it was diverted to kenya. we understand that six passengers at least are being questioned after the device was deactivated. the other passengers have been talking about what they saw. >> to be able to recover our luggage and we cross our finger, maybe the next flight come back to take care, but our trip to france. >> i can't understand what they say is aboard. this is crazy. >> let's talk now to oliver mcgee, an aviation expert live in washington, d.c. what do you make of this particular incident? >> well, right now, what they're determining i guess the extent of the debris found in the laboratory. it happens to be possibly a bomb. this is a time for investigators to take a look and see that evidence is actually indeed an incendiary device. the next thing is they are talking to folks and witnesses to see if there was a criminal activity that is possibly alleged here. >> we're hearing that the device, whatever it was, has been deactivated, which suggests that it would have been dangerous, so an explosive device

kenya: that is not even part of my house. matt: what williams found scattered and shredded everywhere was a lifetime of memories. kenya: i mean, they'll live within me forever. but just all the memories of me growing up here -- family times, the thanksivings and christmases. mark: williams told me her family plans to rebuild on this spot. the tornado took their house, but this is home. mark strassmann, cbs news, lamar, mississippi. laura: now, let's get a check on the local forecast. could be a record-breaking snow. right? jason: there he will could be, talking multiple inches -- some spots over half of a foot. really going to depend on the track, going to go over that in a couple of minutes. right now, not a lot going on, as far as rain or snow. still seeing snow removal to the south, as the system passes eastward. we do have an area of pressure helping to keep this batch at bay. it is also helping to ramp up wind, gusting upwards of 30 miles per hour. even though we are not that cold as far as air temperature, the feels lik

police are interrogating passengers from an air france flight forced to make an emergency landing in kenya after a bomb scare. spanish voters go to the polls in what is expected to be one of the most closely contested elections in modern history. >> we also need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. >> united against one rival, the democratic candidates for the u.s. presidency gang up on donald trump. and 27 people are missing in a landslide that buried buildings at an industrial park in southern china. ♪ but first within the last hour or so we discovered that an air france flight that was traveling from mauritius to paris had to make an emergency landing and a senior kenya official told us at al jazeera that the devices found on board this flight adding that this device has been deactivated. now the plane as i say was traveling from mauritius to par 'tis and diverted to mombasa after this suspicious device was discovered in the laboratory in the toilet of the plane. apparently six passengers are being qu

obama just visited kenya. his father is from kenya. can you talk about the droughts there and what you see as the challenges of climate change for your country? >> thank you for the opportunity to speak at this event. yes, president obama is from kenya and of course, we also demanded he focus on climate change. can you, we have experienced a lot of climate change impact. in the past droughts we've experienced since 2009, 2010, were very severe. i come from a community where the droughts these two extremes lasted for a couple of months and then we would have rainfall, but since 2010, we had drought that went past two years. we never saw a drop of rain in areas like the northern part of kenya and a we lost our livestock. our water access was terrible because freshwater is dependent on the rainfall. we never had water within our communities, and that has been impact on our community which is dependent on the ability to access the water and feed the livestock. in this affected the women, especially, because we had

catherine soi, al jazeera, northeastern kenya. >> now in the u.s. state of alabama they have declared a state of emergency after storms swept through the region. homes have been damaged and power has been knocked out in parts of birmingham. there has been extreme weather with 17 people killed across tennessee, arkansas, and mississippi. >>> well, the 11th anniversary of the boxing draw tsunami has been commemorated. hundreds gathered at the tsunami memorial park in thailand. the park is built on the site of a fishing villages that was destroyed by giant waves. >>> now new york's metropolitan opera has hosted some of the world's greatest singers, but these days it's attracting a different kind of crowd: kids. teaching inner city school children to appreciate the classical form of music. >> these school children may be more familiar with ade le or rihanna. but a trip to the world famous opera house in new york never fails to impress. >> me and my friend, we were gasping. we were like. [ gasping ] >> it was like watching on television but in real play.

