bible study on a wednesday night, to to join me in the gent effort to address a peacl demonstration in char lotsville, our national consciousness has been seared by the violence of white supremacists and other extremist domestic terrorist groups. in fact, a recent f.b.i., department of homeland security joint intelligent bulletin found white supremacist organizations were responsible for 49 homicides and 29 attacks tion in char from 2000 to 2016. more than any other domestic extremist movement. in response to this threat, today, i am introducing the domestic terrorism prevention act, which makes smart changes to ensure our federal agencies are effectively coordinating and monitoring these terrorist organizations and better able to prevent acts of violence. this is a companion legislation to the bill introduced by senator durbin in the senate. i thank him for his leadership as well as my colleagues in the house, ranking member bennie thompson, representatives robin kelly, and miss gonzalez in joining me in this effort. working together we can can crack down on these domestic terrorist organi

share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for africa charred. wood. where you. only just didn't learn. no man. no. matter how bad our. co. co. used to girl all the little girl. here. the. first love means anything. big please call it all the. clone. can't sleep but i'm scared that didn't your email on the mail merge now with living. with yours in you mind. do away with. the call. home. use a gun. if you follow. me into the. cold loving home. kong me. the. door until may assume we. don't just leave. me. alone still leave me leg. i'm still the only. man in. lol. we'll. see a moment will cool soules. and. gold gold gold. will learn filed earlier though i'm going to. live in his good old lolo i'm. lonely. thank . god you. didn't tell me more than things don't but safe. and sound is fine. and suspense and used to. but no gone to. bed and then the way. things do way. of being orderly on hand on the bed. so. beyond me. no. love. love. love. love. love. you. love. love. love. love love. love. love love. love. love. the bed. the bowl. long was coming. d

victor char who you highly respect would be putting at risk the medium sized u.s.y is what he said the president would be doing, pittsburgh or cincinnati on the assumption a crazy and undetourble. >> you know, it would be a terrible, horrible thing if the united states and north korea started a war with each other, but the military option as h.r. mcelder mcelderry ma mcmaster says, you want the military option to look serious but you do not want to have to use it. so i think the president is ably, i think, is probably trying to put it on the table. he may do that in the case of iran, as well. to use it as a diplomatic stick and that's the right thing to do. >> now -- >> i just hope, of course, we don't end up having to turn to military options and i think that there is nobody more than the many generals in this administration kelly, mcmaster, mattias, they would like to avoid such an event. >> finally, i want to ask you because you were slated for the second top position at the state department and the president vetoed your appointment. if you had one piece of advi

those 25 bright yellow school buses now charred, burnt metal skeletons. and fire crews as well as the fire marshal continue to be on scene investigating. officials say the call came in around 3:00 a.m. first reported as smoke, then fire consumed everything in that garage. there were no injuries, but it took firefighters hours to get the blaze under control. the school district had to cancel classes since these buses are used to transport student. they make up about a fifth the school's entire fleet and the superintendent tells us they're already working to purchase new replacement buses. >> i went down to the bus garage and it was an inferno. i was just glad no one was hurt. material things can be replaced, we can get new bus, we can replace the pole barn and the garage that it was in and, you know, i'm just happy no one was injured. >> reporter: and back here on the scene you can see what's left of that garage. they had to tear it down during the firefight. the district does say they've already gotten offers for help from other school districts offering

the third through fifth -- second through fourth were charred. they had to find the fire and most of the fire building was vacant. but they didn't know that so they did the extension search, they did a great job with that fire. and the final one christmas day at prospect avenue at 12:55 at night. no injuries, six people were displaced. when engine 32 arrived, the building was fully involved. downed wires, causing electrical hazard. they knocked the fire down and evacuated the three buildings before the arrival of the chief. this fire went well as well. no major injuries. other notable incidents on november 15th a surf rescue, one adult male pulled from the water. cpr was initiated, pulse was brought back on scene, the victim is recovering as of december 1st. on november 16th, a driver lost control of her car filled with nine canines and rolled back into a house. the driver and child were taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries and the the victim was a dog walker. there are pictures later in the report of that incident. on november 19

