EDM Wednesday Briefing January 6, 2016: FBI asking for timeline assistance from San Bernardino shooting, North Korea reports a successful test of a hydrogen bomb, officials indicate seismic waves too small for “H-Bomb,” suspicious package left at door of German Chancellory, El Niño storms has California officials concerned.

FBI Asks Public for Help With 18 Minute Gap on Day of San Bernardino Attacks

• Investigators are [link url=”http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20160105/fbi-asks-for-help-with-san-bernardino-mass-shooting” title=”reaching out to the public for help in determining the whereabouts of Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29“] the day of the attacks in San Bernardino.  The [link url=”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/05/fbi-san-bernardino-18-minutes/78324308/” title=”FBI indicates that the time in question“] is from 12:59 p.m. to 1:17 p.m.
• More than [link url=”http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting/fbi-seeks-help-tracking-san-bernardino-killers-post-attack-movements-n490811″ title=”500 interviews have been conducted“], with at least 500 pieces of evidence collected, and 29 search warrants carried out.
• The FBI indicates that [link url=”http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/06/fbi-seeks-to-fill-timeline-gap-in-san-bernardino-attack.html” title=”terrorists appear to have acted alone“] without any overseas guidance.

North Korea Reports Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test

• [link url=”http://news.yahoo.com/n-korea-says-conducted-successful-hydrogen-bomb-test-033750240.html?soc_trk=apns&soc_src=HR16010603408e6p” title=”North Korea reportedly had a successful test of a miniaturized hydrogen bomb“] that registered seismic waves at 5.1 internationally.
• Australia suggests that these waves were [link url=”http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-successfully-conducts-nuclear-test-053107167.html” title=”too low for a successful hydrogen bomb test“], but South Korea and Japan are not taking the incident lightly.  Both nations condemn the test and [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-says-it-has-conducted-a-successful-hydrogen-bomb-test/2016/01/06/9add0e52-b436-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_nkoreatest-2am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory” title=”China has also indicated it is unhappy“] with the North Korean pursuit of nuclear weapons.
• The [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/asia/north-korea-seismic-event/” title=”UN Security Council will reportedly be conducting an emergency meeting today“] to discuss further actions against North Korea.

In Germany, Suspicious Package Delivered to Chancellor Angela Merkel

• A [link url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-chancellory-idUSKBN0UK0UZ20160106″ title=”suspicious package was found outside the entrance to the Chancellory“] in Germany.  Although [link url=”http://www.wsj.com/articles/merkels-office-sealed-off-after-suspicious-package-found-1452074484″ title=”nothing has been found“], it is the latest in a series of potential security threats to various locations in Europe.
• Europe has been on a heightened security level since [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/11/world/paris-victims/” title=”multiple coordinated attacks in Paris left 130 dead“] and [link url=”http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d704fc200e584eef9ae90e72e3a31d28/battles-just-beginning-many-wounded-paris” title=”more than 350 people injured“], some with devastating consequences, during the attacks.

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• Threats of more attacks led officials in [link url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/02/world/europe/munich-threat-attack.html?_r=0″ title=”Munich, Germany to evacuate two train stations“] and flood the city with specialized police on New Year’s Eve.
• Prior to that, and directly following the Paris Attacks, [link url=”http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-terror-attacks/brussels-lockdown-1-000-cops-hunt-paris-suspect-salah-abdeslam-n468011″ title=”Brussels, Belgium was virtually shut down“] out of security concerns and due to an extensive manhunt for suspects from the Paris Attacks

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California Concerned Over Steady Storm Influx, El Niño to Blame

• Many officials in California are concerned over the [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/weather/la-me-el-nino-20160105-story.html” title=”steady stream of storms building over the Pacific Ocean“] that are likely to impact the state.  [link url=”http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/string-storms-hitting-california-due-strongest-el-nino-record-n490506″ title=”El Niño is being blamed for the constant storms“] that while they are not due to be intense, are likely to be unrelenting.
• Steady rains forced the [link url=”http://www.weather.com/news/weather/news/california-oregon-washington-state-by-state-storm-impacts” title=”closure of freeways throughout the Los Angeles area on Tuesday“], and the concern is the increased saturation of hillsides from the [link url=”http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/01/05/california-drought-el-nino/78304844/” title=”impending steady rains resulting in significant landslides and mudflows“].  The [link url=”http://abc7.com/weather/forecast-series-of-storms-to-hit-southland/58983/” title=”next bought of rain is due on Wednesday morning“] with rain totals expected to be one to two inches.