more efficient. >> there's fema and the faith based fema. >> if you are waiting for the government youl be in for an awful long ways. >> sam porter is one of the baptist men he is talking about. >> he's the leader of oklahoma baptist disaster relief. volunteers got bulldozers and cleared tornado debris from more than 1,000 homes. i have done disasters all ove d the world. tsunamis, earth cakes. any time there was discussion anyway they are on it immediately. you are always talking about fixing government to never fix we don't stay in our head rebuilt a bleter people roy>> but you don't you need some americans who care. >> they brought in if vodka b - bulldozers and chain saws. >> within days they gave them a new home and built them a storm shelter. the volunteers will install 120 of these for families who lost homes. >> it was a mess out here. they cleaned it up. they cleaned it up and fixed it up and they have done that for our whole neighborhood. >> jason and maddie asked fema for a home loan. they got no response for three weeks then they were rejected. >> all of a sudden i hear ham

only at fema are you guilty until proven innocent. that's fundamentally un-american and something my bill will change. . whether there is fraud or applicant error, fema has full authority to recover funds so the hardworking taxpayers of our country are getting a fair shake as well. lastly the bill is reasonable. it imposes a three-year statute of limitation on fema for these recoupment actions. now there's no limit. they can reach in many years after if they choose to. nearly every other law in the united states is subject to a statute of limitations, and this should be no different. mr. speaker, there are many ways that we can help the survivors of superstorm sandy. and they need and deserve our help. this bill is just a start, but this bill will also help victims of future disasters. i think one of our most important responsibilities as legislators is to listen to our constituents and to find ways that we can improve this government on their behalf, and this is an important step in that direction. i'm hopeful that we can work togeth

afford an attorney or they thought how can i fight a big insurance company that has the backing of femach is the federal government. they represent the true voice in this and tonight we are making their voices heard and one u.s. congresswoman is listening and she is taking action. >> so basically we are living in a basement and this is our living room bedroom, toy room whatever. and don't mind the toys. this is our bedroom, my husband and i and one of our kids. >> reporter: living in their in-laws basement in queens new york is not ideal situation for her and her husband and four children two-year-old anthony and nine-month-old triplets were all born after super storm sandy slammed in their new york home in october of 2012. >> our refrigerator was in the middle of our kitchen. the door to the crawl space was up in the bathroom. >> reporter: nearly 2 1/2 years later they say their home on long island is still unlivable. the main reason they say is because of major cracks in their foundation like this one here that shifted the house. they say their home really needs to be demolished and r

fema grants to disaster stricken areas will be stopped. local fire departments will be hampered. thousands of essential public servants from homeland security to fema to our terrific men and women in the coast guard will be forced to work without pay. now, last week i visited a coast guard installation in newport oregon. this is an installation that is an advanced rescue helicopter and they have five helicopters that work in rotation to make sure that two -- one is in the newport area and a second ready to back it up if it has troubles. and this port, this is a port that has so much sea traffic. it is a deepwater port. it has commercial fishing. it has sports fishing. it has tourists who play on the rocks at the beach and get trapped by the tide. it has recreational swimmers that get swept out by riptides. it has everybody possible kind of oceanfront disaster that you could look for. and that rescue helicopter is very important. and one of the young men i was speaking to is a rescue swimmer. extraordinary individual. does some of the scariest and most courageous work in the world

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the deputy administrator said he is here to settle any and all claims involving fema and sandy. >> fema matters because it is in charge of the national flood insurance program right? >> right. even though private companies issue flood damage, the buck stops with fema. this could be good news for 1500 or so sandy victims who have got litigation pending. but then the question remains what about the countless others who didn't know enough to get an attorney onor felt like it wasn't worth pushing because after a year they were fighting already but somehow gave up. we'll keep investigating. >> erica pitzi, thank you. >>> one top university ban iranian students from taking certain graduate courses and then changed its mind. we'll explain. plus a call for a 9/11 style attack in europe. you'll hear from a hate creature whose rhetoric is making a lot of people nervous. nervous. >> after outrage and much criticism, the university of massachusetts has decided to allow iranian students to take engineering classes. it was just a few weeks ago that the university of massachusetts add amherst said, it

