homeless on the home front. let's get those who fought so bravely for america off the street and into stable housing for good. 49,933. that is the government's most recent estimate of how many american veterans are homeless on any given night in this country. nearly 50,000 men and women who served their country are living without a roof over their heads. it's a situation that many americans find shameful. some experts say the real number of homeless veterans is about twice that figure, 100,000. whatever the number, the experts agree it's about 11% of all homeless adults, but here is the good news. the fish estimate of homeless veterans is down by a third from 2010. tonight i am going to look at how america is trying to eliminate homelessness among veterans entirely and the obstacles it faces. the obama administration have helped. the efforts have jumped from about 2.4 billion dollars in 2008 to 7 billion dollars in the fiscal year. here is how michelle obama explained why it makes economic sense in cities to end

the idea of giving housing to the homeless. and brings the numbers down by 33 prd. >> steng lass now-found urgency in finding a home. >> his wife cannot return to a life outdoors. she has cancer. when i think about her, i'm too old to cry. it's important to get a place, so she can be with me. it's been three months, and he is still without a home. despite an effort to streamline processes. it involves a lot of red tape. >> they help a lot of vehicles, but are not etirnt with the one. on a day a western is ready to get off the street. they need to respond. >> ryan runs an organization in charge of 9 city's efforts. >> sometimes we have systems that cause them to wait. they lose that hope. >> they had housed numbers since january. but will likely not meet the deadline. delays and lack of economy. >> housing is not cheap. there's a stigma attached to the population. >> peep it going. i'd say in a laundry mat. i wouldn't let anyone know of my situation. >> they found out how gripping the bureaucracy could be. thinking the v.a. woul

talking of course about homeless veterans. homeless vets make up about 12% of homeless population. another 1.7 million vets are at risk of becoming homeless. department of veterans affairs teamed up to try to meet the goal of no homeless american veterans, that goal will not be met but homeless veterans have declined 33% but there's still a lot more to do. this weekend, al jazeera america takes olook at the work of one grat rootgrass roots organizati. here is a look at the documentary shelter. >> i went out to iraq in 2009. and we got bombed every thursday. they would lop off rocket rounds, more tar rounds, whatever they had. -- wifn of those rounds hit three or four guys and i think one of them survived, i don't really remember, kind of burnt my memory with meth to try the forget about it. but we lost three guys, three mps. you talk about numbness. when i got back i had no fear, period. i wa would walk into the middlef the hood, to get weed to try to calm me down. >> how did numbness equate with the using and eventually with thought having a home? how did that dynamic play out? >>

, who are homeless, in fact, are the majority of them homeless with their families, are they run a ways have they aged out of foster care, been thrown out of the house? >> wow. great question. it's all of the above. that really is the answer. and fortunately covenant house through outreach and through awareness is an answer to that. so regardless of where or what circumstances have brought you to be disconnected or to be homeless, you can reach out to covenant house for an hasn't. u)jtelante, when you were in florida -- >> yes, ma'am. >> -- up to age 20 -- >> yes, ma'am. >> -- what were you dreaming of doing with your life? did you go to school? >> yes, ma'am. actually, i finished high school and i tried to pursue college. it was just a tough time because i really didn't -- i didn't know myself, i didn't know my family. so tso -- >> did you have a support system? >> yes. yes. it was a nice -- a nice family, they were really good people. so i give them credit. >> but you wanted to be with your biological family? >> yes. and that's a big -- that's a big part of it also. kids going to fost

back to the temporary homeless shelter. officials are still working on finding a home for that this year. they say they're getting cllser, but aren't publicly announcing a ocation yet. in iowa city, mark carlson,,kcrg tv nine news. joe has a final look at our forecast coming up... stay with tv9. hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giging you 50% more datata than verizon a a at&t for the same price. but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? no. u.s. cellular sized data. good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! switch to u.s. cellular and get 50% more data than verizon and at&t. plus $400 per line. see ya soon. special needs continues. we'll explain why the school district says it's out of their hands. and we'll see how the mount vernon football team is preparing for theher state title match game. that's tonight at 6. tonight at 6. recapping today's top stories, the national weather service says a microb

