charleston, south carolina. it almost goes without saying is a show piece of american history and southern manners. its charm is deeply embedded as the families who count seven, eight, ten generations here. kate waring was born to one of those families. grew up in a fine, big house along the historic waterfront called the battery. dance lessons, birthday parties. >> dad, if we catch a turtle, can we keep it? >> doting parents, janice and tom, who adored their own daughter. she had you essentially wrapped around her finger. >> oh, absolutely. she was the love of my life. and not stupidly so. i mean, i could not always tell when i was being manipulated, but some of the time. >> sure. >> no, katie and i had a very special bond always. >> she was the middle child. sandwiched between two brothers, older joe, younger richard. she was bright. maybe too bright. school bored her, animals, all animals, enchanted her. she was naive, sweet, as younger brother richard saw it, she could not turn away a stray animal or human.

the ban on bump stocks might have prevented las vegas but not charleston. the closing of the loophole, 72-hour loophole that permits purchasers to bye a gun if the background check has not been completed within 72 hours might not have prevented las vegas but it would have prevented charleston. dylan purchased a gun only because he was able to circumvent the background check as a result of that 72-hour loophole. the ban on certain kinds of high capacity magazines might not have prevented san bean dino -- san bernardino or orlando, but it would have helped to prevent sandy hook. we will never know whether any of these measures would prevent every one of the killings that we cite, but each of them can save lives. and if we save one life, we will have saved the world. shame on congress for allowing this tragic anniversary to be followed by so many more. sutherland springs, las vegas, orlando, charleston, and in each and every one of our communities every day, none of our communities is immune from this scourge. it is truly a public health crisis. i'm hopeful th

charleston, south carolina. it almost goes without saying is a show piece of american history and southern manners. its charm is deeply embedded as the families who count seven, eight, ten generations here. kate waring was born to one of those families. grew up in a fine, big house along the historic waterfront called the battery.

coy and later discovered they were taken to charleston with other dogs left homeless by the the stormnd he worked with local rescue to try to adopt them. >> over abundance of joy. i was super excitesed i got the dogs and i can be finally have the chance to take them home back to nebraska. >> well the charleston animal society is calling him a holiday hero. someone willing to drive that far to adopt a pet is something you don't see every day. they're helping to pay for his gas. so sweet. >> cute little dogs too adorable. >> lauren has one last check of the forecast. >> snow developing out towards berks countsy and lancaster county and could see one of the snow showers sneaking in during the overnight period. and moving eastbound to the city and otherwise a calm and quiet start to the day turning sunny by the early morning hours. sunshine 4 with late day clouds tomorrow and tuesday we're 45 with rain shower in the morning and snow shower in the evening and then getting bitterly cold by wednesday highs in the0s. but wind chills ill with be down into the teens for very blustery conditions

former north charleston police officer had committed exphrd tried to cover it up.ney scott is walter scott's brother. >> i want the world to know that the scott family is pleased. we got justice. >> license and insurance card. >> reporter: in april of 2015, officer slager pulled over walter scott for a broken taillight. ( gunfire ) this now-famous cell phone video shows slager gunned down scott as he was running away, then drop his taser next to scott's body. judy scott, the victim's mother, cluched a picture of him in court today. she turned to slayinger and said, "i forgive you." slager began to cry. he told the court, "with my action that day, walter scott is no longer with his family, and i am responsible for that." >> was that important for to you hear that as a mother? >> yes, it was. but it was a little late. but i'm glad to hear it. >> reporter: anthony scott, the victim's brother, had hoped for a life sentence. >> it's still a landmark decision and a landmark sentencing for this police officer to receive 20 years in federal penitentiary for second-degree m

sutherland springs, las vegas, orlando, charleston and in each and every one of the communities nine are immune from the stritch. it is truly a public health crisis. there may be a crack in the ice. for the bipartisan alliance involving our colleagues, senator scott and senator cornyn across the aisle as well as senator murphy and other senators on this side of the aisle. i'm hoping we can make modest but crucial improvements to the national criminal background check system. it should be fixed and it will provideix incentives and encoure states to do better reporting right now in the states and federal government which is why sutherland springs occurred because of the failure to report by the air force a domestic violence conviction by court-martial that would have barred the shooter had it been reported accurately. it would ensure federal and the law and accurately report relevant criminal history records to the background check systems if that is the least we can do, not the most, but the bare minimum. there is broad support for this significant measure the republican leader in th

