so there was this competition between black buffalo, the partisan, and buffalo madison. and that kind of confrontation, they just didn't understand. the other thing lewis and clark did was that they left their best interpreter behind with the nakota people whom earlier on they had a great relationship with. so here we are, lewis preparing to give what they dub his indian speech, and they didn't have a proper translator. so the speeches weren't effective. they lay out all these wonderful gifts, and of course they give more gifts to black buffalo because they see him as the head chief. well, that didn't do anything with buffalo madison or the partisan. they were angry because they were just as important to black buffalo and so they wanted more goods. well, that didn't go so well, so lewis and clark said, oh, we'll take them out on the boats. that will impress them. so they loaded them up on the boat and they go out into the river and everything, and so when they're coming back, buffalo -- the partisan's men grab a hold of the rope and symbolically say you cannot leave, you

he was a booster of everything buffalo. he was never in the camp that thought buffalo's best days were behind them. he always believed in buffalo's potential and its future, and helped make that happen. the city of buffalo was turning around. we're so proud in so many different ways. it's in good part because of bob wilmer. and on a personal level my wife and i will miss him. he visited my wife for lunch a few months ago. he was 83 years old. he was on his rickety old bike and rode through the streets of new york city to come meet her so they could have lunch. bob's wife elizabeth iris and i spent many happy hours together. a brilliant man a brilliant banker. decent caring, civic minded. the loss is -- the loss to wilmers' family and our condolences go to elizabeth. it's buffalo's loss. it's the united states' loss. bob will be truly missed. his untimely death sent shockwaves throughout new york state, and we just will miss him so. now, on a different subject i'd like to again warn about the danger of the smear campaign aga

so there was this competition, between the black buffalo, the partisan and buffalo medicine. and that kind of confrontation, they just didn't understand. the other thing lewis and clark did, was they left their best interpreter behind with the lakota people, when earlier on, they have a great relationship with. so here we are, lewis preparing to give what he dubbed his indian speech. and the speeches weren't effective. they lay out all these gifts, they give more gifts to black buffalo, because they see him as the head chief. that didn't do anything with the partisan because they were just -- that didn't go so well, so lewis and clark said, we'll take them out on the boat, that will impress them. so they loaded them out on the boat and they go out on the river and everything, so when they come back, the partisan's men, grab a hold of the rope and symbolically say, you cannot leave, you cannot leave until you give us more things, more goods. and clark immediately got mad, he ordered guns raised. guns got raised. well along the shores, you got to imagine, both sides of the rive

and one object that i would point to in particular would be this buffalo ephagy red tablet. it's harvested or quarried in a strong vein of soft store of this red variety. up and down the northern plains, right between minnesota and the dakotas. it was used for a number of objects, such as this board which has an incised buffalo figure. and then it was also used for the cutting of tobacco and the use of the pipe and prayer before a hunt out onto the plains. in addition to the catlonite plate that we have here, which we'll see a much larger representation of so that you can see the buffalo, here also is a pipe bowl that was carved from the same soft red stone that's quarried along the border between south dakota and minnesota. and then the stem that was also used with the bead work that became emblematic of the plains indians. the winter count would have been a form of the history book for the lakota people in the sense that the tribal elders would have decided among themselves as to what event in the previous year was most important to them. and then on a buffalo hide, such a

over to a different buffalo.re just observing this whole herd and this one near toward the front sometimes you don't even see the animals right in front of you. you spotted it? >> i think i did. i think i did. >> wait, where he at? i don't see him. >> you're not seeing her. >> she camouflages herself so well. >> out of nowhere, there is a lioness, but she is not getting what she wants, and ends up getting flipped over the top of this buffalo. gratuitously outmatched in this case and goes slinking off into the trees. >>> on december 10th peruvians celebrate a massive wedding. on this day, these ladies were coming together for their love of wood. >> easy it's a family show. >> they fell in love with their wood so much they decided to marry it and i do mean that quite literally. ♪ because this is a wedding where a number of women in peru are marrying trees at this park in the city. >> let's all marry a tree. it's the best we're going to get. >> i'm a few steps away from it. >> this whole thing was orchestrated by ar

