to the west, elkins, west virginia, visibility down to two miles. we are looking for areas of fog to develop through the overnight and into the early morning. the temperatures tonight, 22 to 32. a big warm-up for the weekend. more on that in a few minutes from the belfort furniture weather center. alison: the weight of the snow has been too much for some buildings. emergency crews have been called to collapses all across the region, including several porches buckling in the district. roz plater begins our team coverage in the district tonight. roz: alison, we heard about a garage collapsing in the past hour and we found two porches in the same block. this is red tagged by the city. these structures simply cannot bear the weight of nearly two feet of snow. workers clearing a pile of debris is all that is left of this front porch after it collapsed sunday morning. >> we were woken up by the crash. we did not know what was going on. looked outside and the porch had collapsed. roz: it came tumbling down, including the brick column supports. it happened

meantime, cosby's next appearance in an elkins park courtroom has been postponed. he was scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing next thursday. cosby's attorney requested the delay. the 78-year-old comedian was charged last week with sexual assault, accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 in his home in elkins park. >>> macys is slashing staff and closing doors. the country's largest retailer announced late it is cutting 5,000 jobs after a poor holiday season. macy's plans to close stores. they made that announcement in the fall. ardmore suburban square is one of the likess closing. they will put dozens of people out of work. macy's is one of 36 closed this year to cut costs. >>> casinos will be on the mind in trent on today. they will hold a public hearing to change the way atlantic city casi casinos pay property tax. they could pay a set amount over the next 15 years. some financial experts say if something isn't done soon, atlantic city could go bankrupt a. vote is expected early next week. >>> today superintendent willhi ass

. >>> also today we learned cosby's next appearance in an elkins courtroom has been postponed. he had been scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing january 14th. cosby's attorneys requested the delay. no new date has been set. 78-year-old comedian charged last month in montgomery count tu with sexual assault. he is accused of drugging and segu segu sexually assaulting woman in elkins park. >>> legislation introduced to strip cosby of his presidential medal of freedom. the group, promoting awareness victim empowerment partnered with the representative to push the matter through congress. the medal of freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. >>> police want your help tracking down a pair of armed hoverboard thiefs. they released this video outside a rec center. it shows two gunmen robbing a group of teenagers on december 18th. you can see a robber chased several teens up a staircase. the teens took the hoverboard, iphone, bookbag. police in south jersey looking for two people who robbed this convenience store a week ago. thieves taking money from the cash r

. >> our brad sattin sat down with those parents in elkins park live in the newsroom tonight.rad. >> we did. josh fattel's parents believe the circumstances that led to their son's release back in 2011 may have created a small spark that got the two countries talking now. while republicans aren't policed with the swap the fattels say it was the right thing to do. >> they did a good job. >> from home in elkins park joy cab and laura tell us their pleased with how the u.s. iran have been working together from the nuclear deal that lifted sanctions to the release of 10 u.s. navy soldiers and now prisoner swap that set five americans free. >> we're so happy diplomacy going on between the islamic republican of iran and the united states and if it took the nuclear deal to, um, continue this diplomacy we are thrill. >> reporter: it was 6.5 years ago their son josh and two friends were imprisoned in iran accused of crossing over the border while hiking. it took the government of oman to act as a go between to get them released. the fattal's believes oman also helped the jump start dir

ll was from elkin.. a small town outside winston salem. 3 3 3 donald trump is shaking up again. this time saying he will not take part in tomrrow night's debate on fox news. the network issued a statement mocking trump for his ongoing attacks on moderator megyn kelly. trump fired back, calling it a "pathetic attempt to build up ratings" kendis gibson has the latest. 3 3 with less than a week until the iowa caucuses, donald trump stunning the political world. refusing to take part in the final debate before votes are cast. thursday's republican debate hosted by fox newssot-trump"i won't be doing the debate. i'm going to have something else in iowa, do something where we raise money for the veterans and the wounded warriors. trump's absence will leave the main debate stage without a big ratings draw and a sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate"let's see how much money f f is going to make on the debate without me, okay?"trump continuing to blast one of the debate moderators on social medianats-trumpmegyn kelly is really biased against me, his main rival, senator ted cruz

hall was from elkin outside winston, salem. >> a six alarm fire consumed a building in new orleans. we brought you this as breaking news this morning. it is not far from the roosevelt hotel. at least 31 units with 91 personnel responded to the scene. there were no immediate reports of any injuries. the cause remains under investigation. >> new treatment for depression, offers hope for patients. coming up in health headlines, >> the news on weight loss >> depression is a common but serious medical condition that affects about one in 10 american adults. depression can be mild or it can be so severe it prevents a person from functioning. topping today's health headlines, treatment that is may offer more promise. >> joer ri spencer has dealt life. she said a few years ago it became almost debilitating. she didn't want to use medication so she enrolled at a medical trial in boston that is testing a new and promising non-drug treatment called near infrared light. >> light through the hand gets which is the mitachondria and leads to energy in the brain area close to the source of light. >>