he did a storm, it was the charleston that did it!|j joe?did a storm, it was the charleston that did it! i might not have, but it wasn't up to me. it could have been up to you, you should have phoned in! keep dancing! keep reviewing! as they say at the end of french films... that is the end. that's it for the papers this hour. thank you, benedicte paviot and robert fox. you'll both be back at 11:30pm for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow. coming up next, it's meet the author. sometimes, an author makes a big demand of a reader. and nick harkaway does that in his novel gnomon — an intricate, complicated story on a vast canvas, set in a future britain where we're living in a surveillance state, although it's one that most people seem to believe is fundamentally good. but this is, among many other things, a murder mystery. something's gone wrong, and there is a fiendish puzzle, many fiendish puzzles, to be solved. gnomon, after all, is the name for the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. welcome. it is a tough challenge fo

i remember going to north charleston that weekend.cene of where slagel had actually shot scott down. all the ministers and even the mayor came to join me at the site. and i called the local minister to pray and lead the prayer. his name was reverend clementa. a few weeks later i got a call that he had been killed in his church with eight of his parishioners in bible class, the man who prayed at the scott scene became the central figure in the charleston nine massacre. the struggle continues. you make one step forward, they push two back but you've got to keep going. whether it's for rights for women, rights for lgbtq, whether it's rights for blacks. whatever it is, you can't stop. what gives us the strength, i remember at reverend pigmy's funeral, president barack obama broke out singing "amazing grace." members of civil rights and those of us still on the scene, that's what we really believe, that grace will bring us home. and sometimes in the middle of having to depend on grace, you might feel lonely. you might feel awkward. but his

steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >>> traffic apps are facing criticism for sending travelers ontoocal roa up for the residents. >> one of those places is in new jersey near the always-busy george washington bridge. and apps send drivers through the town to avoid delays, but residents say it's making their own streets congested and dangerous. >> there will be bumper to bumper traffic at least once a week going up the hill. and it's people from out of town coming through other town. >> you get a lot of traffic coming through the local streets. my street they're thinking about making a one-way. >> but one has a solution, a rush-hour travel ban. during peak travel time, if you don't live there, they don't want you there, and they have come up with a way to enforce that. residents will have their cars tagged starting january 15. no tag on your car, no driving through lionia. >> are there other towns that have a holiday travel ban? >> it may start a trend. i'm sure there are other towns not so happy with increased >> huh. get me around it, please. >>> coming up, melissa mccarthy defies

michael hinn drove 1200 miles from nebraska to charleston to be with them this weekend. he met the dogs while on duty on island of st. coy and later discovered they were taken to charleston with other dogs left homeless by the storm. that's when michael started working with a local rescue there to try to adopt them. >> this over abupd answer of joy. i was super excited i got the dogs and i could be finally have the chance to take them home back to nebraska. >> and that's so sweet. the charles stan animal society is calling michael a holiday hero. someone willing to drive that far to adopt a pet is not something you see every day. they're haeping it pay for michael's gas. that's so sweet. >> i love that. >> they're adorable. >> all right we will check in one last time with you lauren and tell us how cold it will get. >> brief passing snow showers possible. late tonight and early tomorrow morning and otherwise turning sunny and chilly, high temperature 40 and get ready for wednesday. >> i know i forgot my hat you can hear me gasp are captioning funded by cbs and ford. we g

