. >> roger lund's new oxford, pennsylvania, small business gives customers the chance to be happy and merry all year long. >> we're a german christmas store. our specialty is authentic german items. that i get when i go over to germany every year. >> roger has been spreading good cheer at the christmas haus for about 13 years. and he's been selling christmas almost every day since then. pretty much 24/7, actually. >> i never know what i'm going to have, because each year it's something i discover something different. once people find a store that has the quality goods that we have, they stay very, very loyal. so, it works well for us. >> but how does he sell things like mouth blown hand painted ornaments and nut crackers and smokers, when december 25th is only one day on the calendar? for him it's all about decking the halls, trimming the tree, and celebrating the good times from year's gone by. >> we're in the memory business. we're selling heirlooms. the people that come in here are always dealing with memories. they'll look at something and talk about grandma's tree. >> geographica

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new holland and oxford, 31. gandys beach, 31. hammonton, 28 degrees. a little bit of a wind so we're dealing with windchills, windchills are generally in the mid to upper 20s. everything will moderate later this afternoon. lots of clouds today from start to finish, you can see them in the appalachians and the ohio valley. expect chilly temperatures. normally should be around 43. him today we'll be at 38. lunchtime, 35. there's our high 38 and 6:00 p.m., back to 35. we have not one, but two storm systems across upstate new york, it promises to be a big mess to the delaware valley christmas eve. >> today is super-storm sandy and experts say it could be the biggest shopping day of the year even bigger than black friday because christmas falls in the middle of the week. millions of last minute holiday gift buyers have one final weekend to get their shopping completed. sales are expected for ten billion dollars, nearly a billion more than black friday sales and the stores are ready for the shoppers. some have their doors open around the clock to accommodate

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. >>> philadelphia police released new video of an armed ambush in oxford circle, two suspects threatened two men with guns, they were robbed of their money and keys and an ipad air tablet before they were forced away from the house at gun point and both men broke free but the suspects fled the scene. >> philadelphia police are the latest to use body cameras in a test, supporters of the technology says it can improve the behavior of officers and the public. sara bloomquist got a look at the cameras today. >> reporter: well, that is right, 30 police officers and one sergeant volunteered to wear the body cams in the busy 22nd district near temple university. all part of a pilot program that will last the next six months, they need to figure out which model works best and which one the city can afford. they range in size and have a variety of feature, they cost from $300 up to $1,000. commissioner charles ramsey is pushing for cameras for a while and hopes it will increase transparency and hopes it will give another level of protection for police and the public. >> it will provide an accurat

oxford dictionary web site just added a thousand new words and phrases some of which sprouted from theb. what we got? >> they go through about 100 -- i guess we can thank kim kardashian for that one should have been blue steel. but they go through 150 million words per month, and this month was one of the largest additions they've done. 1,000 new words. added the five-second ruled which has been around for a long time. >> always been three seconds here but we're not very clean. >> well, we also now have lull cat in the dictionary which is a humorous photograph of a cat. also digital footprint, information about a particular person, whatever is online out there. and then jealous, jel. >> what now? what did you say? >> to the mass. >> we'll be right back. so i'm the one living and i've listened to the tips, the trends and have-you-tried-this. now, i'm ready for someone to listen to me. welcome to fit2me.com, your free custom-fit, diabetes support program that actually listens to you. start building your fit2me program today using key areas of diabetes management. let's start with food. m

york city to philadelphia, and a crash in shanksville near park avenue, one in new london, chester county, avoid 96 at oxford road, down in newcastle county, one along 41 in lancaster pike, northbound lanes near 273, and camden county, more accidents there this afternoon, one in waterford near bar tram avenue. take it easy getting home. back to you. >> still ahead on "action news," a cute, cuddly and even good for your health, we'll take you to university city about a story of them. >> and now a group of students, a group dedicated to learning is paying off in spades. and melissa is in for adam. >> hey, we are tracking a batch of moisture moving on out and north batch moving in. >> plus, jaime apody with eagles news heading into the match-up with the seahawks. >> but first another holiday greeting from a local serviceman serving overseas. >> hi i'm specialist currently deployed, i want to say hi to my family, michael, mary, autumn and my wife liz. have a happy holidays, see you guys soon, love you all. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ ♪ that's how it goes whenever it snows. ♪ ♪ the world is your