he's accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 inside his home in elkins park. no new date set for cosby's preliminary hearing. he has yet to enter a plea. in the digital operations center, harry hairston, nbc 10. >> the winter blast left a wet mess here at jersey shore. families coming home to frozen pipes that have burst. and all of the warm december weather could be to blame. ted greenberg has more on this. >> reporter: when she saw a spray of water behind her neighbor's ocean city home, cindy knew what had happened. >> i thought there must be a pipe burst. >> reporter: a pipe at dorothy johnson's house that froze in frigid temperatures over the past couple of days and broke as the mercury started rising. >> not too happy about it. >> reporter: broken pipes outside and inside houses are keeping ocean city firefighters busy. >> we've had multiple calls already. >> reporter: and other communities in cape may, atlantic, ocean counties dealing with a wave of water leaks as well. >> never had this problem before. this is the first year. >> reporter: the deep freez

elkins, west virginia, it feels well below zero. mainly clear right now, the clouds increasing through the part ofrning tomorrow, system number one over illinois right now. that will bring us no showers, snow flurries tomorrow afternoon and evening. the main event everyone has been talking about is still well a ways away, just entering the pacific northwest. this will jet across the country and likely bring substantial snowfall as early as friday afternoon, friday evening. more on that and what to expect for the upcoming weekend coming up. leon: stay with abc 7 and wjla.com as we monitor this possible snow event. sign up for text alerts. just go to wjla.com/text. alison: the big weather headline is the cold tonight, the windchill in the single digits in some spots, but where are the worst places for the icy air? tom roussey is live to explain. tonight i've already got butabc 7 stormwatch shovel, we don't need that tonight. distance a the couple minutes ago said 20 degrees, but everyone who lives here knows that in d.c., it's not the

. >> reporter: edwin elkins is building a home on this lot. >> we're trying to respect all the trees that you know, if we don't have to take them down we certainly don't want to take them down. >> reporter: city councilman suarez tells me the tree ordinance has always been a work in progress. for a long time. >> reporter: it's a balance between the property owner and developer and the right to protect trees. >> it's something we deal with every time we have a land hearing. it ends up somebody can't use their property because they can't tear down a tree. >> reporter: yeah robin smiley wants the city of tampa, the council and mayor to prevent beautiful old trees like that from being cut down. >> what would robin smiley want to get done to protect these trees. >> reporter: used to be that the people who took a look at trees and ruled if they could be taking down was under the state department, and now it's under the hands of the developing division. the fox in charge of the hen pen. he would like to see the power go back to the state department. >>> and officials say if known win it is

firefighters say a man who is disabled saved his two babies from the burning home on elkins street. john mccormack tells the union leader he grabbed his infant daughter and handed the girl to his wife outside before going back in for his son. mccormack says he had to crawl to stay away from the smoke. the cause is under investigation. erika: growing concern as the mosquito-spread zika virus hits home. the first confirmed case in massachusetts, a boston man who became infected outside the u.s. for women, birth defects tied to the virus are complicating travel plans. health experts warn expectant mothers to avoid trips to latin america and the caribbean, where the virus is spreading braintree says she is making a sacrifice for her baby' s safety, cancelling a trip home to brazil to visit family. >> it is too risky right now. >> women who are pregnant need to take special precautions. erika: there is no vaccine and no treatment for zika virus. medical experts say transmission here is unlikely, but they expect cases to rise as more people infected with the virus return home. randy: comm

. >> stan: blackhawks won one game david elkins finds hawkaday. later in the game, it's brendan again. it time he spots up from the corner. this game far from over. late in the fourth. roberson will get one final chance. blocked by blake matthews. they edge roberson 64-62. sam comes back to hendersonville high school. gash finished his career at penn state. back in hendersonville today speaking to students and faculty at his alma matter. he brought something special with him. a golden football. he was a full back on new england and baltimore super bowl teams. congrats. the panthers hope to know what it's like to win a super bowl. coach juan rivera says he expects his team to have fun but also be prepared. he knows all about it. he played in super bowl 85. >> larry: we're all here practicing. his head in a second. >> larry: that dab is kind of catchy. >> jason: if my wife catches me doing that. big broncos fan. rain chances will go up. i tell you what, this weekend is looking pretty good. i think it's got stan's approval. >> stan: i like it. >> lar

cosby's next appearance in an elkins courtroom was postponed.he was scheduled to appear in court next thursday. his attorneys requested a delay. a new date has not been set t. 78-year-old comedian was charged last week in montgomery county with sexual assault. he is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. >>> uber has filed a class lawsuit. the suit alleges the company is violating several law, including pennsylvania's minimum wage act. the drivers say they're being misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees so that uber can avoid paying hourly and overtime wages as well as other benefits. uber released a statement to nbc 10 saying if drivers were classified as employees, they would quote lose the personal flexible they value most, they would have set shifts, eastern a fixed shift. >>> this thursday morning, macy's is cutting staff and closing doors. they are cutting nearly 5,000 jobs because of costs following a poor holiday shopping season. macy's plans to make up additional money by closing stores. ardm

