it's all filled with ashes. they run probably two dozen trucks continuous all day long, 6 days a week. >> tons of coal ash are dumped legally in unlined pits every year, even though the u.s. environmental protection agency acknowledges coal ash can cause serious health effects. coal ash is also being used in creating products like roofing material, bricks, and concrete. the epa calls this "beneficial use," and members of the coal industry claim reusing coal ash provides an environmental benefit. >> there are a wide variety of things we can use coal ash for, rather r than throw it awaway. the most prominent uses are, uh, using coal fly ash in concrete. every ton of fly ash we put into concretete is a ton of cement tt doesn't need to be made, and not making that ton of cement has saved over 11 million tons of co2 emissions last year alone. useded properlrly, coal ash is a safe material for beneficial use. the e levels of metals in coal ash are comparable to the levels of metalsls in the didirt and rocks in your ba

>>duke says a small amount coal ash was released from its ash released would fit into the d of a pickup truck. what people are seeing in the rivers is nontoxic. however, it's stconcerning environmental grou and home ownersalong the river since they say the water has been conminated in the past. some people are skeptical of the information duke and the state are providing. >>we have to rely on a what they're teinus is true, but then when you start hearing rei true. >>the ash funcon norlly throughout the storm. there's no risk to the integrity of the dams that are olding the ash in place. >>the department of environmental equal says the state is still trying to determine if enforcement actions are need. duke energy is planning to move the coal ash to a new site inlee county by 2028. back to you. >>thanks a lot. >>good morning at 6:05 this friday a foggy start to your have some areas where there's zero visility, nashville, rocky mount, spring hope, all this corridor of 95 very low visibility. extra time certainly needed. if we take you into raleigh roads good look -- look good, no accident

mistaken the ashes for drugs. now they're hoping they can help bring their mother home. >> my mother was a strong woman. she had breast cancer that she fo and off. >> reporter: since her death, carolyn parker keeps her mother's memorial picture on the dashboard and part of her ashes in a box in my car. >> they've been in my car, that

. >> they took the clear bag that had the ashes in it. i think that it must have been somebody who thought it was drugs because it's the only thing that they took out of my car. >> in mourning and now in search of a thief a heartbroken fears they were mistaken for drugs. julie is live about the story. reporter: those ashes were unmarked they were in a plastic bag inside a plastic box they were the only things taken and now this woman fears the worst. >> i have had this pit in my symptom able. i feel like i'm in a bad dream. reporter: carolyn parker lost her 71-year-old mother to breast cancer in july. she feels as she lost her all over again. >> anything else you could have those were my mother's ashes. reporter: tuesday morning parker went to her car in her brockton driveway. >> everything that was in here was pulled out. reporter: and discovered it had been ransacked. >> i know advertised the white container was on the floor the cover was missing and the contents of it inside of it were the only thing in my car that was missing. reporte

her mother's ashes in a keepsake. brockton police tell me there's very little they can do in this case but they are investigating. if you have any information you are asked to contact them. reporting in brockton, i'm crystal haynes, fox 25 news. >>> the 72 hours the city of lowell had 17 overdoses two were fat. a leaders are now making sure that never happens again. the police department is using 1.2 million dollars in federal grants to expand its community opioid outreach program through the co-op and firefighters to go out and encourage people who have recently overdosed but survived to enter treatment. one man told us this program saved his life. >> at the end of the day like so many people so many of my friends died. with the grant the police department hopes to hire more and also target drug traffickers. >> 13 years ago a young roxbury woman was found shot to death in an apartment in the stairwell. a child headed for cool made the terrible discoveries. the family is doing all they can to unmask her killer. >> rep

i talked about coal ash publicly and i have a strong environmental record. with all of those of our mental groups to hear governor mccrory talk about call ash with those independent fact checkers that say you were wrong every time you say something >> key has not be few did anything i said. with lack of action he did not repudiate any of that he changed the subject. but duke energy but wanted the coal ash commission they did not want me to veto the bill the lobbyists were all over the house and senate eye vetoed days something they did not want to because that was the bad deal of their water could be impacted by encouraged the of the veto the senate did not override it they said you are right it is harmful to the neighborhood. >> the next question, a lot has been said about the carolina comeback. but a recent poll hot shows a majority of voters did not feel they are better off. what do you say that are struggling how do intend to help them quick. >> the economy run it was running good the taxes are high and things were going quite well. it was a long downhil

