asian american women named connie by their parents at birth because of connie chung.is was the time -- this the topic of a fascinating op-ed in the new york times this week. it was written by a connie, the journalist and author of all my mother. joining us now is connie, hello. >> you for having me. >> welcome to the show, you said that your show you thought your name was unique, but then you recognize there were asian american women about my age, that were all named connie. >> i was one of the few asian-americans in my hometown, so the connie's i knew were mostly white women, and it wasn't until i was in california for the first time in my life and i was surrounded by asian americans my age, a lot of us were name connie. i realized i couldn't have my own email address with my name on it. and then i realized i wasn't alone. >> and then he started sluicing. -- sl did you start pursuing why there was an origin story and look into your own, perhaps? >> i started looking into and i thought, i was named after connie chung, and every woman i spoke to said so was i. i was le

connie's last chance. connie, you give us joe sava, the d.a. will go easy on you. as i was telling your partner, you have nothing on my client. actually, we do. bring him in. michael, this isn't a game. not another word. think about what you're doing. what am i doing, connie? you're trying to bury me. i'm telling the truth. that box with the guns in it was in the diner one morning, nailed shut. connie told me to stick it in storage, so i did. which proves nothing. it's just your word against his. (sighs) it's not just mine. remember, connie? that box weighed a ton. ralph, your chicken guy, had to help me put it in the car. he asked you what was in it, you told him it was cast iron skillets. that's corroboration. that puts the weapons in his sole possession. what did i ever do to you except take care of you, huh? i treated you like a son. connie. what were you thinking? if i wanted help from a real cop, i would have called one. i'm sorry, connie. i won't bother you again. now, unless you want to spend the rest of your life in sing sing slinging eggs, you're going to

connie found out about the debt. she went to pavelka, told him that eric and she weren't gonna be able to pay the debt. i'm standing right here. she begged pavelka to forgive the debt. he told her it wasn't up to him, so she has to talk to the guy who gave pavelka the money for you...eric. his name is mike zancanelli. foster and reynolds are on their way over to talk to him right now. you know who this is? i've never heard of him. uh... did he say how connie found out about the loan? i don't know. he did tell foster that he wasn't surprised she came, 'cause she was always having to clean up your messes, apparently. that will do, torres. [beeping] why the guilt, eric? foster: that guy right there. well, it looks like him. the one in the black hat, right? yeah. [indistinct chattering] there's no way he's gonna say squat in front of his boys. well, then we'll have to take him back to the lightman group to talk to him. what? heh. how? look, look. this isn't even about saving my job anymore. most likely, that's gone. i've

connie: it was disarming. after a bit i could get to the bad side faster and funnier than they could. they were left flummoxed. it was a different era. not that a lot has changed. amna: you don't think a lot has changed? connie: well, i think there is a type of acceptance that women have, but i know women who are still experiencing sexism. and i know chinese people or asians experience racism. but it is getting better. in some ways. there is a better level of equality, but it has not reached parity. amna: you landed your dream job. in 1993, coanchor of the cbs evening news alongside dan rather. in that moment do feel all of the hard work -- you had the reputation of showing up early, working all the shifts -- was it worth it, all the sacrifices? connie: when i got that job, i had always wanted to be walter cronkite. he was trusted, he was fair, and he did not suffer from bigshot-itis. lter'chair was the ultimateuncle i thought i had really hit e jackpot. it was beyond thrilling. amna: it was two years later th

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i'm talking to connie five more minutes, that could have been me. connie? you talking about the owner of the diner? constantine markos. all right, this constantine markos-- it's not the guy that's lying dead on the floor in there? i know that now, but i thought connie was the only one in there. you didn't see anyone else in the diner? well, the guy who got shot-- he must have come in the front right when i was walking out the back. the only person i saw going in there was that cop. all right, what happened next? well, he goes in, i'm checking inventory in the back of my truck, then the shooting starts, and i dive for cover, and the next thing i see is the cop high-tailing it up the block. well, not like-like sprinting, but-but walking fast. well, was he walking fast, or was he high-tailing it? you sound a little confused. maybe he wasn't even a cop. maybe it was some other uniform, and you just didn't quite get it straight. i know what a cop looks like, okay? jackie: all right, all right. it's just, a cop fleeing the scene of the crime? it doesn't make any

