red cross project designed to build 700 homes. no one at the red cross could tell us how many homes were built. i spoke with lesley schaefer, the americanross's regional director. here is our conversation. >> we have built today homes for 350 families. but that is out of a total target of 500. and that's only a fraction of the work that we have done to date. in haiti, the american red cross helped to put 22,000 families back in safer homes, safer conditions helping them leave the camps. and it's really not - it doesn't do justice to not talk about the bigger picture. the american red cross is in in all types of programming, aside from housing. we invested in health and health infrastructure, we funded the operations and construction of eight hospitals and clinics. we have funded first waste water treatment plant. we are involved in economic development programming that helps create savings & loan groups in the communities, all work. >> and you heard our report, you heard david's reporting, we are thorough about telling the story. you are involved in more than 100 proents on the ground, and a lot of funny that was raised has gone to real

they had high hopes for a 24 million dollar red cross project designed to build 700 homes, but no-one at the american could tell us how many permanent homes were actually built. to get some answers i spoke with the american red cross regional director for latin america. here is our conversation >> we have built today homes for 350 families, but that's out of a total target of 500. that's only a fraction of the work that we've done to date. in haiti the american red cross has helped to put 22,000 families back in safer homes and safer conditions, helping them leave the camps and it's really not - it doesn't do justice to not talk about the bigger picture. the american red cross is involved in all types of programming aside from housing. we've invested in health and health infrastructure. we've funded the operations and construction of eight hospitals and clinics. we've funded the first waste water treatment plant. we're involved in economic development programming that helps create savings in groups in the communities throughout the area that we work >>> you heard our report. we're thorough about tell

welcome, beth, to the he chapter is all about. >> well, volunteerism is crucial in american red cross. over 90% of the staff for red cross are volunteers. so when our floods occurred and we had our disaster action teams out there, the majority of those people were volunteers. the red cross could not do what it does without the volunteer force that it has. so we're constantly looking and needing volunteers to help our mission. >> now, there's a volunteer board. leadership board of the red cross for the chapter. and also, you need volunteers. how can someone volunteer if they're interested in finding out more? >> if they're interested in volunteering, they can come down and visit us at our chapter on line at www.redcross.org/south carolina. and it talks about volunteering. >> talks about volunteers on that stuff. that's really good. we were talking earlier with rebecca, our c.e.o. for the red cross here in south carolina about the disasters that have occurred here in our area and the fact that we also not only help in our area but now missouri and all the areas in the midwest that have

that been volunteering with the american red cross for years. we'll have more on their effort to help those in missouri and how they first got started with volunteering with disaster recovery, coming up in our next half hour. new at midday, a former central iowa mayor faces rape charges out of kansas city. jeremy filbert faces 2 counts of rape with a victim younger than 14 years old. filbert was the mayor of mitchellville just 2 years ago. he resigned from that position after being accused of inappropriate conduct with children. criminal charges weren't filed in that case. a preliminary hearing on the new charges out of kansas city is scheduled for january 15th. also new at midday, a 21- year-old man faces charges nearly 2 months after a robbery and shooting in waterloo. officers arrested charles jones yesterday. he faces several charges including 1st degree robbery and going armed with intent. he was also arrested for filing a false report for the day of the robbery last november. police say jones robbed the save more foods on 18th. officers sa

this video to be released now for american red cross. the video shows that officer with his gun drawn. chapman at some point you'l see he then comes into view. chapman's mother says this video shows that her son was not at aggressor. they say he was shot while running away from police. that family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. that officer who shot chapman says that he fired after seeing him turn toward officers with a dark object inis h hd. investigators later determined it was an iphone box. this is a picture of chapman. police say he was a carjackings suspect. this shooting no doubt has caused a lot of unrest in the city. mayor ram emanuel and the police force have com under intense scrutiny in the recent american red cross. there have been even bee calls for that mayor to resign. >> right now hundreds of south florida teachers are in tallahassee today rally for change. the steps of the state capitol. he's joining us live with what they're fighting for. carlos. >> laurie and calvin, lawmakers are taking up a handful of bills tha