news." walter. >> thank you, keb edge. a 7-year-old boy from trenton is at children's hospital tonight after getting foot stuck ins later it happened 4:00 this afternoon oxford valley mall in langhorne. investigators tell "action news" the boy's right foot was injured and he was taken to st. mary medical septemberer at first and transferred to chop no word on his condition. >> it was a quiet weekend weather wise gray for liking we're hoping it turns around soon. may melissa. >> hi there, sarah, cloudy start both yesterday and today across the delaware and lehigh valleys despite temperatures above average today. currently coming in at 44 in philadelphia, poconos 33. sea isle city 43 and dover that hour. winds coming in out of the north, northwest. it factors in a wind chill. currently in philadelphia wind chill of 40. feels like 36 reading and 31 poconos below freezing mark and feels like 32 outside beach haven. here's satellite 6 and action radar clouds across much of the region and inversion layer at the surface. so it keeps clouds in place and relatively cooler air overhead as well. we'll talk what is ahead. into the week we go. clouds locked in with limin

and in new london, a crash along newark road and oxford road and blocking the ramp from the black horse pike in barrington and speeds just in the teens. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> much more to come on "action news" tuesday night. the holiday toy season is here and we are learning more about the safety of popular toys, ali gorman has the details next. >> plus, the results are in for cyber monday, i'll tell you how many people were logging on to fine the bargains. all right, well we'll check back in with cecily tynan, "action news" at 5:00 will be right back. hey! it's mister monopoly. and the new monopoly millionaires' club lottery game. where you have 3 ways to become a millionaire. first, win the top prize of up to 25 million dollars when you match all the draw numbers. or win 1 million dollars when you match all the club numbers. or you could win up to one million dollars as a contestant on the exciting new tv game show in las vegas. play the monopoly millionaires' club game today. there could be more million dollar prizes than any lottery game in us

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drizzle across the area light showers, to the south of coatsville to the north of oxford, precipitation down across new jersey and burlington county, close to wrightstown, also close to medford lakes. the the bulk of the precipitation will slowly, and continue to linger, and move out, to a north and east as we get in the rest of tonight but visibility is an issue. lots of low level moisture. we are down to 3 miles in philadelphia, down to 1.3 miles there and reading. down to just a mile in wilmington. lots of clouds will stick around for the rest of tonight n fact, we will talk about what is ahead as we press forward for the middle half of our workweek. tracking those clouds and showers that will linger overnight, looks of clouds, even as we get in the day on wednesday but briefly and turning milder, mid week before the cooler air arrives as we close out workweek and tracking wintry precipitation over the weekend. we will talk about those details with the accu weather forecast, shirleen. >> we will see you shine, thank you melissa. >>> tonight marks the first night of hanukkah, there were observance is

oxford adding a thousand new pop culture terms to its on-line dictionary. here is some of them.l beans, man crush and duck face. i don't know if that's my personal favorite but there's my duck face. are those photo chips? >> they are. >> that looks like a duck face. >> yours was good, too. >> it is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. out of control what caused a truck driver to drive plow out of a car dealership of all places. >> this christmas why you need to make a second choice maybe. >> protestors sending a powerful message. protestors hitting the streets after a police officer is cleared during a choke hold death. >> a toy gun triggers lock downs. how this happened and why an elementary school child is out of class today. >> think wanted to get on santa's good list. >> one thing you have to understand is the north pole is out of our jurisdiction. >> these little boys got a visit from police. "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> the american flag flying high in new york city where the streets are much calmer than they were last evening. good morning and welcome to

among the thousand new words added by the oxford dictionaries online is al desko.'re eating at your desk. duck face is that kardashian pout that people use when they take selfies. obamacare made the cut and permadeath and respawn. those two i don't. >> wow, we will be eating al desko tonight. >> we always eat al desko. >> from comcast sportsnet studios, he comes across a little unprofessional at times. we're talking about k08 lycolin kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback. >> a lit different. basically destroyed the playoff chances with a win and on wednesday, 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick was as brief as we have seen him and that is saying something. >> where is the focus at? >> the raiders. >> what about you personally? >> the raiders. >> what do you see in the raiders, as far as what they bring and what you're seeing on film? >> they're a good team. >> okay. so kap responded to 87 words to 32 questions during the three-minute session and the fact that we even talk about this erks jim harbaugh who today defended his signal caller. >> he is very professional. he a

