Waching daily Jan 1 2017

REPORTER: 2016 IN LOUISIANA

BEGAN WITH THE INAUGURATION OF

JOHN BEL EDWARDS, THE STATE'S

56TH GOVERNOR.

>> I'LL BE HERE AS LONG AS

THEY'LL HAVE ME.

REPORTER: AND SAINTS COACH SEAN

PAYTON ENDING SPECULATION HE

WOULD BE LEAVING FOR ANOTHER

TEAM, BUT THE NEWS WASN'T ALWAYS

SO GOOD.

ON A COLD NIGHT IN JANUARY, A

HOMELESS MAN TRYING TO STAY

WARM, ALLEGEDLY STARTED THIS

MASSIVE SIX ALARM FIRE ON CANAL

STREET IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS,

DESTROYING A HISTORIC BUILDING

AND FOUR BUSINESSES.

>> MY FLOOD INSURANCE EXPIRED

BECAUSE I PAID THIS HOUSE OFF.

EVERY NICKEL I OWNED IS IN THIS

HOUSE.

REPORTER: AND THEN THERE WERE

THE FLOODS IN MARCH AND AGAIN IN

AUGUST.

THE SUMMER FLOODS KILLED 13

PEOPLE AND DAMAGED MORE THAN

60,000 HOMES.

THE RED CROSS SAYS IT WAS THE

WORSE U.S. DISASTER SINCE

HURRICANE SANDY.

IN NEW ORLEANS, AN UPTICK IN GUN

VIOLENCE CLAIMED MORE THAN 170

LIVES.

THE CITY WAS THROWN INTO THE

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WITH THE

SHOOTING DEATH OF FORMER SAINT

WILL SMITH AND THE MASS SHOOTING

ON BOURBON STREET.

25-YEAR-OLD DEMONTRIS TOLIVER

WAS KILLED, NINE OTHERS INJURED.

>> SO WHAT DO WE DO?

HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THIS?

REPORTER: IN JEFFERSON PARISH,

FORMER NFL PLAYER JOE MCKNIGHT

WAS GUNNED DOWN AFTER A ROAD

RAGE INCIDENT.

RONALD GASSER ADMITTED TO THE

SHOOTING, BUT WAS NOT ARRESTED

UNTIL DAYS LATER SPARKING

OUTRAGE.

>> ALL WE SIMPLY ASKED FOR, WAS

LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.

REPORTER: BATON ROUGE WAS A CITY

DIVIDED AFTER ALTON STERLING, A

BLACK MAN, WAS SHOT AND KILLED

BY WHITE POLICE OFFICERS.

DAILY PROTESTS GREW IN SIZE, AND

WITHIN DAYS, ANOTHER TRAGEDY

STRUCK.

A MISSOURI MAN, OUTRAGED OVER

MINORITY KILLINGS, AMBUSHED

POLICE, KILLING THREE OFFICERS

AND INJURING THREE OTHERS.

AND ON THE DILLARD CAMPUS, A

PROTESTS ERUPTED AFTER U.S.

SENATE CANDIDATE AND FORMER KKK

LEADER DAVID DUKE STEPPED FOOT

ON THE HISTORICALLY BLACK

CAMPUS.

COLLEGE STUDENTS ALSO SPOKE OUT

AS LAWMAKERS DRASTICALLY CUT

THEIR TOPS SCHOLARSHIPS IN

EFFORTS TO FIX A $313 MILLION

BUDGET DEFICIT.

>> IT'S MAKING ME FEEL LIKE ALL

THE HARD WORK I DID IN HIGH

SCHOOL IS WORTH NOTHING.

THEY REWARDED ME WITH THIS AND

NOW THEY'RE TAKING IT AWAY.

REPORTER: HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS

ARE NOW LOOKING TO 2017 WITH

ANXIETY ON HOW TO PAY FOR THEIR

TUITION.

For more infomation >> Triumph to tragedy: Major news stories of 2016 in Louisiana - Duration: 2:34.

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Fake News Almost Caused Nuclear War - Duration: 3:11.

WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS AN ISSUE BETWEEN

PAKISTAN AND ISRAEL.

