. >>> also ahead a advising sight for will folks in northeastern pennsylvania when a car takes down a statue, see efforts to raise the marple statue just ahead. >>> and a bizarre scene to say the least on the runway one major airport and that is the man running on the tarmac and away from police, we will tell you where this happened. >> ♪ >>> and that is our pat gallen, who will be along in a little bit to show us a local business making, candicans. >> um-hmm. >> yes. >> yes. >> he can be a generous guy when he wants to be. >> we will see. >> we will be right back. he ghe wewalks around hat,ts. with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. >>> well, what a scene here chaos on the seattle highway as a driver goes the wrong way, slamming into as many as 20 vehicles. state troopers say man then made a dangerous u turn as he tried to fl

. >> ski resorts in northeastern pennsylvania are getting ready to open and with colder weather in theorecast they are hoping for a better season this year than last career. bear creek mountain resorts plans to be open in december and plans to make snow as early as this week. workers and visitors want to see the mountain transformed into a winter wonderland. >> yearly basis we could have 200,000 people, on a day, we could get 4 to 5,000 people. there's an appetite for the winter sports. >> last year most resorts could not open until early january because it was so warm late in the season. >> the donald trump rally continues, wall street had another big day with good signs for the economy. investors were more excited at the closing bell because the gains were driven by stocks that tend to do well when the economy is growing. the dow sunday at 295. closed 19,000. the nasdaq gained 60. futures pointing to a slightly higher open. >>> target issued a major recall of a holiday item that could be a firehouse, hanukkah menorah in a pyramid design. people are urged to return the item to target

with the crime ...and could be tied to three other cases of ski season is in full swing in northeastern pennsylvania. pennsylvania.skiers hit the slopes yesterday. last year's warm temperatures were tough on ski resorts. many couldn't open until late in the season... not even snow machines could help. but this year.. business is off to a cool start.. and skiers are happy about that. :46-:51 joe rudalavage of eynon: "last year, it was probably the shortest season they've ever had but this year looks good. 3 workers say the cold weather and snow in the forecast is good for business. a penn state football fan got an early christmas gift. and a big one. tickets to the rose bowl. 3 becky yockey surprised her husband, dean, with tickets to the rose bowl to see penn state play southern cal.becky says it's a trip dean really wanted to go on ...but feared that they couldn't afford.but she says it was all worth it. dean yockey::39-:49 "i feel like a little kid. like i was in school again waiting for christmas to come. i mean, it's three weeks away yet and the rose bowl is january second in pasadena, californi

. >> a man from northeastern pennsylvania survived being trapped in his wrecked car for 12 hours. brian smith was driving on interstate 81 in bullet -- but butler township. his car flipped over an embankment. he was trapped with four broken ribs and fractured ankle. state police corporal found him with a help of the gps feature on his phone. >>> looking live right now at laguardia airport on the left, complilts -- compliments of our sister station phl new york. a number of travelers could be hitting the roads. we've seen long lines at phl long lines, katherine scott is watching it for us, if you're traveling today, pack your patience. >> it was a bicycle about a -- bonanza in philadelphia, small bikes for little children and bigger one for bigger children. >> i'm going to ride it over the mountain and kind of ride it near the city. >> the bikes were purchased by donations raised by state representative jordon harris. >> oprah has anh-ha moment. >>> the man who crashed into a berlin christmas market has been shot dead by police. >> good morning

i come to washington, i hope to bring down here the sense of decency that people have in northeastern pennsylvania. host: i will have to let that be the last word. congressman matthew cartwright, thank you for joining us. guest: my pleasure. house iswe said, the gathering right now. we are taking you there live now. live coverage from c-span. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in the waning days of this 114th congress, we ask your blessing upon the members of this people's house. most especially upon the leadership. it is on their shoulders the most important negotiations of this congress have been placed. they have been entrusted by their fellow americ

. >>> a northeastern pennsylvania town temporarily lost a landmark last night in a dramatic fashion. a driver jumped the curb and hit the george washington statue. the statue came down on the back of the car smashing the back window, the solid marble statue was not damaged and officials plan to put it back up one the fence is repaired. >>> still to come on "action news" at 12:30, a wrong way intoxicated driver leave a trail of wreckage on an interstate but it's not his first offense this week. >> and alicia vitarelli introduces us to one of the geniuses from the group, impractical jokers. i'm hall of famer jerry west and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about once-daily xarelto... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto® significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at least six blood clo

