amy: let's go to michigan where betsy --betsy devos lives.anna simpson, you're an elected membmber of thhe board f education. cacan you sharere your responsen you heard that president-elect donald trump had tapped michigander betsy devos to be the secretary education? >> i was very disappointed and disheartened. we have worked so hard in the grassroots here in detroit to save our traditional public schools. we worked to ensure that the legislator accepted the debt they created in n r traditioionl public schools. we worked very hard in advocating and lobbied for them to appropriate money to our traditional public schools. and we stop the legislator from chartering our entire school diststrict. i found it very disheartening that after all of the hard work fromt into it, you know,w, the federal level, it can be changeged. amy: let's turn to betsy devos in her own words speaking on fox businessss network.. >> t the reality is, most chartr schools in this country takeke e kids t that are doing poorly in the scschools they w were assigd to a an all

i think betsy devos can help us. i will do all i care to not only support her but our country so we can get rid of the statistics or so men of our children are lost. -- so many virtual job loss. as the centerpiece. host: kevin chavous is a former and is currently existing council of the american federation for children. federationforchildren.org guest: >> next week "the washington journal" will spotlight the issues in the top administration. include challenges facing president-elect trump national security team and a closer look at the career secretary of defense secretary james mattis. on tuesday, december 27, it is job issues examining how congress and the trumpet administration can change current trade laws and an effort to either create or save jobs. december 28, our topic is energy and environmental politics. we will discuss how energy and climate issues might be impacted by the new congress and the incoming trump administration. thursday, we talk about immigration and how president-elect trump and the new congr

hi betsy. >> hi. well aid little colder right now -- it's a little colder right now than it was that the point yesterday. snow showers to talk about and tofill you in on in the 7p day forecast. -- 7-day forecast. >> someone taught me so it's my duty to pass that knowledge on. >> in this week's sara's circle an incredible woman who is passing on her love of music to others. but first let's check in with lester holt on what's coming up on nightly news. >> hi russ and sara president- elect donald trump's victory lap and nightly he says launched him on a mission to save jobs at factory in indiana. how the bank hostage stand off and psychedelic drugs may help cancer patients when we see you for nbc nightly news after >>> it's being called a scientific breakthrough a leagd candy maker says it's found way to reduce sugar in the products. find out if less sugar means less taste. also, are you getting your peat holiday gift? lot of us do so what are you getting your furry friend. >> we have ideas when we talk

i mean betsy devos is an excellent choice.d closely with her for many years and in spite of the hype around the notion she wants to private ties education, nothing can be further from the truth. what she really wants to do is empower parents because so many parents have kids trapped in bad schools. one of the most amazing things about union politics, they don't like any education secretary. one of the things they said about arne duncan was he's destroying what it means to teach and learn. anyone who buffs the status quo they're going to be against doesn't matter democratic or republican. i think betsy devos is in good company if they're talking about they don't like her. >> talk about the agenda at the national level. you and betsy devos have been fighting for school choice at the state and local level. what can an education secretary do from washington to promote that agenda? >> well, there are a couple things. one is to have a school choice advocate and again, the essence of school choice is putting the power in the hands of

. >> let me bring in betsy.t to play a little bit more sound from this forum. >> listen, listen, you guys won. that's clear. you won the electoral college. don't act as if you have a popular mandate for your message. more americans voted for hillary clinton than donald trump. so let's put it -- >> there was nothing that said the road to popular vote -- hey guys we won you don't have to respond. seriously. why is there no mandate? you lost 60 congressional seats since president obama got there. you lost more than a dozen senators, dozen governors, 1,000 state -- >> we're talking about this election. >> you're saying there's no mandate. >> i guess what simone is saying, betsy, emotions are raw. this was a hard fought campaign. there are many issues that we are left with a question mark. don't you think the trump campaign should be gracious in victory? >> i think the trump campaign has been very gracious in victory. but what disturbs me the most is to see the democratic party leaders and spokes people like simone a

