joining me now to discuss is beth seidenberg.lso a doctor, you have founded multiple companies, been ceo of companies and then went into this. this is your wheelhouse. what do you make of this deal? beth: thank you for having me, great to see you. this is an interesting deal. there are economic drivers around the taxes and the ability to have a domicile in ireland. there are synergies with the portfolio. what is exciting is that this is a contrarian view. there are a lot of things that come out of a large merger. what we need with biotech, we need innovation. we need great people and we need product. and when you have an acquisition like this, there will be a few layoffs. the good news is with biotech, those are potential next-generation ceo's. those are people who can go into the growth stage. we also will have products that will spin out of these companies. we started a company five years ago called sorrow. when merc bought -- they had a similar acquisition. it was called amend. they spun back out and started a new company and

beth. eric, while the national weather service is predicting an additional 1- 1.5 inches of rain in the coming days residents in area's hard hit by october's floods say it's not potential concerned about. rain falling 3 for a complete list of the counties currently under flood warnings, watches and advisories head to our website a-b-c columbia dot com. in the news room beth rousseau a-b- columbia dot com. the man charged in the christmas day murder of an orangeburg county woman made his first appearance in court today. harold pratt was arraigned on charges he shot and killed loretta bunch whose body was recovered in a waterway under an overpass five miles south of holly hill. bunch was reported missing christmas day. richland county deputies are looking for a burglary suspect who certainly isn't camera shy. this is surveillance video of a man deputies say broke into a-m-pm food mart on parklane road back on december cigarettes, and lottery tickets. if you recognize this man you're asked to

bruce and beth? the iowa d-o-t says the timing of this storm has helped snow plowrews out on the roads. kcrg-tv9's dave franzman is out live in downtown the iowa d-o-t says the timing of this storm has helped snow plow crews out on the roads. live in downtown cedar rapids. dave, some plow drivers are saying the calendar helped them clear the roads? beth, stranan as it sounds, you could have worse mondays for snow and sleet. since we're between christmas and new years all the schools are already clcled. a loloof people also take vacation or holidays this week. and d-o-t plow drivers working on the highways and interstates noticed the difrence. t/nat mitch wood, a supervisor at the d-o-t garage in cedar rapids, says it was something plow drivers noticed right away this morning. they even chatted about it on the truck radios. plows weren't sharing the road with quite as many vehicles on the morning commute. some of it might simply be the weather with many people deciding to statahome until the roadadwer

beth? grace, the richland county sheriff's department is still investigating two of the weekend's three shootings.as for the third an arrest has been made following the dead 3 3 investigators are still looking for information on two of this weekend's shootings. one that occurred on bridgecreek rd.during a christmas party and the otr that took place on hard scrabble rd.the condition of the victims in those incidents is unknown.anyone with information is asked to contact crimestoppers.in the news room beth rousseau a-b-c columbia a man riding a lawnmower has died after being hit by a pick-up truck. investigators with the highway patrol say the crash happened just after eleven saturday night. troopers say the truck ran into the back of the lawnmower when both were traveling west on windsor creek road in orangeburg. the victim's identity has not yet been released. deputies in kershaw county say a poorly secured go-cartanded two suspected burglars in custody. investigators say early sunday morni

the scorpions is my mind. >> what's done is done. >> a shadow. >> hail mac beth hail mac beth. >> rose: it's great to you have back. >> thank you for having me. >> rose: congratulations. >> thank you. >> rose: here's what you said. i always knew that one day i would play lady mac beth but i thought it would be on stage in french. it's an amazing chance to play her in shake sheers' english. it was unexpected but it felt right. i had to do it. >> yes, i had to do it. actually i was doing another movie very dramatic role and it was a-- brothers movie, two days one night. and i had the offer. and i had decided not to work after the movie because i had done really heavy dramatic roles. but this opportunity i couldn't miss. i mean that was as i said, as you said i said, i always knew i would be her one day. >> rose: you thought it would be on stage. >> yes, because i mean, theater, shakespeare, i mean, and because also i'm french, i wouldn't have expected to have this kind of offer. and i talked to justin, the director. it was his second movie so i thought this man must be mad. first of all