of a former life. sight, the charred he found this site himself although his visit to this region wasn you work out where the house was? he travelled from village to village by helicopter. from the air you could see whole areas razed to the ground. it is where the myanmar military and buddhist mobs are accused of pogroms against the muslim rohingya. these pictures of burning villages in the area were filmed by the bbc last year. in the area were filmed you genuinely have no idea who did it? some rohingya are still here and were brought out by the myanmar authorities to speak to boris johnson. all denied any knowledge of who had destroyed their village. this habitation has clearly been burnt out and deserted. one of the rohingya villagers that i spoke to a little earlier told me in english, "i hope you understand, we are in a very bad situation and unhappy." he didn't dare tell me who had burnt this village. one government minister accompanying us told me it was what he called rohingya terrorists who turned on their own people and set fire to their homes. on their own people and set wh

some charred, others had melted lights and cracked windshields. some showed up to see the damage for themselves. >> all of the buses are assigned to a run, wane that, with these buses you can't run the district. >> nothing like we have ever seen before, it is just mind boggling. >> a driver in parkland for 19 years and she hopes she is not out of work for too long. >> i think everyone is hoping we'll have buses to drive by monday. >> each bus costs around $100,000. with 16 buses, you can guess how much that is going to cost. there is friendly neighbors, other districts that are helping out. they will try to get the buses back up and running to get kids to school on monday. >> a difficult day in parkland, florida today. the last time people were in the school rooms, 17 people were gunned down. now they're back in school for the first time since that day. the employees have gone back to get things they just abandoned last week. no one was required to back today and there was counselling for anyone that wanted it. the building will eventually be torn

i could a got killed, i came a split-second from that truck hit me.here's the charred and broken down remains of the dump truck that larry broderick says appeared to be out of control as it entered the intersection just as he cleared it.where would i get to the intersection powell that ford pick up truck gets hit, spun around, the ford pick up truck hits the the bronco then the truck continues up the road and hits everything up therehere's what left of the front end of that first truck that was hit...the eyewitness says the female driver appeared pinned behind the steering wheel.he says the dump truck was leaking fuel as it continued up the overpass, colliding with seven other vechiles and fire soon followed........six of the 10 vehicles involved were burned. with the help of other bystanders on the scene larry urged some of the dazed drivers to get out of their burning vehicles.... but the occupants of this mini van had to be pulled out. we got the guy in the dog out but the lady was trapped the construction guys that came to help me help pull the door open, the steering wheel off of

it is completely charred on the outside. the fire they say is very stubborn. they are trying to get into the attic space to make sure that the fire is completely out in all the small spaces. they have not been able to do any investigation. they said the smoke is still very gray and that is impeding their effort in investigation. once the smoke dies down they will do their investigation. we do not have a cause or an origin for this fire. >> all right. five in walnut creek, thank you. >> the freeze warning is in effect until sunrise. many cars and houses are covered with frost. there is an increased demand for ways to stay warm. hardware manager says he is selling a lot of space heaters. >> we have furnace filters. the heaters are always a big item. everyone needs to be just a little bit warmer. >> there is extra concern about the homeless. people handed out blankets, socks and coats to people sleeping outside. >> there is a concern for the homeless left out in the cold. private citizens are helping the homeless including this 11- year-old girl and her father wh

time for business news and fun for char let us anti-corruption agency released him our strengths of each on bail he's the governor of the a central bank and is accused of bribery it's him right they are now the government's been meeting in an emergency session not because of him but it has a lot of other things on its plate one of the baltic nation's biggest banks is accused of doing business with north korea and that the spite sanctions. the law to be an anti corruption agency is starting a criminal probe against the country's central bank chief bill maher's run seven he's suspected of taking bribes calling it the rules of the game for successful banking in the country he allegedly demanded one hundred thousand euros a month in bribes from the owner of the life in bank norvig banka the financial institution then filed an international complaint not be as finance minister sought to offer reassurances. welcomed. i can assure you that they're not then fine and system is stable banks don't have the credit issues so depositors' can feel completely safe. obviously order to protect the finance

time for business news i'm funny for char in berlin well come to our program germany's scandal plagued by been more than doubled profits for last year to eleven point four billion euros. up by just over six percent to two hundred thirty two point seven billion euros v.w. ranks as one of the world's largest automakers setting the tempo and seven million vehicles worldwide last year that's despite a company admitting many bear an eleven million worldwide. reports from the frankfurt stock exchange. this was an. old. google will be. one of the weaker ones. was not according to the case of. china's investor early geely company has become the largest shareholder in germany stunner a company stock market filing say he bought a nine point seven percent share in the maker of luxury order. is the chairman of gilly automobile holdings so multinational automotive company based in china the billionaire already has holdings in europe gilly acquired sweden's wallboard car maker eight years ago. and time for the latest from across the pond so let's turn to saw fisherman ski our correspondent on wall s