celebrates 50 years, also, what are the issues facing our homeless population, and what the state can do to fight the growing crisis. but up first p last week's terrorist attacks on france have brought to the forefront many complex issues around how the u.s. should respond with the war on terrorism. the resettlement of syrian alienation that enables radical groups to recruit. we've invited an interesting panel that consists of bill keeler, who is a professor of international relations and history at the party school of global studies at boston university. also award winning and published photographer, who was in paris at a book signing just hours before the attacks. over the past two years she has been photographing the syrian refugees. lastly we have olivia picks. he is born and raised in paris and he is an independent international consultant based in cambridge who has also spent time in africa and can lends son light on the challenges of integration of december enfranchised groups in the countries such as france or u.s. , let me start with you. as a, -- what are you feelings about

before it was a story about homeless people. i wanted to make a romance and i thought, well, if i want to make a film about judgment, what will it be like if i put two people together who are on paper just unforgivable, the things that they have done, unforgivable, but introduce them to you before you learn that about them as an audience. you fall in love with them, then reveal this thing to each other and the audience, and make you love them again and forgive them. so that was the sort of -- that was the sort of -- the idea. i think that for tahir, it's an unbearable idea. his child was ripped away from him. the very idea that this woman has chosen to leave her child alone is abhorrent to him. they're very much -- in almost a very real way, he is the person that took her husband away from her, or somebody very similar to him, which caused her to fall so slowly, you know. >> rose: take a look. this is a clip of them having dinner in a house in which they're squatting. here it is. >> i am barefoot. a man's shoes didn't fit. i fou

karen: give us an overview of the problem with homelessness in boston and particularly homeless students. >> homelessness is an ongoing issue in boston. especially in the north dorchester, roxbury area, where project hope is located. some of the more recent statistics show that over 40% of families in our state' s shelter system come from that vicinity, karen: i would imagine that for a young person, being homeless, not having a particular place to go to every night to do homework or specific meals, can be disruptive to your schedule and your emotional health. >> yes, definitely. that is what teachers are finding. it affects students' attendance and attention span. sometimes students are late to school, miss school, as families -- as their housing is disrupted. karen: the no child goes homeless program steps in. tell us about the program and how project hope interacts with the program. >> this is our fourth year working with the program. we are working with three schools in the neighborhood. the orchard garden school, the w street neighborhood charter school, and the dearborn stem academ

neither of you being homeless, did you want and -- did you want to and go to spend time at a homelessul: after i made the decision that that's what it was going to be about, i went and spent time with the coalition for the homeless. they are an extraordinary group. they are real-life angels on the streets of new york. they deliver food. they provide advocacy. they provide education. they also provide an extraordinary summer camp for the children of homeless families, to offer them some respite. script, butted my also got me out on the street meeting homeless people -- i was very intrigued -- the last act i wanted to be hannah against bureaucracy. i was really interested in finding out what bureaucracy is in place to stop a needy person getting what they need. if you read the literature, well, there are no homeless people, there are no needy people. if you read what is available to you. but there is absolutely bureaucracy in place, which we play on in the film. haslie: "marble -- marvel been very good to both of you guys, hasn't it? paul: yes, it has. anthony: no question. charlie: the

of the 6,600 people that are homeless live in san jose and unsheltered. sleeping in the streets, on tents, in cars or homeless encampments and 79 unsheltered people are children or young people under the of 18. in fact, kids and teenagers make up 9% of all homeless people ina clara county, but with 6,500 people on the streets, clearly not enough shelters for everyone. so, this is a very relevant conversation which will continue even after these folks pack up their tents and sleeping bags and go back home and there is a discussion. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> so cold out there, too. >> even more powerful thing to do as kari has been talking about all morning. temperatures in the 40s. >> as we head towards sunrise, so, we are now in the upper 30s in the east bay and the north bay 35 degrees and south bay where it is now 37 degrees downtown and willow glen 39 degrees and morgan hill now at 40 degrees. so, bundle up and crank up the heater as you go out the door. and now looking at 69 degrees in los gatos for the high today and also in p