reporter: knocking beth to the ground sunday night on the crowded strip. police say the driver, purposely aiming her car at tourists on the sidewalk. >> i ran inside because i didn't know what was going on. you see people on the ground, you don'tnow if they're dead, they're alive. you see all the blood. reporter: a chilling reminder for beth, banged up and bruised, it could have been much worse. >> yeah. that's for sure. reporter: beth and aaron are scheduled to stay in las vegas through wednesday. tonight, behind me at the crash scene, there is a growing memorial with flowers and a sign signed "las vegas locals." reporting live from the las vegas strip, kelsey thomas, news 3. jim: as new information continues to come in, don't forget you can keep up to date on this tragedy on the strip any time on our website, news3lv.com. marie: new information about the man accused of shooting a metro police officer last week. police releasing a second arrest report saying suspect teague fox asked the officer if he was there to kill him. the report also states fox told

team members jen davidson and beth lenz, and the boat's captain. john 'lj' benson. this won't be leisurely... we're racing the elements. in the mountains overlooking the bay, a storm is threatening. it's an ominous day to go scuba diving, but science doesn't wait for perfect weather. near our dive site, beth and jen jump in with snorkel gear to help us zero in on the reef below. the event that brought us here is called bleaching. higher than normal water temperatures cause corals to expel the symbiotic plant cells which provide them food. without the algae the corals begin to starve...turning healthy brown coral, ghostly white. this year's bleaching has been so pervasive, that for only the third time in history, scientists have declared it a global event. back on board, i check out a new piece of equipment; an aquatic communication system that will let me talk underwater. jen and beth surface, confirming we're on the reef. >> directly under me. >> it's directly under her... we'll do it, because this coral is really amazing. >> with the weather still holding, though

i'm beth beth germano, wbz news. lisa? >>> thank you, beth, and we spoke with a passenger who was actually on the train. >> reporter: lisa, imagine you know nothing. you were trying to contact the conductor. nobody's there, and then you are forced to make a decision that's what one passenger said happened to her. so we wont a ride. for nonda daily, normal has become routine, the slowdowns and speed ups, the mishaps. but thursday, she said her commute was exceptionally bizarre, a ride she doesn't want to take again. >> the only thing i can say is we lucked out that no other trains were coming to us. >> reporter: first, the train didn't stop. the train barreled through north quincy, light and dark and came to a halt not far from the jfk stop and then concern. >> the intercom is right here. they tell you to wait because they will -- the conductor will answer. we pressed and nothing happened. >> reporter: 30 minutes passed. >> reporter: one man attempted to kick out a train door. >> he tried to open the door. >> reporter: fina

bruce, beth? thanks, brea. and we'll be right back. the cittraveling to holiday parties, expect more people to be on the roads this week. and cedar rapids wants more people to sign up to have lead paint removed from their homes before the federal program is over. tonight at 6 coralville is on the defensive after a recent bond rating was critical of the city's debt. city leaders say this won't have a big impact on the city or its residents. recent data shows coralville has the largest debt per person ratio in the entire state. but, city officials say they have a lot of money coming in and they've never missed a debt payment. the state medical examiner's office will determine what caused the death of a woman whose mobile home last night. the fire was at 2309 kelley street southwest. only 13 republicans continue seeking their party's presidential nomination. south carolina senator lindsey graham dropped out of the race today. graham says his campaign never gained traction. let's go back to joe now for a final look at tonight's forecast. a

i want to quickly say so happy it's beth burns day in san francisco. thank you, beth, i'll just say as a new mother i always remember you helping my daughter painter paint bicycle black to make it much cooking under your dirty amazing parents but thank you for the leadership of young workers united empowering workers and young people league of pissed off voters and summit of things that sunday streets as a legacy that you and susan and people leave for our city but thank you for the incredible work ethic and for always being there for me whenever i needed you as well. thank you.? thank you.? i just want to thank all of you. your opposite and so great to work with and your staff are just amazing. as well as the sunday streets staff. of course, my husband alex. it wouldn't be me without having alex as an advocate and i want to challenge you to complete and you continue to support sunny season also challenge you to make it the first weekly open street event in the nation. we are in condition with a lot of cities and all be watching from portland where we

