. >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in hackensack, but this time with a twist. >> and you will see that they are very close to their moms and that's why i call them mama's boys. >> my mom is afraid that she is going to bury me. >> i am not afraid because of lack of sleep, it's because of lack of toughness. >> a young couple discover they're addicted to more than just drugs. >> i am addicted to every drug i put in my body. >> and they have developed a method of communicating unlike any we have seen before. >> a-s-a-p, asap. please get me money asap. >> we are on the same wavelength. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> and we once again give them cameras to record intimate details about their lives. >> if thomas were to kill someone, i would be right next to him hiding the body. >>> the 40,000 or so residents of quiet hackensack, new jersey, can visit the glitz and glamour of new york city in less than an hour, but on the outskirts of downtown hackensack is a place where compelling drama plays out every day. there are about 900 men and women in

while some consider it a suburb of new york city, hackensack has its own character and faces its ownhallenges. you can find examples just outside downtown, at the bergen county jail. >> he's cleared. >> while some of the men and women incarcerated here have been convicted, most are only charged with crimes and are awaiting trial and the resolution of their cases. >> this is like country club compared to my county. >> william bernard might disagree with the country club description. except for a brief stay for driving with a suspended license, this is his first extended stay in jail. bernard says his four months here have caused him panic attacks and worsened his stuttering. >> like i would stutter sometimes when the anxiety level would get real high on the outside, but nothing like on a -- like on a daily basis to where guys on the unit would be making fun of me because that's just, you know, the way i'm talking every day. i guess some people look at you and don't like you for some reason. they just target in on you, and a lot of them have been in there for 10 months, 12 months. so t

> well, police say with man failed breathalizer and two field is he bright tests. >> i lived in hackensack so that does in the surprise me. people drive crazy up there anyway. >>> we will be light back but as we go to break a reminder our joy of sharing toy fest is in full swing and we invite to you take part. bring a new toy to our studios at 1555 hamilton street, toys will be donated to children in need across our region. >>> visit cbs philly.com/toy if he for complete list of the toy drop off locations and details on upcoming events around the area. >> rahel, one of those events will be today we will collect toys at wilmington university from three to 6:00 p.m., meteorologist chelsea ingram will be there and we hope you can join in on the fun, we will be right back. >>> ♪ >>> our dj has katie singing over there in the weather center right now, a man is fishing in florida when he catches something, a giant lag ger head sea turtle. >> giant. an effort to save turtle fight began and all caught on camera this began monday afternoon turtle weighed around 300- pound and 5 feet long, a line be

he is being treated at hackensack medical center. >>> president trump will deliver a speech outlyingis foreign policy. he will focus on his policy overseas. he will not name climate change as a national threat as president obama did in his final year. >>> a little boy's act of glen roft -- generosity came full circle when he gave up a christmas gift. he wanted an xbox, but asked for the money to be spent on blankets on homeless people. a microsoft store saw the story and decided that mica needed to have something in return. >>> "action news" goes along for the ride as police call on santa for a very special prechristmas delivery. ♪ whoa! the mercedes-benz winter event is back and you won't want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho! lease the cla250 for $329 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. fast-moving house fire in brooklyn, new york killed a woman and three children. authorities say the victims are members of the same family. a 40-year-old woman, 11-year-old boy and 7-year-old boy, 3-year-old girl dead. five other people in the home

police in south hackensack, new jersey, pulled over the driver saturday.hen they asked her, about, hey what's up with the sign stuck in your car? she says, what sign? she didn't even know it was there. police say it somehow got stuck in her car when she was driving in secaucus about 20 minutes away. here's a shocker for you. they arrested her and she now faces dui charges. >>> a major kipp diplomat out of washington, d.c. >> i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> president trump beginning to fulfill campaign promise. pledging to relocate the us embassy in israel. it adds another layer to an already complex situation in the middle east and volatile situation. both israel and -- israelis and palestinians claim jerusalem as their capital. but neither has been recognized until now. >>> here at home, philadelphia's jewish community cheering the president' as announcement at the klein life center in rhawnhurst they gathered around the television to watch history for more than 20 years the us government ta