a buffalo. the coffin is finally opened.strong odour of musk and formalin filled the air. thank you. they want me to show what she looked like before and what she looks like now. she died three years ago and got buried two years ago. they kept in the house for one year. maria is covered in her most treasured possessions. relatives touch her as a greeting. i'm going to try to touch her hair, just as everybody else does, as a sign of respect. she feels... she feels very hard. the hairfeels like normal. still very soft. i couldn't help but wonder how children feel seeing their mother this. her eldest son seemed very calm. i don't see any more sign of grief. it's just normal. it's just the body is here and it's normal. when you couldn't see the body, when it was inside the coffin, even i was shaking. i was a lot more nervous. and everybody seemed more upset. well, the relatives. but now everybody is content. another guest particularly close to maria is esther, her daughter—in—law. how do you think this helps you deal with the gr

we've been driving for a couple of hours from buffalo. the closer we get to erie, the worse conditions get. >> reporter: from buffalo to maine and kansas city, missouri, the snow is creating headaches for anyone trying to travel. icy roads a disaster for drivers. more than 40 accidents there. four dead in a crash in abilene, kansas. slick roads there may be to blame. in massachusetts, workers scrambling to plow snow off the runways and de-ice planes at logan airport. conditions so bad this jetblue plane skidded off the taxiway after landing in boston. no wonder. here's what christmas day looked like and sounded like there. and if you listen closely, they also got some rare thundersnow. [ thundering ] no snow, but bitter cold in the windy city. >> it is freezing. we were a little shocked. >> reporter: temperatures so low that you can see steam over the chicago river. same on lake superior, and that is what drives these lake-effect snow storms. they happen when cold air passes over the warmer lake waters. that water evaporates and cools as

it's a festival to celebrate the water buffalo. >> however, something doesn't quite go according to plan. >> see who is caught between a hard place and a harder place. >> look at that! >> she doesn't sound american. >> sifting through the clues on a lost action camera. what it takes to reunite the owner with a sunken treasure. >>> an icy street is making garbage pickup tough. >> do one at a time. >> the double bin method leading to a lot of backsliding. we've got christian, oli, charity, nick and gayle breaking down the best on the web. including getting a bike for christmas that's not kid stuff. >> a lot of these people need a way to get around. >> how a dude usually pulling pranks pulls some good deeds for a few skeptics. >> everyone is asking, yeah, but for real? we head over to china for this cultural event pretty much winding down. it looks like a bull fight but i can assure you it's not. this is called bull king, people bring all of their water buffalos, 257 of them and compete for dam nance and one will be crowned king. $30,000 on the line. it's pretty serious. >> how do they esta

you got a blizzard in buffalo and where the redskins are playing it's california.> it's a dumpster fire. nothing to see here. they're losing 30-6 in the third quarter. cowboys and giants doing battle. after the firing ben mcado, eli manning back as the giant's starter standing ovation from the crowd at metlife stadium. an early christmas present for these fans. and eli giving them something to cheer about in the second. he rolls out here, hits ellison for the one yard touchdown. new york takes a 10-3 lead, but just 30 seconds later, it's dallas returning the favor, dak prescott to bryant. a mistackle by the giants and dez off to the races. a 50 yard touchdown for number eight. same score, fourth quarter, prescott, 20 yard touchdown pass to good old reliable jason winton. his only catch of the game puts dallas up. later in the quarter it's the dak attack. it continues. prescott right here over the middle to rod smith. called this the dak and a whole lot of the whole thing is a good for 81 yard touchdown, one of two on the day for smith. prescott, 332 yards passing,

in ot, buffalo down to the colts 20-yard line. mccoy 21-yard touchdown. buffalo 13-7. celebrates by throwing snow in the air. unbelievable conditions. >> does buffalo every say we are going to build a dome? >> no. one of the few stadiums that still has that. i was in gillette stadium, similar conditions. and -- [ talking at the same time ] >> kick in the pants. >> we will be right back. sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. and all of our plans include free preventive care. financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. for health insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. because you never know when life... ...will change. get covered today. the motorcycles lead the way... but it's the runners who steal the show. 300 hundred -- . >>> the motorcycles lead the way but it is the runners who steal the show. 300 runners, even a few kids running in

