attack in the russian city of volgograd kills up to eighteen and injuries dozens more alleged female suicide bomber targeted the city's main railway station. and the week's top headlines this hour mass rallies in turkey to demand the government step down over a wide ranging corruption scandal and that's with a tough police response. also look at the stories the trade twenty thirteen a get that saw cia contract and turned whistleblower edward snowden exposed america's far reaching global surveillance. this is asking to national coming here live from moscow hello and welcome to the program and we'll start with our breaking news story this hour after eighteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in russia's southern city of volgograd twenty seven more were injured by the blast which was detonated at the city's central right will station that's now cross live to the group is going on for the details there you go so what's the latest do we know about the track. well the explosion happened near the entrance to the central train station in volgograd and was reportedly conducted by a fema

a suicide bomber targeting a busy training station in the southern russian city of volgograd. a somber forecast for afghanistan's future after u.s. troops withdraw. military units on the move in south sudan amid a growing humanitarian crisis. the death toll still stands at 15, at least 15 people dead after a suicide bomber attacks a train station in the southern russian city of volgegrad. the bomber dealtnated as they approached the metal detector. the blast 457ing six weeks before the winter games in sochi. peter sharp has the details >> reporter: the chaotic aftermath of the attack on a railway stale in volgegrad. a body lies on the ground as the emergency services scramble to street survivors. officials say a woman set off ex place near metal detectors at the entrance to the main strain station. the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on the christmas holidays. >> everything was covered in smoke after 10 minutes, i was able to see again and there were bodies everywhere. inside the train station, itse f itself, everything is dest

terrorist attack in the russian city of volgograd kills fifteen and injures dozens more an alleged female suicide bomber targeted the city's main railway station. the week's top headlines this hour mass rallies in turkey to demand the government step down over a wide ranging corruption scandal and that with a tough police response. and we'll also look at the stories that shaped twenty said seen again that source cia contractor turned a whistleblower edward snowden expose america's far reaching and global surveillance. international news life from moscow international with me thanks for joining us and we start with breaking news this hour fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in russia's southern city of volgograd that number has been revised down after earlier reports suggested eighteen were dead dozens more were injured by the blast which was detonated at the city's central railway station across life. is going on for the details right now hi there you go so what more do we know about the blast was the latest or the worst was caused by a few more suicide bomber at the checkpoin

attack in the russian city of volgograd could have been carried out by a man fifteen were killed by a suicide bomber targeting the city's main railway station. led to this week's top news in turkey riot police crackdown on protesters demanding the government step down after a high ranking corruption scandal. and arqiva looks at events in that shape to the world in two thousand and thirteen we review the revelations by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden which exposed america's mass surveillance. the old media organization. a branch of the establishment. we also talk to wiki leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media stand up road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us and best gaiters say they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd that killed fifteen people artie's correspondent margaret how is at the scene of the tragedy nea

well the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber at the checkpoint at the entrance to the central train station and all this happened queue of passengers were standing there waiting for their luggage to be checked right now investigators are working there on the scene the president has sent his representative to forgot about to control the situation on the spot reportedly the blast was very powerful. stories play station were damaged and. witnesses describe what happened i was inside in the waiting home i heard an explosion i didn't realized what had happened and i saw the giant engine still was completely ruined and people were coming out with a hearing. i was with a child not far from where the blast happened i saw a blast shot its last flight i pushed a child to the floor and covered him with my body. we were drinking coffee there was an explosion i was lucky to be wearing my hood it saved me from all the shattered glass we heard screams my coat is covered in blood. the emergencies ministry has been on standby ready to send planes still get out to provide medical assistance to

terror attack in the russian city of volgograd was in fact carried out by a man fifteen were killed by a suicide bomber targeting the city's main railway station. it's ten pm in moscow you're watching archie international with me and he said no way let's get straight to our breaking news this hour it's now sought that a man and a woman carried out a suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd it's been confirmed fifteen people were killed in the attack which targeted the city's central railway station let's now cross live to our cheese arena go for more details obviously this is a quickly developing story just a couple just a couple of minutes ago it was thought that it was in fact a female suicide bomber suicide bomber and that she acted alone now we're getting this new information what do we know well at this point it does look like a man's body has been remnants of a man's body have been found at the scene of the blast according to various records there is the room a remnant of a hand clutching a grenade and there's also reports of a grenade that was just covered just a litt

