to finish it up. >> so, you end up in houston, texas. >> in houston, texas. >> after growing up in kuwait. >> yes. >> what a culture shock that must have been. >> it was. and also, like, i went to private british english school in kuwait. so, i was used to the english language. but the british english language. and also you had a lotta expats in kuwait. i went to quite a diverse school. and i was learning multiple languages. and i went to school with a vest and a bow tie. >> little bow tie? >> little bow tie. i was an adorable little arab kid with a british accent. i did. and then i ended up in houston in esl class. and-- >> which is english as a second language. >> i was the only guy that spoke english in that class, by the way. i walk in, all the kids are lookin' at me like, "hola! tu eres nuevo aqui?" and i was confused, because they looked like my cousin halil. and i've never seen mexicans before at that point. so i was introduced to a whole other culture. >> you were so bored that you quit goin' to class for a little-- >> i was bored. i just felt like it was so easy. all we had to do

this is a large fire burning at an apartment complex in houston, texas. you can see at least four sections of the apartment complex in full cult in flames right now. roads in that area have been shut down. people are being told to stay away from the scene. right now we do not have any reports of injuries, but this is a massive apartment complex and you can see firefighters fighting it from the groundbreaking they have letters j.c.: the terrifying crash caught on camera in florida. watch as a freight train slams into this car in orlando. the honda got stuck on the tracks. a group of people tried to push it off. when that didn' t work, the driver and passenger stepped away. and just in time. luckily no one was hurt. in philadelphia, the fbi is investigating what may be a grotesque case of anti-muslim bigotry. watch closely as security camera video shows a red pickup truck passing a local mosque. someone throws a severed pig' s head onto the sidewalk. the truck then speeds away. a local arab organization spokesman says the intent was clear. >> the intent of

southwest airlines flight 31 originating from houston texas was taxiing to the gate and got stuck in a ditch after landing at nashville international airport. >> everything is normal and then we hear this big pop. >> reporter: photos show one of the plane's emergency slides deploy. >> the safety of our suffers and focus. eight passengers on board the boeing 737 were transported to a local hospital after suffering minor injuries. mostly bumps and bruises according to nashville fire department. >> it was satisfactory. it was really scary. but we were on the ground. it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: tuesday's incident comes just days after another southwest flight made an emergency landing in san antonio texas. that aircraft landed safely after part of the wing appeared to be at what the airline calls an irregular angle. before the christmas rush when millions of americans are expected to fly home for the holiday. >>> recovery crews have been removing the airport and a spokesperson for the international airport says the incident did not cause any delays and all runways are op

. >> breaking news in houston, texas, right now, a klm flight bound for amsterdam is delayed on the ground. an airport official says two passengers got into some sort of disturbance on the plane. remaining passengers were rebooked on other flights. you can get breaking newsny time, follow us on twitter at abc7news bay area. >> a federal grand jury charged one count of result resulting in bodily injury. the pilot was forced to turn the jet back. >> a flieblgt attendant just called. evidencely, we've got two passengers that are in a physical altercation. we need to get turned around back to lax. >> facing the maximum penalty of ten years if convicted. >> booms found in the dirt outside a home. vick lee is live in the city's alamo section. >> one of the apartments is right behind me across the street. you see that green building? chris, if you could zoom into that. and the other apartment is right next door to that build, the light brown one. alongside the main entrances. the discovery was made two and a half to three weeks ago. police are working closely with the medical examine other and, a

. >> hace mÁs de 15 aÑos que leticia llegÓ a estados unidos, a houston, texas, hasta ahora escuchÓ unaeticia que califica para ser ciudadana hace un aÑo. >> tendrÍamos la oportunidad de pagar poco a poco. >> la idea es conseguir financiamiento entre tres mil millones y 5000 millones para los mexicanos. andrea llegÓ a pasar la navidad con su familia, naciÓ en mÉxico y trabaja en un restaurant en chicago, se quedÓ con cinco dÓlares cuando pago 750 para tener los beneficios para ser ciudadana. >> tienes que sacrificar muchas cosas para tener otras, pero la ciudadanÍa te da mÁs beneficios. >> mÁs de 2dos millones de mexicano podrÍan conseguir la ciudadanÍa, pagarian 50 dÓlares mensu mensuales, a sergio no le interesa. >> solo Único que no puedo hacer es votar. >> no hay confirmaciÓn de cuÁndo podrÍa ocurrir esto, los mexicanos tienen esperanza que sea pronto, mary. >> gracias, raÚl, al regresar en "noticiero telemundo", ojo si ♪ black, white, green red, ♪ can i take my friend to bed? ♪ pink, brown, yellow, orange, bluuuuue, ♪ ♪ i love you ♪ all together now ♪ all together now ♪ all togethe