3 administrations have talked about how to solve homelessness but we have not seen that attempts to pickup people in helicopters and shift them off to the bay area to what we have now the on the navigation center is an interesting model some of the other folks an interesting idea for sarpgs and necessities for folks in the at the there are a lot of ways we need to be tangibly the problem of homelessness in san francisco the first to treat everyone with respect and take the housing first policy housing can only be within the city limits something on a regional level and look at it how we can manage housing in the in fill and get people into the places and work with the services to get them back inform the society. >> thank you. >> mr. severing man. >> roughly 10 thesis policy on the streets in and roughly airbnb rentals. >> i'm just saying (laughter) but i live in selma my neighbors are homeless people he see homeless people and talk with them their people when is current administration said we're going to have a big party in san francisco a preparty before the part of super bowl we

per capita we have four times as many homeless people than san francisco. >> nearly 10% of sonoma's homelessll river town. the number is three times the national average. carts and sleeping bags are common sights. long time residents like mark emmet are fed up not just by what they see on town sidewalks but by the things just out of sight. >> this is what we're dealing with right here. >> reporter: in a culvert several wooded feet from the town's main streets. >> we've got couches and chairs and tables. >> reporter: remains of a recent homeless encampment. >> one of the things i see is clothes. >> reporter: leading regular volunteer cleanups of trash left by the homeless. >> i don't even know what to do with it. it's overwhelming. >> kitchen sink. >> reporter: when the rains come much of this debris will wash into the russian river. >> this is a tragedy. it makes people out here feel sad. every winter the town opens a homeless shelter in the veterans building. the rest of the year hundreds of homeless live here in a sprawling tent city on the river's edge. >> i wouldn't choose to live like t

starting on monday a new program for the district's homeless students will help about a dozen homeless students get to school. horizons and the neighborhood transportatio n service to make that happen. n-t-s will provide one bus route for those students. the district hopes to expand the program since they say it means more to students than you may think. "it's always optimal to help our homeless students not feel different or isolated from their peers. so giving them a chance to still ride the bus, even though they might be living in a hotel or in a shelter or at a transitional housing - i think is just a way to help them normalize the experience. the district says it will pay n-t-s 170 dollars a day for the ten students who are in this new program. that will create a savings because the cabs cost 300 dollars a day... 30-dollars for each student. in des moines, a handful of homeless men will see their own handy work on display tonight for the first time. drake university students gave about a dozen homeless people disposable cameras - and told them to document their lives. it's part of

made up of former homeless members as well as people who are currently homeless. he got off the weeks to come off the streets three months ago. >> unbearable. i just cannot take it anymore. >> ianymore. >> i have been chasing the homeless situation in new york city for a while now. the population keeps going up. the mayor's office just gave me the statistics. the number has doubled since 2010. bill: that is exactly opposite what they were saying a year ago. >> when i was down they're looking around i kept saying, where is everybody comeau what have the police done to scare the homeless out of the subway system. i said comeau why not go to a shelter. >> being in so many shelters , low to medium security prison. >> i reached outi reached out to the mayor's office, and they sent us this statement. constitutional approaches. they havethey have invested 1 billion more over the next four years to address homelessness. bill: last year the mayor was pointing to success saying we reduce the number of homeless and the overall number was going up. it turns out they were were

homeless, someone has lost a job, someone has a mental illness.ebody has addiction problems, but who am i to judge. how easily it could be me. anthony: he became more complex than he originally was. when i first read the script, i was impressed by the level of humanity and a giddy paul put into these -- dignity all put into these characters. joined boko he haram. he became a terrorist. that, he leftom his country and came to america and tried to find asylum here. he never truly got over the loss of his wife and his child, who were killed and mutilated right in front of him. realizes his solace, his ticket into heaven is this young woman he comes across. he realizes that if he can save her, he can possibly save himself. charlie: why did she need saving? : when we meet her, she is a woman who doesn't know how to be in this world, how to be in life anymore. she is not quite able to be here and she's not quite able to let go. she is tethered i something and we discover what or who it is. she is someone who experienced loss and tragedy in her life. it