. >> we didn't commit suicide. committed an act of revolutionary suicide protesting the inhumane conditions of the world. >> they took cyanide-laced fruit punch from their spiritual father, reverend jim jones, and then lay down to die. or so it seemed. >> i don't think it was revolutionary suicide. i think it was totally unnecessary. absolutely unnecessary. >> assumption is, the premise is, that everybody voluntarily drank poison that day. and that is a lie, pure and simple. >> the massacre went beyond the jonestown gate. seven miles away, on a dirt airstrip, five more people, including a u.s. congressman and three newsmen, lay dead. murdered by gunmen from the temple. >> all of a sudden i heard pop, pop, pop, pop, and they were coming at us, and they were shooting people. >> never been before, and never since, a member of congress assassinated in the line of duty. he's the first and only one. >> three decades later, the madness of those few hours, the mayhem of mass murder and suicide, still defies comprehension.

the russian city of volgograd could have been carried out by a man of fifteen that were killed by a suicide bomber targeting the city's main railway station. and into this week's top of the news in turkey riot police crackdown on protesters demanding the government step down after a high ranking corruption scandal. and our team looks at events of that shape in the world in two thousand and thirteen we review the revelations by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden which exposed america's massive surveillance. the old media organizations are we a branch of the establishment. we also talk to wiki leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team shawn thomas glad to have you with us now investigators say they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in southern russian city of volgograd some evidence now suggests a man that may have been involved in the first reports of t

tried stopping for the funeral suicide bomber from conducting her up for attack. i know wilson or that the first second and third of january will be days of mourning. in the wilderness region the train station is still shut down an investigation is underway you were thinking very much indeed for that update all the tokens in a scam and daddy's arms and conduct of the rind of one railway station within minutes of exposure he told us what he said. cried through to see note it was hers. more than i was going to be left lying on the ground. get the nutrients teaching in to police and rescuers were working at the site. oh and you losers the blouse was very powerful book guests to the securities of the building or more if i weren't here with them the explosive devices. then tom said that older people standing around were doing it was just as a normal day here use common people entering the station the industry whom were walking around the children i think the world for two hundred or so. the political will to sneak in and around the station eighty two to three hundred p

you are with us on the al jazeera news hour, a growing wave of suicide in military turkey and covering up why young people are killing themselves. living with an ever-present dangers, the hazards of unsafe buildings in bangladesh and look up to this man who may get bowled over the indiana pacers continue to rolling this time over the boston celtics and andy is here with the sport. ♪ time in the news hour to update you on the top stories, the united nations is calling for international help as the power struggle intensifies in south sudan and tens of thousands have taken refuge in bases across the country to escape fighting. ashad has attacks in the city of aleppo and children have been killed on sunday. french troops trying to restore the central african republic after a demonstrator in chad was killed after a demonstration with the government and at least 40 others were injured. the u.n. is describing the situation in the south town of boar extremely tense and over run by rebels. u.n. released these pictures showing a crowd of refugees outside its mission there. the u.n. has been ev

two deadly suicide bombs in just two days. what russian authorities are doing right now to try to ensure ás#yrr time is running out for e the bay area familyq hoping to keep their teenage daughter on a ventilator. why today is so crucial in their fight to keep jahi alive. >>> plus, thousands of people are headed to tahoe for a popular music festival. the safety changest( now in pla following the death of a bay area teenagere1 last year. nbc bay area news at 11:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> and açó good monday morningo you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. we begin with a developing story out of russia, where people are two deadly suicide bombings in the city of volgograd. this is all happening on the heels of a deadly explosion atj the city's main railway station yesterday. nbc's jim maceda has more from russia. >> reporter: hello there. well, russian president vladimir putin has reacted to the latest bombings by beefing up his security experts here 5!( he's very little xdeffect. this morning, this was a bus pac

unemployment rates are followed by suicide rates. and this is when they had their own banking crisis and the suicide rates are actually declining. so what are they doing? they are so robust. and it's not true. it turns out that we are investigating a slew of different programs that people were investigating. one was important at preventing suicide, alcohol related, and other health-related problems. and in spite of being a physician come and has nothing to do with that. it is not health care spending at all but an active labor market program and they get this only on a condition and that we also enroll in this plan and this involves a person to assist them including those who are also required to participate in quickly reintegrate the force. and it turns out that preemptive spending actually results in the economic stimulus nouns are paying for itself and downstream costs and then what it fits with the swedish. maybe it's just like the european thing. so a number of us have worked on these multiple sites and randomized control towers