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, this should be clearing any minute between allegheny avenue and betsy ross as well. also watching a disabled vehicle on upper providence on collegeville road and park avenue. i'll have more when i come back in ten. >>> it's 4:30 and we're following breaking news out of lehigh valley. take a look at flames burning through seven row homes in allentown last night. >> as flames spread quickly, so did evacuations. people living an entire block were forced out into the cold. katy zachry will give us an update on the fire and evacuations. >> reporter: as you can imagine, some incredibly tense moments on the 400 block of north fulton in allentown behind me. you see the engine in the street. i talked to one of the firefighters assigned to it. they say they are here until the morning -- first morning light just to make sure there are no hot spots that flare up. the good news from fulton street is that this fire was put under control around 12:30 this morning. so, i'm told by people who are here at the scene that eight total row homes have been devastated. from those eight row

that's why -- >> let me get betsy in here and i'll get back to you, ron. here's how the president-elect put it in this interview this morning with chris wallace. >> they have no idea if it is russia or china. or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. it could be russia. i don't really think it is, but who knows? i don't know either. they don't know, and i don't know. >> he's saying they don't know. betsy, do you think that that assessment or the trust in the vasty of information -- voracity of information will change once his guy is leading the cia? >> it is a difficult duo answto. it is unprecedented and trump would say the cia doesn't know russia may have been involved in the hacks. broadly speaking, the intelligence community has come to the consensus that russian government actors were connected to the hacking of this information. it is not particularly controversial. it is extraordinary that trump would suggest the opposite is true. it just is baffling. it is something that i think is going to cause problems for him going forward.

that's one thing about betsy devos' leadership. i have worked with her around the country. is a consensus builder. she is going to be a star in this cabinet because she believes reaching across the aisle and working with democrats and building consensus around collaborative ideas that help build kids. that's the problem when people try to ram school choice. similar to common core down the threat of people not ready for it. that flies in the face of betsy. that's going to make a big difference. people want school choice. you have to have them understand how it works and peer-to-peer conversations. give them examples that work. >> you always hear the same results when you talk about school choice with someone from a union or opponent of school choice b if people are allowed to leave bad public schools public schools will collapse and takes proceeds from public system and sends them to private companies. what's your response to that. >> that's not the case. we want to make public schools work for our kids. i envision america where all kids have access to equal quality educatio

a curriculum donald trump and betsy betsy devos want to end. that with common core receiving no federal funding, its future remains to be seen. >> thank you. >>> there are just four reports left in our 15-part series looking ahead to the first 100 daze of the trump presidency. tuesday we focus on corporate taxes and bringing jobs back to america. watch all parts of this series on our home page, foxnews.com/specialreport. >>> markets closed up. the dow gained nearly 40 points. it inches closer to the 20,000 mark. the s&p was up four. the nasdaq finished ahead 20. >>> terror in europe. it will soon be president-elect trump's problem. we will talk about what's happening and what we know when the panel joins me after the break. this is more than just a credit card. it's how adventure begins. and with the miles you can earn, it's always taking you closer to your next unforgettable experience. become a cardmember and start enjoying benefits built to take you further... like group 1 boarding... and no foreign transaction fees. plus, when you fly on am

or in one case couldn't remember, for example, rick pruitt and the environmental detection agency, betsyos and the education department and ben carson department of housing and urban development >> let's break this down craig stevens, former senior advisory to secretary of energy kicks off our political pulse. is this a, you know, we talked about draining the swamp and you want to shake up washington, this is certainly way to do it >> i think the great that president-elect trump is facts on folks that aren't directly out of central casting people have new ideas and hopefully will bring some of these new -- initiatives and policy initiatives and policies to washington >> since you worked for the secretary of energy, rick perry what happened of course during that election, that he was -- couldn't remember the name of the department of energy, that was one of the department's he wanted to cut. when you see that happening, then, let's put him in charge of it, do you feel it's going to be hard for people to respect him overall somebody in the cabinet? >> i think governor perry is learned a lo