s homeless numbers have jumped by 20% since 2014.he federal government has recently released its own assessment, saying l.a. has the highest number of chronically homeless people in the u.s. but the major has not declared an immediate state of emergency, despite an earlier announcement that he intended to take the unprecedented step. his office didn't say why he is not moving forward now, but said in a written statement: >>> for itself part, the city council has agreed to add more beds to its winter shelter program, while also allowing people living in cars to sleep in designated parking lots. more than 70% of the city's homeless population are without shelter? >> if you walk down skid row you wouldn't think you are living in america. >> reporter: in october this city council member who's district includes skid row told al jazeera he thinks an emergency declaration is needed to increase funding for housing. >> what we have right now is clearly not acceptable. it is something that has been neglected for many decades here in the region

ground zero is kentucky, where a study found 5% of students are homeless. now after leaving the shelter she lives with her mother. >> i started out. i was a skin head. i couldn't do nothing for anybody. >> the official number of students in kentucky fell from 20,000 to 7,000 - not because there were fewer of them, but the state no longer considers foster children homeless, they they often move from one shelter to another. >> we are, number one, more for families. >> reporter: homeless students score lower on tests and miss more school. then there's the psychological trauma. >> they deal with depression. they can't be like everyone else. they don't have a home. people make fun of them. they are bullied in school. >> the homeless students that find a shelter are the lucky ones. >> anywhere they can find shelter from the elements. >> kiarna and her sister lived without electricity. their parents coped with addiction. >> they are going to get mummy's attention now, all of my attention. >> every time. >> they are in a shelter, a hotel turned into a haven for the

homeless youth. >>> it's 5:43. this morning we have new information on that russian plane that went down in egypt. why experts say the evidence points away from a possible missile strike as the cause of that accident. plus, cashing in on the election. we'll explain how one local woman landed 10 grand just by casting a ballot. homeless youth. we'll explain how one local >>> we have new information and new video from that deadly crash of a russian jetliner over the weekend. these are new images. intelligence says it detected a heat flash at the last known location saturday but no evidence of a missile strike. it also said that none of the passengers or crew showed up on a terrorist data base. the jetliner was flying from a resort on the red sea to st. petersburg russia. >> a former casino could be used to house syrian refugees. glenn straub owns the building and is willing to let the people stay while the legal battle continues. straub has been trying to reopen it but lawsuits have prevented that. stra

d'andre carter, homeless: "but i have been applying. i do have my income coming from being out of foster care, but i try to take one step and it gets homeless: "having rapid someone who has a people are still, it's really hard for us to find a place." on monday, christine with some low income representatives. and if the meeting goes well, they're hoping to have a new home. christine griffin, homeless: "as long as we keep the campsite clean, we're hoping that they're able to leave alone until we're able to get into a place." but in the meantime, they'll continue to lean on each other. d'andre carter, homeless: "it gets depressing where you just want to give up, but you know you can't." sabrina: over the weekend, the campers got a well-timed delivery from the nonprofit care for camps. the group brought them new clothes and food to help in the upcoming colder months. if you'd like to help out some of the homeless in des moines, care for camps is still seeking more donations. you can find more information on how to help at we are iowa dot c

areant to share where we with homelessness, as you can see by the chart, veteran homelessness is down from 2010 two 2014. it is down 40% for chronic homelessness. this is because of the president's strong support and his focus and funny we have received. -- funding we have received. funding is important for traditional --transitional housing, employment and job training. since 2008, funding programs benefiting homelessness have increased 170%, from $2.4 billion to $6.5 billion. about a lot more than just money. spende to know how to that money. we have learned what works and very importantly we have learned what does not work. we have settled on evidence-based strategies, they are here on this chart. housing first, what a beautiful strategy. the hierarchy of needs, we need to get the lowest level needs out of the way first so we can work on the other needs of the veterans. we do not get a veteran under a roof there is no way to work on treatment. so temporary housing is the most important thing to do first, then deal with other issues that may have caused homelessness. second, no wron