char as more. the streets of berlin are steeped in history from the second world war to the cold war one of the best places to get a sense of the cold war is right here in berlin although many important is this place rise over here and opening up the basin about all strauss and things like you see right here clearly indicates where the burley war once stood and haha it was really only the i did laugh about it over there with the body or maybe it's this shocking stories of east germans who try to make it across this wall. some tried to escape before the wall was even finished they said connick picture shows a young soldier from east berlin who jumped over a barbed wire fence in one hundred sixty one. some try to flee to the west above ground many hundreds try to escape underground at least seventy five tunnels were dug beneath the war in berlin most of them from the west to help friends and relatives trapped in the east we met karl holtz up full who told us how he tried to help east germans to freed

thank you, char. fly eagle fans fly, if you are not driving an rv, it's a 980-mile trip by plane. airline officials tell us most of the people headed to minneapolis from our area departed today. the rest are expected to leave tomorrow. united airlines added flights and switched to bigger planes.kl here on channel6 is a terrific idea. tomorrow n at 8:00, join us for the preview live from minneapolis. we have live reports throughout the d saturday. our pregame coverage bins at 5:00 p.m. we'll coverage from philadelphia, from minneapolis and we'll wrap it up with "action news" at 11:00 and sports sunday. that is our football coverage tonight. other news, edward archer has been found guilty as charged for trying to kill a philadelphia cop. the jury deliberated less than three hours before finding archer guilty of attempted murder and aggravated manslaughter. it was january two years ago when he ambushed jessie hartnet in philadelphia. archer told police he acted out of religious conviction and pledged his loyalty to isis. >> fire investigators are trying to determine a cause of a fire

i could a got killed, i came a split-second from that truck hit me.here's the charred and broken downemains of the dump truck that larry broderick says appeared to be out of control as it entered the intersection just as he cleared it.where would i get to the intersection powell that ford pick up truck gets hit, spun around, the ford pick up truck hits the the bronco then the truck continues up the road and hits everything up therehere's what left of the front end of that first truck that was hit...the eyewitness says the female driver appeared pinned behind the steering wheel.he says the dump truck was leaking fuel as it continued up the overpass, colliding with seven other vechiles and fire soon followed........six of the 10 vehicles involved were burned. with the help of other bystanders on the scene larry urged some of the dazed drivers to get out of their burning vehicles.... but the occupants of this mini van had to be pulled out. we got the guy in the dog out but the lady was trapped the construction guys that came to help me help pull the door open, the steering wheel off of h

here's the charred and broken down remains of the dump truck that larry broderick says he saw comingown fountaingrove parkway just moments after he cleared the intersection. looks like it's out of control. i think i hear horns that could've been the cars that were seen it coming with the truck horn itselfit hit his ford truck here....which then crashed into another bronco.....right behind me pal right behind me and i looked in my rearview mirror and i see the aftermath of the truck heading beast your cars and continuing up over the overpass with a trail of fuel spilling out and instantaneously flames.six of the 10 vehicles involved were burned. with the help of other bystanders on the scene larry urged some of the dazed drivers to get out of their burning vehicles.... but the occupants of this mini van had to be pulled out.... you can see the door we pulled open we rip them open they were broken off their hinges and what not. everything was all smashed so we had to rip open doors because they weren't working the fact that these charred cars are sitting just feet away from the burned

behind me you can see kind of the charred remains of the buildings of the outside of the buildings here, this massive four-alarm blaze broke out around 3:00 a.m. you can take a look at the video quickly coomed much of the building, 150 firefighters battled the flames 160 apartment residents and hotel guests were evacuated. local businesses took in those forced out into the cold. the red cross set up a shelter at the miews -- at the museum of the american revolution. residents believe the fire started inside a unit. the flames were under control 4 hours later, but this morning serious concerns remain about how sound the building is. >> we set up collapse zones that include the residences around the building which preclude us from letting civilians and citizens back in. >> reporter: and red paw relief rescued a quite a few animals, but we know some pets were lost in the fire. in the meantime, residents are waiting to see when they can go back home, some of the businesses won't be open until the area is cleared. reporting live in old city, jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> thank y

investigators examined the charred grand plea car as evidence. >> >> i was very devastated knowing that somebody was on fire, it was not that anybody could do anything bit because we didn't know he was locked inside the car. >> reporter: police arrived to tow away the car likely to look over for additional evidence. at this point police are looking for three males they have not released any discrepancy of them. the victim is in critical condition this afternoon. reporting live in olney, jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, one person has died at a motorcycle crash in south jersey. police say a bike slammed into the utility pole on the white horse pike in chesslehurst. investigators are trying to figure out why he lost control. >>> we're beginning to dry out after a soak weekend. looking outside sky6 live hd looking at the jersey shore in cape may, as the last of the rain is moving off the coast. david murphy tracking the latest conditions from the weather center. >> reporter: how is the weekend. the weekend is great, rick had a come down after the parade that we covered