. >>> mucheeded helping hand arrived in elkins park tonight. 83-year-old lois stuck in h me since saturda she says even her doors were blocked by the snow. this hardly funny. tonight the ae christian men, abc came tthe rescue. >> where do you g kind people like this? i don't know. people there toelp you and to hpenior citizens, i bless em all the time. >> the volunteers refused to accept money, saying a simple thank you was more than enough. >>> flyers-citals, where do they play now? in washington? >> d.c. >> what game it was tonight. >> what a ge it was. on paper it sms like a mismah. record in the leue, and the flyersn a thregame losing streak but the games not the last game befo the all-ar break. ryan ite gave themn early but theaps came back to tiet at 2- second period, je voracek unties it. but not for long. in the thd, the man named ae burakovsky ties it back up again. so we head to overtime. howev, in overtime watch this, je voracek, behindhe net, this would be the game-wner. how about at! the flysith a huge win. tappingth -- tapping the losing strea >>> and okar did not make the

fox 29's brad sat sin spoke to them at their home in elkins park. >> they did a good job. >> reporterr moment in elkins park the fattals else tell us they're pleased with how the us and iran have been working together from the nuclear deal that lifted sanctions to the release of those 10us navy soldiers and now a prisoner swap that set five americans free. >> we are so happy this diplomacy going on between the islamic republican of iran and the united states. and fit took the nuclear deal to, um, continue this diplomacy we are thrilled. >> reporter: it was six and a half years ago their son josh and his two friends were imprisoned in iran accused of crossing over the border while hiking. it took the government of oman to act as a go between to get them release released. they believe oman helped to jump start direct talks between the u.s. and iran. >> they were the brokers to do the deal of the three hikers but i think that -- the road continues. >> diffusion happens with face to face diplomacy if we played small part in doing that through the country of oman that would be wonderful. >

he is accused of assaulting a woman at his elkins home 12 years ago. >>> the ice car at erie now free. here's a picture tweeted out. the towing company used calcium to melt much of the ice away yesterday. ears what the car looked like when he was frozen solid. the owner apparently parked the camp. winds how old over the parking lot. temperatures plummeted. owner comes being. he finds his car just like that. it's very cold. so it stayed like that near buffalo. our chili temperatures are continuing as well, bill. >> i wonder if you had a remote start. let it run a month or twoch defrost. it is cold outside this morning. we do have a few scattered shoursz in philadelphia. 26 degrees in the city. that's actually two degrees warmer than yesterday. it feels much warmer. the wind has died down. it's barely moving at international at three miles an hour. moving outside, if you look closely, you can see light snow coming down. they're back to making snow in the mountain, too. the satellite shows the clouds moving through today. any showers will be here first thing him we will be getting sunshi

elkins, west virginia, in the single digits. overnight,grees clouds increase, staying cold with the wind out of the north at five. the blizzard warning now in effect for the areas in red. it includes everything around the capital beltway and inside the capital beltway, the district, arlington, alexandria, montgomery county, prince george's, all of southern maryland. to the west and south, the areas in pink are where we have the winter storm warning. the reason they have the winter storm warning, the wind will not be quite as strong. we could have when gus of 35 to 50, even stronger across the delmarva saturday. in terms of right now, doppler radar, nothing. if you have plans this evening to grab something at the supermarket, go for it. it will be dry, all the moisture well to the south. the low pressure continues to develop. winteras in pink are the storm warnings for north carolina, virginia, tennessee, kentucky. and this is us in red. we are the bull's-eye for the storm. to be. what it appears this time tomorrow we will see th

with sexual assault, accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 inside his home in elkins park. >>> one-on-one interview with vice president joe biden. he opened up about the 2016 presidential race. does he have regrets about not running? what is the vps message to gun companies after the president's announcement yesterday? >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> reporter: 24 hour after ateary-eyes president obama revealed his action on gun control, nbc sat down with joe biden the what does the vp think about gun owners? saying the president is taking away nair rights to own a gun. >> this idea the average gun -- i'm a gun owner, and i am one -- at only saying obama's trying to take away ply shotgun. that's bizarre. don't think that way. the truth of the matter is, what i say is, look, do you think someone who is schizophrenic should be able to buy a gun? do you think someone who is a -- convicted of being a wife beater, spousal beater, do you think that person should be able to have a gun? because that's all we're doing here. >> reporter: decision 2016,

