we were just able to make it touch the bottom of the balcony. i helped the two people down the balcony to safety. >> karl says he's no hero. he was just in the right place at the right time. >>> a big fight broke out at the food court at the mall of america in minnesota yesterday afternoon. witnesses say scores of young people swarmed through the mall and some of them reportedly grabbed items from shoppers and kiosks. it took guards over an hour to control the whole thing. surprisingly, no one was hurt. >>> well, it used to be the

we were just able to make it touch the bottom of the balcony.elped the two people down the balcony to safety. >> karl says he's no hero. he was just in the right place at the right time. >>> a big fight broke out at the food court at the mall of america in minnesota yesterday afternoon. witnesses say scores of young people swarmed through the mall and some of them reportedly grabbed items from shoppers and kiosks. it took guards over an hour to control the whole thing. surprisingly, no one was hurt. >>> well, it used to be the eyes were the windows to your soul. now, apparently twitter is giving people a look at what you're feeling inside. a new study found tweets gave when you're feeling down and out or when you're at your best. >> reporter: there is an old song that goes don't worry, be happy. well, according to a team of mathematicians from the university of vermont, many of us are feeling a little down. the research analyzed nearly five billion worldwide twitter messages for 33 months, there has been a gradual downward slope during the past

, and i helped the two people down the balcony to safety." 1:36 1:361:45 "i'm just glad i happened towas able to help the people out 01:49 pt's unclear what started the fire.several people were injured. a christmas celebration for .. dancing .. and good eating - ... ended in a vicious fight betteen two female protesterss at the camp. a man struggled to peel the omen off each pther.members of the movement pay fights break out in all familiiss... and the occupy family is no different. lauren says: 39"i don't know ... there's gonna be problems." 51 51 folks at occupy naahville say despite the brawl the camp remains unified. rain movvng in tomorrow. chief meterooogist vytas reid is here to tell us how long it will stick around. around. still ahead...a motorist with no common sense. how he broke the law and made it very easy ffr police to catch him. and elephants on the move. why some people thought it was a good idea to race them. with a little more than a week until voterr in iowa decide their choice for the 2012 republican ominee - ron paul continues tt enjoy strong support there - but

from a balcony. >>> protesters say target employees allegedly harassed a mother trying to nurse her baby ate a houston, texas store. word got out through facebook and a protest against target was organized. the springfield store has not had any problems with nursing mothers. >> as may mom who organized this gathering here, called and talked to the manager and let her know we would be here. not that we had ever had issues here but it was a united front. >> guests are free to go within our store to nurse their babies. if we were approached and asked, well send them or request that they possibly use our sit fitting room. >> about 100 groups staged protests in 35 different states. >>> the september 11th memorial has only been open for about three months but it is already seeing a huge number. visitors. new york city officials are announcing that one million people have gone to see the site since it opened to the public. the plaza and its two huge found tapes draw about 10,000 visitors a day to ground zero. the memorial opens september 12th after its dedication to the 10th anniversary of

two victims were trapped on the balcony. he attempted to save them by grabbing a ladder.t didn't stop him from risking his life to rescue them. >> they were able to touch the bottom of the balcony and i helped the two people down the balcony to safety. >> carl the firefighter does not consider himself a hero. he said he was in the right place at the right time and went on his first instinct. investigators suspect christmas tree lights started the fire. >>> toyota announces it is selling the world's most fuel- efficient hybrid. the aqua will be branded as the prius. it is supposed to get more than 83 miles per gallon. the japanese auto maker hopes to launch 10 new gas and electric models by 2013. >>> a man finds thousands of dollars in a gas station bathroom. on one recent stop he found a fannie pack in the bathroom stuffed with $24,000 in cash. he immediately called 911 and turned the money over to police. officers returned the cash to the rightful owner. the delivery man was rewarded for his honesty. >>> coming up, troubling trends, por sex assaults being reported at nat