before buffalo wild wings there was popeye's remember them? the parent company of burger king acquiring popeye's louisiana chicken. the company has had two full quarters under its belt. so far the rilts aring looing good hence why the stock is up 27% for the year even as it sold off pretty hard over the past couple weeks, because they're based in canada. they don't seethe same benefit from reform as an american-based chain would in its taxes then just last week we got confirmation that arby's which belongs to roar capital would be snapping up buffalo wild wings for 42% premium versus where the stock began trading. those rumors were pretty shocking as buffalo wild wings has been performing pretty poorly for quite some time one chicken chain getting acquired, okay, isolated incident but two? i think two is the beginning of a pattern. there might be more deals in the works. on monday a must follow dan prime mack of axios reported arby's has greater ambitions and is amazing a war chest to fund future deals more important, the poultry bull market g

buffa buffalo, new york. >> and there is more snow in the forecast for places like buffalo, new york. >> they're used to it. it's scooping up relatively warm water. >> and the northwest is getting the coldest air. they are under a wind chill advisory. no fun. >>> and president trump taking a swing at the russian investigation from his resort in florida. the president said he was getting back to work but also returned to the golf course. he's now spent more than 100 days at his property. a third of his presidency. he's also back on twitter responding to a fox news report about a dossier that claimed there were links between his campaign and russia. he called the claim as bogus clamm slammed the fbi as tainted. he says the tax law essentially repeals the health care law. and says that democrats and republicans will eventually come together and create a new health care plan. >>> and 30 cities are suing the pentagon for failures in the gun check system. the mayors of philadelphia, new york and san francisco are calling on the defense department to repair the flaws that allowed the shooter

the shady mccoy right tied it up for buffalo. >> he had a big game shady. there he goes. >> reporter: that wasn't him it was one of the few times they threw the ball. it was a running game yesterday in the elements. david murphy is here, football sunday turns into a cold monday. >> reporter: sure does, we're looking at a deep freeze on wednesday, my goodness. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry, we had snow showers popping through the region this morning. with temperatures above freezing it didn't do much. now they are gone. looking outside we have sky6 live hd and bright sunshine at penns landing. it might cloud up later in the day, but right now it's a sun and clouds mix at it is bright along the river. right now it's pleasant out there. temperatures in the low 40s and winds not all that bad. tuesday there's a chance of a spotty shower it's not a bad day overall, temperatures falling in the 40s heading toward dinnertime. wednesday, bitter cold, the high may get up to 32 be -- but the winds will be so strong and gusty it will feel like the

they dropped a 4-2 decision in buffalo.ore aggressive team netting 4 third period goals. it was a disappointing result. >> they competed a little harder than us, it showed out there. >> lost the battle, it's frustrating, but at the same time we have to put this behind us. >> once again, flyers columbus coming up this evening. >> thank you ducis. much more to come, including the accuweather forecast. looking at the philadelphia international airport. a rainy evening, but the cold is moving in. >>> looking at what's coming up on "world news" saturday. >> reporter: the holiday travel hazards, many orrin the move tonight. the strange glow saw in the sky, tonight the mystery re revealed. >>> and stores offering 50 to 75% off. that's coming up after "action news." really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, your

fly rs four game road trip kicked off tonight in buffalo. the fewest points in the eastern conference. this should be easy. it didn't work out that way. elliot makes a save. rebound. watch elliot. he does a complete 360 between the saves. he stops 28 shots in the first two periods. third period no score. sabers cash. and it's one elliot wants back. somehow the puck gets threw. now 3-1 buffalo. ghost has the fliers within one. final seconds. a couple chances. can't cash. and that leads to the second empty net goal. fliers fall 4-2. the eagles held a light walk through practice today. they have been taking it easy this week. and have been fun. the birds rookies had to dress up in christmas pajamas and perform carols. and let's say they could have done better. ♪ that was the eagles defensive rookies rehearsing for the main event. the earlier views are not glowing. >> it was funny. but it was kind of embarrassing. because it was supposed to be representing us as a team. and a defense. and they're supposed to put on a good show. >> do you have a

