coaching staff. Several guys from toledo. The latest rocket turned cyclone, tyson vite. Hell coach the linebackers at its something you may have never seen before. A florida funeral home is now opportunity to show love. For their Favorite College Sports Team from the other side. You heard that right. An ocala based funeral home has teamed up with a company to create collegethemed caskets, urns, register books and thank you cards. The caskets have the bold colors of your school of choice like this one dressed in Florida States garnet. The Senior Vice President says the idea was to do something and memorable. Weve already had a university of florida themed funeral, with a university of florida themed casket. The family and friends as you can imagine, were blown away that anything like this even existed. The caskets cost around four thousand dollars. And you can only get them at the hiersbaxley Funeral Homes here in central florida. Say goodbye to the snow and hello to much warmer temperatures. We 50s by the weekend. More heat is set up for much of next week. It may not look like christmas, but for preholiday travel and busy shopping time, it will be great. Dry weather is expected through the seven day. Thanks for joining us. Have hey this holiday, u. S. 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