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abc haks action abc action news. >> bernie sanders' campaign says they're willing to go along with hillary clinton for another presidential debate. >> the campaign wants does not want any debates to be held on friday or saturday or holiday weekends. >>> our meteorologist shay is here with the weather >> as we head out the door this morning, you are likely to encounter some wet roads and if you are in our southern counties youwill see this rain that's filing across the state. watch out for flooding there and along the coastline keeping an eye out for some fog. i will have moreon that in just a moment. take a look at how overdone the future cast is. the models having adifficult time right predicting when we'll see the heaviest rain moving in across tampa bay and further to the north. what i can tell you is our southerncounties are going to see the most widespread rain. around noon today, we'll have a chance for rain and this continues until 4:00. by 8:00 at night, we are starting the see the tail end of this rain. itstarts tapering off and becoming much more isolated over night and the skies is clearing out over night. 4:30 tomorrow morning. we are going to be withclear skies and temperatures start to from our southern counties onto south florida. if you are going to betraveling in any of these areas shaded in green, it is a threat for this afternoon and evening but the flooding threat is actually there all day. damagingwinds and isolated tornados for r the afternoon and evening. the risk are very minimal but it is a great reminder to have storm shield on your mobile device that you will be alerted as you move about town. temperatures today, off in the mid-60s. near citytemperatures and like i said, we clear out over night. by tomorrow, plenty of sunshine andtemperatures will be in the cool side in the afternoon with a high of 64. the warm up kicks inon saturday afternoon and it goes up from there until our next cold front approaches on wednesday. >> that's florida's most accurate seven-day forecast. deiah, back to you. >>> thanks shay. janelle is watching our traveng area and travel area and should minutes now. >>> a florida highway patrol trooper is dragged by a car. two troopers stopping a driver in orangecounty. at first the driver cooperates and he runs right back to his car and takes off. the trooper onthe right hand side is dragged a short distance but luckily he was not hurt. >> deputies arrested the drive and charged him with assaulting the driver and fleeing. >>> an under arrest could steal the trooper's sufr with the police dog decide. placed in the front with the seat belt still on. >> he got out of his truck and drove home. the doeg dog was not hurt. >>> the tampa bay lightning got a week off and got rested and getting healthy. >> good morning everybody, it took quite a night. they got the two-points and the win last night over toronto. >> here it is f . that 1-0 lead. the big game is coming up next wednesday. >> college hoops last night, u.s. sf women rolling on houston. >> usf then under the second game in a row, 73-60 over to what is this that's your morning sports update. >> coming up at 5:00, the vote that could help the city removing the led from its contaminated water system. >> we are five weeks away from >>> all right, out the door this morning, you will encounter wet roads and dense fog in and around tampa bay all across pinellas county to the north. we have a flood watch in effect for dough sew and desoto and highland county >> more rain ton way and saturated rain on the ground could lead to some flooding. >> coming up in the seven-day forecast, i will have more. >>> 4:54 now. admission tickets to the stillwater ber strawberry festival. >> prices are $8 for adults and $4 for kids and ages six through twelve. the strawberry festivals are are opened on march 3rd. >>> we are two days from the gasparilla celebration. >> captain morgan are steaming toup provide 2 teaming up. >> all you have to do is enter the code, "pirates". >> one thousand winner >> a protest fall out a. crime where a professor is charged for a confrontation she had >>> this is abc action news.

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abc 7. >>> abc 7 news was at san francisco international airport when training started for airport employees to spot signs of human trafficking. advocates and police believe teenage girls might be brought in to work in the sex trade. flight attendants see themselves on the frontlines. >> in the airplanes, traffickers always transport their victims. it happens every day. on the airplane, a flight attendant would have a lot longer of time with individuals. >> we want to emphasize, this is not just an issue that arrived with something like the super bowl. it's a 365-day a year issue. >> part of this week's training focuses on learning to spot trafficking. >>> police are looking for the vandals that left a is this shambles. the baseball league sent abc 7 news these pictures. you can see red paint splattered throughout the baseball field snack bar. it was also burglarized. now the damage was discovered on saturday. the league is asking for donations to help pay for repairs. we have a link to the group's online fundraiser at abc 7 news.com. >>> san francisco police are searching for an armed robber who assaulted a woman and her 2-year-old. it happened friday while the woman pushed her child in a stroller along cortland avenue. the robber jumped out of a car and pushed the stroller over and then hit the woman with a gun. grabbed her purse and snatched a tablet from the child. the man jumped back in the car and took off along cortland avenue. the woman and the child were treated for injuries. >>> formal charges are now filed tonight against a teacher's aide accused of hitting a child with special needs. cell phone video surfaced last week showing 26-year-old hitting a 9-year-old boy at the toe bin world school in antioch. she's now been

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abc news at 11 starts right now. >>> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11. >> grace: hello. thanks for being here for abc columbia news at 11. i'm grace joyal. the democratic presidential candidates just finished facing off in their fourth debate in historic charleston. things quickly turning personal as the two exchanged attacks on gun control. hillary clinton and bernie sanders, clinton slamming sanders for voting with the nra, listing occasions when the vermont senator sided with gun manufacturers in congress. sanders hitting back hard, arguing that he had a d minus voting rating from the nra and claiming her charges were simply not true. martin o'malley said that both candidates had been inconsistent on the issue of gun control. the debate was hosted by the congressional black caucus and the south carolina democratic party. >> grace: a new poll shows over sanders. clinton has a 59% support from democratic primary voters naish wide. the -- nationwide. the nbc wall street journal finds that's compared to 34% for sanders, but sanders would do better than clinton in a hypothetical match-up with donald tr

