. >> reporter: for former army mechanic jason houston, it's been ideal. >> it gives me a place to come when i need to release stress, which is quite a bit. >> reporter: the theft is being while there are no arrests yet, they have strong leads. racing for vets was able to recover two of the tires and they continue to get the ride ready to race. eric waxler, abc action news. >>> president obama is using an executive action to end solitary confinement in federal prisons for juveniles and low- level offenders. advocates of prison reform have been pushing informer this change for a long time, arguing the punishment has lasting mental effects. now the u.s. attorney general is explaining how the president can have this decision. >> we now have years and years of review of experience. we also have years and years of discussions from inmates who have been through that particular type of housing. and so we have now a great body of knowledge about the collateral consequences of restrictive housing. >> now, along with the new rules for solitary confinement, president obama is adopting new principl

and black will stay in oakland for now, and we have reports from houston and the reaction from mark davis himself, and reports from jason appelbaum. >>> announcing a program that will pay off for the fans, and the vice president of community relations. >>> tomorrow will launch the start of the oakland restaura week. we will tell you what is being served up. >>> playing the raiders anthem and looking live.>> the autumn wind.>> we will start to talk with the raiders as we welcome you into the 9. we are talking about the fact that the raiders are staying in oakland for now. let's talk about this decision. were you surprised? >> i was not surprised it happened, but surprised happen yesterday and not today. that speaks how badly they wanted that team in los angeles, so i am surprised that it happened yesterday.>> and we will bring in heather holmes who is live in houston. what did mark davis have to say about the decision from yesterday? i know that several reporters tried to pin him down, but he would not go there.>> reporter: no, he would not comment at all as to where the team may be playing after 2016. good morning, from

jason carroll, thanks so much. >>> also happening at this hour in texas, a houston man charged with providing material support to isis. he is set to appear in court. he's one of two iraqi refuse geese who were arrested yesterday on terrorism-related charges. the other man is a sacramento, california, resident. law enforcement officials say the two allegedly communicated with each other about weapons training in syria. >> cnn justice correspondent pamela brown following the story for us. pamela, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, john, these two men, 24-year-old omar al hardan from houston, and 24-year-old al jayab from sacramento, both from iraq, living in the u.s. as refuse geese and accused of lying to immigration officials about their alleged ties to terrorist organizations. one of these men, al jayab, allegedly traveled to syria to fight along terrorists. hardan is accused of providing material support to isis, according to the criminal complaint. these two men were in communication with one another online. they allegedly discussed things like weapons training in syria. in fact, al jayab allegedly offered

jason: the storm pattern will return active yet again. its time to enjoy some milder weather before it happens. we have a ridge in the jet stream. 60s in dallas and houston. upper 50s in lubbock and oklahoma city. that weather will get nudged northeast. that system will head east and eventually it will bring rain with it. friday, 70% chance of rain. it won't rain continuously all day. but much of the day we'll have 40% chance of any lingering moisture. then we get in to sunday. right now it's a 50/50 toss here between rain and snow. right now i'm thinking mostly just a light event in terms of any rain or snow. what does come down as snow will likely accumulate in higher elevations at this point. there's still time to watch this. things can change. wind chill down to 33. thankfully the wind is much lighter than it was today. it's calm now. whereas just last hour the winds were up to 13 miles per hour in greenville. the sun has set and that wind has calmed down. 43 degrees right there. warmer winds will turn from the southwest and help bumum our temperatures up in to the 50s the next couple of days. at least tomorrow for asheville and across the western no

jason: here are the matchups for this weekend' s afc wild card playoff games, pittsburgh at cincinatti. that is the late game. kansas city at houston. you can see that game right here on channel nine on saturday. denver and new england are the top two seeds, respectively and both earned byes. the patriots will host the highest remaining seed on january 16 at 4:35, either the bengals, texans, or chiefs. espn is reporting that chip kelly has reached out to the san francisco 49ers, interested in their head coaching job. kelly was fired by the eagles on december 29 with two years remaining on his contract. in three seasons with the eagles, kelly went 26-21. the monarchs dropped two of three games to greenville over the weekend. two of them went to a shootout, including yesterday' s 3-2 loss. they play at adirondack on wednesday. they have three straight road games coming up, all division game so it' s a big stretch for the monarchs. tom: still to come on news 9 tonight. shelley: new england is rooting for another ring for the patriots. but what are the pats' odds for winning super bowl 50? find out, coming up. this epidemic of gun viol

