how come you think they invented booster seats? >> so they would be higher so the seat belt will fit them right. >> reporter: just look at the difference between an unrestrained child dummy in a crash test and one sitting in a booster seat. kids in boosters are 45% less likely to be injured than kids wearing an adult seat belt alone. and new tests by the insurance institute for highway safety found a lot of options for parents. among 41 new models, 27 got the top rating. that's more than in any other year. and the best news, you don't have to spend a fortune. >> you absolutely can't tell by price or the looks whether you're getting a safe booster. we have boosters on our best fit list that range from $25 all the way up to a few hundred dollars. >> reporter: three new seats are not recommended, these two because seat belts might ride up on the child's face. though the batman seat looks cool. >> the problem is it puts the lap belt too far on the thigh. >> reporter: the government recommends boosters for kids 4 to 8 until they weigh 4

a good booster seat cuts the risk of crash injuries by 45% for kids 4 to 8 years old. marley hall, cbs news, new york. >> top rated booster seats can cost anywhere from $25 to more than $350 depending on the features. >>> more winners, little green army men, the rubiks cube and the bubbles are the newest inductees into the national toy hall of fame. the inductees were announced this morning and will go on display in a rochester museum alongside such other classics as barbie, scrabble and the hula hoop which i still know how to work. i love that. >> of course you do. >> yellow alert still in effect. >> look at doppler toward skyline drive, the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. we're watching showers develop. the next two to four hours it will be here. >> whether new to medicare or existing beneficiary, the number to call if you need help 202-806-8920 to get your >> jack: [ sighs ] >> phyllis: you know, summer will always love -- >> jack: i called and asked her to come over. she needs to know the truth about her paternity now, not later. >> phyllis: of course. maybe

. >>> and new guidelines for parents on keeping young children safe in car booster seats. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, november 6th, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning a woman who was kidnapped off a philadelphia street is safe and reunited with her family. and the man seen grabbing her on surveillance video sunday night is under arrest. last night carlesha freeland-gaither's family left a maryland hospital where she was treated for unspecified injuries. she's said to be in good condition. she was rescued in a baltimore suburb. as kris van cleave reports, her family is relieved and grateful. >> i'm taking my baby home, thank you. >> she thanked the public for the happy ending to her daughter's nightmare. her daughter was found wednesday, three days after her apparent abduction was captured. >> her abductor has been arrested. >> reporter: they tracked the woman to maryland where someone used her atm card. police chased the car and her abductor to jessup about ten miles southwest of baltimo

the insurance institute for highway safety has announced its best bets in booster seats.z hall takes a closer look. >> reporter: this is what can happen to a child with no restraint, in a 35 miles per hour car crash. booster seats elevate children riding in the back seat, providing a good seat belt fit that is essential for kids age four to eight. >> booster seats are for kids too mall for a dult belts to fit them presently. >> reporter: institute for highway safety says record number of models earn institute's 2014 best bet rating, with 27 out of 41, providing solid seat belt fit on kids in a range of vehicles. >> what boosters do is elevate the child and help guide the lap and shoulder belt so they are in the best position for protecting the children in the crash. >> reporter: lap belt should cross high on the side, not the abdomen, with the shoulder belt firmly in the middle of the shoulder. improperly fitted seat belts can hurt kids causing necklace racials and other problems. institute says consumers should avoid the deal olympia and pennsylvania pacific models and k

while most children between ages 4 and 8 will be in a booster seat, the upgrade from child seat to boostert to an adult seatbelt should be based on the height and weight of the child and not age alone, because kids at a certain point will be advocating to get out of these seats. the safety group recommends you steer away from these three models, the deano olympia and pacifica and the batman no back booster seats because of the way the seatbelts fit. they say it's a poor fit. i've got a no back booster seat that my daughter uses. it's not in this roundup, but it got a good rating previously. to find out if your booster seat got a best bet or good bet rating, go to our wusa9 app. go into the news section and you'll find it under latest news. >> great information. this is the cleanest booster seat i've ever seen that's been used. >> i cleaned it just for you before i brought it over. >> mine has tons of cheerios and junk in it now. >>> coming up, is it racist? a country music star cracked a joke at last night's show. >> plus an elderly man already in trouble for feeding the homeless is cited