we were just able to make it touch the bottom of the balcony and i helped the two people down the balcony to safety. >> reporter: the neighbor who helps carl rescue the elderly couple with joey joyce's son jacob who vaulted over the back fence. >> they slowly came down the ladder, him and another guy that held the ladder. they slowly walked down that ladder and came out of the home. >> reporter: despite helping save two people's lives, carl shrugged off the label of hero. >> i was at the right place at the right time and i'm glad i was able to help them out because they were in a bad spot. >> reporter: thanks to carl's courage and quick-thinking, a holiday tragedy was averted. >> that was mark morgan reporting. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> some sad news to pass on tonight. we have lost a member of the wjz family. debbie wright died after a battle with cancer. you might remember her as an education reporter in the 1980s and early '90s. wright spent more than a decade working here at wjz. her mother tells us a memorial service is being planned in arkansas. >>> well

in existing properties, smoking will be banned within 20 feet of patios, balconies, porches, entrances and exits. >> too much power. i don't think it's right. we have no say in what we do and it's our bodies, our country. freedom, right? that's america. you're taking it away. >> it's kind of what i would call a paternalism of the state. >> reporter: jeff smith a smoker bristles with the new law but understands it considering a recent incident where some of his neighbors were smoking on the balcony and it was bothering other neighbors. >> it was going into the next floor up into their window and they had a small child and i sit on the condo board here and there was nothing we could do about that particular case of smoking and secondhand smoke. >> reporter: now they can cite the secondhand smoke ordinance. if you think this part of the ordinance is bad, the second part kicks in january 1, 2013. that will ban smoking inside any apartment or condo, inside the apartment or condo. live in alameda, joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> hundreds of bay area high school students boarded buses for a trip to u

and then we just hear this screaming in the balcony. and i'm thinking... i'm looking up going, "what's going on up there? we're trying to do a show," you know? "are you going to give us a little respect?" >> hinojosa: people were also very upset about the fact that miss saigon... you know, the terms that would be used now would be to say well, it was a show that was looking at the forced trafficking of women in vietnam who were forced to become sexual objects against their will. and you know, this whole drama is made around them, and there's a love story. but do you think that... >> the show would exist today? i don't know. i think it would have been... i think it would have still been able to exist, because then it would really shine a light on how ugly this kind of situation is. and, you know, a lot of the protest at the time was, "you're denigrating women, you're making them out..." but we have to think of it in context. this is 1975. we're not portraying women as they are in 1991, which was when the show opened on broadway. this is 1975, and everything

. >> i saw the first floor balcony or the second-floor balconies line up and the third-floor balconies and i went to the roof line and all of a sudden the roof jumps up 8 feet. then it dawned on me the building has collapsed and a whole floor is pancaked. that kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. >> henry starts to do the math in his head. 50 apartments on the first floor and the worst case scenario he thinks there could be 100 people trapped. his mind races knowing he's about to become part of a tremendous rescue effort. and at the parking deck, their attempt to save one man is moving along slowly. firefighter ray labayae continues to talk to the victim and is able to get him an oxygen mask, but now nearly four hours into the ordeal, salvador pena is losing hope. as more time wore on, it was more like come down and pray with me, come down and cry with me. we were never able to give him anything for his pain, so that was always there. that was bad. >> but rescuers are making progress. and by now the operation at the apartment complex is in full swing. mike henry has been cutting throug

so it could hold up to 50 to 60 people on the balcony at christmas time. it is fair to say this room is the heart and soul of this entire property, and the dearest thing in the house to my heart. this formal dining room is just the right size for large formal dinners and for large festive occasions when used as a catering site. the furniture at you see is mostly american empire, built in this country in the 1810-1840 era. it connects through the butler pantry. beyond that, great brick covered patio. this wonderful veranda runs the entire length of the house and is accessed from every room on the first floor except the kitchen. this infinity pool was inspired by a trip to to italy with partly features a tennis court, a carriage house, the farmhouse, about 11 acres of pasture land. the 17 acres is like a huge private park. this concludes our tour. it is only 45 minutes from broadway. >> that grand entrance definitely makes an impression. coming up after the break -- >> let me show you what we did >> welcome back to "open house." next, jill brings us a long s

two trapped victims were stuck on the balcony. the ladder broke but it didn't stop the brave fireman. >> i helped two people down the balcony to safety. >> he saved two lives. he doesn't think of himself as a hero. he says he was in the right place at the right time. investigators suspect christmas tree lights cause had the fire. >>> with no access to a telephone, a utah woman uses facebook to escape from a hostage situation. she was pleading from help from salt lake city, utah. >> reporter: facebook is a way to keep in touc . for one woman the social network may have saved her life. >> it was hermines hermeans to get out a cry for help. a man saved her and her 17- month-old baby and a disabled son inside the home for five days. >> any time she went out the door to the front side or garage he would assault her to the extent that he'd choke her out. >> reporter: he sodomized the woman and beat her repeatedly. >> she's gone through a lot. she has a 24-year-old son disabled. >> reporter: after days of abuse the woman managed to sneak