. >>> chopper 6 hd is over the remains of a charred homes in morristown. "action news" viewer shared the video of the early morning flames and nobody was hurt and investigators are working to determine the cause. >>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. on the final day of february. going live outside, a pretty picture, sky 6 hd showing you the view of the center city skyline. a mild and calm afternoon. but we are tracking big changes heading our way. meteorologist, david murphy, over in the weather center with more. >> always nice when you get february to take off like a lamb and march represents a change. and as we take a look there is cloud cover out there. but we managed to squeeze out a decent amount of sunshine with the clouds and you saw that on sky 6 hd. and cloud cover could get thicker but it's a beautiful day. temperatures are on the move. 56 degrees now in philadelphia and mild air coming up from the south really affecting everybody and down in dover are you at 60 and cooler along the coast as you have the cool air coming in off the ch

the home is now charred and the victims reportedly siblings. they died along west toronto street. >> jeanette reyes is live. >> alicia. a neighbor and sister killed in the father and that man was the pit my of a good neighbor. and he lived in the home for 50 years. you see it's a charged frame of what used to be. >> i looked out the window and seen the smoke and then i came down stairs and said is there anybody else here standing around. 12:30 this morning firefighters responded to a blaze on the 1300 block of west toronto street off west broad street. and upon arrival crews saw flames shooting out of the first floor wind >> firefighters responded within a minute and a half and found heavy fire conditions on the first floor and wapdrapidly wen and put the fire down. >> it took 20 mines to get the fire under control and crews when inside and found the body of a woman and the man was rushed to temple university hospital and had no vitals. >> remember them removed one person from the dwelling and that person was transported to temple and is now de

you can see how charred the buses are. 16 damages and totally destroyed and 14 others around here badly damaged bought of the heat coming off the fire. but the good news is no injuries. let take a look. officials say within minutes the bus garage on stadium drive was fully engulfed. 16 buses and plenty of fuel for a fire to burn and our crews captured the sounds of explosions inside. the end result 16 buses destroyed burned to the frame. and the parkland school district superintendant says that 14 other buses parked around the building sustained damage. the buses make up one-fifth of the district's fleet. they hope so have back in session by monday. >> and we have a tight group of superintendents and many colleagues have reached out to us with overing us their surplus buses to utilize. you know we feel we should have ample number of buses by monday. >> the good news is no one was hurt. right now the superintendant estimates between the damaged buses and property there is likely more than $2 million worth of damage. >> we had 10 year warranty on the buses if they were new buses and all 1

from a bucket truck a few stories up, a look at the charred remains, this building city officials says is imminently dangerous and has to come down. the intense fire started burning for hours early sunday morning. dozens of visitors at residents had to evacuate. >> when we were going down the stairs and i saw how much smoke there was i almost felt the fire was above us because of so much smoke. >> reporter: the hotel guests were able to retrieve what was left. >> and when you go back you realize, man, if i knew i couldn't go back i would have gotten my purse. >> reporter: they got it for them. >> there was a lot of broken glass and water on the roof and they don't want anybody up there. i guess a hazard. >> reporter: while the biggest concern on this block was the fire ravaged 239, there were other worries. 237 chestnut is now deemed unsafe. authorities believe it can be repaired but needs structural attention on the fifth floor. at the corner, "the little lion restaurant" is closed now. the co-owner, chris younge, says there is water damage. >> we just don't know yet if it is somethin

. >> reporter: a charred heap of metal called out onto the front steps. this stove was the source of the fire that started around 4 am at a condo complex on eastgate lane.>> the resident started a pot of oil to fry some food. he went upstairs and got distracted with his door closed. then he heard crackling with the sound of a fire downstairs.>> reporter: he was able to escape his home and then rushed door to door in his complex.>> dead asleep. it was one of those things. the kid next to us started banging on the door telling us to get up.>> reporter: all of the residents escaped unharmed. one firefighter injured his knee. he is expected to be okay. this is stovetop fire comes a day after another fire in antioch started the same day.>> the potential for disaster from these fires is huge. don't ever leave something cooking on the stove unattended. if you have to walk away, turn it off. don't keep anything combustible anywhere near the stovetop.>> reporter: the woman who lived next door to the fire said she was somewhat prepared.>> they had mentioned when th