this scene outside the small elkins park district court. >> mr.by, how do you respond to the allegations? >> he was silent when walked in and out of court earlier this week. >> mr. cosby, any comment? >> the media quoted him as saying, friends and families, thank you. >> it will be a media circus. >> joel bennic has been following the cosby says and says the preliminary hearing will be pushed back at the defense's request. >> chances are they'll continue it, simply because they've got a lot of information to review. >> reporter: he says when the hearing does happen, the prosecution will lay out its case against cosby. it could present evidence and call witnesses but doesn't have to show all its cards. >> the commonwealth has to show enough evidence a crime may have been committed and the accused may have been the one to do it. it's just over 50% of a burden on the commonwealth, meaning the judge decides is there enough for this case to proceed to trial. >> reporter: we spoke with the attorney for cosby's accuser, andrea constant today. she says it

cosby is accused of assaulting a temple's employee in his elkins park home 12 years ago. >>> this morning, a pregnant mother and her 2-year-old son will be laid to rest. a fast moving fire broke out last friday. elizabeth perez made it out of the home with six other family members. when she realized her 2-year-old son was missing. she ran back in to save him. perez and nathaniel died embracing one another am space heater may be to blame for the fire. there were no working smoke detectors. >>> from our delaware bureau, another deadly fire at wilmington father is grieving the loss of two of his children as his wife lay in the hospital with burns to half of her body. family and friends gathered in front of this womanington home yesterday where fire claimed the live os every a three-year-old and a three-month-old. the fire broke out yesterday, tuesday, while the father when to the peck up his four other children from school. he spoke to nbc 10 about the tragedy. >> he when to the live with the lord. they were innocent. >> fire officials are still vecking the cause of the fire. but they do say

. >>> a much-needed helping hand arrived in elkins park tonight. 83-year-old lois stuck in her home sinceaturday. and she says even her doors were blocked by the snow. this is hardly funny. tonight the able christian men, abc came to the rescue. >> where do you get kind people like this? i don't know. people there to help you and to help senior citizens, i bless them all the time. >> the volunteers refused to accept money, saying a simple thank you was more than enough. mom! baby! i love that we're spending the weekend together. oh, i know! hey, why don't you turn off your phone and all your stuff? good idea. it's off. mom? oh, my internet is so slow when anyone else is using it. did you like want to do something? i am doing something. need more bandwidth for all your devices? it's good to be back. switch to fios for 100 meg speed internet, tv and phone, now only 69.99 per month online for 1 year. switch to better. switch to fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> flyers-capitals, where do they play now? in washington? >> d.c. >> what a game

and the entire region really cold as well single digit air temperatures at around charleston and elkins blue field at seven right now it's thirteen up in dc so very very cold and the temperatures look at how much colder this morning than yesterday we're down fifteen to twenty degrees from where we were we will enjoy a lot of sunshine today beautiful weather as far as the sky conditions go back to step out there obviously is going today pretty close to twenty nine degrees for norfolk low thirties for and when there is off to the north low thirties and down south about the same height that's today's weather some more changes later in the week and i say this coming up here's ash are a credit check on that road work in newport news to see if it had completely cleared up in the good news it did totally clear so sixty four westbound past jefferson avenue not really seeing any major delays or issues of course eastbound traffic in that area also moving very nicely traffic network maps the only thing you'll see in terms of flashing lights right now is that ongoing roadwork in hinton six sixty fo

this elkins park resident made that error. to get creative. >> this is my broom with one of my husband's socks because i couldn't get the brush for the car out of the trunk, you know, i had to come up with some other way to clear my car without maybe scratching it too much. >> i think that's ingenious. i wouldn't have thought about the sock ever. she said next time she'll remember to get her brush out of the trunk before the snow falls. >>> philadelphia's 311 call center issen hadaling an avalanche of questions and requests. they've answered 24,000 calls higher than normal. agents said they're getting thousands of requests through social media. one of those popular questions is can i report a property owner for not clearing snow or ice from their sidewalk? 311 answers that question by telling callers property owners have to clear a path at least three feet wide on their sidewalks within six hours of a snow emergency. and yes, you can report violations to 311. the streets department will investigate within one business day. the

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neighbors called 9-1-1 after seeing flames coming from the back of 36 elkin street. he carried his two small children out one at a time. five of the residents found places to stay, three are being helped by the red cross. >> moving on to our commitment 2016 coverage, we are using the eight weeks leading up to the primary. this week, we look at the question of shoring up the nation' safety nets. benefit from entitlement programs including social security and medicare. >> entitlement programs are very popular programs. >> the feature is on the campaign trail. some are proposing cuts and others are vowing to expand benefits. >> the leader of the party called for reforming these programs. >> social security is one federal program that succeeded over the years and deserves to be saved for future generations. >> by 2034 if it stays the same everybody's benefits get cut up to $10,000 a year. >> one proposal to reform social security is to raise retirement age. the other is to lower benefits for wealthier americans. replacement and subsidy for many retirees that don't need t