the city feels that homelessness is functionally zero.n that. >> they've been able to find housing for just about 1300 homeless vets and families, which is great. still some people who choose not to come off the streets. they don't want to be in the shelter system or temporary house organize even permanent housing. that's what they mean by functional zero. what they do know, in terms of the city and its office of supportive housing, they know everybody's names. anybody out on the streets, know their names, know where they can fine them, reach out to them. >> making progress. take a look at numbers. a closer look how veteran homelessness has changed from 2010 to 2014. number of homeless veterans dropped 33%, amounts to 50,000 on any night. administration says one of the biggest factors in veteran homelessness is mental illness and posttraumatic stress disorder. this problem has become troubling for veterans who served in war since 9/11. reason study from the v.a. shows veterans deployed in twars had 30% higher rate of homelessness. the cit

nikki a group of homeless people facing eviction earlier this month... is still trying to find a place to live. we have an update on their struggle to find a new home. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: a group of homeless campers faced the possibility of being evicted earlier this month. the campers told us they weren't sure where they'd go if they were forced to leave. local five's jacob peklo has more on their quest to find a more permanent place to live. jacob peklo, studio: "as the calendar flips to november, a group of homeless campers at sacred heart is hoping the winds of change will blow their way soon." bret bell, homeless: "it's been a little depressing out here. i'm not going to lie. i mean, with the weather, it's been rainy and wet and cold." a few weeks ago, the campers at sacred heart were looking at the prospect of eviction from the des moines woods. natural sound: "you want to help?" christine griffin, homeless: "we haven

it is even more difficult for a civilian to bring themselves up out of homelessness but the programs are there to help if the people want to put in the work. elizabeth: now marking a year in his own apartment with a steady job, wesley's setting an example to inspire others, even receiving a special award from local shelters this month, and reminding us all there's a lot to be thankful for. >> just think about how fortunate you are to have the things you need. and family, friends, the ability to be together. elizabeth: in des moines, elizabeth klinge, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. alyx: wesley kuehl was one of five recipients of the 2015 opening doors awards in the metro, a special recognition for overcoming homelessness. here's a live look right now at moines. it is currently 30 degrees in the metro. thursday's rain is now ice. you are waking up to crunchy >> the weather is never more than five minutes away. still waking up to pretty cold air. we have seen single digits for wind chills and this is going to continue to chill out for us throughout the morning. the wind increasing fr

but the homeless and their friends didn't want to go. they're left with one big question... " 11:01:30 where do you want us to go now?" " 11:15:34 that's why we are going to city hall. we don't know. we are not trying to leave a footprint. we are not trying to hurt anybody. we are keeping live." the group brought its concerns to the center of town - writing make-shift signs on pizza boxes to draw attention. nats? they hope this encourages the city to take action to provide more shelter beds and to let them live in peace. i spoke with waypoint this afternoon. that's the organization that coordinates who gets open beds at area homeless shelters. the group says shelters have been mostly full lately. but officials say while that's a need, they're focusing a lot of their efforts on finding long- term housing for those people. bruce and beth? thanks, jill. an english teacher in fairfield is receiving recognition as iowa's top educator... coming up, hear where he draws his inspiration from so he can help his students succeed. after a quiet nigh

kevin: highlighting homelessness. a new photo exhibit at drake university looking at the issue through a new lens. >> it's always in the back of your mind, you'd never forget it. stacey: stratford residents remember, 10 years after part of their town was destroyed by a tornado. first at 10:00 fired up from the , republican presidential debate, a fiery donald trump speaks in iowa tonight at iowa central community college. kevin: kcci chief political reporter cynthia fodor has been in fort dodge where trump spoke to about 1200 people. cynthia: in a fiery speech, donald trump seems to go after everyone. the media, president obama, even his fellow republican candidates including ben carson. people lined up. trump came right out of the gate taking on his hottest topic -- immigration. mr. trump: i have a plan but i don't want to tell isis what it is. cynthia: he bashed his fellow republicans. mr. trump: i'm telling carly, whatever her name is, would you stop cutting in? cynthia: especially ben carson. mr. trump: did anyone

