Of an atrisk high school. Three victims so far. The suspect or suspects still at large. The school there is on lockdown. Well hand it over to jake tapper with more of this coverage. Jake . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Youre looking at live pictures from kptv in portland, oregon. Were beginning today with Breaking News in our National Lead. Youre looking right now at live pictures, as i said, about a School Shooting in North Portland at Rosemary Anderson high school, where at least three victims have been shot, three people shot according to the Fire Department. It is unknown if the people shot are dead or alive. Portland police say the suspects have fled. They would not say if they were still believed to be armed or if
they clashed with police. Nearby Jefferson High School and Portland Community college in lockdown, were told. Media have been told to set up at North Killingsworth Street and kirby avenue. Thats the staging area. Well update more on that story as soon as we know more. But to recap, there has been a School Shooting in North Portland, oregon, at Rosemary Anderson high school. As of right now, we know of at least three individuals who were shot. And we are waiting for more information as we learn it. Well bring to it you as soon as we get it. Now lets turn to our money lead. A notsohappy friday for wall street. Stocks tanking today. The dow tumbling 110 points this morning before sliding further and ending the day down about 300 points. Cnn money correspondent alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange. Alison, another day, another day of bad news. Why do the markets keep falling . Reporter its all about oil, jake. Plunging oil prices taking a toll on investors today yet again. Oil falling almost 4 , settling below 58 a barrel. The International Energy agency saying Global Demand for oil is going to fall next year as supply is growing. Whats rattling wall street is the question of whats really behind this drop in oil prices . The concern is because economies in europe and asia are slowing down. And you look at the plunge in oil over the past six months. Its happened really fast making investors very nervous. If you drive, you love the lower gas prices. In oklahoma city, you can fill up for 1. 89 a gallon. Thats just one city across the country thats enjoying these lower gas prices. Its like a tax cut putting an
extra 100 a month into your pocket. And that extra money is going towards spending because retail Sales Numbers for november came in better than expected. But wall street sees the extra spending as a plus but today its about worries that lower demand for oil is a symptom of Slower Growth for the rest of the world. Jake . Alison kosik in new york, thanks. Our National Lead right now is that Monster Storm Slamming the west coast. The weather responsible for two deaths, both in portland, oregon, a young boy killed when a tree fell on the car in which he was traveling. Another tree fell on the tent of a homeless man, killing him. The same system that washed this house into the ocean in Washington State is still lashing the west coast. In california, some people ended up trapped inside their own homes. Mud slides and houses crushed by big boulders. Paul vercammen is live in that neighborhood in camarillo
springs. Its a mess there and amazing that anyone survived. Reporter its astonishing. These houses absolutely swallowed up by all these rocks, tons and tons of rock that is came down over the hill. You see Utility Workers trying to make sure everything is turned off in terms of the power and the gas. And down the street, we have ten houses around this part of Camarillo Springs that have been redtagged. That means theyre uninhabitable. Theyre swallowed up and surrounded by rocks. A harrowing story out of this house here. When the rocks came and surrounded the house, a couple was pinned inside along with their caregiver. And the Fire Department had to come in and pull them out. We talked to their son and he was so glad to hear that the caregiver and his 86yearold parents survived this. When you think about what you
see over there, these rocks and your parents at the age of 86 going through this, what does that say about them . Thats pretty darn amazing. I heard about the rocks but until i looked at the sides of the houses and heard from some of the cameramen that went to the back and saw how expentensi the damage was, it catches you by surprise. Reporter why did this happen . Because there was a major fire that roared through here about a year and a half ago. It stripped the vegetation from these hills. And then overnight, the Weather Service telling us in just three hours, they got an inch and a half to two inches of rain in an already saturated hillside. Thats what the mud but mostly rock, as you can see, came roaring down here and engulfed these houses, jake. Paul vercammen in Camarillo Springs, california, thank you so much. Another amazing situation, the rescue of two people clinging to trees in the swollen los angeles