in case you didn't know today is betsy ross' 265th birthday. news" at the betsy ross house in center city where visitors were taking in some american history ahead of the ball drop. the festivities included a chocolate making demonstration and free cup cakes. betsy ross of course is credited with selling the first american flag and we will be anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >> fireworks aren't the only things lighting up the sky this new year's eve. nasa says a comet will streak across the sky. if the skies are clear you will be able to see comet 45-p as in paul but you'll need the binoculars. look for the comet in the western sky. a little bit of everything in our week coming up. >> absolutely. we got mild temperatures, a nice day to kick off 2017. tomorrow sunshine 50 degrees. watching out for rain monday tuesday.

trump: thank you, betsy. is michigan proud of betsy? yes. and you are going to be even more proud as time goes by. she is going to do an incredible job. and with betsy at our site, i know we will make great strides in fixing our broken schools all over the country. it is going to be a beautiful thing to watch. just hold on and watch, because she will do it. i have no doubt. to accomplish our goals for this country, government must listening to the special interests and start delivering for the national interests and for the people. have to. it is time to deliver for you the american people our plan begins with bold reforms to create millions and millions of great-paying jobs. whether it is building cars, producing steel, or curing disease, we want the next generation of innovation and production to happen right here in america and right here in michigan. and, you know, so i won michigan. as michigan has not been won for many, many years, a long come along time ago, and i felt i was going to win it. you know when i felt i was actually going t

[cheers and applause] thank you, betsy. is michigan proud of betsy? yes.rs and applause] and you are going to be even more proud as time goes by. she is going to do an incredible job. and with betsy at our side, i know we will make great strides in fixing our broken schools all over the country. it's going to be a beautiful thing to watch. so just hold on and watch because she'll do it. i have no doubt. but to accomplish our goals for this country, government must stop listening to the special interests and start delivering for the national interests and for the people have to. it's time to deliver for you, the american people our plan begins with bold reforms to create millions and millions of great paying jobs. [cheers and applause] whether it's building cars, producing steel, or curing disease, we want the next generation of innovation and production to happen right here in america and right here in michigan. and you know so i won michigan. [cheers and applause] and michigan hasn't been won for many, many years. long, long time ago. and i felt i was goi

betsy davos has long been involved in pushing for big changes to michigan schools. what kind of legacy has she left? here's cnn's sarah ganum. >>> president-elect trump said he might want to get rid of the department of education altogether. >> i may cut the department of education. >> reporter: if he does, betsy davos would be the right person to help make that happen. according to the head of her nonprofit education advocacy group. >> she's not in this because she's looking for a condo for eight years in washington. mrs. davos and the president-elect both agree we should be reducing the footprint of the federal government. >> reporter: daf secretary of state a controversial figure in washington. an advocate of school choice, she's often called an architect of michigan's school system and has critics. >> when i hear her name and think about education, i think about choice without quality. >> reporter: davos' husband is the heir to the amway fortune. her family has donated millions to political causes and even started its own lobbying group most leave to promote her

betsy, susan, thanks very much. happy holidays.ry christmas. >> and to you. >>> coming up next, carefully watching an imminent vote over the israeli settlements. the israeli ambassador to the u.n. says the delay will not hold longer and expects the u.n. to vote this afternoon as the clock winds down republicans and even democrats urging the u.s. to veetd to the resolution. senator lindsey graham going as far as saying he will threaten to cut off funding to the u.n. if it moves forward. for the latest, warren lieberman and elyse labatt here in washington. offering unprecedented criticism of the white house. president obama la not left office, obviously. what are the israelis saying? >> reporter: unprecedented is exactly the word. never seen criticism like this from an israel government from an american government. from an senior israeli official of work behind israel's back. this is a look how ugly the relation is, with criticism of the likes we've never seen before coming from the israel iradministration directed right at obama aft

