columbus discovered the dominican republic, and so did we. (bright acoustic music) we are in, well we were supposed to be at dreams la romana, it's our big road trip, right? - yeah. - mandy, from canary travel, and we decided we were gonna take a road trip with our road trip, so someone told us to go to- - altos de chavon. - which means "high above the river chavon", so our across the valley there we see the beautiful river, and we're in a village that looks like, what century might this be? we drove in the taxi up here, 75 bucks for all of us, the whole crew, we parked in a parking lot out there, and entered this park that actually took us back in time. - [mandy] and it's this little hidden gem that you'd normally not even know is here, that we've found. - so mandy's with canary travel and she travels a lot, goes a lot of places, and we come up here and we look around some of these little buildings here. - [mandy] oh my gosh, it's beautiful. - [david] she says she got chills. - [mandy] i did, looking out at the river there, it's beautiful. -

dominican republic. ? travel. for some, it's a luxurious escape, or maybe an adrenaline-filled adventure. but if you're like me, it's a precious opportunity to discover and to give back. it's time to get real, it's time to get raw. it's time for "raw travel." when traveling, i love hitting the open road.

we have talk to people this morning going to florida, and pun to can a and dominican republic. let that one sink in. just a little jealous out here. lets look at the lines. they are not too bad. earlier this went down the hall way here. they are snake go through those security lines slowly but they are moving pretty well. i have to say looking at the board as well not many delays at all. i have only seen two delays and one is ten minutes long. the that is good news out here for folks getting up and getting out early. today you know is the busiest day for travel, in the air when it comes to the thanksgiving holiday travel season. 50,000 people here in the delaware valley will be flying this holiday season for thanksgiving, including these folks, lets take a listen. >> i'm headed to jacksonville, florida to see my family, stay with my dad and brother for the weekend. i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: getting out of the cold weather. >> it will be 70 all week. >> reporter: how much are you looking forward to that. >> a lot, i hate the cold so i'm excited. >> all of the resor

envious of people flying to warm weather destination, we have talk to people from florida, the dominican republic. let that settle in a little bit. here at philly interest that the we are seeing lines start to grow. definitely make sure you check with your airlines and think about getting out of the door earlier the better, rahel and jim, back to you. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at 30th street station this morning. >> trang, what are you seeing people take to the trains for their thanksgiving destination. >> reporter: well, this is the busiest travel week for amtrak, but today in particular is biggest travel day, but because it is so early things are just getting started. as day roll on it will get busier and busier here. amtrak is expect to move 750,000 people and that includes, this woman here who i just woke up to force to do this interview. good morning, fiona. >> hi, thanks you are wrapping up your holiday travel. >> i left d.c. at 4:00 a.m. i'm on highway to absecon in 30 minutes. >> awesome. >> reporter: you have not one but two thanksgiving celebrations, right, tell me

being latino, growing up in the dominican republic i dounderstand. >> that was your niche. tha was your opportunity. >> that was exactly the opportunity and we jumped right on in and it was a blessing since. >> for those who don't have more information, i'm going to put up the information on screen. i'll see you around my friend. now had a good year and hopefully even better. it's going to be tough to stop 2017. coming up next, another member of our community who has had a we'll talk to him right har on year after? # #. >>> when we come back, information on the largest latino holiday gala in in theler. we'll have all of the information and maybe even some tickets right here on ? >>> all right everybody the largest latino holiday galla in new england at the weston boston waterfront in boston seaport district again saturday thetonying. support of educational and programs that elevate the community so this year's proceeds for this year goes to programs like boston's tag, which i know this tag right, it means talented and gifted and also his pannening writer's week and tag scho

my name is juan and i was born in the dominican republic, but i have lived, traveled, studied and worked in a variety of countries. some of those are venezuela, mexico, the u.s., china, korea, japan, france, spain. and the community engagement manager, and the fulfillment of the commitment that the golden trle community involved in all of our projects and efforts. we are committed to reaching out to the latin community in north carolina to make sure that they're not left behind and they're connected with everything that we do. one of the favorite things about this position is that it gives me the opportunity top connect under served communities with our current projects to make sure that our practices are culturally competent and appropriate. my under god was in law studies, and later on i went to unc at greensboro, and i got an under grad in liberal studies with a concentration in fiscal cliff and ethics and religion. later on i went back to school and i got a masters and a post back laureate in global studies. i believe that being multicultural and multilingual my lifeally and personal