river. At one point, the Rushing Water swept a rescuer downstream. Luckily everyone survived. The threat of these intense waters bringing more mud slides is the biggest fear in california right now. Areas once scorched by wildfires have nothing to hold back the debris. Lets bring in Mark Gillalducci from berkeley, california. What is the main concern right now . How are you getting people out of harms way from the Potential Mud Slides . The most important factor right now is the ongoing consistent rain. At times, the rain is going to be very heavy. Weve identified those areas that could potentially be impacted by mud flows. We know where the burn scars are from this past summer. We have done mandatory evacuations in all of those areas where they potentially
could result in mud flows. Thats given us the ability to get folks out of harms way and get the area closed off to potentially other people who may be impacted by that. Up north, flooding was the big problem. You have crews racing to reopen roads and get power restored. Were heading into the weekend where more people could be leaving their homes. How long do you see this cleanup process lasting . Well, given the fact that it is still raining and well be between two storms. Another storm will be coming behind this one in the next day or so. The crews have been out. They were out before the storm hit and being prepared to respond. And they worked all through the storm to keep the drains open and keep the highways clear. But we anticipate it will take a few weeks to be able to get through the cleanup process throughout the state. You had as of now, knock on
wood, no deaths reported in california. Weve heard of two in oregon. You say preplanning is responsible for a lot of that, right . Well, absolutely. We had really the great opportunity of seeing the storm coming towards us, which gave us the ability to do a lot of outreach to the citizens of california and to our Public Safety agencies, to our Emergency Managers throughout the state of california. To get the word out about winterizing your home, what to do when it started to rain hard, how to drive through water. And all of those were great messages that we were able to put forth. And i think it really did play out well for us. We are blessed. At this point we have nod had any reports of fatalities. Mark, thank you so much. Turning to our world lead, anarchy in the skies today. Heathrow airport in london had
to divert flight after flight when its computers failed, saddling one of the worlds busiest hubs. An hour ago, a spokesman told cnn they have ruled out a cyberattack. And they say it was a hiccup in their stateoftheart computers. Cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh joins us now. Even if it wasnt a cyberattack, this does expose just how easily our way of managing airplanes in this computerized world can easily implode. Youre absolutely right. It truly is a vulnerable that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. If youre flying through london, one thing is certain today, you can expect delays for hours to come. About 100 flights in and out of heathrow, a Major International hub, canceled. And even more delays. And then theres the Ripple Effect. Its all because of this Computer Failure, a reallife demonstration of just how a
downed Computer System can cripple air travel for thousand and thousands of travelers. This is what traffic in the skies over london looks like on a normal day. This is what it looks like today after a major disruption from what officials call a Computer Failure at a british control center. Well obviously work to make sure it never happens again. Its a complex system. Failures do occur and we plan for those failures and have a plan in place for those failures. Reporter london heathrow airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, at a standstill today. No flights going in or out. Weve been waiting on the plane for an hour. Reporter the airspace closed after the system that helps coordinate flights in the crowded airspace went down. Many planes, diverted. An hour and 20 minutes later, the problem at the air Traffic Control center was fixed. But the damage had been done. The Ripple Effect felt at
airports across the uk. Heathrow saying the Flight Disruptions could continue to saturday. Delays also in paris. U. S. Carriers also experiencing some delays. The question now, what caused the system failure . British officials have ruled out a hack and Aviation Security analysts agree. Theres been a lot of attempts. But there have not been any through the firewall to take control of any kind of control in any way. So unless this is a first time, i dont think thats what happened here. Reporter there are backup systems, but as we saw in chicago this september, when wires were cut and a Fire Ignited Inside an faa Facility Disrupting Thousands of flights for days, those redundancies, may not be enough to prevent disrupted travel on a major scale. The majority of problems we are seeing are with International CarriersLike British Airways and some of the other british