. >> i come from houston, texas, and made my way to new york to study acting. i working on my so-called life with claire danes. then the sopranos. >> reporter: but it's commercial success that has women and men obsessing over his laid-back look that also comes wh a little criticism. >> tuck in your shirt, you badly dressed trivago guy. okay, is that enough? >> reporter: joins the ranks of progressive's flow. the most sbrg man in the world. >> stay thirsty my friends. >> making a career out of >> my agent's in new yorksaid, are you crazy! you don't speak german. i said i'll learn it. and then i ended up on a tv show translated to good times bad times. i had to shoot on monday and on thursday and friday i had to shoot trivago. and then we realized that okay, none of the belts seem to be fitting the belt loops. so we went out without the belt. >> trivago does the work for you. >> reporter: a wardrobe malfunction. put him in the world of the advertising elite. >> speaking of celebrity, it was the late american politician in newspaper editor horace greely who said f

police are searching for the driver of this van in houston, texas. a concerned neighbor captured this video. the van is going about 10 miles per hour, with children on top of it. people think the man driving was trying to give the kids a better view of christmas lights. he could face several charges. phil: two diet giants are merging. the weight-loss company beach diet brand for $15 million. nutrisystem says the acquisition may dilute earnings slightly next year as it prepares for a re-launch of the south beach diet. we are told that will happen in the florida cardiologist who 2017. created the south beach diet will join nutrisystem' s science advisory board. iphone for just one dollar at but there' s a catch. customers need to sign a two-year contract with either verizon or sprint. customers who trade in a working iphone 5 can also snag a $200 gift card. that offers only good today. erika: a fan suffers a concussion following a close encounter with a big basketball star. it happened last night when lebron james grable for a loose ball. he crashed in

southwest airlines flight 31 -- originating from houston, texas -- was taxiing to the gate and became stuck in a ditch afterer landing at nashvilil internanaonal airport... taylor kennedy: you know, everything's normal. and then we hear this big pop... photos -- posted on social media -- show one of the plane's emergency slides deployed... a spokesman for southwest tells nbc news, quote: "the 133 passengers and five crewmembers were safely transported into the airport... the safety of our customers and employees remains our primary focus." eight passengers on board d e boeing 737 were transported to a local suffering minor injuries... mostly bumps and bruises according to the nashville fire department. taylor kennedy: it was scary, it was really scary, but we were on the ground. tuesday's incident comes just days after another southwest flight made an emergency landing in san antonio, texas. that aircraft landed safely after part of the wing appeared to be at, what the airline calls, an "irregular angle" this, with jususone week to go before the chrisisas rush -- when millions america

. >> i come from houston, texas, and made my way to new york to study acting. i working on my so-called life with claire danes. then the sopranos. >> reporter: but it's commercial success that has women and men obsessing over his laid-back look that also comes with a little criticism. >> tuck in your shirt, you badly dressed trivago guy. >> reporter: joins the ranks of

there are teams out there houston texas and klever land browns and other in the market for starting quarterbacknd this owe ten is not a great fit for sam bradford and if wide receivers keep dropping ball and don't line squoup offensive linemen can protect him why would he stay here. >> thank you so much sal palantonio for that. desean jackson celebrated at the linc and taunted fans at the linc. what went through your mind when you saw that. >> it hurts. because you know we've had that guy here and you just call could be celebrating together it is what it is it's part of the business. we'll see them again next year. >> after the game aflac had plenty of food. ten it seems like it hurts us. >> they're starting to come back and get the booze and from crowds and fans it's not my decision to leavemer chip kelly released me. knowing what i did for the city and community, things like that, you know, i put my heart into. it so that part is frustrating and it doesn't get any better than coming up here and winnin winning. >> he's rights it was not his choice to leave philadelphia. up next, what is due an