in the jungles of dominican republic. >> plus, snoop dogg teams up with martha stewart? >> look at this! >> we are taking you inside the odd couple's new cooking show. >> i'm not high right now. so who ever gave us this show, they must have been. ?? ?? big stars, big hollywood. celebrity page tv starts now. welcome to celebrity page. i'm sonja isabelle coming to you

the plane which was headed for the dominican republic, crashed due to a combination of human error and concert by singer 'sting' marking the reopening of paris' bataclan concert hall. the event comes one year after the terror attack that left 90 people dead there. the islamic state group claimed responsibility. 130-people died in total--in attacks across the city that night. 1-thousand tickets sold out in "less than 30 minutes" - for the concert hall that has a 15-hundred person capacity. an anchorage, alaska police officer is recovering after being sh morning. the gunman repeatedly shot the officer as he lay on the ground near his police cruiser. the officer, who was able to return fire, is expected to survive. the suspect died in a shootout. the coast guard rescuing five people off our coast today. this after a small boat capsized around 7-30 this morning in the water off carolina beach. a helicopter crew pulled three people from the hull of the ship shortly before ten a-m. while on the way to the hospital... in the water and swimming to shore. a rescue boat found the two shortly aft

don't include the: carribean arrival tax: as high hotel taxes...as high as 18 percent in the dominican republic. resort activi fees of $20 a day at many resorts. d a lue aded tax on things you y, abuch as 15 rct in jaica.doat ink file, the fact thavacation paes are t rered noto ow yl fees upfront, unlikeairline fits. federal law requireso nclude all u a flight.' butthat is nong requried for hotelsr resorts: don' price that pops up. my advice? did deep in the websites fine print, or ask the agent, abo exa fees before you give your credit card number. that way youre not hit with a 500 surprise and you dont waste your money. i'm john matarese, today's tmj4. storm team 4 weather now.... lets get a check on the forecast with meteorologist thursday will be much warmer as the wind increases from the south at 10-15mph to boost our highs into the upper 60s under mostly sunny skies. the record high temperature is 69 degrees set back in 1953 and the forecast high will be close: 68 degrees in milwaukee.friday will be warm and windy with highs in the mid-60s but a cold front will be approaching to increase

coast guard members based in clearwater helped rescue 3 boaters north of the dominican republic. the coast guard says their 57-foot sailboat capsized while heading to saint martin from chesepeake, virginia. a good samata the coast guard says it was alerted by an emergency position radio beacon last night. a child is recovering after falling ?three stories from a hotel window! it happened at a resort near disney yesterday. the orange county sheriff's office says the family is from michigan. they left the 9 year old alone in the room while packing up. when one of the family members returned... she heard the boy scream and found him on the ground. rescue crews say the child is conscious. he was even was able to get up neighbors are in a bitter dispute with their homeowner's assocaition. it comes after a letter was posted in the neighborhood asking parents to keep their children quiet if they play outside... at all times of the day. the note has parents living in the tuscany preserve subdivision in poinciana fired up... they say they were offended and felt targeted because they have

sound funny because i was in an accident and i broke my nose grandson told her he was in the dominican republic for a wedding. he says he was arrested for drinking and driving. "then he says i need money to get out of jail and i said oh i am so sorry honey but we can't help you" "at first i was saying oh i am so sorry honey and you know i feel bad that that happened but then would never call her for money--she knew then it was a scam. "how do they find out? how do they know to call that number and say hi grandma how would you know she's not twenty five?" fortunatley after about ten minutes--the conversation ended--and the anderson's didn't soon as he found out we weren't gonna send money then he hung up" the anderson's say their grandson and works as a cancer researcher. they are hopeful people learn from their experience. taylor bailey...news seven...kwwl the andersons say they called the butler county sheriffs officer and they told the couple this is not the first report of scams like this. coming up on kwwl -- an area criminal justice professor says tonight -- we're digging into a campus con