this was his a arraignment in elkins park december 31st. cosby's lawyers say it was his testimony, ten years ago, that fueled his arrest last month. they have filed a motion, to dismiss the charges. our efforts to reach castor and furhman have been unsuccessful tonight. >>> from our delaware news room police are investigating a serious crash in pike creek. it happened just after 7:00 in the 200 block of upper pike creek road. police say that the driver lost control, hit a utility pole and went down a 35-foot embankment. he was taken to christiana hospital fortunate thely with non-life threatening injuries. >>> chopper six flew over a house fire in bucks county tonight, on the 1500 block of stoney road in warminster. fire crews dealt with heavy smoke, as the battle of the blaze at 7:00 o'clock tonight. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> philadelphia a police are trying to track down the thief who stole some priceless possessions. from a dead man. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at the mcbride funeral home on east cumberlan

barney hall, known by millions of race fans as "the voice of nascar" , has passed away at age 83.the elkin, north carolina native covered nascar for nearly 55 years through seven decades. seven decades. that's what is going on in sports. >> reporter: we had melting on the way yesterday. we expect to get more going on today. outside and measured two inches left in our wset snow board. that should be gone by the time the weekend come if not senior. you will see why coming up. this afternoon, may be a few passing clouds up from the system to the south and the east. it should miss us. but it still may pull back stray courthoused. 46 our high in lynchburg. 45 for lovingston. 47 for alta vista. danville and to the south. going to 48. redmonday to 48. roanoke today 45. the newburg 43. lexington going to 45. over night lows dipping back to 30. most of our locations out to the west central high lands. might see flurries where the temperatures hold back around the mid 20s. 44 for friday. we flirt with 60 for saturday. clip 60 for sunday at 62. check out monday. 64. a blend of sun and clouds. groundh

firefighters say a man who is disabled saved his two babies from the burning home on elkins street. john mccormack tells the union leader he grabbed his infant daughter and handed the girl to his wife outside, before going back in for his son. mccormack says he had to crawl to stay away from the smoke. the cause is under investigation. right now, a warning to drivers who have filled up at two local gas stations. hingham police say a skimmer was found at this gulf station on lincoln street. the device collects credit card data and can be accessed wirelessly. police say the device may have and the same thing at this gas station on mast road in goffstown, new hampshire. no word on how long the skimmer has been there. customers of both gas stations are being urged to check their accounts. erika: a bank manager' s quick thinking saves the day. randy: the brave, but simple move that kept a would-be robber out. one-on-one with kerry washington. "the scandal" star' s take on a big day at harvard. erika: breaking news on the eye this morning. night' s fire in groton. updates from the scene o

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reporter: gripping a cane, the 78-year-old stumbled on the curb as he was led into the courthouse in elkins park, pennsylvania. the accusations that landed him here date back to 2004, when former temple university employee andrea constand says cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in his pennsylvania home. according to the complaint, he gave her three brew pills he claimed we are herbal. experienced blurred vision and difficulty speaking. >> mr. cosby urged her to take the pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances. >> reporter: constand says she awoke the next morning partially undressed. cosby gave her a muffin, walked to the front door, opened it and said "all right." at the time, the district enough evidence to charge cosby. in 2005, constand filed a civil suit which was later settled privately. but this past july, investigators decided to reopen the case after a judge unsealed portions of depositions which cosby admitted to giving drugs to at least one woman. constand's attorney asked cosby, when you go

this interactive that was constitute an zack elkins who teaches at the university of texas in austin. it allows you to do two things. you can trace the sources of the bill of rights. jefferson and madison drew on in writing the declaration of independence and bill of rights. the spread ofrace each liberty in the bill of rights across the globe, and compare how constitutions around the world protect liberty. watch visitors at the constitution center engaging with this. the billhe sources of of rights. i can spend hours playing with it. the first document resources of the bill of rights. mason'sdrew on george virginia declaration which inspired thomas jefferson. let's look at the amendments that madison opposed that were not adopted. his first proposal talks about natural rights. vested in originally the people. talks about the need for government to protect natural rights. it says the people have in a available rights to reform or change government. mistakes us back to the original declaration and reminds of of the neutrality to establish and abolish government. the second proposal is

this interactive that was developed with constitute and zack elkins who teaches at the austinity of texast allows you to do two things. you can trace the sources of the bill of rights. the state constitutions jefferson and madison drew on in writing the declaration of independence and bill of rights. then you can trace the spread of each liberty in the bill of rights across the globe, and compare how constitutions around the world protect liberty. i love to watch visitors at the constitution center engaging with this. clicking on their countries and tracing the sources of the bill of rights. i could spend hours playing with it. let's check it out. first, the documentary sources of the bill of rights. madison drew on george mason's virginia declaration which also inspired thomas jefferson. let's look at the amendments that madison proposed that were not adopted. his first proposal talks about natural rights. it says all powers originally vested in the people. it talks about the need for government to protect natural rights. it says the people have the right to reform or change the governme

cosby's accused of assaulting a former temple university employee in his elkins park home 12 years ago. >>> nikki haley confirming that it was donald trump she was referring to in her response to the president. state of the union speech last night. >> during anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. we must resist that temptation. >> now, in addition to trump, the governor says the comment was drinirected at people in th media and her home state. >> yes, mr. trump is definitely contributed to what i think is just irresponsible talk. >> trump responded calling governor haley weak on immigration and saying she liked him enough in the past to ask for campaign contributions. >>> republican candidate chris christie warned voters against elect a first-term senator. christie's in new hampshire locked in a fight for second place. he told voters senators don't have the experience needed to be president. the comment directed at marco rubio and ted cruz, both of whom are u.s. senators. >>> new information tonight about a controversial drug treatment center