his son and successor looked on from the balcony. he is the supreme leader of the ruling party of the military and people. >>> still to come, why a woman approached police with a question at the 9/11 memorial ended up in handcuffs. >> doug hill returned to tell us whether today's snow flurries are a sign of things to come. but the hoyas are moot -- are bound to move up the rankings. we will tell you why. [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i alreadady called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we o get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature. right now during sign then drive, it's never been easier to get the all-new passat, the 2012 motor trend car of the year, for practically just your signature that's the power of german engineering. vvisit vwdealer.com. >>> we are learning more tonight about the yale student found murdered in

[screeching] [ominous music] ♪ he's aiming for that balcony. >> it's locked. >> then we must house breakng] go up, watson, go! [monkey screaming] [glass breaking] >> stay away. please, stay away. [dog snarling] [screaming] >> it was a close thing. just missed the carotid artery. >> is he all right? >> he'll live. >> a reformed man, i have no doubt, after his experience. my dear lestrade, i quite intended you to have the credit, but to complete the case against dorak, wilcox, and jenkins, you'll need this. >> here is the incontrovertible proof. those animals you've rescued from degradation were stolen for the sake of their glands. >> the animal extract to be sold at enormous profit to those foolish or desperate enough to imagine that a course of serum could restore their lost vitality without any other effects. >> i am grateful to you, mr. holmes. thanks to you, we've traced the evil to its source. >> perhaps. but poor presbury. when one tries to rise above nature, one is liable to fall below it. the highest type of man may revert to the animal when he leaves the straight road of destiny.

in the cairo square today, chasing and beating protestors and tossing journalists tv cameras off balconies. police went under protest as retaliated against military police throwing stones and creating barricades for protection. >>> if you plan to take metro this weekend, be prepared for lots of delays. the transit agency says it will be doing maintenance work on all five metro rail lines until midnight tomorrow night. the red line trains will leave every 10 minutes from shady grove and glen stations. but every other train from shady grove will turn back to dupont circle. all of the times trains will leave every 20 minutes. riders should allow extra half hours for their journeys. go to wusa9.com for the complete update on the work and expected delays for this weekend. back in in a minute with the weather. >>> let's go to annie with the forecast. >> bruce, we're looking at areas of flurries tonight, north and west. zoom in on live doppler 9000 be it's not a lot as far as accumulations but we're seeing some flurries now in westminster, also around east of woods borrow. that trend will continu

my answer is, the little 4-year-old thrown off the balcony in chicago would have been better off at boystown. the 11-year-old killed after he killed a 14-year-old might have had a chance to live in a supervised boarding school. the children you see in d.c. killed every weekend might be better off in a group home or fo foster home. >> when you put it in that context, does it make the recent remark more palettable or less? >> i feel numb about it. i understand, it's inflammatory thinking what could he be thinking about. think of all the candidates running for president. think of everyone running for office whether they are democrats or republicans. we constantly hear of the problems of the job creators and how important it is to have a middle class. there are no politicians willing to talk about what we do to help the least among us. i'm not saying newt gingrich is doing that. he's the only candidate trying to touch on the topic of poverty and maybe, maybe all of the candidates will look at this as a way to reach out to different demographics and honestly talk about the problems facing the cou

i have to get one in the balcony.ike these. >> hold it up straight. >> dave: okay, here we go. >> dave: there you go. shannon ice, ladies and gentlemen. we'll be right back are governor jon huntsman. merry christmas, shannon. thank you very much. nice job. ( applause ) ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ( applause ). >> dave: thank you very much. our next guest is the former governor of the great state of utah, also a former united states ambassador to china. he is now a candidate for the republican nomination for president of the united states. ladies and gentlemen, here he is, jon huntsman. jon, come on out. ♪ ♪ ( applause ) how you doing? welcome to the program. you know, i think-- maybe it was a couple of years ago i was watching television during the day and they had a thing up, and barack obama was saying that you were leaving your post as ambassador to china, and he wished you well, and your time there was well regarded, and he really appreciated all you've done. i go, well, that's interesting. and because of that sendoff, i tho