is your child's booster seats one of the best betts for >>> welcome back.ht now, most states require booster seats for kids who are too old for baby seats and too young for seat belts, alone. >> and as you know, there are so many on the market, not all of them equal. there are new ratings to help you out. >> the booster seat is for that awkward inbetween stage. but not quite big enough to where adult sized seat belts. >> how come you think they ip vented booster seats? >> so they would be higher. >> just look at the difference between an unrestrained child dummy and one sitting in a booter seat. kids in boosters are 45% less likely to be injured than kids wearing an adult seat belt alone. and new tests found a lot of options for parents. among 41 new models, 27 got the top rating. and the best news, kwov to spend a fortune. >> you slightly can't tell by price or the looks whether you're getting a safety booster. we have boosters that range from $25 up to a few hundred dollars. >> these two because seat belts might ride up on the child's face. though the bat

the insurance institute for highway safety has announced its best bets in booster seats. marlie hall reports from new york. >> reporter: this is what can happen to a child with no restraints in a 35-mile-per- hour car crash. booster seats elevate children riding in the back seat providing a good seatbelt fit that is essential for kids ages 4 to 8. >> booster seats are for kids that are too small for the adult belts to fit them. >> reporter: the institute for highway safety says a record number of new booster seat models earned the institute's 2014 best bet rating, with 27 out of 41 providing solid seatbelt fit on kids in a range of vehicles. >> what boosters do is elevate the child and guide the lap and shoulder belt so they are in the best position for protecting the children in a crash. >> reporter: the lap belt should cross high on the side not the abdomen with the shoulder belt firmly in the middle of the shoulder. improperly fitted seatbelts can actually hurt children causing neck lacerations and other problems. the kids embrace batman no back booster should be avoid

a good booster seat cuts the rate of crash injuries by 45%. that doesn't have to mean shelling out a bunch of money. this year 41 models and a record 27 received a top notch best bet rating. booster seats are important for kids ages 4 to 8 because they elevate children giving them a good seatbelt fit. >> the most important thing is that the booster seat do a good job positioning the belts and that means that the lap belt lie flat across the upper thighs and the shoulder belt sit snugly at the center of the shoulder to provide the best protection in a crash. >> the best bet booster seats can cost $25 to more than $350. if you have a booster seat, you can find the full list of rated models on the new wusa9 app. it's free and available in the apple and google stores. >>> first lady michelle obama paying a tribute today to music and the military at an event with local high school students and special guests willie nelson and hip-hop star common. >> andrea mccarren was the only local reporter at the white house for the special concert. >> reporter:

these were tourist boosters. tourist business owners for whom the scenic and wild and recreational amenities had become a matter of economic value, of profits, of prosperity. business interests on either end of this proposed tunnel spoke out against red buffalo. so they were going away from the old booster approach of the more direct and higher volume the interstate access is the besttt for us. the less direct, the better for us. the argument is that to put the interest or state throuintersta would remove a tourist attraction from the region. it would cut into their business. people in vail took the lead on this. vail town council made a powerful statement against the rough buffalo proposal. the marketing director was one of the leading voices against the red buffalo proposal. his rational and also the vail town council's was that putting this interstate through would jeopardize lifestyle interests and vail businessowners' business interests. this combination of interests, really for a brief time potent alliance

so let's get to the three child booster seats that failed the test.ve this one, this safety group says you want to go buy a new one. if you have the diono olympia or pacifica high back as well as the kids embrace batman no back booster seat, they say those are not good seats. they do not protect your child in the event of an impact. if you want a complete list, we have it on cnn.com. it's all there, poppy. >> really important decision and some important ratings that just came out. rene marsh, thank you. appreciate it. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," a victory lap for republicans, a minefield for the white house and, of course, a gold mine for late night comedians. >> big republican gains, that's the story. president obama held a news conference to share his take on the midterm election results. you can tell the president wasn't taking it well. he addressed the white house press corps from inside a pillow fort. come on out, mr. president. not going to do it! >> they also took control of the senate after gaining at seven seats. i haven't seen the g

