a young man tackling adversity >> a 44-year-old saugus man went before the state parole board today, saying he is a different man from the teenager who brutally murdered a grandmother 28 years ago. >> why he's eligible for parole, despite receiving two life sentences. reporter: well, that's because two years ago, the massachusetts supreme court ruled retroactively that juveniles could not be sentenced to life without parole. that's because the u.s. supreme court has said that it was cruel and unusual punishment. that's how christopher berry, who was 16 when he murdered his 87-year-old neighbor, ended up before the parole board today. christopher berry, now 44 and in solitary confinement for three more years for stabbing two prison guards, says he doesn't remember much about that night when he broke into virginia woodward's home. it was two days after christmas. he drank vodka in her house, ate lemon pie, then proceeded to go upstairs and stab the grandmother times. >> it was a itself. but to then take her life, a senseless act of violence, was extremely evil and cruel. reporter: he cl

for them to relive the horrific night as the man convicted of killing their grandmother told the parole board what he remembered. they are against his release. but tonight even he said he's not ready for parole. >> reporter: chris barry is sworn in before the parole board. >> barry now saying he's sorry for the horrific murder of saugus in 1987 when he was just 16. >> my apology to the woodward family, to my community, and anyone else that was affected by this crime. >> reporter: barry next said he didn't even deserve to be paroled. >> i think that i would be a little delusional to think that i could get paroled today, but that's what i'm working for. and i -- that's my goal, is to get paroled. >> reporter: barry was next question about his memory of that night. >> what i remember is stabbing a person in the bed and then i left. >> reporter: police say he broke into the widow's home, drank vodka, ate a piece of pie, then stabbed woodward who lived alone 18 times. ending his rampage by smoking a cigarette and then putting it out on her forehead. >> there was one thing in my life that could i t

we had a policy that was amiss to be true for the parole board but the parole board basically did notxist. how it that shows actually leads to a situation where the child faces institutionalization. >> thank you very much. we are going to be exploring all these questions over the course of the rest of the morning. >> thank you. [applause] also at the atlantic's daylong series of panel discussions on race relations and criminal justice, law enforcement

we had a policy that was amiss to be true for the parole board but the parole board basically did not exist. how it that shows actually leads to a situation where the child faces institutionalization. >> thank you very much. we are going to be exploring all these questions over the course of the rest of the morning. >> thank you. [applause] also at the atlantic's daylong series of panel discussions on race relations and criminal justice, law enforcement representatives and the director of community servicespolicing discussed the importance of strengthening police community relations. this is about 30 minutes. ♪ ta-nehisi: hello, everyone. i'm really excited to moderate the panel because i think in much of my writing, i deal with this era of police misconduct and brutality, i deal with people on the other end of it, and i tend to hear one side of it. i'm very, very privileged to be here to talk to actual police officers who are actually dealing with the work, and i'm hoping we can get a different perspective and get to the roots of some of the things we have been seeing and talking abo

the parole board is set to be considering a december hearing to revoke his parole. the prosecutor says the earliest 2037. thursday on these latest charges. outside circuit court, ray brewer. erin: opening statements this morning in the murder trial of a massachusetts teen accused of killing his teacher. raping and murdering colleen ritzer inside their school in danvers two years ago. chism was 14 years old at the time but he is being tried as an adult. the trial was delayed for three weeks while he underwent a psychological exam. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow on the body of an the state attorney general' s office says police were first called to a home on fowler river road on friday, after learning that a child had been hurt. he passed away on sunday. investigators spent most of saturday gathering evidence. officials are calling the child' s death suspicious. an investigation at barrington middle school after a suspicious note was found. it was discovered by the principal just before the school day started. police and the fire department were called to check