mistaken the ashes for drugs. now they're hoping they can help bring their mother home. >> my mother was a strong woman. she had breast cancer that she fo and off. >> reporter: since her death, carolyn parker keeps her mother's memorial picture on the dashboard and part of her ashes in a box in my car. >> they've been in my car, that way when i go to spread them, i'll have them in my car. >> today, that box is empty. this week, the car was broke into in front of her home in brockton. long with others on the street. the thieves ransacked it. >> the whole front, everything in here, was taken out of everything -- my sunglasses, a taken out and on the seat and this was on the floor, opened. >> reporter: and they took her mother's ashes. >> i just want them back. and i hope that the person that took them, if they did, in fact, think that it was drugs, i hope they get help. >> reporter: carolyn believes the ashes may have been mistaken for drugs like heroin or cocaine. she filed a police report but all she wants is whoe

secretary of defense, ash carter. senator from minnesota, al franken. featuring the 8g band with thaddeus dixon, corey glover, and veron reid. ? [ eers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening i'm seth meyers, this is "late night" from washington, d.c. how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] we cannot thank you enough for your hospitality this week. we've absolutely had the best time. let's get to the news. donald trump spoke at a campaign event in florida today where he once again said hillary clinton should be locked up. well, donald, if it's any consolation, it looks like the election is locked up. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] five women have now come forward to accuse donald trump of inappropriately touching or kissing them as recently as 2005. said trump, "i would never do that and anywh is me on tape on a bus with billy bush." [ laughter and applause ] experts are saying that if donald trump sues the "new york times" for libel over reports that he behaved inappropriately with women, it could b

someone stole her mother's ashes right out of her car. ed: newscenter 5's jorge quiroga is live in brockton with the family's plea to get them back. jorge: as anyone can imagine, the woman is beside herself. she fears the thief took off with her mother's ashes believing it was a stash of drugs. to work, carolyn parker's heart sank. >> there was stuff all over the floor. jorge: a thief had ransacked her suv, from the glove compartment stealing the only irreplaceable object. >> this is basically what the container looked like. jorge: the small plastic box was empty. >> it hurts, i had plans for those ashes. that's my mother. that's all i had left. jorge: her mother, donna, passed away in july. parker had already spread some of her ashes in martha's vineyard. and was planning on leaving the rest in some of her mom's favorite places. >> i have had this pit in my stomach since it happened. i feel like i am in a bad dream side. the one night she didn't lock her car she figures the thief took the plastic bag believing the ashes were drugs. >> ho

they believe this milky white substance on the type of coal ash called "fly ash." and they say it's toxic. duke energy and the state department of environmental quality both dispute that. they say it's actually - a lightweight substance that is a non-hazardous by-product of burning coal. pete harrison / waterkeeper alliance attorney c33 12:21:50 i think what this shows us is its inherently dangerous to store coal ash in unlined pits in the flood zones of major rivers :00 jeff brooks / duke energy spokesman c39 14:09:20 it looks a little scary it looks unpleasant we understand that and that's one of the reasons we're trying to be very upfront we're finding in our samples. these are cenospheres they are not something to be concerned about based on what we're seeing :35 both environmental groups, and duke, say they are doing further testing on the water. some people in princeville are home, for the first time in two weeks. the city has reopened the southern terrace neighborhood for residents only. this neighborhood had the least amount of flooding. three other neigbor

man found a gold box on his front porch and inside he found someone ashes. name on the box was john partisan and bundle contained a note, cryptically it read michelle and dread your better half remains. man who found box said it was a little unnerving. >> why would someone put ashes on my front porch, it is just completely by surprise. >> especially a unique situation that occurred in the 17 years i have been here. >> coroner says if hardison's relatives are not located his remains will be buried in a public cemetery. >>> on the cbs-3 healthwatch hope may be on the horizon with patient was alzheimer's disease. an experimental drug is preventing inflammation in the brain link to the disease. the known as nprx07 removes protein that can cause inflammation and damage neurons. >>> tiny pieces of pollution can damage blood vest else in young adults according to new research. an american heart association journal researchers tracked 72 healthy, non-smoking young adults for three winters and found pollution from cars, factories, power plant, fire and smoking increa

they are going to ash surf. yep, climb up at the top of the volcano, we've seen this before. get your board, and down you go. gravity works the same. northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, it's going to pull exactly the same and you're going to end up with a mouthful of ash. >> it's going to be a big pain in the ash. >> but who cares, because it's fun and it's all part of the journey. this time you have to definitely wear your goggles. you don't want all that rock and sand and stuff in your eyes. they give you jump suits so you don't get messed up. something we can ride down and jump off and not die, we're going to do. >>> hey, guys, it's always nice to surprise the kids with a new treat for halloween. >> yeah, halloween is just around the corner and she's giving one of our favorite household treats a kick. she's spicing it up. pumpkin spicing it up. >> of course, it is that time of year. >> first she melts the butter, pumpkin puree, spice, marshmallows, i think you know what we're making here. >> right, right. >> puff rice treats. >> keep it crispy. >> sometimes they crac