. >>> plus if your child's booster seat is safe? we will show you which seats are most safe for kids and which ones to avoid. >>> and carol is on the road in the mobile weather lab. seeing a lot of rain out there, carol. >> we are looking at some wet roads, we're down in wilmington this morning. it has been raining the whole way down here. we will talk about how much longer this is going to go and what you can expect on your commute this morning. >>> let's give you more on breaking news including new video from overnight of carlesha freeland gaither leaving the hospital in maryland. >> "eyewitness news" captured this video of carlesha and her family getting in a van outside a hospital in columbia, maryland before returning home to philadelphia. atf agents spotted carlesha with suspect delven barnes in jessup maryland yesterday afternoon. barnes was taken in custody without incident. authorities say that the attack appears to be random and there was no indication that carlesha and barnes knew each other. >>> we are also learning more

. >>> a report on booster seats is out and it is positive. >> the report finds the quality of booster seats is improving. the insurance institute issued the report finding there are safer options of booster seats across a wide price range. >> most important thing is the booster seat is good if it is across the upper thighs and is on the shoulder for best protection. >> more new models achieved top best bet rating than prior years. of 41 new models for 2014, 27 received top rating of "best bet," and three were rated "good," with options ranging in "good," with options ranging in price from $25 to $3 70's >>> the first lake tahoe ski resorts of ready to open tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. with one chair lift with tickets at $39. mount rose on the never side is also opening with the sky area posting this picture of conditions. mount rose got 5" of snow last weekend in addition to man made snow. tickets cost only $10. >> they home to come back after last season. >> each season we were less and less and less. last year i did a seven-day forecast for lake tahoe and we will do that later in the show

. >>> is there much more ahead on "eyewitness news" is your child's booster seat safe?e will shoal you which seats are the most safe for kids and ones you should avoid, beasley. >>> flyers, making adjustments to the first line as they get ready to host panters in south philadelphia and it is all with about mark sanchez at the novacare complex. one of the eagles top offensive weapons talks about chemistry with his new starting quarterback all ahead >>> a damp day out there, and some storms, really are a possibility. >> absolutely. >> we have them moving across eastern shore of maryland, across delaware and south jersey. we will get to it. we have rain, foggy conditions, thunderstorms focused in south jersey right now. take a look outside where we have foggy conditions. visibility reduced in philadelphia to about 2 miles, it was worse earlier but expect that right through the evening commute. on storm scan three we are looking at some rain off shore and some showers, with a little bit of wind inland south jersey but nothing like this line, you can see a very heavy rain, t

commissioner booster to see arrest. >> this is an interesting time because i was on the redevelopment commission back in the day when we were were looking at this and heard a lot of public comment our goal was to do the right thing for other people in the southeast sections of san francisco an area that has historically been neglected and go forward and so we're now at the point this is the last vote before we start this project i'm delighted to here that you know it is moving forward because it was a long time coming is it fair to say a promise that needed to be fulfilled to the residents and you know my big issue or concern and will be townsend continue to be the opportunity for the residents to help build their own community it's important that the local hire promissory note program is enforced this is something i'll be take into account my dad was a construction working in the mission district he helped to build the pyramid and fisherman's wharf and the bank of america building were driving around san francisco and him showing you the buildings he was proud to be a part of so it's

these were tourist boosters. tourist business owners for whom the scenic and wild and recreational amenities had become a matter of economic value, of profits, of prosperity. business interests on either end of this proposed tunnel spoke out against red buffalo. so they were going away from the old booster approach of the more direct and higher volume the interstate access is the besttt for us. the less direct, the better for us. the argument is that to put the interest or state throuintersta would remove a tourist attraction from the region. it would cut into their business. people in vail took the lead on this. vail town council made a powerful statement against the rough buffalo proposal. the marketing director was one of the leading voices against the red buffalo proposal. his rational and also the vail town council's was that putting this interstate through would jeopardize lifestyle interests and vail businessowners' business interests. this combination of interests, really for a brief time potent alliance