. >> prior to parole hearings the board sends a representative to conduct a preinterview in order to prepare a recommendation on whether or not the inmate should be paroled. >> come on in, robert. please have a seat. okay. this morning i'm going to be interviewing robert tedder for a parole hearing that he has set in august. any time you have an inmate that's coming up for parole as a sex offender, you know, red flags go up anywhere. when someone gets on parole, you know, everybody's got guidelines. of course, in your situation, the guidelines are a little narrower because of the case, and that's just something that you'll have to just stay within those guidelines just a little more tighter than someone else. now, according to your record i saw -- didn't see anything in there where you had been on probation for parole before, is that correct? >> no. >> i see you were in the air force. >> yes. >> you wasn't the parole officer here the last time, were you? >> no, i don't think i was the officer that interviewed you. >> every time they've come here before it was what's your home plan and

the family of autumn elgersma says t ty plan to attend all future parole h hrings so the iowa parole board is aware of the impact sapp's crimes had on them and their community in general. tim: the elgersma family is honoring the memory of autumn by helping start a center for children who have been abused. autumn's center, will be the newest addition to the season's center for behavioral health located in spencer. they've just recently received a grant for just over 3 3thousand dollars from the iowa department of public health to recruit child and adolescent phychiatrists. within the next few weeks, season's center plans on beginning renovations for autumn's center. if you would like to help donate tim: to autumn's center or seasons center for behavioral health just visit siouxland matters dot com and click on this story. nat/walking jenna: today advocates from across the midwest took part in the 13th annual memorial march to honor nanave american children lost while in foster care. it's part of a larger program that has been held all week long. around 50 people showed to participate in the

the parole board did basically not exist.hows hownd so that it actually leaves us with the situation with where our basic institutions stop function in. james: thank you very much, we'll be exploring questions like

the parole board did basically not exist.hows hownd so that it actually leaves us with the situation with where our basic institutions stop function in. james: thank you very much, we'll be exploring questions like this to the rest of the morning and afternoon. ta-nehisi: thank you. [applause] [applause] ♪ the next conversation, they were already touching on incarceration and i will throw in the mix a figure, the u.s. endsends $80 billion -- sppe $80 billion a year on incarceration. reasonablerompt a person to ask, what are we getting with that money? usd to help -- so to help sort through that, let me welcome, the president and , aeral counsel of latinos .rofessor at harvard, jason i will give you some space. from the manhattan institute. foryou are also a columnist the wall street journal and a contributor to fox news. welcome. let me start with a question that is often taken for granted, which is, why do we incarcerate in the first place? what is the goal? juan? an: there are standards, either you detain to incapacitate, y

the family of autumn elgersma says they plan to attend all future parole hearings so the iowa parole board is aware of the impact sapp's crimes had on them and their community in general. jenna: the elgersrs family is honoring the memory of autumn by helping start a center for children who have been abused. autumn's center, will be the newest addition to the season's center for behavioral health located in spencer iowa. they've just recently received a grant for just over 35 thousand dollars from the iowa department of public health to recruit child and adolescent phychiatrists within the next few weeks, season's center plans on begining renovations for autumn's center. nat/walking jenna:today advocates from across the midwest took part in the 13th annual memorial march to honor native american children lost while in foster care. it's part of a larger program that has been held all week long. around 50 people showed to participate in the walk to the woodbury county courthouse "things are getting better but thee's ill disproportionate numbers of native children in the chil welfare system, d

if the parole board determined that his arrest and admission that he did, in fact, take the short cut, violated the conditions of his parole. jones expected to learn his fate after a hearing with the parole examiner. >> so regarding my finding in this hearing i'm going to defer them for a period of ten days in an effort to look everything over. i'm going to make a recommendation after i come up with my decision. i'm not going to recommend anything today. >> the delay in his ruling meant jones would have to remain in jail until the board could reach a decision. >> come on, sir. >> i don't sleep tonight. i'll probably toss and turn. feel a little more unsure than i did at first. i just got to really have faith in my friends right now. got to have faith in the prayers. oh, man. >> the final decision on jones came during a break in our shooting. when we returned to tampa, there was a new inmate in jones' bunk and jones himself was back at the noah house, a free man, but very much aware that he was still on parole and one slip away from going back to prison. >> when the people told me that