the world with promises of a ticket to paradise when in reality their trains become terrorists and suicide bombers. at the age of eighteen most of went into the woods to join the militants this is the first time his mother since he voluntarily surrendered himself she hasn't seen him for two years. you've got a good. i didn't believe it until the end until i saw him on t.v. showing that he surrendered i was so happy that he's come back he had given himself up. i didn't want. misunderstanding about that. who should be killed but i didn't want to do that. just. like remember one time when they were talking about it i wasn't standing far from them and. thinking about how to escape from them as quickly as possible and. he talks quietly and his speech is a little slow. daughter around psychologists believe that exhibits the classic signs of autism back in the woods he was only trusted with menial tasks the only way he could earn the respect of his comrades was to become a suicide bomber. once he returned home from the woods cut his hair and took off his kemah flowers uniform his mother was relie

in the russian city of volgograd could have been carried out by a man fifteen that were killed by a suicide bomber targeting the city's main railway station. and this week's top news in turkey riot police crackdown on protesters demanding that the government step down after a high ranking corruption scandal. and looks adventure that shaped the world in two thousand and thirteen we review the revelations by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden which exposed america's mass surveillance. the old media organizations of. our branch and. we'll also talk to you leaks founder julian assange about the state of journalism today and his new media stand up movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets. and a live one from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas let's look at our top story for that night now investigators say that they are looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd that killed fifteen people artie's correspondent margaret howell is at the scene of the tragedy near the

attack in the russian city of volgograd could have been carried out by a man fifteen it were killed by a suicide bomber targeting the city's main railway station. and this week's top news in turkey riot police crackdown on protesters demanding that the government step down after a high ranking corruption scandal. at events in the world in two thousand and thirteen we reviewed the revelations by former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden which exposed america's massive surveillance. the old your organization. branch. we also hear from wiki leaks founder julian assange the state of journalism today and his new media stand a road movie where he and others offer up secret documents to various media outlets . broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our john thomas let's get right to our top stories now investigators say they're looking at a number of possibilities of who carried out a suicide bomb attack in the southern russian city of volgograd some evidence now suggests a man that may have been involved in the first reports said it was alone a female suicide bomber it has been conf

for other militants died with him they all wore suicide belts and carried a whole stash of explosives. he was a good man and i became attached to him. he wasn't rude or anything he was a good man and always kind to everybody he tried to help people he did this for these people and that for those people. understood feels good man to fail would he was on the federal wanted list he was eventually found guilty of taking part in several crimes which included killing servicemen and police officers and if the cia is not yet ready to tell him about his father. i don't know i don't even think about it i can tell my baby about his father when he grows up a little when he's three or four when children start understanding these things. to sign up for lost two of sons in one night bokes one policeman. it was in two thousand and four when armed terrorists attacked police checkpoints and throughout the republic and in the city of night. this is all that has left from my sons and husband these are my boys and my husband . it was a youngest son who had to deliver the terrible news. ibrahim came to me

we know that it's another suicide bomber. there seems to be no doubt although it's not yet confirmed that them inseminates from the islamist terrorist networks that are entrenched there and it isn't covered on a daily basis and acts like this and bomb ings and shootings are daily occurring in the region and part of russia there are no order of controls or anything like that, you know, to put up any kind of firewall and therefore virtually all of russia is vulnerable if there is indeed an orchestrated campaign underway to disrupt the olympics. >> reporter: fred, no group has yet claimed responsibility but who is likely to be behind the attack, where are the fingers pointing at the moment? >> there is the north caucuses whose nominal head is a cechen war lord and the guy who inherited the presidency of the independent which was obviously defeated by russia but he is not a national list any more and doesn't call him the president of cechena and he is part of a larger islamic area. but we do know there are large numbers of recrui

tara -- murder-suicide. tara? >> reporter: unbeknownst to people who didn't live in the home, the couple was reportedly experiencing marital problems. this is a horrible tragedy to happen on christmas day. a witness says that the husband shot his wife, killing her and turned the gun on himself. the 17-year-old son witnessed the ent tire thing -- entire thing. we're on the corner of via amigos and via lucas. this happening around 2:00 this morning. the victim's sister said that her 36-year-old sister was shot by her husband, john. she suffered several gunshot wounds. then john killed himself, dying of a single gunshot wound to the head. all of the couple's four children were home at the time. the victim's sister said her nieces called her this morning with the news. >> they just told me they were having problems in their marriage. >> reporter: nobody expected something like this? >> no. no. we don't expect nothing like this. like any marriage, sometimes we have problems. >> there's no threat to the neighborhood or