channel 13 action news and the american red cross are teaming up once again for blood rocks. it's our fifth event together and it feels so good. it's a great way to give back your good deed. >> district manager for the american red cross blood services, julie, is here with how you can get involved. welcome back. how are you? >> i'm well. thanks for having me again. >> this is our fifth year doing this. time has gone by so quickly. >> i know. >> you've done so much good for our community. can you tell us about this blood rock event? >> so this is the fifth time we actually collaborate twice a year. so this is number five. and january is always our biggest one. it's a great way to kick off the new year for a couple of reasons. number one, january is national volunteer blood donor month. so as you mentioned, there is some great ways to get rewarded. so we do -- every presenting donor gets a free buffet coupon to the red rock buffet. >> i'm already in. >> i know. it's a great thing. and then the other thing is we have drawings for three $100 gift cards from fredies. so that's fant

the professional firefighters of nevada have teamed wupd the american red cross in their new fire hurts red cro . we've got jennifer and scott here joining us to talk about this new movement in las vegas. thank you for coming in. >> jeff: what can we expect this with new campaign you are launching? mae they think you are the folks disaster. most of the work that we do, probably 90 percent of the work it's responding to home fires. on average here in s once a day someone is losing their home to a fire. so this is our campaign launch to not only bring w frequently this happens but a call out to the community to help us support our efforts. >> jeff: you know, if you think about the affect of someone losing their home to a fire, the red cross of course is there to help. but reo so far. so, you know, people do need help far beyond the initial week after that inferior breaks out. so it's great to get additional help you can from the public. how can people help? thursday is our launch. where we have companies that have already committed to this campaign and aiding local fire victims. we've tea

lewis reports- as wfxr's solina lewis reports- the american red cross in our area is calling for anyone who can donate -- to help. 27-371:11-1:20 the snowstorm caused a lot of problems for the red cross to get enough donations and are urging anyone who can donate, to help" "when he was dying of cancer, he got platelets and it was like an energy drink he could sit up and it, it gives them a chance to say goodbye to the ones they love, it was helpful especially at the end"for lisa, a nurse at the red cross in roanoke, who lost her grandfather to cancer, getting people to donate blood and platelets is a cause that is because each day the red cross was closed, was another day patients weren't getting the platelets and blood they so desperately need"you do take it home with you when you cant get to work, because it does our donors too"many of whom are regulars, coming back week after week..."i come in every two or three weeks and lay around for a couple hours" larry locke discovered his hidden talent after donating blood--his platelet count was extremely high, allowing him to prov

thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> the american red cross the nation's blood. >> that's correct. every 2 seconds someone needs blood. the red cross has to select 14,000 pints of blood each day. >> the winter months are difficult. tell us why. >> they are challenging. now that the holidays are winding down we're looking at seasonal illnesses like the flu and winter weather is coming our way. we know those are thing that is will discourage people who regularly donate from giving blood. >> on an almost near daily basis we see in the news about the work that the american red cross does give us a sense of what you guys do and why the blood is so important. >> again, 14,000 pints are needed each day. it's a huge undertaking. it's important as people are beginning the new year and people are wanting to give back. rolling up your sleeve to donate blood is a simple way. it takes just an hour of time. to three lives by that one blood donation. >> take us through the process. >> it's a simple four step process. you come in, register, read through some materials, go through

take a look at a picture from the american red cross of volunteers and workers trying to unload a vehiclethere. you can see the snow is about as high as the doors on a car as they're in a philadelphia neighborhood. the red cross says they are in an emergency shortage of blood donations, that the storm affected donations not just in philadelphia but across the country. video supply by the american red cross shows a number of people at blood donation centers at previous blood çdonations. they say during the blizzard of 2016, donation centers were empty, not just here in the philadelphia region but in 20 different states. they also say community blood drives here locally about 30 of them were canceled because of the storm. they also say that during the winter months of january, they saw blood donations drop just not here but across the country. >> the severe weather over the past several days and really since january 1st nationwide has caused a really major blood shortage. so we're trying to ensure that we have enough blood on shelves to be able to continue to support our hospitals. we have