. >> jim and pat, all about booster seats and good news.mer safety says more seats than ever are safe for kids. a record number of booster seats earned iihss highest rating for safety belt fit, and 27 out of the 41, that's what's really unheard of, new models of booster seats earned its best bet designation. a few brands that fared well, most britax, even flow and great lake graco. particularly interested how well the three-point shoulder and lap seat belts fit. iihs says that shoulder belts should lie across the middle of the child's shoulder, not geps their neck or falling ining on their arm. lap belts lie flat on the leg, not their stomachs. the booster say it's ranged in price from $$25 to nearly $400. not all are recommended by ihhsened you can check your booster seat's rating on our website. head to nbcwashington.com and search booster seats. >>> a special afternoon leading up to a special evening for military service members, and their families. first lady michelle obama hosted a workshop on the history of music and the military toda

the latest booster seat ratings. >> starbucks popular drink. >> we will have live weather and traffichere you live through the entire break so you can be the entire break so you can be prepared before you ode -- head it's amanda. hey sweetie. what? [phones rings] okay, i'll send it. one hundred seventy-two dollars for a chemistry book, what is it, made of gold? just use citi popmoney. boom. ah, she's feeling lucky. hey sweetie...cancun, yeah no, you'll be spending spring break with your new chemistry book. with citi popmoney it's easy to send money to just about anyone, anytime. visit your local branch or citi.com/easierbanking to learn more. >>> a safety report on booster seats for children in cars is out and it is positive. >> the quality of booster seats is improving across the board and the insurance institute of highway safety issued the report and finds there are safer options across a wide price range. >> most important is the booster seats do a good job of positioning belts so the lap belt is flat across the thighs and shoulder is snugly on the shoulder providing the best prot

booster to see i know you never left and the comments you made earlier were very warming a recipe of hunters point shipyard someone that's attended thousands and thousands of meetings for the last 20 something years someone that's read the development plan i can assure you that you to the rest of the city and us we're looking up to you to help us in the critical stage of the presentation of the project to move this project forward the reason you're not seeing a lot of the residents of bayview hunters point to be honest some of the people have retired because they day and day out even when we're not here there's ongoing meetings in the community on the cac the pack was banned a few years ago we've spent that 20 years putting alice griffith and all those other plans i know where we are seeing you all here we don't need to be coming here maybe a little bit of time to give you the act ladies but the representation on this commission representing the legal and people that really have this city's by itself interest at heart block 52 the environmental finding and block 55 and the amendments

the record number of new booster seat models earned iihs their best bet rating. the organization points to some video showing why proper restraints are critical. here's what can happen to a child with no restraint in a 35 mile per hour crash. >> what they do is elevate the child and help guide the lap and shoulder belt so they're in the best position for protecting the children in a crash. >> out of 41 new models rated for 2014, 27 received the top rating of best bet. they cost anywhere from $25 to $370. keep in mind most kids get to sit back in booster seats between ages 4 and 8 but it's worth noting the progression from chilseat to booster seat to eventually an adult seat belt should be based on height and weight rather than age alone. >>> meanwhile there's a new age of keyless entry in the hotel industry. no need for travelers to fumble around looking for the room key cards anymore. thanks to new apps hotel guests can unlock the door with a smartphone. ten starwood hotels are offering the technology which allows travelers to avoid the check-in line in the lobb

. >> before i turn back to commissioner boosters i'm sure i, read it again can someone remind me of the prices point is for - >> yeah. we're at 80 percent of medium income and the targeting levies. >> that's for eligibility what's the market do we have a. >> purchase prices. >> both it ranks from one hundred 60 up to 2 thirty and sheila. >> i can speak to the market rate about $400,000 for the one bedroom and mid 5 hundred thousand for the 2 bedrooms and 60 thousands for the 3 beds and their 6 seven hundred for the townhomes. >> i have not been in the market recently that sounds reasonable. >> we've done quite a bit of work on the outreach so we normally are meant to do one marital for the preference holders so we do one through mo hs and 60 days before the units go to market we have one one hundred 80 days before that and so we'll be starting that in 54 at the beginning of november because those homes will be ready between february and july of this year so we'll be looking at april and also before march and august ran a space in the reporter that talked about the certificate of prefere