carson has been planning to visit nigeria, kenya and zambia later this month. the itinerary included a reunion with siamese twins he separated nearly two decades ago. he was also aiming to learn more about a terror group in the area. some west des moines students got creative.... while learning about a pause for nats 03 josephine shaw told west des moines' crestview first graders what it was like to grow up in kenya. she focused on the important roles beads play in the country. then the students made their own necklaces...only with cereal... the students are studying different cultures in africa...so this fun presentation fit right in... 14:35:02-14:35:23 a lot of time when people talk about africa they don't know about the diversity...so kids could enjoy and marvel at what would seem like very basic things from kenya and i don't think they'll forget it now josephine shaw is an ambassador with a group called "culture-all". it's a local group that works to teach kids about all different world cultures. coming up... some metro kids are tough diagnosis. next... ho

the number of al-shabab-related attacks in kenya has gone down significantly. officials say it is because of better intelligence and cooperation with the local community. members of the somali community believe that security has come at a cost to them. this man says his nephew was arrested by police before the attack. his family haven't seen him since. >> translation: we have looked everywhere. we went to the police station where he was taken. we were told they didn't have him. we went to mortuaries and also involved parliament, but nothing. >> reporter: human rights groups accuse security forces of unlawfully detaining and executing suspects. more than 70 people in this region are said to have disappeared since april. >> would edon't kidnap anybody, but they are arrested from their homes or from whenever and they are in custody. not necessarily here, but in kenya for proper processing. >> reporter: rachel is far from the politics. in the hospital that has now been her home for months, she is working hard on regaining her fitness and at the same time coming to

but the government of kenya, together with usaid and other groups, are using mass media to change this behavior and turn the tide of hiv transmission. nicholas: 44 percent of new hiv patients attributed currently people who either married or in a partnership. these people in partnerships both have other partners, who also have other partners who are not using condoms. and therefore, the chance that the next network someone has hiv and it spreads like bushfire to the rest of the families. jimmi: i must admit, one of the things that surprised me was the aspect of also women playing a part of it. nicholas: we've got this strong force, people say, no, no, no, you are [indistinct] men only. women also do that. so people didn't know that, so we did some spots for women as well. erick: concurrent partnership really is a great factor in the spread of hiv, because you find that, this people, when they have these partners, trust comes in. so we find that these partners stop using condoms basically to all the partners. lucy: psi kenya decided to take on the campaign because primarily, there are v

kenya bomb experts are eexamining the device. one passenger noticed something was wrong when the plane started to descend slowly. >> the plane went down slowly, slowly, slowly, so realized probably something was wrong. we didn't know what was happening actually and so we said we had to land in mum bassa because we had a technical problem. >> kris: at least 6 passengers were being questioned by authorities. crews battling a fire at a vacant triple decker in rocks be. the fire -- roxbury. no one was hurt. crews are still trying to figure out what caused the fire. the fire chief estimates the a million dollar. and investigators searching for answers after a deadly accident inside of a new hampshire auto shop. a man killed when the tire he was working on suddenly exploded. a customer was also hurt in the blast. brandon gunnoe with the late effort from salem. >> 21-year-old male who is not conscious by breathing. >> is there only one patient? >> there is no. >> reporter: a frantic 911 call after police say 22-year-old justin almon was

. >> kenya is on high alert follows a series of attacks. gunman killed 148 people, and the attacks in the university in northern kenya earlier this year, since then, several units across the country, have been carrying out random drills to prepare everyone for potential attacks. >> when you are doing training you inform people. they have to be informed. well, not the details of the timing, was what is actually bound to happen. i saw students hanging on roof tops and they were -- so it ended up looking like a realtorrist attack. >> martin says test lucky to be alive, but also angry they were not warned and that someone died and another might not be able to walk again. al jazeera. nairobi. >> anticorruption protestors have been tear gassed with the demonstration in kenya. around 200 took to the streets on tuesday. and they were marching to the supreme court, and parliament, but were disbursed by riot police, 26 people were arrested. >> france has promised to given countries $8.5 billion over the next five years to invest in renewable energy a