betsy, are you there? >> hi, jimmy. it's fantastic to talk to you, really fantastic. [ laughter ] j that you're too inexperienced and too similar to donald trump? >> i have big respect for trump, jimmy, bigly. but let me tell you, we are very different people, very different. and besides, who needs experience? think about it, jimmy. what teachers did you like more in school? the experienced losers, who assigned homework every night, or the hung over substitutes who just turned out the lights and put on an old vhs copy of "e.t."? >> jimmy: yeah, that's right. teachers unions have also spoken out against you and your lack of -- >> that's ridiculous. i have a great relationship with teachers. teachers love me. they love me. it's true. but jimmy, when americans elected our tremendous president donald trump, and he really is tremendous, just tremendous. i mean, this man is so tremendously tremendous. [ light laughter ] donald trump is the most tremendous of the men in the world. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: mrs. devos, mrs. devos,

betsy, do you expect that president trump will undo all of this? it is a really good question. it's not going to be something that's going to be easy to predict. i think there is a possibility that said trump hasn't filled a number of the administrative jobs -- he hasn't picked some of his closest advisors who are going to be handling russia issues. rex tillerson, secretary of state, heads exxon. we know they loss more than a billion dollars after the annexation of crimea. some are earn canned that that might inform the way tillerson thinks about the sanction. that said it would be a whiplash change in american policy for these sanctions to be in place for just a few weeks and immediately to be overturned. it's hard to game out. we will be paying attention to what trump says about it. >> the president of the united states only has about three weeks to go before donald trump takes the oath of office. the question many are asking, the trump team is accusing the obama administration of playing politics here. listen how kellyanne conway, trump's senior adviser describes it. >> i wi

a curriculum donald trump and betsy betsy devos want to end. that with common core receiving no federal funding, its future remains to be seen. >> thank you. >>> there are just four reports left in our 15-part series looking ahead to the first 100 daze of the trump presidency. tuesday we focus on corporate taxes and bringing jobs back to america. watch all parts of this series on our home page, foxnews.com/specialreport. >>> markets closed up. the dow gained nearly 40 points. it inches closer to the 20,000 mark. the s&p was up four. the nasdaq finished ahead 20. >>> terror in europe. it will soon be president-elect trump's problem. we will talk about what's happening and what we know when the panel joins me after the break. that's me. then out of nowhere...crying. third time that day. i wasn't even sad. first the stroke, now this. so we asked my doctor. he told us about pseudobulbar affect, or pba. it's frequent, uncontrollable crying or laughing that doesn't match how you feel. it can happen with certain neurologic conditions like stroke, deme

i explore that particularly with betsy cranch, the daughter of mary cranch. abigail had brought servants to europe. had brought to europe, and she thought, that is fine. it is a woman and a man i really trust and they can take care of everything. she arrived in paris and found that, you have to have someone to do each little thing. someone does your hair, someone puts your dress on. somebody does one room. somebody claims another room, almost literally. so she was very resentful. she said this is ridiculous, i have to pay them a fortune. and it was out of the money that john was being paid. so that is why they never had much money. abigail handle her son's alcoholism? ms. jacobs: it was not talked about. they were two things she didn't talk about, and one of them was alcoholism. because the brother had died of alcoholism, and when her son became so ill, all they said was he's a problem. and then it became clear that he was dying and she dealt with it much better than john. john said, i'll have nothing to do with him, his vices and whatever. but i found a very

betsy woodruff, jane newton-small.nne conway argued, look, the tape hurt donald trump's poll numbers more than fbi director james comey's letters of clinton's e-mails hurt her. when you look at that moment, what do you think was key for trump in recovering from that scandal? i had people on my program that day saying this is. this is over. no one thought he could recover. the way she put it to jake, everyone misjudged the electorate and the difference of the 2012 and 2016 electorate. >> sure. certainly, when you look at the polling that we were looking at amongst women voters, there was a really large swing away from donald trump, particularly amongst noncollege educated women voters after that tape came out and saw by october 16th basically there was an atlantic poll with them tied. hillary clinton epa donald trump amongst noncollege educated voters and a few weeks beforehand he was ahead by almost 20 points and that same demographic. now, that demographic also swung incredibly hard back to donald trump in the wake of