abc 11 -- abc 11 eyewitness news. barbara: investigating a couple of robberies. john: someone robbed the red roof inn and shortly after that, someone with the same description. no one was hurt in either incident. a spokesman is disowning the group but just behind a deadly attack today on university in a northwestern town. 20 people were killed in the attack here the spokesman says the attack was on islamic. retaliation for military operations against the group. barbara: an american detained in iran is now reunited with his family. convicted of espionage related here. he and other americans were eventually freed last week. in a statement posted on the website today, of washington post, for now, he wants to catch up with what has been going on in the world, and see the star wars movie. john: stunning new numbers out of new the long fight ahead. all this is coming three weeks before the votes are cast in new hampshire. donald trump, sarah palin will join him on the campaign trail today p or have stopped today including in oklahoma. she put her seal of approval on trump yesterday in iowa state university. trump is in a tight race in iowa with ted cruz. and ben carson is remembering a campaign volunteer killed in a car crash. one of the brightest young people he has had the privilege to meet. with four campaign workers when he was hit by another vehicle in iowa. carson is temporarily suspending his campaign and plans to fly to omaha. schools have enrollment caps. plus, the search for the endangered missing man. where police say he could be headed and why he could be in danger. we are watching for the possibility of flurries this evening. don: adjusting in spots especially around the virginia border. we will talk about that coming up. friday, new storm system moves in. -- we check on the first alert barbara: welcome back. is 32 degrees and with a friend of wintry weather this evening, durham public schools cancel all afterschool activities for today. coming up, your forecast. the school board has moved to approve enrollment cap at 15 schools. >> that list includes nine schools along with six new ones. the new schools, along with a tech middle -- board members defend the move saying capping enrollment is not easy or desirable but necessary when a student body outgrows the building. they do not plan to change the school calendar to year-round calendar. the board said they will be holding off on making any changes to be scheduled until the 2018 school year to give families time to adjust. being put on hold. it will make it easier for the city to classify a dog as dangerous and take steps to have the dog put down if necessary. officials expect to revisit the issue in march. a restaurant in tighter scrutiny after a disturbing incident. john: coming up, the roadkill health officials found inside the restaurant and why they say john: wall street is taking another beating today. industrial average. stocks are hitting their lowest level since 2014 and crude oil we will follow this. department looking into a concorde restaurant. someone reported seeing workers a restaurant. the eyewitness recognized the car and followed the car to the restaurant and called police. health officials say the work in -- the workers cut up the deer in the back of the parking lot and brought part is inside the restaurant but they say there it was no threat to the public health. inspectors say they will continue to do surprise visits. barbara: a silver alert is in effect with this man. endangered due to his mental capacity. he was last seen in the 300 block of fayetteville. a dark jacket with tan stripes. a red and black shirt with the number three on the front and six on the back. dark blue jeans and yellow shoes. he may be trying to get to kentucky. if you spot him, you're asked to call fayetteville police. john: the corner was already on scene when justin smith was found. he did not want to give up. his foot and he warmed up -- his heart started and he woke up amazed. >> it is amazing, something i have never heard of. >> now he is missing a few toes but back to school and back to playing golf. doctors call him a medical miracle. an inspiring story. i wish i had an inspiring story. not so much. barbara: we are freezing, literally. john: someone tweeted to me and said it was so cold this morning, my shadow froze to the ground. it certainly was chilly this morning. warmer temperatures. the bad news is we also have a winter storm coming in. what we seeing tonight, the winter weather advisory issued in our viewing area. you are under the winter weather winter weather, not enough to categories. 30's tonight down into the 20's. tomorrow is a nice day taking a live look into town down raleigh -- downtown raleigh. 31% humidity. that is important. come back to that in just a moment. the numbers from across the region. 31 write-down goldsboro. a look at the latest satellite radar composite. between us and charlotte, it is the low humidity, very dry. any snowflakes falling, mostly even make it to the ground. we zoom out and this is the system that extends from the great lakes down to alabama. the changes over to sleet, freezing rain, and rain. the mounds will take this thing apart. i do not think there will be a ton of moisture with it. italy up a lot of the moisture and what is left is dry air. that is why we will not see much tonight. let's talk about the bigger snow maker here. evening. as we go through tonight, we degrees. tomorrow night is when the system starts to rise. 11:00, seen the leading edges of it. it will be in by friday morning. starts off with snow to the north and mixed to the south. rain and freezing rain depending on the temperature profile. here is the warm air and the the line shifts a little further to the north. we could see significant snowfall. not the frozen sector. as we go through the overnight, wrapping around the backside. i think this is what friday looks like. heavy snow, some areas could see. i think ice will impact friday. it is something we will have to watch for as we go through the rest of the week. 36, upper 30's, and the temperatures are back in the 20's. 26 in durham. your forecast powered by wintry mix taking to rain. it all melts as we go through the day. working on a write up on abc 11., little later this afternoon. provide a reasonable alternative to many young people to prevent urban areas where such apps are very popular. john: mcdonald's has a new one for you. barbara: the fast food chain is turning french fries into a desert item. the french fries have milk chocolate and white chocolate sauce. the combination creates what it calls a wonderful and salty, sweet harmonious taste. that will be available for a john: maybe it will come here. barbara: we will continue the john: comingbarbara: quake and durham county school system's already canceling all afterschool activity for today. good afternoon. >> now they're out there again. are expecting to see some of those. take a look at the video we shot earlier. note there's praying that grime, chime to get ahead of the weather. let's go live here. this is what you will see right there. operations in effect. you will see those signs in the these should give them plenty of room. they will get out here and move things al

