. - [deanne] and a willingness to do it over and over again. - i've been at this, oh, for 16 years. - [george] but 98% of inventions never make it to market. - [deanne] that's where we come in. - curtis. - oh my god. - [man] hey - hi! i'm deanne bell, a mechanical engineer and mentor for inventors. - i'm george zaidank, an mit trained chemist and advisor to startups. - [deanne] and together, with our design and engineering team, we take inventions to the next level. - how cool is that? - [george] we'll put them to the test. (people groaning) - [man] yeah! - [deanne] and then match them with a potential investor. - [george] then it's up to the inventor to pitch their idea. - we're seeking to raise $1 million in exchange for 15% of our company. - [deanne] and see if it deserves an investment.

- [deanne] i'm deanne bell, a mechanical engineer and mentor for inventors. - [george] i'm george zaidan, an m.i.t. trained chemist and advisor to startups. - [deanne] together with our design and engineering team, we take inventions to the next level. - how cool is that? - [george] we'll put them to the test. yeah! - [deanna] and then match them with a potential investor. - [george] then it's up to the inventor to pitch their idea. - we're seeking to raise $1,000,000 in exchange for 15% of our company. - [deanna] and see if it deserves an investment.

on friday, new statues of ragged deanne, and her brother andy were unveiled in the downtown of arcola, illinois. dozens came out to see it. they were patented by 1915. and they think that the new statue will bring in new tourist. >> the family is still very involved with creating things, and doing all we can to help raggedy anne and >> this will give tourists or visitors one more thing to do while they're here. >> the committee has helped raise $65,000 for the new statue. they even had it painted in a familiar ragged deanne colors. >> i remember raggedy anne well, especially with all the freckles, but i don't remember andy as much. >> i had one of each. i preferred hem to barbie for some reason. i don't know. right now we're waking up to a chilly start. in southern nam as well as northern mass, and a closer look at who is seeing the flurries, already having seen that as well. you can see most of this is further to the north and some of us could see flurries earlier this morning, and that that is going to transition to a slight chance for a stray shower this morning into the early afte

christina: deanne lawson takes in dozens of women off the street every week into her shelter, inner beauty center, to give them a warm meal and a second chance. >> many women are recruited in the milwaukee area and then taken other places. christina: lawson started her organization several years ago and recently moved to the south side of the city. she says prostitution and sex that is only getting worse, especially on greenfield avenue. >> the drug houses that are available. the demand. people are here looking for it and so then the supply is here. christina: business owners here that we talked with say the problem is so bad, their own customers are being harrassed and they're constantly picking up used needles and condoms. residents living near greenfield avenue talked about their concerns for safety at a town angela martinez says she's had to chase prostitutes off her patio furniture and her home was recently broken into. >> it is so bad. for someone to break into your home during the day, that takes a lot of courage. christina: martinez and others on the south side would like to see mo

. >> enlisting herself in the fight to keep the women's memorial open, retired army general deann mcwilliams. smee saw a lot of change for women in her three decades of service. >> when i came in if a woman was pregnant, they had to get out of the service. >> general mcwilliams took over the women's memorial foundation this year. she and her team made drastic >> if we can't raise the funds, we might have to close the doors for this memorial. that would be a national shame in my opinion. >> let's go down and cut the ribbon. >> when it opened in october of '97, we could see the pride amongst the crowd of mostly women veterans. veterans like world war ii woman's pilot elaine, who died last year. >> i'm heartbroken when i hear it's at risk of closing. dream, to have her legacy as a service pilot remembered by future yenerations. >> these women now encouraging other female veterans to register in the memorial database. >> a way to keep our legacy for the future and for the people to see all the women who served. we all have a story. >> stories now at risk of being lost, forgotten. in a memorial t

. >> chad deanne las sits 2001 penn grad and ends the anti racism organization. >> this is direct reaction to him being elected president of the united states. recreated this atmosphere and he's awakened the dark seat of our dem zoo. >> penn tried to assure students its working non-stop to offer support and determine the source close to the media black student group call the town hall meeting with the university president offering comfort and counseling to those feeling scared. >> we're basically just having this as space for people to share their emotions and feel comforted within the black community. >> reporter: mayor jim kenney condemn the incident. tonight there are a series of on-going investigations. dawn? >> brad, thank you. happening right now, for the third night in a row people are taking to the streets of philadelphia to protest president-elect donald trump. it's one of a number of cities throughout our country where folks are participating in demonstrations. organizers called for a peaceful rally at city hall. they're hoping to send message of unity at a time when our country