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EDM Sunday Briefing: ISIS link to San Bernardino Massacre, Flooding, London Attack, Chicago Police Video

Emergency and disaster management Sunday Briefing for December 6, 2015: ISIS links to the San Bernardino massacre, Chennai flood update, UK flooding, terror attack in London, and another Chicago police video.

  1. The FBI is [link url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/us/tashfeen-malik-islamic-state.html” title=”treating the San Bernardino massacre as a terrorism case“], noting that the investigation has “developed indications of radicalization” but also that the [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shooters-planned-san-bernardino-massacre-alone-no-link-seen-to-terror-cell-fbi-says-20151204-story.html” title=”shooters planned the attack alone“].
  2. On Saturday, ISIS did not claim direct responsibility for the violence, but referred to the two suspects — Syad Farook and Tashfeen Malik — as [link url=”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/05/isil-radio-two-supporters-carried-out-san-bernardino-massacre/76828170/” title=”two followers of Islamic State“]. Farook and Malik are being termed [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/05/us/san-bernardino-shooting/” title=”supporters of ISIS“].
  3. President Barack Obama is planning to [link url=”http://www.wsj.com/articles/president-obama-to-address-nation-on-san-bernardino-shootings-on-sunday-1449363066″ title=”address the nation today“] to provide an update into the investigation of the San Bernardino shooting and on the “broader threat of terrorism.” President Obama has been [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/san-bernardino-shooting-obama/index.html” title=”calling for gun control reforms“] since this latest mass shooting on U.S. soil.
  4. The tactics employed by police in response to the San Bernardino shooting [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-tactics-20151204-story.html” title=”won high praise from experts“], in part because of quick response and swift, direct action. This latest mass shooting, and the police response to it, is reigniting the discussion on the [link url=”http://www.npr.org/2015/12/04/458426970/reformers-fear-police-will-revisit-militarized-mindset-after-mass-shootings” title=”militarization of law enforcement“].
  5. [link url=”http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/05/458568262/photos-rescue-teams-respond-to-historic-flood-in-chennai” title=”Rescue teams continued to respond to the historical flood in Chennai“], the worst flood there in a century. At least [link url=”http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/devastation-in-india-as-100-year-flood-sweeps-chennai/60725/” title=”260 people have been killed“] and more than [link url=”http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chennai-rains-over-28000-rescued-tonnes-of-relief-supplies-sent/articleshow/50057703.cms” title=”28,000 people have been rescued“] thus far.
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  7. [link url=”http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/05/storm-desmond-severe-weather-scotland-northern-england” title=”Severe flooding forced evacuations“] in northern England and Scotland on Saturday. Storm Desmond brought [link url=”http://www.weather.com/news/news/storm-desmond-uk-ireland-scotland-december-2015″ title=”heavy rainfall and strong winds“] and the British government has [link url=”http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-storm-desmond-flooding-6958026″ title=”issued at least 17 severe flood warnings“] due to the storm so far.
  8. The [link url=”http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-braced-heavy-flooding-wet-6943919″ title=”unsettled, wet and windy weather“] currently in the UK is set to [link url=”http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-braced-heavy-flooding-wet-6943919″ title=”continue into late December“], only worsening flood concerns and complicating relief efforts.
  9. Negotiators from 195 countries [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/05/world/global-climate-change-draft-agreement/index.html” title=”reached a climate change draft agreement“] Saturday. The purpose of the pact is to reduce global carbon emissions and limit global warming across the globe.
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  11. [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/05/europe/london-tube-stabbings/” title=”Three people were stabbed“] in a London subway Saturday evening in what is being called an “act of terror.” One knifeman reportedly screamed [link url=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/12035552/Knifeman-screams-this-is-for-Syria-in-London-tube-machete-attack.html” title=”‘this is for Syria’“] during the attack.
  12. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city will release [link url=”http://www.wbal.com/article/128494/110/chicago-to-release-video-of-ronald-johnson-shooting” title=”another video of a fatal police-involved shooting“]. The video involves 25-year-old Ronald Johnson, who was allegedly shot dead by a Chicago police officer in October 2014. The release of this video will come just weeks after the [link url=”http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-cop-shooting-laquan-mcdonald-faq-met-20151204-story.html” title=”release of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald“] led to protests that are still ongoing.
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  14. Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship [link url=”http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0TM2CV20151203″ title=”was found guilty of conspiring to violate safety standards“] at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia. A [link url=”http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/us/10westvirginia.html” title=”2010 blast at this mine“] left 29 dead after rescue workers found no survivors. Rescue efforts were termed an [link url=”http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/us/10westvirginia.html” title=”‘agonizing 100-hour exercise in frustration.’“]

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