or did somethin'... or saw somethin' she shouldn't have, and he pitched her off the balcony into they-an'-by. that's why he came at us today with a shotgun. i don't know. sounds a little too neat to me. of course it's neat. and what's wrong with neat? i like neat. hey! watch what you're doin'! lookin' for this? you airhead. daddy! i didn't meant to interupt this intillectual conversation. what is it, rianne? mark wants to take me out to a club tomorrow night. you're grounded- you knowhat. please, daddy... which one is mark, anyway? the blond one. the one with pits in his face. those are dimples. those are pits. when he smiles, i can see through his head. the answer is no. end of story. i'm gonna go home. i've lost track... did we resolve anythi here tonight? yeah. we resolved that your wife takes out the garbage. you don't know from boats, and you got one hell of a family, guy. thanks. enjoyed the meal. balogne, but thanks anyway. you don't trust me at all, do you? tell you what. make it through tomorro. especially me. or yourself. then i'll start trusting you. fair enough. i do it r

his son watched the memorial service from a balcony. the late leader died of a heart attack earlier this month at the age of 69. and there's evidence that at least one picture taken during kim junk iong il's funeral procn has been altered. >> someone photo shopped this photo. we'll try to get that photo for you seconds earlier by a japanese associated press photo. in the north korean photo, the men, the camera and their tracks are gone. the reason for the doctoring of that photograph is unknown. >>> a major milestone today for the memorial at ground zero. the site has had more than 1 million visitors since opening a month ago. it draws about 10,000 visitors each day to ground zero even as construction continues on the world trade center. visitors are required to get free passes in advance. the memorial opened on september 12th after its dedication on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. >>> prerl prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against bp officials for their role in last year's deadly explosion. prosecutors say the

before new year's eve, allowing families to have their own celebrations in their backyards or on the balcony is. this year, new regulations mean that fireworks sold in germany can have a greater amounts of explosive powder. that is good for people who want a good bang, but it is harder work for those who make them. >> fireworks are his life. he has worked on them for decades. in hamburg, they are preparing a giant fireworks display for the fair. he started setting up. speed and precision are of the utmost importance. it bears no resemblance to setting of a few firecrackers on new year's. wind or rain could force the cancellation. >> i have been doing this for years. i still really enjoy at. i will never forget the danger. >> there are strict security measures. there is no room for mistakes. it takes three to four years of training to set up a display of the size. >> you need to get to know the many different types of events to kno how to deal with them and to get enough practical experience. >> it takes dedication to want to become a pyrotechnician, like schneider's assistant, who was a volu

inside his balcony that they went high -- i won't say overboard, but into might alert tonight because of this incident. if we come back live now, you can look. the police tape is now gone just as we've been talking to you and you see people milling about. we're not sure if they've allowed people yet to hit the elevators to go home, but it appears that this incident is pretty much over. >> bob barnard tonight on the scene. >>> two news alerts just coming into the fox 5 newsroom, the first from george washington university where a case of meningococcal meningitis has been confirmed. the person lives off campus. it's not stated whether they're a student, staff or faculty member. about 35 people who have been in close contact with the person have been notified. the condition can be treated with antibiotics if found early. >>> following a news alert out of chevy chase maryland tonight, a montgomery county police officer taken to the hospital after she flipped her cruiser at brookville road and thorn apple street, not clear what caused that crash. >>> another big story right now, a dare dev

. >> i remember senator, an interview we conducted on one of saddam hussein's palace balco balconi balconies, what now? i know you wanted more u.s. troops left, residual force left behind. are you convinced now that all of the troops can come home and iraq will remain stable? >> by no means clear to me that iraq can remain stable. general keen, as you know, one of the architects of the surge said we won the war and now we risk losing the peace. and i think it's important to point out that even though the bush administration made the agreement, condoleezza rice, former secretary of state, said, we had always envisioned a residual force, i always envisioned a residual force because of the areas of intelligence, the area of protect of airspace, the contested areas in northern iraq and iraq/kurdistan border. there was every military commander, everyone, recommended we have 20,000 troops remain behind in order to help with the stability and the security of iraq. and the president campaigned saying he was going to withdraw all of the troops. he did that. and i think it places the whole situation i