jason: we are getting a look at new video this morning of some tense moments above the houston come on up to the tv to see this. the windows are there on the 71st floor, these folks were washing them, and their scaffolding system malfunctions. it caused the platform to point at a high angle. rescuers placed a rope around them to bring them through a window. they are safe. amazing rescue. michelle: 6: 18, amy. we have been waiting for winter. we have it. amy: oh, yes, it is here. not only is it normal, it is seven -- several degrees colder than where we normally are in florida. for all of you complaining about the heat and wanting the cold air, it is here. make sure the kids have layers, maybe some mittens and a hat. i know that seems a little silly if you' re from up north, but florida kids are not used to this. this is above -- this is colder than our average good with a the actual air temperature. so far, we dropped to 34 in ocala. notice how that sucks up to our average low temperatures. mid-to-upper 40' s is where we should become an instead, we dropped even colder than it appeared

houston that concludes wednesday afternoon. it is possible that the gm is waiting for the national championship game to be over. possibly make a run at nick sabin. i'm thinking more of jason waiting for the outcouple of the patriots chiefs game this weekend. it's possible, he could be targeting josh mcdaniels. mcdaniels has turned down owl interviews as the patriots get >> an alabama win would be four national titles in seven seasons. that's unreal in this day and age. for clemson, their first national title since 1981, with that title a perfect 15-0 record. no team has ever done that. here's the coaches, sweeney, talking about the status of his big defensive end, lawson. >> we expect him to play. hopefully, he will be able to perform and play to the level we all know he can. if not. coach sabin will cancel the game. we'll have to keep playing. put the next guy in. >> it's a big game. there is no doubt for everyone who has created an opportunity to play on both on both sides. have you to focus on the neck play and do what you have to do to help your team be successful. >> in the ap poll, down 19. u conremaining number one. -- aac player of the week, up for national freshm

houston loses j.j. watt, then chiefs lose wide receiver jeremy plaquelin, he'll have an mri on monday. this game wasn't close, chiefs moving on 1-0. dirk cutter was interviewed by the 49ers. jason light conducted his second interview. met with sean mcdermott in charlotte. everything is pointing to cutter being the bucs top choice. defensive line comb joe cullen was denied the right to talk. lloyd and haley. have. that's going to do it for the fox 13 11:00 news. >> have a great night. realtime closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company realtime closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company during this extended visit from your extended family, all you want is a peaceful moment to stream your show. and you need enough bandwidth to share with a full house of hungry users. lightning internet from bright house networks. and now connect to... premier tv, 15 megabit internet and hd-dvr service... only $92 a month

saturday, kansas city place in houstonà plays used in -- houston, and also the packers game will be here at at 1:40 pm. >>> we have our sports anchor jasonelbaum, and you will be busy yesterday, a today, and a big story.>> let's face it, we will be busy up through the fight for the super bowl. and now we had a chance to question them about it since this was announced after the media had left. and that is how the 49ers did business. this had to happen for two reasons. jeb york needs to go up there and say he made a mistake, and that is basically what is saying by firing jim tomsula. it probably was the right move. he is a nice guy, and probably not cast for the role of head coach. the defensive line coach, and players love them, but in terms of the man that can lead the team into the future, and coming back when the stadium is bent half empty, you have some -- has been half empty, you have some problems. >> having a problem is it going to be to bring in a big name coach?>> we are hearing some big names, and you guys mentioned sean payton, the new orleans coach, and he has two years left their, -- there, and they would probably have to giv

reporter jason, part of the prisoner exchange with iran announced on the day sanctions were lifted on that country as part of the iranian and this video shows three of the iranians just preloosed in houston. this is a swap that's already sparked controversy on the campaign trail. we start with former secretary of state, hillary clinton, who is in charleston this morning. good morning, secretary clinton. after this prisoner exchange senator marco rubio said, quote, if you take an american hostage, barack obama will cut a deal with you whether it's bergdahl now what he's done with iran. your reaction to that? >> well, i think it's just typical political rhetoric, overlooks some very basic, important issues, number one, we always try to get americans back who are unjustly held. i certainly did when i was secretary of state. and when i was a senator i advocated for the bush administration to do the same for people who have been unlawfully held in foreign counsel trees. secondly, the important news agreement to put a lid on the nuclear weapons program of iran is being implemented. iranians have so far fulfilled their side of the bargain by destroying centrifuges, shipping out 98% or so of the

houston, we have a problem. complications to say the least for a space x rocket. >> lift off of the falcon nine rocket with jason sunday's launch near los angeles successfully put a satellite into orbit but the racket made a hard landing, breaking a support leg and then toppling over. this was the fourth failed attempt to land a rocket safely so it could be reused. we have more on the next steps for space x. >> an unnamed barge in the pacific ocean shakes as the booster stage of a falcon nine rocket comes in to land. one of its four landing legs failed to deploy and the booster falls over. space x has been testing its landing technology since april last year. the private company's eager to make its rockets reusable. each costs $16 million and until now crashed into the ocean after each launch. space x managed a successful controlled landing in december. that custody down on land was a world first. the company says reusable rockets will dramatically cut the cost of space travel and make new and ambitious missions to explore the solar systems possible. the landing attempt was the second part of a mission which ear