. >> suicide has been on the rise for the last ten years in the turkish military. relatives of the dead conscripts say they have been victims of physical abuse and torture. al jazeera has yet to hear back, she sends us this report from istanbul. >> reporter: all turkish men have to do military service, it's a right for celebration and manhood. so it felt for jihan and his family. >> he was as happy as a man can be. if there was anyone who wanted to do a military service for the rest of his life you will say that was him. >> but 12 months later he was dead. a suicide, the military said but he had no history of mental illness and no reported problems in the army. his mother keeps his bedroom as it was until they found out what really happened. >> translator: they are trying to cover this up but, as long as there is blood in my body, i will refuse to accept it. i just want justice. >> reporter: since tolga islam set up the website, more than a thousand families have brought up cases of suicide and mistreatment of their soldier sons to them. >> every day soldiers are l

. >>> two suicide bombings in just two days in the russian city of volgograd. no official suspects have been named but chechen separatists have promised violence at the time of the sochi winter games. >>> there is separating in gaza. while palestinians were celebrating there was anger in israel among victims' families. >> helicopters will now evacuate 73 passengers who have been stranded off the coast of antarctica. they were hoping that an australian ice breaker could rescue them on monday but can couldn't plow through the ice. >> michael schumacher remains in a medically induced coma. he was injured in a skiing accident in the alps. those are the headlines. fear and anger across the world as two deadly explosions rock russia. "consider this" with less than two months until the world safe? >> a highly detailed new investigation claims there is no indication al qaeda was involved in the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> hope of an assess fire is fading in south sudan. we'll break down the conflict and get an assessment on the ground. n.a.s.a.'s

the female suicide bomber was also killed. it is not clear who was behind the attack, but it is certain that it comes at a very difficult time for russia with the olympics just weeks away. >> the moment the explosion tore through the station, it was captured by security camera. the station was busy with many people preparing to travel. included aasures baggage control area at the entrance of the building. it was there that the bomb exploded. i came through the metal detector and took my luggage. there were a lot people. they pushed me forward and suddenly i heard a bang. there was a blast. i fell over. >> according to our information, the explosion was carried out by a female suicide bomber. she saw policemen, got nervous, and detonated the bomb. >> at least one police officer was among the victims. some of the people injured are still fighting for their lives. the attack comes at a sensitive .ime the olympics are due to open in six weeks time. authorities say that security will be tightened in the buildup to the games. the bo

russian investigators say they believe a suicide bomber carried out the attack. the latest bombing, the third one in four days, comes less than 24 hours after suicide bombing at the city's main train station. the state investigative committee says a female bomber detonated her explosives in front after metal detector, killing at least 17 people. president obama has been briefed on both attacks and the u.s. is now working with russia on anti-terrorism efforts leading up to the winter games. >>> san francisco police are looking for witnesses after a man is shot and killed outside of a nightclub near japan town. this happened on post street near webster before 2:00 sunday morning. police say david guliford was shot as he stood on the sidewalk outside of the club. >> it's 5:02. the family of oakland teen jahi mcmath who still remains brain dead at oakland's hospital -- oakland's children's hospital is running out of options. christie smith joins us live with the latest developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. this has been an emotional and someti

and twenty eight injured marking the second attack in just twenty four hours of the would you say a suicide bomber is behind this latest explosion which left mangled bodies on the street and raised fears about more violence in the lead up to the sochi winter olympics which russia is set to host in just six weeks are tees maar margaret howell was on the scene of the attack and brings us more. and here in the city of volgograd in the southern part of russia in the marketplace where that troll a bus exploded this morning at eight thirty in the morning causing a massive deaths bodies everywhere it has been confirmed that there was a suicide bomber on that trolley bus that claimed these lives we have an eyewitness account of this event miracles horrible was in my way from work there's a u. turn and then i heard a blast i was already standing in a queue and one of the other drivers asked if there was an explosion there was no panic but i hurt screens so i drove by to save the children and help people but they told me that only the driver of the bus was injured and so i took the driver surrogate t