. >>> let's head to northeastern pennsylvania where dozens of nurses will be losing their jobs just before the holidays. the pocono medical center plans to lay off 61 registered nurses, that's about 2% of the hospital's workforce. officials say the cuts are happening while they wait for regulators to approve a buyout by the hospital's parent company. >>> in if you own a home in montgomery county your property taxes will go up next year. the county board of commissioners voted to approve a $419 million budget for 2017. that budget includes an 11% real estate tax increase. officials say somebody who owns a $300,000 home will pay an average of $66 more per year. >>> 5:38 on this friday. let's get back to our weather. as bill mentioned it is going to be very cold throughout the morning. >> players are a must, even if you spend a minute or two outside. a dozen construction workers are braving the cold overnight to shore up the overpasses for the improvements along the vine street expressway, temperatures in center city have dipped close to single digits and that wind is picking up, too, workers

there may even be little more snow today in in northeastern pennsylvania. >> time now 4:43. >> katie here with another check on the weather, katie, i worked in up-state new york. those snow banks got so high along the bang there, it was hard to make turns, so the berminator, good thing. >> classic lake effect snow belt, when you get that machine in action, and it is in effect right now, in fact, and you can actually see the storm system, guys, just talked about this, still impacting maine, now moving into atlantic canada. there is your storm circulation, cold front that passed through here is actually well out to sea at this point. but with that return flow, you get west to northwest winds flow. that helps to kick in the lake effect snow. and we are finding some instances of this already, through portions of central and western pennsylvania, not it mention ohio, and michigan. but, this is just classic set up for us to see some snow squawls, or left over flurries, because we are seeing this kick in, as it is, we are actually going to see little bit of that survive and roll our way, en

and this is our first look at snow in northeastern pennsylvania tonight. this is video from scranton. and they will have measurable snowfall before it's over. in our area it was all rain and plenty of it. this was the scene tonight at 34th and spruce in university latest information from meteorologist cecily tynan and accuweather. we have the wet, now get ready for the cold. >> that's right. the arctic air by the end of the week. this system is saying bye. and we have leftover rain around philadelphia, south jersey. but getting accumulating snow in the poconos. mount pocono recording a whopping 5 inches. and we had a little bit of accumulating sleet in northern north hampton and northern montgomery county. temperature-wise, philadelphia, 43 degrees, well above freezing. allentown, 36. and mount pocono, 31 degrees. and the winter weather arisery for them until 6:00 tomorrow. and the possibility of freezing drizzle. and the national weather service extended the winter weather advisory for north hampton until 1:00 in the morning for the chance of freezing dri

the poconos there's the chance of some snow showers so if you're planning on going up into northeastern pennsylvaniak out for snow later today into the afternoon. and then later on in the evening hours we're going to see some showers build in around philadelphia and some snow showers respect possible up in allentown, maybe down by reading and up in the poconos. >>> these don't look like they're going to amount to very much but if you're out later tonight driving around you might want to slow it down in those northern areas. then overnight mostly cloudy. that evening shower gets out of here after about midnight or so and the overnight low is 33 degrees so tomorrow morning it will be cold and the winds are going to start to pick up a little bit overnight tonight. then on wednesday a high of 42 degrees but all eyes will be on this frontal boundary which is an arctic front and behind it very cold air so 42 on wednesday. one more day to be able to go out and get things done relatively comfortable conditions but then behind that system look out. we've got a cold crush with an area of low pressure moving d

. >>> new this morning, the toppling of a giant marble statue drew a crowd in a northeastern pennsylvaniaer jumped the curb and smashed into the base of the christopher columbus statue. the driver was taken to the hospital. the solid marble statue, gold on christopher columbus was not damaged. officials plan to put it back up once the dispense is repaired. >>> an inflatable frosty had a meltdown in missouri. video captured someone jumping out of a car and slicing the snow man. the owner set up a go fund me page for his million injuries which will require duct tape and air. he will donate it to charity. >> all right, robin roberts is joining us with a look at what's coming up on "g.m.a." after "action news." i know you're following a story breaking news of a an escaped felon down south. >> reporter: that's right, the desperate manhunt of an escaped prison accused of stabbing an officer in a walmart. >>> donald trump a moving into the white house, questions are being raised about his hotel, brian 0 ross is here with more. >>> it's thursday, tory johnson has holiday deals and steals to take