in july a parole board decided they would release him from this north carolina prison in november. >>ranslator: i'm counting the days, the hours, the minutes, the seconds until i can hug jonathan, so we can put this past behind us, open a new door and start a new life. >> reporter: rumors went wild. but officials insist his case is based on a law already on the books. >> we have been extremely far-thinking of people 30 years ago to sentence mr. p -- palard in connection with this release deal. >> reporter: his lawyers say they have secured him a job and home in new york, but they are asking the u.s. government to allow him to travel to the place he calls home, israel. paul brennan, al jazeera, new york. >>> i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next live from london. have a great weekend. ♪ >>> after a seven-hour siege in a mali hotel, all of the hostages have been freed, but there are conflicting reports as to whether gunmen are still inside. ♪ >>> hello there. i'm felicity barr, and this is al jazeera live from london nflt also coming up, the siege has been taking place a week after

all i can say is if you don't want to meet the parole board, come up with some other way than tampering with your drug screen. >> 42 to mobile 3 one inmate from unit 6 to unit 3 through the access road. >> having reflected on what happened to richie hall, i really feel kind of bad about that. i don't think that i did the best job that i could do. i think they treated him unfairly to be honest about it. they don't want to address the problem that he still has issues with trying to adjust to freedom. well, right now you can get 15 gigs for the price of 10. that's 5 extra gigs for the same price. so five more gigs for the same price? yea, allow me to demonstrate. you like that pretzel? yea. 50% more data for the same price. i like this metaphor. oh, it's even better with funnel cakes. but very sticky. get 15 gigs for the price of 10. and now get $300 credit for every line you switch. now at at&t made with hydrogenated oil... ...but real joyful moments are shared over the real cream in reddi-wip. ♪ reddi-wip. (flourish spray noise) share the joy. share the joy. with their airline credit car

the parole board did basically not exist. shows hownd so that it actually leaves us with the situation with where our basic institutions stop function in. james: thank you very much, we'll be exploring questions like this to the rest of the morning and afternoon. ta-nehisi: thank you. [applause] [applause] ♪ the next conversation, they were already touching on incarceration and i will throw in the mix a figure, the u.s. endsends $80 billion -- sppe $80 billion a year on incarceration. reasonablerompt a person to ask, what are we getting with that money? usd to help -- so to help sort through that, let me welcome, the president and , aeral counsel of latinos .rofessor at harvard, jason i will give you some space. from the manhattan institute. foryou are also a columnist the wall street journal and a contributor to fox news. welcome. let me start with a question that is often taken for granted, which is, why do we incarcerate in the first place? what is the goal? juan? an: there are standards, either you detain to incapacitate,

. >>> a convicted killer with an parole board. he used his chance for freedom to explain why he should stay locked up. >>> a gift. if you are driving under the holidays. when we could see gas under $2 a gallon for the first time in >>> welcome back. at 4:14, meteorologist shiri spear here. steady rain extending from boston to lexington and woburn. quincy getting in on heavier rain. from the north shore. brockton down to providence, rhode island. you better get ready for a soaker absolutely pouring right now. >>> in cambridge, city leaders are studying a proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15. fox25 learned some businesses already pay more than that. the owner of clover food lab recently raised menu price so as employees could get a $.25 raise on their hourly wage. but the restaurant owner said it is still not a lot. doing a great job for wonderful food we should pay people so they are not in a poverty level while they are working. >> daniel: clover employees make $9 to 10 make $9 to 10. >>> the national average is $2.09. massac

chris berry went before the parole board apologizing for stabbing a saugus woman dozens of times. he was just 16 years old when he broke into virginia woodward he broke into virginia woodward's home and stabbed her. after many years behind bars, to be paroled yet. >> i would be a fool to think that i would be paroled today. but that is what i am working for, my goal to get paroled. >> the victim's family was present when berry was denied his parole. >>> a tragic accident at fenway park is causing major league baseball to make a change. team owners voted yesterday to recommend more protective netting at all stadiums next season. in screen, a red sox fan from paxton nearly died when a broken bat hit her in the head. discussed at the next owners meeting in january. >>> the celtics have a good chance to pick up a couple of wins this weekend. the green has back-to-back games with the nets. play at the garden and sunday in brooklyn. the nets have just two wins this season. >>> claude julien and the bruins looking to bounce back from a bad loss. bs hosting the wild at the garden. second