and mayor de blasio hopes to fill them with homeless people very soon. reporting live in times square, katherine creag, news 4 new york. >> all right, kat, thank you. >>> let's talk about money. new information on the number of people caught shopping online. the horror, well, they're at work. can you imagine? >> bill griffith joins us now from cnbc's global headquarters with that and a look at the markets. that's how you get the fancy ties, i know, bill, you're shopping at work. >> as i'm speaking with you ladies, i'm shopping for sweaters on amazon. >> oh no. >> let me get to that in just a moment. first the rally continues on wall street. the expectations of a rate anybody. the dow at the highs of the session up 139 points. we will get some fireworks at 2:00 when the minutes from the most recent fed meeting will be out and everybody will be pouring over it looking for hints on what the fed's intentions are for that meeting in december. meantime, food giant is splitting into two companies. one will be called conagra brands, it'll shell chef boy ardee an

she was walking down the sidewalk, a homeless man began to approach. she looked at him to make sure he wasn't a friend or someone who might need something. and as soon as she walked by him, that's when the attack began. >> and it was terrifying. it was terrifying ordeal. >> when he finally stopped attacking, she did something remarkable.&- in fact, you could say it was right out of an ncis script. >> i took a pen and i immediately drew a picture of the guy. because i didn't have a camera. i didn't have anything. and then my -- i text my buddy next door and james came over an he took a photograph of the picture i had drawn. >> once i knew she was okay, i went -- i just got in the car and drove down the street. >> with the sketch in hand, pauley's friend came here to this 7-eleven in hollywood and saw a homeless man, identified him then took a picture of him. sent it to pauley who was with police at her home. she id'd the man as her attacker and the police came down and arrested him. 45-year-old david merk was arrest ond a felony battery charge. >> she d

why homeless people are moving in as well. some of the richest cities in u-s are right here in the bay area. =vo= according to bloomberg, san jose is number one. >>> some of the richest cities in the u.s. are here in the bay area. according to bloomberg, san jose is number one. bridgeport, connecticut, second. san francisco third. san jose earned the spot because it's home to silicon valley tech giants. san jose is the most financially productive city in the country by far. its economic output nearly double the national average. >> well, good but not good enough. berkeley is reducing greenhouse gas emissions but not enough to meet a self-impose d goal. the city cut greenhouse gas emissions by 9%. not bad. the goal berkeley set for itself is 33% by the year 2020. next year the city will solisit ideas. >> we'll be seeing the rain come back in. >> a few changes in the storm system but i think we'll get rain drops in the next 72 hours. a beautiful shot across the san francisco bay. the bay bridge lighting up very nice tonight. we'

"the face of homelessness has changed drastically. now, instead of being a single guy, drunk or whatever, now we have families, babies," said alice mollett, siouxland coalition to end homelessness. to put a dent in that number, hundreds of siouxlanders came to night for the annual siouxland sleep out. "there's no place for "we've seen an increase n the numbers of homelessness, the fact that housing or it's very limited." as the opportunity to experience homelessness first hand, raises awareness and money in the community. "they might not have anywhere to sleep, so we're supporting them," said lacy barger "homeless need help with getting food and shelter and people need to be aware to be homeless," said matthew christian. "we're going to sleep in some boxes tonight, we're going to build a castle to lay siege to homelessness," said alec devries, a junior at morningside college. hoping sleeping outside results in siouxlanders sleeping inside. >> while there's 300 people that may be sleeping outside in the siouxland area on any given nigh

challenged many mayors across the country to make sure all us mayors do we we can to he said the homeless of vets we'll do that in san francisco i want to thank our source of hours sharing michael are you are a wonderful agency and working on homes for heros on office of the city administrator it's street and residential hostilities of hotels lying ever like the one on kearny center the that is yet again another great model today, weer identifying that we have about 200 and 70 homeless veterans we're going to houses by the end of the year and identifying housing unit but asking for more help we're going to be helping help from the federal government we need to make sure that those vouchers that our veterans get have the opportunity value that is reflective of the kinds of housing costs our vets are facing even though we have perhaps enough of those vouchers to go around they don't reflect the high cost of living that's why we're advocating with hud and the freshen to increase the value 0 so this bmsz a more valuable thing the other part to request we have a deeper commitment by the proper