schools in houston, texas were searched today after email threats were made.t% authorities say the threat was received by the superintendent and other people in the school district. explosives detecting dogs and extra patrols rushed to the scene last night. everything was back to normal today. the messages were similar to those sent to los angeles and new york city earlier this week s/ chief robert mock/houston independent school district :19 "as we researched further and looked into it and looked at really the content of the email itself was just o...i'll say over te top, i mean as far as what was gonna occur. the logistics of it just didn't..didn't pan out." the police chief says he doesn't the message because "a threat is a threat." if you're planning on standing in line for movie tickets tonight, it might be a cold one. here to tell us more is chief meteorlogist ron demers with our first look at the forecast at 5. temperatures today may have felt a bit cool, but this is what average feels like (after quite a warm stretch). it was still breezy today but t at wind will settle down tonig

the other one was at a mosque in houston, texas. the arson there caused quite a bit of damage, but no suspect in that attack, either. >>> an investigation is under way to find outs how a vaccaville man ended up dead in a creek. his body found around 5:00 last night in a residential area. police have reached out to his family, but so far they aren't releasing his name to the public. detectives say no weapons are found and they don't believe foul play is involved. >>> now to fairfield where police are asking for help asking for people in a shooting. one person was hurt. all investigators can say at this point is people forced their way into a room that hotel and this happened yesterday morning just before 9:00 on central way. some kind of fighten folded and the victim was shot in the hip. the three shooters got away in what is oonly being described as a green sedan. anyone with information is asked to call fairfield police. >>> the chp is also asking for your help to find the person responsible for a deadly crash and not even know it.

this one is from houston, texas. a much smaller, less dramatic fire, but effective. a huge number of people. >> now the alarm is finally going off. you got to be kidding me. >> two buildings in the housing complex were pretty much gut pd. 30 families, over 70 people just before the holidays as well. christmas presents, possessions and homes all gone up in smoke. in this particular fire there was one injury. actually two. a firefighter. smoke inhalation. but he's expected to be fine. >> there's different words for bringing things together. in music you call it a mashup, food, a fusion, in the adventure sport world you call it cross sport when two different sports come together in something epic. of course this from epic tv who's featuring tim howell here in italy. awesome adventures and sets his sights on the five north faces of the alps. he's starting with chima grande, that puppy there, picked a rather tough roof called the come chi roof. he has a 12-hour weather window to attempt this rather difficult climb. he knows that the rocks nears the top of this climb are l

>> abraham, he is stuck in an elevator in houston, texas. >> but help should be on the way. >> and it hasn't come yet, so he decides to give them another ring. >> it's been like 30 minutes. apparently they thought i got out. i don't know what that's about. so i called again and i guess help is on the way a second time around. i don't know. >> how does he get out if they didn't come get him? >> he's staying pretty calm because after that second call where they were like we thought you got out i'd be like, you better get her now! >> still waiting. still waiting. he finally gets somebody on the phone. >> -- if it gets stuck, they're trying to replace that on the elevator and that could take as much as an hour. they need to get my butt out of this elevator. fix it later. except they say an hour. he has already been in there 45 minutes. you want to add another hour to my 45. >> we're doing as much as we can. we hope it's not an hour, but -- >> see, lack of urgency on the other end of the phone is driving me nuts. >> i mean, i guess i will just sit here and wait, i guess. >> i think you sho

in houston, texas to propose to his girlfriend! the man says he decided to propose in the middle of the road because that's where he took his girlfriend on their second date. he stopped there on his so.. a year and a half later.. same spot. so.. he gathered up 8 friends and had them block off the highway so he could pop the question. she said yes. that's our news for tonight.. but stay with us for jimmy kimmel live up next.. followed by nightline. our next reports begin.... at 4:30-am.... on "good morning las vegas". thank you for watching.. and... from all of us at channel 13.. good night. < >