fema, for example, would stop sending checks to rebuild from natural disasters. >> those funds that are for those disasters will still be there, but the people required to actually make those payments to oversee that will not be there. >> reporter: with the clock ticking, late today another senate debate. but no resolution. now, critics charge the white house is overstating the threat to national security just to put pressure on congress, a charge the white house denies. we have just learned senate republican leaders are working to find a solution to end this standoff. lester, stay tuned. >> chris jansing, thank you. >>> meantime, much of the country continues to be caught in the grip of this relentless brutal deep freeze. now all the way south to texas where much of dallas is like a ghost town paralyzed by icy roads. nbc's ron allen is there. >> reporter: a massive 25-vehicle pileup blocked this texas interstate highway as an entire season's worth of sleet and freezing rain, up to two inches, fell in a single day, wreaking havoc. dozens of accidents reported. one motorist killed. the i

tsa officers at airports border patrol and customs agents coast guard, fema workers and secret service agents. overall 80% of workers would still have to show up if congress doesn't fund dhs, but they won't get paid. today, president obama made an appeal to the nation's governors. >> it will have a direct impact on your economy. and it will have a direct impact on america's national security. >> reporter: 30,000 more workers, mostly office staff, will stay home. fema for example, would stop sending checks to rebuild from natural disasters. >> those funds that are for those disasters will still be there, but the people required fo actually make those payments to oversee that will not be there. >> reporter: with the clock ticking, late today another senate debate. but no resolution. now, critics charge the white house is overstating the threat to national security just to put pressure on congress a charge the white house denies. we have just learned senate republican leaders are working to find a solution to end this standoff. lester stay tuned. >> chris jansing, thank you. >>> meantime,

fema, that workforce, must be furloughed at 80%. 80% of the permanent appropriated workforce of fema will need to be furloughed, in the midst of a harsh winter in the northeast and across the south. 80% of the appropriated workforce will leave their post and can only be called back in the event of a real life threatening disaster. we will be unable for the most part to process claims, requests for disaster assistance. that will come to a screeching halt or a snails pace, if we have to furlough these people in the midst of a situation that a number of you around the table face with the winter. as long as we are on a continuing resolution, we also have considerable drawbacks. our grantmaking activity for 2015, new grants, we cannot fund. to governors, mayors, sheriffs and the like. border security is compromised. there are things that may need to be paid for that are not paid for, things the secret service needs to do. the bottom line of all of this is the department of homeland security needs a full year's appropriation. we need a fully funded department of homeland security. you can

most people say fema has more people than that. not a big deal. until you recognize the fact that without that staff we cannot continue to make any payments on outstanding disaster recoveries from any open disaster. those funds for those disasters will still be there, but the people required to actually make those payments to oversee that will not leave there. we will not be able to respond to governors' requests for disaster assistance unless it involves life-saving and property, and only under an emergency declaration. we will have to recall staff if an emergency occurs, which happened in 200013. we had to recall back permanent staff to staff up the operation centers and headquarters in the regions. not only are they not getting paid, they're not there when the country needs them, and they have to be called back. there are real consequences not only to the people that are not part of the 1% not getting paychecks, there are impacts our ability to support the recovery from sandy katrina the colorado floods, you name it, because our ability to cont

rice has a role of overseeing fema ah.he told me the agency need to get going. >> we'll get it done. >> when? >> as soon as possible. >> what about the people who had engineers come out and adjustors say denied from the get-go? >> i think those people were grossly underpaid and now they are struggling out of their homes. what can you do for them? >> every single claim should be reviewed. they should be reviewed. whether they were paid out or not paid out. >> she's skeptical. >> i don't believe anything anybody says until they actually start doing something. just give us our money. we all want to get back in our homes. >> if the congresswoman could make that happen, that would make the mother of four elated. >> just to know the money is coming, would be a huge belief. if the baloney could go away and break ground on my house, would be we're finally home. >> i love you. >> i love you too. >> erica pitzi, al jazeera, new york. >> brazil carnivale comes to a colorful end. the parade was held at the top samba school. controvers

