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> SubscriptionUnivision asks court to dismiss $500M Trump
> lawsuit
> 5 December 2015, 2:27 am
>          NEW YORK   
>     (AP) -- Univision struck back Friday at
> Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's $500
> million lawsuit claiming that it unjustly broke a contract
> to broadcast beauty pageants, citing his "disgraceful
> allegations" about Mexican immigrants. Univision lawyers
> filed papers in Manhattan federal court asking a judge to
> toss out the lawsuit Trump filed in July. The lawyers said
> Trump destroyed the value of Univision's rights to broadcast
> the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants when he announced
> June 16 that he was running for president. "Trump offended
> millions during that announcement when he made disgraceful
> allegations about Mexican immigrants, whom, he claims,
> 'Mexico sends' across the border to America," the lawyers
> wrote. They said his remarks "outraged Mexican Americans,
> Mexican immigrants, Hispanics, and other Americans of all
> backgrounds," prompting at least 20 companies and the city
> of New York to terminate business relationships with Trump
> and his brand in the weeks after the announcement. The
> lawyers noted that Univision was the leading media company
> serving Hispanic America when Trump delivered "extreme and
> controversial opinions on race and national origin."
> "Through his diatribe, Trump destroyed the value of those
> broadcast rights, and neither Trump nor Miss Universe did
> anything to repair the damage in the aftermath of his
> speech," Univision's lawyers said in a document signed by
> attorney Randy M. Mastro. Trump's lawsuit claimed breach of
> contract, defamation and First Amendment violations. Lawyers
> for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for
> comment. In January, Univision signed a five-year license
> agreement for the exclusive right to air the Miss USA and
> Miss Universe pageants in Spanish in the United States.
> Univision's lawyers said Trump worsened the damage caused by
> his initial remarks about Hispanics by saying in the days
> afterward that his statements were "totally accurate."
> Univision announced on June 25 that it was ending its
> business relationship with the pageants. "By the end of
> June, it was clear that Trump's anti-Mexican and
> anti-immigrant views would be a focal point of his campaign
> and that the damage done to Univision's programming deal was
> irrevocable," the lawyers wrote. "Trump shocked the nation's
> conscience by accusing almost every Mexican immigrant (and
> many Univision viewers) of being criminals and rapists -
> then promising to become president of the United States on
> the strength of that indictment."
>
> UAW wins election at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant
> 5 December 2015, 2:17 am
>          CHATTANOOGA,
> Tenn.        (AP) -- The United Auto
> Workers has won a union vote among skilled-trades workers at
> Volkswagen's lone U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee. The
> workers who specialize in repairing and maintaining
> machinery and robots at the German automaker's factory in
> Chattanooga voted 108-44 to have the UAW negotiate
> collective bargaining agreements on their behalf. The vote
> comes nearly 20 months after the union was narrowly defeated
> in an election involving all hourly employees at the plant.
> Volkswagen objected to the new vote for the UAW to represent
> just the 162 skilled-trades workers, arguing that all 1,400
> blue-collar workers should have a say over union questions.
>
>
> New images show seaplane that sank in Pearl Harbor attack
> 5 December 2015, 2:11 am
>          HONOLULU   
>     (AP) -- New images of a large U.S. Navy
> seaplane that sank in Hawaii waters during the Japanese
> attack on Pearl Harbor show a coral-encrusted engine and
> reef fish swimming in and out of a hull. The video and
> photos are the clearest images taken of the Catalina PBY-5
> wreckage to date, said Hans Van Tilburg, a maritime
> archaeologist with the Office of National Marine
> Sanctuaries. The site isn't publicly accessible, so the
> images allow scientists to share the wreckage with others.
> They also help with documenting a historically significant
> wreck over time. The seaplane had a wing span of 100 feet,
> about comparable to a modern-era Boeing 727 commercial jet.