kenya has called corruption a threat to national security. this year he has lost a third. but many kenyans believe corruption in the public sector is on the rise. catherine soi reports. >> reporter: these protesters are demanding answers from their government. they often wake up to reports of new corruption scandals. this girl and her friends travelled from far away to join in the demonstration. >> translation: we don't want corruption any more. we want everyone to benefit. i don't have any money and i want changes. >> reporter: kenya's anti corruption commission has taken more than 350 people to court this year, six cabinet secretaries which is a third of the cabinet have also been forced to resign because of corruption allegations. many kenyans are angry about the corruption, especially in the public service. the president recently declared corruption a threat to national security, but these people want to see more action. >> where are these transactions done? >> reporter: if in this forum some of the economic think tanks discuss the latest scandle. last year money was b

the second part in our series is from kenya. in april gunmen stormed the university college killing 148 people most of them students. security forces surrounded that building for 1 a5 hours. four gunmen were killed and the fifth detonated his explosive vest. the group al-shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. hundreds of hostages were taken and freed muslims and christians were killed. >> reporter: they shot her seven times. one bullet shattered her spine. she is now paralysed from the waist down and undergoing rehabilitation in a hospital. she was studying at the university in northern kenya when fighters attacked in april. her parents live mosh a 100 kilometres from the hospital. they come in to see her and it has taken a toll. >> translation: at first it was very hard. she would not eat. she did not want to talk to anyone. we had to be there to make sure she is well taken care of. >> reporter: necessity will never forget the images from the attack and the days family members spent looking for her, not knowing whether s

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last week kenya athletes staged a protest at athletics kenya demanding he resign from his position. the main allegations of he and other officials have failed to properly address doping and siphoned money from nike and after he allegedly received a gift of two cars from qatar athletics association and he and two other officials deny allegations. captain morgan says his team are in the best position they can be and beat pakistan in the final 2020 match to clinch a series white wash with england already won the series and the third match was a dead rubber and memorable and leading two of four and can grab a single so the scores are tied and met the match had to be decided by super over when both had six scores each and the team with highest score wins and had three runs and knocked off their target with just a ball to spare. messi may have been named on the three-man short lift for fifa player of the year on monday but in spain has been crowned the top player for la-liga and beat stiff competition to the title and named striker of the year in a ceremony in barcelona and then waldo wer

. >>> in kenya muslim bus passengers are being hailed as heroes for banding together to save the lives of christians during a terror attack. yesterday more than 100 passengers were crammed on a bus traveling nearly the towarder with somalia when bullets ripped through the side of the bus in an ambush. cnn's david mckenzie on what happened next. >> reporter: their aim is to cause terror and division, but al-shabaab gunmen here in kenya came up against an extraordinary show of defiance and unity. >> one group was there, the other group. they moved to the road to stop us. they tell us to get those who are muslims to come out, go back to class, go back to the bus. >> reporter: a emergency on the bus told ynn there were 12 -- a man on the bus told cnn there were 12 christians on board. a gunman wanted to identify them and execute them. he said muslim passengers helped hide some of them on the bus and they gave the christian woman headscarves before the gunmen made them line up on the road. they stood strong before the gunmen telling them if you want to kill us, then kill us. there are no ch

the plane did touchdown safely in kenya. sources in kenya tell nbc the suspected bomb did have some kind of a timing device, although police are not saying whether any explosive component has been located so far. of the 500 passengers evacuated, six are now being interrogated. >> the investigation is continuing. a few passengers of concern are febeatg interrogated to find out exactly what caused this. >> kenya's interior minister also says the device has been removed from the plane and is still under analysis. >>> in recent weeks, international terrorism fears have dominated the presidential campaign here in this country. this week, something else, a debate over data. chuck todd joins us from washington with a preview of "meet the press." chuck, this was -- you got to admit, this was a little inside bernie sanders to pay apologize last night. is this a defining moment or just a blip? >> it's a total blip. frankly, bernie sanders was smart to open that debate with an apology, almost sort of wiping the slate clean so that the

the second part in our series from kenya. in april gunmen stormed the university college killing 148 people, most of them students. security forces surrounded that building for 15 hours. four gunmen were killed, the fifth detonated his explosive vest al-shabab claimed responsibility for that attack. fighters took hundreds of hostages but freed muslims and killed christians. >> reporter: they shot her seven times, one bullet shattered her spine. she is now paralysed from the head down. she is in an iraqis hospital. she was studying at a university in northern kenya when fighters attacked in april. her parents live more than 100 kilometres north of nirobi and coming to the city every other week to visit and take care of rachel has taken a toll on the family. >> translation: at first it was very hard. she would not eat and did not want to talk. we in to be there to make sure she was well taken care of >> reporter: they will never forget the image freeze from the attack and the days family spent looking for her not knowing whethe