and we can feel it from our balcony here. >> reporter: it was a scene that was reported on her iphone. >> she started crying. she got really nervous. i was shaking when i was taking the video. it was really scary. already. >> reporter: flames spread to a total of 18 units. three of them destroyed. everyone escaped but a family's pet. a small dog that died in the fire. juan says the fire started in the apartment next door to his. >> he start it had base board heater. he went to take a shower and when he came out, his room was on fire. we started knocking on all of the doors. and, for some reason, i went back inside, grabbed my computer and left. >> riveraz doesn't have an apartment to go home to. >> i'm fine. it's just a bunch of material things. i'm still alive. nothing that the next paycheck can't cover. >> reporter: and the red cross tells us that all of the people who have been displaced by this fire have found other places to stay tonight. people who live in this apartment complex are required to have renter's insurance. so they should be reimbursed for their losses. live in alame

before noon and found the second and third floors fully engulfed two people were rescued off their balconiesx apartment units were badly damaged on the second and third floor. it's believed a wall heater may be responsible. >> a santa clara man is in the county jail facing weapons charges, including possession of explosive devices. police responded to a report of suspicious circumstances and arrested daniel papis. officers served his home and found homemade guns, blow guns and ammunition two of the bombs were unstable. the bomb squad removed and detonated the devices safely. >> san francisco police arrested this man who is charged wid kidnapping and raping an oakland woman. steven clark was taken into custody. police say he met the woman at a tavern. >> in con -- condition cord, -- in concord, people are wondering who it killing ducks. today, police arrested a boy they believe is responsible for killing the bird. police say there five separate cases of geese and ducks being shot to death by pellets or small caliber hand guns. the teenage suspect is being held at the contra costa county juven

. >> you can pick your own little balcony. you're overlooking five acres. >> look at the food. >> oh, my god. >> great food. >> magnificent. and a fireplace. now, the rooms there start at $300. but the one thing is you've got to look at their weekly specials. because you can get it for under $300 and enjoy the luxury and the small shops that are downtown in new hope. walk around. have candle lit dinner. fabulous. >> what's the second place? >> now we're going to go down to white okay, virginia. this place is one of my absolute favorites. white post, virginia. sorry. 90 miles away from washington. and it's in the foot hills of the shenandoahs. it's a blend of modern comfort and luxury. >> and the name again? >> l'auberge provencale. it has the french fabrics ablingd the antiques. and to top it all off, they have a chef who is one of the owners that is magnificent. their rooms go for under $200 and it's a great get away and the place is absolutely beautiful and it's a wonderful treat, even if you want to go down for dinner. >> a

speaking before the city council about the port shutdown on december 12th, occupy protestors in the balcony started clapping. that's when council president demanded that the crowd be respectful. >> will the people who advocate the rights of free speech, you are certainly not giving this man the right of free speech! let me just say this, i wasn't going to support this resolution, but you guys have just given me -- told me where i need to be at. >> there is no eminent threat from the occupy movement to have another shutdown of the port. by doing this, in my opinion, is just waving a red flag in front of themful i don't know why you're doing that. secondly, are we going to throw the oakland police department under the bus again? >> reporter: ignassio de la fuente introduced this residence lees -- resolution. the ceo of logistics 43s and says oakland is -- agrees and as i oakland is losing a lot of business. >> they've got working people, and the cost of the city, the millions of dollars it is costing. it's something we cannot afford. >> we're concerned about the future of this port. as i talk

and we happened to be on the balcony. >> you saw it? >> yeah, we saw it happen. my little one was very little at the time, so she doesn't have a memory of it. and it was -- it's still hard. just hard. just hard. >> why is it so hard? >> well, because what they can -- discovered later on is that the people on the plane were aware that they were in some danger, but i think the person who was in the smaller plane had had a heart attack. so the bigger plane, really there was no way to really figure out where to go. and i just feel for folks in a situation like that. who see something that they're not sure they're going to be able to live through. and so i just -- that's what stayed in my mind. because i'm a visualist. so if i see it, it lives in my brain. so i always see it. so i get on a plane. you know, things have changed, i must say, in the 30 years. >> how many planes have you actually caught in that period since then? >> since? well, it's hard to say. now i'm flying like a nun, you know, because -- >> you had a course, didn't you? >> i had a course from the fol

