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>> anthony: well, yeah, that would be the nightmare scenario. >> tony buba: yeah, exactly. >> anthony: in the mid-20th century the population of braddock was 20,000. today, it is down to 2,000. more than 40% of whom live below the poverty line. >> tony buba: this is where i went to junior high school. >> anthony: closed? >> tony buba: yeah, closed. >> anthony: so who is moving in, is anyone moving in now? >> tony buba: nobody is moving into pittsburgh actually. >> anthony: i thought you had all ...

This place. >> anthony: well who drinks there, i mean are they locals? >> tony buba: no, its too expensive, $7 a beer. theres people coming in on bicycles, grabbing a beer, getting something from the taco truck. and they want a sort of "the wire" experience, you know? yeah, i was in braddock, having a beer. sort of giving a little cred to their lives, i dont know. and its all sort of, you know, white businesses. >> anthony: in 1988, the state classified braddock as financially distressed. their ...

This place. >> anthony: well who drinks there, i mean are they locals? >> tony buba: no, its too expensive, $7 a beer. theres people coming in on bicycles, grabbing a beer, getting something from the taco truck. and they want a sort of "the wire" experience, you know? yeah, i was in braddock, having a beer. sort of giving a little cred to their lives, i dont know. and its all sort of, you know, white businesses. >> anthony: in 1988, the state classified braddock as financially distressed. their ...

Six crew members rescued and one found dead. another is still missing tonight. the shipping channel closed to all traffic today as the fire was allowed to burn out. a warning of the danger of laptops on airplanes involving lithium-ion batteries and youll see the explosions. the faa calling for a worldwide ban on laptops and other small electronics in checked luggage. abcs gio benitez. >> reporter: videos are stunning. luggage on fire and tests conducted by the faa. tonight warning airlines abo...

This is, you ask any commander in the field, there just arent enough of them. there arent enough, every time a soldier stems out of the wire. we would become a very, very cautious military, if we had to have a drone up above every time a soldier went on a mission. some places its more feasible, theyre setting up drone bases in niger for that reason. this was seen as a routine operation. they had done 19 missions in the last six months to no avail. secretary mattis said it wasnt an intelligence f...

The image mattis uses, when you crush a snowball, isis, in his imagery, more flakes out. theyre seeing more of it crop up in central and western africa and thats why theyre training counterterrorism forces there and had this engage ant, as they said, was not expected. >> how many troops are in harms way on any given day in central africa? >> close to 1,000. whether or not theyre in harms way, a lot of the guys are on the bases building and so-called behind the wire building these drone attacks. ...

Distraught, she didnt know anything about this, and she did also talk about, through the statement, the wire she received when she was in the philippines. it was $100,000. she thought it was something of a breaking up gift, that stephen wanted to break up with her and that thats what that money was for. and that she was supposed to use it to buy a house for herself and her family in the philippines. kate? >> well, lot more to be learned for sure from her and all of this. thank you so much. incre...

Its clear that a motive remains elusive. the sheriff talked about the shooters so-called secret life. what does that mean? well, we know he did not have a social media media presence. apparently had very few friends. ascertaining a motive is proving to be difficult. we know that the sheriff raised the possibility that other venues may have been targeted. we know that shooter rented a condo in another part of las vegas the week prior that overlooked another music festival and were also hearing th...

25-year-old emmanuel sampson, 25-year-old legal u.s. resident, we are told he moved here from sudan in 1996. parishioners from the church actually tell us he used to go to sunday services here and they hadnt seen him in years. he is in police custody and charged with murder, heather. heather: julian live for us, thanks, julian. vice president pence is heading to alabama to campaign for luther strange as the senate election heats up there. how would this outcome impact the 2018 midterms, here to ...

Justify the indefinite band? >> they are going to continue to say these are the safety measures that are going to be in place. it is something we review on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. frankly, once they are in place, and allow some of the of individuals to come in. they talked about some of the individuals that try to gain entry, either companies or family members here that will be able to continue to emigrate. certainly its all about making sure you show there is due diligence being done an...