abc action news. >> abc action weather. >>> well, if you are going out this weekend, maybe going to a circus or a game or two, you will be dodging some storms. >> late tomorrow afternoon, that's the time you have to worry most about it. not in the morning so ifyou want to do something outside tomorrow. thefirst half of the day looks good. there over night and this morning and early afternoon. that's now gone, if you are going out this evening, you have nothing to worry about. the weather willstay pleasant and then tomorrow, we begin to see some subtle changes early and the rain arrives later on in the day. >> outside right now, tampa at 71 degrees and mostly cloudy and up in the 60s at clear water and skies already cleared. >> satellite picture right here, we had the rain last night. kind of figured it it would linger inthe morning hours and long gone by lunchtime which is the way how things played out. what we are expecting the several couple months, we have been talking about el nino. it is bringing us a lot of changes. everything comes in quickly and exitsquickly. >> we'll see things play out like that and long rain forecast gets more interesting. partlycloudy skies mild and temperatures in the upper 70s. tomorrow, when you wake up still a decent amount of cloud cover. we'll see some peeks of sunshine butthe rain won't arrive later on. we'll expecttemperatures warm up nicely before they arrive. >> latest advisory if you will, they're called on con investigate activity outlook. >> late tomorrow afternoon, there it comes by 4:00, we see the chance of some heavier showers and a couple of thunderstorms. i am just not that impresswith it. i think the heavier stuff stays we'll still get some rain out of it. itis not a bad thing. from 4:00 to 9:00 unless if you have anything planned outdoors tomorrow amp. by8:00, things whining down and by mid night, they are gone. >> saturday looks good and sunday looks better. this, we got the rain out here and skies begin to clear. >> that brings us some colder weather. >> and those colder temperatures will be pretty significant by monday. >> we are not going to see it arrives, we are back in the upper 70s in our southern counties and low 70s up north with the clouds arriving earlier. look at that, lower 80s,polk county south ward and national picture. thereis the storm taking shape and that cold air is a lot of it. >> we were talking about the minnesota game, the vikings game and the outdoor stadium will be zero. ten days out a week from mown monday, i think we'll see a freeze across the northern counties. no notthis monday but the next monday. look at next week,low 60s on monday and mid-60s by the end front by next week. >>> buccaneers gm jason, he's talking to caroline nature panthers defensive coordinator, shawn mcdermott that's still to come. we still expect cutter to get if job. the job. >> doug martin, will you run the ball or playing for the contract every year? nature tin's season was so good this year. >> all right, jose fernandez in sunday. uconn iscoming to town, unbeatened and ranked number one. >> john sabol has more. >> in order to be the best, you have to beat the best. >> when it come to women's college basketball, the best has been uconn the last two >> everybody got to get through it. they're numberone in the country. >> they're the standard and it is a great opportunity for us here o our home floor. >> usf they are one of the best. the team is loadedwith talents. do they have enough to beat the husky huskies team that won 49 games. >> i think we have all the piece to take us to the next level to be able to beat them. >> originally, we had the same team we had last year. >> they know what uconn is about. >> the bulls have never beaten uconn. >> the bulls are not putting too much pressure on themselves for sunday's games. >> our goal of where we want to get before the nca tournament. we'll see them two more times. one more for their play and a championship. >> it is a big home game, we'll it is one game. >> reporting at usf, john sabol. abc action sports. >>> john cooper says this week, it is time the players say enough is enough. >> the gmwants wants to be a buyer. >> let's look for bishop tonight. not sure ofcallahan's ability against the oilers. >>> thank you for joining us tonight. we havecontinuous coverage on today's stories on our website on abcactionnews.com. >> we'll see you back here at 11:00. have a greatnight.

abc 7 news at 4:00 is continuing next. what businesses are doing to prepare for the weeks leading up to the big game. here's a look at what's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> larry and alma a competition between staff and students. what school officials say really happened here. remember an environmental trail blazer? a woman who helped stop the pay from becoming a river. and the newest for the bay area those stories and more when dan and i join you for abc 5:00. >>> here's a look at what's ahead tonight, followed by my diet is better than yours at 9:00 and of course followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >> many in the south bay are bracing for the big crowds expected for the big game. >> abc 7 news reporter is live in san jose with how they're getting ready. chris? >> hi, there. officials here in san jose say they're getting ready to throw the biggest party, the best party in the bay area. you can see the lights are on behind me with that said aa sign that superbowl 50 is almost here. >> just like the warriors, you know, they won last year. >> over at square markt, retail and restaurant owners are getting ready. some of the player wills get coffee or something like that. >> officials expect 96% of the city's will be filled throughout the entire week leading up to the game. most of the hotels are already sold out. >> visitors and expect bier gartens, light installations and other family activities. >> we get to welcome people and get to show

. >> abc action news. >>> now, abc action weather. >> such a sweet story. >> you know everyone is smiling. >> that's after two days of rain, that's unusual. >> yeah, you are right. >> it is tough. >> we have a lot of rain over the last couple of days and severe weather off to our south and the winds have been blowing. you can see the cameras of river gate is shaking left and right. early on was a tough time to see with the camera and the visibility down. that fog is will your burning up as dryer air is moving in. i want to show you rainfall totalsthe last 24 hours. >> most of the southern third of pinellas county and st. pete or maybe at the largo and right on down to the sky picked up 2. 5 inches of rain and the south thing around south central sections and hillsboro county. one or twoinches in the last 24 hours and you add that to it was a very wetstretch with temperatures right now cooling off into the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, we'll be right back in themid-60s but it is going to be a different day because these northwest winds that we got right now will be bringing in cooler and dry