it actually sits on our balcony. out-- outside. yeah, i hope it's a strong balcony. i hope so, too.'s an amazingly weighty object. i mean, even if we forget the evaluation in terms of an antique, i'm afraid to say that bronze-- because it's made of bronze-- is becoming a more and more desirable commodity even as a melt value. really? so, it's-- it's a substantial bit of bronze. it is amazing how many people went to the far east and brought back a bell. it seems to be, you know, the trophy to bring back. but you haven't actually mentioned the country from which this really comes. well, i'm not sure. my grandfather was in both india and china, so i'm really not sure. it doesn't come from either. it comes from japan. oh, really? oh, that's interesting. japanese bells basically are the same shape as chinese bells, but they're slightly more enclosed, but they have their origins way, way back in the chinese bronze age. that's where they can all be traced back to, but this is a very traditional japanese temple bell. and bells are magical instruments. it certainly is. they dispel clouds, th

it ended when the suspect climbed down the eight floor apartment balcony and climbed into the apartment below it. that's when the s.w.a.t. team took him into custody and took him to the hospital to be checked out. the back of the building faces northern virginia community college, and the college campus is now open this morning after it was locked down during the standoff. no one was injured. >>> good news for federal workers. it appears congress will avoid a government shutdown after all. the house and senate are expected to vote today on a $1 trillion spending package that will keep the government running through the end of the year. negotiators finally reached an agreement on the bill yesterday, a little more than a day before the deadline of midnight tonight. among the details of the package, the d.c. government is now banned from funding abortions. the pentagon's budget will absorb a hit. but funding from veterans programs will get a boost. president obama's education initiative race to the top will absorb a cut of more than 20%. >>> and now to decision 2012. republican presidentia

okay sun moon said i will turn down the sheets for us much the bed faced a balcony over looking the mountain. across the river was a glow much the 2 disrobed and entered where they lay awake waiting until 10 o'clock. it's a common misconception that listening devices turn off in the power. with a can of peaches the kalt rad had given them. when the house and city below went dark moon spoke, here are the rules she said. children will reveal their names to you when they decide to do so. you will never use ta eshe k wo on them. you will never touch me. she said. from below they heard dogs bang in the zoo. wait, i take that back. you are allowed to touch me only if i touch you first. are there more rules? i'm thinking she said. a quick blue flash filled the room and all was dark again. in prison he said, so many people through themselves at the electric fence they had to build another fence to keep them off of it. thank >> in conjunction with an an exhi bigz we had ann an exhi bigz we had ann anan tholl have the same title. it's my pleasure to introduce some of the writers from this book. i will

on the terrace, the balcony -- wherever there is space to hang one. curious? me too. >> here at the midtown manhattan farmers' market in new york city, dickson despommier is shopping for fresh vegetables. there are still some shallots to be had. the columbia university professor doesn't hesitate, and starts carefully choosing a few of them. the locally-grown onions are pretty expensive. >> "these shallots, they were giving them away 20 years ago, they couldn't sell them. there were so many. today they are a gourmet item, you pay a lot of money for this now. if they are available. with the floods they had this year. this is all there is. there should be 5 or 6 of these, there is just one. drought, flooding, frost, hail -- the extreme weather in recent years means growers can never be sure of a harvest. in addition, more and more farming land is being lost, while the world population continues to grow. so how can food supplies be ensured for the long term in heavily-populated areas? the answer could be no longer growing crops outside, in a wide area, but vertica

they used ladders and lifted people to safety from balconies on the upper floors. no word on what caused the fire. the big relief here is that no one was injured. many apartments on the first floor suffered bad water damage it took fire crews two hours to get the upper hand. >> kind of stubborn, the firefighters tracking the fire through the walls and through floors, through the ceiling and in doing so, they had to make a lot of cuts to track the fire down. >> reporter: we're told at least one pet, a dog, is unaccounted for. also, power could remain off for the entire complex throughout the night. all 60 apartments. the red cross is ready to help all of those folks with arrangements for the night. monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. >>> turning to national news. the u.s. senate gave working americans a quit of sorts before heading home for the holidays, voting to extend the payroll tax cuts, only for the next two months. nbc bay area's brian moore has the latest on the extension and other government extending approved. >> we'll get it done. >> re