buffalo got it way worse than us. i can say, being someone who went from arizona to philly, that snow -- not our favorite. not our favorite, no. let's talk about the temperatures this morning. as you head out early on, getting back to work, it's cold out there. feels like 27 degrees in philadelphia. 31 in mt. holly. 32 in allentown. feeling like 30 in lancaster. and down along the shoreline, temperatures feeling below freezing. a light breeze. not a strong wind, but a wind strong enough to make it feel colder than it is. the rotation in this direction. it's moving out as we speak. still a few little flurries over chester county, del ce e el co, farther south, that's breaking down over cumberland and atlantic counties. it is dropping a few flakes. radar and satellite, the wide view. there's where the real action was. when you see the deeper purples, that's the heavier snow that can come from effect. notice the rest of our movement will be a drier trend throughout the day. and we'll see the clouds break, allowing for su

wills -- buffalo bills did the angels.in that one. >> do you think their uniforms were in advance? if you are in white, you cannot really see. >>> thank you for watching and we will see tonight at 10. wo de zing shi sheldon. no, it's "wo de ming zi shi sheldon." wo de ming zi shi sheldon. what's this? that's what you did. i assumed as in a number of languages, that the gesture was part of the phrase. well, it's not. how am i supposed to know that? as the teacher, it's your obligation to separate your personal idiosyncrasies from the subject matter. you know, i'm really glad you decided to learn mandarin. why? once you're fluent, you'll have a billion more people to annoy instead of me. hey. mei du lui zi. you just called leonard a syphilitic donkey. my apologies, leonard. i'm only as good as my teacher. why are you learning chinese? i believe the szechuan palace has been passing off orange chicken as tangerine chicken,

earlier this morning we had an updated temperature of 1 in buffalo. they have recovered to 5 degrees. you can pick out high clouds approaching the pacific northwest. the storm track still a decent visitor for the bay area. december failing to deliver significant rainfall. just a few high clouds crossing the bay area right now. let's check in on the cool numbers. right now, we have -- look at this. this is surprising inform me. fairfield has cooled off down to 0 degrees right now. santa rose a34. san francisco, 48. and san jose, 42. you definitely want to grab the sweat are or coat this morning because it is very cold out there. check in on the current visibility reports. fairfield coming down with fog in place. half mile visibility in santa

now it's 3 will ha-1 in the fin buffalo. flyers within one but they pressure a couple chances but cannot cash. jack had two empty-net goals for buffalo. flyers fall 4-2. >> can't expect to win games when we're playing like that. i mean, moose gave us every chance possible to win that game. just to be in that game was, you know, pretty lucky. he stood on his head, made some great saves. i don't think we're going to win too many games if we're playing like that. >> the eagles had a light walkthrough practice yesterday. they've been taking it easy this week. and they are having fun. the birds rookies had to dress up in christmas pajamas and perform carols for their teammates and eagles staff. let's just say they could have done better. ♪ >> oh, yeah, that was the eagles defensive rookies rehearsing for the main event. needless to say the early reviews were not glowing. >> it was funny, but it was kind of embarrassing because they're supposed to be representing us as a team and defense and supposed to put on a good show for us.

i'm not sure of the names of the buffalo. on the left i'm going to go with rock and on the right hard place. this fellow in the blue is about to discover why. wrong place, wrong time. he's caught between these two raging animals. eventually you see, he almost gets a little bit trampled before people separate the pair again. >> at this point, this is their natural animal instinct. you as a human have got to stay out of it. >>

mother had a phd in physics and she had gotten a roll at the memorial institute in buffalo new york. she was going to make this sum of $14000 which meant, in india, that we were going to be very, very rich when we arrived in america. after my mother had done six months in america, having left us in india, she came back and when i was eight years old i was sent off to live with my aunt when i arrived in america and i attended school in richmond virginia and then buffalo new york and then on to california in the northwest , and my own journey in america, in many ways mirrored that of the american journey. i didn't quite understand how much it means it until i was fortunate enough to take a freshman history class from the acclaimed historian at the university of washington. it was no stanford. in his class, the final essay was to weave and connect your family's history into the context of the american narrative and since i was taking this class in 1995 and i had been here for a total of ten years from 84 to 95, i didn't quite have a device through which i could weave a narrative because