the number of al shabaab related attacks in northern kenya has done gown significantly. security officials say this is because of better intelligence and coordination with the community. but members of the somali community believe that security has come at a cost to them. omar soyan says his nephew was arrested by police before the gargarissa attack. >> we go to mortuaries and also vofer parliament but nothing. >> human rights groups, key security forces ever unlawfully detaining and questioning suspects. >> we have not kidnapped anybody but they are arrested from their homes or from wherever, and they are in custody. not just in garissa but in parts of kenya for proper processing. >> rachel is far from the politics in the hospital that's now been her home for months. she's working hard on regaining her fitness and at the same time, coming to terms with the fact that she may never walk again. catherine soy, al jazeera, garissa in northeastern kenya. >>> serbian police have arrested 80 people's people including a former minister in an anticonstruction crack down. still on

. >>> to developing news out of kenya this morning. a bomb scare forced a flight to land. six passengers are being questioned about a device that forced diversion of the air france plane. the device is expected to be a bomb, and it was found in the rest room onboard the plane. as we mentioned, they are questioning several passengers in this case and the flight was heading back to paris and carrying a total of 429 passengers and 14 crew members and everybody safely made it off the plane. >>> it's the last chance weekend to grab those holiday gifts or to start, if you are like me and are a procrastinator. this is what i am not looking forward to. hundreds of shoppers, thousands searching. stores are extending hours, and the rush was in full force. >> parking was crazy. just got in here but not looking forward to the madness here. >> my first shopping day of the year, five days before christmas. >> one thing that people still are looking for this christmas, snow. not going to happen. if you want more information about which stores have extended holiday shopping hours, we have

to wait for flights out of kenya tonight. but a kenyan official said six are being detained for questioning. including the man who reported the suspicious device. all could face criminal charges. kelly cobiella, nbc news, london. >> scary moments for those travelers. >>> in this country now, the hunt goes on tonight for the texas teenager who killed four people while driving drunk, and received only probation after his lawyer claimed his family's affluence spoiled him and was a factor. we get the latest now from nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. marshals service says it believes someone must be helping fugitive ethan couch elude capture. if it is his mother, went missing nine days ago, it just got harder for her to hide, as well. tonight, the tarrant county district attorney officially listed tanya couch as a missing person, which means she will also now show up on national police databases. >> he's getting help. we just got to find out how he's doing it. >> would it be his mother? >> i think it's a safe ass

he is her manager. >>> and breaking news in kenya. an air france flight headed to paris made an emergency landing in kenya after a suspicious device was reported on board. police say the plane departed saturday night with 473 people on board. it requested permission to land after a passenger found the device in the restroom. everyone was safely evacuated. bomb experts are trying to figure out if the device contains explosives. >>> still to come santa has a big helper from the oklahoma city thunder. find out what one player did to make the holidays bright for dozens of children. clots in my lung, it was serious. fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. treatment with xarelto®. hey guys! hey, finally, somebody i can look up to... ...besides arnie. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there's limited information on how xarelto®

the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in kenya. the device was examined and nothing harmful was found. the aircraft was headed to paris at the time. presidential hopefuls returned to the campaign trail after last night him accredit debate will stop and today, hillary clinton came under fire after calling out donald trump. clinton accused trump of best recruiter, saying the terror group is trumpg videos of insulting islam. trump cheated out that hillary clinton lies. >> are you sure you want to go down that road? that road.ll go down people call me out but they tend to be wrong also. house and white terror experts say there's no hard evidence that the terror group is using the as of trump to recruit. seven is on your side with a consumer alert drivers, mitsubishi recalling barrages over concern certain wires could corrode and call issues with the airbag system. the recall includes model years 2014 and 2015. most of the cars were sold on the east coast and mid west. good news for drivers, especially those of you hitting the road for