there were two rescues of residents from balconies. according to the division chief darren olson-- >> two floors, six units that were occupied, and six families that are now displaced. >> reporter: brother and sister kale and casey jinks ran out of their buildings. >> we grabbed our pets and came outside. there was all this smoke in the exit way. we tried to walk out, like coughing, able to get down and we saw the fire on the other side of the building. >> it's something you never expect to be in. it's very scary, but we're just praying that everyone's okay in our apartment building and animals and all. >> reporter: like many who live in bay area cities, many hear fire sirens all the time, not realizing it would come so close to home. >> just a few days before christmas, what a tragedy. it was horrible. >> reporter: there were no injuries to residents or firefighters. besides those living in the six heavily damaged units, there are rough days ahead for everyone else here. >> there are an additional 12 units affected by the fire and the

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. >> what i saw there was two police up on the balcony of the hotel. >> are police got a tip on monday night about prostitution happening here. this suv was reported stolen in pennsylvania. they watched the suv and when people got into the vehicle this afternoon, the officers blocked it in. they took four women and two men into custody. >> we have to determine their relationship with the stolen vehicle, how they got it and you know to see what crimes have been committed here. >> reporter: the bust happened in columbia pike in a portion slated to be revitalized. >> it's bad. there is kids around here. >> it is usually a pretty safe environment in this area. >> reporter: police say the half dozen people detained were taken to the station for questioning to see what, if any, charges would be filed. i checked in with the arlington county police a short time ago. we are waiting for an update to see what charges have been filed in this case. arlington county police say all of the subject taken into custody today were cooperative. darcy spencer, news4. back to you. >>> it turned into an incon

they had 364 delegates downstairs, 600-800 people could be comfortably accommodated in the balcony. they were stuffed. people didn't go out for lunch if they knew that was coming later. they had to be there. every basically square foot of the place was full but there's something called the seller which is in the basement. i gather it was a mezzanine. it was full of people. it was packed. they had sources said it was so silent you can hear a coin drop. all you could hear was the clerk calling out the names of the delegates one by one and their answer, they go or nay. and then you could see people, these are in your minds looking against the list of have expected people to vote and how that would change. and in the end massachusetts voted in favor, 187-68 with nine delegates after, a margin of 19 votes, that means nine swing votes could've gone the other way. but once the vote was done, the bells all over fabulous boston -- this is like any novel. i couldn't have made this up. i find it so moving, the sides of the convention to the ringing of the bells to i could go on but i better no

charles is sort of looking away in the distance and camilla is sort of standing there on the balcony.istmas card? >> what do you think? >> that's on their christmas card? >> it's the christmas card, yeah. it says, "wishing you a very happy christmas and new year." this is -- so yes, no, thumb's up, thumb's down? >> it's just confounding. why would you choose that picture? of all the pictures out there of them, why would you choose that one? >> i know. last year they had a much nicer one, they were looking happy, they were skiing, they were looking cool. it was a very nice picture. this one seems weird, especially to have a grouchy bridesmaid in there. i don't know. >> thank you. that made me laugh this morning, and i needed that. >>> when we come back, your entertainment headlines. a judge refuses to throw out a lawsuit involving the singing super star beyonce. it's 51 minutes past the hour. this is your "am: wakeup call." . nyquil:what? tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion...

they walked out on the balcony to a roaring applause from the crowd below. they shared their first kiss as husband and wife sealing their fate as one of the most talked about couples of 2011. after a honeymoon william and katherine embarked on a north american tour. they touched down in canada in late june. >> the geography in canada is matched only by the hospital at that time. >> reporter: they showed off their competitive sides in a boat race even took in a rodeo. it was off to los angeles where the duke and dutchess attend aid georgia la evening in honor of british entertainers. william played in a celebrity polo match but it wasn't all whining dining and celebrities. they finished their tour in one of la's most low income neighborhoods visiting with children at an art center. william and katherine returned to britain but that didn't put an end to the public fascination. hundreds of thousands of people visited buckingham palace to get an up close look of the dutchess of cambridge iconic gown and to feel a little closer to the royal couple. i'm elizabeth