. >> reporter: to prevent this nightmare we tornado steve elkins of digital medics. >> anyone can create a website and a store of any kind. you can do it for free nowadays. so a website can pop up today. and be gone tomorrow. >> reporter: that's why steve said that it is so important to only shop at sites you trust. do not go for unknown website because an item is cheaper. and he suggests keeping your shopping or online bank i to a minimum when you're using a public wifi network. even though it is your device that you are shopping on. doing it on public network makes with a rip off alert. >> christine: thank you. nevada prisons attempt to crackdown on shootings behind bars. plans in place to decrease deadly force on inmates. and plus, questions now surrounding a travel warning for pregnant women. what officials are saying about that advisory. and then, a local non-profit joins us in studio to tell us about how going horseback riding >> christine: right now on news 3 live today. prison shooting crackdown. why nevada prisons are making on inmates. and plus, search continues for the marines

. >> back here students in elkins park are holding a day of remembran remembrance for dr., they learned about and recognized dr. king's life and contribution as head of mon's national holiday. also students at stratford friends zool spent the day making hundreds of bagged lunches for the holeless their mission is to donate hundreds of meals for the life center, a tradition for the school for the past 20 years. >>> there is much more to come on "action news" at 12:30, a boost for presidential candidate, jeb bush, the presidential hopeful now backing his campaign. >> and a crown converse why in washington state, what a beauty queen did not tell officials about her past that has her handing back her crown. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement

. >>> for an elkins park couple who says it is a step in the right direction. >> jake on and laura fat tall are the parents of josh who was one of three hikers in iran in 2009 accused of crossing the border. he was held captive for two years and was ensley freed with the help of iran. they say that iran may have just started, direct talks between the u.s. and iran. >> we played a small part in doing that, and to the country, that would be wonderful. >> the fact that they're free, it is because of, you know, reaching out to his buddy while many republicans say prisoner swab is dangerous territory for u.s., fatal support what they believe, prisoner swap has ton handled on a case by case basis. >> search continues for a missing 12 year-old girl, they have a medical condition and has not been seen since yesterday evening. thises, london solomon, police say she was near cheltenham mall with friend until 6:30 last night, and in one has seen her ever since. now, this lady has muscular dystrophy, and is forcing her to walk with a leg brace. if you see her, of course, give philadelphia police a

cosby is accused of assaulting a temple university employee in his elkins park home 12 years ago. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> the time is 6:37. it's cold enough for snow. i am tracking scattered light snow showers. it won't last all day. neither will the cold. the cold morning, a nice warm-up this afternoon, a warming trend starts today. heading out right now, in allentown, cloudy skies, 21 degrees. we are seeing scattered light showers in allentown, northeast philadelphia is staying dry. 28 in atlantic city. heading for the upper 40s this afternoon. we have seen the snow on and off in camelback. you see a little snow proceeding past the camera. that's a live high definition view from the pocono mountains, most areas are seeing very little wind a. ten-mile-an-hour win in the coke e pocono mountains, potts town, atlantic city, we're not getting that really bitter wind chill we had yesterday morning. we are seeing, though, a few scattered light snow showers in the allentown area, upper bucks county, seeing a few snowflakes also, during the

locations there in the mid thirties look at this across the region thirteen degrees right now in elkins west virginia where twenty nine and norfolk were coming in at twenty three an emporia and richmond now as we head into sunday we're going to notice a pattern shift years with a high portion control the jet stream with a little bit farther to the north so that will allow that southerly wind to tap into our area bringing in some milder air serwer talking sixties for the second half of the weekend plenty of sunshine right now that we've got clear skies on satellite and radar that will continue as we had throughout the day and as i mentioned we do have high pressure in control so high pressures sinking air with high pressure we typically see calm conditions high pressure will start to shift offshore just a little bit as we had throughout the day today and it will shift over the atlantic on sunday and sold that will allow us what's happened to the south westerly wind really boosting our temperatures as we had to have a date today with a focus on temperatures we don't have any rain in the f