. >> commissioner mondejar commissioner singh commissioner booster to say madam chair rosales the vote is 4 i's. >> the minutes are approved let's take now item 5 b do we have any speaker cards on 5 b. >> no speaker cards. >> okay i have two speaker cards dr. espanola jackson and ace washington. >> okay dr. jackson on 5 b would you like to provide comments? >> yes. thank you i would like to say on 5 b that you need to commissioners needs to get the minutes for when this proposed project was presented i would like to say that i've never missed a meeting at redevelopment never because the hunters point shipyard is is on site bayview bayview would never included as being part of the redevelopment area never and when i heard that they had stated that that was part of bayview i went to the pack committee in session at that time, and asked for the minutes and sign-in sheet never received it i went to the redevelopment commission and requested the same thing never received it now most people that don't know the area don't know the difference of bayview and hunters point when the redevelopment

the olympia and pacifica and batman back booster. you can watch tonight when erica gonzales will go in depth with the rankings. >>> today you'll need to grab the umbrella, the slicker. >> yeah. >> the kids wear the slickers. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to get an idea what kind of day we're going to have. >> eun, i love your bright yellow blouse. it is brightening our gray and wet morning. rain across virginia, maryland, coming out of west virginia, and heading off north and east. the heaviest rains in the darker greens. a few pockets of moderate showers. right on on the line. northern fauquier and northern prince william. just light rain. but it's not for all the roads, streets and sidewalks to be wet. off to a cool start. temperatures in the 50s from the shenandoah to the bay. out in the mountains, a few locations in the 40s. oakland, 45 in western maryland. upper 50s around the bay. sunrise, 6:41. we'll still be wet through 8:00. but then sunday breakout around noon time. a chance of a shower at no

. >> crashing cars on purpose to test child booster seats with the best buys for parents. >>> a lookoll plaza which is getting busy and you can see the shots up there with weather and traffic through the entire commercial break. >>> an average november in redwood city we start 70 and 47 and down to 61 at 42. the extremes are 22 and 87 and rain is 12.5" with the greatest at 7.5". the week ahead, 76 today, we will be average of tuesday at 68 and otherwise longer than average and red flag warnings in los angeles and san diego and 6459 lake tahoe and through the weekend mid-60's and ten degrees above average and a lot of sunshine and no snow. >>> traffic on westbound side of 80 blocking two lanes and now we are starting to see heavy delays approaching highway 4, and it will backed up for quite some sometime with the two lanes blocked off and injuries with emergency crews on the scene and they will be helping that victim. if you are traveling westbound highway four you could find this car fire slow from pittsburg to bay point. >>> hitting the road for thanksgiving? a just released report

between four and eight parents and caregivers that the progression for a child seat to a booster seatbe based on height and weight not age. >> reporter: the man charged with killing two share of deputies this in a different gel this morning was so you why he was moved. will be rubble back >> reporter: we are talking about color temperatures. warner said the widespread '80s like we seen yesterday. we are going to maintain dry conditions in the bay area. the cloud cover will have an affect on those numbers. starting with mainly to clear skies to riches will be warmer than average. tomorrow will be a little warmer. as we head into next week we're going to start off with an increase in cloud coverage cooler temperatures and average temperatures as we head to wednesday and thursday here's a look at future cast at the 2:00 hour will hold on to 60s 7 is for the warmer england air- test and land >> reporter: 77 degrees in san jose it could see a few low '80s developing today. castro valley 70 degrees in richmond mostly sunny skies will hold onto dry conditions for about the next 14 days there

half of new booster seats are best bets.ommended seats position your child so the seat belt is snug and safe for them in almost every car. however, three were not recommended. olympia, pacifica and batman no back booster. erika gonzalez will go in depth with those rankings. >>> a man who killed his girlfriend and posting pictures of her body online is in jail. david michael carrick is originally from washington state. he is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend amber lynn copeland. her body was found in an apartment in port orchard, washington. he posted pictures of the crime scene and his girlfriend's body on social media sites and posted a message. he said he wanted to die by suicide by cop. he is cooperating with the investigation. right now police also going through the victim's car to see if they can gather any evidence from there. that is the latest from the live desk. >> thank you, richard. police want to know who left a baby who was only hours old outside a home in prince george's county. k