the rust belt in buffalo, new york, my families westward migration, my mother ended up with a position, and biotech startup in seattle. seattle it's up with booming with technology from microsoft at the time was a very large company, still a step in at that time was a very scorching growth rate. we were connecting all that over an 11 year timeframe into this essay, and it gave me a a perspective on american history that i didn't have before. i got this directly from a very notable historian and it didn't serve me well. going forward, however, the gold rush of the internet was this usually a learning thing in seattle and san francisco at the time, and i've been lucky enough to put his weight in this goldrush at least as an early employee at a a couple of countries and then as a founder of a startup in news aggravation pixel it colored my perspective to be the next big things are, transform society very rapidly. to a hammer everything looks like an effort to meet these economic questions have always driven me to assemble everything i know about american history and put into this framewor

when it becomes more westerly that's when buffalo will be hit by it.ut it's pretty cool phenomenon. we're seeing a few of those snow showers making it even into the poconos tonight. look at that cold air minneapolis, minnesota, 17 degrees. wichita 30. dallas 39. >> what? >> ouch. 44 in houston. 44 in raleigh. and in philadelphia at 43. so not a very big contrast from north to south. the cold air is here and the arctic blast is going to be coming tomorrow into tomorrow night. digging a huge trough in the east. this is the jet stream that's why it's so to the south. this area of low pressure is guided along a front off the coast and that will bring some snow by saturday morning. saturday morning 8:00 a.m. in southern delaware then it comes up toward philadelphia by the afternoon then it goes back down offshore so by the evening, it's out of here. but we see the snow. in philadelphia about one to 2-inches along that i-95 corridor. possible two to three as you get closer to the shore. and closer to the storm of course we'll fine tune those numbers as we ge

sent to live with my aunt and not far from here went to school in richmond virginia 40 months and buffalo new york and onto california in the northwest and my own journey in america in many ways mirrored that of the american and journey and i didn't quite understand how much it mirrored it until i was fortunate enough to take a freshman history class from richard white but acclaimed historian at the university washington who is not sanford. in his class, the final essay was to eating connect your family's history into the context of the american narrative and since i was taking this class in 1995 and i have been here for a total of 11 years i did not quite heavy device through which i could weave a narrative because we had such a short amount of time here , so the major events in american history i could not connect our family history so i had to ask what we can do to allow me to fully express myself in the context of american history and we had stumbled upon this divisive economic, so the rust belt in buffalo new york. my family's westward migration, my mother ended up with a position at

. >> to a wild weekend of wicked winter weather including an incredible scene in buffalo. >> and not for the faint of heart, santa hats and speed owes. do we need to say more? "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. fire fighters are entering an eighth day of fires raging across southern california. fire officials say six wind whipped fires covering more than 250,000 acres have destroyed more than 800 homes and structures. 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the largest blaze, the thomas fire in santa barbara and ventura counties, is causing power surges and temporary outages for tens of thousands of customers. and the inferno is triggering new evacuation orders. >> among those in the line of danger, talk show host ellen degeneres who tweeted her home is under evacuation and had to take her pets. dan has the latest from the ground. >> reporter: the thomas fire, the biggest in southern california, is still on the move. >> over of the last 12 to 14 hours we experienced extreme fire behavior. >> reporter: a new flare-up in santa

that lake effect snow leaving buffalo buried. whiteout conditions all the way to kalamazoo. that snow fueled by bone-chilling air, causing car wrecks in kansas, where at least four people died after sliding off the road. in the northwest, icy roads causing pileups. in oregon, one driver injured. >> lost control. did a 360, hit a car on the next lane and ended up here. >> reporter: meanwhile, parts of the northeast are digging out after getting blizzard conditions for christmas. white-knuckle travel from maine to massachusetts, where there was thundersnow. >> thundersnow! >> reporter: and winds gusted to 65 miles an hour, knocking this beam off the sagamore bridge and knocking out power to thousands. at boston's logan overnight, flights were delayed for hours, and one almost didn't make it. >> we started spinning and spinning and spinning. >> everything's fine. we just skidded on the ice. >> reporter: passengers evacuating onto the icy tarmac and onto shuttle buses after a jetblue plane from savannah spun all the way around. thankfully, no one was injured. >> and alex perez j

flyers down, 2-0. 3-1 buffalo. scores, game not done yet.get the second empty nether of the contest. flyers lose 4-2. >> eagles host the flyers. nick foles expects the atmosphere to be special. >> philadelphia will be rocking. i can't wait to see the fans and energy in the stadium. >> i have never played christmas before. i know it will be crazy. a lot of people there probably got tickets as christmas gifts. >> malcolm jenkins was asked if any of the rookies have a future in singing? >> not at all. they elected the lead singer. let's say he's a better quarterback than performer. >> it was terrible. how can you not not know the christmas songs? you hear them every year. >> still ahead, we talk basketball, the michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opi