georgia's parole board freed her. the prison denied her the hormones she had been taking for half her life. >> we had earlier indications that the loss was successful. one thing that happened is the department of corrections agreed to change is number of policies. while in prison. without the medical treatment, diamond took action, attempting suicide and self-kavt ration. today she says she's experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. >> four years in prison, verbally abused. threatened her life and raped. did anyone do anything to help you. >> no. no one attempted to help me. >> how did you deal with the fact at any moment you can be sexually assaulted and perhaps killed. >> i prayed. >> reporter: diamond lives in this trailer park outside rome, georgia. if she doesn't get a job soon she'll end up with relatives. to pass the time. she played music. >> it's transgenderism itself is such an issue right now. i don't want the root of the issue to be overlooked. these are people, and if we can realise that first and for

. >>> today,a convicted killer faced a parole board, hopeing to get out of jail after facing a heinous crime 30 years ago. the man was 16 years old when he stabbed a woman over 30 time times. >> why did he kill the elderly widow that lived alone. but said he doesn't know why he broke in and murdered the woman. he even added he doesn't think he is ready for parole. >>reporter: now, berry saying he is sorry for horrific more tker/ of the 80 -year-old woman in 198 seven when he was just 16. >> my apologize >> my apol/ gist to the woman's family, to my community and crime. >>>reporter: berry was next questioned about his memory of that night. >> what i remember was that person in the bed and then i left. >> police say he broke into the window's home, drank vodka, ate a piece of pie and stabbed the woman 18 times. ending his rampage by smokeing a cigarette rampage by smokeing a cigarette, puting it out on her forehead and leave forehead and leaving. >>>reporter: when asked why he committed the heinous act, he couldn't give a good answer. >> don't you think that's something you should be abl

yesterday chris barry went before the parole board after stabbing a woman dozens of time. he was 16 years old when broke into virginia woodwards' home and killed her. barry says he does not deserve parole yet. >> victim's family was present when barry was denied parole. >> sara: brian johnson also accused of making a bomb threat at the high school. the 24-year-old was accused of shooting at his own cruiser and then setting it on fire when he told officers he had been johnson has pleaded not guilty. >>> sara: this protester pulled from donald trump's campaign event in worcester has a record. the telegram reporting that peter rondon was charged ten years ago for leaving unfinished bomb at military recruiting center in court for charges stemming from the protest he admitted to making mistakes previously in his life. he has been charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. >> gene: new this morning rhode island house committee would like to subpoena curt schilling for information about failed video game company. oversight committee has been looking at 75 million-dollar deal

department of corrections systematically refused appropriate care for transgender inmates, georgia's parole board freed her. denied her the hormones she had been taking for half of her life. >> we have had again some early indications that our lawsuit has been successful. one thing that has happened as a result of our lawsuit is the department of corrections did agree to change a number of its policies. >> while in prison without the medical treatment she says she needed diamond took extreme action, attempting suicide and even self-castration. today she says she's experiencing posttraumatic distress, anxiety and depression. >> nearly four years in prison, verbally abused, beaten, threatened your life, raped. did anyone do anything to try and help you while you were there? >> no. no one ever made any attempt to help me. >> reporter: how did you deal with the fact that at any moment, you could be sexually assaulted or perhaps even killed? >> i prayed. >> diamond now lives in this trailer park outside rome, georgia though if she doesn't get a job soon will end up living with relatives. ♪ ♪ >> to pas