another deadly suicide bombing has rocked the city of volgograd, russia. the bomb tore through a trolley bus killing at least 14 people. it comes after another suicide bomber killed at least 17 people at the city's train station. the carnage is putting the city on edge. it's 400 miles from sochi where in just 48 days the world will converge for the olympic games. the white house has agreed to cooperate and president putin has given orders to russia's national antiterrorism committee to strengthen security arpd volgograd. >> reporter: good morning. investigators in volgograd, which is a major bus hub in a city of russia, a city you'd pass through on your way to sochi, authorities believe the bus bomb was carried out by a male suicide bomber. no one or group has claimed responsibility for today or sunday's attacks which now as you say have left at least 30 wounded -- 30 dead and more than 60 wounded. but the strong suspicion is this was the work of an islamist insurgent group from the north cacasus. and you're right, people are terrified in volgograd. a city

killed and twenty eight injured marking the second attack in just twenty four hours authorities say a suicide bomber is behind this latest explosion which left mengal bodies on the street and raise fears about more violence in the lead up to the sochi winter olympics which russia is set to host in just six weeks artie's margaret howell was on the scene of the attack and brings us more. i'm here in the city of volgograd in the southern part of russia in the marketplace where that troll a bus exploded this morning at eight thirty in the morning causing a massive deaths bodies everywhere it has been confirmed that there was a suicide bomber on that trolley bus that claimed these lives we have an eyewitness account of this event. was in my way from work to the u. turn and then i heard a blast i was already standing in a queue and one of the other drivers asked if there was an explosion there was no panic but i hurt screens so i drove by to save the children and help people but they told me that only the driver of the bus was injured and so i took the driver surrogate to the hospital surrogate tol

. ♪ ♪ >>> at least 15 people are dead after a suicide blast at a train station in the southern russian city. reports indicating a saw side bombing detonating explosives as they approached the station's medical detect door. it's about 550 miles from the capitol city of moscow. today's blast happening six weeks before the winter games in sochi. peter sharp has the details. >> reporter: the chaotic aftermath of the attack on a railway station. a body lies on the ground as the emergency services scramble to treat survivors. regional officials say a women set off explosives near metal detectors near an entrance to the main train station. the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on their chris mat holidays. inevitably the attack killed and injured dozens of people. inning. >> according to preliminary investigation the power of this explosion was the he whiff lent 10 rounds of tnt. there would have been many more victims if it weren't for the so-called guarding at the train take, preventing the suicide bombing from getting in where at the time ther

. >>> we are live in san lorenzo where sheriff's deputies are investigating a murder/suicide and some say this tragedy came completely out of the blue. >>> and over parts of the bay area, inland communities are sinking into the 30s once again and we will have a look at where temperatures are at their coldest and what you can expect coming up. . >>> oh, i can smell it from here, smells good, welcome back christmas day, this is ktvu channel 2 morning news and our cameras were over their shoulders as they prepared that wonderful christmas day food at glide memorial, i want some of that turkey. the breakfast begins from 30 minutes from now and is he there and he will give us a live report on feeding thousands in just a couple of minutes. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news, december 25th, merry christmas. in for pam cook, your time now is 6:30 and you said you were a last minute shopper, rosemary orozco, i know, apparently if you need to shop, you are apparently limited to walgreens or starbucks. >> there you go. >> don't forget 7 eleven. >>> there you go. >> all right, another pleasant d

>> i think it would be suicide if republicans did not pass it. here is an agreement that is a landmark agreement. it is not because of the size but for what it does for the congress and the american people. >> and you have the democratic vote? will the caucus vote for it? how confident are you on republicans? >> that is up to them. it would be political suicide. paul ryan has meetings with patty murray. they did what we always used to do in congress. they both have fixed ideas. they're both good legislators . they do not agree on much, but that is how it used to be. you work together and compromise. >> will the senate confirmed janet yellen? >> yes. toward the end of next week. >> the white house has indicated plans to have stanley fischer, the former head of the central bank of israel, as the new vice chair of the head. good ide >> i do not have the slightest idea. i read about it yesterday. it sounds interesting. i do not know. that is the least of my worries today. let's return to another issue. chairman menendez would like to pass a tougher i

a suicide attack on tuesday at a police compound in man sewera killed 16 people. there have been more protests at the university in kye ro, here is peter gresta from there. >> let's first talk about that car bomb explosion outside the military intelligence headquarters. we understand from the authorities that a vehicle packed with what they think is about 20 kilograms of explosives was parked outside the building. they say three men detonated the device before escating in a 4 x 4 and the police say that they have cordoned off part of the city. we don't have any idea who was responsible for it. nobody has claimed responsibility. the authorities have made no statements on that front. the university protests, we are seeing more clark between the university students and police. police say they wint through the building looking for any small groups of students that might have been congregating, trying to disperse them with tear gas, rubber bullets and birdshot before they were able to form any kind of critical mass and launch another demonstration. police say they arre