. >>> federal investigators are calling a fire that broke out at a houston, texas mosque suspicious. it started in the afternoon at savoy mosque. atf investigators say they found multiple points of origin for this fire. >>> doesn't much feel like ski weather out there. one of maryland's biggest vacation destinations is set to open. we're talking about the wisp resort many mchenry. only one of its 35 trails will be open to guests mainly because of those warm temperatures. don't worry, though, the resort says they have special carpets that apparently allow folks to ski and snowboard on this synthetic surface. >>> by some estimates up to a million americans woke up on christmas morning with a drone under the tree. the popular gift has the government worried about the crowded skies and close calls with planes. but it looks like unmanned aircraft are revolutionizing business, improving safety and changing the way we see the world. as nbc's tom costello reports, the pace of change is catching many by surprise. >> spin up check. keep it locked. good. >> reporter: ski season was still weeks

. >>> an suv came within inches of slamming into a home in houston, texas. home security cameras caught the incident monday night. the family spent several thousand dollars snuggle concrete and pillars to protect their home. the family wants the city to add speed bumps along the street, but until then all they have are their prayers. >>> okafor has been shown in a second fight on the streets of boston. the team which hired a security guard for the 19-year-old said it is disappointed with the rookie's actions. the 9 sixers lost to the nicks 99:87. the 6 arers are off until -- the sixers are off until saturday. >> this live nativity scene has to go. hear why a federal judge is shutting down this annual event a little later. what if the holidays were about people again? and the four-letter word that defined the season was l-o-v-e, and not s-a-l-e. that's the world t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods stores live in. where there's no need for sales because we offer amazing prices on thoughtful gifts everyday. let's put more value on what really matters. this season

for the call.u from houston, texas.ith response to our reenactor playing thomas jefferson, this you are saying that jefferson and the founding fathers were facing actual tyranny without a standing army. the second amendment was written for those times. senator bernie sanders issuing this tweet -- host: the president of liberty university in virginia is urging all students at that school to be armed. get your permit. this is a story from ktla five in los angeles. good morning, welcome to the program. good morning, tim. i believe in the second amendment and people having the right to bear arms or use them for sports activities or whatever they want to do, but i definitely don't agree with that guy from the nra and the nra and that commercial. i thought that that was just ridiculous. book,d every trick in the from fear mongering to saying that all evil is coming and that evil is not evil, it's not spiritual, it's organic, that there are sick people that do stuff like that and as far as evil, they are coming over here while

. >> kim: a dangerous drive on houston, texas. a car flying through the air and eventually crashes into a home there. the home owners say it's just one in a spring of incidents in their neighborhood. they say it happens so often they try to capture them on camera. home security cameras caught this terrifying moment from monday night. there is no audio but the video shows it all. >> it's frightening. grandchildren to go outside and play in the front yard because of situations like this. they speed during the day time. it's worse at night case. this time melody and her family were lucky. the s.u.v. stopped just short of their home. robinson says drivers don't pay attention to the stop sign and just keep on driving. >> we had about two weeks that ran in my living room the cars came in the house and before that they actually came close to running into the house or either they have came and hit our vehicles or whatever. >> kim: the family spent several thousand installing concrete and wooden pillars to try to protect their home. then t

. >> reporter: assisting yui from mission control in houston, texas, was fellow japanese astronaut koichi wakata. it was the first time japanese astronauts had worked together on earth and in space to dock a spacecraft. >> translator: he has a great sense of reading situations using skills acquired during his career as test pilot for japan's self-defense air force. he also showed great ability in operating systems. >> reporter: another task yui undertook with great relish was to become one of the first people ever to taste lettuce growing in space. >> that's awesome. >> tastes good? >> yeah. kind of like arugula. >> reporter: yui shared the many moments of his life on board the iss by tweeting almost every day. he also sent back some amazing photographs of earth. they are serving as inspiration for children in japan and around the world who hope to follow in his footsteps. >> reporter: yui's 141 days on board the iss were successful on a number of levels. not only was his stay closely followed by millions of people on earth, it also sparked imaginations of children throughout japan and al