. >> i'm glad you brought up the charleston tragedy because i think it america we are bad at putting things in context. like a tragedy will happen and then we forget about it a couple weeks later. of the myrtles in charleston are so being to what we going through now appeared dylann roof and i hate to say his name but we have to understand% the heart of this thing, he was completely radicalized by fake news and when he read his manifesto and read the writings he left behind he had educated himself. this was a person who had gone online and found fake academics, fake studies, fake websites and he's been so inundated that he wrote he had to do this. it was all because he had been radicalized i this date news and we lost track of that like when we talk about things like charlottesville and these deaths we have had we forget that the people of charleston were murdered because of this and this does not stop in 2016, 2017th. it goes back a long time and will go forward a long time to weep at that in of how dangerous it actually is. >> seems to me when you think of those tragedies that we a

jeff, slager has two weeks to appeal his sentence. >> glor: mark strassmann in charleston tonight. students were killed today in a shooting at a high school in andy techmanski. that's in the northwestern part of the state. the shooter is also dead. the motive is not known. about knife00 students sheltered in classrooms as the school was put on lockdown. as americans finalize holiday travel plans, terrorists overseas are working to build sophisticate laptop bombs that can be smuggled on to planes. debora patta traveled to somalia, where the al-shabaab militant group nearly blew up a jet last year. >> reporter: in this cctv footage, you can see two men one is carrying a laptop. watch in the bottom right as he slips the rigged computer to the bomber in the coffee shop. the man was the head of mogadishu's airport security at the time. >> sit down! >> reporter: the laptop exploded shortly after takeoff and blew a hole in the side of the plane. only the bomber was killed. but islamic militants of al-shabaab continue to try and perfect the laptop bomb. in fact, they tried to plant the bom

two days later in charleston south walter scott is arrested for a broken taillight he escapes. eight bullets in the back once again the victim is not tom and. once again a white policeman shouts a black man. most crimes in the united states are committed by white people yet black people have much greater risk of dying shot by the police . if a louis for example. you have a higher chance as a young black man to be killed by police than being killed in a car accident in two thousand and fourteen the american police killed a hundred unarmed blacks that his two poor weeks the fact that americans have come to realize it hit them suddenly today was supposed to be michael brown's first day of college but over the weekend he was shot and killed by a police officer he was unarmed. two thousand and fourteen one death too many the death of young student michael brown in ferguson machinery the black community who cries out for days. eight months later the cameras a turn to the other riots is in baltimore where once again an afro-american died during his arrest by the police. faced with the

police officer michael slager has been sentenced for the shooting death of walter scott in north charleston. in court, messages of forgiveness between the families of the two men. abc's steve osunsami was there. >> reporter: the former south carolina police officer in this alarming cell phone video is headed to federal prison for 20 years, one of the longest sentences ever handed down to the an officer in a racially-charged shooting. in court, families on both sides broke into tears as the judge sent 36-year-old michael slager away. from the beginning, he claimed self-defense. >> fired until the threat was gone. >> reporter: judge david norton refused to believe this saying slager shot an unarmed man in the back as he ran away. >> my soul is rejoicing right now! >> reporter: the family of 50-year-old walter scott told slager they forgive him for everything. slager says he's grateful, telling them i wish i could go back and change that day. >> he never said sorry. today, he did. he apologized to the family. he called each and every one of our names in court today. and apologized. so who are

charleston number, despite being lauded by the judges, doesn't get very good votes.r last year. and of the four finalists, three are women. yes, but the that titical analysis that they've done show that overall, the chances of your coming near the bottom are increased by that factor. they're talking about the kind of unconscious stereotyping, you know, the comments in big brother about the comments in big brother about the woman having a big bum or being aggressive, stereotypes which sometimes they're, kind of, one of the candidates was an articulate, well educated nurse, but she was still stereotyped in this way. they're pointing this out. it does give pause for thought when we're voting for things. are there any unacknowledged factors exercising our factors. the strictly final is tonight. 0ne our factors. the strictly final is tonight. one other story, which would you like to go for? the ft magazine, i've got a feature on banksy, the street artist, going to bethlehem. it's got some fantastic images in it, a couple of cherubs from botticelli—style pictures, trying t

trump announces that i said the very next day was when charleston was. i thought that's an amazing coincidence because it actually speaks to the real subject of the book which is even though they don't seem they are very deeply connected so part of what i was doing was chocking the reader into self recognition. were familiar with both those events but we never connect them. so it's a little bit of that shock and recognition to get people to think. the basic narrative technique. every writer wants to get a hold of their audience right away and say listen to this. that's what i was trying to do. >> thank you for that question. there's nothing to writer likes more than to get a literary question. thank you all very much for coming, i hope you get the book. [applause] [inaudible] >> here's a look at some of the best books of the year according to "the san francisco chronicle". the report on how silicon valley became the center of technological innovation and "troublemakers. then after physics for people in a hurry. and grant, ron chernow explores the life of