red cross into a tough spot during an already hard time of year. a massive winter storm that pummeled the east coast did the american red cross no favor when it comes to blood and platelet donations. across 20 states -- more than 300 blood drives have been canceled due to bad weather in january. since saturday alone -- in the mid atlantic thanks to our winter storm. that )s more than 300 donations that could save a life that went uncollected -- in virginia beach monday -- sally whitaker was doing her part to put a dent in the problem the appeal for platelet donations is especially urgent in light of the winter storm platelets can only stay on the shelf for five days. with winter far from over -- the red cross says the need is especially important right now. increase in demand for blood can also go up during severe weather events while donations go down -- to find out how you can take action - simply click over to this story on w-t-k-r dot com. donald trump secures an endorsement from a well known face in the commonwealth. find out who )s giving the donald the go ahead -- new details today in the race for the gop nomination. liberty university presi

the american red cross says they're always looking for more volunteers. they encourage those interested to contact them. chris? back to you chris. thanks a lot forrest. governor terry branstad is proposing sales tax to fund water quality efforts in the state. but some lawmakers oppose that idea, saying it puts school needs against water quality. branstad's proposal includes extending a 1-cent sales tax established in 2008 to make improvements in school buildings by 20 years. he wants to divert a portion of that money to water quality projects. last year, des moines water works spent $1.5 million dollars to operate a system that removed nitrates from drinking water. the utility blamed farmers upstream for the runoff, and sued 3 counties. city stormwater utility fees could get much higher for large commercial property owners in cedar rapids. the city is considering a change that would base those fees on the size of buildings, parking lots, and other surfaces that keep water from infiltrating the soil. the proposal would also include ways for those large pro

is here to tell us all about it lisa thank you actually come from the american red cross but you work at the red cross in rome the uganda trip here this is a big event slated as anaheim and the coordinator for the entire region the state of virginia that this is a regional in that covering our entire state were hoping people will travel and for this event and it's something we've never done before a vintage cocktail party. even so tell me about this. well if we're doing us to display some of our service uniforms from red cross about the decades on and just the storyboards and what was going on in the world with these reforms more and more and play and also to celebrate service those folks who serve our military our first responders law enforcement in math so we're doing as a salute to service many cocktail party com outdoor girls and light entertainment we have the fabulous acts coming out of south carolina but they've and they do a through the decades entertainment singing dance is going to be phenomenal lot of slight war were to big band era. well that is canberra. ok so he dir

red cross helps" campaign. the money will be used to help "the southern nevada chapter of the american red cross" to help families recover... after a house fire. the american red cross hopes to raise $-3- hundred -50- thousand dollars this year.... to help families. coming up in tonight's financial focus. record profits for one company aren't necessarily trickling down to workers. we'll tell you where wages stand for workers in major plus... the popular fitbit exercise monitor is under fire tonight... what the problem is... coming up >> deborah: i'm deborah norville. coming up on "inside edition," the donald trump milk shake mystery, meet the chef behind the shake. the news. you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. hillar

the american red cross is helping them, but volunteers also hit the streets today to make sure other lives will be spared. spared.cbs news reporter marissa scott shares why it's you only have two minutes to escape when a home is on fire so it's very important to check and install smoke alarms every year. year. more than a dozen volunteers walked in the cold saturday afternoon to make sure residents like marilyn belcher had working smoke detectors. detectors. "i'm glad they could come and do it."belcher is in a wheelchair and can't check her smoke alarms. in fact, they haven't been checked in five years. years. "i can't do it obviously, i can't get on that little ladder and do it."this is the second time the american red cross has walked the streets of cedar rapids to make sure residents are prepared for the wowot. wowot. "if we are prepared for emergencies than we don't have to worry when the time comes. we need to have those things in place." place." "i just want to make sure people are prepared for what happens or might not even happen." happen." "we want to make surepour communiti