in the jungles of dominican republic. >> plus, snoop dogg teams up with martha stewart? >> look at this! >> we are taking you inside the odd couple's new cooking show. >> i'm not high right now. so who ever gave us this show, they must have been. ?? ?? big stars, big hollywood. celebrity page tv starts now. welcome to celebrity page. i'm sonja isabelle coming to you from celebrity page studio with all of your entertainment new. in just you to the premiere of kevin james' netflix comedy and checking out stars headed to the great white way. we are kick things off with the hollywood wrap. brad pitt walking a red carpet for the first time since his split from angelina jolie. the 52-year-old attending a fan screening of his new movie allied. pitt joined by co-star marion couttiard and robert zemekes. actor taking time out to greet fans and snap selfies.

hillary clinton inleashing a fresh offensive against dominican republic, if trying to rally a key demographic, that of women. >> on the one hand, you got to feel kind of sorry about the kind of campaign he's running, don't you? he sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading, and assaulting women. he does not have the temperament to be our commander in chief. so think how you'll feel if there was something you could have done but didn't on november the 9th, if this doesn't work. >> and she made these intense comments after a protester in forecast disrupting her rally calling her husband a rape it. of negative, dark divisive dangerous vision and behavior of people who support donald trump. >> but clinton also had plenty of help with surrogates fang out across the country, attempting to make their best effort to move past the fbi inquiries into the clinton e-mail practices. in fact the clinton camp says supporters have donated over $11 million to her campaign just in the three days director james comey announced the inquiry. meanwhile, donald trump remains on message, he's going after clin

. >> reporter: people from cuba, the dominican republic and florida taking to the streets. >> i want him out of office. >> reporter: as a teen, this man ran through a mine field, then scaled the fence at guantanamo bay just to reach the anti-immigration stance could produce laws that rip families apart. >> i know men in the united states that have been here for 30, 40, 50 years, and they are illegal but they're paying taxes. >> reporter: cars driving by honk their horns in agreement. some drivers even yelling their support from their car windows. concerned trump's temperament could lead to a conflict sending her son to war. while their hope of trump stepping down isn't likely it's not stopping these immigrants from making their voices heard. >>> good evening, everybody. clear skies across the area. temperatures already down to the low to mid-50s in our northern counties. plant city 59. warmer closer to the beac here is a look at wake-up temperatures. anywhere from the lower 50s, even upper 40s possible across our northern counties. clearwater 6 1, downtown tampa 59. 49 quite possibly

what's going on here in the northern dominican republic is actually the tail of some westerly storms pulling up to the north. that's going to fire up some pretty intense thunderstorms this week. here's some video coming out of northern areas of this country where we have had thousands of people, about 20,000 in fact, evacuated along the northern coast of the there are people cut off from other areas. and the president medina, threw through some of the worst hit areas and declared it a national emergency. so hopefully they'll get some relief in there, as far as the relief supplies, but as far as the forecast, the tail end of that front continuing to lichker, on and off thunderstorms kmmted there. back to the north, if you have any travel plans across much of the central u.s., this is something you want to be watching out for. look at this low, really wrapping up, you have that occlusion, and whenever we see that comma shape on the satellite picture, that is a clear indication of a rapidly intensifying storm. it's a mature westerly system here, very tight pressure gradient, and toward

now it's important that like in the case of spain or dominican republic or so many other long-standinghips that the international community, led by the united states, and that's why we're so hopeful after the statement by the president-elect and the vice president-elect, that the united states lead the international community to demand that the regime not be able to be a personal family farm, inheritable by, in this case, raul's children. the cuban people deserve freedom. and just like in the case of spain, and the other examples i've mentioned, it's important for the international community to demand freedom for the cuban people now after all these years, and especially after the personal tyrant has died. remember, yes, raul castro is his puppet. raul castro is in charge. has been for a few years. but the brain of evil, ever since as mario has just pointed out he called for a nuclear first strike against the united states in that famous now declassified letter to khrushchev during the missile crisis, where he said if the united states invades cuba, in other words to liberate the cuban