bruce and beth are back with more, stay with us. prprecutors announced today jury decided not to indict two polili officers in the shooting death of a boy. the officers shot and killed 12-year-old tamir rice last year after they say he pulled out a what turned out to be a pellet n. a-b-c's elizabeth hur ports. pkg script: sot -- tim mcginty / cuyahoga county prosecutor: "the grand jury declined to bring criminal charges.. cuyahoga county prosecutor tim mcginty announcing.. the grand jury voted not to charge either officer involved in the shooting death of 12- year-old tamir rice.... sot -- tim mcginty / cuyahoga county prosecutor "simply put, given this perfect storm m human error, mistakes and miscommunication by all involved that day - the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. rice was shot and killed by officer timothy loehmann just theyeyrrived at a clevelanan playground d november, last year.. two months ago.. the grand jury was convened to determine if officer loehmann or his partner, officer frank garmback was

they saying, beth? >> reporter: it was a seemingly normal commute about 6:15 this morning, 15 minutes into the was terribly wrong. now there were six cars in all and we spoke with a passenger experience. >> the whole train started off. and everything just stopped down between quincy and jfk and minutes. >> one of about 20 passenger os be the redline train was without a conductor, only when they realize they were alone. >> we knocked on the door of the driver and nobody was there. >> what did you see inside? >> nothing, it was all dark, everything was quiet. it was just odd, we had no idea what was going on. >> reporter: what is going through your mind now? >> it was just kind of scary, at first we received information gunshot and somebody was hurt. so my first idea was like, i am going to get out of here, at the same time i don't want to get out of here. >> reporter: the lack of information frustrating for passengers, many deciding they had to get out before t officials finally boarded. >> some people w

chris and beth could fetch an estimated $625,000 when they sell their home. a cool $50,000 increase. exactly what they wanted because of these two. and maybe in small bart because of this honorary property sibling. >> you've officially been christened as contractor. we're going the call you property sister. >> i know. >> put some body into it. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis, swinging sledgehammers with the property brothers in new york. >>> up next, the unstoppable teen and swimming superstar making a big splash. [cough, cough] mike? janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? he has that dry scratchy thing going on. guess what? it works on his cough too. cough! guess what? it works on his cough too. what? stop! don't pull me! spoiler alert! she doesn't make it! only mucinex dm relieves bothwet and dry coughs for 12 hours with two medicines in one pill. start the relief. ditch the misery. my sister raves about her toothpaste and mouthwash all the time. i'm li

a lot less than what chris and beth are hoping for. can contractor designer jonathan's upgrades get them the price they want? so what do you need to do to this house? >> oh, boy. >> what don't we need to do to this house? >> we're basically doing a light makeover on the entire house. that's going to involve, oh, my it's going to involve, you know, cabinets and tile and all kinds of stuff. >> reporter: well, jonathan gets down to demo work -- >> that's all your property. >> reporter: -- drew takes the couple on a parade of homes. >> this is just a bonus area but it would be a great big dining room. >> oh, oh. i really like that. >> red, blue, purple, and green lights up here flashing. you can dance in the mirror. >> friday night dancing. >> there you go. '70s. >> reporter: jonathan swings the power tools, drew sports the power suits. >> jonathan likes to get dirty. he likes to sweat. i don't. >> how many suits do you have? >> i probably have 350 or -- >> 350 suits? >> i have about 180 shoes. i probably have close to 1,000 ties. >> i hav

. >> reporter: beth burcham is a friend of teresa's who grew up with teresa's daughter sara. the three women all went to meet ray on that first date. >> she was, like, "well, i'm gonna go meet him. do you guys wanna go with me?" >> reporter: so what can did she think about him? >> i liked him. he was smart-mouthed and just fun. >> reporter: so what did she think about him? >> she's, like, "oh, i really like this guy. i'm gonna see him again." >> reporter: and see him again she did. soon, teresa was driving two hours to be with ray on weekends. teresa's son josh was a high schooler when his mom and ray got together. >> he made my mom happy. she definitely hadn't smiled like that in years. >> reporter: what'd she like about him? >> my mom was a big country music fan. i think that was her kenny rogers in the making there. >> reporter: she thought ray looked like kenny rogers? >> that was kind of like what we was handsome. >> reporter: things were clearly clicking for josh's mom and ray. in may 2004, they got married. friends and family say ray couldn't do enough for teresa, star