the american red cross wants to present it to five thousand students in iowa this year. stick around, we'll get another (phone ringing) (phone ringing) you can't deal with something by ignoring it . but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard and pay into it, so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey candidates! answer the call already. the american people can't afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper... but will never make it in the real world. the grandmother who has to choose between can't wait. the single mom who desperately needs a raise... can't wait. the student with a mountain of debt can't wait. we can make real progress, right now. i'm caucusing... i'm caucusing... i'm caucusing for hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. he was rated a+ by the nra. not for his promises, but for defending the second amendment... he's a man of deep faith, who fought time and again for the right to life. he laid out a plan to destroy

just a few months ago the colerain fire department partnered with the american red cross to install free smoke detectors throughout the neighborhood. allen walls// asst. fire chief colerain twp. "you know you can't put a price on the cost of a smoke detector knowing that for us in this community it saved two lives." lives."if you don't already have a smoke detector you can contact your local fire department or the american red cross. you should also change your smoke detectors every six month so they can continue to the heroin crisis is having a staggering impact on indiana children. children.across the state, the number of children in need of welfare services because of their drug-addicted parents grew by 30 percent last year. one juvenile court judge says if we don't get ahold of the situation, we're going to lose an entire generation. my message to parents: if you're addicted, please don't have a baby. please, please, please don't have a baby until you're clean. and get help. help.in the past year, the number of cases where the court has terminated parental rights grew by 31 percent i

the american red cross is also urging folks to be prepared ahead of the storm -- and to avoid unnecessary airlines are already canceling thousands of flights ahead of the monster storm. american says all eight flights out of norfolk have been canceled for today. the newport news airport says all six american flights they have been canceled. united airlines announced it would suspend flights at its washington dulles international airport hub and other mid- atlantic airports starting this afternoon. make sure you double-check your flight status if you re are flying anywhere today or this weekend. in hampton-- roads are back open this morning-- a massive water main break shut down mercury boulevard in both directions for a couple of hours last night. water was coming out really quickly and taking over the roadway. it was so bad crews had to shut down mercury boulevard between cunningham drive and saville road. police have arrested a gloucester teen--caught with a gun on a school property. two americans freed from iran are waking up this morning it's about time the taco...came out of its shel

you want to help, the american red cross can always use more volunteers. contact them online or on the phone. yeah, they've got a great story. thanks a lot forrest. a waterloo homeless shelter is raising money to purchase space for a second shelter for men. the catholic worker house currently has one men's house and one home for women and children. but volunteers say the beds and couches are almost always full. they're working to purchase a third home, right next door to the other buildings. they say it would cost $45,000 dollars, but would allow them to add at least 10 more beds. services one man says first helped him get off the streets more than a year ago. he now works at the shelter as a live-in volunteer. "when you do come to a shelter and they offer you a little dignity and hospitality, it really opened my eyes, anyway. that's probably why i'll be here for a long time." donating, connect with kcrg.com and that information is inside the story. international leaders are meeting later today to talk about a possible bomb that was tested yesterday. north

that's why we're bringing you tips on first aid from the american red cross. >> sprains and strains are a pain. but a little first aid can go a long way. lipica shah is an instructor for the american red cross. what is the difference between a sprain and a strain? >> a sprain is the stretching or tearing of ligaments at a joint. and a strain is the stretching or tearing of your muscles and tendons, so, just different body parts. >> so, what do we do? >> so, let's all get on the ground, because if you hurt your ankle, you'd be on the ground. regardless of whether it's a sprain or a strain, we treat it rice -- r.i.c.e. that stands for rest, immobilize, cold, and elevate. rest just means stay in the position that we found it. if it's at an awkward angle, i want to leave it that way, 'cause straightening it out could cause the injury to be worse. immobilize really only comes into play if i need to move cammie somewhere else, like if it's unsafe where i am. i want to make sure that her injury isn't gonna move from its position while we are moving, so i might have to do something to keep it i