professor joseph ellis, the magisterial research of stanley elkins. he toppled jefferson from his pedestal. there came the monumental new york historical society exhibit of 2004. the first hamilton exhibit in generations. this exhibit burst upon hamilton's very own new york city. it allowed out cries of protest from the jeffersonians. protests registered, you may remember, on the front pages of the new york times. tonight, we must congratulate the pioneers who mounted this hamiltonian exhibit. interior chief of the exhibit, ambassador, president of the gilder lehrman institue of american history rick berg kaiser. presided overibit by the president of the new york historical society louise mirrer . with these initiatives, the jefferson bear market began in earnest. jefferson shares fell precipitously on the market for intellectual exchanges. they are still falling. then came the capstone. an obscure rap musical called hamilton. we know the musical was a tour of -- tour de force. lin manuel miranda has crated a magnificent theatrical production to chore

the morning commute was sluggish in old york road in elkins park montgomery count pep one driver had to push his car after getting stuck. >>> good morning. i'm lauren mayk. it will definitely take days if not weeks for our region to recover from blizzard 2016. septa is back up and running, but not without delays today. jim kenney will update the store recovery efforts and cars are still buried under snow. we have live team coverage on this messy monday as cleanup continues in the aftermath of the blizzard of 2016. let's begin with nbc 10's drew smith who is live in sky force 10 this morning. drew, where are you now and what are you seeing down there. >> we have the nice ride. we can go right over the messes on the roads and let's show you that. down below us right now up in norristown and we're above chain street and you can see there are a lot of cars that are just abandoned in the middle of the street. right now we've seen a lot of cars trying to pull out and trying to dig out. you can see right here some folks are suveling themselves and they haven't gotten much help in terms of s

elkins of west virginia seemingly makes a deal with thomas callier platt. platt will be made secretary of treasury and receive all the custom house patriot in the most valuable office in a country with the head of the customs house in new york city and this will extensively be platt's choice and obviously all the patronage would be connected to platt. which could make him not only the secretary of treasury that the next president of the united states. >> host: so the process we now have which began an iota in january and february new hampshire and even stars for that, you say before 1896 it is all telescoped in the convention. >> guest: yes. what happened was a commensurate with a few gathered together and unite behind none n/a and start for their favorite son, either by formally saying we are all for fill in the blank or simply fade away or spending the delegation from ohio were lame man from massachusetts. >> host: so how does mckinley confront the system? s. go first of all he goes about it in a methodical, organized fashion. he says i will organize thes

. >>> america's prisoner swap hits clothe to home for a elkins park could who says it is a step in the right direction. jake and laura fattal who was one of the three hikers imprisoned in iran in 2009 accused of crossing the borderer. he was freed with the help of a owe man. they say they may have just started direct talks between u.s. and iran. while many republicans say that prisoner swap is dangerous territory for the u.s., the the fattal's support this one. >> it happens to face-to-face diplomacy and if we played a small part in doing that and through the country of owe man that would be wonderful. >> the fact that they are free it is because of, because of pick up the phone to his buddy. >> many republicans say prisoner swap is dangerous territory for u. is. fattal say they support this one. >>> alex. >>> thanks very much. 6:20. the wintry weather is making it tough for syrian refugees heading to europe. >> yeah. >> hundreds of them battled snow and bitter freezing temperatures as they make their way to mass donya. many struggling to carry small children and few things they own in

it was originally scheduled next week in elkins park, but cosby's team asked for more time to prepare for the hearing. the 78 year old is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his home in 2004. >>> new information about a deadly hit and run in delaware. authorities have identified the woman killed as 21 year old michelle rivera. officials say rivera was trying to cross route 1 when she was hit by more than one vehicle, none of them stayed at the scene. >>> turning now to the latest on the budget battle, the pennsylvania school board association has announced it's suing the governor and the state legislature. the group claims that it is illegal and unconstitutional to withhold state and federal school aid during the budget impasse. it's asking common wealth court to prevent the state from withholding the money and seeks damages. just last week governor tom wolf freed up $3.5 million in emergency funding for state schools and social services. >>> here's a change on septa when it comes to security, the movements of every septa police officer now will be recorded while th

in a civil assault case filed by andrea couldn't stand the woman he's accused of of assaulting at elkinsark home back in 2004. now, in exchange, the comedian would not be criminally charged. that's according to the e-mail. c inform n is reporting the e-mail was accept three months before criminal charges were filed against cosby by current district attorney kevin steal. steal telling cn inform yesterday "there is a specific method to grant immunity. this was not done in 2005 ". >>> and still ahead op fox 29 news at 6:00, relatives of some military veterans are absolutely furious. they say big trucks are damaging the graves of their loved ones. why the trucks are on sacred ground in the first place and what is being done about it. >>> plus, a five-year-old walks away from her school alone right in the middle of the day. what the little girl was told by a teacher that caused her to leave. >>> plus a shootout inside a candy store is caught on tape. hear from the woman who exchanged gunfire with an armed robber. >>> sean? >>> college basketball today a bunch of games go down to the wire. vil