the er for minor ailments like respiratory infections, strep throat, and >>> thousands in the dominican republic are being forced from their homes by flooding. at the moment, there are more than 1500 houses affected and several bridges collapsed. shelters are open, giving people a place to stay until the water clears out. >>> the wikileaks founder found himself in the hot seat after being questioned by investigators considering possible sex crimes committed in sweden. prosecutors want him to consent to a dna test but he has denied the allegations and says he ar u.s. >>> after a huge purge last week that saw eight fingers sent home, the voice continues its live show tonight. the top 12 will buy to stay in the competition with a guest mentor. garth brooks served up some advice for each of the artists. >> it blew my mind to walk in the room, walk on the stage and there's garth brooks. >> the important thing garth brooks told me was i need to lose myself in the son. and humble. i think that's a lesson in itself. >> reporter: tune in tonight to see them put that advice into action when the voice airs

this is a scene in the dominican republic, too much rain creates flooding, mud slides washing away roads cutting off communities. around 20,000 people evacuated from their homes mostly along the country's north coast, and the forecast is not helping. rain will continue there through tomorrow. >>> we're now learning chilling police believe the attack was premeditated and the gunman waited in a parking garage for four hours before opening fire. abc's lauren lyster with more. >> reporter: operations getting back to normal after tuesday's deadly shooting that grounded planes and had travelers sheltering in place. >> ground stopped the airport. they've got some situation going on here. >> reporter: 1:00 p.m., shots fired. >> shot on the sidewalk. >> reporter:he passengers stranded on planes for hours. police in tactical gear search for the shooter going car to car for nearly three hours, and then -- >> suspect was located, deceased, with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. >> reporter: the suspected gunman identified as lloyd dean, buie, a former southwest agent who work at the airport. he

end was someone claiming to be joann's 23 year old grandson--asking for bail money from the dominican republic. saying he was arrested for drunk driving and was in jail. "to start with i was saying oh i am so sorry honey and you know i feel bad that that happened but then i listened to the whole rest of his story and i pennsylvania--they instantly knew it was a scam and did not pay their alleged grandson. two police officers have been shot...one is dead and one is wounded this happening in the brox area of auhtorities also saying the suspect in the shooting was killed in the shootout they're also saying the shootout started as the officers responded to ahome invasion. the suspect allegedly fled the scene and began to shoot bond is set at ten million dollars for a man accused of killing two iowa police officers on wednesday officer justin martin of urbandale and sergeant anthony beminio of des moines were killed in ambush style attacks court appearance today if convicted, green would receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole his next hearing is set for the fourteenth govern

in the dominican republic, mexico, nicaragua, costa rica, they're all hungry. these latin american countries, africa--the africans are up and coming. they really are. cambodia's starting their baseball program. the philippines is getting back to where it was. it's all over. damian: so, they don't have the ability to go home after their at bat's and check on their ipads and see, "how's my swing going?" why the passion in the bustos family for this? juan jr.: oh goodness. my baseball--my family's been a baseball family for as long as i could remember. my grandfather played professional in nicaragua, and i think that's where it kind of started from. filtered down through my mom and her brothers, and my dad got going. you know, he saw a need for extra help for a lot of kids, and he stepped up, and you know, saw a hole here. and you know, baseball is the way that we are able to introduce different cultures to different kids here. you know, one of my favorite stories is when we were in italy. after one of our games, they had a barbecue, and some of our kids sat down

that included the kim family off to the dominican republic. what are you thinking act the line here? >> -- about this line here? >> it's just long. >> i'm so glad i'm here and not there. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and this line is really long. i put a go proon here so that i so that i could show you. let's speed things up a bit. as you can see hundreds are already here all in all about 49 million people will travel nation wild. and many -- nationwide. and many of them will be by plane. the takeaway for many? leave plenty of time. >> we expected it and we came extra early, i'm just happy our daughter is sitting here very patiently and excited to be traveling here today. not excited now. she doesn't like the line either. >> reporter: now the good news through all this is that for the most part the weather is actually going to cooperate. wh weather out there, it's not expected to impact the flights. reporting at reagan, the evan koslof, wusa9. >>> was evan correct? here's the expert melissa nord. >> i think for a lot of people dodge a bullet becau

