it weighs about 100 pounds and took him a year to build it: (( jeff barnes, droid builder: "i've been a fan forever you know? the opportunity presented itself and i was like why not?" "now that the new movie is out there's probably going to be more." )) ((brian loftus)) barnes takes the droid across the country to comic cons and fan gatherings. he says he's in the process of creating an r2- d2 replica. /// let's get to sherry with a look sherry swensk .................. temps are mild with the overnight clouds. right now we have a lot of 40s again. .................. the humidity is high now after we've had a few round of light showers that started early yesterday morning. this first system is now exiting east... and making way for a larger and california. ............ heavy rain is slamming the coast and there are lots of winter storm warnings and flood watches for california today and tomorrow. ............ then we are expecting the snow to pile up in our local ............. a winter storm warning for our and lasts until tomorrow morning. ............. rain lasting through the week

jeff barn reports. >> reporter: this executive order signed more than five years ago by president obama lace out guidelines of how all federal employees decide which documents get classified. the original classification authority determines that the unauthorized disclosure of information reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security. >> any information that is in those documents by definition classified. so you are not supposed to convey that information through a nonclassified source or median. holmes, former assistant secretary of state under george w. bush, unless a federal agency pursues a declassification process, the day will remain marked and classified. but mrs. clinton maintains the e-mails in question on her personal server were not marked classified. >> it doesn't change the fact i never sent or received any materials marked classified. >> reporter: dr. holmes said an unclassified e-mail can later be classified after being sent, but it is rare when the information threatens national security. he said if the documents were marked classified and thos

. >> caused a firestorm on how our government agencies are communicating. jeff barn talks to agent, and how clinton's case seems to raise more questions than answers. >> and this executive order signed more than five years ago by president obama lays out guidelines on how federal employees decide what documents gets classified. the original classification determines, unauthorized disclosure, reasonably could result in damage to the national security. >> getting information by the documents, by definition, classified. you're not to convey the >>nd an under former secretary of state under george w. bush. unless the federal agencies, the data will remain marked and classified. they maintain the e-mails on their personal server are not marked classified. >> didn't receive any material marked classified. >> doctor says unclassified e-mail. and it's rare when it threatens national security. when it is classified and markings are classified during secretary clinton's tenure, they will likely delete it. >> and the intelligence community has any levels of highly classified e-mail systems, includ

jeff barn breaks down where each of the top candidates stand on the issue. jeff: two weeks before the caucus season, they are on the attack on the issue of gun control. >> i insist this president if he could get rid of the second amendment he could. >> guns don't pull the trigger. people pull the trigger. >> there is a reason gun owners of america endorsed me in this race. >> the top candidates agree enough laws are in place to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. the focus should be on mental health programs. all fully support the second amendment. >> in any republican primary everyone say they support the second amendment. unless you are clinically insane. >> donald trump heard the message loud and clear. trump the mogul used to support longer background checks for firearms. now trump the g.o.p. candidate has gone to the right. >> every republican candidate is trying to come out with a more extreme position on gun rights than the other. >> the top democratic presidential candidate favor some sort of gun legislation with very few differences. >> it's tim

. >> reed: national correspondent jeff barn has reaction from leaders on both sides of the aisle to find out if the president laid out anything new in the war on isis. >> they pose an enormous danger to civilians. they've to be stopped. >> reporter: president obama talking about the war on isis. one political expert says his speech was less about policy and more about rhetoric. >> just seems like president obama, for whatever reason, doesn't take it as seriously as the rest of us perceive it to be. >> reporter: some republicans feel america is down in a holding pattern in the war on isis. until there's a change at the >> it's going to be now even worse for the next 12 months or 11 months as long as he's still president. >> the president last night talked about isis as though it was a marginal event. i believe it's at the core of what we need to do as a nation to keep us safe. we need to test troy isis. we can't contain it. >> reporter: some lawmakers say the fault lies with congress. that congress should go on the record and vote yes or no to declare war on isis. >> we need to send a mes

national correspondent jeff barnes sat down with them to analysts to get some into tonight. >> reporter: four months he has spoken his mind. >> i will build a great, great wall. >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime, they are rapists. >> reporter: with the caucus just two is awake, donald trump is still maintaining his gop lead in most political polls. with thursday debate under his belt and no damage done in his performance, analysts believe the trump bubble will not be bursting anytime soon. >> based on history one would think trump had not -- would not have endured as long as he has. >> i don't think we were wrong about donald trump, i think we were wrong about his voters. >> reporter: experts layout two main scenarios that could still hurt trump. one is at the field shrink, the large number of undecided voters will gravitate to the other gop candidates, and then level the playing field. or the scores of trump followers will stay home on election day. droves, they might not take it question. trump is clearly savvy in the debate arena. >> reporter: and thursday debate, s