the family of autumn elgersma says they plan to attend all future parole hearings so the iowa parole board is aware of the impact sapp's crimes had on them and their community in general. jessica rae: the elgersma family is honoring the memory of autumn by helping start a center for children who have been abused. autumn's center, will be the newest addition to the season's center for behavioral health located in spencer iowa. they've just recently received a grant for just over 35 thousand dollars from the iowa department of public health to recruit child and adolescent phychiatrists within the next few weeks, season's center plans on begining renovations for autumn's center. jessica rae: a siouxland family is hoping the new year brings the christmas miracle they've been hoping for the past 2 years. the miltenbergers' son, jack, has severe breathing problems and will need round the clock care once he comes back home to elk point. jack has spent most of his life in an ohio children's hospital... right now, jack is only in his elk point home through pictures and thoughts. but, his family hop

the parole board granted his release in may when he claimed to be on the right track. >> i have addressed my issues with with substance abuse ask set up a structure around myself that i feel like i can maintain sobriety on the street. reporter: but police belief he became involved in a burglary ring that steals weapons. investigators in concord, hillsborough and ken i kerr are looking into a series of burglaries. they say kevin paul obtained the guns to sell them. >> his role was to come to town with the two suspects which broke into the house and he received the two firearms specifically. reporter: concord police say drugs were part of the deal. >> it does so involve meth, we have more information on the type and quantity at a later date, but that's the drug that we believe is involved with this. reporter: when kevin paul returns to new hampshire he'll be facing charges of receiving stolen property, being an armed career criminal, and of course parole violation. adam sexton, wmur news 9. jean: police arrested a suspected bank robber just minutes after the holdup in manchester. just after

. >>> yesterday >>> yesterday berry went before the parole board apologizing for stabbing a saugus woman dozens of times in 1987. berry was 16 years old when he broke into virginia woodward's home and killed her after dozens of years behind bars, berry says he does no the deserve parole yet. >> i think that i would be delusional to think i could get paroled today, but that's what i am working for, and that is my goal to get paroled. present when berry was denied parole. >>> retrack weather and traffic he ten minute. i turn the radar on and show that you everywhere is getting soaked. accidents in waltham near the center of the city and braintree. a look at those drive times in a moment. first here is shiri. >>> we have the rain out here and things will seriously lighten up in the next couple of hours. 57 in showers. 7 a.m. 56. and by 8 a.m., we are shedding the showers in favor of sunshine. we will time out the improvements when we come back. >>> the man accused of stealing high-powered weapons from a local army facility is being behind bars this morning. coming up, the breach that police

yesterday chris berry went before the parole board saugus woman dozens of times back in 1987. berry was just 16 years old when he broke into virginia woodward's home and killed her. after dozens of years behind bars, bars, berry says he does not deserve parole yet. >> i think that i would be delusional to think i could get parole today, but that's what i am working fond and that is my goal to get paroled >> the victim's family was present when berry was denied his parole. >>> now that the 5:00, a house committee will subpoena curt schilling about information of a failed video game company. the overnight company has been looking at the $75 million deal with 38 studios. when it went down it left the community on the hook. the committee asked schilling how the deal went wrong but his lawyers resigned. >>> a dramatic ending to a portrait unveiling in providence when the guest of honor was wheeled from city hall to a waiting ambulance. this happened just before 6:30. buddy cianci said he became dehydrated. earlier in the evening he had been cracking jokes reference been cracking jo

i will be happy when incentive policeman's conduct websites, they will have parole boards that release violent criminals, onderers even, 90% of people death row have a prior homicide conviction. think about that. writing or start making websites that say let's take a look at how many people -- violent felons, bert -- murderers who have been paroled to kill again. as a police officer, you get sick and tired of walking up the same people over and over again -- locking up the same people over and over again. don't knowledge as if you understand me, i do have a philly -- a heavy accent. that's when i will believe that people are interested in reform. when they start doing those types of things. >> just a quick comment. what bothers me in terms of the outrage is that it's very selective. newark has been under justice department supervision for the last live years for police -- the last five years from police misconduct, but we talk about ferguson. in the 90's, under eric holder, we had more police officers shooting citizens in washington than any other place in the country, but no lawsuits,