>>mark: heavy rains hit the dominican republic 60 community is no communication other rivers overflowedand that causes the bigger and brighter in was the closest at 321 this morning. . we will be right back >>mark: as she can down to fill yes today and greeted her six year-old son with hugs and kisses she returned home have been deployed into those considered diamond her best friend and then this would be in very good friend is the sky blue diamond. what you gone do? lift up your head and keep moving or let the paranoia haunt you? everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence i keep my fee-fi-fo-fum i keep my heart undone the strong in me, i still smile. >>male announcer:this is the bay area news station,kron 4 morning news starts now >>mark: one person is dead at the get hit by a car on 580 in all the main >>will tran: to their still working on the u.s. investigators on the right shoulder to clean measurements and don't expect to reopen the stretcher was on 580 and have an ad for 30 in the morning was almost walking to the need to clean it up before they reopen it to the public

on this map of the dominican republic, irregular red lines surround subnational administrative units for which census data is available. one problem for balk's team is how to reconcile these data with precise grid-format satellite data, shown here in blue. to obtain boundaries of urban areas, a third source of information was used -- nighttime images of the earth from space. balk: noaa produces a nighttime lights data set that was measured in 1994 and 1995, and it's a globally consistent data set. that means they use the same measures everywhere. it measures brightness of places. we combined the lights data with the population data, as well as a few other data sets, to make sure that we can confirm each light is actually a population place. narrator: using a combination of various population and geographic data sets, balk is able to determine how many people live in low-elevation coastal zones. balk: this is southern vietnam. so, we see the white areas are administrative boundaries. the red areas indicate the nighttime lights -- the urban areas. and this blue data set is the elevatio

cleveland, i'm david moss - and we are in a very good mood this morning because we are in the dominican republic. - punta cana, it is one of our favorite places to come but we have not been to the bay area here where we are at dreams la romana. - it seems so far from home, it feels so far from home, but really not that far, we jumped on a plane at cleveland, hopped interstate through canary travel, angie and karen were there, the apple folks were there and then you said hey, hold on for three hours and 45 minutes and you will be in heaven and i think they were right. - sure, then you take a short bus ride here,

father being in the united states from his birth in 1900 until the date of his departure for the dominican republic in 1919, we will presume that there was only some period in their where he was in the united states are one continues you. i think the presumption would apply in most cases. it certainly would apply to this case that we would not have to comport and show proof that he is in the united states on everything they. i think if the court were troubled that perhaps that will be harder for some fathers or people to follow, but an alternative remedy to be truly both options on the table. >> if we level down and made it harder, would not affect the status of people who i've gained citizenship under the more lenient provision applicable to the mother? >> if this court applied the leveling down remedy in a way that would actually equalize the two similarly situated classes here, yes, it would impact people dramatically because they would take citizenship away from people who already have it. and the court has held -- >> it's not necessary. i served to be prospected because once you have citizensh

philadelphia are asking people to donate canned goods to help out tens of thousands of families in the dominican republiced by flooding last week. tens of thousands were forced to leave their homes after flooding hit the country last week. more than 139 towns were damaged by the floodwaters, forcing the nation's president to declare a national emergency to speed up aid delivery. we spoke with dominican leaders in philadelphia who say they're trying to send as much help as they can. >> we depend on agriculture, and it's swept away. >> the locations for the food and clothing drop-offs will be decided later this year. for more information on what you can do to help, cap the nbc10 app. >>> in delaware, the coast guard came to the rescue of a stranded hunter. the helicopter crew captured it all on video. the duck hunter and his dog became stranded in a mashie area near indian river bay in sussex county. the coast guard was called in after a nearby millville fire department realized that their boat couldn't get to him. both the man and his dog were plucked out of the basket as you see and flown to safety. >>>