. >> reporter: brady has served as the char of philadelphia's democratic party since the 1986 >> he had his handful and maybe came to the point where he said enough is enough >> could this provide republicans into the democratic district >> it would be a great opportunity to build from there. >> reporter: more likely it's an opportunity for democratic candidates who wouldn't have opted to run against the long serving bob brady >> it's a good day in way but makes it tougher because you're going to have new blood coming in. >> more changes are bound for the first district as the state supreme court works to row draw pennsylvania congressional line. reporting live from spring garden alexandria hoff >>> federal prosecutors announced they will not retry bob menendez on corruption charges. his first trial ended in a hung jury last november. menendez was accused of trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations through a we think three florida doctor. he said he never waivered in his innocence and believed that justice would pro veil >> the ntsb is investigating a deadly crash invol

. >> reporter: brady has served as the char of philadelphia's democratic party since the 1986 >> he had his handful and maybe came to the point where he said enough is enough >> could this provide republicans into the democratic district >> it would be a great opportunity to build from there. >> reporter: more likely it's an opportunity for democratic candidates who wouldn't have opted to run against the long serving bob brady >> it's a good day in way but makes it tougher because you're going to have new blood coming in. >> more changes are bound for the first district as the state supreme court works to row draw pennsylvania congressional line. reporting live from spring garden alexandria hoff >>> federal prosecutors announced they will not retry bob menendez on corruption charges. his first trial ended in a hung jury last november. menendez was accused of trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations through a we think three florida doctor. he said he never waivered in his innocence and believed that justice would pro veil >> the ntsb is investigating a deadly crash invol

you can see the char marks on the pavement. the company says it's tight with the fire department, the city, and the navy and ultimately wants to work can schools as it turns this into a space technology hub. that could mean skyrocketing sales of faction brewings stratus beer, and as for st. george? >> i couldn't see getting on top of a rocket and blasting into space without a couple of good gin martinis in my belly. >> abc7 news. >>> today the chinese new year celebration started with a bang. i love the sound of fire crackers. abc7 news was at san francisco's porths moth port smuth square. this 288 foot golden dragon delighted the kids. this was a small preview of the much larger chinese new year's parade coming up one week from tomorrow. >>> this holiday weekend is expected to be one of the coldest of the year. don't forget about your pets. animal officials in contra costa county say that no matter what, you should bring them in at night. if you're going to keep them outside, they say you should make sure they have good beddin

burger when you sign up for their char club.e have all the freebies plus details on a free pretzel party on 6abc.com. don't say we didn't feed you this week. [laughter] >> so true. so much free food. all right alicia. >> that will do it for "action news" rat at 4:00. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> so we'll see you tonight. "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> ♪ hey, are you taking the tissue test? yep, and my teeth are yellow. i mean i knew they weren't perfect, but, ugh. oh well, all hope is lost! oh thanks! clearly my whitening toothpaste is not cutting it. time for whitestrips. crest glamorous white whitestrips are the only ada-accepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. they work below the enamel surface to whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. hey, nice smile! thanks! i crushed the tissue test! yeah you did! crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. >> ♪ >> "action news." del

that's the charred debris from inside the apartment. and this is the office chair the neighbor used to rescue the man after she ran into the burning building. you can see smoke pouring out of the apartment on pepper tree way. samantha barnhouse saw the smoke from her apartment and realizing nobody was around to help she ran inside. smoke filled the home and she found the elderly man trapped in his room. he couldn't debt out on his own. she put a robe over his face to protect him and pulled him out in the office chair. >> the kitchen had gotten five times worse. the entire house is superblack. smoke everywhere. and i feel the heat on my back. >> reporter: and the two fell out the front door and into the arms of an officer who arrived on scene. firefighters say that burton wouldn't have survived this samantha hadn't pulled him to safety. burton tells us his father is going under surgery for a broken hip sustained during the rescue. the apartment as you can see is a total loss. burton's son does say the apartment manager has promised to fi

