>> monday is mlk day in biloxi for a number of years, and i will tell you biloxi has a celebration priortrina in 2004, we had between 5,000 and 7,000 people in biloxi to see the african-american university marching bands we had in town, three of them. >> yeah, we have the video up of a previous parade. let me ask you this, from what i read of the state code, third monday in january is great american's day to celebrate the birthdays of dr. king and robert e. lee. why was it a good idea to celebrate the birthday's of a civil rights activist and a confederate general on the same day? >> well, if you read the posts and tweets i am seeing, who would have thought it was a good idea. what was done back in 1985, flew yea -- 32 years ago, the leaders at the time were trying to reconcile the holiday already in existence, and the name great america's day was something that was led by an african-american member of our biloxi city council. the thing i wanted to mention to you here today is we are talking about what is happening in biloxi today and we are talking about what is happening in the future,

. >>> this morning biloxi, mississippi, hopes to end a holiday controversy. on friday biloxi's twitter feed announced offices would be closed for great americans day. since 1986, the third monday in january has been the national martin luther king jr. holiday. biloxi officials say a 1985 ordinance established great americans day to honor dr. king and others including confederate general robert e. lee. today the city officially changed its observance to match the federal holiday. >>> and as the legacy of dr. king is honored across the country today, including in biloxi, his daughter has posted a moving tribute. this photo showing bernice king at her father's memorial tweeting, happy birthday, dad, i miss you. >>> in addition to participating in a service project for dr. martin luther king jr. today, president obama will also welcome the world series champion chicago cubs to the white house. >> the president extended his invitation to the team just after they beat cleveland in november. no one can forget this moment. expect plenty of good-natured ribbing, thoug

firestorm in the city of biloxi, mississippi it began with a tweet. over the weekend the city tweeted out the offices would be closed not for the martin luther king, but great american's day. they passed an ordinance back in 1985 to include others like martin luther king, including general robert e. lee. i can't make this stuff up. >> we're being called racist that's not the people of the biloxi, that's not the mayor or city council it's university we're being painted wblghts brush. >> reporter: -- with that brush. >> reporter: biloxi mayor has called for the city to repeal the ordinance and recognize the holiday with king's name. city council meets today at 10:00 a.m. before the mlk day parade. >> social media affecting change again. >>> breaking right now on "action news," a turkish cargo plane goes up in a ball of flames after crashing into several hourses in central asia. dozens of dead. >>> plus, philadelphia police are looking for answers after a 16-year-old was gunned down outside his father's convenience store. those stories and more when "act

it all started when a social media post for the city of biloxi stated that operations would be closed monday for great america's day. not mlk jr. day. officials admit the designation made in 1985 gives the town a bad image. >> we're being called racist, and that's not the people of biloxi, and that's not the mayor or the city council of biloxi, and it's just unfortunate that we are now being painted with that brush. >> it was an honest error. i think they pulled the verbiage from it and posted it on the tweet and when there was a reaction to it, there was no cover-up. we're all looking at it and saying, hey, we need to change it. >> the city council will meet tomorrow to reconsider the designation. >>> prayers and calls for unity marked a day of service to honor the reverend dr. mart kwreupb king, jr. >> clergy members joined a march through the neighborhood. the group paused to pray along the way urging americans to come together and remember what dr. king fought for. >> this nation needs healing, and especially with all the turmoil happening right now. we need to not focus on what i

in response to backlash, biloxi mayor andrew gilich. moved quickly to update the city's ordinance to reflect the official federal name of the holiday. mayor andrew gilich: "we all make mistakes, we made a mistake in choosing words and labels but our actions have always been supportive of what this day is all about so again i thank you for being here today and we want to make it perfectly clear why this day is celebrated." for over three decades the biloxi metro area has hosted a martin luther king jr. holiday celebration, according to the m-l-k coast- wide celebration committee's website. the dallas cowboys may have been knocked out of the n-f-l playoffs yesterday. but they have a big fan in a three- month-old girl. the toddler has a heart condition and for some reason when she watches the team play. she stops crying. as reporter dennis bailey shows us. with the help of the team. her mother is shining the spotlight on the ailment. nat sound: lolas story has caught fire in the past week. a three-month-old with a congenital heart defect.