. >> all right, the oxford english dictionary adds 1,000 new words. >> and some of these new entries may surprise you. >> specially if you're left handed. >> all right, and imagine an iphone that doesn't crack? this technology when we tell but this is mind-boggling. >> in your monday think morning, another day of records highs on the new york stock exchange, the s&p 500 closed seven-point higher, 2074. that's record level. the dow also closed at a record high, adding 33 points, to land at 17,912. >> sends dollars at 4774. >>> could it really be, this is ridiculous, no more cracked screens, no more cracked spleens, hopefully none of those, either. anyway there is could soon save you hundreds of dollars the next time you drop your iphone. apple has been awards add patent for a futuristic iphone protection system. so here is the thing. you drop your phone, the phone has some sort of censor in it, it can recognize that it is being dropped. >> it shifts its center of gravity to avoid striking any of the sensitive component. is that insane? >> unbelievable. >> it is unreal. no word on how

not really causing a delay northbound but you see the fog and a new accident in levittown, bristol oxford now karen down around the freezing mark but as soon as 9 o'clock we'll be up to 40 by noon 50 and a high of 52 this afternoon. clouds increase as the day afternoon we have a chance of showers. want to give a special shout out to erin o'hearn who is helping us out this morning who i called tam twice. but you see i'm kind of an idiot. [laughter] >> see ya'. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ and quit a lot,ot but ended up nowhere. now...i use this. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. i to the acidity in any foods.ht never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. it never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. he told me to use pronamel. it's going to help protect the enamel in your teeth. it allows me to continue to drink my coffee, and it was a real easy switch to make. ♪ ♪ . >>> good morning, america. breaking right now,

accident out in bucks county, bristol oxford valley road at new fall road, still clear, eastbound expresswayw. >> jess, thanks so much. time to check on our man phil, cbs-3 morning elf. here he is. >> love phil. check him out. we caught him just chilling with a emmy in the news room. chilling on the emmy, resting on it, you know. >> what cat gory? >> indeed. hey, your turn now. we want to see what your elf is up to, post your elfie selfie to twitter, facebook or instagram using hashtag cbs-3 elfie selfie. show it on tv. getting a loft good picks on that site. coming up on sister station the "cw philly", we are continuing to follow that breaking news, the manhunt for murder suspect bradley stone. >> also, governor christie, certainly from eagles fans after rooting for the cowboys in philadelphia, but now the governor is firing back at one every his biggest critics. that for you coming up on the "cw". >> next on cbs this morning, inside google's top trend of the year, what the results reveal about all of our on line habits. >> all of them. >> all of them. >> look at you. >> ours, yours, everyo

new definition. >> steve: i didn't know that. wow. >> jimmy: oxfordon't know who's doing them. these are new definitions. >> jimmy: new definitions, yeah. this next word is "thanks." everyone knows what that means. it's a phrase often said in appreciation after receiving a a compliment. new definition is -- "praise often said in sarcasm after receiving a secret santa gift." [ laughter and applause ] thanks. it's a $5 starbucks gift card. >> steve: oh, great. >> jimmy: that'll get me half a a latte. thank you so much. [ laughter ] and finally, there is "prison." the original definition for that is "a dark depressing place full of miserable people from which there's no escape." the new definition is "your parents' house on christmas weekend." there you go. that's it for "tonight show dictionary." [ cheers and applause ] that's it right there. that's what we gotta do. guys, we have exactly five shows left before we go on christmas break, which means it's time for a new "tonight show" tradition. it's time for 12 days of christmas sweaters! [ cheers and ap

we are following a new accident into our system, the first one of the morning that has been reported. north philadelphia at oxford street. be aware if that is part of your morning commute. police are in west pottsgrove westbound on ramp from stowe. trying to remove a disabled vehicle before the morning rush really picks up. vai. >>> a woman is in the hospital after a fire spread to her home. this started in a vacant house on north 24th street around 1:30 this morning. and then this fire spread next door. the neighbor was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and heart problems. investigators are looking into a cause. >>> also new from overnight, philadelphia police are looking for a 15-year-old boy they say attacked his uncle. matt delucia is live at the hospital where that uncle is being treated right now. tell us more. >> i have been on the phone with police and they tell me the 58-year-old man is extremely critical and they're not sure he will survive. let's look at some video of this scene. this is just after 9:30 last night. philadelphia police say there was an argument inside this home on the 500 block