reporting live from brain tree i'm beth drumano. >> beth, thank you. >>> here is a closer look at this train's journey, this is a goggle earth look at the distance, it was just over 6 miles, we already mentioned it was about 9 minutes which meant miles per hour as it went from brain tree past north quincy station. >>> their fragile reputation op the line after last year's storm the. >> john -- jon keller. >> they have every right to be, 40 miles and hour, imagine how much worse this could have been if there was a train stopped at one of the stations that that train blew through today. and while the run away train was an unusual event it is a fitting visual symbol of the appalling bad, out of control track record. accidents can happen, it's true. maybe that will turn out to be what happen today, but the catastrophic t failures of last winter were no accident, years of mismanagement, in competence and neglect, maybe we won't lose the line this winter now that they actually winterized it, as the multiple redline and green line service interruptions just this week far from being the reliab

well beth i can't say anything. it's been phenomenal. it's been shocking for the total amount we've raised. there is no way we could have anticipated the continued outpouring of support from the community, and sponsors. the grand total was $105,921. that was what was raised to support senior citizens to receive meals through congregate sites and delivery sites. how much of the dollars will go directly to the meal piece? the majority, beth, that's what's great about sponsors. they've underwritten the vast majority production of this large effort. i'm pleased to announce that every dollar that's raised. almost $100,000 alone is going to go toward the meals. so there's no cost taken out of that. tim, thank you for the work you do year roudn make sure senior citizens have nutrition. and we'll send it back to you. if you're on the low side of 86... what do you want to do at that age?? meet a woman from iowa city who spends plenty of time volunteering to help kids at one school... and helping to inspire them. that's our show you care spotlight

beth is live in foxboro tonight. that was quite a crash, beth. >> will christmas plans and any other plans they may have had for a who i will. just after waking up this morning they said it sounded like an explosion. it was the most unusual wake up call. >> i looked out and there was no front of the house. >> homeowner was barely out of bed when an suv plowed through the living room wall taking everything in it's path. heavily damaging the home he has lived in with his wife for 42 years. >> the house can be repaired. the car can be repaired. that is the least of our worries. >> even the parked family car was swiped. they are fortunate they weren't in the room at the time. as workers try to shore up the home, the wreckage was clear. [ indiscernible ] all a loss. >> we were suppose to have 15 over for christmas but doesn't look like that now, that is for sure. driver behind the wheel who walked away after crashing the vehicle. no one answered the door at his home but police say was heading to school after hockey practi

marie: beth feels incredibly lucky to have walked away only a little hurt in bruised. jeff: 10 years ago, in 2005, a man drove up onto the sidewalk in that part of the strip, killing three. he testified that he thought those people were "demons." this brings up the question, do we need more barriers to get cars -- to keep cars from getting onto the sidewalk? there are potential changes that could keep tourists safe. they have added 4000 feet of fencing in the last couple of years. the conversation continued back in 2012. they did a huge, pedestrian study. the conversation is ongoing. >> the las vegas strip has some barriers in place at intersections. >> i was horrified. >> commissioner mary beth scow is in favor of putting something in place, but they must fit how. >> we don't want to feel like a prison. >> sherriff joe lombardo agrees. he says this highlights the fact that we need a discussion. >> sometimes, security measures don't just tak--don't dictate hospitality. we need a make sure we can put >> of this are from santa barbara says what is already in place is eno

los bethe decided to back festivities.hristmas tree is decorated and the native at this scene is on the display, elsewhere decorations were toned down or not put up at all. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is the [ inaudible ] in pwepgtd los angeles ham. exactly as we live all the different conditions, the joy, sadness, faith, we live the challenges and the encounters with faith on the ground. >> reporter: at the opposite end of the square, palestinian activists decorate an olive tear with spent israel i tear gas canters, stun grenades and pictures of those killed i in te resent violence calling it a he recess steps tree, meant to show the bitterness. peace promise is in the bible something it has seen very little of for main years, al jazeera, bethlehem in the occupied west bank. >>> one of the heros of algeria's fight for independent as died at the age of 89, he was one of the founding members of the resits stones french colonial rule. he was described as the eternal rebel for being a fierce op