abc 7 news. abc 7eloping right now, has confirmed that two students were expelled from a washington school for sending a bomb threat from a muslim student's e-mail address. new tonight, we found groups who called anti-muslim acts like this deplorable, saying their becoming all too common. >> we are shocked but not surprised, given the unprecedented level of anti-muslim bigotry in the nation. >> and we are digging into the story for you right now. the latest reaction and the new fallout tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. coming up, the masters are at work. the stories behind these incredible sculptures, where you can see them before they melt. and devon is talking potential snow on the way. : a flash mob in rome, coming out to celebrate the life of david bowie. they sang classics gongs, iconic even singing the thunderbolt. he died at the age of 69, after an 18-month battle with cancer. families came out to see world-class ice carvers compete in a competition. the third annual winter ice fest began at the village at leesburg. they went head-to-head all day. the entries will be eliminated and the winner picked once a gets dark. one attendee says it is an amazing type of art. and i have to agree with that. >> to be able to use all of these tools, they have to be able to control the temperature. kellye pretty cool. that thege says sculptures will remain on display untold they melt. with the weather we are here having, that will be hard to come. be aroundis going to for a while, at least w

abc. brandi hitt -- abc news -- los angeles. " coming up in sports...the musketeers haven't scored a goal in ten days. find out how they hope to change that tonight against lincoln. plus...iowa and michigan state square off in the we'll hear from coach mccaffery hawkeyes can end a long losing streak in east half weeks, the hawkeyes have a chance to knock off a highly ranked michigan state squad. but history is not on iowa's side tonight. michigan state has one of the best advantages in alal of college basketball. since the breslin center opened in 1989, sparty is 359 and 54 at home, and have won 88 percent of their tom izzo. in fact, iowa is only 2 and 20 alll time at the breslin center, and haven't won there since before adam woodbury and mike gesell were born. fran mccaffery--"i don't think you can put too much into, 'hey, you know they've beaten you a certain amount of times.' because they're one of the premiere teams in the country. they beat everybody a certain amount of times. they win most of t times that they play. the bottom line is, you go on the road, play one of the best teams in the country, you have to execute." and execution has been key so far in this game that tipped off at the top of the hour over on espn.. at last check xx- xx. we'll of course have the highlights for you tonight at 10 right heren abc9. in the high school ranks, the ighsau released its latest basketball poll and twelve siouxland teams three classes. some of the biggest news though is about two teams thth are no longer in the poll. west and heelan both fell out of the rankings in class 5a and 4a respectively, leaving no area schools in the raings in the big classes. here's a look at today's poll...kingsley pierson fell a spot to fifth while defending state champ newell fonda is up to sixth. westwood moves up a position to lucky 13 and undefeated mmc breaks into the poll this week. in 2a, unbeaten and defending champ unity christian remains at the topwhile western christian and okoboji hold steady at 5th and sixth. lawton-bronson is down two from 11th to 13th. finally in 3a, pocahontas area is number one followed by fellow unbeaten cherokee at number four. sioux center moves up a spot to fifth and spirit lake drops two places to 7th. chris: the musketeers are in the midst of a seven game road trip, and last week the trip p t off to a rough start. tonight t ey'll try totoounce back against conference leading lincoln. the muskies couldn't find any in trips to cedar rapids and madison, dropping identical 4-0 decisions. in fact, the last time the team scored was on january 3rd against lincoln, when sioux city exploded for 6 goals. tonight, coach jay varady says it's going to take hard work to light the lamp and get a win. jay varady----ou gotta score a goal to win a game, a we didn't. i thought we had good goaltending the entire weekend and for us as a group of players we have to make sure we're getting pucks to the net and we alslshave to get bodies to the net. if goaltenders in this league see the puck they make the first save everytime. we've gotta make second chance opportunities and a lot of that is tenacious work ethic and being willing to put your nose in somewhere that you may get hit." last weekend actually marked the midway point of the season for the musketeers as well. the boys are currently seventh in the western conference with 31 points, but are just three points out of a playoff spot. if the season ended today, lincoln, tri-city, omaha, and sioux falls would be photo of the day. today's picture comes from... fred hexom came to st. michael's this morning to read to some of the students. i am sending you a couple of pictures that you can use on the news, if there's time. thanks , pam mcdermott if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook page. jenna/tim/chris/fred (fred) your forecast tonight is for a low chance of snow after midnight. tomorrow, temperatures will be falling from a morning high of 22. blustery conditions will continue. the 7- day shows evening snow likely saturday. then, bitterly cold air comes for the weekend. sunday's high will only be 1 above zero, and we're headed for -13 monday morning. temperatures will very gradually warm next week. another chance of snow comes tuesday and thursday. >>> jackpot jubilation. >> this is the machine that the

abc. brandi hitt -- abc news -- los angeles. breaking news on the terrorist attacks in indonesia we've just learned that police in jararta are questioning 3 suspects right now. according to the associated press.. the men were tracked down at their homes on the outskirts of the city. seven people were killed in a series of explosions and gun battles. isis claimed responsibility for the attacks. that's the latest from the breaking news center. coming up later.. lineup on channel 13: at 8 -- beyond the tank at 9 -- my diet is betr than yours safety concerns at one high school.... in detroit. students at cody high school say... the school building is literally crashing down.... around them. " its like playing dodgeball," students say... that's what it's like to sit in where ceiling tiles streesed by water damage and age.... randomly fall. they say... it happens nearly every day... even hitting kids in the head. "i've seen it fall and hit kids in the head." "people who've actually ad to go to the hospital." "it's hard to pay attentio