in kenya, a third of government ministers lost their jobs as a result of crackdown on craft. catherine soi reports from nairobi. >> these protesters demanded answers from the government. and wake up to reports of new corruption scandals. lucy and her friend travelled from the outskirts of nairobi to join in the demonstration. >> we don't want corruption any more. we want everyone to benefit. i don't have any money, and i want changes. >> kenya's anticorruption commission took 350 people to court this year. six cabinet secretaries, which is part of the cabinet, have been forced to resign because of corruption allegations. >> many are angry about corruption, especially in the public service. the president declaring corruption a threat to national security. these people want to see more action. >> when the transactions are done. done... >> reporter: in the forum they discuss the latest scandal the euro bond. last year they raised millions after borrowing from the stock exchange, to fund loans and building projects. it's not clear on what projected $1.4 billion has been used. >>

. >>> investigators in kenya are searching for clues tonight, trying to figure out who put a fake bomb aboard a paris-bound air france flight. >> a few passengers of concern are being interrogated to find out exactly what caused this. >> the boeing 777 was forced to make an emergency landing in kenya. authorities say the device was found in a lavatory. the aircraft was on its way to paris with 459 passengers and 14 crewmembers. the plane was safely evacuated. >> the plane just went down slowly, slowly, slowly, so just realized probably something was wrong. >> air france said it was working to reroute its passengers and was sending another plane to kenya to fly them to paris. >>> the los angeles police department is investigating a deadly shooting by an officer at a hospital in torrence. 26-year-old ruben herrera was being treated at the harbor ucla medical center after he was arrested. witnesses say herrera was calm and cooperative up until he was about to be released from the hospital. that's when police say he attacked them and reached for an officer's gun. officers tried to slow him

most farmers here in this country in kenya have stopped growing it. it's a lot of effort for little money. >> every day you have to go to the [ inaudible ] to see if [ inaudible ] and have come to destroy your plants. >> reporter: he sells the cotton for processing in a nearby town. eventually it will be woven into cloth, and it's almost entirely for the kennian market. the managers here say it's only operating at about 10% of its full capacity. governments of developing countries, including kenya's say unfair protectionist policies in rich countries prevent them from exporting agricultural products like cotton. and that hinders development. the u.s. is the world's largest cotton exporter, and it is subsidized by the government. it has been a contentious issue at trade summits for the last 14 years. member states have never reached an agreement. at the nairobi conference, developing countries say they still want deals to make trade more fair. but rich countries say that discussion is out of date, not the least because some countries like india and chi

kenya's interior minister said a number of passengers are being interrogated. we;ll have more on the emergency landing, coming up on news 4 at 10. the nebraska volleyball team is celebrating after winning a national championship last night. mark's in later with reaction << temperatures are mild all across siouxland with most towns feeling the lower to middle 40's. but how long does the warmth last? a cold front is scooting its way through the region and will pass through the area this afternoon and evening. temperatures will begin to fall off quite substantailly through the overnight hours with lows for most spots bottoming out in the low 20's. the first day of winter will be on the cooler side but still above average for this time of the year with highs in the lower 30's. we warm up again towards the middle of our work week before the chance for a mix returns just in time for christmas day!>> still to come for us on a sunday have you done all of your haven't we've got details on what you need to know before you head out. announcer: one candidate tough enough t

a french flight forced to land early in kenya after a suspicious device was reported putting authorities there on alert. a tire tragedy: one person killed when a tire explodes at an auto shop. plus, the race for the white house taking center take in new hampshire as the democrats battle it out in their latest debate. it's game day down in foxboro today. a big question: will tb 12 be on the field come game time? who will and won't be ready to play? >> this is 7 news today in new england. >> good morning. it is 9:00 this sunday morning. your day. i'm kris anderson. we will have details of all those stories and more straight ahead for you on 7 news today in new england. first up, we get over to chris lambert with a peek of what's left of the weekend forecast. could be a busy sunday. i drove by some of the mall parking lots yesterday. insane. >> i bet you those mall parking lots insane again. you won't catch me anywhere near them. trust me. this time of year, a lot of procrastinators out there like myself. i'm still dodging going to the mall. 36 in boston right now. 33 in norwood. if you hav