mary beth tinker is now a national youth activism and speaker. she tours the country meeting with school groups. we told you earlier in the newscast that fleur drive is back open as flood water recedes. an adel car dealership remains open as well ... despite its proximity to the rising water. the car store is located on highway 169, which was closed last night due to the flooding raccoon river. but the store remains open for business, even with the water just feet from the front of the business. the dealership has been there ten years, and so far no cars have ever been flooded. 'they usually close this street down, its kind of wild that its happening in december, but its usually an every spring type of occurrence makes things a little quieter, a little less drive by traffic but other wise its business as usual." while no cars have ever been flooded on the lot ... the owner says he has while no cars have ever been flooded on the lot ... the owner says he has had to move all his vehicles in the middle of the night twice to avoid flooding. a number

. >> reporter: -- beth germ are no has the story. >> reporter: following a 12- year-old through this dismissed restore, a man exposes himself, with her mother and shoppers just feet away. >> he exposed himself and she the other side and did it again. at that point, she moved closer to me and he did it a third time. >> reporter: police are looking to find his image from surveillance footage. all shoppers are being watched. tracy who owns a local consignment shop says this is of concern to all parents. >> it is mind-boggling. people busy in caught up in the moment, no one is paying attention what is going on around them.>> reporter: she says her daughter was so traumatized that took her a couple of hours before she could describe which is opportunity immediately contacted police, now hoping to identify the man who was short and had a black shirt and khaki pants. and she was able to give a detailed description of the suspect. her mother credited -- credits a self-defense class that she heightened sense of caution. >> reporter: it's a cautionary tale. beth germ on oh wbz news. -- germano

beth germano spoke with both of them and she is live to tell the story. >> reporter: the mother is in a lot of paying but the little boy was protected. as they walked by the wall, it was meant to help, not hurt two security cameras caught everything.>> it hits me on my body. >> reporter: she is now in a brace with a fracture on her neck when this temporary wall came crashing down on her head as she walked away from the library with her two-year-old son. >> mommy, i'm okay. >> she was rushed to the hospital butter son molecularly suffer a scratch. the stroller to be blunt -- blunt of the blow. -- brunt on's -- of the blow. a good samaritans raced to the crash scene as several other pedestrians were buried underneath. deepti soni was concerned about her son. >> i asked him if he was okay. he said yes. i just want to go home. >> reporter: this was to protect pedestrians from debris. now building inspectors are taking a closer look at how it failed. his father says strollers are rarely used in india but he is glad that they had it here. >> i bought the stroller and --.>> reporter: as the

accuser beth ferrier of denver says she's glad the comedian faces charges in pennsylvania. (beth ferrier /accuser) regardless if he is found guilty or not guilty we're hoping we get our day in court. court january 14th...but likely not here in elkins park. instead, the judge may have the hearing moved to a courthouse large enough to accommodate the hundreds of media crews that will cover the event. until then, cosby remains free on one million dollars bail. kenneth craig, cbs news, elkins park, pennsylvania. > ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) if convicted, cosby could face up to 10- years behind bars. /// ((denise valdez)) > bill cosby's sexual assault charge isn't going to sway hulu from taking down "the cosby show". right now, the streaming service has 201 episodes available to watch. several networks got rid of projects and cut re-runs of all cosby related programming.. after dozens of women accused him of sexual assault. industry insiders suggest you use the user- controlled streaming -- which allows you to pull a show from your line up. hulu's biggest competitors, netflix and a

dave, i would expect clinton is still talking about donald trump's comments about banning muslims beth, clinton was in waterloo to pitch some new ideas about boosting advanced manufacturing in the u.s. but in talking to the crowd here, it didn't take long to mention trump and what she called his "hateful" comments. clinton's focus on encouraging more advanced manufacturin g jobs came to the right place at the cedar valley tech works.sot/nat she got to see the largest 3-d printing machine in all of north america and talk with students trying to get in on the cutting edge of this technology. at the campaign event itself, her message was create more jobs and stop large corporations from dodging taxes by purchasing overseas companies. but it didn't take long to talk trump. "donald trump you know he does traffic in only shameful, it's dangerous " clinton told the crowd trump's comments about muslims play into the hands of terrorists by lumping a billion members of that faith in with the small numbers committing violent acts. and the former secretary of state says people in other countries d