it's another profit center for people like betsy devos that she's hostile to.ver has anyone been appointed to lead in the past 150 years who was hostile to public education the way she is." this is a double-edged sword. what should democrats do to message against it? >> i think they should message against the privatization, the stuff that we call the commons, the stuff that is for all of us. right now the president-elect is putting together a cabinet that basically contains four different kinds of people. people who are really inexperienced, billionaires, people with czy ideas and billionaires who have crazy ideas and are inexperienced and betsy devos is right at the top. >> not only that, her family has roots in the right-wing causes that have been at the fore for decades. richard devos, her father-in-law, is the co-founder of amway, worth about $5.1 billion, and finance chair of the committee in 1980s. dick devos, her husband, is a republican -- was the republican nominee for governor in 2006. he lost. he was elected to michigan's board of education in 1990.

do you think, betsy? or no? >> it's tough. i think trump is trump. over the course of his entire candidacy people expected him to change and the change didn't happen. he sned the interview, a classic trump sentiment, that he thought the consensus, basically the consensus of the u.s. intelligence community the russians were connected to the wikileak hacks and said it was incorrect and might have been politically informed. that's a conspiracy theory. it is a conspiracy theory to say the u.s. symbol community was pushing out false intelligence. floated that as -- >> as was his explanation for the popular vote count and how he says actually he won when he did not nap aside, betsy, abby, thanks to both of you. >>> up next, he hasn't even taken the oath of office but donald trump may already be on a collision course with china. we'll tell you why and get to know his choice for ambassador to beijing, coming up. pe to see. whoa, whoa, i got this. just gotta get the check. almost there. i can't reach it. if you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the ch

betsy devos will run the department of education. she not only never went to public school, never went to her kids to public school has no idea what happens in public schools. donald trump, if he is for the american people and really wants to make america great, he will have to pick some candidates, pick some appointees not millionaires and billionaires. >> i think somebody, personal bank account is sort of, at the bottom of my concern. connell: right. >> first of all -- >> top of mine. >> this is crazy. someone like betsy devos thinking about how individuals will get more control and ownership of their education dollars. >> wait, wait, wait. >> that is something wonderful around i think that we want to -- connell: out of time, guys. >> used billions of dollars to support programs that believe in conversions therapy for lgbt people. i have a problem spending her money with policies that make no sense. connell: we're running out of time at this point. sabrina richard, thank you guys. thank for rolling with breaking news. melissa, we h

repairs. 73 southbound is blocked starting at route 90 coming away from the tacony-palmyra and the betsy ross bridges done through the scene at high street. they are sweeping up the debris and fixing the wires. 73 southbound shut down, as we come back out here, stay on church street or nolola road. vine street expressway reopened after overnight instruction, crews return tonight at 11:00 p.m. i-95, vehicle cleared out. overturned vehicle accident in havertown this morning at colonial and glendale, luckily that is cleared out of the way on this thursday. >>> breaking news just in a nasty rollover crash that injured two people in delaware county. the driver of the suv lost control of the colonial road near glendale road. that vehicle rolled down an embankment and wrapped around a tree and landed on the roofment the driver and the passenger suffered multiple injuries, they are in the hospital in stable condition. >>> and developing overnight, a new jersey woman and her great granddaughter have been found safe they disappeared christmas eve. there's lots of questions why they headed off the

betsy to you, republicans are sending mixed messages.ome blame the dnc for lack of security, some deny russia's involvement. where exactly does the party stand? >> you know, i think most of the criticism of the dnc and most defense of russia is coming from folks in trump's immediate, very close circle because they're still trying to push this narrative russia might not necessarily be responsible, that we don't know enough, that we don't have conclusive information. for the most part though outside of that sort of insular campaign, post-campaign transition team sector of the republican party, which is quite powerful, of course, but outside of that the general consensus, the mainstream view in the gop is that russia has overreached, it has become too militant, that it's insurge ens in ukraine are deeply troubling. that's why so many are supporting not just the sanctions that obama has put in place but also in gunning for even more sanctions to be implemented in the future. and, of course, it is not just republicans who believe that. adam s