you may remember the story of mike wasike...a legal immigrant from kenya who was severely injured and disabled by three teenagers right here in des moines. that happened in february of 20-13. wasike had been undergoing therapy in oklahoma...but has now been brought to a care center in mitchellville. that's where mike dasilva visited with him today. that attack really left mike wasike in bad shape. he was in a coma for four months. the goal is to get him home someday, so his family can take care of him there, but as of now they're just taking it one day at a time, and they're happy to have him close by. 14:47:00--09 'it feels complete. i can feel like my familys complete again, because we were pretty much like split apart with him being far.' surrounded by family and friends, 39 year-old mike wasike is back in iowa just in time for the holidays... come back last week i would be in oklahoma today, i was planning to drive down yesterday until like january 2nd, so this means a lot to us, this is our christmas gift this year.' wasike arrived at this care center in mitchellville last tuesda

still to come, it 2 masi herdsman have been charged in kenya with poisoning famous lions. the competition for land has become fierce. trump's comments about stopping muslims from entering the u.s. has brought condemnation from around the world. today the scottish government sacked donald trump as business ambassador. >> donald trump made the comments after a multiple shooting in california. >> are you a big it? >> probably the least of anyone you have ever met. as anald trump was removed business ambassador for this country. >> in terms of reaction to the comments, that he has made this week, he has greatly offended people. so much that he has not become the person that is suitable to represent scotland. >> the man known as the donald has extensive as ms. interests ensco -- has extensive business interests in scotland. trump aviation at the airport. no word on mr. trump tonight, but she says she should have sought action more quickly. >> it has been part of his presidential campaign for months. when he was talking about mexican people coming to america, i did not see the a

she was stand at the university in kenya when al-shabab fighters attacked in april. her parents come in every other week to visit and take care of rachel has taken its toll on the family. >> we had to be there to make sure she's well taken care of. >> they'll never forget these images from the attack and the days family members spent looking for her not knowing if she was alive or dead. >> i have realizes that life is in the hands of god, and you have to figh find positive in the situation whether good or bad. >> garissa university has been set to be opened next year. many security changes have also been made in this region. >> the number of a shah babb related attacks have gone down significantly. security officials say this is because of better intelligence and coordination with the local community. >> but members of the somali community believe that scuft has come at a cost from them. he was arrested by police, and his family has not seen him since. >> we've looked everywhere. we went to the police station where he was taken. they said they didn't have him. buwe w

as a terror attack is foiled in kenya. jonathan elias has the latest developments in tonight's terrorism alert desk update. 3 from the terror alert desk in washington, i'm jonathan elias. at least one pereson was killed when militants with the al-shabaab terror group ambushed a bus in kenya... dozens of others were saved-- when a group of muslims on the bus shielded their christian countrymen .witnesses say the muslims gave the others headscarves to wear so they wouldn't be singled out and killed.then-- officials say they shielded the christain passengers...and told the attackers they were prepared to die gether.and, frarae is churches around chirstmas.part of that plan includes churches keeping only one door open during services.france's interior minister says there are other measures in place and is worried about extremist violence after the deadly attacks last month.from the terror alert desk in washington, i'm jonathan elias. 3 if you saw something suspicious while traveling... at work... or on your street... would you

kenya williams says she is both heart-broken - and thankful. her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls. but she has perspective: ten mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. six of them were her neighbors. (( kenya williams/tornado survivor, "my 72 year-old blind disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. so for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head, bones, not severely hurt, didn't have to go to the icu, i'm good with that." )) ((sharie johnson)) since christmas eve, unseasonably warm weather across the south has fueled killer storms. thousands of victims in tennessee, arkansas and georgia spent their saturday cleaning up. in alabama - where another twister touched down christmas night - nearly 200 roads are closed due to flooding. and the south- central u-s faces everything from more tornadoes to blizzard conditions. /// toss to keely for weather ((keely breland))