that's not the people of biloxi or the mayor or city council of biloxi, and it's unfortunate we are being painted with that brush. >> i think they pulled the verbiage and posted it on a tweet and when there was a reaction to it, there was no coverup, we are all looking at it and saying we need to change it. >> the city council will meet tomorrow to reconsider the designation. >>> prayers and calls for unity mark add day of service to honor the reverend dr. martin luther king, jr. yesterday abc 7 news was in san francisco's bay view district where clergy members joined the san francisco recreation and parks department and marched through the neighborhood. the group paused to pray along the way urging americans to come together and remember what dr. king fought for. >> this nation needs healing, especially with all the turmoil happening right now, and we don't need to focus on what is going in or out of the white house, but to focus on the living god through christ. >>> the family of a san francisco woman believes she died of meningitis, which could be the second deadly case this week invol

biloxi officials say a day was made to honor great americans.officially change the observance to match that holiday. >> only took a little while. >> took decades in the making. >>> father's day isn't here. it's actually if you're counting, five months away. but we already have a nominee for father of the year. his name is thomas williams. he built a 300 foot luge in his backyard for 15 kids. 15 kids? that might qualify him for father of the year for many people. >> he already had this award locked up. the sledding run includes an 18 foot castle and a drop at the start. you see them sledding around the house. the 45-year-old williams used lots of snow from his neighbor's yard. they probably didn't mind for his biggest backyard luge ever because they get to have this next door to them and take advantage of it. how fun? >> i'm just doing the math. 15 kids and he's 45. man, did he have time for anything else? maybe he had some twins? >> i'll leave you to wonder that one, kendis. >> he's been busy. >> coming up to catch a thief on a cell phone. the s

b biloxi voted unanimously to call it martin luther king jr. day.down there getting on the right side of history with that. >> we all love the shows we watch. well, the suspense for a show's final episode sometimes too much to handle. a look at "sherlock." the network is looking to see how it found its way online before the air date. the broadcaster behind the leak suggested the snow was hacked. in a statement, a bbc spokesman said our contractor was compromised by an unauthorized external third party. channel one russia will share the results with the investigation. when it comes to spoilers, you know how frustrating it is. >>> all right, everyone, thanks for joining us, ♪ music guys, i'm good. now you don't have to distract yourself to last longer. with new k-y duration spray, men everywhere can last longer and stay in the moment. new k-y duration. you too? court today. one day after the feds swarm an, we're getting a look at the >>> the orlando shooter's wife in court today one day after feds swarmed the naked. >>> and the warriors ground breakin

it started with a social media post for the city of biloxi saying that operations would be closed on monday for greater americans day. the designation made back in 1985 gives the town a bad image >> we're being called racist. that is ghot the people of lubi. it's unfortunate that we're painted with that brush. >> it was an honest error. they posted it on the tweet and when there was a reaction to it, there's no coverup. you know, we're all looking at it saying hey, we need to change it. >> the city council will meet tomorrow the reconsider the designation. >>> prayers and calls for unity marked a day of service honoring the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. ♪ yesterday abc 7 news was in san francisco's bay view district where clergy members joined the san francisco recreation and parks department in a march through the neighborhood. the group paused to pray along the way urging americans to come together and remember what dr. king fought for. >> this nation needs some healing, especially with all of the turmoil that's happening right now. we need to not focus on what's going in or