wind gusts picking up to the west, 30 miles per hour in charleston.rds of 40 miles per hour, meaning the windchill factor will plummet. nine degrees is what it feels like in detroit. the cold front on the back door of the doorstep. the snow showers are moving to the north and east. we are looking at moderate snow across garrett county, frostburg, france phil -- front royal, the media metro, mainly drive. the clouds are beginning to recede and we're looking at clearing. we cannot rule out a chance of a snowflakes, but no advisories for the metro. the wind advisory goes into effect at 3 a.m. and extends through the afternoon. could see wind gusts of upwards of 40 miles per hour. 27 to 35 overnigh then begin to settle down as we move through the midmorning. itway that you look at it, will be cold as the skies begin to clear out tomorrow. then we will see bright skies in the afternoon. highs only in the middle to upper 30's, below-average this time of year. the seven day outlook from stormwatch 7, sunshine tuesday, ander wednesday, and friday saturday of

the ban on bump stocks might have prevented las vegas but not charleston. the closing of the loophole, 72-hour loophole that permits purchasers to bye a gun if the background check has not been completed within 72 hours might not have prevented las vegas but it would have prevented charleston. dylan purchased a gun only because he was able to circumvent the background check as a result of that 72-hour loophole. the ban on certain kinds of high capacity magazines might not have prevented san bean dino -- san bernardino or orlando, but it would have helped to prevent sandy hook. we will never know whether any of these measures would prevent every one of the killings that we cite, but each of them can save lives. and if we save one life, we will have saved the world. shame on congress for allowing this tragic anniversary to be followed by so many more. sutherland springs, las vegas, orlando, charleston, and in each and every one of our communities every day, none of our communities is immune from this scourge. it is truly a public health crisis. i'm hopeful th

there are icy conditions as far south as charleston, south carolina. a disappoint for democratic voters hoping to throw out the congressional map in pennsylvania. a judge ruled that even though there is evidence that the set up favors republics, it does not necessarily violen violate the e constitution. the plaintiffs have not proven that partisanship crossed over into illegal jerrymandering. the case is headed to the state supreme court. the justices today set oral arguments for january 17th. >> gunfire turned deadly in chester responding to a shooting at 8th and lloyd at 7:20. one person was killed. philadelphia will end the year with more murders than the year before, 314 compared to 277 last time this year. that is a 13% increase, the highest since 2012, 331 people were killed. the overall number of shootings are down targeting the worst offenders. >> uno the dog is okay after a harrowing day. he was chasing geese when he fell through a partially frozen creek. his owner threw a life ring out to the dog. uno was able to get his paws in the life ring

charleston, the weapon rising of the t -- the weapon rising of the tiki torches in charleston? trump saying there's no difference in anti-fascist people and those who are tearing the banner of the confederacy and nazi-ism in this country. those are the issues we have to address in a fundamental issue. >> you write about the 1995 o.j. simpson verdict as being a defining moment. tell us why and briefly about your own call from o.j. simpson after the verdict. did -- you heard in my passage that white and black people see like two different universes. when he was found not guilty, i'd -- they didn't -- i didn't say he was innocent. i said he was not guilty. peopleople said why, but were doing the cabbage patch or whatever was popular. the reason is not that black people thought he was innocent, what they saw is that we have been victims in a criminal justice system that is consistently -- that have consistently turned a blind eye. been ignorant of the calls and claims of black people for years, for decades, more than a century. often involved in a way that is destructive or black p

charleston, west virginia, 35.ellite 6 showing rain earlier today moving south and east, the cold front along the atlantic. the northwest wind flow, it's windy outside, gusts 20 to 25 miles per hour. setting the stage for some prescription for some christmas eve and christmas day. 8:00 tomorrow morning, mostly dry start to the day. sun giving way to increasing clouds. as we get to 9:30 tomorrow evening, we have a disturbance moving through, rain for philadelphia. light snowfall for areas in bucks montgomery, berks and lancaster county. this continues throughout tomorrow evening into early christmas morning. we talk about how much snow fall we see for parts of the region. we have the details in the full and exclusive forecast, walter. >> thank you, melissa. >> check realtime views by visiting "6abc".com or downloading the free "6abc" app from your mobile device. a four-year-old girl is recovering from a gunshot and the man that tried to protect her was the intended target. bob brooks spoke to neighbors who are outra