the flight from the indian ocean island of mauritus to paris stopped stopped in kenya when a passenger spotted a sus pi shu device. officials ka you will it a hoax but it lays a re veel security concern. >> the fake device looked real enough to prompt the crew of this air france bowing 777 to make an emergency be landing in mombasa, kenya, and evacuate the 449 passengers and 14 crew using emergency exit slides. passenger ann daniel. >> they told us it was a problem, technical problem, you know. so now they say that they found a bomb and so very tired, very difficult. >> benoit lucchini was also on board. >> the plane just went down slowly, slowly slowly so we just realized probably something was wrong. >> air france's c.e.o. said a passenger spotted the fake bomb and reported it to the crew of flight 463 adding the device was made of cardboard, paper and had a timer. it was hidden in a bathroom cabinet. kenyan police reportedly questioned a number of passengers including the person who reported the device. the airline says at threes three other air france flights have received bomb thr

the flight from the indian ocean island of mauritius to paris stopped in kenya when a passenger reported a suspicious device. officials are calling it a hoax. but as chris van cleave reports it raises very real security concerns. >> reporter: the fake device looked real enough to prompt the crew of this air france boeing 777 to make an emergency landing in mombasa, kenya, and evacuate the passenger and crew using emergency exit slides. >> technical problem, you know. now they say they found the so -- very tired, very difficult. >> reporter: benoit also on board -- >> the plane went down slowly, slowly. we realized probably something was wrong. >> reporter: air france's ceo said a passenger spotted the fake bomb and reported it to the crew of flight 463, adding the device was made of cardboard, paper, and had a timer. it was hidden in a bathroom cabinet. kenyan police reportedly questioned a number of passengers, including the person who reported the device. the airline says at least three other air france flights have received bomb threats since the november 13th attacks in paris. >> the

as a terror attack is foiled in kenya. jonathan elias has the latest developments in tonight's terrorism alert desk update. 3 from the terror alert desk in washington, i'm jonathan elias. at least one pereson was killed when militants with the al-shabaab terror group ambushed a bus in kenya... dozens of others were saved-- when a group of muslims on the bus shielded their christian countrymen .witnesses say the muslims gave the others headscarves to wear so they wouldn't be singled out and killed.then-- officials say they shielded the christain passengers...and told the attackers they were prepared to die together.and, france is stepping up security at churches around chirstmas.part of that plan includes churches keeping only one door open during services.france's interior minister says there are other measures in place and is worried about extremist violence after the deadly attacks last month.from the terror alert desk in washington, i'm jonathan elias. 3 if you saw something suspicious while traveling... at work... or o

scare forced an air france flight en route from mauritius to paris to make an emergency landing in kenya. eric: officials are calling it a hoax but as kris van cleave reports it raises very real security concerns. kris: the fake device looked real enough to prompt the crew of this air france boeing 777 to make an immediate emergency landing in mombasa kenya and evacuate the 459 passengers and 14 crew using emergency exit slides. technical problem so now they say they have found a bomb so. very tired. very difficult. kris: benoit lucchini was also on board. >> the plane just went down slowly, slowly, slowly. so we just realized probably something was wrong. kris: air france's ceo said a passenger spotted the fake bomb and reported it to the crew of flight for 63, -- flight 463, adding the device was made of cardboard, paper and had a timer. it was hidden in a bathroom cabinet. kenyan police reportedly questioned a number of passengers including the person who reported the device. the airline says at least 3 other air france flights have received bomb threats since the november 13 attacks

. >> in kenya police investigation is underway after security drill at a nairobi university ended in chaos. one person died and 30 were injured at the university on monday. catherine soi has the details. >> one student died on monday. she sustained head injuries while fleeing what she thought was gunmen. another student recovering from jumping from the first-floor window. he fractured his legs. >> i see four men advancing, wearing white, something red. and they had a gun. now it is kicked in. >> but the university was not under attack. it was a security drill gone wrong. the this student's legs and hands are broken. she jumped off the second-floor balcony, and she's still too traumatized to talk to us. in all, more than 30 people are injured. many of the students said they were not informed. they panicked, and some of them jumped off the window ledges. >> the university administrators said that they told local police about the drills, but these police spokesman said that they did not inform the relevant security forces. >> the responsibilities of sending in specialized movements and