accident, a federal judge blocked the state's attempt to stop the families from resettling in houston. texas is one of more than two dozen states opposed to taking in syrian refugees, arguing there could be isil operatives among the migrants. >>> one is dead in storms hitting the pacific northwest. heavy rains have been falling for nearly a week in places like portland that caused a tree to fall, hitting and killing to woman inside. several highways are closed this morning. many roads are completely flooded. >>> phased out, why congress is dropping the no child left behind law and what it means for students. >>> a supreme court justice scalia said affirmative action may not help black students who get into colleges. >> a deeper look at the divide in chicago. >> a lot of people here are angry. >> we can do something different. >>> more than two dozen iraqi soldiers were killed today taking rimadi from isil. that effort is being questioned in washington, some lawmakers are calling the strategy flawed. defense secretary ash caster said the pentagon offered additional assistance. >> the beyond i

the attack on the tracy mosque was one of two on friday and the other one was at a mosque in houston, texas. arson there caused quite a bit of damage and police don't know who did that either. >>> disturbing video that captured national attention of a woman in fairfield hurling her dog to the ground. this video may be difficult to watch. police identified the woman here as brandy chin. as you can see, she's carrying her dog by the collar and just tosses him across the street towards her ex-boyfriend's. it was the heat of the moment ki kind of thing. >> why did she lose her cool? >> we were arguing about some personal things and just got blown up into something else. and i think maybe it just got out of hand. >> that video was posted on social media and since she left fairfield we're told that the dog, though, is okay. >>> fairfield police are asking for help. one person is hurt, all investigators can say at this point is three people forced their way into the a room at the hotel. this was just before:00 yesterday morning on central way. some kind of fight happened and the victim was shot in

las autoridades investigan un incendio que clasifican de sospechoso sucedido en una mezquita en houston texas quedÓ destruido por las llamas y el fuego fue tan fuerte que bomberos no quisieron entrar por el miedo que se cayera el techo los investigadores dijeron que habÍan encontrado cuatro posibles puntos donde se origiÓo el incendio no se reportaron heridos. >>> en otro tema, por lo menos dos muertos y 160 evacuados deÓo el desbordamiento de roisz en uruguay, paraguay y argentina y brasil la crece ida por lluvias provocadas por el fenÓmeno del niÑo. paraguay es uno de los paÍses mÁs afectados con 100.000 personas que han tenido que ser evacuadas en argentina, la provincia de entre rÍos fue escenario de por lo menos diez mil evacuados y otros 20 mil en riesgo de evacuaciÓn si continÚa subiendo el nivel de las aguas del rÍo uruguay. >>> el mundo conocerÁ testimonios dejados por la guerra en guatemala que afectÓ a ese paÍs entre 1960 y 1996 el proyecto de la fundaciÓn del director steven spielberg busca documentar historias de sobrevivientes de guerra que dejÓ 245 mil vÍctimas, muchos de ellos

cris collinsworth along with michele tafoya, good night from houston, texas. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special [hold music playing] we at time warner cable, need to apologize to you. we no longer offer extended periods of free on hold elevator music when you call us. we're making a bunch of changes at time warner cable. including reducing how long you could wait on hold. now, we'll even call you back at a time that's convenient for you. but for those of you who miss our old on hold music, please check out r our greatest hits at r >>> right now, a wild shooting, dirt bikes and atvs take over a city street and then gunfire, a teenager is shot. >> moving again. traffic is rolling once again along 1st avenue. shut down nearly one week ago when bricks came crumbling off of that high rise. >> and gaining ground. a strong new challenge to donald trump. ted cruz in striking distance while trump defends his stance on muslims entering will united states. >> witnesses describe a chaotic scene. dirt bikes, motorcycles, atvs, causing mayhem on the streets. >> shots are fired, 19-y

cris collinsworth along with michele tafoya, good night from houston, texas. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special football league.thanks for joining us, i'm robert lowe the republican presidential candidates have one more debate left in this year - and, like it or not, donald trump is in the spotlight. while he was at the center of controversy over the past week - he's also still riding high in the polls. but the latest numbers show one challenger in particular is threatening to make the campaign trail a little bumpier for trump. brian mooar has the story from washington. << donald trump will be center stage again this week as the gop presidential candidates gather for their final debate of this pre- election year. and with his numbers up in the latest national poll - he has a (sot donald trump / (r) presidential candidate too short to super) already on screen in upper corner - fox news sunday "they're kidding themselves. i'm going to win." (take graphic full ------------------in/out------ --------------:17-:24) first choice for republican primary voters nbc news/wsj pol