abc 7 news. abc 7 news was at the square park where the latest one went up in front of the painted ladies. this is the third in a series of signs the nfl has installed. each has a similar design, but each with a different scene. this one features the coin used in the pre-game coin toss to determine who gets the ball first. >> another band of rain is moving across the bay area right now. it caught some people off guard as it began falling in san francisco a little while ago. abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel is tracking the system very closely tonight. >> live doppler 7 hd has been an active afternoon. let me show you right now. we're seeing some wet weather in the north bay. it is very light and steady. i'm going to take you in a little bit closer around highway 101. in the east bay, it has lightened up. you can see what really happened. there were some brief downpours as those thunderstorms developed there in the east bay. right now, we are seeing some very light returns heading down towards salinas around 183. when you take a look at the wider picture here, we're going to continue the moisture coming in. one is light, five is severe, the currensystem is the one. >> tonight, less than half an inch of rain is expected with the light wind. we have three more storms in the accuweather worried about flooding from the downtown area all the way to the bay. fema wants property owners to buy flood insurance. >> christin, coastal areas are being up dated to check

abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news, elementary school in san francisco today for the opening of the shared school yard project. supervisor mark started the project years ago and locked up school yards now open on the weekend. increasing open space for children and families, like now 28 city schools take part in the project. the centerpiece of a new san francisco neighborhood is now one step closer to completion. only abcor milestone. abc 7 morning news anchor reggie o'key checks on the progress. >> high above san francisco, a crane lifted a final beam into place. >> significant because all the structure of steel is now done. >> it mark the ae next phase of -- a transit hub some people are calling the grand central station of the west. >> i have been working on this project 18 years from the very beginning to now and to see it coming together, it's really a remarkable achievement. >> above street level the future roof top park taking shape. >> i was standing right where a gondola will be coming up out of the roof top park that you'll be able to take a right up here. i have a nice park lunch and come back down to work. >> the transition center replace the oldest terminal demolished in 2011. three city blocks. >> it's as bright as it's going to be when we're done. >> five stories below the center. there are plans to run cal tran from the peninsula. they'll enter here. it will link commuters to high speed

abc's kayna whitworth with late developments, coming in now. >> reporter: tonight, abc news, the first inside the maximum security prison, learning of arrests in the investigation into the dangerous inmate escape in orange county. the arrests not of the suspects themselves. and are these people that the justice system is familiar with already? >> yes. >> reporter: here's the roof where authorities say they cut through barbed wire and rappelled down, using that rope made from bed sheets. news shedding new light on the elaborate escape. >> obviously was calculating a way to get out of this jail, now that we've seen what has happened. >> reporter: authorities say they sawed through a door to the plumbing system. then fashioned a rope sling so they could pull themselves up into the ventilation shafts. how it happened without being noticed? still unexplained. hossein nayeri's alleged crimes of attempted murder and torture well documented. jonathan teiu and bac duong accused of murder and attempted murder, both with strong gang ties. david, the sheriff told me that when this jail was built 50 years ago, it housed mainly lesser criminals. today, 70% of the inmates are accused of felonies. david? >> kayna whitworth on the case again tonight. >>> now, to the backlash against walmart this evening. we reported here they are now closing more than 100 stores across the country, but this evening, the families in one town saying walmart forced other businesses out and now they're leaving? abc's steve osunsami in north >> reporter: in the tiny coastal town of oriental, north carolina, they feel cheated by walmart. >> they don't care about rural america. >> the town depended on us. >> reporter: renee ireland smith took us to what's left of her family's grocery store that was forced to close in october after 45 years, because it couldn't compete with walmart's everyday low prices. she learned just two weeks ago that the walmart here is closing, too. >> we were fine as a town before they got here. but now we're broken. >> reporter: her anger is shared across america. 269 stores are closing for business reasons. more than 100 of them in our nation's smallest communities. that now have no nearby grocery stores or pharmacies. in fairfield, alabama, city leaders wonder how they'll pay the bills. the walmart was 35% of the tax base. >> walmart puts a stronghold on any city when they come into that neighborhood and they tend to drive that little boy out of business all the time. that