for example, there's a museum being built in charlton is. -- charleston.i've retraced sylvie's step. my brother did a lot of genealogical work, and i've walked those steps. and they're building a museum on the harbor that's going to cant lever out over the water. like it or not, this was ellis island for more than one in two african slaves and their descendants. like ellis island, they were not coming here voluntarily, but this is the first land they trod upon, and they're building a museum which i think is fabulous. and i'm interested in things like that and in just more of our story and our truth being told, becoming really part of the american narrative. the american narrative has been dominated by white voices for, you know, over 200 years -- over 300 years, and and i'm interested in everyone's story being told. and i hope to help others tell their story. yeah. >> hi. my name's antonio, thanks for coming. like you, i'm a stanford -- i have stanford and harvard degrees. i also went to west point for undergrad. and i run a private school here, and i real

out there, you can see on storm scan 31st little nose of rain starting to move into west virginia charleston west virginia seeing rain right now we are just seeing included cover overhead and then snow to the north and that warm front activates north. that is system moves in it is bringing warm, moist air, with it and bringing rain, in the holiday. and this evening, as you are coming down to shady brooke farm or heading out and about doing last minute christmas shopping, it is pleasant 48 degrees at 7:00. forty-seven at 9:00 and then by 11:00 p.m. very slow cool down cloud in place will keep temperatures from dropping that rapidly 46, by 11:00 o'clock. lets talk burr holiday travel forecast, we will have on and off rain tomorrow, there will be breaks in the action but the rain on and off all day, getting to the yellow light for. that best travel day this holiday weekend is christmas eve sunday, cooler day but it is dry, christmas day, have some snow showers in the morning and there could even be a dusting, for light accumulationness parts of the area, coming up, we will tell you more about t

in charleston, south carolina you change plans in atlanta.right away, so at 4:30, it was still showing they were supposed to get on their plane and fly to atlanta instead of shutting down right away all the flights to atlanta, so there just aren't more and more planes on the ground. the faa has stopped that because in a full ground stop, there won't be additional planes coming in or leaving. but if the power outage is such that it has also affected the really essential services, air traffic control, that doesn't seem to be affected, but, for example, psa, customs, emergency exits. you know, emergency lighting, those will have to have the priority for the power so persons in the airport, while they will likely want to evacuate them, they've got to have a place to go, and there simply aren't enough hotel rooms around hartfield to accommodate all those people. so it will be a difficult night for those folks and the local law enforcement will not put these folks on the street. i just can't believe that. there's legal precedence that that's not a

charleston. we focus on the battle of cow pen. we look a little bit at the fighting that takes place particularly in the southern up country, the kind of civilian fighting between loyalists and whigs or patriots as they were known, as we call them, that kind of, you know, vicious civil war that took place in the back country. then we move on to an area that i talked k about earlier that's finding a freedom interactive tt is tied to one of our historical tableausth with is life cast figures that is dramatizing the inactive which is a boy who was enslaved as a teenager in virginia who ultimately finds personal freedom by joining a loyalist unit in the british army commanded by arnold and a the endin of the war ends up in nova scotia as one of the african-americans who find their freedom by becoming canadians. then we, of course, talk about thee ultimate victory at yorkton in 1701. of course, the fighting continued for two years after that, including fighting that claimed the life of john lawrence,