officials in miami and fort lauderdale floor, dallas, houston, texas all working with authority tryingdetermine the source of those threats. >>> the house voting today on part of a $1.1 trillion spending bill. tax credits for child care, low-income families and college costs will be made permanent. a popular corporate tax cut will be extended. and it delays taxes that were part of the after affordable care act in two years. >> when we return in january, the house will put an obamacare repeal bill on the floor, and pass it, and put it on the president's desk. this bill will also defund planned parenthood. we are going to keep working to give families relief from this law, while we work to replace it all together. >>> federal funding for planned parenthood still in that bill. republicans wanted that. they also wanted to ban syrian refugees from coming into the u.s. democrats didn't get suffer gun control measures that they wanted either. >>> a baltimore judge is going to meet with lawyers on both sides of the death of freddie gray case. that trial was declared a mistrial. john terrett ha

cris collinsworth along with michele tafoya, good night from houston, texas. >>> nbc sports thanks you for watching this special paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. oh remotes, you've had it tough. watching tvs get sharper, bigger, smugger. and you? rubbery buttons. enter the x1 voice remote. now when someone says... show me funny movies. watch discovery. record this. from the cushions, you are back. . >> anchor: pats are back and head into houston in the air and on the ground . >>> going to land on his belly, spin 478 right around and throw him for another ten yards . >> anchor: patriots gett

texas. near houston, tornadoes ripped roofs off of a trailer home.h winds blew railcars off of a bridge, and officials declared a state of emergency at after storms damaged dozens of homes. people say the storms came with little warning and at the wrong time of the year. >> it's kind of unusual to have these tornadoes. this is just not the time of the year that we ramp up and prepare for this type of thing. >> two dozen states saw record temperatures this weekend. and that same system moving our way. so we're going to be dealing with showers tomorrow. mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. so take the umbrella to work. the good news is you can still get out at lunchtime and enjoy the nice, mild temperatures. highs tomorrow once again around 70 degrees. all three major airports either set record high temperatures today or tied the record high. you can find out all that information on my facebook and twitter pages. your first weather headlines mild again tomorrow. showers mainly from 2:00 p.m. until midnight. not raining that entire time period

the pats,000 back to their winning ways believing out houston texas and forry clinging a layoff spot. their dominant having story may have cost the team a few more players. joe amorsino joins us now with updates on the team . >>> it was desperate ties for patriots after a pair of blown 14 point leads that led to a rare two game losing streak but rob green could you sky's presence heals all wounds and with gronk back on the field the patriots are back on top. >>> putting pads on for the first time if two weeks. you are looking to get back into to be back out there playing football again. >>> his right knee wasn't a problem which meant rob grokowski could be a major pain for the texans instead . >>> he comes down with it. touchdown patriots! no decoy tonight . >>> he is a huge just influence on what we do offensively and he really toughed it out. i'm proud of him . >>> he has to be smart about it it. which we were as an organization myself. you know, just rehabbed really hard. every felt good so i was good to go . >> reporter: gronk caught four passes and a score in more importantly gav

cris collinsworth along with michele tafoya, good night from houston, texas. >>> nbc sports thanks youcial presentation of the national football league. >>> right now it's kweth er for the record book. . good evening. it's going to be a another mild day tomorrow. rain is on the way, and nbc first meteorologist is watching the warm conditions. >> the good news is that it's not going to affect the monday morning news and it was another warm day for us and a record breaking day. a record 65 degrees set back in 1923 and today's high of 71 and well above average and that's 45 deglees this time of the year. we're dealing with the fog and we're down to about a quarter of a mile viz b blt and clear visibility in philadelphia and northeast philly is fiz blt and same thing. that's going to be the trend and we're going to be to allow extra time to get the work and from work because we're tracking the system. the good news is that's going to be another mild day. by the time that you wake up, temperatures in the mid-50s and 53 in allentown. we're not going see as many 70s on the map and welle above