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abc news -- abc news. >>> the district attorney and los angeles calvine says there is not enough evidence to charge the median bill cosby in 2 sexual assault cases there. and one case going claims she was 18 when caused the assaulted her at the playboy mansion. lawyers denying the allegation saying he was not at the party. prosecutors say the statute of limitations has run out on the other case where woman claims cosby raped her in 1965 when she was about or when she was 17. 50 women have accused cosby of drugging them and raping or fondling them. last week he was charged with sexual assault in pennsylvania and remained on -- out on bond do in court later this month. >>> french investigators believe a man carrying a cleaver who try to attack a police station in paris acted alone. officer shot and killed a man investigators say the man appeared to be wearing a pouch of explosives but they turned out to be fake. streets blocked in a nearby school put on lockdown after the attack today's incident happened on the anniversary of the charlie hebdo attack we people. >>> the circuit court is denying a gun rights groups request for a real bearing on man. florida carrying corporate it argues the right to have guns in homes should apply to residence halls and other university housing. on state law a have is having guns on school property. during the legislative session this year lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill that would not let anybody with a concealed weapons permit to carry guns on school campuses. >>> sea world way to find out if a judge will sign off on guidelines for over trainers. the agreement comes as part of proposed settlement with california regulators over allegations that the park failed to train workers to if the settlement is approved it would dismiss for worker safety citations and would ban trainers from surfing on, swimming understanding on orcas. the jackpot is growing. >>> the powerball drawing will be for the largest grand prize history. in other words, it is big. last night no one was able to match all the numbers that makes the jackpot all over again so the estimated price for saturday's drawing is at least 675,000 -- million dollars bid that would lead a winner if there is a soul winner walking away with more than $413 million in cash. >>> that is not healthy for anybody. >> so if 11 else wins they should get away. >> is not healthy. >> aside deal if you win call you get me son and if i win, i >> not ideal? >> that will not work. >>> cocoa beach, we have more finally breaking apart in locations and up to 70 degrees winds northwest at 9. rub seas, sunset time 5:42. satellite radar you can see the clouds breaking apart and they fill in again we are stuck with cloud cover basically i 4 to the north and west along the of sunshine. clouds are breaking up a little next hour. where you have clouds, cool county, longwood, sweetwater club, sanford, mid 60s and 65 to orlando and kissimmee. winds are variable but out of the north that will dry us out some as we go throughout the afternoon. most dry. 66 at 2:00 with more sunshine before goes down. 70 degrees in lake county and then we fall up again in the 60s later this evening. 2:00, a stray coastal shower a one or 2 showers it cannot be dry. mix of sunshine and clouds this late tonight clouds are building in and we could have more visibility problems and even drizzle again for tomorrow morning. feet. strong risk of rip currents water temperature is 62-67. over the temperatures and we get into the weekend, 75 milder. you see numbers of mo -- low to mid 70s with the be 60s around. 70 degrees daytona beach, 72 clank allowed, harmony 73 as we get them clermont and groveland. tonight, winter garden, winter park orlando, 60 tonight, patchy fog in areas. and drizzle. tomorrow milder and rain another disturbance moves in. 77 orlando. the milder day but 30 percent chance of some showers. weekend always in view. saturday especially late in the day, saturday night, we will see a better chance of rain and thunderstorms popping up 78 saturday. we will see clouds sunday morning gradually clearing through the day and cooler, 73 is the high on sunday and by further and that means monday morning we will wake up to temperatures in the 40s. another cool down late in the weekend and early next week. >>> orlando man claims he just lost his life savings to an unlicensed builder. action 9 was able to help when no one else could. a major store chain forced to cut jobs. coding changes the reason duty service. 9 investigates was a problem last month after an audit -- officer noticed an increase picking up finance director tells us a former employee made the mistake by changing it. spent the city has referred that's reserve funds to cover it with. >> we after they had an effect on the finances and officers will have 12 weeks or 6 paycheck to pay back. once collected, the money will fund. >>> apopka residence they bears are becoming a nuisance in the neighborhood. tuesday we showed you this a trailer trash and damaged fences. they received for complaints in community. ought wildlife offices it is historically had issues with bears getting into garbage victim recommends residents install electric fences to keep bears out. >>> deputies hope somebody has the key piece of information that helps them to find whoever killed 3 people. the sheriff says this house on e. magnolia dr. in lakeland is he says whoever is responsible went into the home early yesterday morning, opened fire and ran out with drugs and other things pick up with person was shot in the face. so far, no suspects. >>> audit schedule to execute a man convicted of killing 3 woman 30 years ago. 53-year-old oscar ray boland is set to die at 6:00 tonight for the murder of terri lynn matthews. he was also convicted in the murders of stephanie collins and natalie holly. he is as he is innocent and says the evidence used to convict him was planted and tampered with. >>> orange county man in jail after deputies say his anger with his cable service got so out of hand that he threatened to blow up the local office did deputies say 55-year-old jeffrey lower called about audio problems. he felt the person he spoke with on the phone was unprofessional. they say he admitted to drinking before he made the threat to blow up the company's office. he faces up to 15 years if >>> 9 investigates found out a security breach at the florida department of transportation is allowed hackers to access employee records since 2013. fdot is working to figure out who got into the system and gained access to employee names and social security numbers. the agency told us a file used for travel reimbursement was first accessed in 2013 and went unnoticed until now get chief information officer told employees they could not verify if the information was accessed or -- for unlawful purposes but fdot removed the file and access to a. >>> ,15 winter springs student accused of stabbing her ex- boyfriend in school with a steak knife will be charged as an adult. we told you when a judge ordered her to stay in juvenile detention following the incident. she is now expected to be transferred to the seminole county jail. >>> rick scott political action committee is launching a $1 million tv ad campaign next week. committee's goal is to convince state lawmakers they should back his plans to cut $1 billion in taxes this year. he is also asking legislators to attract is is is to the state. >>> -- businesses to the state. >>> a donald trump one thing one of his rivals in court. what he wants ted cruz to face the judge. a reason expected, decision all you're thinking about is finding quick cover, so you can continue favorite show in the great outdoors. further interrupting your otherwise- perfect afternoon. echo from bright house networks. eliminates dead zones, so you can stream confidently all around your home. and now connect to... premier tv, 15 megabit internet and hd-dvr service... only $92 a month for 12 months. present obama is now taking his message on gun control on the road. >> he will face questions from an audience during a town hall meeting tonight. jamie dupree joining us live via skype from the capital in washington been he will charges all-americans and why he believes he has no other choice but to go forward without congress. >> reporter: not only to go forward without congress, marty evidence of but also to urge i think you will hear a lot more of that to urge congress to act on the issue of gun control and gun violence. the present will be at george mason university which is outside of dc in the virginia suburbs on cnn tonight he will do a town hall gathering that will focus on guns nra evidently is refused to send somebody to the event. they say it is nothing more than a political effort. republicans feel that we on the hill. speaking with members of both parties in the hallways the last few days, you get a sense that democrats are in the corner of the president on this but republican certainly against it and no middle ground on guns. we will see what the president says tonight in again next tuesday i'm sure he will speak about guns in his state of the union address. marty, vanessa? >> you are following the latest on congresswoman from florida corrine brown being served with a federal subpoena. what is that about? >> this was interesting but we do not know what is about at here -- as yet. corrine brown put out a statement yesterday democrat from jacksonville going down to she did not gave details more the feds as to why she was served with a subpoena raising eyebrows with the fact that it was not done in private. the feds it served her while at a barbecue restaurant in jacksonville with supporters and lawmakers i spoke with found it puzzling that usually with -- with the feds they do it quietly. as of now, we know there is some kind of investigation corrine brown but nobody knows what it is about the act you, marty and vanessa. >> all right, jamie. >>> temperatures are climbing after a cool, damp start today. certified meteorologist brian shields tracking the latest. >> a few spots looking also be others locked into the clouds this afternoon. as we get to brevard county, cocoa beach. this is a pretty picture. folks taking a walk along the beach. rough seas back but blue skies for the most part. downtown orlando, cloudy skies. although it has been getting brighter. clouds at the time. we have a lot of drizzle around. we have been where we have clouds dealing with improvements. overall seeing more clouds across the interior sections where they have been building again, mary's, sumter lake, osceola county, seeing some cloud cover. and flagler county seeing a bit. this is where it is cooler, 58. palm coast, 57 ocala. 70s and brevard county, again, it depends which county we are looking at this afternoon. most of us squeaking into the 70s today bit next week, monday, waking up to 40s climbing to the 60s. something has to happen in between. that is going to be the front we are working in this weekend it we will track it and when we will see rain for part of the weekend in a few. >>> brian, thank you urge breaking news in orange county were deputies investigate a suspicious device they believe may be a grenade. this is happening near a busy intersection, a live look at of hoffner avenue, conway road the intersection is blocked now. investigators say a box was found with what they believe is a grenade. apparently a man said he was in the area picking up boxes and saw in a box what appeared to be a grenade and he pulled into the seven11 and called 911. we still have not heard if homes or businesses have been evacuated in the area. this is at hoffner avenue, conway road. we will continue to monitor the situation and we will keep you updated throughout the newscast. >>> donald trump is calling on his presidential rival ted cruz to go before judge to determine whether or not he is a natural born citizen and eligible to a resident. reporter kenneth moten has more. >> reporter: ted cruz a citizenship, questions about his legal right to a resident. the texas editor born in canada to an american mother. >> as a legal matter the question is straightforward and settled that the child the use assisted -- u.s. citizen born abroad is an export citizen. >> reporter: fellow republican he told cnn crews back should go to court. >> that would cleared up. and i am doing bit for the good. >> reporter: ted cruz call the noise. >> my focus is on addressing the real challenges and issues facing the american people. ted cruz poising -- 22 contender john mccain who was born in panama. mccain told the chris merrill show he was delivered on a us- based. as for ted cruz. >> this question. i'm not a constitutional scholar on that but i think it is worth looking into. >> reporter: 82 asked constitutional legal scholars who say it appears ted cruz is in the clear. the issue is still unresolved yes it would be ironic if after 7 or 8 years of java around the president's birth certificate if republican primary voters as a nominee. >> reporter: he pronounces this morning, donald trump tweeted that was a wise move by ted cruz. kenneth moten, abc news, washington. >>> in less than one hour we expect to find out if the manatee population in florida has rebounded enough to improve the status from in danger to threatened. >> the decision will be announced at 1:30 today while wildlife officials bit the manatee population felt more than 6000 and that is up significantly from a few hundred in 1967. the designation as a threatened species would maintain most of the protections afforded to animals listed as endangered. >>> we know more about the criminal investigation involving chipotle restaurants. >> investigators are looking into the norovirus outbreak in hundreds clayton sandel has more. >> reporter: fast food chain chipotle is involved in a criminal investigation. the company revealing and irregulars or sec filing that it was served with a federal grand jury subpoena last month, of documents in connection to a norovirus outbreak at this franchise in california's simi valley last august. it sickened 234 people. the burrito giant s

abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: abc news the first inside the maximum security prison, learning of arrests in the investigation into the dangerous inmate escape in orange county. the arrests not of the suspects themselves. and are these people that the justice system is familiar with already? >> yes. >> reporter: here's the roof where authorities say they cut through barbed wire and rappelled down, using that rope made from bed sheets. court documents obtained by abc news shedding new light on the elaborate escape. >> but he obviously was calculating a way to get out of this jail, now that we've seen what has happened. >>>>eporter: authorities say they sawed through a door to the plumbing system. then fashioned a rope sling so they could pull themselves up into the ventilation tunnels. noticed? still unexplained. hossein nayeri's alleged crimes of attempted murder and torture well documented. jonathan teiu and bac duong accused of murder and attempted murder, both with strong gang ties. this jail was originally built 50 years ago, it housed mainly lesser criminals. today, 70% of the inmates are accused of felonies. kayna whitworth, abc news, santa ana, california. >> to overseas in poland. a somber anniversary marked at one of the most notorious symbols of human suffering.world war ii. dozens of holocaust survivors laid flowers at the wall of death located inside it the concentration camp at auschwitz. many wore blue and white stripes. the camp wa

abc stations."world news now" abc >>> okay. >>> okay. so when you pick up your phone to dial 911, it's usually during an extreme crisis. and the last thing you would expect is no one picking up on the other end of the line. >> but that's exactly what happened in florida because the dispatcher on duty was apparently too busy trying to order pizza. here's abc's aditi roy. >> let me have one slice of cheese pizza. >> okay. >> let me have a lunch special. >> reporter: a broward county, florida, 911 dispatcher taking while on the clock. while she's ordering lunch for the office -- >> doctor couldn't hold him up, he dropped to the floor. >> reporter: an emergency at this optometry office. multiple employees try calling the dispatch center after a patient faints, but no one answers. >> first they called, from their office, no answer. i called from my cell phone, again, no answer. other people in the store tried calling and nobody picked up. >> reporter: the dispatcher, still on her eight-minute call, putting in her long order. >> everything on those. all the fixings. >> reporter: five and a half minutes in, she's asking for final orders from her coworkers. >> no one else? okay, can you hold on for me one second, please. i'm so sorry. >> reporter: and seven minutes in, she seems distracted. >> poppy's? poppy's? i'm so sorry, i'm so busy. >> that's