so about half an hour or so ago, we heard from court, connie and chris, charlie's pa rents court, connielie's parents arrived looking very upset as they wept into court. very quickly, we heard from inside the court, that the parents had decided it was time for them to stop their legal battle against great ormond street hospital. they wanted to take charlie to america for experimental treatment. charlie, 11 months old in intensive care in hospital, grorm argued it wasn't in his best interests. —— great ormond street. he should be allowed to die in dignity. in court of, the lawyer representing the parents said that they looked at the test result, new test results were carried out on charlie, including an mri scan last week, also that american doctor proposing the treatment came over and spoke to medical staff. they looked at all of that over the weekend, and realised that charlie is severely brain damaged, it is irreversible and any kind of therapy that was being proposed by this american doctor, would not help charlie at all. so the lawyer representing charlie in court said for charlie it

connie found out about the debt.t to pavelka, told him that eric and she weren't gonna be able to pay the debt. i'm standing right here. she begged pavelka to forgive the debt. he told her it wasn't up to him, so she has to talk to the guy who gave pavelka the money for you...eric. his name is mike zancanelli. foster and reynolds are on their way over to talk to him right now. you know who this is? i've never heard of him. uh... did he say how connie found out about the loan? i don't know. he did tell foster that he wasn't surprised she came, 'cause she was always having to clean up your messes, apparently. that will do, torres. [beeping] why the guilt, eric? foster: that guy right there. well, it looks like him. the one in the black hat, right? yeah. [indistinct chattering] there's no way he's gonna say squat in front of his boys. well, then we'll have to take him back to the lightman group to talk to him. what? heh. how? look, lk. this isn't even about saving my job anymore. most likely, that's gone. i've accepted

the international connie. if i can just start with you straight off, one of the, one of the potential, the most striking statements from the russian president today during his marathon q and a, with the press and the public was, he said that the united states most likely destroyed the north stream pipeline. so what are your thoughts on that? i can't believe that. i mean, uh, honestly, it doesn't make sense. oh, if i ask you to be uh by a, by, by us. and so she's the 1st day this why i say somebody perhaps a president who does say somebody perceptibly. uh why they sent united states or somebody that uh the advice by your majesty. because it's impossible. exactly. if you end up getting one of those dates on the site because of mostly a b, uh, b, uh, type it. mm hm. it was a pretty straight comment. mohammed, what, what did you make of the statement by the russian president regarding us allies more than likely blew up the north stream as well? i agree with the last few president. there's no doubt about it that he

you never had a life, connie. you stole mine. >> connie: why don't you think again, kate?ve been out for the past five months, and i've been doing just fine until you decided it was safe enough to come back. >> kate: doing just fine? i wonder if trey would agree with that. >> connie: let's talk about trey, because as soon as you found out the son that you never wanted was alive, you ran for the hills. don't you walk away! yeah, you decided it was too , ! much, so you took off! you can blame me all you want, kate, but that was your choice. >> kate: oh, no, no, no, no, connie. you saw an opportunity, and you took it. >> connie: that's right. i made a life for myself. and you think you can just come in here and take that all away from me? oh, no, no, honey. you don't get my job, you don't get my life, and you certainly do not get my man. >> i'll give you a minute to figure this out. >> duke: what? no. no. you don't think seriously that i would be passing counterfeit bills? >> anna: yes. i mean, your new suit and everything -- this whole thing -- and the wine.[ g. >> duke: ann

the source said murray told police the couple had gotten into a fight monday and connie had gone out for a walk. he followed her and they sat on a bench to talk. the argument turned physical and that's when the source said he blacked out and strangled her. >>> a press conference is being held here in a half-hour. "action news" will have the press conference for you live at 6abc.com. >>> we'll continue to follow the latest developments on the death of connie murray throughout the day at 6abc.com, there you can read more about the victim and details in the investigation. >>> an argument in feltonville overnight ends with four people shot three of them innocent victims. philadelphia police are searching for the shooter. police say two neighbors got into a fight on the 4800 block of tampa street after 11:30 last night. one called a friend for help shortly after a car pulled up and began firing. a neighbor was hit in the leg and took off running. the gunman followed on whitiker avenue and continued to fire his gun as two separate vehicles passed by. three people in these cars were hit. up