carriers. We know the u. S. Carriers, some of them, experiencing just a handful of delays. What you really want to do is make sure you call your carrier if youre headed in that direction to make sure you wont be impacted. More evidence of the vulnerability in this new computer age of what can happen because of a glitch. Exactly. One glitch and so many people, their flight plans disrupted. Rene marsh, thank you so much. Lets go back to the Breaking News out of portland, oregon. We are looking right now at some live pictures from kptv of Rosemary Anderson high school where theres been a School Shooting. Lets go over what we know so far. At least three victims, all students, have been shot. Police say the students were transported from the scene, they were conscious and breathing when they left the scene and theyve been taken to nearby Emmanuel Medical Center, were told. Portland, oregon, police say the suspect or suspects have fled. Police would not say if the
individuals, the suspects, were still armed or if they clashed with police. Were also told nearby Jefferson High School and Portland Community college in portland, oregon, are on lockdown. Rosemary Anderson High School is an Alternative High School that opened in 1983. It has just under 200 students. Lets go now to rich tyler on the phone with the portland Fire Department. Rich, are you there . Are you still looking for the shooter . Yes. Portland police is looking for the shooter. We as a Fire Department provided the Emergency Medical Services to the students that were transported. What can you tell us about the students . Three students, all wounded. What kinds of wounds were they, how serious . I do not know the extent of the wounds. All i know is they were all three shot and transported to Emmanuel Hospital. Were just learning about this. Can you tell us what time it happened . Approximately 30 minutes ago. Just about 30 minutes ago you got the call and you went there. And do you have any idea how serious the wounds are . We heard one report that somebody was shot in the back. Are they considered to be lifethreatening injuries . Do you have any idea . At this point, were treating all of them as lifethreatening injuries. The physicians there at Emmanuel Hospital will do an excellent job of taking care of them to the best of their ability. Portland police is on scene, not only investigating the shooting here but also out looking for the shooter. Its about 1 15 Portland Time. Youre saying it happened about half an hour ago, so about 12 45. Were the students outside the school or inside the school . Do you know . They were inside the school. And what other details can you tell us . Is the shooter or shooters thought to be students . Is it more than one shooter . We dont know that at this time. And what kind of capability
do you have there at the scene right now . How many fire trucks are there . How many police cars are there . I dont know exactly how many. We pulled a full multipatient incident for the Fire Department. And the Police Bureau brought everybody in, including their task force to help assist. What message do you have for the parents who are learning about this right now . I would imagine if it only happened about half an hour ago, is there a staging area for parents to meet up with their students . Are the students inside the school in lockdown . Yes. The students inside the school are in lockdown. Were asking all parents who are coming to pick up their students to come to north kirby and north Killingsworth Court. There we have Police Officers who will help reunify the parents with the students. Were told by the Portland Police this is not an active shooter situation. Police are beginning to investigate the incident. Translate that for us. That means that the shooter is not inside the school itself or thought to be near the school but he or she is still at large, i believe, correct . Correct. But no longer actively shooting anyone. They have left the scene and are no longer here at the school. Were told that nearby Jefferson High School and Portland Community college are also in lockdown. Are there any other businesses or schools that are in lockdown . Is that just because theyre close by . Correct. Yeah, thats standard protocol to lock those down. Keep those students safe as we as the Portland Police looks for the shooter or shooters. What can you tell us about Rosemary Anderson high school . Were told its an Alternative High School, has fewer than 200 students. Thats about the extent of what i know. Its a high school that started
here a few years back and has a small student population. This is an area of North Portland, is that right . Thats correct. What can you tell us about North Portland . Is this an area that has a lot of shootings in the neighborhood . Is it an area that is high crime or is this obviously School Shootings are horrific whenever they happen. But is this unusual for there to be a shooting in this neighborhood . Its unusual to have a shooting at a school anywhere. Unfortunately its becoming more and more usual these days, it seems. Lieutenant tyler, i do appreciate your time. Hopefully we can come back to you and get more information about this School Shooting. Were all thinking about the three students who were wounded in this attack. Thank you so much, lieutenant rich tyler. No problem. In our world lead, he is one of the few people connected to
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