the olympia, the pacifica, and the batman no back booster. the institute said it measured how safe and snug the seatbelts were when children were buckled into seats. watch news 4 tonight. erika gonzalez will go in depth with all the rankings. it is important to know which seats are the best and make sure your child is in the correct seat and not taken out too soon >> many of you will pass one speed camera this morning. >> how many of you would like to have a say on whether they exist. in cleveland, folks did have a say. not surprisingly, they said they didn't want those cameras anymore. voters passed a ballot measure that said drivers can no longer be ticketed if they're caught on speed cameras. police fought the measure saying it was a public safety issue. and others said they were speed traps, they were just making money. a lot of people have said if a cop has to catch me in order for it to really be valid. >> a big debate here in our area for sure. we're tracking new developments of a woman who was kidnapped off the streets of philadelphia

the insurance institute for highway safety reviewed this year's booster seats. they say more than half are so-called best bets for your kids. however, three seats were not recommended. the diona olympia. the diona pacifica. and the no back booster. it measured how snug the seat belts were when children were buckled in. watch news 4 tonight's consumer reporter erica gonzalez will go in depth with all the rankings for you. >>> no fee atms are showing up in stores and shops in new york now. here's the catch, you have to watch a ten-second ad while waiting for the money to be dispensed. that's because advertisers pay for the processing fees. while there's no fee at the machine, banks could potentially charge their own fees after the fact. >>> well, starbucks is apologizing to can nucleacannuc bringing back a popular item. customers weren't so happy and they revolted online. so now starbucks is bringing it back. they hope to have it available in all stores by november the 17th. >>> the u.s. postal service is also getting ready for the holidays. being stas of packages

died in 1909, mourned not just as the founder of colorado springs but one of the greatest economic boosters of the state of colorado. he was a well-respected businessman by the time he died and was given credit for opening southern colorado to economic development. he opened up the entire region to trade and commerce and was seen as one of the most important people who ever lived in the state. throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring colorado springs, colorado. our staff toward there to learn about its rich history. learn more about colorado springs on

when he died in 1909, he was no founder of a colorado springs, but one of the greatest economic boostersf the state of colorado. he was a very well-respected businessman. he died in 1909. credit for given opening up southern colorado to economic development. the railroad came through, then mineral extraction was possible. and so was lumbering. and so a city building. so he opened up the entire to trade and commerce and he was seen as one of the most important people who ever lived in the state.

new this morning a list a has been released of the best booster seats to kekeep your child safe in the car. >>> plus she was once behind bars for killing her roommate in italy but now amanda knox is trying to move on with her life and he has a new job, probably something you wouldn't expect either. we will tell what you that new job is >>> 6:23. hello, rain, will you be staying. >> good morning. it looks like it will be one of those here's your hat, is what your hurry kind of deal because it will in the leave as you loan, except for a lunch break here. storm scan three is most active right now. there is a very obvious swat have of rain, rolling through and it looks lake it will be with us for better part of the morning drive. periods of rain until 9:00 a.m. ponding on roadways. reduced visibility is also a given but there will be a break this midday, and then for evening drive, another round of scattered showers but more showers, on the way, vittoria. >> yipe. >> yeah. >> man, it is one of those days, good news, it is that katie was saying it will get better towards weekend. we have so

and how safe is your child's booster seat? booster seat? thos and the doctor saw a i weblemish on my cheek.ter, he told me it was skin cancer. i was in shock. i wasn't covered with any health insurance. but once i got covered through covered california, i was able to go get the surgery that i needed. and it was a lifesaver. ♪ good morning, usher! hey! did you know bees communicate through dance? me too... we're practically twins! ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. i was able to find one of the through covered california.y i'm living proof that health insurance works. i'm in, because i'm getting the best care around. over one million people found health insurance through covered california. join them starting november 15th. >>>

the bumbo baby booster seats recalled for safety defects, but still for sale on craigslist.wooden storage chests that can trap children inside, still for sale on craigslist. the recalled dishwashers that can burst into flames, for sale on craigslist. all despite pleas from the government to do what others do to block their sales. >> they do not and will not do it to date. >> reporter: and what do you say about that? >> i think it's morally irresponsible. >> reporter: as the father of two children, and the newly appointed chairman of the consumer product safety commission, elliott kaye is on a tear about unsafe products that were officially recalled but remain in american homes, responsible for horrible accidents. >> they're devastating. i live in fear every day of that happening to my children. >> reporter: kaye says manufacturers are to blame for not doing enough to get the word out about the recalls, but so too, he says, is craigslist for allowing recalled items to be posted for sale. so they're selling or advertising items, posting items that could kill children? >> corre