. >>> in northeastern pennsylvania, a driver is doing all right this morning after a rough day yesterday. here's the story. his car skidded on black ice, crossed the median, and flipped down on embankment trapping him for twelve hours. he worked saturday morning but never returned home. family members alerted state police. troopers tracked smith down by pinging his cell phone. >> the cell phone pings determined his location to be in this general area. and while walking along the interstate i just happened to notice the tracks, looked over the embankment and there was the vehicle. >> he was found and he's alive. he just lost his sister a couple months ago to cancer and we weren't about to let go of another one. >> first responders took smith to the hospital with hip and leg injuries. could have been a lot worse. >>> all right. in other news on this sunday retailers are hoping sales from supersaturday, yesterday, will jingle their holiday cash flow with christmas and hanukkah now just one week away. when all the receipts are counted stores and malls expect final sales to rival black friday

through north jersey and also through the poconos into the southern part of new york and northeastern pennsylvania. we still have that winter weather advisory for the poconos that continues overnight through 6:00 a.m. we're talking about two to 4-inches of snow couple of inches have already fallen. in center city philadelphia, there's some drizzle there's some mist somebody light rain and that will continue for the next couple of hours. 43 degrees in the city. that temperature will not fall all that much overnight tonight. it stays damp and dreary. 30 in the poconos with snow. 38 in pottstown. millville 44 degrees overnight. so we'll watch as the rain begins to taper. the snow will continue for the most part through the early morning hours and then just clouds and cold temperatures for your wednesday morning. coming up in the seven day lots to talk about. the sun will make a come back but then a wintry blast with blustery conditions and we're talking about the coldest air since last winter. yup, it's coming soon. i'll see you later in the broadcast. >> all right, kathy, thanks. >>> you can stay pr

. >> cars spinning and colliding and rolling off the roadway in northeastern pennsylvania, and authoritiesng this messy morning commute on mother nature. in maine a fatal crash on a snowy roadway now under investigation. police so far saying a man was killed and a woman and three children hurt. >> in detroit shovels and snowblowers and even four-wheelers out all day clearing the sidewalk and streets from more than 10 inches of snow, the conditions so treacherous this delta flight trying to land skidded off the runway this weekend. chicago also digging out from some 8 inches of snow. >> in snow is nice for about a month and after that not so much. >> it's beautiful actually. it's beautiful. i've never steen like this in december in a while. >> all that snow pretty to look at but a huge inconvenience for travelers at one point causing thousands of flight delays. parts of new york also slammed with more than 3 feet of snow this weekend and in ohio up to 30 inches. smoech snow falling at times take a look at this highway. you can't see anything. whiteout conditions and icy road wreaking havoc

i come to washington, i hope to bring down here the sense of decency that people have in northeastern pennsylvania. host: i will have to let that be the last word. congressman matthew cartwright, thank you for joining us. guest: my pleasure. house iswe said, the gathering right now. we are taking you there live now. live coverage from c-span.

. >> snow sleet and freezing rain made for slick conditions in northeastern pennsylvania this morningere were several crashes in lackawanna county including one where four vehicles collided on interstate 81 just outside scranton. one person was hurt in that crash. in another, a tanker truck slid off the road. this one near goldsboro. >>> some roads in our region had a little bit of ice on them this morning as well but fortunately that ice turned into some rain. >> yeah, the tide has changed a bit. let's check with adam joseph for the latest on the forecast. >> all drivers want to see wet roads not icy roads. places like spring mountain would rather see those snowy conditions than the rain we had today but as you can see, things are looking okay here in spring mountain live on sky6. didn't get any natural snow. all the snow was made during that cold outbreak we had over the last three or so days and more cold air will be coming in to kind of help the ski resorts to crank out some man-made snow but not today. it is 50 right now in philadelphia, 50 in wilmington. lower 40's for allentown

i come to washington, i hope to bring down here the sense of decency that people have in northeastern pennsylvania. host: i will have to let that be the last word. congressman matthew after the fires of 1910 which traumatized they tried to keep that we took good fires as well as bad fires out if the last 50 years is a long time passes history of inducement we tried to fit the fire back. this is very difficult. >> i am the person that tells the story i will try to do it as best i can as balanced and is honest that i get to do something fundamentally created to say this is what i think happened. >> when milken his career he was responsible for cosponsoring and but it is his leg is the was very much creative. >> charles hayden originally borne in ticket come laugh comes up west many in his trail in the it eventually makes the senate passed the three - - run for a 34 case. von that the different wishes to rule that this endeavor addresses the real concern of the flight risk by giving mandatory detention for certain criminals or those arriving at our shores. the ninth circuit and did that to two redo s