because he committed suicide the idea that more laws for suicidal and homicidal people if we pack on more laws when they're clearly either criminal or they're mentally ill to the point they're not going to follow the laws to me what he did was against the law and i do believe he has some more laws australia has a i think we need to go boy was australia had a series of these mass shootings that was like a whole bunch of them over over a period of about a decade and a half and they finally said enough you know there is no right to own a gun anymore australia and they did a massive buyback program they brought back hundreds of thousands of guns and destroyed them basically the population followed. terribly disarmed guns are relatively rare australian and they're very hard to get and you have to be licensed yet to be insured and they haven't had a mass shooting since then and that's been like what fifteen years have been like that i'd throw i throw another wrinkle into this and one thing is the reason we have so much money if the idea is that the n.r.a. is too powerful or the corporate l

on sunday a suicide bomber killed at least 17 at a train station. volgograd is about 400 miles from sochi where the winter games are being held in february. susan mcginnis has the latest. in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the death toll for both of these bombings could still rise from here. there is said to be widespread panic in volgograd and large worries about the upcoming olympic games with a rebel cheh chen leader calling specifically for attacks at the olympics. a burned out shell is all that's left after a bomb ripped through this bus in the russian city of volgograd. this is the second attack in the city in just two days. on sunday at least 17 died when a suicide bomber detonated a device at the entrance to the volgograd train station. this woman left the station just before the blast. she said i saw people running, human flesh all around, shattered glass, and broken doors. after the first bombing, russian president vladimir putin ordered tighter security at the country's airports and train stations. security i

bush in ri writes his new address pledging to fight terrorists until they're fully defeated falling to suicide blast in volgograd bush claimed thirty four lives. also the sound of the machines are watching the n.s.a. is reportedly intercepting laptops purchased online to install spyware malware before they reach their destinations. and relations and breakthroughs are approached as edward snowden spy scandal a long awaited nuclear deal with iran global run is against g.m. foods and fracking a look at the stories that shaped twenty thirteen. and a very warm welcome to our seem to national twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you'd actually power it on main story now russian president vladimir putin has changed his new year address and pledged to fight terrorists until they're fully defeated as follows two deadly suicide bombings in volgograd in just two days let's get more details now from the screen of a young girl please tell us about this statement from the russian president. well the president changed his traditional new year's address location from the kremlin to the russian fa

putin rewrites his new year address pledging to fight terrorists and till early defeated following two suicide blasts involved a grant which claimed search for lives. also this hour the machines are watching the n.s.a. is reportedly intercepting a lap tops purchased online to install a spy in malware before they reach their destinations. relations and breakthroughs and edward snowden spy scandal a long awaited nuclear deal with iran global run is against junk foods and fracking the stories that shaped twenty setting for you. seem to national coming here live from moscow and as our welcome to the. russian president vladimir putin has changed his new year address and pledged to fight terrorists until they're fully defeated it follows two deadly suicide bombings in volgograd in just two days let's get more now from the screen of his day here at sea for us are you going to give us more details on this latest statement by the russian president or the president changed is the traditional new year's address location from the kremlin to what of in the russian far east where he's growing on an unexpect

of volgograd in russia there have been no other details on the incident so far in october a female suicide bomber blew himself blew herself up on a bus in the city killing six people and injuring thirty more people there we'll bring you more details on this latest incident as we get it well it's just a few days left in the year two thousand and thirteen we're looking back at the events that shaped the year. the person who arguably generated more global headlines than any other this year a previously unknown i.t. worker from the u.s. on a job for the cia he didn't like what he saw so edward snowden went public telling the world just how far and wide the u.s. electronic surveillance network really went but the truth had consequences. reports on how the n.s.a. whistleblower joined a long list of those persecuted for exposing government secrets. edward snowden says george orwell's fictitious big brother is no match for the u.s. national security agency the times of collection the book microphones and video cameras t.v.'s that watches are nothing compared to what we have today snowden revealed