> It now sits in pieces 30 feet below the surface in Kaneohe
> Bay next to a Marine Corps base, about 20 miles east of
> Pearl Harbor on the other side of Oahu. There were an
> estimated six of these planes - also called "flying boats" -
> in the bay at the time of the attack, but Van Tilburg said
> nobody is sure what happened to the others. The base, which
> was then a naval air station, was among several Oahu
> military installations attacked by Japanese planes on the
> morning of Dec. 7, 1941. Van Tilburg said a mooring cable is
> still attached to the plane, but there are signs someone
> started the port engine before the plane sank. This
> indicates a crew may have died while attempting to take off
> as the aerial assault began. The Catalina PBY-5 could hold
> an eight-man crew, and four 500-pound bombs. Standard
> practice was to keep someone on the seaplanes at night to
> make sure the aircraft didn't drift off. There were aviator
> casualties in the water, but it's not known which planes
> they were on or when they got off, Van Tilburg said. "That's
> one of the mysteries of the story," he said. The seaplanes
> would have been priority targets because they could fly as
> far as 2,000 miles and would have been able to follow
> Japanese planes back to their aircraft carriers, Van Tilburg
> said. Van Tilburg said the plane is a battlefield casualty,
> just like better-known counterparts like the USS Arizona and
> other vessels bombed in Pearl Harbor. Van Tilburg said
> Friday he imagines commanders rightfully assumed the plane
> was a total loss and not worth salvaging. There's been no
> "dedicated discussion" to retrieving the plane, which is
> currently in three large pieces, he said. It would cost a
> great deal to stabilize it and bring it ashore. The aluminum
> and other metals may leech over time, but that fact must be
> balanced with habitat the plane provides for fish and other
> marine life, Van Tilburg said. The site has become a living
> reef, he said. The wreck helps tell the story of what
> happened at Kaneohe Bay, where 18 sailors and two civilians
> were killed. Sixty-nine others at the base were injured.
> More than 2,400 sailors, Marines, soldiers and civilians
> were killed across Oahu in the Japanese attack.
>
> The Latest: Brother of shooter was decorated Navy veteran
> 5 December 2015, 2:09 am
>          SAN BERNARDINO,
> Calif.        (AP) -- The latest on the
> mass shooting in San Bernardino, California (all times
> local): 6 p.m. The brother of one of the shooters in an
> attack that killed 14 people in California is a Navy veteran
> who earned medals for fighting global terrorism. According
> to military records obtained by The Associated Press on
> Friday, Syed Raheel Farook - the brother of gunman Syed
> Rizwan Farook - was in the Navy from 2003 to 2007. During
> his stint, he received the Global War on Terrorism
> Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service
> Medal, among other awards. After going through training in
> the family's native Illinois, Syed Raheel Farook served for
> three years aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as an
> information system technician. He now lives in Southern
> California, where his brother and the brother's wife were
> killed in a shootout with authorities after the Wednesday
> attack. --- 3 p.m. Attorneys for the family of a California
> shooter say he was married to a soft-spoken housewife who
> only spoke with female relatives. Mohammad Abuershaid and
> David Chesley, who represent Syed Farook's family, say
> Farook's wife, Tashfeen Malik, wore a veil that covered her
> face and didn't drive. The couple opened fire on a holiday
> party of Farook's co-workers, killing 14 people. They say
> Farook's mother lived with the couple but she stayed
> upstairs and didn't notice they had stockpiled 12 pipe bombs
> and well over 4,500 rounds of ammunition. Abuershaid and
> Chesley say the couple left their 6-month-old daughter in
> her care when they carried out Wednesday's attack. They say
> the child is with child protective services. Farook's
> brother-in-law is beginning the legal process to adopt the
> girl. --- 2:35 p.m. Attorneys for the family of a California
> shooter are cautioning the public against rushing to
> judgment about terrorist connections to the attack. Mohammad
> Abuershaid and David Chesley, who represent Syed Farook's
> family, said there's no proof linking the shooters to a
> broader terrorist organization and most of the evidence
> focuses on Facebook posts made under an alias by Farook's
> wife, Tashfeen Malik. When asked to explain possible
> motivations for the attack, Chesley said at a news
> conference Friday that co-workers made fun of Farook for his
> beard and said he was isolated with few friends. Abuershaid
> and Chesley said the family was shocked by the attack that
> left 14 people dead and they saw no signs that the couple
> would be aggressive or had extreme views. The FBI has said
> it's investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism. ---
> 1 p.m. FBI Director James Comey says findings in a sweeping
> federal investigation into the California mass shooting
> indicate the two suspects showed signs of radicalization but
> were not part of a broader network. But Comey noted there's
> still "a lot evidence that doesn't quite make sense." Comey
> says Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik didn't appear on the
> FBI's "radar screen" before the shooting Wednesday that
> killed 14 in San Bernardino. The couple opened fire at a
> holiday banquet for Farook's co-workers before dying in a
> gunbattle with police. --- 12 p.m. An IS-affiliated news
> agency Aamaq says the two shooters in the deadly California
> attack were "supporters" of the Islamic State group, but it
> stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack.