. >> when fema came 6 months later, being turned down by them device, being turned down by every bank twice. >> reporter: around downtown napa 6 months later there, is a mix. some damaged buildings are being restored. others like the old post office remain in limbo. overall, barry martin says the progress is good. >> napa is a resilient community, and because we've had a lot of issues in the past with flooding, we're somewhat used to the idea of recovering from disaster. >> reporter: it was not the only hotel damaged by the quake. >> we definitely saw a dip in our hotel tax. our transient occupancy tax, during that period of time, when we had a couple of hotels being repaired. >> reporter: martin says sales taxes are up, in part, because people bought supplies to make repairs. he says some businesses are taking time to recover, such as a safe way downtown, it is still shut down. as for patricia tremble, her recovery went well. >> i finished our fourth quarter with growth. >> reporter: she credits locals shopping local since the quake, supporting their community. >> this is a great tow

which includes the coast guard the secret service fema, cbp ice, cas -- cis, and so forth. so that is why i of fighting -- why i am fighting for a clean fully funded budget here because there are real consequences to my department's ability to pursue its mission, to our grantmaking to -- grantmaking, to your states, and to homeland security as long as we are on a continuing resolution and as long as we face the prospect of a complete shutdown of my department. >> there is no cover must. >> look, when congress comes back in the town, they will have to decide how to break this. the president has said that he will veto an appropriations bill that comes to his desk that the funds our executive actions to -- that defunds our executive actions. the litigation plays a factor, i'm sure. we have said we will appeal. and that will play itself out. but we just need to break this impasse. i'm hoping that over the covering -- coming week, we'll figure out how to do that. >> thank you. >> thank you, again. this is a timely subject. i appreciate the fact that we are discussing cyber secur

third, approximately 80% of fema's workforce is furloughed. administrative fugate will talk more about that. fourth our about to grant money to state and federal grinds to a halt because there is no money or the ability to process the payment has been furloughed. fifth, service providers and su supplyiers of the department do not get paid during the period of the shutdown. again because there is no ability or our ability to process payments have been furloughed. i would go on and on. overall a shutdown of homeland would have serious consequences and amount to a serious dis disruption in our ability to protect the homeland. for those in congress who may be thinking of kicking the can a few weeks down the road i must remind you of the consequences to this department if we remain on a continuing resolution is severe. we are restricted to last year's funding levels if we are on a continuing resolution and must operate on a state of certainty about when the next invusion of funds will be. it is like trying to drive across the country with no more t

neighbors here want help from fema because they say they live in a flood zone area. homeowners say it is forcing more foreclosures in the area. tonight residents have a chance to voice their concerns. >> i am so sad and depressed about this issue is that i think the final nail in our coffin -- >> residents and realtors tonight say nothing is done about the problem, many homeowners could be finally wiped out. >>> tonight a photographer is focusing on retrieving his run away drone. a few days ago, someone else's drone spotted his drone stuck high on top of an dmoondabandoned water tower. they're going to try a flying fishing rod this weekend. >> coca-cola recognizes that milk does the body good. the company says it has more proseen and less sugar. it is also lactose free. it will also cost you more than regular milk. 52 ounces is $4.59. >> the weight is finally over 55 years after the release of the best selling novel "to kill a mocking bird" harper lee is set to release another book. that book became "to kill a mocking bird." the new book is a sequel to the first book

fema has become the premier emergency management agency in the country. it has earned the confidence of federal, state, and local leaders throughout. in the year that i have been in office, i've personally had the opportunity to observe this at disaster recovery sites. finally, dhs cannot pursue all these important missions alone. i cannot print money. i cannot appropriate money. we need a continued partnership with congress. we need a fiscal year 2015 appropriations bill. at present, dhs is operating on a continuing resolution, which expires on february 27. as long as we are on this, we are restricted to last year's spending levels and cannot engage in any new spending and activities. this means that we cannot pay for the added border security that i talked about. this means that we cannot invest in the things that the independent panel recommended to improve secret service could we cannot hire agents for the upcoming presidential election cycle. we cannot fund new non-disaster grants to state and local governments. mayors, police chief, fire cheese, and