department of corrections system clip refused appropriate care for transgender inmates, georgias parole board her. in her case, the prison denied her the hormones she had been taking for half of her life. while in prison, without the medical treatment she says she needed, diamond took extreme action, include be attempted suicide and self kass station. >> nearly four areas in prison, verbally biased, beaten, threatened your life, raped. did anyone do anything to try and help you while you were there? >> no. no one ever made any attempt to help me. >> how did you deal with the fact that at any moment, you could be sexually assaulted or perhaps even killed? >> i prayed. >> diamond now lives in this trailer park outside rome, georgia, though if she doesn't get a job soon will end up living with relatives. ♪ >> she plays music to soothe the demons that she says haunt her all day long. with no job yet, diamond is volunteering at a dog shelter until she lands on her feet. >> i woke up 3:00 a.m. this morning completely covered in sweat from head to toe because when i do go to sleep, i'm on so much me

in real life fred had been the attorney for the truth telling chairman of the tennessee parole board during a scandal in our state when pardons were sold for cash. after that he was cast a number of movie roles as the cia director, the head of dulles airport, and admiral, the president of nascar, three presidents of the united states and district attorney arthur branch in the television series law and order. that same magic served him well when he ran for the united states senate in 1994 for the last two years of vice president gore's unexpired term. he was a good republican and fred's red pickup truck attracted attention but he defeated a strong opponent by more than 20 percentage points, mostly because when he appeared on television tenneseans liked him, trusted him and voted for him. fred took on some big assignments during his time in the senate but sometimes you would become impatient with some of the foolishness around here. a washington reporter once asked him if he messed making movies. yeah he said, sometimes i miss the sincerity of hollywood. people ask me sometimes, how co

jennifer elgersman says the board of parol should have been the one to change the sentence not the judge. but, she agreed with the sioux county attorney not to file an appeal. a 44-year-old bloomfield, nebraska man is headed to prison for stealing cattle from a feedlot in northeast nebraska. timothy ketelsen was sentenced to five to eight years in prison in knox county district court. he pleaded guilty in september to charges of tax evasion, theft and illegal sale of livestock. court documents say ketelsen's former boss reported that 13 head of cattle had been stolen from his bloomfield feedlot. ketelsen was also ordered to pay over 75- thousand dollars in restitution to the victims. a highway stop, in which iowa police officers pointed weapons at an innocent man, and his 6- year-old son, has prompted a federal lawsuit and claims of racial profiling. details of the september 2014 incident in northwest iowa have emerged in a lawsuit filed by the driver, 32-year-old levi wilson of orange city. wiwion, who is of indianan descent, claims the stop and search were illegal. the iowa division of

if real life he had been an attorney for the chair of the parole board. after that fred was cast in a number of movie roles as a c.i.a. director, the head of dulles airport, an admiral, the preses -- president of nascar, three presidents of the united states and a district attorney in "law and order." that magic served him well when he served in the united states senate in 1994 for the last two years of vice president gore's term. it was a good public career. he defeated a strong opponent by more than 20 percentage points mostly because when he appeared on television, tennesseans liked him, trusted him, and voted for him. fred took on some big assignments during his time in the senate, but sometimes he would become impatient with some of the foolishness around here. a washington reporter once asked him if he missed making movies. yeah, he said. sometimes i miss the sincerity of hollywood. people ask me sometimes how could an actor accomplish so much. in addition to those things i've already mentioned, during the 1980's, fred was invited twice to be specia

elgersman says the board of parol should have been the one to change the sentence not the judge. but, she e reed with the siouxx county attorney not to file an appeal. an orange city man has filed a federal lawsuit over a traffic stop in northwest iowa. levi wilson -- who is of indian descent -- accuses police of racial profiling for pointing weapons at him and his young son dudung the stop last year. investigators say they were looking for wilson's brother, who is a sex offender and was wanted on outstanding warrants. a northeast nebraska man's going to prison for stealing cattle. timothy ketelsen from bloomfield was sentenced to five to eight years. the 44-year-old pleaded guilty in september to charges of tax evasion, theft and illegal uale of livestock. ketelsen's former boss reported that 13 head of cattle had been stolen from his feedlot. besides the prisontime, ketelsen was ordered to pay more than $75,000 in restitution. a a nker from emmetsburg, iowa was sentenced in a banking scheme. 62-year-old richard jones received 14 months in federal prison. it was revealed during