buffalo, new york, is still being blasted. is this like a wednesday. any other day, buffalo. a problem for the buffalo bills football team. >> the bills play in an open air stadium. before the fans and people can come in, the snow has to come out. they started this on wednesday. >> these are dedicated fans. >> they really are. they continue to shovel. continued yesterday each when the snow was still falling. >> they're probably shoveling their own seats. they want to go to the game. >> i want to know. there's probably a reason why. why does that stadium not have a retractible roof? they know it's going to snow. it's like a snow machine there. it comes from the great lakes and it doesn't stop. >> this is not the only cold weather team with open air stadium. >> it's also a part of whaty do there. >> in buffalo? >> shoveling snow. you volunteer to come and do that. >> i suppose. maybe it's a tradition. holiday tradition to shovel the snow out of the bills stadium. no shovelable snow. >> we would rather not. but we have a little bit of snow in the forecast going into today. not e

i widen out the picture to show it is not that bad comparatively speaking. 17 12, buffalo. 10 in buffalo. 1 degree in chicago. things could be worse. .e will have cold air coming in 38 at 4:00 p.m. dropping into the mid-in the alex is here with some evening --mid-5 30's in the evening. clout so be on the increase. mostly sunny skies. most of the cloud cover dispersed as it moves to the east. we will have the potential for a couple of snowflakes in the forecast. here is a look at 7:00 tonight. a few clouds back in the region. overspread in the area in the overnight hours by 11:00 p.m. after midnight, a couple of snowflakes. our rpm model shows snow showers from fredericksburg. a light dusting in a few spots. for the most part, flurries. this activity getting out of here. not too concerned. a lot of sunshine tomorrow, but it will be chilly. highs, only the lower-30's. thursday, upper-20's. you can see the average high is in the mid-40's. rather cold for this time of year. it will continue in the weekend ahead. lower-30's. thursday, upper-20's. you can see the average high is in the mid-mos

i hope they're not seeing pictures in buffalo of us down here it would make them crazy. >> yeah we have some of the warmest temperatures right here in the bay area across the lower 48. there's a cold taking hold across the mid-west, that's going to stay there. here we're talking about warmer day as head and potential for rain enter into the forecast. we enjoyed a i lot of sunshine earlier today and tonight just a few clouds out there from time to time. picture of the tam-tam great visibility out there. lighting up for the holidays. we're dipping into the 30s in a lot of spots. and we're going to track pockets of fog around the bay and in the delta. on new year's eve we're tracking potential for a storm if everything comes together just right. current temperatures right now, spots that are mainly dipping into the 40s at this hour. 44 in napa. 47 in oakland. 48 in mountain view. right now fairfield, coldest spot 41 degrees. going to be a blend of cold and stars out there. will be some fog through the delta. are coldest spot dropping into the mid 30s. overnight lows drop to the mid and low

some buffalo down to the 20-yard line. that's lesean mccoy.se for a game winning 21-yard touchdown. buffalo wins 13-7 and celebrates by throwing snow all over the place. >>> soccer. stanford and indiana playing for that national championship trophy. sudden death in second overtime. the game winning goal the 103rd minute. stanford wins 1-0 and become the second team in ncaa history to win three straight national titles. that's one heck of a soccer program, stanford men's and women's. >> game day tonight? >> game day tonight. baseball winter meetings begin. the giants lost out on giancarlo stanton so i'm going to go talk to a national writer from orlando tonight about what's going on at the winter meetings. >> the fellow you had from usa today. >>> coming up in our next half hour over on 5, a lawsuit filed by children is on its way to the federal court in san francisco tomorrow. why president trump is trying to stop it. >> plus, it's another side effect of california's relentless fire season. how the massive rebuilding effort in the burn zones i