and we stayed together and we made it happen. 2018 charred champions baby let's do it. >> the best thingalways been about family. everyone gave of themselves. i remember way back down in march sitting down with alshon in the locker room. he was like i wanted to be part of something special. lockaways what happened. world champs, baby. >> there is already a petition for jason kelce to be the grand marshal in next year's mummers parade. hahn neverly i'm all for it. if you want to get fired up about really anything in life, you just have to listen to his incredible speech from the steps earlier this afternoon. >> nick foles don't got it. clem meant is too slow. legarrette blount don't have any it if you any more. jay ajayi can't stay healthy. nelson agholor can't catch. zach ertz can't block. brent celek is too old. brandon graham was drafted too high. vinnie curry ain't got it. brand ham can't catch. jalen mills can't cover. patrick robinson can't cover. that's the whole team! that's the whole team! >> lucy, iain, how can you not get fired up from that speech? >> i tell you that was -- tha

. >>> burning northwest of bishop near the nevada border, 2800 acres have been charred and as many as 400 firefighters are working to contain the flames. emergency crews went door to door urging as many as 200 people to get out of the area. >>> a tiny earthquake jolted people in contra costa county this morning. the magnitude 2.9 quake hit around 1:00 a.m. and was centered in diablo, northeast of danville. no reports of damage. >>> the suspect in the florida high school shooting appeared in court this morning for a status hearing. 19-year-old nikolas cruz appeared in a prison jump suit with his wrists shackled to his waist. cruz is facing 17 counts of murder. he didn't speak publicly and kept his head down and only answered his public defender's questions. the purpose of the hearing was to discuss sealing certain documents in the case. >>> protesters are calling on lawmakers to pass new gun control legislation in the wake of the florida school shooting. survivors are mobilizing an anti-gun campaign. cbs news' weija jang has more details on the student led protest from the white house.

those homeowners include santa rosa's assistant fire marshal, paul loan that will who has three charred red woods in the remains of his backward. >> ultimately, it's my debris and my responsibility to remove. >> there are exceptions. if you own property with trees that have bright green paint or markings, you're in luck. those would be among the 11,000 trees that pg&e cut down. they're offering to remove the debris. >> we sent letters to 8800 customers who we thought had trees that qualify. >> how many people called you back? >> we have about 1200 logs to move or remove right now, as of now. the deadline is not until the 28th. >>> meantime, at the end of the month, santa rosa will offer a program for its homeowners. free wood chipping and disposal in two locations. the only caveat, they'll need to get the trees there. >> we recognize the fact that it's not the perfect solution right now, but it's a step in the right direction. >> that is spoken like a man who not only works with policy, but is also living with it. in santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> >>> a lawmaker is proposing

sixteen buses and inside the building were completely charred, another nine buses outside were damage, crews from seven fire companies responded just after 3:00 this morning to battle the intense flames. investigators are now trying to determine how the fire started. >> with the 16 buses, they are valued between 90 to hundred thousand dollars a piece, parkland school was cans told day due to a lack of transportation. state police, township, and atf are here investigating the fire. it is a school district and the amount of the loss. >> there were no injuries reported fortunately but there is no word on the district's plans for transporting students when the schools reopen, and we will be following this story and bring you much more on "eyewitness news" tonight at 5:00. >>> turning now to the forecast it is a foggy morning across the philadelphia area we are not out of the woods just yet we are tracking rain into the weekend. meteorologist katie fehlinger is live on the weather center in this dreary afternoon, hi there, katie. >> we have been dealing with wet weather all morning long, i

in the process, many artists have put their creative sttep on his char >> a lot of times i will design it in the thumbnail stage, and then i will pose myself -- jane: so you are the black panther? >> i am the black panther. i'm actually every character "ery time i draw. jane: he illustratack panther: the man without fear" in 2010. >> the black panther does the backflip kick, on the floor, defeated, and they start to disintegra. jane: he has worked on a range of comic-book characters includinbatman and another black superhero, luke cage. but black panther could be a game changer. directed by ryan coogler, the movie cost $200 llion to make, and is expected to top $0 million this weekend, setting a record for a film directed by an african american. its big budget, global relea , and marketing push by disney are challenging assumptions about films with predominantly blackce actors and pro. >> i think this movie is going to do gangbusters whents the theaters. the fact that it is outpacingin "star warsicket sales says that there is an audience you would be stupid to let any personal biases h