, in the middle of a harsh winter, the funding for fema and the coast guard and the secret service and border patrol agents and customs agents and cybersecurity efforts run out at end of the week. what i have been saying to congress and to the public and to the press we need a fully funded department of homeland security, we need a clean appropriations bill for the department. >> and we understand the response of that but is the president partly at fault? it was his executive action rather than going and letting congress handle this he passed this executive action. why not pull that off the table and let congress handle it in the president has said repeatedly including on the day we announced our actions he would like did have the immigration debate with congress. unfortunately, that has not happened. we have waited for years literally, for conditioning to get to the business of immigration reform. the senate passed a good bill. the house of representatives has not. now, what is going on in congress some want to de-fund our executive actions and do it in a way that holds up the entire

he's got to furlough something like 80% of his fema work force. and so i'm on the hill every day stressing the importance of a fully funded department of homeland security separate and apart from riders to try to defund our efforts to reform the immigration system. if people in congress want to have that debate about immigration reform let's have that debate but don't tie that to funding public safety at homeland security for the american people. we need a fully funded department right now. >> since you mentioned the potential risks, i just also want to point out that in your own contingency program in 2013 nearly 58% of ice agents and 90% of tsa agents have to come to work without pay but they have to come to work. is it really going to be that big of a deal to most of your agency to -- when it comes to the risk of this country? >> yes it is that big of a deal. the department of homeland security interfaces with the american public more than any other department in our government at airports and at ports. to just say well we'll just make them com

third, approximately 80% of fema's permanent appropriated work force -- 80% is furloughed. administrator fug ate will talk more about that in a moment. fourth our ability to grant money to state and local law enforcement which they rely upon for their own homeland security grinds to a halt either because there is no money or the ability to process the page has been furloughed. fifth, service providers and suppliers of this department do not get paid during the period of the shutdown. again, because there is no money or because our ability to process the payments have been furlough furloughed i could go on and on. over all a shutdown of homeland security would have serious consequences and amount to a serious disruption in our ability to protect the homeland. >> that is homeland security secretary jeh johnson talking about what a cut in funding or the stalling of all funding to dhs would do to the employees and the contractors and the service providers and 80% of the fema work force and 30,000 employees. let's go to kelly o'donnell in washington. so time is running out. and

moving forward into 2015, we'll continue to seek discretionary funding d.o.t., fema, any other opportunities that present themselves, including the state of california, with the cap and trade funds and other funds that may be available. we will continue to work towards the formation of the community business district, which will provide maintenance and operation funds for the rooftop park and we'll continue to seek full funding for phase 2 and considering the delivery methoded for methods for that project. with that, i will hand it over to scott. >> hi, good afternoon, directors. we had good outcomes with our community outreich this year and i will give some specificks in a moment. just to start, we of course continued all of our regular ongoing outreach activities. we have monthly community meetings that we held at tjpa the third wednesday at every month at noon in our large conference room. we continue with our ten-day construction outlooks that we send out to nearly 2,000 recipients every week at this point. we of course continue to have a 24-hour hotline that any neighbor as round the si

we didn't even get into the fema employees who would be set aside, god forbid there is a natural disastere doing about stories about threats to the mall of america. >> right. >> it doesn't seem the republicans have a position here specifically on dhs, even if you said aside immigration, how could you not pass this. >> 30 million americans don't feel safe and 60% of americans are fearful of another attack on american soil. that right now sits on the plate of the president. but should republicans bungle this dhs funding and not pass a bill by midnight and the shift will be blamed to us and when we got blamed when we only had the house and you can bet the republicans will be blamed when they own the senate and the house. and i hate to be bleak, it will not get done. >> and you have to be bleak when it is bleak. it is hard to pass the law to suspend funding for the agency, and when the immigration has been put on hold and why not put that moot when it is and that is the irony, is the immigration action is on hold. explain to us this. >> my explanation is the house can't take yes for an answer

but fema, which is part of the department of homeland security was immediately on the scene to coordinate search and rescue operations. congress needs to do everything possible to ensure that resources are available to respond to disasters because landslides have no season, earthquakes have no season, and terrorists attacks have no season. by failing to fund the department of -- the department, congress risks the lives of americans and that is simply unacceptable. now some have said that the most employees will be deemed essential, meaning they'll be asked to do their already high pressure jobs of protecting our communities, without pay. that will be the case for more than 6,000 workers in my state. but fema administrator few gate said a lapse in funding would delay urgent disaster relief services because he would have to call staff back to work while the agency responds to an messagecy. not only that emergency responders who have requested department of homeland security grants would be left without much needed assistance. the watt kin county fire district 18, mostly volunteer force that