. >> connie stevens and daughter fischer reveal connie's recent health scare. >> we noticed slurred speech she was a little disoriented. >> and ken jeong's daughter joins the family business, how ken found her the perfect role. >> you thought soccer and you said, hey, my daughter? >> yeah. >> all straight ahead. thanks a lot, dad. >>> closed captioning provided >>> man, dog, man, dog. well, they don't get dumber than that. >> no, they don't. john mayer sharing his snapc outtakes to promote his, quote, new season of snapchat this friday. just in case you were wondering. >> nice. the new season started. we've got another star pooch in tonight's top shots as well. chrissy teigen snapping her french bulldog sleeping with the caption, some baby-sitter you are. check out the cute doggy snores. i can't take it. [ snoring ] >> sounds just l >>> over 2.3 million people watched "game of thrones" beauty emilia clarke get blown away on instagram. she wrote, then i fell over from a brisk irish wind that caught me unawares >> she flies on dragons all the time. >>> meanwhile, zac efron's musical reunion.

her new memoir is called "connie." >> let me tell you when we first realized that there was a connie.: maury povich was then a rising star in the newsroom. >> she wanted a job, and the news director said no, no, no, you're my assistant. she said no, i want that job, weekend writer on the news desk. and he said well, then you have to replace yourself. she walks out of the newsroom across the street into the bank, looks at the first woman teller, and says you want to be in tv? marched her across the street into the newsroom. she got the job, and the bank teller got a job as the secretary. >> reporter: soon she caught the eye of cbs news, barging into a restaurant cited for health violations with camera crew in tow. >> lo and behold, the cbs bureau chief was sitting there having lunch. he saw me, and he gave me his card, and he said call me. >> reporter: the cbs news washington bureau in 1971. >> all i saw around me was what i call a sea of men. >> reporter: connie devised a survival plan. >> i looked around and i said well, heck, i'm going to be a guy too. so i took on their characteris

. >>> the husband of a jocker found strangled in pennypack park has confessed to killing connie murraymonday night. her body was found tuesday next to a cemetary. annie mccormick is live at the scene of the crime with the developments. >> reporter: warmth, connie murray's viewing is scheduled for tonight her husband will not be in attendance he is in jail on charges of her murder. members of the community say they are rallying around the couple's teenage dawrls. >> there's no -- teenage daughters, there's no celebration in the case, but programs the people who play and exercise in the area of pennypack park, a sigh of relief because there's not a predator lurking in the area. >> reporter: the announcement came afternoon today. police charged christopher murray for the murder of his wife connie. >> after failing the lie detecter test he was confessed by detectives where he confessed to strangling his wife in the park. >> reporter: the confession came saturday evening. 6:00 a.m., tuesday, connie's body was discovered in pennypack park near her northeast philadelphia home. 9:00 p.m. monda

connie noreen helps people for a living. and she's good at it. she's a family development spspialist with the welcome home program in sioux city, which offers homeless families transitional housing so they can get back on their feet. but, admittedly, connie sometimes puts her own well- being second. connie noreen, welcome me program, says, "i think that's a given, yeah. my husband would tell you that, too." so, when her employer, the community action agency, decided to offer biometric screenings as part of a new blue zones wellness initiative took part a bit reluctantly. connie says, "i thought about it and thought, 'yeah, that probably would be a good thing. i probably should do that.'" it was a decision that might have saved her life. through the blood draw that's part of most routine screenings, red flags were raised. a follow-up visit with her doctor revealed connie had developed a blood disorder called polycythemia. it's characterized by an increase in circulating red blood cells in the bloodstream. left untreated, connie would be at greater

we were at the emmys. >> connie: i know.ing another job. i was jealous. y'all got to eat. >> connie: that was a first. the emmys this year was different because in the past it's always been that you sit in the audience and watch the show. >> kelly: i have never been. >> connie: there is no food, there is barely water. by the end, you're like a poem bracket groening] glamour is so hard. this year there was wine on the tables. it's a party. it was pretty funny because our table, we were front and center but behind the stage. we were behind the walkway stage. everything that was happening on the stage was pointed away from us. we had amazing views of everybody's butt. i will tell you anything you want to know. i got to see your cute, cute, cute butt. one of the best of the night. i want to say congratulations to you. >> kelly: it was cool. i've never been to the emmys. wait, they get food and drink? >> connie: that's never happened before. >> kelly: did you get to meet anyone or talk to anyone? >> connie: so much fun. it's such

connie scrivens "he said i'm 99 percent sure you have ovarian cancer." ((paula francis)) connie's cancer was advanced. she had more than 50 tumors. connie scrivens "surgery, surgery, surgery. let me tell you it was pretty invasive surgery." ((paula francis)) followed by five rounds of chemo. nothing was working. gynecologic oncologist neil rosenshein had another option, a new therapy called lynparza. neil rosenshein, md "when you give standard chemotherapy you're affecting multiple areas, multiple organs. here, the lynparza is targeted directly to the cancer cells." ((paula francis)) because of the way the drug works, doctor rosenshein says it can be braca (brack-ah) gene mutation, like connie. it is only available for women who have failed at least three other types of chemo. connie scrivens "i was told that it doesn't really affect your good cells, was a big positive because you can imagine how many times my good cells have been knocked down." ((paula francis)) during the first four months of treatment, connie's cancer has been steadily shrinking; and