you can see the char marks on the pavement.s it's tight with the fire department, the city, and the navy and ultimately wants to work can schools as it turns this into a space technology hub. that could mean skyrocketing sales of faction brewings stratus beer, and as for st. george? >> i couldn't see getting on top of a rocket and blasting into space without a couple of good gin martinis in my belly. >> abc7 news. >>> today the chinese new year celebration started with a bang. i love the sound of fire crackers. abc7 news was at san francisco's porths moth port smuth square. this 288 foot golden dragon delighted the kids. this was a small preview of the much larger chinese new year's parade coming up one week from tomorrow. >>> this holiday weekend is expected to be one of the coldest of the year. don't forget about your pets. animal officials in contra costa county say that no matter what, you should bring them in at night. if you're going to keep them outside, they say you should make sure they have good bedding and access to

there will be four checkpoints for fans police commissioner rid charred ross says while they try to keepe save they want fans to have a good time celebrating. >> we'll be there ensuring that the city is protected and that the people that come out are protected and that we protect the reputation of the city as well. >> police have also requested that bars serve customers drinks in plastic cups. >> all right. so what about school tomorrow? well philadelphia school district officials want you to know win or lose tonight school is in session and if the eagles win tonight, who is going to work tomorrow is the question? one survey finds 30% of fans whose team plays in the super bowl are no shows for work the next day and if the city has parade tuesday or wednesday or thursday or friday, that means probably won't be a very productive work week for a lot of folks. so when can we expect to be productive again? >> friday. maybe next friday. i'm thinking, yeah. you got the parade on tuesday. maybe another celebration on wednesday. i think the city will be on high for long time. >> besides the fact

.>> reporter: a charred heap of metal called out onto the front steps. this stove was the source of the fire that started around 4 am at a condo complex in martinez.>> the resident started a pot of wheel to fry some food at 4 am. -- pot of oil to fry some food at 4 am. he got distracted. >> reporter: he was able to escape his home and then rushed door to door in his complex, waking up his neighbors.>> i was dead asleep. it was one of those things where the kid next to us started banging on the door saying to get up. >> reporter: all of the residents escaped unharmed. one firefighter went to the hospital to be checked out after injuring his knee. he is expected to be okay. this stove top fire comes one day after another fire in antioch started the same way, prompting a warning from fire investigators. >> the potential for disaster from these fires is huge. don't ever leave something cooking on a stove unattended. if you have to walk away, turn it off. turn it back on when you come back. don't keep anything combustible anywhere near the stovetop. >> report

. >> that's the major reason you get the yummy brown stuff on the outside of your steak when you char it. >> reporter: but in high doses, acrylamide has been found to cause cancer in mice. that puts it on a list of cancer-causing chemicals that businesses in california are required to alert consumers about. so now, under california's proposition 65, coffee shops are being forced to post signs like this. trouble is, in california right now, cancer seems to be brewing everywhere, at least it appears that way if you pay any attention to these prop 65 warning signs. park your car at an indoor garage, and you're likely to find one. hastings law professor marsha cohen. >> they create in some people concern that there's something lurking in places, and they don't know what it is. >> reporter: but the potential coffee warning may be stretching the intention of the law. >> i believe in transparency, but at the same time, when you put a bold declaration-- "x" may cause cancer"-- when there isn't data to that effect in humans, to me that causes panic rather than informed knowledge. >> reporter:

that's the charred debris from inside the apartment. and this is the office chair the neighbor used to rescue the man after she ran into the burning building. you can see smoke pouring out of the apartment on pepper tree way. samantha barnhouse saw the smoke from her apartment and realizing nobody was around to help she ran inside. smoke filled the home and she found the elderly man trapped in his room. he couldn't debt out on his own. she put a robe over his face to protect him and pulled him out in the office chair. >> the kitchen had gotten five times worse. the entire house is superblack. smoke everywhere. and i feel the heat on my back. >> reporter: and the two fell out the front door and into the arms of an officer who arrived on scene. firefighters say that burton wouldn't have survived this samantha hadn't pulled him to safety. burton tells us his father is going under surgery for a broken hip sustained during the rescue. the apartment as you can see is a total loss. burton's son does say the apartment manager has promised to fi

around midday a police tow squad arrived to remove the charred pontiac from the road as neighbors reflected on the horrible scene that shattered their sleep and their sense of safety. but police say they do not believe this was a random act of violence. >> we don't believe this is a random act. obviously they were demanding a ransom. we're working with the family now. >> reporter: the information police do have comes in part from comments made by the victim to firefighters and paramedic out on the scene on westford. the police have been able to talk to the victim because of his medical condition critical at last check. the attackers last seen in a black owd you audi with heavily tinted windows. iain. >> bruce, thank you. >>> fire officials are investigating after flames took over a pizza shop in kensington it happened ozzy's at the corner of b and westmoreland just before 11:00 this morning. the restaurant is a total loss. thankfully no one was hurt. initial reports say the fire could be suspicious. >>> now let's get over to your fox 29 weather authority. as we take live look down the shore