. >> host: i am an immigrant myself and i'm from the dominican republic -- i know, where are you really from. [laughter] i grew up in new york city in the late '80s. when we moved in at that point it was mostly latinos, but then later it was a lot of mexicans and now gentrified. but a lot of the problems in the 60s and 70s remained. they are less noticeable now. i want to ask whether you think geography plays such a role that it can ignore the population and maintain some of these violent identifiers, or do the transitions between them gets passed down for example the games in the west coast in chicago and even new york. ivar essentially sometimes born into a gang. >> guest: writing this book transformed my idea of what gang-related means. there is an assumption and a desire to dismiss as many as possible. while it one could argue on one level that maybe seven of the deaths are gang-related out of the tent and insofar as one or both of the people involved were in again and the person is dead so it is a gang related shooting. but if one is dying and the other isn't and they are messing a

i was going straight to the dominican republic. time i was there they thought i was a zika mosquito. not now. not now. now i've got to stay alive and healthy, dammit. give me my thing. excuse me. i'm take i my vitamin. >> oh, my god. >> is there any roll she can't play? >> she's good. >> she's great. we laughed at that skit but of course the supreme court really no laughing matter. this appointment very serious. serious matter for vice president. president-elect trump could fill the seat left vacant by justice antonin scalia. a choice they feel president obama should have made and the appointment could have repercussions for decades. >> take a look at trump's short list of 11 potential candidates. later trump added asian, hispanic and african-american judges. let's bring in errol lewis for time warner news and michael moore, former u.s. attorney for the middle district of georgia. let's get to that point that snl was making. ruth bader ginsburg is 83 years old. stephen breyer is 78. how possible is it that in a four-year term he ma

and this is the scene in dominican republic, too much rain creating wide sped flooding. mud slides washing away roads, cutting off some communities, around 20,000 people evacuated from their homes, mostly along the country's north coast and the forecast isn't helping. rain will continue there through tomorrow. >>> we're now learning chilling new details about the deadly shooting that triggered a police say they believe the attack was premeditated and that the gunman waited inside a parking garage for nearly four hours before opening fire. abc's lauren lyster has more. >> reporter: operations getting back to normal at oklahoma city's airport after tuesday's deadly shooting that grounded planes and had travelers sheltering in place. >> they ransacked the airport. they have some situation going on here. >> reporter: around 1:00 p.m. shots fired in the airport parking lot. >> victim has been shot on sidewalk outside the airport. >> reporter: passengers stranded on plans for hours. police in tactical gear search for the shooter, going car to car for nearly three hours and the

include the caribbean arrival tax as high as $50 in antigua, hotel taxes as high as 18% in the dominican republic, bizarre activity fees days $20 a day, and of value added tax on things you buy. as much as 15% in jamaica.>>> the fact that big vacation packages are not required to show you off these up on. unlike airline flights. federal law requires airlines to include all taxes and fees when showing a flight but that is not required for hotels and resorts. about travel says don't book your trip based on the first price that pops up. >>> my advice is to dig deep or ask the agent about extra fees before you give your credit card number that is why you are not given the $500 surprise.>>> how much are you willing to spend on thanksgiving dinner? one new york city restaurant is gearing up for its annual turkey day meal. is how much it will cost? $50,000. sooner the start of the homestead steakhouse is in $85 per pound free range organically raised turkey. it is seasoned with an exotic spice mix imported from the middle east. the stuffing includes a imported japanese price beef heist at $465 per pound

at least 8-thousand people in the dominican republic are forced from their homes after because of severe flooding. sixty communities lost communication after rivers overflowed -- and shelters have opened to take care of the victims. officials say more than 15-hundred homes are affected -- 40 destroyed. several bridges have also collapsed. the trial for sergeant bowe february-- but the judge moved it to may 15th. bergdahl is accused of walking off his post in afghanistan in 2009. he was then taken captive by the taliban for nearly five years, and was released in a controversial prison-swap in 2014. today attorneys argued about who could have access to the evidence in the case-- calling some of it "top secret." bergdahl is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. he faces up to life in prison. guilty of murder for leaving his son in a hot car in 2014. prosecutors say justin ross harris intentionally locked his son in the car because he wanted to be free of family responsibilities. the prosecution showed evidence that harris was "sexting" with six women on the day of his son