to having rent free housing to being homeless again. he violated housing rules. a group tried to help by linking ingram with a graduate who offered him an apartment rent free. they have reskinned the offer claiming ingraham hasn't communicated with them. he said he needed more time to talk to his family. >>> a maryland regional hospital has a work group trying to save it. they'll put together the group to come up with a new plan for laurel regional hospital. the hospital is planning to end its status as a full service hospital. prince gorges county mayor craig mo said a plan is needed to make sure the county's residents are getting the health care they deserve. more than 100 employees from the hospital have already been laid off. >>> the memorial bridge and key bridge are both in need of repairs apparently. tens of thousands of commuters use them to get between d.c. and virginia every day. there are delays, lanes, sidewalk closures to deal with at the memorial bridge already. the key bridge has been deteriorating for the last 30 years.

it finds out why this person is homeless. and we know that there are at least six different reasons for homelessness. and each person's reason has to be addressed if we're going to change the pattern. >> that's right. i know homelessness has been a focus of the interfaith council but most recently, affordable housing has been too. and that's been an important part of your work lately. tell us about that. >> tell us how we got started. >> well, we got started because of robert rice's documentary "inequality for all." a group of clergy got together and the archbishop's hope to look at that film. and decide what if anything the faith community could do. we came up with the idea that housing was the most important issue facing our city. and it was defined by the bishop -- the episcopal bishop as a central housing. what does he mean by that? essential housing for teachers for nurses and for social workers and for firefighters and for police. people who are essential to our city. but who are being priced out. >> yes. >> what we rea

aafter a huge fire in -- homeless after a huge fire in paterson, new jersey. it started in the back of a house on north 4th street and quickly spread to two other homes. one firefighter was hurt. and the red cross is assisting. >>> a raging fire at a new a mother to throw her baby to safety. it happened as she was urged by a police officer to drop the into his arms. girl. mom was also able to jump to safety but she was shaken by the thought of what could have happened to her daughter. hands. baby? >> yes. he was just like, drop it, drop it. so i was so scared that he will not catch her. >> well, the family pets could not be saved. her daughter was examinenned and is said to be okay. >>> police on the hunt for two suspects in the robbery of a foot locker store in brooklyn. one man pulled a box cutter and then both grabbed clothing worth more than $2,000 and ran off. >>> we have been covering breaking news out of paris all morning. we will go live for an update. >>> plus, highs and tragedy. an arrest in the egg of a toddler. >>> a long island village unvailing n

the district's homeless specialist says many are shocked to hear how many students are affected by homelessness in the district. "last year we had 620 homeless students and that's pre-k through 12th grade." the district says this nts van will also mean more to younger students than you might think. ... "it's always optimal to help our homels students not feel different or isolated fromm their peers. so givvng them a chance to still ride the bus, even though they might be living in a hotel or in a shelter or at a transitional housing - i think is just a way to help them normalize the experience. in cedar rapids, jill kasparie, kcrg-tv9 news. the district says it will pay neighborhood transportation services 170 dollars a day for theen students who are in thiinew program. that will create a savings because the cabs cost 300 dollars a day... 30-dollars for each student. turning now to weather and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, when will the strong winds die down? strong winds diminish for the end of the week leading to a beautiful weekend. this is not to say we won't feel the wind ononfriday, bu

we have a lot of youth homelessness in various areas. >> the groups gather donations for homeless shelters in the city. the nbc 10 digital team spent two months following youth homelessness and their reports took them from the streets of philadelphia to the city's homeless shelters. what they found was eye opening. you can check our nbc 10 app to see our special project the faces of homeless youth. >>> it's 4:38. millions of migrants continue to risk their lives with no clear place to call home. >> ahead could the jersey shore serve as a safe haven? what's behind a plan to turn this now closed casino into a place refugees could call home. also. >> burgers with a side of fisty cuffs. a brawl breaks out. >> 4:38 and chilly 51 degrees in the city. the suburbs are starting off in the 40s. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast just ahead. >> 20 minutes before 5:00. sunshine will be bright but at this hour the temperatures are still falling. with clear skies, they are going to come down another couple of degrees before warming u. 48 degrees right now at philadelphia. the wind completely cal