you want to help, the american red cross can always use more volunteers. contact them online or on the phone. yeah, they've got a great story. thanks a lot forrest. a waterloo homeless shelter is hoping to accommodate more men. but it's going to cost them. the shelter will have to buy another building to add more beds. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up right after the break. first alert storm team joins us now. plan on clouds to increase chance of mixed precipitation, mainly after 3pm. this mixed precipitation will likely fall in the form of rain or snow, with sleet not anticipated. a brief bout of freezing rain could occur as well. all this spells potential for a slick evening commute, though, and we'll want to be on 34-37 tomorrow, the bulk of the precipitation should fall as rain, with a transition back over to snow possible later friday into saturday. any snow accumulation s continue to look minor at this time. plan on very cold air to overtake the area sunday with highs in the 5-10 range and wind chills ar

today abc columbia news is partnering with the american red >> today, abc columbia news was proud to partner with the american red cross in our annual new year's blood drive. and i have the t-shirt to prove it. >> look at that! >> yes. wow! >> i guess they only give you a t-shirt if you give blood. >> that's right. but your husband jacob came along and gave blood. >> you guys are officially blood brothers. >> yes. we were on the gurney. >> yes. >> he was on the gurney right across from me. >> yeah. plex where folks are literally rolling up their sleeves to donate. dave, there's still time to head out there, right? >> exactly right, alicia and i'm glad to see ben made it back safely and soundly out there and we appreciate him coming out and everybody who has come out so far today to donate blood. i'm with crystal overmeyer from the american red cross. we're coming down to the 45 minutes here to 7:00. if you can't get out here tonight, how can you continue to donate? >> come visit us at another blood drive. we have blood drives every day across the city and at our location on bowl street. check us out at redcross.org or

welcome back to chino that january is national blood donor month right now the american red cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donations to prevent a shortage this winter to have phil from the american red cross chance that tells more about the need and also how you can donate help to save lives kristin thanks for being with us. saturdays so but an urgent need. this is not good it is an urgent need for trying to prevent a shortage said oh we're calling upon locals eligible donors to come out dirty blood and platelets. i normally saying please come out doing what to the shelf life for five days but we really do need you and we really need to have everyone write the occasion and help prevent fat storage definitely end in january national blood donation what does that mean since nineteen seventy eight junior has been declared national blood donor month continues typically struggle for us to get a couple things that come into play. we've got bad weather seasonal illness on the set up to twenty percent of the donor base made up of high school college students and some of them

the american red cross was giving back to the community by handing out and installing free smoke detectors. wa caught up with them in the maycliff mobile home park near wyoming and sandhill. frank rutkowski / american red cross "today's all about honoring dr king's place to live and we're doing so by installing smoke alarms in all these homes, we want to make sure these homes are safe and this community is safe." the red cross had four teams out in local neighborhoods today... if you need a new smoke detector and cannot get out to get one .. you can always call the red cross for assistance. and .. students from the local core academy worked at the salvation army today.. amy novak / core academy "instead of having the day off of school, we bring kids out to give a day of service. kind of in honor and memorium of what martin luther king stood for." the students served around five hundred meals today to homeless people.. they also gave out bags filled with water, candy, an all day bus pass, shampoo and warm socks. (( weather )) now fox5 weather 24/7 with chief meteorologist ted pretty increas