inspired by his wife,, sarah a talented , stage actress who dazzled ohionces from cincinnati, to charleston, south carolina in the 1840's and 1850's. butler would rehearse for the role of his life in the civil war. by april of 1861, he was among the most prominent of democrats in the state of massachusetts. he supported his party's southern traction, and he cast 57 ballots for jefferson davis at the democratic national 1860 convention in trenton. -- charleston. the radical act of secession changed his calculus. in his mind, left absolutely no room for compromise. from governor john andrew, an old political rival butler , manage to wrest command of the baystate volunteers and started toward washington. the spirit of secession was impressed upon him almost immediately when a mob armed with paving stones and pieces of iron twisted in the missiles greeted his lead outfit of massachusetts troop. a walrus mustache edward frank jones' 6th massachusetts. not only were six of the men killed in the streets of baltimore, but the rebels also sealed off the roads to the nation's capitol. where regiments

two days later in charleston south walter scott is arrested for a broken taillight he escapes. eight bullets in the back once again the victim is not tom and. once again a white policeman shouts a black man. most crimes in the united states are committed by white people yet black people have much greater risk of dying shot by the. if st louis for example. you have a higher chance as a young black man to be killed by police than being killed in a car accident in two thousand and fourteen the american police killed a hundred unarmed blacks that has to play week the fact that americans have come to realize it hit them suddenly today was supposed to be michael brown's first day of college but over the weekend he was shot and killed by a police officer he was unarmed you nine thousand and fourteen one death to many the death of young student michael brown in ferguson machinery it's the black community who cries out it's hanged if a day's. late months later the cameras a turn to the other riots has in baltimore where once again an afro american died during his arrest by the police. f

the north charleston police officer -- pleaded guilty to federal charges - for the the federal judge,ng the case... can sentence slager to up to life in prison. more than three months after hurricane harvey - a new poll out this morning finds many people in texas still aren't getting the help they need. federal officials have approved 1-point-four billion dolllars in aid.. but nearly half of residents who had property damage or lost their job because of the storm say they are not receiving the resources they need to get back on their feet. harvey victims also give president trump low marks for his handling of the disaster. meanwhile in puerto rico - two northern virginia police departments - are helping in the recovery after hurrican maria. arlington police - tweeting these new images of officers helping direct traffic. it comes as a third wave of officers from the prince william county police department arrived... with a similar mission. two months after hurricane maria -a third of puerto rico is still without power. breaking right now a fire at a ups facility in maryland. county fir

look what i got from the vending machine in the lobby -- a charleston chew. remember these? can someone please tell the nigerian family - to shut their dogs up?! - check it out! according to this wrapper, we can win tickets to the 2005 all-star game! i think i'm most excited about the night. - it's gonna be like camping. - yeah. okay, does anybody else need to use the bathroom? - no. - mnh-mnh. great. oh, finally.

columbus 35, same with charleston, detroit freezing, chicago below freezing. there are some snow showers happening in those areas. for us, the clouds stick around but break up a bit overnight. tomorrow morning, we are talking about a mix of sun and clouds, generally throughout the day. have your sunglasses, but you will want the jacket as well. maybe a few snow showers towering up over the mounds to the west. -- firing up over the mountains to the west. not expecting anything in the d.c. area. tomorrow night, similar to right now. , partlyt lows 30 to 35 cloudy, cold, some of you below freezing. plenty of frost in the morning. partly cloudy tomorrow, and i will say 47, which is not too and we have another chance of showers coming in friday. this will be mainly east of the works through,nt dropping temperatures saturday and sunday. a few flurries possible saturday, not a snow maker. cooldown to write around freezing -- right around freezing next wednesday for the high. alison: bill, thank you. an early head start to holiday shopping for about 100 kids in d.c. w

east but what we're tracking for the start of the weekend you can see that rain across areas in charlestonpressing through the ohio valley. this heads our way from a southwest to northeast direction as we get into the start of our holiday weekend. in fact, here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d. you can see the moisture out across areas in the ohio valley and back through the plain states as well. so, from a west-east direction we track that precipitation. that is the first change that's headed our way. so looking at the weather headlines and what to expect, about a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain on the way tomorrow. it will be mild ahead of that. rning colder aswe get into saturday night and that's going to set us up for a light mix of precipitation as we get into christmas eve night into christmas day. and by then a slushy coating is likely in some spots especially to the north and west. we'll take a closer look at that coming up in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast sharrie. >> melissa thank youay ahead ofe holiday weekend forecast and check realtime views