we had a system but the parole board did not exist.hows how we address incarceration. >> thank you very much. thank you for exploring these questions. >> thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for the next conversation, on a theme that we were touching on, incarceration. i will throw into the mix the figure that should cause you to raise your eyebrows. the u.s. spends $80 billion per year on mass incarceration. it's a lot of money by any standards. it should prompt a reasonable person to raise their eyebrows and ask -- what are we getting for that money question mark here to help sort through that and other questions about the function of prison and the function of incarceration in american society, let me welcome cartatjena, deirdre pejer and jason riley. from the manhattan institute. a columnist for "to the wall street journal." welcome to all of you. let m

jessica rae: the family of autumn elgersmsm thth plan to attendll future parole hearings so the iowa role board is aware of the impact sapp's crimes had on them and their community in general. jessica rae: the elgersma family is honoring the memory of autumn by helping start a center for children who have been abused. autumn's center, will be the newest addition to the season's center for behavioral health located in spencer iowa. they've just recently received a grant for just over 35 thousand dollars from the iowa department of public health to recruit child and adolescent phychiatrists within the next few weeks, season's center plans ononegining renovavaons for autumn's center. jessica rae: a house fire in morningside on south rustin street, claimed the life of a familyog... the fire happened yesterday around 8 a-m. sioux city fire firefighters had to make a hole in the roof of the home in order to contain the fire. they say the fire started in the kitchen and spread up into the attic. " crews went ahead and made entry, and found a fire in a kitchen that had extended through the ceiling up i

parole. chris barry went before the board apologizing for stabbing a saugus woman dozens of times in 1987. barry was just 16 years old when he broke into virginia woodward's home and killed her. after dozens of years behind bars barry says he does not deserve parole yet. >> i think i would be delusional and that's my goal to get parole >> julie: united healthcare taking big hit to the bottom line and will make a decision about 2017 coverage of obamacare in the coming year. insurance companies are not required to participate in federal and state exchanges. >> julie: frequent overseas travelers may have to shell out up-to-date. they will no longer add new pages. starting january 1st if you run out of space for visas you will have to spend $110 for new one or pay $82 to have extra stages stitched in and made the decision for security reasons. >> daniel: doug flutie will be on hand for the boston football game tomorrow night. he broke news on facebook saying his mother died within an hour of his fathers and flutie believes his mother died of broken heart. flutie will serve as color for tomorro

elgersma says the board of parole should ve been the one to c cnge the sentence not the judge. but, she agreed with the sioux county attorney not to file an appeal. sioux city fire rescue trying to figure out the cause of a blaze that broke out yesterday morning in morningside. when crews arrived on the scene near south rustin and vine they saw smoke coming from the home. it appears the fire started in the kitchen, went up to the ceiling, and into the attic. no one was home with the fire broke out, but there was a cat but the family's dog died in the fire. a community gathered yesterday to march in honor of native american children. every year the "march to honor lost children" recognizes children some tribal members say have been lost to adoption and foster care. the peaceful walk started at the war eagle monument in sioux city. "there's still disproportionate numbers of our children in foster care," said frank lamere, organizer of the march to honor lost children. "disproportionate numbers of our children are being adopted. and i think that we need to be vigilant." this is th

which does not seem to happen i will be happy when instead of having police misconduct that have parole boardsthat release five and criminals and murderers because nine people modesto% on death zero have a prior homicide conviction. think about that. win people have websites for those to kill again because as a police officer you get tired of walking up the same people over and over. my wulff landed -- my wife tells me i have a philadelphia accent. if you need me to repeat myself let me know but those of the people who are interested in reform. >> the outrage is selective to be under the justice department supervision for police misconduct talk about ferguson under eric holder we had more police officers shooting citizens in washington than any other place in the country but no lawsuits no public condemnation you have to wear a white face before the challenge and that is detrimental to the people that we serve that is my point about vilifying the process to be a racial dimension. >> we all know about the level of crime but the actual statistics are sometimes very content -- surprising with the