but there is a tremendous amount of ash in those things. when you start looking at it and say how many truckloads have we got to haul to a pit bury it, we will need major highways and a lot more trucks. >> mr. mccrory? >> he is right about the engineering and environmental damage. you can't move them all. you would cause more environmental damage to our state moving them all. each individual coal pit is a unique situation. but i have to correct the record of three years of false advertisements by roy cooper's super pac as though i did the ridiculous. what is iron sick i -- ironic is i resigned from duke in 2008 and jim rogers endorsed beverlyly purdue and gave her a lot of money and gave roy cooper a lot of money for his reelection for attorney general and his job is to help oversight the coal ash. there is not one e-mail in his 14 attorney general where he expressed concern about coal ash. not one email and he only has 14 e-mails in 14 years. not one e-mail or one action taken to duke energy, and duke energy gave a $10 million loan to the

there's ash right there. [ cheers and applause ] there's the secretary. it was an incredible experience that i will never forget. let's take a look. ? >> seth: we're at the pentagon, home to our nation's armed forces as well as 284 bathrooms. ash carter. ? >> seth: you know, i don't get to hang out with a military personnel very often. do you mind if i ask you guys some questions. >> yes, sir. >> sure. >> seth: petty officers. >> yes, sir. >> seth: seal team 6 or seal the musician? >> oh, seal the musician of course, come on. [ laughter ] >> seth: staff sergeant. >> yes sir? >> seth: knocking isis into next tuesday or knocking isis back to the stone age? i have plans next tuesday. [ laughter ] >> hey guys, my whole life i've kind of wondered what it would be like if people had to stand to attention when i entered a room. would you mind if we tried it? >> sure. >> sure. ? [ laughter ] >> seth: as you were. [ applause ] [ laughter ] ? [ laughter ] >> seth: as you were. [ laughter ] okay, so i know everyone's respective branch of the military is their favori

the way the catholic church wants you to handle ashes. jc: a startling new statistic about cancer and smoking. the number of cases now connected to lighting up. ben: new at 5:30, the lifts are running at one new england ski area. the celebration as skiing got jc: it's day two of a massive manhunt across oklahoma for a murder suspect who live streamed his getaway on facebook. ben: police say michael vance tried to cut off the heads of his aunt and uncle and shot four other people. tonight, he could be anywhere. today, a statewide manhunt now involving the fbi and u.s. marshals for this suspected murderer. >> he was loaded, ready to go. wounded by the alleged killer michael vance. vance, a suspect on the run wanted for murdering his aunt and uncle in a small town outside of oklahoma city, armed with an ak-47 after the run-in with police, he takes off in their patrol pick up livestreaming his getaway on facebook. >> wow, that really hurt. see, i'm bleeding where the police shot me. ben: he allegedly goes on to shoot three other innocent so i

. >>> and new at cfo neighbors along the -- and ne at 00 neighbors along the neuse river coal ash. northcarolina -- cbs north carolina's michael hyland is in wayne county were a conference just apped up what tear asing duke energy to do. >> reporter: do u think energy says the all of the coa ash released during the lood would fit roughly in the sizeof a pickup bed. what people havbeen noticing are inert and non toxic items. >> a look at the areas where people have been concerned about impacts. environmental quality says it's continuing to inspect for environmental impactom hurricane matthew. deq asked duke energy to submit a plan. earlier we heard from people whose water was contapnated other the past. but concerned they're not getting the truth now. >> the flood water rose above teases unlined uncovered coal ash ponds and the water ent into the ponds, but no co really? duke? >> we fortunately have not seen any indications of coal ash constituent in the water wee not had any significant releasthere. there was a very small amount that was dispalaced. >> reporter: duke energy is mann

duke says the amount of cool ash that leaked would -- coal ash would fit into the bed of a pickup truck but a spokes says what people are seeing in the river is nontoxic. some people living in the area are skeptical of the information that duke and the state are providing. >>we have to rely on what they're telling us is true, but then when you start hearing true. >>the ash basins continue to function normally throughout the storm. there's no risk to the integrity of the dams that are holding the ash in place. they continue to be safe. >>the department of environmental quality says the state is still trying to determine if enforcement actions are needed. >>> additional fema crews are now in the area preparing to meet with people who suffered losses during hurricane matthew. staff members are in smithfield and goldsboro ready to talk to people who need to apply for they're staying busy and many of the victims are understandably emotional. >>we are very compassionate about what we do, all of us in the center will sit down and talk with them, understand where they have been and understand h

but someone's ashes. they're not replaceable of. >> reporter: carolyn believes the ashes may have mistaken for drugs like heroin or cocaine, she filed a police report. but says all she wants is whom ever took those ashes to return them no questions asked. >> in a weird way i feel like this is her. is going to learn something from this and that's going to help them. because that's the type of person that she was. >> reporter: carolyn tells me she lost her son a year and a half ago and then her mother this summer and hopes to combine her ashes in some sort of keep sake. if you have any information, you're asked to contact the brockton police no questions asked. reporting in boston, i'm crystal >> vanessa: new hampshire authorities investigating a boat that sanctioned wild tied to the dock. sometime between october 2nd and 3rd. according to the marine patrol the boat named sequem was secure at the time. they're asking for anyone with information to call them. >> mark: the death toll in the tar heel state at