we're dry tonight but you see this moisture just to the south of charleston, west virginia.t heads our way as we get into the start of the weekend asnea of low pressureof our area. so, for the re of tonight, areas of fog will develop and rain arrives late. we dip down to 44 in the city, 38 in allentown, 42 in trenton, down to 47 in cape may. here's future tracker six. you can see 8 o'clock tomorrow morning it's certainly a wet start across most locations. we had that rain along the i-95 metro area, even to the north and west and even down into south jersey. by noon, we're still in and out of the wet weather. so, umbrellas will be needed if you're out and about, maybe doing some shopping tomorrow afternoon. you can see the temperature, though, at noon and at 53 in philadelphia, we're at 60 at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening but you could see this line and the cold front moving on through and the temperatures on the backside dipping down into the 40's. it's even colder out to the north and west out across the lo valley. 33 in detroit right now, 37 in chicago and a piece of that col

done enough, have done anything in the aftermast of sandy hook and vegas and san bernadino and charlestond the shootings that have happened since then to address this issue? >> absolutely not. >> i don't know that they can. i don't know that there is anything they can do that will stop it. i don't know that there is an answer because all banning guns does is gets it out of the hands of the people who are going to obey that law. >> let's take away guns for a second. let's take away the idea of guns for a second. >> sure. >> does the government have a role in keeping us safe? >> yes, it has a role. i don't believe it's their only role, in fact i believe their protecting their freedoms in a bigger role than keeping us safe. >> right, and so that's where the fundamental thing comes in, of people who feel like our rights are so important, that even if our society deteriorates into this place where mass murders become a common thing, that's okay so long as i get to have my gun. at some point, i seriously don't want to live in a country that has placed personal liberty so high personal liberty s

cold arctic air plunged so far south it's 41 atypically cold in atlanta, 34 in birmingham, 30 in charlestonthe cold air plunged into the portions of florida, we're getting a break from that breeze, wind speeds right now, calm to light, so we like that but unfortunately we have several blustery days in the coming forecast, and not getting a break from the breeze in the upper midwest, in portions of canada check this out. windchill temperatures to near 50 below. at those levels frost bite sets in in matter of minutes. we'll be dealing with sub freeze windchills and you'll have to bundle up appropriating, fireworks at around midnight on new year's eve bringing in the new year, temperature 13 but with the breeds out of the northwest. windchill temperature around 2 below in center city's for the new year's day we could have the second coldest on record, our coldest every 16 degrees in 1918, forecast who, 18, coldest in 100 year, and it's so rare, we only had 12 in philadelphia since the temperatures have been sub 30 let alone sub 20, it's going to be extremely cold and that's an overall trend, i

mount pocono, and this cold arctic air plunged so far south it'satlanta, 34 in birmingham, 30 in charlestonthe cold air plunged into the portions of florida, we're getting a break from that breeze, wind speeds right now, calm to e like that but unfortunately we have several blustery days in the coming forecast, and not getting a break from the breeze in the upper midwest, in portions of canada check this out. windchill temperatures to near 50 below. at those levels frost bite sets in in matter of minutes. we'll be dealing with sub freeze windchills and you'll have to bundle up appropriating, fireworks at around midnight on new year's eve bringing in the new year, temperature 13 but with the breeds out of the northwest. windchill temperature around 2 below in center city's for the new year's day we could have the second coldest on record, our coldest every 16 degrees in 1918, forecast who, 18, coldest in 100 year, and it's so rare, we only had 12 in philadelphia since the temperatures have been sub 30 let alone sub 20, it's going to be extremely cold and that's an overall trend, increasing c

