After the Russian Ambassador to turkey was assassinated by a gunman who scrcreamed, dont forget aleppo, dot t forget syria we will look at the crisis in syria a and the wawars brbroadr impact o on the regigion. Then we look back at Marcus Garvey, one of the pioneers of the black freedom struggle. Negro is aelieve a man [indiscernible] acknowledge what other men have donone [indiscernible] amy more than 70 years after Marcus Garveys death, his family is asking president obama for of president iaial posthumous pardon. In the 1920s, he was started by at the eye director J Edgar Hoover and sentenced to five years in jail, effectively ending as an afafrican Political Movement. We will speak with this son dr. Julius garvey. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, the evacuation of rebels and civilians from eastern aleppo resumed todayay, after thousands were left strandnd on wednesday amid heaey snowfall
Expect as a lot of you head back to work tomorrow . Right now we are tracking the rain as it makes it way out of the area today and back into the region tomorrow. A couple showers over the last few hours, most of the rain is now moving off. Were still seeing light rain and drizzle in parts of the region. Thats going to happen through the next couple of hours here. Expect it to continue to be damp and dreary out there. Then were watching this next season. This one has a lot of rain associated with it during the day tomorrow. Were going to be watching that one too, most likely coming in during the morning rush tomorrow. Rain, rain and more rain, thats the forecast for the next 24 hours. Here comes the cold. Were talking snow chances and were tracking the next storms moving our way zwloo this afternoon were learning about some new developments in that nightclub ack new years eve. Police have arrested eight people but they still havent found the shooter. 39 people died, most of them foreig
Dulles an hour and 22 minutes later. Were still working to find out when someone realized there was a man in the cargo hold. Emergency workers discover the man is okay once on the ground. But there are still questions about whether he truly is a baggage handler. Hes refusing medical attention. Were going to work it as a security incident until we can, i guess, get some confirmation to you who he is even though hes dressed for a ramp worker in charlotte. The flight crew doesnt remember seeing him or anything like that. Reporter another complication, the man is missing some key identification. He does have a Valid Company it for g2 secure services. Reporter the man was detained while representatives from the tsa, faa and United Airlines joined the investigation. Today in response to our questions, United Airlines issued a written statement confirming the incident and adding once at the gate, an employee of the Airlines Ground handling vendor was found unharmed in the aircrafts cargo hold
Jajob jacob brach was injured in the attack. I got shot. These crazy people came shooting up everything. A bullet reportedly bounced off his phone and hit him in the leg. Brach spoke about it as he was about to fly to the u. S. All i can say is its a massive tragedy. A makeshift memorial outside the club is growing. This woman said, we must not be afraid. Because we will die, schons we are afraid and as long as we keep silent. Craig boswell, cbs news. 38 of the 39 victims have been identified. Most of them foreigners, having come from saudi arabia, lebanon, iraq, canada and other countries. Isis also claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in a baghdad market today. At least 36 people were killed. More than 50 others wounded. Police say the bomber pretended to be a man seeking to hire day laborers. When the workers gathered around has pickup, the bomber blew it up. Its the third attack in the iraqi capital in the past few days. President obama is back at trump tower after spendin
From government watchdogs and president elect trump. He tweeted do they really have to make the weakening of the ethics watchdog their number one priority . A look at some of the newly sworn in lawmakers. Reporter this first day of the 115th Congress Went somewhat as expected but there were some surprises too including a last minute decision by House Republicans to scrap a controversial plan to over haul the congressional ethics process. They did so just a few moments before officially gaveling in this new congress, after which, as expected, they reelected the u. S. House speaker paul ryan, getting all local republican votes. All democrats voting instead for nancy pelosi. They got their new Office Spaces here on in the u. S. Senate the presence of somebody not in the senate hovered over activities today. President elect donald trump. It was the new maryland u. S. Senator who told news4 today he will look closely and scrutinize the president elects nominees for his cabinet. Youve got ma