. >>> also breaking news right now police say a man has just been robbed of thousands of dollars in oxford circle it happened around 5:00 a.m. in the corner of large and saint vincent street. police only have a a vague description of the two robbers, victim told police he had between six and 7,000 on him. >>> it is wednesday, december 10th, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm quarter von tiehl. more on the top stories in a moment but first lets check on traffic and weather together with katie a and vittoria, good morning. >> good morning. we can see another transition day unfolding here as we rounded out yesterday we were watching the worst of our nor'easter make its retreat but it is not completely out of here just yet, granted, things are very quiet, calm and collected. on storm scan three we have nothing more than a thin veil of clouds over philadelphia but there are sports where you cleared out nicely. till a breeze and still can see speckles of moisture out there and with that said you're not out of the woods. there are winter weather advisory extended for carbon and monroe counties, just po

gushing everywhere in north philadelphia it's master and 16th and instead of master use oxford or girard at alternates. in newersey early start times. 7:00 opening at the cherry hill mall. 00 at the mores town mall. if you want to go now those are good spots to visit. if you head to cumberland mall that's 8:00 opening time of day. open until 9:00 tonight. no issues at this point 49, 5 5rbgs 77 to bridgeton also looks good on this friday morning. tam. >> thank you matt. it's been 10 years ago since the massive earthquake and tsunami in south asia and that's that means one of the worst natural disasters on record. indonesia had highest toll and most damage. and the hardest hit area, special prayer services were held for victims. rebuilding far from hover and it's already cost 13 million dollars. >>> the ebola outbreak in west africa has taken a turn for better. doctors in hard hit area of sierra leone has reported higher survival rate since a treatment center opened in the capitol. those affected with the virus are expected to recover. it has taken 75 0 0 lives most in sierra leone, guinea and liberia. >> again

kennett square and oxford at this hour upper 20s new holland. over in new jersey, ewing 3.s and cinnaminson and 31 along the coast in sea isle city. here's satellite 6 and action radar we have partly to mostly cloudy sky across much of the mid-atlantic region. holes in the clouds as we get to overnight hours and into the second half of the weekend with clouds and intervals of sunshine as the afternoon wears on. here's setup for us on sunday. high pressure is in control. and highs get further to east tomorrow. partly sunny and light wins winds. high temperature in city and 42. not bad. keeping in mind average this time of year is 43. tomorrow looks to be a warmer day in comparison to today's chilly high of 35. now fast forward winter solstice. in the evening when the sun direct raise are over the tropic of capper corn it will be longest night of the season. >>> fast forward to christmas eve. we're tracking storm system that is m coming out of the south moving out of texas region and cutting up west of us. so as it cuts up west and moves inland it looks to be heavy, soaking r

oxford street. you can take fifth street around that. >>> new from overnight,tion shot and killed a 26-year-old man in the logan section of philadelphia. this happened around 10:00 p.m. police tell us the man was on 11th street when someone shot him in the head and chest. no word yet on why he was shot and no arrests at this time. >>> looking for a shooter in a deadly attack there. this happened at a seagrass cove apartment complex in pleasantville. someone shot and killed a man there last night. no word on what led to the shooting. >>> two men shot a 13-year-old boy during an attempted robbery. this happened in philadelphia last night. investigators say the bullet just grazed the teen's stomach. this morning officers are still looking for the robbers. >>> philadelphia police say they caught a man in the act of assaulting a penn student last night and they think he's responsible for a spree of sexual assaults against college students.mñ investigators tell us plain clothed officers were patrolling university city when they spotted james barrett attacking a graduate student near 41 and pine. police s

lanes are open this morning, that's good news, for folks traveling north on i-95, as we go back to the maps, an accident on the boulevard, northbound, right at the oxford circle. right at saint marty la tours parish. coming over the bridges, no problems at the moment, certainly will be dealing with fog delays coming across the rivers. no problems on mass transit either at the moment. chris, kerry, back to you. >> all right, bob, thank you. 4:03, rescue teams working late into the night looking foreman who fell into the christina river near the port of wilmington. this is 25 year old emanuel gatling, missing since about 7:00 last night. he and two other employees of norfolk dredging company fell into the water aft crane barge capsized. the two other men, though, resurfaced. the search was suspended because of poor water conditions. but will resume sometime after daylight. also a big update to star -- story we first brought you monday night. police say they've found the car involved in a hit-and-run in west philadelphia. but they're not telling us much else about it. it happened at about 9:00 monday night near 59 and market. police say man was crossing t