suicide. his brain pathology confirm cte. in 2011, the bears safety shot himself in the chest leaving a note donating his brain to the nfl brain bank. it too showed cte. experts say a similar diagnosis for belcher may not explain everything. >> even if jovon belcher is bound to have cte, that doesn't mean it was the cause of the murder-suicide. >> reporter: but his family hopes it is a step toward understanding what led to the unthinkable. nbc news, new york. >>> much of the northeast spent the day digging out from a powerful prewinter storm that left a foot or more of snow in parts of new england after dumping seven inches yesterday on detroit and six inches on new york city. the storm is blamed for at least four deaths in traffic accidents. it also caused hundreds of flight cancellations. airlines are still struggling to get back on schedule. >>> now to syria where the bloodshed and suffering from the nearly 3-year-old civil war shows no end. government air strikes today on rebel controlled

bombings, killing 14 people on a bus. 17 people died earlier sunday when a suicide bomber attacked the railway station. that explosion was caught on closed circuit television. authorities say the same bomb -- it is about 400 away from sow shy, the -- has viewed to disrupt. a new cnn international poll shows only 17 percent of americans poll support the 1- year long war. 82 percent of people responding said they were opposed to the war in afghanistan compared to 46 again five years ago. the current timetable calls for u.s. troops to be out of afghanistan out the by 2014 but there are plans to keep troops in the country for security. >>> the sheriff of arapahoe county colorado today said 18- year-old carl pierson entered the school through a door that was supposed to be locked but wasn't. he said pierson went bowling several hours before the attack and tried to buy more shotgun shells just an hour before going to the school. pierson fatal tally wounded a 17-year-old girl before committing suicide. >> new research suggests high housing costs in san francisco are driving teachers out of th

." >>> breaking news of a second bombing in volgograd, the russian city rocked by a suicide attack on sunday. overnight at least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolley bus, 28 more are said to be wounded. that comes on the heels of a bombing at the city's train station that left 17 people dead and more than 40 people wounded. the first explosion was caught on surveillance video. you can see right there in the middle of that building right there. lighting up the station's grand window with a giant cloud of debris to follow. russian officials believe a female suicide bomber detonated at a main security checkpoint after she was stopped by a police officer. of course, with the olympics approaching there are mounting questions about security surrounding the games. joining from us moscow, nbc news correspondent jim maceda. >> good morning. investigators in volgograd, which is a major rail and bus hub for southern russia, it's a city that you'd normally pass through on your way to or from sochi. investigators have issued a statement saying that this morning's bus bomb w

a male suicide bomber carried out an attack. on sunday another suicide bomber killed 16 at the city's train station. these attacks come two months before the winter olympics in sochi. the russian president vladimir putin has vowed to tighten security around the country. jim aceda is in moscow and has filed this report. >> reporter: good morning. investigators in volgograd is a major bus hub, a city you'd pass through on your way to or from sochi, investigators have issued a statement saying this morning's bomb was carried out by a male bus bomber. no one group or person has claimed responsibility for today's or sunday's attacks which have killed 30 and wounded 60 according to russian investigators. the strong suspicion, of course, is from islamist extremists in southern russia. people are extremely upset. they're terrified in volgograd, a city of over 1 million. today there are reports that residents are simply staying inside. they're too afraid to go out now and go about their daily lives. police are calling these two attacks a

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killed and twenty eight injured marking the second attack in just twenty four hours authorities say a suicide bomber is behind this latest explosion which left mangled bodies on the street and raise fears about more violence in the lead up to the sochi winter olympics which russia is set to host in just six weeks artie's margaret howell was on the scene of the attack and brings us more. i am here in the marketplace where that troll a bus exploded this morning at eight thirty in the morning causing massive deaths bodies everywhere a lot of information that is still coming out about the stroller the attack that happened this morning it has been confirmed that there was a suicide bomber on that trolling bus that claimed these lives we have an eyewitness account of this event. i was in my way from work to the u. turn and then i heard a blast i was already standing in a queue and one of the other drivers asked if there was an explosion there was no panic but i hurt screens so i drove by to save the children and help people but they told me that only the driver of the bus was injured and so i took

the explosion was carried out by female suicide bomber. first a metal detector. so please don't bank on the bus and to make the buns stuffed with pieces of shrapnel. the power of this explosion was the equivalent of ten kilograms of tnt. will that would mean many more victims of the cycle taunting system and train station and walk behind the attack was if the mouse ears on pharma just like in a tie to win a tie against our national debt snake citrix places on abbas involve the ground killing six people and injuring at least that's the russian president of the net to the tune is now increased security measures of apple and train stations across the country. mayne group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but it comes eighteen months off to chechen rebel needed to cool her off. cold is meant to do that. a place to derail this so she ended mixed. russia is tasting in less than six weeks the winter games with golden eyes is pledging to make them the safest in and takes in history. same goes for his moment on a course on jessica dollars in moscow she tells u