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the question is, what does he do with connie? he could make her watch him abuse the men or have asphyxiative sex with them. well, a brunette male and a woman are crucial to this guys fantasy. well, he's kept conn. maybe she's the object of his desire. well, our first order of business is finding her and then making sure he doesn't do this again. wheels up in 30. shh, shh. please, please, just tell me where justin is. shh, shh, shh. please, tell me what you did with him. please, just tell me that he's ok, please. connie, i can't do that. [whimpering] just like this... there, like that. there. there. just stay there. [sobbing] boo-hoo. boo-hoo-hoo. say cheese. [sobbing] found it. appliances. now we just need a guy. i got one! i got one! i'm from fertilizer... you guys want to talk about fertilizer? don't go it alone. sears appliance experts are here to help you find the top brands, including kenmore. sears. house experts for home owners. when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches you

sot: connie sylvester, stopped to help during fire says tc 23:53:43 "we need to get out and help" connie gets the car stopped.... as smoke and fire continue to shoot out of the hotel.... sot: connie sylvester, stopped to help during fire says tc 23:53:46ish "so as soon as we got out, he started running, towards the hotel and i m trying to catch up to him because i don t want him going into the hotel by himself." as the pair get closer to the burning hotel.... sot: connie sylvester, stopped to help during fire says tc 23:54:18 "people were going into rooms, making sure nobody was still in the building." then she spots an elderly woman being helped out of her room.... sot: connie sylvester, stopped to help during fire says tc 23:55:40 "as the lady was coming out, i mean the sme was just right above her head, just hovering." sot: connie sylvester, stopped to help during fire says tc 23:54:39 "trevor and i grabbed her and i said, let me take her, you keep on doing what you re doing." a few minutes later.... the 17 year old... wearing his favorite bass pro shop coat... spots a young boy.... w

>> this is connie chung time.ndard time. >> reporter: maury povich and connie chung had met in 1969, when he was a big shot at wttt in washington, d.c., a she was copy girl. >> maury never paid attention to me. i would rip copy off the machines and hand it to him. >> reporter: were you pining for him? >> secretly, no. >> reporter: seven years later, in 1977, he met again on the west coast. this time chung had top billing. >> co-anchor, second banana, and she was a big star in los angeles. >> among the hardest hit were the beatles himself. >> reporter: that's when their current affair began. >> we dated for over seven years, never lived together. >> it was perfect. >> reporter: and you got married in 1984. >> correct. >> but we were living in two different cities, and that made it the perfect marriage. >> why don't you tell him it took you 10 years to put me on the deed. >> it's not about me. >> reporter: it's going to be about the both of you and maury. [laughter] >> what do you mean? >> see, i've been mr. chung f

connie eventually found him another family, but they returned him, too.ason. >> i was just so mad because i thought that they weren't going to keep me. i was just trying to test them. >> reporter: but they were going to keep you. >> yeah, i know. >> when you feel you're not lovable and you're up against someone loving you, that's a pretty scary thing. >> reporter: throughout the whole process, connie never gave up believing there was someone out there for taylor, someone who could see his potential and help him realize it. after that second family returned him, she stopped looking. >> all i could think about was how he was feeling and how he was blaming himself again. >> reporter: connie says she felt so bad for taylor she got this ache, this physical ache in her stomach. but it was a pain that came with an epiphany. she says she realized right then and there she couldn't be his caseworker anymore. the next day, she made arrangements to drop him as a client and take him on as a son. you'd looked all over for somebody to parent him. >> and it was me. >> re

connie is able to manage the regular blood tests she's thankful for connie says, "but, boy, i'm really glad we caught it early, if i had waited two years, and it had shut down organs, what would've happened." jean logan, director of the community action agency, is thankful that after years of considering the screening, they didn't put it off one more year. jean says, "i'm so glad that we stopped procrastinating and we started doing those screenings; you know, i'm a believer now, and i this story and will invest in their because now that connie's health is the number one keep putting the people she helps first, too. matters, jr, abc9 news. jessica rae: when we come back from break... we'll take a look back at the notable people we lost in the year 20-15. stay with us. scott: we'll have... "you're watching abc9 news this morning... jessica rae... and scott larson.... we anticipate a breezy west and northwest wind to push through. as the day continues, we'll have some clearing skies. temperatures will warm as we enter the weekend as highs get into the upper 30s and lower 40s with copious