in oxford circle, chris o'connell fox 29 news. >> a developing story out of boston right now. a patient was admitted today under investigation for ebola. massachusetts general hospital sent a memo to staff saying someone who was getting routine monitoring by the state was admitted this afternoon to be evaluated. the patient in a specially prepared area and testing is underway. mass general is one of dozens of u.s. hospitals now equipped to treat people with ebola virus and two of those hospitals are here in philadelphia. children's hospital of philadelphia and the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. they joined 35 hospitals now designated by the us department of health and human services as ebola treatment centers. officials say all of them have the staff, training and resources needed to treat ebola. so far no ebola patients in philly. >> a mercer county grand jury indicted five men in a shooting at a funeral in april. chaos erupted while hundreds of people were gathered for services for a teenager at gallon will he lee baptist church in trenton. three suspects face c

oxford dictionary. editors added about 1,000 new entries to their free on high pressure web site.e, hot spelled hawt of course and gel because i'm so jel of you brian can which is teen speak shorthand for jealous. even i learned something. here at the big board with the big talker, a big lawsuit in oregon filed by a woman who said she was fired for taking extra trips to the ladies' room during her pregnancy. dawn tech man is suing her former employer maxim integrated products. she says she was never told she had to clock out before using the bathroom. she says she was fired for "stealing from the company for using the bathroom on their dime." she says she wouldn't have even had time to clock out to use the restroom without an accident. she says the human resources director told her for all he knew she could be watching movies in there. no comment from the employer. when the bullied get revenge. this is louisa manning and when she was just 12 years old this is what she looked like. she says she was picked on by boys for being overweight, for being hairy. she had a unibrow. well, on

oxford circle, there's an accident. and one lane is blocked there. and finally, that accident that tracy and vai were talking about, this is on the new jersey turnpike southbound right as you pass the exit for route 322, which is exit 2. a jack-knifed tractor-trailer. and i'm told a vehicle is off the road. tracy? >> all right, katy, thanks. >>> new this morning, the case of the missing brain. >> next, the mystery surrounding a professor's unusual collection. >>> plus, a teenager tried to pull a santa claus-like stunt and got stuck in the chimney. the reason he gave rescuers when explain why he did this. >>> 4:45 right now and 40 degrees outside. there are low clouds that you see above the skyline. there's also fog for your morning commute. in some places, visibility is less than 1/4 mile, like in the poconos, but wherever you are, just take caution as you head out this morning. >>> protests are settling down in ferguson, missouri. now michael brown's stepfather could be charged in connection with the arson, vandalism and looting that broke out there last week. lewis head allegedly yelled "burn this expletive down" following the decision not to indi

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if you look at the equivalent in other cities, it would be like oxford in london or times square in new york. it's central to sydney, a major shopping districts as well as office district. there is a big christmas tree in martin place as well. it is the hub of where many people will be doing their christmas shopping. it would have been a very busy monday morning. after that all the normal business people, people going to their offices, they would have been getting their coffees, he heading to their desks, the coffee shop probably would have been at its busiest at 9:30 9:30, 9:40. i must stress we do not have an accurate number of people inside the cafe. six and a half hours after the siege began nor when it began. we don't know how many people were there. but we can assume its pretty busy. >> yes, because of the nature of the area, and time of day. there would have been people in the area, and we don't know the number of hostages that are trapped inside. and this is directly opposite the television station. they managed to gain live footage of the hostages with their hands pressed again

philadelphia area, route 1 southbound, the roosevelt boulevard at oxford circle, there's an accident there. one lane is blocked. and for new jersey drivers, we have a number of accidents this morning. in audubon, this is from an earlier accident on the white horse pike at cuthbert boulevard. all lanes are blocked because of an earlier accident. some of the traffic signals are down, so you can take the black horse pike around that. and when i see you in just a few minutes, we'll show you how some of the foggy conditions are affecting roadways. vai? >> see you then, katy. >>> out of jail, but not off the hook. the requirement philly rapper meek mill must meet to keep his freedom. >>> plus, hepatitis concerns at a local restaurant. the warning for anyone who ate at the south jersey pizzeria. >>> and cargo concerns. what experts now say could cause destructive fires like this on board airplanes. >>> just about 4:15 this wednesday morning, 42 degrees out there. you're taking a live look at west chester. you can see a little bit of fog there. more fog in the center city area and brittney shipp will be along in a little while to