the second suicide attack in as many days in the same city. kpix 5 reporter mark kelly is in our newsroom with an update. >> reporter: michelle, today's blast brings the death toll in russia now to 30 people. remember yesterday's explosion was at a train station in volgograd. two attacks within 48 hours have many worried over the upcoming winter olympics in russia. a burned-out shell is all that's left after a suicide bomber struck this bus in the russian city of volgograd. dozens have died in two separate terrorist attacks in the past two days. sunday, another suicide bomber detonated a device at the entrance to the volgograd train station. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: this woman left the station just before the blast. she said, i saw people running, human flesh all around. shattered glass and broken doors. after the first bombing, russian president vladimir putin ordered tighter security at the country's airports and train stations. security in russia is a major concern as the country prepares to host the winter olympics in sochi in

the suicide bombers pulled these off without the russians preventing them. you have a unique bomb maker on the loose here. based on the forensics of the two more recent devices. the ffb needs to find the bomb maker, and quickly. >> let's change focus and switch to benghazi, and again staying on the question of intelligence failures. this weekend the "new york times" published a lengthy report on the september 2011 attack, that saw ambassador chris stevens and three others killed. benghazi has been a rallying cry for those saying benghazi was responsible. and susan rice was accused of lying to the american people. the morning after the attack rice appeared on five network sunday news programs and said the attack started as a spontaneous reaction to an anti-muslim video and not connected to al qaeda. the "the times" report does not say the attack was spoon -- spontaneous, but does say: >> jim, what is your reaction to "the times" report on benghazi. >> it's an impressive piece of journalism and they are offering a subtle and complex explanation. they are not s

a father of four killed his wife and committed suicide. all the children were in the home at the time and one saw what happened. >> a san lorenzo family is scared by what happened in the home. four children woke up to the sound of gunshots and the parents dead. >> relatives say john lin killed his wife, then he turned the gun on himself. the 16-year-old son witnessed the murder-suicide and ran to tell his siblings and grandparents who were in the home. the couple was having probables. >> this is -- problems, this is a tragic incident. >> it's a tragedy, leave someone mother and fatherless, and it's a sad story for christmas. >> she wishes her sister had reached out sooner. if any good comes from the heartbreak is saving the life of others before it's too late. >> if they are having problems speak up and say something. my sister said everything is okay. >> the children will stay with relatives. officials expect to have april performed -- autopsy reported by the end of the week. >>> light rail services restored after an accident on the track

. >> two suicide bombs in just two days in the russian city of volgograd. no official suspects have been named. the russian chechen separatist promised violence and the sochi olympic games. >> palestine president mahmoud abbas greeted dozens of inmate released from an israeli prison. part of those released are part of a deal to broker peace between israelis and palestinians. >> 13-year-old girl will get another week on life support. her family issued an injunction to keep her on life support. >> one train collided, carrying grain, and another carrying crude oil crashed on tracks. nearby residents have been urged to evacuate. >> a setback for passengers stranded on a ship in antarctica. they were on a scientific expedition and have been stranded since christmas eve. an australian ship was on the way but could not plough through the ice 13 miles from the ship as it was too thick. those are the headlines. >> fear and anger across the world as two deadly explosions rock russia. "consider this" with less than two months until the world descends on sochi - is rus

a suicide attack in russia killed 15 people. another 34 hurt, happening in a southern city of volgograd. >> i sat down earlier with kimberley marten to better understand the motive behind the attack. >> it's not a hierarchical organised group, but the man behind it, doku umarov, asked supporters to carry out attacks to discarriage people coming to the sochi winter olympics. >> what do we know about the man behind the group? >> they are islamist extremists. he in particular has been fighting the wars in chechnya. he was the leader of chechnya. there was disagreements about the way the chechens would go and is supported to some extent by al qaeda. >> what is he focused on? >> he's focussed on the north caucasus as a hold. check na is to the north. >> let's talk about volgograd, the city where the attack happened. as we mentioned it was the second attack in two months. the first one was a suicide bomber. why that city? >> this region, the southern federal district is controlled by a man in his network. the man who controls it is th