. >> and connie mcclane murray will be laid to rest later this morning. live at police headquarters, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> syma, thank you. new this morning, fire damages three row homes in philadelphia's strawberry mansion neighborhood. now, it started just after 2:00 a.m. on the 2700 block of north 24th street. one person suffered minor injuries. the red cross is helping two people displaced by that fire. so no word right now on a cause. >>> two people are in the hospital following a serious crash on the boulevard this morning. "eyewitness news" on the scene in hunting park near wyoming avenue. police say around 2:00 a.m. two cars collided causing one of the cars to roll over. both victims are in stable condition. >>> now, police are also investigating an attempted armed robbery and shooting in northeast philly. investigators search for clues on the 1700 block of gill forward street. now, police say two men tried to rob a victim of cash and cell phone, but one of the victims accidentally shot himself while trying to run away. poli

. >> reporter: connie maddox said she couldn't wait to start her new job rating reports for customize security services at 888 north first street this past february. but she says she soon found out that her excitement would be short-lived. >> one week in april he came to me on payday and said they were having trouble collecting from one of the clients who owed him $40,000 and could not write checks yet. >> reporter: won her bus finally handed her a check for nearly $1300, her bank returned it for insufficient funds. >> he wrote me a check on saturday, knowing he didn't have funds. it bounced and i ended up with almost $600 in overdraft fees. >> reporter: she claims when she cashed her last paycheck, it also bounced. >> i asked him where is my money and he said later on, later on. >> reporter: connie is far from the only employee with similar claims. according to leo sanchez, he's owed almost $10,000 in holiday, regular pay and overtime. >> he never paid me over time, never paid me. >> reporter: a quick search on yelp reveals more of the same claims. they pay late all the time. having

miss connie francis. ng. it's so nice to have you on my program again. - well, thank you jack. it's so nice to be back. - and connie, i must tell you something. you know, as i was watching the rehearsal today and you were doing your number, i couldn't help but think how fortunate - fortunate? what do you mean? -well, this isn't taking anything away from you but i mean you singers really have it easy. you know, when you have a voice, all you have to do is open your mouth and out it comes but with comedians, it's different. we have to worry about delivery and material and timing and everything. really, it's pretty difficult for a comedian. - i'm sorry jack but i can't agree with you. i think getting laughs is a lot easier than singing. - i said, i think getting laughs is a lot easier than singing. - you do? - certainly and i can prove it to you. ladies and gentleman, i have a little joke i'd like to tell you. do you mind, jack? - no, no. not at all. this i want to hear. - well, it seems there was this scotc

ava killed connie. >> morgan: no. a.j. did.nny: i shot the wrong man, morgan. we all thought the worst of a.j. because ava made us believe that a.j. killed connie so she could get away with it. that's why i shot him. >> franco: the recording that proves that sonny killed a.j.? why are we talking about that now? >> carly: because spencer cassadine told me he caught you trying to hack in to my e-mail account. >> franco: ah. right. that. >> carly: that. yeah, that. >> franco: it's easy to explain, carly. i was being a nosy, paranoid, insecure, jealous freak show because it was a day that ended in the letter "y." >> carly: i remember that day. i remember that morning like it was yesterday. all the questions you were asking me -- did i keep a copy? you were trying to get your hands on that recording so you could get back at sonny. right? could get back at sonny. right? >> franco: yes. it hurts. you doin'? this is what it can be like to have shingles, a painful, blistering rash. if you had chicken pox, the shingles virus is already i