. >> new this morning philadelphia police are looking for a gunman who shot a man in oxford circle. investigators say man fired in the car in the 6600 block of castor avenue. he wounded a 41 year-old man three times in the arm. victim is in stable condition, police believe the gun man drove off in a dark red jeep. >>> an apartment building fire lights up the sky in west philadelphia displacing at least 15 people. crews responded to the scene at 53rd and montgomery around 7:30 last night. chopper three shows fire fighters trying to get control from the rooftop. a woman lived in the first floor apartment and he spoke with "eyewitness news" while she watched the fire burn but did not want to show her face. >> when i looked out the window he told me that the house next door was burning down. so i just got out. i grabbed the stuff in my reach and i ran out of the back door. >> fire fighters gained control of the flames around 9:30 and fortunately no injuries were reported. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> happening today, nasa is about to test the next phase of huma

news radio" 1006 shows you how the twitter tree works. >> a team of inter-active designers and social media specialists at oxford communications have createdtrolled christmas tree and holiday display. >> now, overall idea was about gamefication. susi wants the tree to be green, billy want the tree to be red, they almost have a little war back and forth using social media to determine, you know, what color the tree would be. >> it is all operated through tweets and hash tags. >> so there are eight channels, eight plugs on this box, which houses a microcomputer. what we have is that is connected to the internet, and it is also connect today twitter. >> the access tree even has it own twitter account. >> we wanted to create fun account that people would want to interact with and have conversations back and forth with as if it was a friend of theirs. >> so, if people write a hashtag, to twitter, in this case we'll use the example comfort, so hashtag comfort the true collects that information and then flips the switch and turns lights to red. >> the tree on display at oxford communications offers, throughout the holiday season. >> you can tweet

. >>> in other news, this morning, two philadelphia police officers are recovering have after getting in a crash in oxford circle. from chopper three you can see two cars collided last night at the intersection of bustleton and harbison avenue. we are told officers had their lights and sirens on in the unmark car while heading to a robbery. that is when the other car hit them. people in the both cars only suffered minor injuries. >>> 5:33. lets get traffic and weather. here's katie. >> ukee to day will be a chilly quiet day. you will notice the breeze. it started to kick in yesterday and it is still out there. that is just what you get when you get a cold front passing through, the wind not only shifts direction but it also, can kick up a little bit here, between systems and in the wake of them too. that is what will happen today. as we take you outside first and information months to sky cam three we will throw current conditions overtop. 36 degrees. pretty typical for stan are of mid to late december, right? but that wind, even though it is still out of the west it is kicking up, through the course of t

we'll hear more from the oxford area high school choir at 5:00. >>> watch this. newng up on nbc 10 news at 4:00. >>> breaking news right now involving a data breach at the store staples. the company now confirming that 1.2 million credit cards have been impacted by this data breach. hackers attacked the company in stealing the information. we'll have more on this story throughout the newscast. >>> five people have died in a listeria outbreak linked to tainted apples. prepackaged caramel apples are responsible. 28 people in 10 states have the bacterial infection and most needed hospital care. right now, no one in our area has come down with the illness, however, the centers for disease control want everyone to stay clear of prepackaged caramel apples. >> the list of automakers expanding their air bag recalls is growing. today chrysler added certain models of the ram pickup trick, dodge durango and magnum. >>> sony made a mistake. >> those are the president's words. coming up, president obama addressed sony's decision to pull its movie "the interview" during his end of

other news this morning, young boy's recovering after getting his foot stuck in a escalator at the oxford valley mall in bucks county. passing shopper post add picture on twitter, they eventually work him free, got him out, after about 20 minute, was taken to the hospital to get check out. but is expected to be okay. >> the search for shane montgomery enters its third week. west chester university student vanished thanksgiving morning after leaving kill dare's public on main street. new surveillance video reportedly shows montgomery walking across the bridge over the manayunk canal toward the parking lot near the river. >>> philadelphia police are asking for your help to help find a missing elderly man. he was last seen at his center city apartment on friday. investigators say, that he's about 5-foot seven, 220 pounds, with brown eyes, and salt and pepper hair. if you have any information, you are asked to call central detectives. >> delaware state police need help locating this man, brian, troopers say, that noun with us' heard from him since he left his home in new castle yesterday. aut