ross bridge and 95 northbound, this should be clearing any minute between allegheny avenue and betsy ross as well. also watching a disabled vehicle on upper providence on collegeville road and park avenue. i'll have more when i come back in ten. >>> it's 4:30 and we're following breaking news out of lehigh valley. take a look at flames burning through seven row homes in allentown last night. >> as flames spread quickly, so did evacuations. people living an entire block were forced out into the cold. katy zachry will give us an update on the fire and evacuations. >> reporter: as you can imagine, some incredibly tense moments on the 400 block of north fulton in allentown behind me. you see the engine in the street. i talked

they still got long way to go, because you are still going to hit the brakes and the cones from the betsy down through girard,. >> santa dropped early gift up there in the northeast last night, so that's good news for folks on 95, on the new jersey turnpike, though, southbound, crash at exit number four which is route 73, also an accident out here in the neighborhood, welsh and the butler pike, some slow going left over on turnpike at ft. washington, left over crew, just pulling on out of there. the vine expressway should open up any minute to vehicle traffic into and out of downtown, officially said until 5:00. running few minutes lit there, and water main break in south philly, one lane open now, but at 9:00 they'll close all of the lanes from 95 to washington, and then also close the off ram frost columbus boulevard there off of i-95. mass transit, no reported delays. >> it was messed up what happened to me. but it is over now. i go and start my life. >> that man right there spent ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. and this morning, dante rollins waking up at home with

this has been a big core about betsy devos. she likes common core i have known governor perry for a lot of years. used to live and work in the dallas area. >> he is one of the most decent classy guys they will ever meet he is the same fellow in person as he is on a tv camera or anywhere else. >> always told me you have to seal the border, seal the border, seal the border. good choice. this is christmas morning he every day. it keeps getting better. >> rachel, i have to ask you, donald trump said give a shout out to paul ryan talking about his genius and reminding he is going to be building a wall. what was your reaction? >> well, i was there in the room when it happened. it happened in wisconsin. let me tell you, lou, these are two people who are better together than they are apart. he's a big idea. not much on policy and policy details he is the quintessential policy. you are going to bring out the mom in me. they are like pb&j. they need each other. >> if you can sell that metaphor to trump town. appreciate you both being her

you and betsy devos has been fighting for school choice at the state and local level.hat can an education secretary do from washington to promote that agenda. >> a couple of things, one is to have a school choice advocate and the essence of school choice is putting the power in the hands of the parents not the government or the bureaucracy. to have a school choice advocate as a leader of education is that she'll help parents find quality options for their kids. >> but they don't have a lot of money at the federal level. as you know, most of the money is state and local. so you don't have that leverage. plus no child left behind was -- so it's basically bully pulpit, and maybe a little bit at the margin, is that how you do it? >> look at the attention that her selection has already been given. it sends a message to parents that they matter, it sends a message to kids that we're going to deal with your needs today not tomorrow. the other thing that's really, really important, it sends a message to the status quo, that the status quo is unacceptable. yes, most of the acti

. >> you guys, let me bring betsy in here. >> mr. trump doesn't want to -- >> betsy, what -- >> he doesn't want to insult his friend vladimir. >> what do you make of the fact the president-elect has not joined this chorus for a select committee to investigate this? has not been vocal about the hack, you know, in any way. >> it is weird. and it puts him out of step with the conventional view within his own party about russia and about how the united states ought to relate to russia. what the u.s. ought to do to push back against russia and incursions against sovereign nations and eastern europe. i think the question of how much influence russia had on the american election, one really important fact here is all the operations that russia did that we know about were nationally targeted. russia wasn't telling hillary clinton not to go to wisconsin. russians weren't door knocking in pennsylvania. all the intel in the hacks they pushed would have affected all american voters. despite that hillary clinton won the vote by 2.8 million votes.

