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December through february is the wettest time of the year, so what were watching here for a potential of landslides and flash flooding. and the storm will eventually move into open waters in the next 36 hours. we think it will end quickly, but its moved into the region quickly. and rosemary and airlierrol, th an area where thousands of fisherman are all on vessels. potentially they were not giving the warnings because they were on the waters when this was a tropical storm. something well watch c...

Threats must not turn americans against fellow americans. >> we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. its our responsibility to reject proposals that muslim americans should somehow be treated differently. when we travel down that road, we lose. >> the president also call for the stronger measures against assault weapons and their rapid fire magazines. even unlikely can candidates are beginning to take a stand on the gun issue. and w...

>> the cop 21 summit has protesters. but brand alism found a way around it. they posted fake ads around paris. the spokesperson says theyre targeting sponsors of the group which the group thinks are part of the climate change problem. some of the ads also feature heads of state. next, people in alaskas capital react to the death of their newly elected mayor. first, wednesday is international day for the abolition of slavery. we have been asking you to stop modern day slavery. many of you have ...

Enough for you to see the situation in beijing that is critical. that is what theyre working for at the cop 21 in paris, those sorts of problems across the globe, and the climate change conference is taking place under heavy security as the investigation into the paris attacks is ongoing. jim sciutto reports on new information about the key terrorist suspect that survives. >> reporter: the street behind the concert hall, site of some of the most desperate escapes of paris attacks is open again w...

In 1997, he was accused of domestic assault in south carolina by his then wife. moving on to 2002, he was accused of being a peeping tom. those charges were dismissed. in 2003, he was arrested and charged with two counts of animal cruelty. but when that went to trial he was found not guilty. theres nothing like what he was accused of now, murdering three people outside planned parenthood and injuring nine people, including five police officers and there are plenty of witnesses on hand as well. s...

Improvement and more ambition to be built into it in the future. >> and you talk about the optimism. thats what were hearing from this summit. are there any skeptics there in the mix there of leaders from the various nations across the globe? >> reporter: not really. no. not from -- i think what people are arguing here, and there are some points of difference. its within the nuance. the people here believe climate change is a major problem, that it does, to a significant the degree, threaten the...

Where phil black joins us with the latest on the summit. it is 9:30 in the morning there in paris, phil, we have seen what has come out of the first day at the cop 21 summit. what can we expect from the second day as the leaders arrive and settle in? >> reporter: well, rosemary, one of the more interesting things i think will be taking place today been president obama moving, mingling with leaders of small island nations, leaders that feel that their existence is most threatened by the consequen...

Well, in paris, nearly 150 heads of state will start arriving in a few hours for the cop21 summit. they will try to agree to a plan to stop the global warming. the summit is also a security headache for france. tens of thousands of officers have been deployed across paris. border patrol has been stepped up. protesters are demanding strong environmental commitments. these images come to us from new zealand, switzerland, the philippines and australia. were joined from paris by a senior pal si ad...

Paris havent stopped him. if anything, hes more determined to arrive with a message of hope. john sutter, cnn, france. and youll get complete coverage of the cop21 summit on a special section of our website. also reports on the climate change debate from the field from the community thats standing up to coal mining efforts to why that steak you enjoy is a bigger carbon footprint than you might think. its all at cnn.com/2 degrees. in the united states, across the central plains, ice storms co...

Moscow curtailed the import of certain turkish groups into russia. there are new travel restrictions between the two countries. the u.s. law enforcement official tells cnn the suspected gunman in a womans clinic attack expressed anti-abortion and apt government views following his arrest. robert dear is in jail without bail. he will be in court on monday. in the pope in in the central african republic. hes there to spread messages of peace to a country fraught with sectarian violence and und...