abc news, new york. >> our thanks and welcome to eva to abc news. >>> coming up, football frenzy. >> yeah, the pros for tonight's big college big championship, we've got you covered. all the details coming up next. >> announcer: "world news now" abc stations.tt2w`t2n`qt" bt@q2;x tt2w`t2n`qt" "a@q"7< tt2w`t2n`qt" bm@q)<0 tt4w`t2n`qt"" dztq sy@ tt4w`t2n`qt"" entq #] tt4w`t2n`qt"" gzt& :zx tt4w`t2n`qt"" hnt& *t4 tt4w`t2n`qt"" iztq @=l tt4w`t2n`qt"" jntq rm, tt4w`t2n`qt"" lzt& j p of course, reena is back. you know what that means. hallelujah, we can get back to celebrating sports and getting some real facts and man, was it a big weekend for football. >> why are you crying as i'm delivering sports. >> emotional about this, huh. >> we've got lots of playoff action including the green bay packers and kendis's washington redskins. aaron rodgers and the pack not getting off to a good start. sacked in the end zone for a then redskins qb kirk cousins connects with jordan reed for the td. they go up 11-0. but then rodgers throwing for two touchdowns. the packers running game also contributed a pair of touchdowns. packers win 35-18. i'm sorry for your loss, kendis gibson. >> relax. >> looking at the entire playoff picture, green bay will hea

abc. get abc and abc7 show information and details about the abc7 contests and much more in your inbox by signing up for the abc7 fan blast. go to the website at wjla.com/news. back after this. for the girl scout meeting... okay. for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! at giant, prices are down. savings are up. which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. my giant. kimberly: we want to give you another beautiful view of the first sunset of the year. this shot coming to us from the top of the washington monument looking back at the iconic and stately lincoln memorial. jonathan: that is what it looks like and a heck of a view. beautiful. jonathan: a boy and it's believed to be the first baby born in 2016 in the region. miriam and john nigel welcome the son in the world at a minute past midnight at the front-runner medical center -- at the anne arundel medical center. 13.8 upses. -- ounces. all doing great. kimberly: beautiful. jonathan: the first baby of the year at the shady grove made a late entrance coming in the world 90 minutes in the start of 2016. kimberly: joce sterman has more on the motional gomry county mom who has her -- montgomery county mom who has her hands full. joce: started with a bang. she was expecting the baby but a week later. tiny heart to love and watch out for. bringing home a second baby is a challenge but this mom says she is in for it. now she has two boys. >> i think my house is going to be upside down. hopefully big brother lucas when he is not stealing the spotlight with the pinchable cheeks will pimple in for help for baby nay thon. they also got a welcome basket from the hospital staff. this baby is not ready to commit to trying for another new year's baby anytime soon. >> maybe not. too much work already. kimberly: a great mom for just giving birth. good stuff. life appears to be getting better for a polar bear cub abandoned by her mother after birth. that is real. wow! the mother stopped caring for the cub when she was a week old so the staff decided to raise the cub themselves. great shot. they have been bottle feeding her and letting her snuggle with a stuffed bear who looks almost exactly like her. the cub weighs over six bounds and doesn't have a name. the zoo staff are pleased with the progress but taking things day-by-day. jonathan: i got to imagine the crew are having so much fun being part of raising that little guy. kimberly: that is the age you cuddle and hold them. when they get to be two years old not so much. jonathan: coming up for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- some start a new year with the fitness goals. what about leadership goals? here are some of d.c. mayor muriel bowser's in a few minutes. >> but first the role bill cosby's wife will play in at least one lawsuit against him announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00" -- on your side. kimberly: next week bill cosby's wife will be called to testify about what she knows about the allegations against her husband. but today the comedian took to social media for the first time since his arrest on sexual assault charges. brandi hitt takes a closer look at what is next in that case. brandi: just days after bill cosby's arrest on a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault all eyes are now shifting to his wife of 60 years camille. a fall judge ordered her -- federal judge ordered her to testify in defamation lawsuit. the couple's attorney losing the argument that the private conversations were protected under marital privilege. more than 50 women have come forward accusing the comedian of sexual assault and/or drugging them. many appearing in the documentary that produced by abc lincoln square production. >> i knew i was drugged. >> i don't know how i ended up in this hotel room. no clothes. cosby in a robe. reporter: he has long denieded the allegations. >> i have been in this business 52 years. and i will -- i have never seen anything like this. brandi: following his arrest on wednesday he posted on twitter "friends and family thank you." only to be blasted with several angry responses. his attorney says he remains in good spirits. camille has stood by her husband calling him a kind and generallous man in a statement last year. her deposition is scheduled next week. in los angeles, brandi hitt abc7 news. jonathan: the world is mourning the loss of an unforgettable voice. >> ♪ what's going on ♪ ♪ what's going on ♪ jonathan: singer natalie cole died at the age of 65. the daughter of legendary crooner nat king cole. she became a voice in her own right but she did battle addiction and health problems over the years and she canceled several performances recently

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more news coming up from abc. >> announcer: this is abc "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> the democratic presidential candidates answered questions from iowa voters one week before the caucuses there. a new national poll indicates hillary clinton holding the lead, but she could lose the first two voting primaries. full details ahead. >>> a texas grand jury has cleared planned parenthood of charges it sold organs from aborted fetuses, but the jury did vote to indict two anti-abortion activists who recorded secret videos purporting to show a discussion of the organ sales. >>> a former prosecutor has been investigation into the water crisis in flint, michigan. the retired head of the fbi in detroit will also be part of that investigation. >>> and their first set was a struggle. the second rather lopsided as serena williams defeated maria sharapova at the australian open today. williams moves onto the semifinals now. those a

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