southbound lanes of 73 are blocked coming away from the betsy ross bridge and high street by american auto group. church street, church road to the south or 38. 73 southbound coming away from the tacony-palmyra bridge is blocked because of the early morning accident. the other big story this frozen precipitation moving into the area. on the berks county and montgomery county border we're seeing crashes. douglass township 100 northbound at jackson road busy spot this time 689 year. hanover township, there's an accident along big road 73 close to short road. this is 422 z -- as you head west you'll see frozen precipitation. in oaks, it's dry with no delay heading toward king of prussia. columbus boulevard southbound one lane open because of the water main break over a week ago. they hope to have everything fixed tomorrow. everything is ready for the new year's eve celebrations on saturday. right now it's still one lane. however, no delays this morning on the blue route, the schuylkill expressway or i-95. tam? >> thank you matt. there's no definitive word on why an helicopter crashed fli

headed northbound for the betsy ross bridge. it is still a little dark to be checking up on 422 with our cameras. a look at your travel speeds. eastbound from route 29, travel speed are still in the green. it will take you eight minutes. we are going to keep watching the accident on the schuylkill expressway. i'll let you know when it has cleared. i'll send it back to you guys. >> 5:20 right now. hard to believe. we still have another week and a half of fall left. >> i know. although, as we were hearing from erika martin yesterday, and glen got in on this conversation, to meteorologists, it doesn't matter winter doesn't come until a little later on in the month. it is here. >> i love that you remember that. meteorological winter. a cold start due to the arctic blast sliding into place. we are seeing a kickup in the wind speeds, westerly to northwesterly. you will see your local neighborhood forecast. notice the shift, ever so slightly, west/northwesterly. coatesville, 14 miles per hour. wilmington, 13. along with philadelphia. m

betsy devos, elaine chao, nikki haley as the u.n. ambassador. these, all the announced nominations to donald trump's cabinet. so it is starting to take shape. a couple that we don't know yet. a couple we're still waiting on we can show you. no word yet on the secretary of agriculture. a couple of names in the mix there. rick perry, the former texas governor. how about secretary of veterans affairs, sarah palin's name has been mentioned in some reporting. scott brown picked up an endorsement for this v.a. position from elizabeth warren, the democrat who he ran again for senate in massachusetts. warren has certainly been in a war of words with donald trump all year. not sure how much that endorsement will matter. and of course we say one big exception here. everybody waiting to see what donald trump does for secretary of state. here's the thing. a couple days ago, before the weekend, the trump team was putting out the word they were down to four finalists for this position. since then, it's expanded. now look at this. there's at least eight names

thank you, betsy. is michigan proud of that seat? yes. and you're you are going to be even more proud as time goes by. she will do an incredible job. with betsy at our side i know we will make great strides in fixing our broken schools all over the country. it will be a beautiful thing to watch. she will do it. i have no doubt. to accomplish our goals for this country government must stop listening to the special interests and start delivering for the national interest. we have to. it's time to deliver for you the american people our plan begins at bold reforms to create millions and millions of great pain jobs. whether it is building cars, producing steel or curing disease we want the next generation of innovation in production to happen right here in america and right here in michigan. and you know, so i one michigan. [applause]. in michigan hasn't been one for many years and i felt i was going to win it. i felt like i was get to win the whole thing. i didn't have michigan on our list of stops for the final day and i did the speeches i

stick to the betsy ross bridge as traffic is stopped in both directions hat. >> thank you, karen.aking overnight, an injured woman lying on the side of the road unsure what had happened to her and police are trying to sort it out as well. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at east detectives with more on this investigation. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened to this woman. initially when she was found they didn't flo what had happened. then they thought she was shot. this remains under investigation. they're still trying to figure out who this woman is. she had no identification on her. they just believe she is a woman in her 40's. let's go to video from that scene overnight in north philadelphia. this all started just before 11:30. she was found in the 2700 block of north third street. shortly before 11:30. philadelphia housing police officers were patrolling when a woman flagged them down. she told them she had found a unconscious woman lying in the street. when they went to check they saw the woman