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. >> funding for fema the coast guard, the secret service, our border patrol agency. >> reporter: gopmakers may have been handed an easy out when a federal judge stayed president obama's executive orders on immigration. >> we have an exit sign. that is the federal court decision saying that the president's action unilaterally are unconstitutional. >> reporter: if congress doesn't act by friday 30,000 workers may be furloughed and far more critical personnel will have to keep on working pout without a paycheck. nbc 10 news. >> reporter: the father of kayla mueller says the u.s. government put pul policy in front of american lives. carl mueller made those remarks to the "today" show. now, kayla was killed after spending months in captivity under slaumic state militants. her father says he understands the u.s. policy not paying ransom to terrorists when you says parents wants everything done to bring your child home. mueller's parents and brother spoke can the today host and you can watch the interview tomorrow morningon here on nbc 10. >>> another return. how long will it stick around.

fema and disaster preparedness grants, think of this. under the republican department of homeland security shut down 3,260 fema employees will be furloughed. furloughed means stay home and you don't get paid. do not under any circumstances come to work. critical disaster preparedness grants will be blocked. local jurisdictions, for example, in massachusetts, which is inundated with snow, local jurisdictions will be denied the disaster assistance grants they need to deal with the snow. d.h.s. shut down will in terms of secret service will prevent new hires, vital training, and upgrades across the secret service's protective activities, not only to protect president obama but to prepare for the upcoming presidential election. under the republican shut down 30,000 d.h.s. employees will be furloughed. another nearly 170,000 d.h.s. employees will -- made up primarily of frontline security personnel, will have to come to work without pay. that's nearly 200,000 employees that will either be furloughed or asked to work without pay. i don't know

think abt fema. the federal emergency management agency with the weather we've been having. of states are relying on federal funds to help with the clean up. to help with people who are digging out of mounds and mounds of snow. the people who cut the checks are under the department of homeland security. and they may be furlohed if congress can't get it together by friday. the money will be there but the e checks won't. >>> the newest charlie" will be released tomorrow. we can show you the cover saying "here we go again." you can see charactertures. there was a special survivors issue of the magazine. this was the first regular issue of the since he the attack. >>> he's sorry he served in the services. he said it was wrong. he is committed to the ongoing effort to reform the va. he took office in last year. >>> marijuana is now legal in alaska. less than an hour ago at 12:01 alaska tim became legal. adults 21 and older can have up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants at home. 53% of voters in alaska approved the ballot measure in november. >>> a d.c.-based laws

. >> and time for fema coast guard, secret service, border patrol agents -- >> may have been handed an easy out this week when a federal judge stayed president obama's executive orders on immigration. >> we have an executive sign saying that the president's actions unilaterally are unconstitutional. >> if congress doesn't act by friday, 30,000 workers may be furloughed. and far more critical personnel will have to keep on working without a paycheck. brian moore, nbc news washington. >> new details tonight on possible problems with trains hauling crude oil or ethanol across the united states. federal government previkt those trains could derail an average of ten times per year over the next two decades. that could cause more than $4 billion in damage and possibly kill hundreds of people. coming to light this week after a train loaded with crude oil derailed in west virginia and sparked a fire federal officials say trains need stronger cars better braking systems and other safety systems. fight now, they are fighting a proposal that would allow trains carrying thousands of gallons of cru

200,000 essential employees across dhs who still have to be on the job, tsa officers border patrol fema workers and secret service agents, won't get paid without new funding. unable to agree on a long-term solution, the house voted on a three-week extension for dhs but unexpectedly couldn't come up with the votes. >> the joint resolution is not passed. >> reporter: new york's police commissioner, who dealt with ab isis threat just this week says congress is playing a dangerous game. >> in a city that is arguably the number one terrorist target in the world, we are very dependent on federal funding. >> reporter: and anything short of fully funding dhs, including a proposed three-week extension, means new grants don't get approved unless there's a disaster like a hurricane. a lot of that grant money pays for local emergency response, from surveillance cameras and explosive detectors to firefighters, oxygen tanks and haz-mat units. on capitol hill frustration growing. voting exposing a rift within the republican party over whether to fund homeland security without attaching a provision tha