parole. >>> jerry sandusky sits in a jail cell, but tonight he will start collecting his pension once again. today a court panel ruled the retirement board was wrong when it rules sandusky was a penn state employee when he committed the crimes. the state revoked his pension three years ago. sandusky collected a $148,000 lump sum payment when he retired back in 1999. he then received almost $5,000 a month. sandusky is serving at least 30 years in prison for sexually abusing ten children. he plans to appeal the conviction. >>> philadelphia is reviewing an executive order that limited the city's cooperation with federal immigration officials. tonight possible changes to that order aren't sitting well with immigrant groups or the mayor-elect. mayor michael nutter tells us because the federal government made changes to its own program, he's taking another look at the city's policy. what's on the table is alerting the feds when the city has someone in custody who meets certain criteria. >>> i don't know anyone who supports having terrorists running around the city or known murderers, rapist, child abusers here in our city. >> mayor-elect jim k

parole. >>> a pennsylvania court is ordering the state to reinstate jerry sandusky's $48 a month pension. he serve 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys. the state employees retirement boardas wrong to take his pension away because he was not an employee of the state when he committed the crime. crimes that were the basis on his pension being revoke. sandusky officially retired from the university in 1999. the judge ordering three years of back payments to jerry sandusky. >>> coming up a transgender woman gunned down in philadelphia for two years. her body remained unclaimed. until now. the unlikely group that is doing something extraordinary. >>> years ago, a local veteran says he hit rock bottom. then everything changed when he met fox 29's bruce gordon. how that interview turned his entire life around. scott. >> right now still looking at gusty winds across the area. winds of change. how cold it will get as we kick off your saturday and weekend next. >>> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. tgif. crews will be working all weekend long doing lionell richie up along 95 right near the cottman of a princeton avenue on-ramps. expect del

parole. he also may not leave the u.s. for five years. >>> we are learning more about a security scare that delayed a flight with new jersey governor chris christie on board. before takeoff, a passenger had to be removed from the flight. the airline says that the passenger was disruptive. this photo was taken gate. a spokesman for the governor says he had no interaction with the person and was not threatened during this incident. governor. >> he and i have gotten in trouble on the quiet car. not together. >> people take that very seriously. >> anyway, tough times. coming up on eyewitness news on . >>> one of the major signs of the holiday season has arrived in new york. >> 3-2-1. merry christmas charlie brown. >> macy's unveiled its display. this year is a tribute to the christmas. the whole gang is featured in the displace. go check it out with your kids. >> as much as i complain about the cold, there's nothing like new york during the holidays. no one right here. >> you know, i always hope for extremely cold temperatures the night before the parade when they do the staging of the floats because i like to take the kids there, an if it's freezing cold, th

parole after 18 months... something the judge says is an opportunity for >>> it's 6:00 on "today." coming up, big change on board. a major announcement from the federal government that could make it mandatory for every child to wear a seat belt on school bussis. >>> then, what would you do to fet your hands on the perfect holiday gift, lie, steal, knock someone over in the honest answer from shoppers that may surprise you. >>> and they never go out of style, christie brinkley and elizabeth hurley stopping by november 10, 2015. >> good morning. we're here for the marine's birthday, 240 years old. >> hello from superior, colorado. >> my 13th birthday. >> from fredericksburg, virginia, just married. >> we love matt lauer. >> we miss you, al! >>> it is 8:00 on a tuesday morning. it's getting a little springily out here. good morning, everybody. we've got a crowd in some great spirits this morning. nice to have them on. >> by the way, we have got a great guest coming up in this next half hour. christie brinkley is here. she is, i'm allowed to say, because it's written right there, 61 years old. she is beautiful, and