. >> a majority of families dealing with homelessness at such a young age, from rape to their parents, not knowing their biological parents, one of the things we wanted to do is making sure we have the necessary equipment and trying to provide services to those families. we serve a number of families who come from our local domestic violence shelters and serve families who are recovering. so our goal is to make sure we have the background needed to support them and provide those specialized services, whether we can provide that within our facility or connect back out to our community partners. >> they get transitional housing with the program? >> absolutely. >> they've been through the emergency phase of their experience? >> yes, most of the families come in from another agency. we provide them housing for up to 24 months. and during that 24 months, we really work with them on vocational skills and employment, we now have a housing specialist that will work with families when they come in. so they can identify what resources, permanent housing, long term supportive housing that might

d'andre carter, homeless: "but i have been applying. i do have my income coming from being out of foster care, but i try to take one step and it gets shot right back down." christine griffin, homeless: "having rapid rehousing and someone who has a felony of 12 years old, people are still, it's really hard for us to find a place." on monday, christine griffin hopes to meet with some low income housing representatives. and if the meeting goes well, they're hoping to have a new home. christine griffin, homeless: "as long as we keep the campsite clean, we're hoping that they're able to leave alone until we're able to get into a place." but in the meantime, they'll continue to lean on each other. d'andre carter, homeless: "it gets depressing where you just want to give up, but you know you can't." weekend, the campers got a well-timed delivery from the nonprofit care for camps. the group brought them new clothes and food to help in the upcoming colder months. if you'd like to help out some of the homeless in des moines, care for camps is sti

mayor, will you take a quick question about the homeless? maybe the mayor didn't want to be asked about his admission earlier on a morning radio show that his greatest failure was the city's crushing homeless problem. >> i did not explain to people well enough what we were doing >> reporter: he also is coping with criticism from his own bratton. >> i think a mistake that the administration made early on was not if you will validating what we all were seeing, the problem was increasing. >> reporter: the mayor admitted he needs to do a better job of explaining the problem. for months and months, we have showing pictures of a homeless man taking a bath in the fountain at columbus circle, pictures of the homeless sleeping in train stations, the woman begging with her dog and two cats, but some homeless advocates say it's more than just explaining the problem. it's doing something about it. they question his focus on building permanent housing saying it will not address the problem now. >> what the mayor should have done, the solution, was to hav

homeless person with a professional photographer.et's take a look. >> that is what i see every day. someone laid out like that and people walking by like that. offve been on the street on over 10 years. i am in transitional housing. come sit inside. come here. >> this morning we went out with jonathan and he absolutely loved shooting. >> this is where i woke up. this is where i went to sleep. we call this the case because we could lock ourselves in at night. >> he took us to places that were very important to him. where he slept, where he stayed. with people who do not have homes, people make all kinds of judgments about them. so for jonathan it is important to share his personal experiences of where he has been , to show you who he is. >> this was my corner. i want you to take a picture of me. i used to sleep back here. good, got it. working with jonathan you understand his circumstances. how hard it is to get out of it area quick site struggled with alcoholism. it makes it easier to be out there if you can just -- my family does no

"while we were homeless they ended up going and evicting us from the bridge. we got housed and we decided we were going to spend the rest of our lives advocating for the homeless."he stressed to the mayor the importance setting a goal for the long term, but also finding something to help in the meantime. "i think we opened the mayor's eyes to basically a problem he didn't realize was as big as it was." in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. a university of iowa police officer is pulled out his checkbook instead of his ticket book during a recent traffic stop. and the positive story is spreading. officer don strong recently stopped a car for having a broken brake light. he found six kids inside the car, and they didn't have the right car seats. rather than write tickets, officer strong decided to take them to wal mart, where he bought the family four new car seats. he then installed them for the family in the parking lot. strong says he was just doing his job. " trying to change people's perception of what a law enforcement officer does, we're not all o