but, when you get down to betsy, that's when we go back into the cone zone. so, this stretch here won't be completed until 2025. >> the crash near 113, no problems on the benny coming into downtown, some delays on the regional rail lines this morning. eagles game tonight, king off at 8: 25, even if you're not going to go to the game, you're going to see a a lot of unusual traffic patterns, get down there early, tailgate, have the hot chocolate. septa kicks in the express trains, at around 6:00 tonight. and who is hungry? you ready? we are going to the morning glory diner, in south philly, you ready for this? monkey bread french toast. needy say more? here you go. 9:00 i'll see you there. what's the forecast going to be like for today and for the holiday? scotty's got it in 15 seconds. >> 7:47. cloud cover giving way to some sunshine later today, and above average temperatures, yesterday, we maxed out at 45, today, what about 49 degrees? so, looking pretty good. tomorrow, travel, up and down the i95 corridor, looking pretty good. if you are headed to the midwe

the betsy ross bridge. and the forecast next. >>> action news. delaware valley's leading news program. with jim gardner. >>> it is just about as cold as you would ever want it to be. temperatures are in the teens, wind chills even lower than that. but put all the numbers aside and you're left with this. tonight will be the coldest december night in eight years. it is thursday night, and the big story on action news tonight is a brutal night in the tristate area. our sub-freezing temperatures stay with us for another day. meteorologist cecily tynan has the latest information from accuweather. >> and, jim, it's a bit of a shock to the system. afternoon temperatures never out of the 20s. now in the teens. philadelphia, 18, allentown and wilmington, 17. the poconos, 7. if you factor in the winds, they have diminished a lot since earlier. we had wind gusts near 50 miles per hour. but even with a diminishing wind, the wind chill is brutal. feel like 4 in philadelphia and wilmington. feels like 1 below in allentown, 1 in reading and the wind chill in th

part of their new year's eve celebrating the birthday of maybe famous flag maker they were at the betsys house in old city for early birthday celebration. betsy ross was born on new year's day january 1st, 1752 and to celebrate, there was some chocolate making as you see there going on. the old-fashioned way. >>> to mode ya, delaware county, where many pets are finding permanent homes. the providence animal shelter holding a special adoption event and tomorrow. they're offering adult cats and dogs at only $20 and 17 cents get it in honor of 2017. the new year. it's a way for them to showcase and find loving homes for some of their older animals. >>> and let's get another look at that all important new year's eve, new year's day forecast tonight. kathy? >> well, joyce, we have a beautiful, beautiful evening in store across the region. temperatures are looking really good. no matter where you are across the delaware valley. look at these beautiful -- beautiful view of center city philadelphia. all a glow with a temperature of 43 degrees. the high temperature for the day 45 degrees. right

so something to keep an eye on if you take betsy ross, jim? >> thanks very much, path the path. we have breaking news from the fishtown section of philadelphia an apartment building was on fire in the 1200 block, of shackamaxon street and it has turned deadly. this is live look, authorities found a 60 year-old man unconscious, inside of an apartment here, the victim apparently suffered cardiac arrest, two fire fighters, also suffered minor injuries. >>> new this morning one man is in critical condition after a shooting in the southwest philadelphia bar. this happened, investigators say about 11:30 at lounge 62 at 62nd and wood land. they say two men were shooting pool when an argument broke out and one man shot the other suspect got away in the car heading westbound on wood land police say other patrons may know the gun man. >> it is a neighborhood bar. it seems like everybody in here knows each other. there is no doubt in our mind this individual knew each other, laying pool against one another and most people in the bar probably know the individual who fired the shot but we ne