new information about the army uniform. an army veteran accused this man of stolen valor while shopping at oxford valley mall. ryan berk said he noticed something was wrong with the uniform of sean yetman. we want to be clear that yetman has not been charged with a crime in this case. yetman has pleaded guilty to a similar crime. jesse, you called the police department that arrested yetman more than a decade ago. >> reporter: that's right, i called the police department. requested a mug shot. i haven't received that yet. but i do have those court documents from a decade ago. the bucks county court records reported that yetman pleaded guilty in 2003 for impersonating an officer. he was given fines but delinquent in the fines. he was charged with impersonating officer robert hayes had. it's important, vai, to note he has not been charged with stolen valor. that's what one veteran claims. and another veteran says it's pretty easy to spot the impostors. live in center city, i'm jesse gary, "nbc10 news." >>> for the second time in as many weeks a grand jury decision parked protests on the streets of philadelphia.

there is a good book out where they trained at oxford by the collapse. it's a wonderful new book because they give great credit for how they cover the story. they had an unbelievable detail of behind the scenes. it's quite riveting and takes you all the way through it. we will be doing things at harvard this fall. >> right there? yes, sir. >> how do you account for the news media's failure to challenge the basis for the invasion of iraq. how do you counter for the news media's failure challenge for the basis of iraq, something that got a lot of attention paid to it. there is the bill moyers documentary. >> that's the question that has been around for a while. my personal judgment, i was in there a lot beforehand. i didn't know about weapons of mass destruction. no one did. the un couldn't figure out whether they had them or didn't have them. could they have been hidden? all these bunkers all over the country. what i did think was and i said this on the air, we will be successful militarily in the short-term, but the country will begin to break up into the tribal thiefdoms. i

we are following a new accident into our system, the first one of the morning that has been reported. north philadelphia at oxfordtreet. be aware if that is part

. >> new developments in a story we first brought you yesterday. police released video showing an armed robbery in the oxford circle section of philadelphia. cops say the suspects pulled a gun and robbed two guys of thousands of dollars. in a sad twist, police say the robber also stole one of the men's passports right before he planned to travel overseas for his mother's funeral. fox 29's dave schratwieser spoke with neighbors with what surprises them most about this crime. >> very terrified. >> reporter: early morning begun point robbery caught on tape on large street had neighbors in fear. after the gun toting bandits made off with over $7,000. victimizing a young man and his friend headed to china for his mother's funeral. >> between six and $7,000 united states currency in that bag. he was planning on using for the trip and $3,000 in chinese currency. so it was pretty big score for them. >> reporter: the robbery happened just aft 5:00 a.m. and captured on surveillance cameras as the victim came to his friend's home to catch ride to the airport as he stood on the front steps the gunmen made their move. th

news anchors got in on the fun. on twitter this year, the word selfie mentioned 92 million times. the oxford dictionary defines selfie as a photo one has taken of oneself. typically with a smartphone. any background will do. move over, bradley. fun fact. the first selfie, from 1839, a guy named robert cornelius sat still for a full minute to take this. and there's this. throwback thursday, from 60 years ago, posted this year by colin powell. this year, selfie technology improved dramatically. we had selfies from space. selfies from other species. say cheese. and selfies that must have seemed like a good idea at the time. selfies are not worth risking your life for, folks. at its best, the selfie is not just an act of for anarcicism, it's what we are, where we are, and who we're with. a moment in time you just can't wait to share. david wright, abc news, new york. >> all right. thanks so much for watching. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. for david and all of us at "world news tonight," have a good evening. good night. >> >>> wicked winter trees and and going through the bay area if ju

ivereigh is the author of a new biography called, "the great reformer: francis and the making of a radical pope." he is speaking to us from oxfordngland. when we come back, we will hear from bill mckibben, major address he gave in the swedish parliament. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> "step by step" by jesse winchester, the sing-songwriter who played a major role in 1960's anti-war movement when he moved to canada to avoid the draft and was later pardoned by jimmy carter. he is one of many musicians we lost this year. he died on april 11. he was 69. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show with author and activist bill mckibben, who recently announced he is stepping down from the daily leadership of 350.org, which he co-founded in 2007, and where he has been a leading voice against climate change. this group gets its name from a comment made by climate scientist jim henson's of the world must cut carbon dioxide emissions to three and 50 parts per million. mckibben wrote in a statement -- "i'm stepping down as chair of the board at 350.org to become what we're calli