once again, he's separated from his family, his wife and baby son living in kenya until he can make a proper home for them in sudan, the sort of home valentino didn't have. >> and we will keep him safe, we will protect him in the best way we can. we'll make sure he doesn't go through all this pain. >> he sees them rarely, dividing his time between marial bai and the u.s., where he continues to raise money for his foundation. today, it's time to farewell the students until he comes back next term. >> another issue i would like to acknowledge here is that i'm really very proud of you, and i want to thank you very much for our event. >> he's, you know--became one of my closest friends, and he's also just the best man i've ever known. and what he's been able to accomplish through his foundation, and, um-- and continued to do, it's-- just continues to sort of amaze me and everybody who knows him. >> when you look around at what's been achieved so far, after all you've been through, what are your feelings? >> i'm very happy, i'm very proud of it. i like seeing them crack jokes and laughing

it made an emergency landing in kenya after the flight crew was alerted. what more are you learning about the four people being questioned? >> well, the kennian authorities are being pretty tight lipped. this packed triple 7 more than 450 passengers, vacationers frump the ocean island heading back to paris, france when a passenger went into the laboratory behind the cupboard, they saw this device. the device, they said was a cardboard box containing papers, a kitchen timer like device which would immediately freak out someone if they saw that on a plane and the authorities are saying this is not a bomb and as you said the ceo saying it's a nasty joke. let's listen to the ceo in paris. >> translator: every time that we can get information, intelligence about the authors of this extremely unpleasant jokes, we can find this behavior both stupid and completely one which causes damage and absolutely unacceptable. >> many of the passengers have left kenya inroute back home. >> the question is was this deliberate or was it to bring chaos? >> and this isn't the fi

air france flight from mauritius to paris was diverted to kenya after a device board. a boeing 757 with 459 passengers landed safely. investigators say the suspicious device has been retrieved from the laboratory. bomb experts are investigating. >>> are other top stories. a worker added-if a worker at sears has died while working on a vehicle. 22-year-old justin elmont was filling up a tire when it exploded. the customer was also injured and taken to boston medical center. osha is investigating.>>> four people have been taken to a hospital with some gems of exposure to carbon monoxide in new hampshire. the liberty gas company said they improperly mixed chemicals causing the scare. firefighters are going door-to- rolled susan nelson may have been walking near rock back the lady the line-i-believe some items were inside her lying on the water nearby. strike one of the san bernardino shooters was sloppily approved. papers. he said immigration officials had not sufficiently vetted that information. there was no evidence that they can ever about her husband. either out to r

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told the crew, he found a possible bomb in the bathroom and the pilots made an emergency landing in kenya, nearly 500 people were evacuated from the plane on emergency slides. one passenger said many of them didn't know the real reason for the evacuation until it was all over. >> we didn't know what was happening, actually. and so, we said we had to land because we had a technical problem. it actually was not a technical problem. >> authorities say the fake bomb was made out of cardboard and a timer. six passengers were being questioned by sennian authorities and we learned one has been detained because of that fake bomb. >>> coming up on 4:42. backlash against the host mated ceo in america. what could happen to life-saving drugs sponsored by martin shkreli's company. >>> coming up on 4:45. we have some new faces on the morning show. kira filling in for laura. >> just filling in. laura will be back next week. >> i'm very happy to be here. >> yeah. >> same story. new week, same story. lots of rain to start off your monday. >> did you watch the oakland game and then did you turn over to the

a mid-air scare on an air france jet led to an emergency landing in kenya today. more than 450 passengers were on board the plane when someone found a suspicious device in a bathroom. n-b-c's kelly cobiella reports that the device turned out to be << of an air france flight t om mauritius to paris overnight was not a bomb, according to the airline's c-e-o. (sot: voice of translator/ frederic gagey/ air france ceo) gathered at this moment indicates that create an explosion or damages to the airplane." the pilots at the helm of the triple- seven made an emergency landing in mombasa kenya overnight saturday.... after a passenger told the crew he found a possible bomb in the bathroom. nearly 500 passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane on the emergency hotels. one passenger said everyone was calm...people onboard thought it was a technical problem. (sot: benoit lucchini/ passenger) "we didn't know what was happening actually, and so we secure our seatbelt and we said we had to land in mombasa because we had a technical problem. but actually it was not a techn