this cell phone video captured after mirror swinging back and forth at her job in hackensack , new jersey. derrick pits, chief astronomer at the franklin institute, says the gee owing gentlemen of this part of the country allowed the quake to impact a huge area. >> the bedrock that underlies all of the soil here extends up and down the east coast fair agree. so, any kind of vibration of this kind of magnitude that occurs in that bedrock can be felt up and down the east coast. >> pits says earthquakes in the region tends to happen every few years, just that they're not powerful enough for us to feel. now, the richter scale goes all the way up to ten, so while 4.1 is strong our area, nothing what they experience say in california. but just enough for all of us -- >> i was up on a ladder putting up my christmas tree and i thought what's that? >> and we're so happy you're okay. >> i remember thinking it was 5:00 i need to go to bed. i'm getting light-headed. i feel like the builds something moving herement then later on i saw pat gallen's tweet and i thought oh, okay, that's what it was. >> s

five two-year old woman was driving for about 8 miles, in south hackensack saturday with a traffic sign sticking out of her son roof. police say maria vasquez was drunk and said she doesn't know how it got there. >> i have never seen anything like it. when i pointed it out she said i didn't even know that was there. there was glass on the inside of the car and top of the car. >> what? yeah. police say woman failed a breathalizer and two field sobriety tests. >> in surprise there. >>> fortunately no one was hurt. she doesn't remember how a sign got in there. goodness knows. >> she has bigger problems now >> that would have been a way bigger issue a little bit left >> i'm confuse by all of that. how does that happen, drunk aside that is a problem too but how does that happen. how does it come through the sun roof? >> we have a lot of questions. >> anyway, give south answers with the weather. >> yes, you know, we're still dealing with the left overs of the front that came flaw yesterday still making its exit out to sea. we expected this early morning rain, pretty light rain at this point a

nurse regina captured this cell phone video of mirror swinging back and forth at her job in hackensack, new jersey. derrick pits, stief astronomer , says theology of -- geology allowed the quake to impact a huge area. >> the bedrock, soil here, extends up and down the east coast to a fair degree. so any kind of vibration of this kind of magnitude that occurs in that bedrock can be felt up and down the east coast. >> so here is a fun fact. prior to last night the biggest earthquake on record in delaware happened in 1871. officials say yesterday's 4.1 earthquake tide that record. probably long time before it happens again. >> well, hopefully, or next time i'm feel it. thank you. >> you know the most recent earthquake felt in our region was back in august of 2011 when a magnitude 5.8 quake shook most of the east quake. centered northwest of richmond , virginia, it forced buildings in center city to be evaculated even shattered some windows on highrise buildings, as well. >> well, turning to other news this morning, philadelphia police have it'd add teenager they say was brutally murdered

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she drove eight miles in south hackensack this weekend with a sign just like this sticking out of thenroof. she failed two sobriety >> she didn't even know it's there. >> how do you not know the sign came through flying through your car? >> i don't know. how this. ghost ship washes ashore on the west coast. the powerful reminder in the empty boat. mother nature's destructive potential. >> the flu vaccine is 10% effective this year. coming up why a local doctor says it could be life saving. >> and we are on the countdown. listen in. [music] that is the united states marine band warming it up for the capital christmas tree lighting at 5:30. we will go out and listen to them. they sound great! ♪ michelle: we have learned that the flu vaccine may only be 10% effective but it's still important to get it. >> i try to be healthy. take care of the immune system. >> that is not enough. according to a specialist. >> it does not give you influenza. it does not cause the flu. >> common myth cleared up but it's true that the flu season in australia is over. and the vaccine was only 10% effective.

. >> a dangerous drug makes a comeback in hackensack, but this time with a twist. >> and you will seet they are very close to their moms and that's why i call them mama's boys. >> my mom is afraid that she is going to bury me.

nurse captured this video after mirror swinging back and forth at her job in hackensack , new jersey. >> derrick pits, says the geology of this part of the country allowed the quake to impact a huge area. >> the bedrock that under lies all of the soil here extends up and down the east coste fair degree. so any kind of vibration of this kind of magnitude that occurs, in that bedrock, can be felt up and down the east coast. >> earthquakes in this region tends to happen every few years, it is just that many are not strong enough for us to feel them. 4.1 magnitude yesterday's quake, ties the record set in 1871 for the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in delaware. now we all have cool story to tell, you can get it. shirts. >> i survived the earthquake. >> right. >> i was on my ladder, putting on my christmas tree, and i felt like a little, i need to go to sleep. i'm feel like things, getting little wobbly here. >> like me every day. >> well there is isn't the first time we've felt an earthquake in our area. you may recall back in august of 2011 magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook most of