THERE IS AN HEADLINE ABOUT THE ISRAELI

DEFENSE MINISTER IF PAKISTAN SENDS GROUND TROOPS INTO SYRIA

ON ANY PRETEXT.

THEY WILL DESTROY THIS COUNTRY WITH A

NUCLEAR ATTACK.

IF I WAS THE PAKISTANIS I WOULD BE CONCERNED.

I UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL LIKES TO THROW STRONG

LANGUAGE.

THEY DID NOT DOUBLE CHECK IT TURNS OUT IT WAS FAKE

NEWS.

THEY COST US THE ELECTION.

I ALSO KNOW IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY

REAL AND HAS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT.

YESTERDAY WE HAD PROOF ON THAT

BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT 46% OF TRUM SUPPORTERS BELIEVE THAT HILLARY

CLINTON RUNS A CHILD SEX RING OUT OF A PIZZA SHOP.

THAT FAKE

NEWS GOT AROUND SO MUCH THAT HALF OF TRUM SUPPORTERS BELIEVE

IT.

BUT NOW FAKE NEWS IS HAVING SIGNIFICANT REAL IMPACT IN THE

WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.

APPARENTLY THE

PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER BELIEVED IT, SO THEN HE SEND OUT

A TWEET SAYING THIS.

ISRAEL FRIGATES PAKISTAN IS A NUCLEAR

STATE TOO.

FAKE NEWS ALMOST LAUNCHED A NUCLEAR WAR.

WHAT IF

THE ISRAELIS GOT THAT � IT'S NOT LIKE THE ISRAELIS ARE SHY ABOUT

PROTECTING THEIR INTEREST.

WHAT IF THEY THEN ARM UP?

I DON'T

KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD WE'RE GOING TO GET ON TOP OF FAKE

NEWS.

FOR ALL THE NEWS SITES AND ALL THE GOVERNMENTS, CHECK

TWICE.

IT HAS STARTED A CONFLICT BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND ISRAEL THAT

WOULD'VE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE, AND YET IN TODAY'S WORLD, APPARENTLY

BELIEVABLE.

For more infomation >> Fake News Almost Caused Nuclear War - Duration: 3:11.

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122-Year-Old Southern Minnesota General Store Closes Its Doors - Duration: 0:59.

THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR

THIS.

POLICE ARE ALSO WARNING DOG

OWNERS TO CHECK THEIR YARDS

JUST TO BE SURE.

FOR 122 YEARS THIS, GENERAL

STORE HAS SERVED THE SMALL

WORLD COMMUNITY OF GODAL,

MINNESOTA.

IT'S THE OLDEST RUNNING

COOPERATIVE IN THE STATE.

IT IS ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF

MANCADO . ONLY ABOUT 13 PEOPLE

LIVE THERE.

SHOES COST $1.25 AND A PAIR OF

SOCKS, A MERE 8 CENTS WHEN IT

OPENED.

SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN A PLACE

FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET BASIC

NEEDS.

JUST COMES DOWN TO DOLLARS

AND CENTS I GUESS.

WE'VE TRIED.

WE'VE DONE FUNDRAISING STUFF

AND IT JUST -- FOOT TRAFFIC,

NOT -- WE DON'T SEE THE TRAFFIC

IN THE DOOR ANYMORE.

IT'S HARD TO GET SUPPLIES IN.

TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY THE

For more infomation >> 122-Year-Old Southern Minnesota General Store Closes Its Doors - Duration: 0:59.

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UPDATE Syrian Civil War 01/01/2017 : Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has met Syrian officials - Duration: 1:41.

A Russian delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has met Syrian officials

including President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

As the Syrian civil war approaches its sixth year

hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or displaced and buildings nationwide lie in ruins.

The nation's officials reportedly discussed the destruction in practical terms

with Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem confirming Russian companies had been offered priority in reconstruction contracts.

Russia, an ally of the Syrian regime, began leading air strikes across rebel-held eastern Aleppo in September.

Local health authorities and the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

say containers of a chemical suspected to be chlorine were dropped on the east of the city on Tuesday (November 22)

causing breathing difficulties for some residents.