many of the people were on the way to see family in the dominican republic where the plane was headed. >> here in ohio, hundreds rallied in cincinnati and toledo done trump. >> that was not the case in indianapolis, dozens were arrestedded overmy. the anti-trump protest got underway with some throwing rocks at police. similar profests this chicago, las vegas and portland, oregon >>> a new approach to discipline. detention has been replaced city school, students study writing, reading, math and breathing. if a student acts up, they are not sent to the principal's office, they are sent to the mindful moment group there, they get a chance to recenter. >> alot of overwhelming external stimulus and trauma the kids have to deal with. to make them hettier, emotionally, mentally, and i think it better for academics. >> the goal is not that they will only be at peace for the rest of the day, hopefully, for the rest of their lives. those behind this approach hope to expand it to other schools. >> vanessa joining us with a look at weather. >> quiet, quiet, a bonderful in twinsburg. off set the c

many were on their way to see families in the dominican republic, where the plane was headed. resigns. the west des moines city manager asked police chief shaun ladue to resign. the city is not confirming whether that's connected to the discrimination lawsuit. a lieutenant will serve as interim chief. police need your help catching the person who robbed a dubuque convenience store. this picture showing the suspect -- covering his face -- friday night at oky-doky foods. he demanded money -- and lifted up his shirt, showing what the clerk believes is a handgun. he took some money and left. police. meant to sedate large animals -- the drug is now being sold on the streets. it's called carfentanil. as kwwl's shirley descorbeth tells us -- there are concerns about are warning the public about a deadly drug...making its way times stronger than just plain old heroin...i guess if you can call heroin plain old." it's a drug that's used as an elephant tranquilizer. for for humans. you have to have a this." and it's often mixed with fentanyl and heroin...having appeared in the form of a

many victims were on their way to see families in the dominican republic, where the plane was headed. demonstrators block a as the pipeline protests continue. the pipeline would cover four states -- including iowa. in north dakota, protesters tried to prevent a truck driver from going down a road. the driver then pulled out a gun. "i'm a little afraid. i just saw that man run over the disabled elder with the walker and wave his gun at him." protests against the pipeline have been going on for months. the pipeline is before the army corps of engineers. the list is down to four. the iowa board of regents has four finalists as they search their names have not been released yet. final reviews will be held the end of this month -- and they'll go into december. concerns over the state's minimum wage. last month governor branstad said he believes a statewide, uniform minimum wage would be best. republicans now have a majority in the state house and senate -- giving him cl but some worry the state won't raise the wage high enough -- minimum wages, like four counties have already approved. its

flooding in the dominican republic... forcing 8-thousand people from their homes. sixty communities lost after rivers overflowed -- and shelters have opened to take care of the victims. several bridges have also collapsed. officials say more than 15-hundred homes are affected -- 40 destroyed. anchors chat and toss to rob rob's weather forecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswell radiational cooling overnight has lead to dense fog in many areas - mostly inland - this morning. watch for poor visibility on area roads. yesterdays weak and dry cold slightly cooler but will remain well above average - in the mid 50s. we stay in the mid 50s wednesday but with more sunshine. then a push of much warmer air arrives thursday and we jump into the mid 60s and remain in the 60s for friday. later friday into saturday, we expect much colder air to arrive and drop temperatures into the 30s and 40s. there is a chance of showers friday and possibly snow showers overnight in to saturday. today: am fog then partly sunny. high: 56 wind: nw-sw 5-10 low: 40 wind: nw 3-7 mph wednesda

she moved to the united states from the dominican republic for an american dream that was literally almost shot down. gang violence nearly killed -- gang violence killed her teen my mom was intensive care for three days. we were at the hospital for almost three months. i became the head of the household. rhondella: that bullet paralyzed her mother, who worked three jobs. the shooting heartbreaking to this day. >> my mom wanted to have a full life. rhondella: she became a community leader, mentor, and management. >> she gave me all of that inspiration to go for what i wanted. hola. it's hard, but it's amazing. rhondella: a single mother, gonzalez has two suns in college. her example and example to others of one thing. >> i share my story with everybody because they do not inc. it is possible. rhondella: and she makes the newscenter 5. reid: let's head outside on this sunday night. that is the state house. beautiful shot. 42 degrees in new york. mike, putting christmas lights out on the trees. mike: already. [laughter] mike: you know what, you need the lights. look how dark it is getting alr