put that kid in a booster seat and it cuts the risk of injuries by 45%. children in the back seat with a proper seatbelt. 27 of the 41 new seats got the iihs best bet designation this year more than any other year. seats that didn't make it including the deanno olympia and pacifica models and the kids in brace batman no back booster. >>> just in time for the holidays, the u.s. postal service will start seven-day delivery. the agency announced today it is adding sunday delivery for packages beginning november 17. and like u.p.s. and fedex the post office anticipates increased demand for more consumers are shopping online. the post office says sunday deliveries will continue through christmas to help handle a projected 470 million packages. remember, if you have a consumer story idea give us a call 888-5-helps-u. >> saturday and sunday now. >> the just temporarily. >> all right. julie, thank you. >>> we continue to follow some breaking news. getting you back up to chopper 5, an accident involving a chp motorcycle officer backing up traffic there on 680 at c

. >> mimi clark was convincing as the owner of spirit boosters, previously american boosters. her pitch to businesses to get their name out there seemed perfect. >> they would solicit local doctors, orthodontist's to see if they wanted to sponsor local school putting advertisement on the product and then it would be shipped after they paid. giveawayout those free are nuts just like the ones we use here or like you've gotten from one of our local sports teams were actually at the center of a scam. >> they were all supposed to be a fun way for those in the community to learn about other local businesses but that's not what happened. . >> sheet is kept the money and spent it on herself. -- she just kept the money. >> the scam lasted more than three years and clark thought it was foolproof. >> if they never checked up with the schools, they would never know. >> before you purchase a product, research the company. call the school or event you are sponsoring to make sure you are getting what you paid for, not getting taken for a ride. autria godfrey, abc 7 news. >> thank you. today

the iihs just released new safety ratings for booster seats. for a list of the best car seats and the ones to avoid, head to our website, kpix.com. and go to "links and numbers." >>> time for traffic now. liz, how are we doing out there? >> so far, so good. let's take a look at the -- we'll show you a live look outside at westbound 580. they cleared the overnight roadwork westbound between the livermore valley and dublin. everything is clear. things is stacking up now between 205 and north flynn at the altamont pass. drive time of 16 minutes. that's a check of your latest "kcbs traffic." another check of your forecast now, here's lawrence. >> all right. we have a lot of clouds beginning to move into our skies this morning. in fact, we have some changes coming our way today. the sea breeze will cool down of the temperatures. out the door we go. a lot of the clouds is a weak cold front sliding in across the state bringing with it more clouds and yes indeed some fog along the coastline. so with that in mind, it looks like that patchy fog will cont

. >> a 7 on your side consumer alert, there is a new report on booster seats.ing,ved the top best more than any prior year. three got a good rating. there are prices that range from over $300. the best thing to look for is the positioning of the belts. >> the most important thing is the booster seats does a good job positioning the belts. that means the lap belt lies flat across the upper body in the center of the shoulder. app provides the best protection in a crash. bash that provides the best protection in a crash. >> there is a full link to the ratings at wjla.com. >> livingsocial is cutting its workforce again. this latest round of layoffs affects people nationwide. rebecca cooper has what this means for the company and the remaining employees and customers. >> livingsocial was one of the sea's -- one of the districts hottest startups. today, the daily deal site announced 400 workers are being laid off, 100 and washington, its headquarters. cook and her best friend love to shop and find the best deals. life is busy and the lore of livingsocial has worn off

says the t-dap booster vaccine is for children ten years and older.ool will not budge on its requirement meaning the girl will be home schooled for now. >>> texting destroying your spine. researchers say bending down to look at our cell phones equals a 60 pound weight put around our necks. over time it will give you back problems. to give your back a break they say look at the phone at eye level rather than sloachg to look at the -- lowchg to look at the screen. >> is wi-fi making you sick? radio waves causing nausea and paralysis. some skeptics say there is no evidence that wi-fi cause illnesses. >>> do you want to have dinner with prince william and kate? it will cost you $100,000. they are hosting a fund-raiser at new york's metropolitan museum of art next month. 100 grand buys you a table for ten. the money benefits the couple's alma mater, st. francis university in scotland. >>> seven minutes till the top of the hour. are you getting ready for a fun family feast or survival of the fittest on thanksgiving? we're sharing your holiday horror stories