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fema, that workforce, must be furloughed at 80%. 80% of the permanent appropriated workforce of fema will need to be furloughed, in the midst of a harsh winter in the northeast and across the south. 80% of the appropriated workforce will leave their post and can only be called back in the event of a real life threatening disaster. we will be unable for the most part to process claims, requests for disaster assistance. that will come to a screeching halt or a snails pace, if we have to furlough these people in the midst of a situation that a number of you around the table face with the winter. as long as we are on a continuing resolution, we also have considerable drawbacks. our grantmaking activity for 2015, new grants, we cannot fund. to governors, mayors, sheriffs and the like. border security is compromised. there are things that may need to be paid for that are not paid for, things the secret service needs to do. the bottom line of all of this is the department of homeland security needs a full year's appropriation. we need a fully funded department of homeland security. you can

that's when you know what fema is all about. that's when you know what homeland security is all about. and that's why we must continue to fund this important agency. madam president, it's my hope that we can come together to pass the shaheen-c mikulski homeland security appropriations bill. we should never play politics when it comes to protecting our homeland. and that's why former homeland securities secretaries of state from george w. bush and the obama administration have come together. tomorrow ridge and janet napolitano agree on the need to pass a bill, what we call a clean bill and in most places where you need to know, anyone watching on c-span that says what are we talking about a clean bill, it goes through the laundry machine? this is a bill which focuses on what it needs to focus on which is funding homeland security and doesn't have other provisions in it on other bills. this bill should not have those kinds of things on it. this bill is about homeland security and we shouldn't be shutting down our security over pol

somebody like isis. 30,000 workers will be furloughed if that happens, that includes the majority of fema workers who spent the last two months on winter storm response. >>> today people in montgomery county have the chance to talk about conversations with their commissioners. this is the first time the discussions will happen mean the public and city leaders. >>> the owner of the flowertown tarmer's market plans to close the building home to more than a dozen vendors. the community and vendors are fighting back with an online petition to keep it open. tonight officials will take a vote to rezone the property. >>> we took a vote right now to keep the temperatures we have at this hour because it's warmer now than it's going to be during the day. a strong gusty wind is bringing in some colder air. and ice is forming already in some of the suburbs as temperatures are already below freezing. that arctic blast will continue to bring temperatures down in the 20s this afternoon. and then tonight we're on our way to another round of record cold temperatures. right now 14 degrees in mount pocano.

fema recommends allowing faucets in your home to drip just a little to prevent pipes from freezing. then, be sure to open the cabinet door under your kitchen and bathroom sinks to improve the circulation of heated air near those pipes and if you can, keep the garage door closed to eliminate the drafts. something we are going to want to try to implement all weekend long. >> yep. >> it is freezing! >> tomorrow afternoon for a while, it's going to get in the upper 30's. not going to be too bad. when the second arctic front comes through. >> sunday. >> it is going to get brutally cold and dangerously cold, too, with the wind chill. let's get started and tell you the story right now. >> good news. >> bright sunshine out there but temperatures plenty cold. it's 19 right now in cumberland and in gaithersburg. 23 at quantico. 22 degrees in baltimore. 24 at reagan national airport. that's part of the story. the other part is really what it feels like outside because the persistent northwesterly winds. it feels like 9 at reagan national. feels like 7 in manassas. these wind chill values will

funding runs out to include majority of free ma worker worker workers who have spent their work on fema. >>> and a man who just recently retired from the police department he shot his wife and daughters. >>> and police are trying to track down a murderer. someone shot a 54-year-old man twice in the chest in a home on south 22nd street before noon yesterday. police have not made an arrest or commented on a possible motive. >>> well, the weather could be to blame for underground explosions that blew open a manhole cover and forced an evacuation in philadelphia. smoke filled the streets of 15th and locust in center city yesterday. look at this video here one of our producers shot this. peco says the grounds fire in one of their cables caused the explosion popping the manhole from its base. officials closed the area and evacuated a building because of high levels of carbon monoxide. >> due to the recent cold weather and melting today could be affecting electrical water, gas services. it does have an effect. >> now officials on the scene took more carbon monoxide readings to show safe levels