meanwhile, we'll expand it out and show you the back edge around morgantown, elkins. that is the last of it that will be coming through here. up until about 8:00 p.m. this evening we're going to be seeing some of these snow showers make their way in with a little accumulation. what's next for us, the windy and the cold that will follow especially for early tomorrow morning. school day recess, well, what grade does tomorrow get? a "d." it's going to be way too cold. for thursday, a grade of "a." for friday, "b." we'll do not too bad toward the end of the workweek. we will have more clouds, though, coming our way. out the door tomorrow morning a warm coat. gloves. scarf. hat. everything. don't want to go with the jacket for tomorrow at all because again those windchills early in the day zero to 10 degrees with our air temperature 19 to 26 below freezing. we really stay below freezing even during the afternoon tomorrow. 26 hagerstown. 27 winchester. gatorsit 32 la plata. high temperatures for tomorrow. the early part of the day, it's still going to be breezy. keep that i

america's prisoner swap over iran over weekend hits close to home for a elkins park couple who says it is a step in the right direction. >> jacob and laura fatal are parents of the josh fatal, one of the three imprisoned in iran in 2009 accused of crossing the border. he was held captive for two years and was eventually freed with the help of iran. they say, ahman may have jump started direct talks between the u.s. and iran. >> and if we played a small part in doing that, through the country ahman that would be wonderful. >> the fat fact that they are free because he reached out to his buddy. >> republicans say prisoner swap is dangerous territory for u.s. but they support this one. they believe prisoner swaps have to be handled on a case by case basis. >>> talking about opening up the dial on between u.s. and iran saying good can come from this. >> so many administrations before the obama administration of not had direct talks with the iranian government. >>> so snow is something we're used to seeing this time of the year but not so much for people in japan. >> first major snow fall o

the cosby is charged with assaulting a former temple university basketball coach in his elkins park mansion in 2004. more than 50 women have come forward claiming cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. cosby has denied any wrongdoing. the. >>> the stock market closes out its worse week sips 2011. it it was another down day for the markets today, investors have been rattled by concerns over slow downs in china's economy, and plunging oil prices. a strong jobs report was not enough to stem the the downward tides. the the dow jones finished down 167 points to close at 16,346. the the nasdaq lost 45 points and s and p was also in the red losing 21 points. >>> the record power ball jackpot has gotten even bigger. it is now up to 800 million-dollar, and that is by far the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. the the drawing is tomorrow night and we will have the winning numbers for you here on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" what will be the first extravagant thing you bought if you won that 800 million? a car, house, boat? we asked you, the the viewers

. >>> today was a day for students in elkins park montgomery county to remember dr.er king jr. with he had help from their teachers the kids at mckinley elementary together a program. they learned about and recognized dr. king's life legacy and countless contributions. >> colonial characters marched through olde city today to honor one of america's founding fathers. >> ♪ >>> this was a birthday tribute to ben franklin a procession traveled to christchurch burial ground where organizers laid a wreath on his grave. ben himself showed up to say thank you. tomorrow marks 310 years since the day he was born. >>> the action cam helped celebrate a big birthday surprise in springfield, delaware county this afternoon. helen rock ford turned 102 years old. she spent the day surrounded by her sons, friends and staff at the harley manor nursing and rehabilitation center. well, they brought her balloons, a cake and flowers and all of the birthday necessities. >>> the birthday girl even took it upon herself to cut everyone a piece of cake . >> [laughter] >> happy birthday. >> abso

cosby is accused of assaulting a former temple university basketball coach in his elkins park home in 2004. cosby drug, and sexually assaulted them. cosby denies any wrongdoing. >>> the the most wanted drug lord in the world is back in custody, authorities recaptured el chapo in mexico on friday, nearly six months after the second prison escape of his career. cbs news correspondent omar villa a franca has details. >> reporter: mexican authorities finally got drug king pink joachim guzman back in their grass many. he was arrested friday, mexican marines were met with the the fire fight that ended with five of el chapo's men dead. marine seized guns, rocket propelled grenade launcher and two armored vehicles. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that the you had provided the the key tip. both u.s. and mexico have been looking for el chapo since his prison break last july, the the brazen drug trafficker slipped out through a hole in his shower stall and in the mile long tunnel equipped with the retro fitted motorcycle. >> it was unconsciousable there was so much embarrassment and there

elkins of west virginia seemingly makes a deal with thomas collier platt and in return for their support plat will receive all the patronage. the most valuable office in the country was ahead of new york city and new york city and this would ostensibly be the last choice and obviously all the patronage was connected to platt. which could make him not only for secretary of treasury but the next president of united states. >> host: the process we now have in iowa and january in new hampshire and february and even stars before that you were saying before 1896 it's all at the convention. >> guest: if you have a favorite sunday gathered together and reunite behind them and they instruct for their favorite son. by simply saying we are sending the delegation composed of sherman from ohio orb blame men for massachusetts. >> host: how does mckinley confront this? >> guest: first of all he goes about in a methodical organized fashion. i'm going to organize for the primaries organize for the convention is likely organize for primaries today. i'm going to identify from a long set of points developed