flyers had a loss last night against buffalo. tonight, dave hacks tall. >> flyers down 1-0. ivan with his fifth goal of the season, tied at one. we go to a shootout. jake voracek can't keep it going. flyers lose 2-1. they'll be idle until tuesday's game on the road against the pan panthers. that's sports. >> thank, ducis. >> disney on ice dare to dream held its opening show tonight. the skating extravaganza is playing here in south philadelphia through january 1st. more "action news" coming up in just a minute. ♪ ♪ michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >> saturday night. i'm walter perez. h

that's the flyers game in buffalo.stopped the showdown with the last place sabers, buffalo was better scoring all four goals in the 4th period. >>> a pair of eagles players took time to give back to the community. they handed out coats at the community center in east falls section. aside from giving the gift of warmth they chatted with fans of all ages and posed for photos. >>> more than two dozen children were treated for a special holiday celebration. the parties and the gifts were for the west park apartments in west philadelphia. they played games and made crafts and ate sweet treats at the philly church congregation. tada! i'm an imaginary friend of a kid just like you. you probably have lots of questions. but look, we'll get through this together. >> get out the umbrella. it's going to be a wet day to shop or travel this holiday weekend. by the time christmas arrives, parts of the area could get a little bit of snow, too. >>> i'm alicia vitarelli in for gray hall. let's get a look at what accuweather has in store

judgeght the eye of a visiting from buffalo. years,those first three jackson, following his mentor int, is very much involved politics. he was elected and reelected as the district one liter of the chautauqua county --district one county f the chautauqua -- this is not a huge a job. in 1916, jackson is recruited to buffalo. experience inear high-stakes litigation. he has a lot of work representing personal injury cases and those things. he has trial lawyer experience that whetts his appetite for mpore. he has renewed contact with that state senator frank roosevelt who comes to washington and serves as assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. jackson has a democrat in the white house and an interested new yorker who wants to be the receiving office from people across the new york state. when jackson goes to washington on patronage issues, is the assistant secretary of the navy's office. franklin and his secretary louis howll. jackson, in buffalo, is starting to move away from political work. of the is the site robert

a role and buffalo is not.y have the worst record in the eastern conference but the flyers cannot afford to overlook anyone. >> lost three games in a row not too long ago. not like we can look past it and last the east and we have to out play them and go home. it's going to be a hard game and make sure we do things right like the last four games. >> we can't look past anyone and we are aware of that and bring everything we got. and it's harder to play against teams that are down there. >> phillies manager gabe kapler completed his coaching staff and he was a coach in the cubs minor league system. this was a no brainer, barkley was elected to the naacp all american team and the running back ranks second in all purpose yards and fifth in total touch downs. >> he is something else. >> he is. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >>> chilly day as you said it with would be. >> tracking snow on the way tomorrow. so get used to it. >> i didn't know that. >> listen i'll talk abou

buffalo wins it. [cheers and applause] >> incredible. ♪ ♪ heather: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first "s begin with top story. all eyes on alabama, the state's critical elections hours, gop candidate roy moore setting record straight one last time as as opponent launches brand-new attacks. griff jenkins live with what what's at stake? >> that's right, we are coming right to the wire but this morning they are waking up to robo call from president trump, final push for embattled republican roy moore. >> get out and vote for roy moore, his vote is our republican senate and it's needed. we need roy to help with the republican senate, we will win and we will make america great again. >> roy moore was absent from the campaign trail and avoiding reporters but called into a radio show to finally deny all allegations of sexual misconduct against him in an attack that the republican establishment who has refuse today support him. >> the republican establishment actually wants jones in there beca

several counties in buffalo -- you know what buffalo always like this. >> right much it's a white springfour to 7-inches of snow this holiday weekend. snow started falling yesterday later tapered off but now buffalo residents are getting ready for round two. as they do every year. >> that's right. >> they're used it to. >> them they know how to handle it. >> we want to see your holiday christmas traditions much that's great shot. christmas tree front and center. some of the photos you've been sending this morning we'll roll through a few of them. jose beautiful tree as well. everybody decorating and at this point in many households presents are now shreds of paper. >> that's right. >> boxes everywhere. >> awe. >> even dog geese are celebrating this morning. >> that's kenyan. good morning. >> good boy. >> super easy to share your photos. use the hash tag fox5 christmas and tweet us at fox5 d.c. and we'll keep showing throughout the morning. >> look at that family. did you see all those little kids? >> love it. >> so sweet. great pictures. >> keep them coming. >> we're glad everybody is en