. >>> a woman says someone broke too her car and stole her mother's ashes. parker says it happened monday night. the only thing missing were those ashes. she lost her mother in july to breast cancer. she says she kept them i spends a lot of time driving and she said she was looking for a place to spread the ashes. >> they took out of the white container, they took the clear bag that had the ashes in it. and so i think that it must have been somebody who thought it was drugs because it's the only thing that they took out of hi car. i have had this pit in my stomach for -- since it happened. i just feel like i'm in a bad dream. >> she also lost her son about a year and a half ago. she says ashes from her mother and child and creating a necklace. >>> still ahead an exclusive interview with the man who stopped a deadly rampage at the taunton mall. >> and a bird mystery, what we're learning about dead birds falling from the skies in boston. >> and we continue to follow that breaking news sky eye live over east boston right now where 2 boston police officers were

a spokesman for the energy company responsible for that col ash says he bullies the substane is not ash, but the company is testing that. >> in texas a family survives a plunge off the bridge into a river. the mother was driving when she saw traffic ahead and slammed on the brakes swerving right over the side of the bridge. the mom and her four children will be okay. >> caught on camera. two thieves in an oklahoma right into a store and steal an atm. they smashed the wall, a man hos out and pulls an atm into the back of the truck. police found the vehicle on the side of the road about 20 minuts after the robbery but are still searching for the suspects. a bald eagle is caught on camer. the eagle flew into the path ofa jeep on the highway, hit the windshield and was pretty stunned. a trooper then pulls over when e sees the bird struggling. the eagle is now recovering. >> apple may refresh its mac computers. among the ideas, a lighter and faster macbook laptop. as well as an up took for at least one model of the macbook air. >> tesla ceo says they will now come with hardware to make them

rising from the ashes is easier when you have someone pulling you up. >> we are very grateful and we would do the same thing if they had a problem we would welcome them. >> reporter: in the service one minister assured the congregation that they would meet every sunday even if it was not in the same place or in place they were used to. in berkeley spencer blake kron4 news . >>> san francisco giants approve again they know how to come through matters the most. champagne was blowing at at&t park is afternoon and the orange and black clutched final wild-card spot on the last day of regular season. the club is in a position to win a fourth world championship in seven years. they face the mets in new york on wednesday, the winner of backing advances to play the chicago cubs in the national league division series. mark carpenter kron4 news. >>> sunday's game was special in more ways than one. the giants needed to win to make it the playoffs and folks traveled from all over to witness famous announcer vin scully call his last name. >> to be in the presence of him is amazing. >> of wind agai

cremation is allowed for catholics, but the ashes can't be scattered. ashes also may not be divided among family members or kept in an urn inside a home. the rules released today state that the ashes must be kept in a sacred place such as a church cemetery. the vatican document states a christian funeral may be denied if people are planning on scattering the ashes. a youth football coach is fired for trying to put an adult in the game. patrick, the team was also booted from the league. patrick: the team is in rhode island. they're called the capital city buccan they were losing at half time. that's when parents saw a man put on a uniform and go into the game for the second half. members of the league believe he was 18 to 20-years-old. the teams have 13 and 14-year-olds. the adult took part in several plays before getting kicked out. the team's founder says she fired the coach right away. >> if i was there, that would never ever happen because safety of these kids is more important to me than anything. that hurts me. it hurts the community. it hurts the

ash carter / dept. of defense "make no mistake - whether they're flying airplanes overhead - or whether they're advising units on the ground - even behind the frontlines - they are at risk." defense ash carter arrived here in iraq. sot - sec. ash carter / dept. of defense "we must do this. we must protect ourselves from isil. // they need to be destroyed." carter says this operation has been a year in the making - and encouraged by the progress in the last week - everything, he said, going according to plan. nats but there is significant resistance? isis fighters have been using waves of suicide bombers, i- e-ds, booby trapped homes? even armed drones. nats - (aptn - kirkuk) the fighting isn't limited to of kirkuk this weekend - as forces re-capture isis-held areas? many are celebrating. sot - "you cannot sleep without fear? because you cannot guess when they will take you at night and kill you." and with as many as one and a half million civilians still in mosul, there is growing worry about a potentia