the first char saw the three students sentenced to a weekend in prison an injustice for nicole and sisternd a sign of impunity of these fraternities weekends in jail or going and very becoming and certainly didn't even make any sense you know but now they can organize and get married and have kids and do whatever they want. to have kids downstairs hernando that they don't know this is so that parte me inspired a civil lawsuit to get compensation. the culprits were finally sentenced to pay a fine of millions of dollars in damages. on american campuses alcohol has become a real problem. once a year students from across the whole country gather for a heavy drinking session. we are in south padre island texas the spring break template. sixty thousand students meet here every year it's three pm on the largest beach of the island rowdy has been drinking heavily student discovers the joys of spring break for the first time we. were really cute little. girls are going to read. what's in store for them dance competitions and drinking. american students forget the pressure of the upcoming exams in

tese charred shells all that's left and the big question tonight, what exactly happened here? it is our top story at 6:00. thanks for joining us. i'm dawn timmeney. so many buses destroyed the school district had to cancel classes for the day. fox 29's jeff cole from south whitehall township. there's no known cause on this fire that lit up the morning sky in south whitehall township. there are no injuries. but the school district took a big hit. firefighters doused hot spots along the front of the blackened she wills of the 16 destroyed school buses. investigators could be seen poking through the rubble. the grim result of a blaze so hot the firefighters played defense. >> it was just shoot water on it surround and drown the best you can. >> reporter: some 25 buses were destroyed serving the large parkland school district in lehigh county. >> the garage burped up. >> reporter: the garage burned up. it did. are you sad about it? >> yeah. >> reporter: yeah. >> and made a big boom. >> reporter: stephanie lives just yards away. she and her young daughters woke up to the smell of s

tomorrow, crews are scheduled to begin tearing down the charred building concerned that what's left of it might actually collapse. flames gutted the apartments inside the building last sunday. no people were hurt but unfortunately a number of pets died. investigators are now looking for the cause of the fire. contractors are salvaging part of the building's facade for future construction. >>> a follow-up now on a fire that damaged or destroyed more than 2 dozen school buses in lehigh county. classes will resume tomorrow in the parkland school district for the first time since that fire happened. the flames broke out early friday morning in south white hall township and forced the district to cancel classes that day. no one was hurt. officials are still trying to figure out how that fire started. >>> normal service resumed earlier this morning on septa's fox chase regional rail line. this after a person was found dead along the tracks. here's what we know from septa officials. somebody discovered the body between 7:00 and 8:00 last night near the olney station. authorities are investiga

there's about one hundred fifty meters in diameter and he says it's a grizzly sight to see with all the charred limbs and unrecognizable body parts sticking to the snow there's a constant stream of ambulances driving past you know bodies to morgues in moscow but the rescue is only part of them their colleagues are in and ports in moscow in. the. region they're psychologists they're helping the relatives the loved ones deal with this huge tragedy this loss but you know the rescue operation here it's in full swing it's going to continue into the night heavier equipment that's still being brought in them making use of snowmobiles see a lot of those obviously because again of the weather conditions the snow has let up for now but it's been snowing all day here it's very cold as well and you know these are the conditions that these rescuers have to work and there's a lot of police keeping everything in check and keeping order here. my friends say the band was so loud when days almost shouted. kill the others watching the t.v. anaconda band everyone. yes i heard a loud clock i was lining the whole gl

the first char saw the three students sentenced to a weekend in prison an injustice for nicole and sisternd a sign of impunity of these fraternities weekends in jail going on friday to come out and suddenly didn't even make any sense you know but now they can organize and get married and have kids and do whatever to not. have kids downstairs. they don't know this is so the parte means filed a civil lawsuit to get compensation. the culprits were finally sentenced to pay a fine of millions of dollars in damages. on american campuses alcohol has become a real problem. once a year students from across the whole country gather for a heavy drinking session. we are in south padre island texas the spring break template. sixty thousand students meet here every year it's three pm on the largest beach of the island rowdy has been drinking heavily student discovers the joys of spring break for the first time we. were really killed very quickly the girls are going to read. what's in store for them dance competitions and drinking. american students forget the pressure of the upcoming exams in the mean