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joining us now is connie crites, mike's sister. connie, thanks for joining us.nd i'm very sorry for your loss. >> thank you. and thanks for having me. >> you went to leon ford's trial every day. what was that experience like for you? >> it kind of drove everything home, you know, because i had kind of desensitized myself to a lot of the details surrounding my brother's death. and unfortunately, there was a lot of really graphic evidence, and it was really difficult being in the same room with the person accused of killing him for that many days in a row. >> what do you believe happened to your brother? >> it appears that somebody punched him in the face. put two bullets in his skull, and proceeded to dismember him. that's what i know. and it certainly wasn't a stranger. and it certainly wasn't that the ground opened up and some some gremlins came out and did it. >> so then when the district attorney makes the decision to dismiss the case, how did you and your family react to that? >> i'm not happy with the decision not to retry, but i understand it to a certain

her new memoir is called "connie." >> let me tell you when we first realized there was a connie chungare my assistant. she said, no, i want that job. weekend writer on the news desk. and he said, well, then you have to replace yourself. she walks out of the newsroom across the street into the bank, looks at the first woman teller and says, you want to be in tv? march across the street into the newsroom. she got the job and the bank teller got a job as the secretary. >> reporter: soon she caught the eye of cbs news. barging into a restaurant cited for health violations with camera crew in toe. >> lo and behold, the cbs bureau chief was sitting there having lunch. he saw me and he gave me his hard and he said, call me. >> reporter: the cbs news washington bureau in 1971 -- >> all i saw around me was what i call a sea of men. >> reporter: connie devised a survival plan. >> i looked around and said, well, heck. i'm going to be a guy, too. so i took on their characteristics. i had bravado. i would walk into a room as if i owned it. >> reporter: and she could talk like a sailor. >> i had a

police say connie mcclane murray's killer was her own husband, christopher murray. police brought him in for questioning saturday night after failing a lie detector test, he confessed to murdering his wife. police say the couple was arguing monday night after connie went for a jog in pennypack park. her body was discovered tuesday morning. now, murray called police three hours after the attack, to report her missing. but he never called her friends or family. >> there are certain parts of his story that just didn't add up. didn't seem, a story about his wife was missing but contacted nobody, no friends no family, to find out if she was with them instead immediately went to hospitals, and went to the police stations, seemed almost a show, the concerned husband show. >> and connie mcclane murray leaves behind two teenage daughters. her funeral will be held later today. live at police headquarters, syma chowdhry, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you right now coming up on 4:33, we want our forecast katie saying some changes are coming our way. >> they certainly are. h

this is connie culp as she used usee. this is connie culp as she used usee. mom, with a husband, who pulled out a gun and shot her in pulled out a gun and shot her in the face. old.as 40 years old. she he next four years, she would live with no jaw, no nose, no nerve endings, and then, the would live with no jaw, no nose, no nerve endings, and then, the transplant. he this was how she looked when still nsplanted face was still he this was how she looked when still nsplanted face was still new. no. it had no feeling. she didn't know there was a tear it had no feeling. she didn't know there was a tear on her cheek. but flash forward one year later, connie culp is truly going home. what's changed since we last ed since normaln sneeze normal now. w. reporter: who knew you had to get used to having a nose? w. reporter: who knew you had to get used to having a nose? >> grab my face. having aer: there is still having aer: there is still swelling around her jaw, which there will go down, and the nerve endings are regrowing an inch a month. and she does muscle exercis

connie hebert is the author of "the teachable minute." welcome, dr. connie. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> so, how do we make sitting for a sibling fun for both of us? >> well, you want to remember that younger kids, your younger brothers and sisters, want to be with you. they don't want to see you on your phone or in front of the computer or the tv all the time. they want to do some things with you. so, remember to catch some teachable minutes with them, and then they'll be more fun and you'll have more fun. >> so, give me an example of catching a teachable minute to make it more fun. >> all right, so let's say that you want to play a math game with your younger brother or sister. just start out by asking what's 2 times 4, and then they give you the answer, or you can do pluses or minus. doesn't matter. so, let's say you did 2 times 4. they give you the answer, and then you add minus 5, and they give you the answer. plus 10, and they give you the answer. and it's kind of fun cause you're thinking of ways to get them to think. in the meantime you're thinking.

>> kate: connie. >> connie: that's right. i'm still here. >> kate: why?after all the damage you've done, there is nothing left for you to do. >> connie: well, i disagree, princess, because you stole my life... and now i'm gonna take it back.

