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extortion and conspiracy. the next step are the postrel motions and we plan to convict. reporter: prosecutors face skelos powerbroker for three decades used his position to extort $300,000 in income and benefits for his son. this is the second victory in this many weeks for the u.s. attorney. on november 30 another jury found former democratic house speaker sheldon silver also guilty of corruption. after today s verdict the u.s. attorney sent out this tweet. how many prosecutions will it take before out many gives the people of new york the honest government they deserve? part of the problem is decision-making is so narrowly and closely held. there are only three people who three people who matter this leader and the governor and obviously the speaker and felt is time for the quid pro quo culture in albany to change better. if you can t get that after this top two legislative leaders are indicted in federal court then nothing is going to move this needle. reporter ....
personnel. about a dozen americans including chief of mission personnel that in that dozen were rescued. i have no u.s. injuries or deaths to report at this time. we re working to verify the safety and security of u.s. citizens there in bamako. reporter: this incident follows the paris attack, twin suicide bombings in beirut and the downing of a russian airliner all happening within a month. mali is no stranger to islamic extremist activity. this is the second attack on a hotel this year n2012 france was forced to send in troops after islamic fighters linked to al-qaeda gained grounds. the u.s. embassy is asking any u.s. citizens in that area to continue to remain vigilant of their surrounding. in washington, megan hughes channel6 action news. thanks very much. it has been one full week since attacks in paris and french authorities announced today that another wounded victim has now died. that brings the death toll to 130 from that coordinated siege last frida ....
morning. light rain becoming more and more likely by later on this afternoon. by the time all is said and done for this event, most places a half an inch of rain to an inch but it will come down fast and furious this morning. more impact on your commute coming up in ten minutes. for now i hear this morning s commute is getting tougher and tougher by the minute. it is. another problem popping up here and there. 270 southbound at buckeystown pike. slow going 30 miles per hour as you re passing that this morning. g.w. parkway southbound after the 14th street bridge, still have that crash here. as well, northbound branch avenue at the belle way, we are sending choppers to that crash here in the next couple of minutes. should be there. you have a couple of slowdowns i wanted to mention. in bound 50 at b.w. parkway and 295 south at east capitol. travel times in ten minutes. a suspected terrorist is dead and the hunt for another is happening right now in france. news 4 s a ....
dressed and carson is downtown watching cartoon network. i am down stairs and there is a big fire and i am freaking out. i don t know what to do. my phone is down stairs, my dog is down stairs, carson is sitting there. he said calm down and i ran out here, got antwon. the uncle who lives near by while 7-year-old carson got help, 13-year-old corben called her dad. there is a fire in the house, i think they were in the house. i told her to get out the house. the phone went dead. i got in the car and drove as fast as i could. that left him upside down, he hit 2 curbs and flipped his car a half mile from his house. that i was going to lose my children and i wasn t ready for that. reporter: he crawled out of the car and ran half mile home where the uncle was trying to put out the fire. i am beating it with the rug, my wife came and was trying to give me water. we couldn t do nothing. reporter: when you were able to embrace the kids, what was that like? i ....
a massive fire broke out in a high-rise hotel in dubai hours before the midnight fireworks which went on as scheduled. police in munich, germany evacuated two train stations after refugee what they called a serious imminent threat of a terror attack. brussels canceled its party as arrests were made in a terror plot. security is tighter than ever in new york s times square, which is jammed with a million people. we have a team of correspondents covering this. first, holly williams, who has been following the fire in dubai. holliy. reporter: elaine, the dubai government says that the fire broke out on the 20th floor of the address hotel, quickly engulfing the 63-story luxury hotel and apartment building. the fire apparently began at around 9:30 p.m. local time. you can see the entire skyscraper lit up against the night sky. now, the dubai authorities say that they now have the fire under control, and they also say that only one person was killed by a heart attack durin ....