those fema grants will bring $2.6 million to the state. some of the money will go towards fixing up generators at palisades medical center in north bergen. the rest will be used to repair the police station and borough offices. >>> well the snow and ice and bitter cold may be getting a lot of people down. we get that. >> we understand. but a local artist, he's hoping that his work will lift your spirits a little. even though you're looking at ice. a thick piece of ice in fairmount park caught the eye of sculptor don harrison at montgomery and martin luther king drives. he decided to transform the ice into the shape of a goddess. and here is her shape. we found him working yesterday. >> everybody's down you know about the weather and how it's so cold. so i figure why not give people something to smile about? >> he's transformed himself into a bit of an ice sculpture. drivers passing by were enjoying his masterpiece and with cold temperatures sticking around that sculpture won't be melting any time soon. >> i like his intent putting a smile

. >>> and homeowners met with fema to discuss flood insurance last night. many live in a flood-prone area and the cost of insurance is skyrocketing. that is forcing more foreclosures in the area and driving down property values. >> i am so sad and so depressed about this flood insurance issue and the economishish ishishic ishishc issues that i think it's the final nail in the coffin. >> if nothing changes, many homeowners may be financially wiped out. we'll keep you posted there. >>> and today the world gets a first look at a very private pioneer for civil rights. next, the display being unveiled today. and a push for peace. the steps philadelphia is taking to get workers the extra benefit. >>> and we continue to follow breaking news out of norristown montgomery county. firefighters are still on the scene, still putting water on this apartment fire. heavy smoke is coming out, 21 people seeking shelter now because of this. several people injured. nbc 10's jesse gary has a live report coming up at 4:30. stay tuned for that. [ female announcer ] business trave

the department of homeland security pushing resources from custom and border protection and fema to theonfident we will have a safe and secure and successful event sunday. >> at the stadium every bag will be checked and person screened. individuals without proper tickets will not be allowed on the premisis. it was the most watched event on television. jay johnson said there is no credible threat. all of these provisions is so the story is the big game. cnn, glendale, arizona. >> one thing clear, they want to see footballs flying in the air at the superbowl. the f.a.a. warns operators to keep drones away. the nfl said the league is finding drones at stadiums. they will have explosive teams to swoop in. drones won't be allowed within 30 miles until well before the game and after it is over. >>> a company analyzing on line sales says the average ticket is $3,600, which is $1,000 more than last year. that's actually cheap. some went for $25,000. tickets are selling like hot cakes. >>> pablo sandoval has today's look at this. >> he can't seem to sit in his seat. his dog watches the australia

crippling fema's preparation for future disasters. furloughing nearly 22% of fema personnel. and ending fema's training activities with local law enforcement for weapons of mass destruction events. although some d.h.s. employees could continue to work in the event of a shutdown, they would be forced to work without pay, creating a significant distraction and dealing a direct blow to morale. among those who would be affected and expected to protect americans without getting paid would be more than 40,000 border patrol agents and custom and border patrol agents, more than 50,000 t.s.a. aviation security screeners, more than 13,000 immigration and custom enforcement law enforcement agents and officers, more than 40000 active duty coast guard military members and more than 4,000 secret service law enforcement agents and officers. holding hostage funding of d.h.s. for the purpose of overturning the president's executive actions on immigration is wrong. president obama was forced to take action because of the inaction of this house to consider a bipartisan comprehensive immigration

the department of homeland security is massive, created in the wake of 9/11 it includes fema, the coaster patrol, secret service and the tsa. what happens if the dhs is shut down? out of the nearly 230,000 dhs employees, 200,000 of those are still required to show up for work. they are classified as "essential. we need them to keep working because they keep us safe. even without funding, our national security is probably not at risk. the people protecting us will be working pro bono. none of those essential workers will get paid until congress passes the funding bill. the lapse in funding will affect more than just paychecks. dhs. training thousand -- dhs will stop training thousands. the office that processes immigration applications will remain open because it's almost entirely funded by application fees. it does not need money from congress. >> u.s. federal court found palestine authorities liable for supporting six terrorist attacks committed in israel. gary is the managing partner of the law firm that bears his name and his co-lead counsel -- welcome to "bottom line." thank you for