bruce and beth? thanks, brea. if you're going to pasadena, california, to see the hawkeyes in the rose bowl, plan on tight security at the game and at the tournament of roses parade. the city says visible and non-vivible security measures will be in effect along the parade route and at the rose bowl stadium. and you can't take umbrellas and selfie sticks into o e stadium. also, there'll be more uniformed police officers and explosive detection. "on new year's eve and new year's day, federal personnel l ll be employing a variety of explosose detection methods at key venues across the city from bomb sniffing dogs to sophisticated devices that register even minute amounts of radiation." homeland security says there is no known threat to the city of pasadena or any in iowa a ty today, you might have wondered why the michigan state university flag was flying over city hall. it's the result of a bet between the mayors of iowa city and east lansing, chigan, over the oututme of the bibiten championship game. the hawkeyes

beth is live in boston. beth? >> well it was quick work by police. late this afternoon they arrested 50-year-old james derepentigny. he was will -- will be back brought back to boston to face arraignment. >> police say it was this man, 50-year-old james derepentigny who caused a bomb scare in boston's financial district. they checked out this suspicious suitcase left by a homeland security vehicle. >> they x-rayed and seen some components inside. at that time they took a step back, we got our robot in there. >> was a lengthy operation. the robot first moving the case to a more isolated spot. then police performing a controlled detonation as crowds in the area were pushed back. >> kind of like a surreal. you don't expect what is going on or anything like that. actually going to detonate everything it makes you appreciate -- the security we do have. >> police say there were no explosives in the case. homeland security cameras captured the image of a man placing it near the vehicle and then walking away. that called for an immediate police response. >>

beth? thanks, jill. the university of iowa's new president has privately improve his public communications skills. bruce rreld is paying for the consultant out of his own pocket. eileen wiwited is known for making people look and sound good on television and in public presentations . board of regents president bruce rastetter is a client. checking the calendadai see it is still december, even though it doesn't feel like it. chief meeorologis t joe winters joins us live from outside newbo market. joe, will we ever have winter weather? it will not feel or look like december as we head into the weekenen temperatures are expected to remain 10-20 degrees above normal highs and lows through monday. with the warm weather in place all precipitation will be of a wet variety. although some drizzle orr isolated shohors are possible tonight and saturday period of heaviest rain develops a bit later. saturday night though sunday will see 1-2" idespread rainfall, with higher totals likely in some areas. lingering moist

reporting live from brain tree i'm beth. >> paula. >>> train moving down the tracks were no one at the controls, we discovered there have been other recent incident ryan looking into that. >> paula with all the safety technology available for today's train, we wanted to know how often something like this happens, after checking with the federal transit administration, we learned about two similar incidents. first in chicago, two years ago and unmanned train left the yard and actually crashed into another train that was carrying passengers. 33 people including the operator of the other train were injured, that incident was blamed on a maintenance issue. in sacramento there was an incident that sounds almost exactly like what happen today. a mechanic bypassed safety control while trying to fix a problem then stepped off the train, it took off and derailed then got back on the tracks and foundly came to a stop but not before causing more than $70,000 in damage. the big difference between those two example the and what happen today in boston, neither of those unmanned trains had passengers

beth? turning to weather now and meteorologis t justin gehrts... justin, another unusually mild day. our weather stays mild for the foreseeable future. ourky remains mostly clear tonight with lows dipipng into the upper 2020 saturday will be be warm with highs near 50 with a clouds increase throughout sunday. they may squeeze out a few stray sprinkles. even with gray skies, we'll still manage to cross into the lower 40s. all of next week, our highs reach the 40s with morning lows near freezing.tonight: mostly clear low: 25-31 winds: s 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 27 iow: 30 bruce and beth... the iowa hawkeye football team boarded their plane at the eastern iowa airport this afternoon d left for indianapolis. tomorrrr night the undefeated hawks play the michigan state spartans... ... for the big ten championship. tv9's scott westerberg is live indiaiapolis. scott? obvious reasons like winnini a big ten championship but it's alal an elimination game in terms of making the college football playoffs. both mark dantonio and kirk ferentz did their best to avoid get