> David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles
> office, said he wasn't aware of the report but wasn't
> surprised IS would attempt to link itself to the attack. He
> said investigators are looking carefully to determine if
> there is an IS connection. Bowdich said at a news conference
> that the bureau is investigating the shooting that left 14
> people dead as an act of terrorism. He says neither Syed
> Farook nor his wife, Tashfeen Malik, was under prior
> investigation. The couple opened fire at a holiday banquet
> for Farook's co-workers before dying in a gunbattle with
> police Wednesday. --- 11:29 a.m. The FBI says it is
> investigating the deadly mass shooting in California as an
> "act of terrorism." David Bowdich, assistant director of the
> FBI's Los Angeles office, made the declaration at a news
> conference Friday in California. He also said the shooters
> attempted to destroy evidence, including crushing two
> cellphones and discarding them in a trash can. He said
> authorities continue to investigate the case to understand
> the motivations of the shooters and whether they were
> planning more attacks. --- 10:45 a.m. The woman who helped
> her husband kill 14 people at holiday party in California
> praised the leader of the Islamic State group in a Facebook
> post just minutes into the attack. A Facebook executive told
> The Associated Press that Tashfeen Malik posted the material
> under an alias account at 11 a.m. Wednesday. That was about
> the time the first 911 calls came in and when the couple
> were believed to have stormed into the San Bernardino social
> service center and opened fire. The executive spoke on
> condition of anonymity because this person was not allowed
> under corporate policy to be quoted by name. The company
> discovered the Facebook account Thursday. It removed the
> profile from public view and reported its contents to law
> enforcement. - From Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah in
> Washington, D.C. --- 10:20 a.m. Pakistani intelligence
> officials say Tashfeen Malik, one of the shooters in the
> California massacre, moved as a child with her family to
> Saudi Arabia 25 years ago. The two officials say the family
> is originally from the Pakistani town of Karor Lal Esan,
> about 200 miles southwest of the capital of Islamabad in
> Punjab province. The officials spoke to The Associated Press
> on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to
> talk to the press. Her father, Gulzar Malik, moved to Saudi
> Arabia about three decades ago for work. The officials say
> his family - including Tashfeen Malik, then only a few years
> old - joined him there 25 years ago. Another person close to
> the Saudi government says Tashfeed Malik didn't stay in
> Saudi Arabia but eventually returned to Islamabad and lived
> there, returning to Saudi Arabia for visits. Tashfeen Malik
> and her husband, Syed Farook, killed 14 people at a holiday
> banquet for his co-workers before dying in a gunbattle with
> police. - Associated Press writer Zarar Khan in Islamabad
> --- 9:45 a.m. An expert says the revelation that one of the
> California attackers pledging allegiance to the Islamic
> State group on Facebook suggests the woman was inspired by
> IS ideology but wasn't necessarily in direct touch with the
> group. John Cohen, a former counterterrorism coordinator for
> the Homeland Security Department and a Rutgers University
> professor, said those people are harder to detect. He says
> the counterterrorism infrastructure is built on preventing
> tightly organized attacks directed by a specific group, not
> detecting people inspired by IS but operating independently.
> He says that means different tools are needed to prevent
> those types of attacks. Cohen says IS has aggressively used
> social media and have "successfully inspired thousands of
> people." Tashfeen Malik helped her husband, Syed Farook,
> kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county
> co-workers before dying in a gunbattle with police. --- 9:35
> a.m. A California landlord has invited media into the town
> house rented by the California attackers. An MSNBC reporter
> on Friday found a crib, toys, a child's book of the Quran,
> family pictures and shredded documents inside the Redlands,
> California, home. There was a computer screen, but no
> computer. Authorities have said that Syed Farook and his
> wife, Tashfeen Malik, stockpiled 12 pipe bombs, tools to
> make more explosives and well over 4,500 rounds of
> ammunition at the home. The couple had a 6-month-old
> daughter. The residence is in a neighboring city to San
> Bernardino, where the couple opened fire on a holiday party
> of Farook's county co-workers Wednesday, killing 14 people.
> --- 8 a.m. A U.S. law enforcement official says the wife of
> the couple blamed in the deadly California shootings pledged
> allegiance to the Islamic State group and the terror group's
> leader on Facebook using an alias then deleted the messages
> before the attacks. Specifics details about Tashfeen Malik's
> postings weren't disclosed Friday by the law enforcement
> official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because this
> person was not allowed to discuss an ongoing investigation.
> The remarkable disclosure about Malik's online activities
> provided the first significant details suggesting a motive
> for her participation with her husband, Syed Farook, in the
> shootings that killed 14 people and injured 21. Malik was a
> Pakistani woman who came to the U.S. in 2014 on a fiancee
> visa before Farook married her in California. - From
> Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah in Washington, D.C.
> --- 5:50 a.m. The brother-in-law of one of the attackers in
> San Bernardino, California, says Syed Farook was a 'bad
> person,' but he wasn't radical. Farhan Khan also told NBC
> News he is beginning the legal process to adopt Farook's
> 6-month-old daughter, who was dropped off with relatives
> Wednesday morning before the shooting that left 14 dead.
> Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, were killed in a
> shootout with police following their deadly rampage. In
> excerpts of the interview released Friday, Khan expressed
> disbelief that Farook would leave behind his infant girl and
> said he was angry with Farook for the attack.
>
> California killing spurs concerns about fiance visa program
> 5 December 2015, 1:16 am
>          WASHINGTON 
>       (AP) -- The woman who carried out the
> San Bernardino massacre with her husband came to the U.S.
> last year on a special visa for fiances of U.S. citizens,
> raising questions about whether the process can adequately
> vet people who may sympathize with terrorist groups.
> Authorities said Friday that Pakistani citizen Tashfeen
> Malik, 27, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and
> its leader under an alias account on Facebook just moments
> before she and her husband, Syed Farook, opened fire on a
> holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14. They later
> died in a gunbattle with police Wednesday. Malik, who had
> been living with her family in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan,
> had passed several government background checks and entered
> the U.S. in July 2014 on a K-1 visa, which allowed her to
> travel to the U.S. and get married within 90 days of
> arrival. Malik was subjected to a vetting process the U.S.
> government describes as vigorous - including in-person
> interviews, fingerprints, checks against U.S. terrorists
> watch lists and reviews of her family members, travel
> history and places where she lived and worked. The process
> was began when she applied for a visa to move to the United
> States and marry Farook, a 28-year-old Pakistani-American
> restaurant health inspector for the county who was raised in
> Southern California. Foreigners applying from countries
> recognized as home to Islamic extremists, such as Pakistan,
> undergo additional scrutiny before the State Department and
> Homeland Security Department approve permission for a K-1
> visa. It was not immediately clear what information Malik
> provided as a part of the background check by the State
> Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or
> when she became radicalized. "This is not a visa that
> someone would use because it is easy to get into the US,
> because there are more background checks on this type of
> visa than just about anything else," said Palma Yanni, a
> Washington-based attorney who has processed dozens of K-1
> visas. "But fingerprints and biometrics and names aren't
> going to tell you what is in somebody's head unless they
> somewhere have taken some action." The government's apparent
> failure to detect Malik's alleged sympathies before the
> shootings will likely have implications on the debate over
> the Obama administration's plans to accept Syrian refugees.
> Attorneys representing Farook's family deny that he or his
> wife had extremist views. The vetting process for refugees
> is similar, though not identical, to the one for fiance-visa
> applicants. "Uncle Sam just looks on as an approving cupid
> and doesn't pay as much attention as he should to the
> issuance of these visas," said David North, a senior fellow
> with the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for
> stricter immigration policies. Refugees also submit to
> in-person interviews overseas, where they provide
> biographical details about themselves, including their
> families, friendships, social or political activities,
> employment, phone numbers and email accounts. They provide
> biometric information, including fingerprints. Syrians are
> subject to additional classified controls. Republican
> lawmakers and governors across the U.S., as well as
> advocates for stricter immigration enforcement, have
> challenged the effectiveness of the vetting process for
> refugees. Refugees must apply to become a legal permanent
> resident after a year. But almost as soon as they arrive,
> they are eligible to work and apply for some benefits. Those
> who come to the U.S. on a fiance visa must marry a U.S.
> citizen within 90 days or leave the country. Following the
> marriage, the immigrant becomes a conditional resident for
> two years and must ask the U.S. government to remove those
> conditions at the end of that waiting period and undergo
> another background check. If the request is approved, the
> immigrant receives a green card. Immigrants can apply to
> become U.S. citizens five years after winning a green card.
> "Can we improve the system as technology grows? There is
> always room for improvement, but to indict the entire fiance
> visa system because of this is not the right path," said
> David Leopold, a past president of the American Immigration
> Lawyers Association. Even those who intersected with Malik
> in California could not offer much insight, as she was
> rarely seen in the Muslim community. The couple was married
> Aug. 16, 2014, and held their wedding reception at the
> Islamic Center of Riverside, said Dr. Mustafa Kuko, the
> center's director. Kuko said he never met Malik because the
> party was divided into separate spaces for women and men.
> "She never came to our mosque except once when they had
> their reception, and that night there were so many people
> around, my wife doesn't recall exactly how she looks or who
> she is," Kuko said. "We never saw her again." The mosque in
> Redlands, where the couple lived, had no record of Malik
> attending services or enrolling in programs for Muslim
> women. "We really don't know anything about that sister,"
> Khaled Zaidan, chairman of the board of directors of the
> Islamic Community Center of Redlands, said. "It really is a
> mystery what happened on Wednesday, how a woman could drop
> off a 6-month-old and commit a horrific crime killing all
> those innocent people." -- Burke reported from San
> Francisco. Follow Garance Burke at
> -http://www.twitter.com/garanceburke
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