This week on the channel +1.1M views this week

A Mall of America attack plot leads WCCO's 4 Things to Know

Maria Lisignoli and Johnny Kahner opened Wednesday's rundown with federal charges against an 18-year-old, then turned to suburban shootings and Flock cameras.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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WCCO posted fifteen videos over the week. By far the most watched was Wednesday's "4 Things to Know," which drew about 14,000 views in its first eight hours.

Maria Lisignoli and Johnny Kahner open the episode with the arrest that led the station's day. Federal authorities say an 18-year-old Minnesota man planned a mass shooting at the Mall of America and pledged support to ISIS. The station's separate report gives more detail from the federal complaint. It says he wanted to strike during the Hmong Arts Celebration on October 24, and that he was arrested at gunpoint in Richfield at a meeting arranged to buy an AK-47-style rifle. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Dotson announced the case at a news conference. Two more reports on the charges went up the same day.

The rest of the rundown stays close to home. It covers shootings in the suburbs that leaders tie to Somali gangs, the debate over Flock license-plate cameras in the Twin Cities, and closing arguments in the trial of a father charged with killing his teenage son. The gang story led to two more pieces. In one, Imam Hassan Jama argues that demonizing whole Somali and East African communities does more harm than good. In the other, a researcher says the reasons people join gangs have not changed. The week also included a preview of "They're Here," a documentary that tells the story of last winter's immigration crackdown through the lens of horror.

The channel as a whole ran a little below its usual daily pace, and it added about a thousand subscribers to reach 421,000. Most of the local news stations near WCCO's size were also running under their normal pace. FOX 13 Seattle was the exception, ahead of its usual, while CP24 held right at its own level and WCCO gathered the fewest new views in the group. The day's most-watched reports were Minnesota stories, told by a Minnesota newsroom.

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