connie, i think this is just more connie being the most amazing sheep ever. she's so chill.st friends? i think we're in love. as connie and i have our moment i realize that perhaps it's this bond and the intense but slow life on a farm that draws us to all creatures great and small. >> we've been trapped physically and emotionally, you know, for almost a year now, and also just, our lives right now are so difficult and so hectic, to have this very peaceful and happy thing about nice people, you know, it's like liz lemon once said. >> i want to go to there. >> reporter: a show that gives us a place where the little kids inside of us can be vets and the adults can welcome the escape. maggie rulli, abc news, london. >> watching our friend, maggie rulli, sometimes we call her "unrulli," handle a sheep like that, cuddle with them. >> she literally can befriend anyone. any sheep. as we clearly saw. she is amazing. >> any animal. >> our thanks to maggie. the mini series is already a smash hit in britain during lockdown. everyone's watching it. coming up, this happened. something, i

it's believed many you see the women and children are still in the hands of islamists somewhere for connymay soon be liberated for some that will end a long nightmare but for many others the suffering is likely to go on. more anti-government protests have been taking place students have turned out in the capital algiers and other towns to demonstrate against the country's president and his plan to seek a fifth term in office president abdelaziz bouteflika has been in power since nineteen ninety nine and is reportedly in poor health rallies calling on him to step down began ten days ago in a rare wave of dissent the latest protests coincide with sunday's deadline for candidates to file their election acacia. and now let's bring you some other stories making news around the world. five years after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy quality of post says it's open to proposals from private companies to resume the search for the air crossed the statement by the country's transport minister offers fresh hope to the victims' families. flash floods in southern afghani

syria is that when liberating areas you're often also destroying in the syrian town of bargains for connyear the iraqi border is no exception after syrian democratic forces mainly kurds supported by the us military beat the bull work of the so-called islamic state they have now begun what many believe to be the decisive offensive they think it'll take about another week and then the caliphate will be no more in syria. and i'm going to talk on the call money from across the entire expecting brutal resistance from the terrorists they'll fight with everything they've cut and we'll call in airstrikes and artillery barrages and move in with ground troops and no doubt that they're going on in the triangle well i think she got a lot of i think. thousands of iowa supporters have been fleeing during a cease fire the past few weeks including citizens from almost fifty countries it seems as though for them their dreams of an islamic state have been destroyed. something is among the dead of night to head back. doesn't go down and i'm not going to sit and said i cannot go on i'm red buttons from indon

a face transplant. >> it is a season of giving for connie. for the very first time she got to thank the family that gave her the gift of a new life. diane sawyer was there for their emotional meeting. >> reporter: you may remember connie culp. for whom life was barely life after she had been shot in the face by her husband. doctors at the cleveland clinic performed the nation's first full face transplant. over the years, we have been so moved and inspired by her joy. >> what a great day it is. yeah. >> do you know anything more about the donor? >> they've never contacted me. >> reporter: that was last august. just this weekend, she was still wondering. >> i'm curious. >> reporter: and we were there when she did. >> she was my wife. she was my friend. i, um -- miss her. >> reporter: the woman who gave connie her future was about the same age. her name was anna. ronald kasper was married to her for 22 years. her daughter said she said incredibly generous. >> she taught me to be a very forgiving and generous person, just like she was. >> reporte

>> reporter: he learned connie was from east san jose, just like him. >> i asked, connie, did you work with students for reading? she said yes. i said, in east san jose? she said, yes. i said, you were my teacher. >> reporter: pedro, the son of mexican immigrants, grew up in a spanish-speaking home. while his parents stressed the importance of education, on the matter of english, they couldn't help. when pedro got to elementary school, he needed someone to teach him to read english. that teacher was connie. >> i remember how approachable she was, how warm, loving. i mean, it was like when you wanted to talk to her, she was always so positive. >> do you have any questions, anything i can help you with? >> reporter: it was connie, pedro says, who taught him to love reading, which in turn paved the way to academic and professional success. he wouldn't be here, he says, doing this, without her. >> is there anything that you need right now? >> reporter: so to be able to do it for her -- >> oh, man. it was just a moment that had me full of gratitude. it was a moment that just -- it really wa

. >> and connie mcclane murray's funeral will be held a little later today. live at police headquarters, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> syma, thank you. it is 5:03. here is your traffic and weather together. >> good morning, everybody, happy monday. we start things off on pretty quiet note this week. eventually next cold front will move through. it will be bringing us our next rounds of showers, actually pretty heavy rain at times specially through the second half of tomorrow. so breaking everything down, we start things off at least on nice quiet pleasant note for you. still very comfortable outside. and skies nice and clear for you, if you still want to get in the view of the moon before it in fact sets over the horizon, it is the super moon, and it is nice and bright lighting things up nicely with very minimal cloud cover. wider zoom, looking closely up to the west, western pa starting to see clouds building with time, will eventually be our story. most every us evening out nice bright sunny day. as we go on time lapse here, you know, of cour