and a single booster on top to press it towards the comet.e are expecting to get some interesting scientific data out of this comet in the weeks to come. what it's going to do, it's going to take some probes of the comet. it's going to take soil probes there and see some of the gas around the comet as well. and the reason why they're doing it is because, there is a theory that 3.5 billion years ago, many of these comets crashed into the earth. and perhaps the ice that they're made of and some of the metallic rocks that are inside then reacted with the sunlight that hits the earth and for thatted the first more complex molecules which then led to life on earth, john. >> like playing models. but it really is fascinating and it's all happening right now. and they will beam back pictures over the next several hours. and this thing could land just after 11:00 and cnn will cover that live. >> i love that they lobed it out using the maps and trajectories hoping it's going to land in the exact spot upright. fred pleitgen, thank you. >>> some surprisi

there's a new best and worst list out for booster seats.e in the back seat of your car? is it keeping your kid as safe as you think? and she is considered a front-runner for the white house in 2016. you don't need me to say her name. new article in a national magazine warning readers not to vote for hillary clinton. and laying out some very interesting reasons why. we have the author of the article right ahead for you. ♪ i thought it'd be bigger. ♪ ♪ (dad) there's nothing i can't reach in my subaru. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru,a subaru. (coffee being poured into a cup.) ♪ save your coffee from the artificial stuff. switch to truvia. great tasting, zero-calorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. this is the first power plant in the country to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar. at night and when it's cloudy, we use more natural gas. this ensures we can produce clean electricity whenever our customers need it. ♪

it is a gas booster that was supposed to press the lander against the comet surface. that didn't work either. so, they believe the lander hit the comet surface, might have bounced several times and a bounce like that can take very long because there is no gravity so it bounces a long time. they think a bounce could take up to an hour and believe at some point it came to a rest on the comet surface. they don't know if it is attached at this point or not. they are trying to find out. one scientist believes he harpoons may have deployed afterwards but there is no indication that they have tried to manually deploy these harpoons. it is a signal that would take long to transmit to this lander because the travel 510 miles. i happened to bump in to a nasa scientist. nasa is part of the mission conducted by the european space agency. he said in the '60s the u.s. sent a similar probe to the moon before landing humans on the moon and they later found their lander had bounced, as well. this is certainly something not unheard of, but the landing on a surface like this with little

stimulus because they believe the economy is coming back on its own enough that it doesn't need that booster shot anymore. gas prices, down. the unemployment rate, down. jobless benefits, way down. economic growth, way up. it's all going the right way right now, and the dow jones industrial average and s&p 500 today closed at record highs, and the dow closed at 17,390 points today. the consumer sentiment index, which is a measure of how consumers feel about the economy, and it feels like one of the touchy feely sociologies. it's how much confidence the consumers have in the economy. that number is the highest it has been in more than seven years right now. if that was not enough, happy halloween. the price of halloween candy is down. it has been stable for the last couple of years, and halloween candy is cheap. add all that together, and people are in a pretty good mood. and in politics, usually, all of the economic indicators being up with an exclamation point, except for the ones that are good when they are down, usually that means good things for the party in power. right? things are goin

good first-stage performance so far, it has four boosters and single engine. the first stage measures 68 feet in length, 24 feet in diameter, burning liquid fuel for the first 2:06 of the flight. 1:10 into flight, traveling at about 1100 miles per hour. >> 80 seconds. >> 1:30. >> all parameters normal on the launch. >> at about 1:50 the escape tower will be jettisoned. >> there you have it, traveling 1100 miles per hour. liftoff from kazakhstan. american astronaut and two others with a six-hour flight to the space station to kick off a busy winter of repairs. i'm arthel nevil. we are now going to join a healthy u and carol alt in process. >>> you can see steven opening up his whole chest, which is a great position, when you're sitting at a desk we crunch forward. we don't want that. and we want to reduce slumping. and it gives you energy. so this is a great pose to practice every day. then there's the wide-legged forward bend. this is a great pose. and what that pose does is allows your heart rate to slow down. and as a result you feel an as soon as of eke him