. >> reporter: the scott family reached a $6.5 million settlement with the city of charleston. those close to the case say we should expect this to turn into a mini trial. the defense is asking for a sentence of ten years for slager, but the prosecution is seeking life in prison. abc news new york. >> the eagles' nine game winning streak comes to an end last week. they have their sights clinching the nfc east. they are tied with two other teams with the best record in the nfl. russell wilson had an outstanding game that led to the win. carson wentz brilliant at time going for a season high 348 yards an touchdown. made the biggest mistake of the game when he fumbled on the one yard line in the drive during the second half. the eagles will prepare for the sunday game against the rams in los angeles. ♪ >>> eagles linebacker jordon hicks who suffered a season ending injury in late october spent some of his free time honoring budding young writers in south philadelphia. when someone asked about his knee injury, he said it kind of hurts, but has not discouraged him. >> don't give up

police officer michael slager has been sentenced for the shooting death of walter scott in north charlestoness between the families of the two men. abc's steve osunsami was there. >> reporter: the former south carolina police officer in this alarming cell phone video is headed to federal prison for 20 years, one of the longest sentences ever handed down to the an officer in a racially-charged shooting. in court, families on both sides broke into tears as the judge sent 36-year-old michael slager away. from the beginning, he claimed self-defense.

the north charleston police office comal charges of the shooting -- guilty of the charges of shooting scott. michelle: now las vegas a man has gone from sleeping on the streets to being bona fide hero. the man homeless nearby when within apartment caught fire with a 3-year-old and a 10-month-old child inside. you can see that is all that is left of the building. that is when the man scaled the gate, ripped open a locked door and whisked the children to safety through a back window. great work. alison: absolutely. nancy: coming up, the video showing a grinch stealing christmas and running away. why police sent down this video ahead. michelle: first, a remarkable story. paramedic delivers a child in his ambulance 42 years to the day that he was born the same way. we will hear from him next at 6: what if we could keep more amof what we earn?d. trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. who could possibly be against that? well, the national debt is $20 trillion. as we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill? him. and her. and her. congress, we should grow the economy. not the debt.

the video shows some of the encounter between michael slager and walter scott in north charleston in015. slager shot and killed scott as he ran from a traffic stop. the state trial ended in a mistrial. slager pleaded guilty in may to a federal charge of violating scott's civil rights by shooting him with no justification. >>> a quarter of 6:00. during the holidays, moms and dads can end up with disappointed children when they aren't able to buy a popular soldout toy. now the u.s. senate minority leader, chuck schumer, wants to to stop the grinches that are responsible. he says the same cyberbots scooping up and reselling tickets to hot broadway shows and concerts are now targeting the hottest toys. for example, bots snatched. fingerlings. they normally sell for $15, and now bots are selling them for $1,000. >> parents have a dlem a. either they can't get the toy because the bots have scooped them up, or they have to pay an enormous price. >> there's no dilemma. if they're $1,000, i don't have a dilemma. >> no dilemma for you. >> right. >> none in your house. >> chuck schumer is quadd

two days late in charleston south walter scott is arrested for a broken taillight he escapes.eight bullets in the back once again the victim is not.

santa was just seen over charleston south carolina. said he's on his way, sounds like philly could be soon. remember be you need to be in bed and asleep for santa to coming don't worry, he'll circle back if he has to. ♪ ♪ >>> an annual christmas tradition will take place after all, organizer, of the reenactment of george washington's delaware river crossing were concerned they would have to cancel, but local nonprofit called philadelphia water board saved the day, lending organizers six hand made row boats that can float in shallow water. there could be a major job opening at the fbi with reports that deputy director andrew mccabe is planning to step down as growing allegations of political bias have turned into a lightening rod for criticism. fox's ellison barer reports from washington. >>> fox learned that acting fbi director andrew mccabe is eligible for retirement in march. for weeks there have been rumors about a potential mccabe retire meant. almost immediately president trump fired off a number of tweets attacking mccabe, the wh

a year.n with us his parents still live in charleston misery. his father is a fourth-generation farmer in mississippi county pick his mother jeannie as a special education teacher that retired recently. sam's brother evan is carrying on the farm tradition and works with his father as a fifth-generation farmer. and you would imagine sam was raise the right way with strong misery value but those were delicately enhanced by the fact of united states naval academyra where sam went to school and graduated in 2010. he's deployed to okinawa japan, been in support of multiple exercises throughout southeast asia including cambodia and thailand. he's been a's real resource for us. usually provided an important perspective on a number of foreign-policy issues ranging from columbia to australia to russia to the balkans. he's been a great help on veterans issues and really a tremendous asset to our office from day one. i wish captain burke all the best in the next chapter of his military career. i think his fiancÉe sarah and all the sam and friends who suppo