a need they're hoping this.. 20:44:59 hi, my name is katie, we're with the american red cross and we're canvassing your neighborhood to install smoke detectors for free. free testing.. 20:53:46 beep installation.. 21:01:12 and a reminder.. 20:51:47 everything can be replaced but not you. to always have at least two possible exits in case of a house fire and practice a fire drill. it's a mission volunteer 21:03:34 "there's a lot of people living in there, and it's important they stay safe if something were to happen." says she hopes makes a difference.. 20:43:56 so if you have any bedrooms or floors of your house that have really old smoke detectors or maybe you're just not even sure, we'd love to fix that for you." even for just one family. in cedar rapids, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. crews shut off power to much of the residential part of urbana this morning. alliant energy had 35 trucks and about 50 employees updating transformers throughout the city. it's a procedure that's necessary to upgrade the city's power grid. the company said it shut because it disruption to the town of ab

last weeks winter storm forced the american red cross close some donation centers.now the group is in need of platelets donations.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the american red cross in our area is calling for anyone who can donate, to step up and help. 27-371:11-1:202:13-2:18 the snowstorm caused a lot of problems for the red cross to get enough donations and are urging anyone who can donate, to help""when he was dying of cancer, he got platelets and it was like an energy drink he could sit up and it, it gives them a chance to say goodbye to the ones they love, it was helpful especially at the end" for lisa, a nurse at the red cross in roanoke, who lost her grandfather to cancer, getting people to donate blood and platelets is a cause that is close to her heart....unlike many she hates missing work, because each day the red cross was closed, was another day patients weren't getting the platelets and blood they so desperately need"you do take it home with you when you cant get to work, because it does matter to us and it matter to are regulars, coming back week after week..."i come

. >> reporter: we hit the road today with volunteers from the american red cross. they went door to door delivering cleanup kits. that's just one example of the available to homeowners here who are picking up the pieces. hitting the road to make a difference. >> take care. >> reporter: volunteers with the american red cross begin their day in siesta key. whenever they see someone cleaning storm debris, the truck pulls over. >> on the other side of that box right there will be fine. >> reporter: for grace lay, monday is all about raking and drilling, getting her backyard back to normal. >> you should see the one behind me, the ditch we have back here. >> reporter: grace has called sarasota home for 32 years. she says she'll never forget the sounds of an ef-2 tornado tearing through her neighborhood early sunday morning. >> all of a sudden, i hear a big whoom. and i jumped out of bed, and just as i did, the screen came and went like this, like this, the glass, right where i was laying. minutes away at felipe park is a makeshift resource center with multiple agencies

the blizzard took its toll on the american red cross. the families and those in need, especially at times during disasters, they tell us they responded to a number of fires in the area, nine fires during the blizzard alone, helping out more than 16 families who were displaced by those fires. and they tell us that because of the winter storm and the extreme cold weather that we felt nationwide, they are down blood supplies. they say in 20 states, the weather affected blood donations centers and blood drives and they say when the weather is bad, no one is going to come out and donate.ç >> winter weather, snow, all of those things prohibit people from donating and it also causes blood drives that are already scheduled to become canceled. people don't want to host a blood drive if they don't think anyone is going to come. >> take a look at a picture sent to us by the american red cross. those are volunteers and workers assisting people in our area during the blizzard of 2016. you can see how much snow is on the ground there as they're tryin

red cross helps" campaign. the money will be used to help "the southern nevada chapter of the american red cross" to help families recover... after a house fire. the american red cross hopes to raise $-3- hundred -50- thousand dollars this year.... to help families. high pressure has moved on and we are only 48 hrs away from our next front! today, partly cloudy skies will be common with high temperatures in the upper 60s and potentially lower 70s. winds will be light throughout the day and pick up only to a 5-10 mph speed out of the west thanks jess...well we have uber and lyft...but could facebook soon enter the ride sharing business? it's topping our stories, now trending... a patent application published yesterday reveals the social media giant may get into ride sharing. the idea is an expansion of facebook's event feature. the feature would help users share vehicles or find a travel buddy to get to events. the patent has yet to be approved. sneaker fans are lining up in chicago hoping to be one of the first to buy the new "air this is video from outside the chicago. of course, camping chairs and tents aren't