guys, this is connie, i'm putting together a team. >>> when connie's team finally came together in sans to assemble a large balloon sculpture from scratch. their competition? countries from all over the world. the italians. the japanese. the russians. who all spent thousands of dollars just to attend. again, that is 27 hours straight. so, unless you have 27 people, like taiwan's team, there's not much time to rest. the event's million and a half balloons were free, provided by the pioneer balloon company run by ted and betty flamis, who are true believers in the art. >> you take a very simple product that doesn't look like anything, and then you add magic to it by either air or helium going into it, and all of a sudden it changes character. >> reporter: eventually, the larger than life characters started to take shape. the incredible hulk. a massive wolf. a15-foot tall and the american team's entry. >> i think that's good. >> reporter: from the little mermaid, a giant ursula the sea witch. >>> are you relieved at this point? is all the work done? >> i am. i'm happy to have had a good n

. >> mary lee introduces us to connie, whose grandfather moved to san jose when he was just 11 years old. >> reporter: in downtown san jose at what was once the fairmont it is easy to walk by and miss this small placard. it is right on the corner of the building. it is a reminder of san jose's pass. it says in memory of the burning of san jose chinatown. >> this is a picture of my grandfather , and there is my father. >> reporter: connie yong yu is a third-generation chinese-american whose roots are in san jose. san jose's loss chinatown used to be just a few blocks away from here. the city was once home to five chinatown's. the most well-known was market street chinatown. >> this building is a replica of the temple that was in the chinatown. >> nice to see you! >> reporter: connie and her family donated most of the artifacts inside san jose's chinese-american historical museum. >> i'm going to show you the archaeology case. the roots of the chinese community were really in the market street chinatown, which was destroyed by arson fire during the anti-chinese movement. >> reporter: h

. >> in the quiet confines of her kitchen in fairfax, connie siegenthaler is preparing for a meeting six years in the making. >> this is the one last detail of this whole deal. >> she is about to come face to face with two strangers who are instrumental in identifying a man responsible for her daughter's death. >> i am excited to meet them, finally. >> the driver sped off after hitting a young woman on 101 southbound in mill valley. >> in 2018, her 29-year-old daughter, marie, was riding her motorcycle when she was struck by a driver who fled the scene. lying on the road, she was then hit by a second car and killed. that driver stayed and waited for police. >> they said that she had been hit by a chevy suburban. they figure that out the next day. >> the siegenthaler family offered a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the hit and run driver . the car was eventually found in a petaluma auto repair shop owned by the driver's uncle after two different women turned him in. the driver, identified as frank barone jr. was found guilty of two felonies and sentenced to pri

ball produced by this man conny plunks a new documentary the potential of noise is now celebrating his work in the. side. my legs anytime i can to work with groups to find new possibilities and new forms of sound like. in the late sixty's and early seventy's west german bands like kraftwerk can and noise seen here were shaking off old conventions and revolutionizing rock music. county plunk was the one sitting at the controls. even david bowie was impressed with the new crowd rock scene and he came for a look and a listen. carney plunks son stefan practically grew up in his father's studio now he's made a movie about him it also helped him understand how the groundbreaking producer worked. m.r. all tend to show me like musicians who are authentic and momenta i need to say but those moments when a band would just coming together with an really becoming a year end and the siesta might have been told about it and he was open to anything which is now if you said there's this producer doing kraftwerk today and next week the scorpions they'd say that's impossible. in order to work with him t

connie made cheesy cauliflower. >> wow. >> you see, it's still bubbling. >> look at that, connie. >>kay. we take a quick stir to make sure we have totally covered all of it. >> what do you think? >> uh-huh. the cauliflower is not mushy. and that's what you want to make sure. >> next up, sauteed apples. >> you want to try some? >> sure. >> okay. >> well, they're soft. >> uh-huh. >> mmmm. >> during her two weeks, connie also tried salmon, egg frittata and pizza. all she said came out great, although she said it will only feed a family of two or three. her only concern was the finish on the griddle pan getti scuffe and causing foods like cheese to stick. >> the center of the pan getting so hot, i've used it a few times, and that fear that that center is going to chip. then you have to replace one piece. >> the tasti it was waive instructions note slit scuffing should not pose a danger but if the center develops a crack or the nonstick coating comes off, you're supposed to stop using the tastiwaive. you've been using it two weeks. does it really do that? >> yes, it does, with a caveat. w