it's remarkable that pennsylvania in that northeastern corner of pennsylvania voted for obama in largembers both in 2008 and 2012. and it swung to donald trump in 2016. hillary clinton's performance there was about as poor and the trend lines were poor as any part of the country. joe biden has his finger on the pulse as to why democrats lost so many votes. it would have been challenging for anyone, any democrat to defend some of the policies the president advanced in his second term. there was a lot of baggage that obama himself had that cost democrats the election. >> there is an interesting piece about charlie cook where he talks about the analytics. that was supposed to be hillary clinton's strong point. her team was supposed to be able to mind data and motivate particular groups of voters and it failed them, why? >> well, you can have as much data at you want. if you don't know how to interrupt the da interpret the data you'll have a problem. they spent less in wisconsin and michigan. they didn't see the working class white vote shift in the final weeks of the campaign away from th

here ton, i washington i hope to bring down here sense of the decency thatat people have in northeastern pennsylvania. . . the last word. congressman matthew learned. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and joining us now is congressman tim murphy of pennsylvania, a republican from the pennsylvania's 18th district. he is here to discuss the mental health legislation that is moving through congress and the state of mental health care funding and services in the united states. >> funding and services in the united states, congressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me here. >> so, tell us a little about the 21st century cures act, that is moving through congress at this moment and where it stands. >> well, 21st century cure led by the chairman committee upton of michigan, which is basically a reform system for the fda moving research from nih, helping to make sure that positive research taking place with drugs and medical devices, get bogged down, woulding on -- working on that for a couple of years and passed the house and it's now moving forward. as part of the package this we

so grateful to be able to say on behalf of the people of scranton and lacawana county in northeastern pennsylvania how proud we are today to be able to pay tribute to vice president joe biden. there is so much to say about that history, so much to say about what it means to be able to stand on the floor and talk about his -- his record, his life, his achievements, but mostly to talk about who he is. when i consider what he has contributed to our country, to his state and to the world, it's difficult to encapsulate. i tried to -- to jot down a few notes to remind myself of how best to encapsulate that life. i decided to start with the word integrity. it may be a word that we take for granted, but a word that has to be part of the life of a public official. i would say in the case of joe biden, he he has the kind of integrity that is uncommon, uncommon because -- not because it's -- not because it's a rare trait, integrity, but uncommon because it's so much a part of his whole life. he was a public official with integrity. we hope he is again when he might consider public office again. but he's also

so grateful to be able to say on behalf of the people of scranton and lacawana county in northeastern pennsylvania how proud we are today to be able to pay tribute to vice president joe biden. there is so much to say about that history, so much to say about what it means to be able to stand on the floor and talk about his -- his record, his life, his achievements, but mostly to talk about who he is. when i consider what he has contributed to our country, to his state and to the world, it's difficult to encapsulate. i tried to -- to jot down a few notes to remind myself of how best to encapsulate that life. i decided to start with the word integrity. it may be a word that we take for granted, but a word that has to be part of the life of a public official. i would say in the case of joe biden, he he has the kind of integrity that is uncommon, uncommon because -- not because it's -- not because it's a rare trait, integrity, but uncommon because it's so much a part of his whole life. he was a public official with integrity. we hope he is again when he might consider public office again. but he's also

so grateful to be able to say on behalf of the people of scranton and lacawana county in northeastern pennsylvaniatoday to be able to pay tribute to vice president joe biden. there is so much to say about that history, so much to say about what it means to be able to stand on the floor and talk about his -- his record, his life, his achievements, but mostly to talk about who he is. when i consider what he has contributed to our country, to his state and to the world, it's difficult to encapsulate. i tried to -- to jot down a few notes to remind myself of how best to encapsulate that life. i decided to start with the word integrity. it may be a word that we take for granted, but a word that has to be part of the life of a public official. i would say in the case of joe biden, he he has the kind of integrity that is uncommon, uncommon because -- not because it's -- not because it's a rare trait, integrity, but uncommon because it's so much a part of his whole life. he was a public official with integrity. we hope he is again when he might consider public office again. but he's also a person of great

passing up into pennsylvania but it's very fast moving and did leave a brief dusting far north and west of us. right now we are drying out as that system pulls away out of northeastern maryland into pennsylvania. temperatures are still cold, below freezing in the upper 20s in the nearby suburbs. reagan national right at 32, on the bay it's dlming into the low and mid 30s. hour by hour temperatures climbing into the mid 30s, another couple of hours, and they were hovering near 40 by midafternoon with a lot of cloudiness and then staying near 40 overnight tonight. some rain and maybe freezing rain moving in overnight. >>> thank you, tom. county don't have a home to go back to this morning after this fire tore through their apartment building on richmond highway. the red cross looking to find temporary housing for those who live at the woodlawn garden apartments in the alexandria section of the county. one man tells news 4 that his sister was taken to the hospital because the smoke was so bad. she is expected to be okay, but he describes what happened just the minutes after the fire broke out. >> the neighbors right there they were like -- i don't know what they were d