cindy erickson, assess what the situation is now in the entire region. >> the american red cross, first of all, our hearts just go out to the families who lost everything this holiday season. this red cross, we've got a in your opinion of shelters that we opened up throughout missouri as well as illinois providing residents with a safe, warm place to stay. we're providing them with comfort kits and meals and we've got a game area for kids. a lot of times, when you're in a disaster situation, you're evacuating very quickly, you forget some of the essential things that you need. the red cross was there and we had a family the other night that came in, an older couple, a gentleman actually didn't have his dialysis for that day so the red cross nurse was able to get him through the life-sustaining treatment he needed. >> ifill: what is the biggest challenge? people literally driven from their homes, needed health services or bewildered about what happens next? >> it's a little about all of that because, unlike flooding, it's very different. so we have tornadoes, the tornado comes in, it hit

all right the american red cross as an urgent need for blood and platelet donors donations are needed now to help prevent a shortage were told the hectic holiday schedules that we all had contributed to fewer blood drives in fewer donations to talk more about the shortages christian hatfield from the american red cross christian welcome back to me. we always talked we have use a gentle reminder to people to keep up the blood donations but we're here today because this is urgent. this is that we have to ask you to come out and replied to prevent a shortage of it is a very crucial time january's to be really difficult month for us how low our supplies right now right now we're down fifty thousand pints of blood across the country in the month of november and december we had less the seventeen hundred fewer blood drives. then we had held the previous two months september and october so that's a big impact in so many things factor in their seasonal illness bad weather the holidays hectic schedules up to twenty percent of the donor base is made of high school college student and summer sto

and the feds are taking noticed over the last few american red cross the department of homeland security says there has been an up tick in the numbers of unaccompanied children and families at the southern border. because of that they have increased bed space in federal run shelters in what they call the laredo second tore. u.s. customs and border protection reports 356 people were caught in fiscal year 2015. in 2016 there have bee 502. that's a 41% increase. daily you do hear their struggleds, you hear their story and the reason for leaving their country. >> r many it means a dangerous voya that could days, weeks, sometimes american red cross. at times no food, no water or sleep for days. and sometimes that includes children. they're having to carry them. they're having to neuter nurte them and make some sort of normal life for them. experience. at 6:00 you're going to meet a 27-year-old woman whom we spoke with an hour after being released by immigration officials, likely her story is similar to that, the many cuban migrants who are coming across mexico at this hour. for now reporting

last weeks winter storm forced the american red cross close some donation centers.now the donations.as wfxr's solina lewis tells us, the american red cross in our area is calling for anyone who can donate, to step up and help. 27-371:11-1:202:13-2:18 the snowstorm caused a lot of get enough donations and are urging anyone who can donate, to help""when he was dying of cancer, he got platelets and it was like an energy drink he could sit up and it, it gives them a chance to say goodbye to the ones they love, it was helpful especially at the end" for lisa, a nurse at the red cross in roanoke, who lost her grandfather to cancer, getting people to donate blood and platelets is a cause that is close to her heart....unlike many she hates missing work, because each day the red cross was closed, was another day patients weren't getting the platelets and blood they so desperately need"you do take it home with you when you cant get to work, because it does matter to us and it matter to our donors too"many of whom are regulars, coming back week after week..."i come in every two or three weeks and

a need they're hoping this.. 20:44:59 hi, my name is katie, we're with the american red cross and we're canvassing your neighborhood to install smoke detectors for free. free testing.. 20:53:46 beep installation.. 21:01:12 and a reminder.. 20:51:47 everything can be replaced but not you. to always have at least two possible exits in case of a house fire and practice a fire drill. it's a mission volunteer mallory schatz.. 21:03:34 "there's a lot of people living in there, and it's important they stay safe if something were to happen." says she hopes makes a difference.. 20:43:56 so if you have any bedrooms or floors of your house that have really old smoke detectors or maybe you're just not even sure, we'd love to fix that for kcrg-tv9 news. just yesterday morning, the red cross helped 7 people displaced by a fire. it happened around 3 o'clock at 33-30 westwood drive nw. firefighters found the fire in an upstairs bedroom and put it out. no one got hurt. investigators say the house had working smoke detectors. crews shut off power to much of the residential part of urbana on saturday morn