the city of biloxi posted that city offices would be closed for great american's day. the city council passed an ordinance back in 1985 for the day to honor others like robert e. lee. the a social media firestorm led council members to schedule a vote for early this morning for changing the name back to martin luther king junior day. >>> an 18-year-old girl who was abducted at big board -- at birth is getting to know her biological family. there's heartache for the man who thought he was her real father. his then girlfriend gloria williams gave birth while he was away. they shared custody. >> i named her, alexis kelly, the love of my life. >> he said he will cherish her, and he speaks we are as she begins a new life and new name and new identity. >> i'm fascinated by this story, this woman's actions hurt so many people and wishing them the best. >>> if you plan to be outdoors be we have the call from accuweather that's up next. >> a cargo plane crashes and leads to dozens of lives loss -- lost on the ground him dramatic new images coming in from overseas. looks like we

biloxi, mississippi, plans to change a 30-year-old city ordinance following a heap of backlash. since 1985, the city code has referred to martin luther king day as the great americans day, but until this tweet was sent out, the city's mayor says he was actually unaware of the name great americans day. the city sent out another tweet saying it plans to change the decades' old code tomorrow before the city's annual mlk day parade. >> interesting. >> i was looking up some inaugural trivia. warmest one on record, 55 degrees, apparently, accor which was president reagan. he also had the coldest one. >> i was there for that. >> 7 degrees. >> that's crazy. >> we're not going to have anything like that, thankfully, for this inauguration day. we may get some rain. i'll show you that in a second. right now we're dealing with no rain. we're happy that the rain is gone, as the middle of our three-day weekend here is welcomed with sunshine here on this sunday morning. live view from our storm team 4 tower camera, peering into montgomery county in distance. there are the temperature is alread

. >> well, the twitter account for the city of biloxi mississippi calls fire storm. reminded resident offices would be closed on monday, not formatter inch luther king day but in observance of great americans day. holiday's name to reflect the celebration of not only dr. king, but also, robert e lee, confederate general. after people started calling out, they tweeted again saying the city didn't name the day, and that they are holding mlk event. well, after the jackson free press posted the city ordinance declaring the third monday of january as great americans day, the city again tweeted this time it was a quote from the mayor saying as far as i'm concerned, it is called doctor martin luther king, jr. day. >>> should be. that is the federal holiday. >> we saw it in virginia in 1983, whatever it was, when they merged king day with lee jackson day. >> it happened in two other states, too, arkansas, i can't remember the other stay. >> bill uncles is, we hear you. >> not even the secret service could stop the president elect. >> plus, paying to drive on toll roads can b

. >>> biloxi, mississippi, just reversed decades to recognize today martin luther king jr. day. they voted 6-0 to rename what had been called great americans day. last week the city ignited a social media firestorm after posting certain offices would be closed on great americans day. they also honor robert e. lee on the third monday in january. >>> we'll have more on the dr. martin luther king jr. day celebrations around the bay area coming up, including the annual tradition that got rolling this morning. >>> the wife of the man who killed 49 people in that deadly terrorist attack last june in orlando, florida, has been arrested here in the bay area. noor salman was taken into custody this morning in rodeo in contra costa county. she's now in jail waiting for her court appearance, which is tomorrow. abc news reporter has the latest. >> reporter: noor salman is locked in a california jail, charged with aiding her husband's massacre. last juno mar mateen walked into pulse and opened fire with a military-style rifle. this murder spree lasted hours before s.w.a.t. teams moved in, sh

. >>> and biloxi, mississippi, plans to change a 30-year city ordinance following a heap of backlash. since 1985, the city code has referred to martin luther king day as the great americans day, but until this tweet was sent out, the city's mayor says he was actually unaware of the name great americans day. the city sent out another tweet decades' old code tomorrow before the city's annual mlk day parade. >> interesting. >>> time right now, 7:19. tom, beautiful sunrise today. man, we're talking about warmer weather as we go into the week. >> my language, right. >> we always have a great mlk day parade here too on mlk avenue. i'll show you that forecast in a second. here we are in the middle of our three-day weekend. we have our sunrise here in just about seven minutes at 7:25. we have some breaks in the clouds now. a live view from our storm team 4 tower camera overlooking northeast washington. off in the horizon is prince george's county. temperatures all around the metro area are above freezing. we're in the mid and upper 30s as well as around the bay. there are a few spots farther