passing up into pennsylvania but it's very fast moving and did leave a brief dusting far north and west of us. right now we are drying out as that system pulls away out of northeasterneezing in the upper 20s in the nearby suburbs. reagan national right at 32, on the bay it's dlming into the low and mid 30s. hour by hour temperatures climbing into the mid 30s, another couple of hours, and they were hovering near 40 by midafternoon with a lot of cloudiness and then staying near 40 overnight tonight. some rain and maybe freezing rain moving in overnight. >>> thank you, tom.

out of the metro area up into pennsylvania, getting a little bit of light snow panhandle of west virginia coming in the shenandoah valley, a few flurries as well as northeasternania pulling away. 20s to right around 30 degrees. reagan national is at 31 degrees. into the afternoon climbing into the upper 30s to near 40 degrees by midafternoon with a lot of clouds around. a look at our next chances for snow is coming up this half hour. >>> 7:01. dozens county don't have a place to go back to because of this, this fire at this apartment building on richmond highway. the red cross looking to find temporary housing for those had a live at the woodlawn garden apartments at the alexandria section of the county. one man tells news 4 his sister was taken to the hospital because the smoke was to bad, she is expected to be okay but he describes what happened moments after the fire broke out. >> the neighbors they were like -- i don't know what they were doing but they didn't notice it so i knocked on the door and then we got out. >> now a bus was brought in to help people people warm as fire crews battled the flames last night. investigators are still looking into what

that is a flurry, possibly pennsylvania and north and northeastern maryland today. we will get some wind with it. same thing for saturday. but blustery with those lower temperatures. it will be downright cold. the wind on friday could gust to 30 miles per hour. the temperatures now, in the upper 30's. later today, 46 degrees. the bus stop forecast, chilly. julie: chilly this morning, too, if you are making your way around town. the orange, silver, and blue lines are delayed because of problems that foggy bottom, also at the wheelie-reston -- the wiehle-reston east. the dot is having some problems of the camera, but the mainline head to dulles because an overturned truck after 286. on the backside of the hotel headed over toward the casino, metro is definitely an option, as well as the alexandria water fairy. -- water taxi. autria: the final steps are being put into place at mgm casino at national harbor. be pouring in and hoping for a little luck on their side. sam sweeney is live inside the casino this morning with more on the grand opening. sam? sam: jummy, the ca

it is cold enough for snow to be falling across portions of pennsylvania stream northeastern marylandh of light snow moving across areas to our north, nothing in washington, but if you get closer towards northern delaware, southeast pennsylvania, for the redskins eagles game up at lincoln financial field in philadelphia, could be few flurries, we do have a freezing rain advisory for late tonight and early monday, way off towards the north and extreme western maryland and northern shenandoah valley. at rain is expected to move in, that could start sleet or freezing rain well off in higher elevations north and would have. approaching storm system is going to keep it cloudy and chilly. we're dry for sunday but don't expect to see too much sunshine. overcast skies and temperatures will struggle but still climb into the lower 40's. so 42 there by 2:00 p.m., fall back to 40 by 5:00 and temperatures looking to be in the mid 30's to low 40's, we'll talk about the rain chances monday and whether we got any snow chances for the rest of the week, that might be touch and go but looks like a reenf

northeastern maryland is justd s about ready to exit the state. there's definitely more snow,tey but it's all to the north, a couple of much ines two, three the western pennsylvania arean and a lotpe of that is going to stay up to our north and we gonw through the night. don't rule out the possibility of a quick shower or maybe you'll see a quick flurry northt and west. temperatures in the low 40s. martinsburg a little bit coral at 38. a little bit of a given in thel system. the colder air is still pretty far off to the north and west. pittsburgh 31, but chicago 10-degrees, detroit 25. that's the cold air that we'll be tracking coming in herein tomorrow night and in place for thursday. so for this evening, 43-degrees with a the look of clouds around. we have a gym net meteor shower tonight. it will be hard to see because of the clouds.clou maybe a light shower of rain or snow here and there widely scattered. by 11:00 same deal, but shortly after 11 ultimate see see on our futurecast it doesn't look likek much will be left. at 11:00 maybe we'll have a couple of showers here andand there. a bit of snow in the mountains sunshine. we'll start sunny on our wednesday.w