this is almost like the dominican republic and haiti. they share the same land mass, but they are two different. the area around philadelphia is probably the amtrak route. part of the east coast, liberal, diverse. includes a lot of white liberals then you get out. i remember in high school, we went to redding, pennsylvania and i know that the religious retreat. i noticed the jukeboxes has cowboy music on them. this t, it's alabama in the middle, it's pretty true. >> you know, the political cop test over pennsylvania because of that gets really intense in terms of the ability for people to vote and voter intimidation issues. you see, it's not an accident that when trump and pence have been saying go out and poll watch, you got to make sure we're watching people vote. leave your own pri presimgt, they keep talking about philadelphia. >> gene, i don't think this is going to happen. >> no, i don't think it's going to happen either. it's fascinating that urban rural or urban slash small town split you see in pennsylvania is what's happen ng t

making phone calls about another run for mayor. 2013 he lost to dan rivera and moved to the dominican republic. his administration was caught up in number of scandals, allegations and staff were larceny. >> catherine: 15-year-old tewksbury boy died in the hospital after underage drinking water got out of hand and got into a fight at party in lowell friday night. man picked up victim and slammed head into concrete floor. the victim's best friend told us she was by the bedside while she was still on life support. >> as soon as i got there and felt. just couldn't explain -- just didn't know why it was him. >> catherine: suspect being held on bail. the charges could be upgraded depending what police find during the investigation. accident happened at dartmouth and commove and still unclear what hpe police the suv hit fire engine and truck then careened into eight parked vehicles and tree and tree was tripped from the ground. >> site from the fire truck on the sidewalk and car and crushed. >> amazingly no one hit in the sidewalk when it happened and released last night and recovering from might be

many of the victims were on their way to see families in the dominican republic when the plane -- where that plane was ultimately headed. >>> the u.s. embassy in afghanistan temporarily closed. the closure due to security concerns following the deaths of four americans at a military base. the four why weather killed in a suicide attack. the taliban has tweeted killed in a german consulate in kabul. from tests against president- elect donald trump continued for a -- protests against predicted predicted predicted continued a fourth day. demonstration in since ins -- in cincinnati and toledo. no arrests. >>> in indianapolis protests got out of hand. two officers were injured and similarly seen in las vegas, chicago and once again in portland, oregon. >>> school in baltimore is pioneering a new approach to discipline. detection has been replaced with meditation. at this inner city school students study writing, reading, math -- and breathing. mindfulness classes are part of the everyday schedules. if a student acts up they are not sent to the principal, they are sent to the mindful moments

maybe 39 in frederick and demascus kind of teetering on 39 a lot of folk ins thest in thees in dominican republic -- folks in the 30s. temperatures mid-morning rebounding nicely. the upper 40s to low 50s. that's a good trend. 49 in gaithersburg, 50 in buoy and 50 in silver spring. by lunchtime, 65 downtown,68 in cullpepper. i think the numbers are low. remember it's november and in. i think a lot of areas will be 70 in leesburg, fredericksburg maybe 72 before it's all said an -- and done. tomorrow night we have the high school football playoffs. the temperatures at 6:00, still flirting with 60 degrees even out to the west in leesburg. a mild night tomorrow night . temperatures in the 50s downtown. tonight clear skies a little bit colder. degree range but i had to open it up tonight. winds will be light. so on the day planner, it goes like this, 44 at 7:00, but 51 at 9:00. already 60 by 11:00 and already 65 by 1:00 p.m. that's a way to end the week isn't it. saturday fall. evening showers. windy and cold on sunday. only 47. i got to tell you , the game at fed-ex on sunday night will be in the 30s,

to recall the assassination of three activists in the dominican republic. they were tortur previous dictatorship dating back to 1960. divorce rates in the u-s have plunged to a 35- year low -- which begs the question ... why? well there are some theories people in the united states are getting older... changing gender roles... or just simply not getting married. this is according to the "national center for family and marriage research" at bowling green state university in ohio. the study also determined that marriage rates have remained stable, with about 32 marriages for age 15 or older. utah has the highest marriage rate in the u-s-- but here's a surprise-- its divorce rate is higher than in 40- percent of states. some americans are foregoing marriage to stay single and live alone... or to live with their partners... without tying the knot. speaking of black friday -- i guess you could say president- elect donald trump has also spent the day shopping ... shopping for employees! tonight -- we have a few more answers to who white house team -- but the big