Tsa predicting this will be the busiest travel season in history even though americans are on alert for possible terrorist attacks. State department issued the broad worldwide warning for travelers for the entire season asking them to avoid large crowds, Public Transportation and sporting events. The top cop says thats impractical in americas largest city and wants anyone headed there to feel safe and enjoy a turkey day tradition, the thanksgiving day parade. The Police Commissioner is expecting and welcoming possible record breaking crowds. We always police the parade with large numbers of uniformed officers. This year i think you will see even a larger presence. We are encouraging you to join the crowd. Be one of the 3 million who will have a great time. Its how new york city works. 47 million americans are expected to travel over the thanksgiving day holiday. Wusa9 caught up with some of the travelers at Dulles International airport. This hasnt grounded traverses. It simply made the
Considered a suspect in the shooting. Also, isis has called the couple who carried out the attack, quote, supporters of the islamic state. But isis has not claimed responsibility. And we have learned that Tashfeen Malik posted a pledge of support to the isis leader on facebook around the time of the attack. Right now, investigators are searching for a definitive link between the couple and any known terror groups. Nbcs jay gray has the latest tonight from san bernardino. Reporter as the memorial grows outside the inland regional center, so does the terror investigation in san bernardino. The investigation so far has developed indications of radicalization by the killers and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. Today syed farook and Tashfeen Malik supporters hailed them as martyrs but stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack. We know that isil and other terrorist groups are encouraging people to commit terrible acts of violence, oftentimes as lone
Newsroom. The man is carrying what looks to be on a a binder. He raises his hand in triumph and secret Service Agents all over him. They think he left his vehicle in hanes point and walked to the white house. Our Team Coverage begins with derek ward live in the north lawn. Derek . Good evening. They have identified that fence jumper. His name is Joseph Caputo. We dont have an address for him, an age and certainly, we dont know why he jumped the fence, but indeed he did earlier this afternoon and i had this intense moment. An otherwise uneventful thanksgiving day in d. C. , this type of incident that happened all too often happened again at the white house. This man came to see the sights when the jumper started winding his way through the crowd. Climbing. He was climbing like crazy and then he was all, like, woo the unidentified man was arrested before he made it to the executive mansion and police immediately cleared Lafayette Park across the street. Incidents like this brought in hig
The wawa. We are getting reports of a possible problem, eastbound 66 near 29 gainesville a construction barrel is rolling around in the right lane. Stay to the left. So Everything Else is quiet. You will find just nice, steady volume of traffic. No reports of significant issues on the beltway or in the secondaries. Protesters in chicago are planning to march this black friday over the Fatal Police Shooting of Laquan Mcdonald. They will demonstrate down Michigan Avenue later this morning and try to shut down the citys popular shopping district, the magnificent mile. Jesse jackson organized this march. Protesters are calling for the superintendent and the states attorney to step down over that video of a white Police Officer killing a black teenager last year. Organizers are calling the black friday protest a university march and rally. Back to you. Thank you very much. As those protests are going on, we are seeing new video from the shooting that sparked all of this. Some of that video
Makes controversial comments about muslims. The fbi is trying to figure out if one of the shooters had direct ties to extremists. And president obama is preparing to give a major address to the nation. Libertys president is issuing a call to arms. He wants his students to carry concealed weapons and as Darcy Spencer shows us tonight, some kids on another campus dont think thats a bad idea. Thats right. Some students say they agree at least with the idea of having students be able to carry guns in case there is an attack on campus. But others say its a bad idea that more guns are not the answer. We went to George Mason University in Fairfax County to get student reaction to Jerry Falwell jr. s comments that students should arm themselves to protect against a potential attack like the one in San Bernardino. I like the idea that everyone should be able to protect themselves. I just dont think in reality it would work out as well as people would like it to. I dont think its a good idea. I