homeland security of our country, the homeland security of our country, whether it's firefighters or fema or anything that comes in contact where the federal government comes in contact with people, you are standing in the way and using immigration as the excuse. for some of you, it may be a reason. maybe for some of you, but some of you, it is an excuse and for all of you, it is the shame. one of the gentlemen said if we accept the senate language, we aren't living up to our responsibility to have a bill in the house and then you expect them to accept your l language? doesn't it hold true both ways. why do you expect them to accept your three-week language. do you not understand the legislative process, this constitution which we value has the legislative branch, the first article of government, the legislature, preeminent. president can't sign what we don't send him in temperatures of making the law. he can take executive action, but the law is stronger. let us honor our responsibilities and stop, stop standing in the way of protecting the american people. it's about the security of the

including fema workers. >>> a deadly bomb blast today at a rally. the blast occurred in a city that is outside the conflict zone. a procession of several hundred people were marching when a bomb exploded. two people were killed. four people have been detained in connection with the bombing. more than 5300 people have been killed since last april and today john mccain said the u.s. and allies failed the ukrainians by not providing them arms. >> being slaughtered. their military is being shattered. this is a shameful chapter. i am ashamed of my country, my president and myself that i haven't done more to help these people. >> despite the violence a cease fire appears to be holding. this weekend they exchanged 191 prisoners. both sides pledged to remove heavy weapons from the zone over the next few days. >>> search for survivors is on after 48 people died when a cargo ship hit a ferry. the ferry was carrying 140 people. many passengers are believed to have been trapped inside the ferry. half of the bodies pulled from the water are women and children. t

number one fema efforts -- fema is a part of the department of homeland security. fema efforts in massachusetts to develop a preliminary damage assessment for disaster relief funding may be interrupted. the people in my home state of massachusetts are suffering from the second-snowiest winter in our history. we have endured more than eight feet of snow. those snowpiles are climbing even higher. sea walls to protect our shores are crumbling. roofs are collapsing. homes are being destroyed. small businesses are shuttered while owners struggle to make ends meet. cities and towns across the commonwealth have overspent their budgets by tens of millions of dollars responding to one snowstorm after another. but instead of the relief that should come with the assurance that assistance is on the way, the people of massachusetts have to worry that this republican-manufactured government shutdown threat is jeopardizing this critical assistance. the last thing the people of massachusetts should have to worry about is whether their disaster assistance will be delayed by the pol

the actuaries at fema can set them right. you know who won't let them?our elected officials in congress won't let them. listen, you should pay what it costs for this insurance policy or we'll move your house higher on the hillside. they say we'll make sure they don't charge you anymore money. we'll hold your rates down. they get reelected. stossel: that's what happened last year. they debated phasing out these subsidies, i expected democrats and fools in the media to oppose that, and, of course, they did. >> the national flood insurance policy program is an important policy to -- >> you can count on them to support bigger government. republicans supported it too. >> well, you vote in favor of the 61 billion-dollar sandy aid bill today? >> yes, i will. we do need -- this is the national flood insurance program. it is something promised by the federal government. >> a shutdown of flood insurance, even a temporary one would do tremendous damage to our struggling economy and our nation's fragile housing market. stossel: more money, more free stuff. more para

so homefully people will -- hopefully fema of people will -- hopefully people will stay inside and stay out of trouble. >> reporter: there's the view on sky 6. there's the center city skyline. we have snow showers approaching from the west. we'll flip it over to double scan live. you can seem the shades of white and gray. far western suburbs lancaster reading, west of allentown a few flakes. those are not the squalls, they are the snow showers. the squalls arrive later in the day. 16 in reading # in allentown. poconos, 14, millville, 28 and wildwood 30. there's the arctic front knocking on the door. clouds rush in. overnight low dropped into the teens most locations. 79 clouds will prevent the temperatures from climbing too high later this afternoon. with most areas below freezing a brief, heavy burst of snow moving in, you get the idea it will create tricky travel temperatures later on. this is the arctic air mass that's moving in here. international false 16 below. look at this windchill. 35 degrees below, 25 below in sault st. marie. that's the air mass that will travel south and eas