i'm at encounter church in gaffney..it's one of three shelters across the upstate that the american red cross set. up. right now they have cots laid out..and snacks on theur they've onlanpercin s f.ttheeexpectini to tcocrowded. crowded.get much more crowded. people are coming here.. because of the roads. driving around earlier this evening..we saw a lot of cars running off the road.. neighbors having to pull oeo and plows doing the best they can to keep up .. and slush now turning to ice. we talked to the lady who's in the shelter now.. she was driving from pennsylvania back to atlanta.. got right outside of charlotte..and decided it was too dangerous to go any further. elaine pechnik/seeking shelter at red cross: "it was a whiteout, my car was slipping and sliding, and i ayhad nol gand the police came and brought me here to the shelter, andm g dau becs'h be ulosrt iw red cross volunteers tell me they're preparing to be set up at least for the next two days. live in gaffney, eryn rogers, 7 news. tonight...the red cross says they've opened two shelters... one at "pickens presbyterian church" o

transporting nurses and doctors back and forth to work for hospitals and transported blood for the american red cross. >> and while we can't see the amounts of snow as the states to our north did we are still feeling the effects as the storm that hit friday. >> temperatures were cold and we didn't bet much melting until yesterday. >> it was nice to see the sun. >> it was and it was so beautiful yesterday morning you happened to be up early that sun was up and it looked hike a winter wonderland with the ice and the trees. it was beautiful. it was nice to see it melt pretty quickly yesterday. not at all out of here though. let's take a look at what's going on outside right now. in wilson everything is looking pretty good. our areas to our south and east with the exception of moore county and lee county ended up with some impact but not as great an impact from the triangle area or west. here's a look at our temperature of 26 degrees so a cold start but our winds are calm so no wind chill to have to deal with. dew point is currently 22 so it's some what dry but there's moisture in spots for there to be p

with this cold weather, the american red cross is reminding people to be careful about using space heaters and other heating devices. over the weekend, red cross volunteers helped 35 people throughout eastern iowa because of house fires. heating sources didn't cause all of those fires, but leading cause of home fire deaths. firefighters say a dog saved a central city family when their home caught on fire. this is a follow up on a story we first brought you yesterday morning. fire chief james o'leary said the dog woke up the family in the middle of the night, and they called 9- 1-1. firefighters arrived at 1933 paris road around 1:30 yesterday morning. they spent hours battling the flames in frigid weather, and then returned a few hours later when the fire rekindled. they say the house is likely a total loss. the future of knee replacement could be coming from a printer. doctors in the cedar rapids area are turning to 3d printers more and more to make custom knees for their patients. the technology has been around for a few years, but it's just starting to make its way to our area. kcrg-tv9

. >> they've been trans porlting nurses and doctors and the american red cross. >> it keeps your workers and dispatchers and state troopers safe and out of harm's way. >> the sergeant says they were activated when the governor declared a state of emergency. running and keep the residents safe. >> they've done around eight missions in 24 hours. as far as i'm concerned everybody in virginia is my neighbor. i'm here helping my neighbors. >>> he says it wasn't a typical ride from work, but... >> it was cold. and it had heat. it wasn't too cold. >>> dash cam video posted on facebook has been launched 9 million times. check it out. the officer was following up a complaint of boys playing basketball too loudly. instead of reprimanding them, he joins them, he tells them he'll try to bring back up and get a game going. back with shaquille o'neal. he wanted to surprise the kids. it could have been a media frenzy but shaq just wanted to have low-key fun. what a cool story right there. >>> it was a nice sunday out there and looking like the work the details, next. >>> good sunday evening. we liked t