. >> jeff barnes talks to experts about that sensitive information and what it may mean for the clinton campaign. >> this letter from the intelligence community inspsptor general the top lawmakers on the hill last week as reported first by fox news states mrs. clinton had e-mails about special access programs or sap's will secretary of state on her personal server. as a piece of often intelligence gathering programs run by the pentagon and the cia. >> there is nothing more secret. this is it. this is as severe as it gets as regard to the critical information. >> it's so sensitive that certain intelligence community request -- additional access above top secret just even look at the documents that are on secretary clinton's personal server. >> secretary clinton has repeatedly said her use of the server was permitted by state department rules and e-mails were not classified at the time. clinton campaign spokesperson says -- pointed the finger to partisan politics. it is alarming the intelligence community continues to selectively leak materials to hurt literally -- pillar really -- hillar

. >> jeff barnes has reactions from the leaders on both sides of the aisle. >> they pose an enormous danger thth have to be stopped. >> president barack obama talks about the war on isis in his but one political expert says his speech was less about policy and more about rhetoric. >> it just seems like president doesn't take it as seriously as the rest of us proceeded to be. >> some republicans feel america is now in holding pattern in the war on isis until there is a change of the top come november. >> it's going to be now even worse for the next 12 months or 11 months as long as he is still president. >> the president last night talked about isis as though it was a lot -- marginal event. i believe it's at the core of what we need to do as a nation to keep us safe. stop safe. we need to destroy isis we can't contaiaiit. >> but some say the hawk flies with congress . congress should go on the record and vote yes or no to declare war on isis. >> we need to send a message to the american people that we stand with the president. >> still other democrats thought mr. . obama's message on

i'm jeff barne reporting from washington. >> if convicted trantor faces up to eight beers and al hardan faces 20 years behind bars, both looking at a maximum fine of $250,000 each. >> although arrests have been made there are other terrorism related things going on, including an egypt pick allison starling has more from the terrorism other desk in washington tonight. >> from the terrorism alert desk terror arrest in california and texas as well as the isis inspired attack on a philadelphia officer are leading headlines there are other terror investigations underway around the world as well. in egypt to tourists were staffed during an attack on a hotel in a resort city the suspect are expected to have arrived by sea and carried isis flags. police shot and killed one of the suspects. the two tourists who were swedish were hospitalized picked this comes one day after a terror attack in cairo new the pyramids. no one was hurt in that attack. from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i'm allison starling. >> the house benghazi committee announced the names are testifying behind closed doo

jeff on -- jeff barn reporting. >>> swimming may seem like a summertime activity but thousands of people across the country argue that january 1 is the perfect day to take a dip or at least the polar plunge. >>> but first, what better way to bring in the new year's with we follow-up on a fire -- a when wach news continues. >>> news at 10 with dana fulton. >>> welcome back. fireworks were not the only thing booming this new year's eve. their sales were as well. >> everyone wants to come in and see something that goes up in the air and makes a big boom. >> reporter: new year's marks one of the busiest times. a business that has been around for 60 years. >> we're kind of worried that the rain would keep people away. i think the kind of stayed away for the biggest part of the week. >> as casey says, regardless of rain, people still came to buy on new year's eve. >> we had our -- we actually have a lot of business. >> their top-selling product -- >> the assortments that we packed ourselves. issuer, the 5999 seem to be the top seller expect he had been has a -- top seller.>>> he has >> when cu

but as jeff barnes found the number of the u.s. is growing at an alarming rate. millions of motorists use the more than 610000 bridges in the united states. most drivers are unaware of the frightening state some of the spans are currently in above and below the structure. >> you have more traffic going over bridges today than you used to. >> they have taken a pounding through the years. experts say many u.s. bridges are danger dilapidated. >> a function of government is maintain infrastructure. the road and the bridges. >> lawmakers assessed the damage to the bridges from 2005-2014. the g.a.o. report found nearly 25% of the nation's bridges are considered deficient. 10% are considered structurally deficient. this means they are in poor condition. nearly 15% are considered functionally obsolete so that means the design is no longer up to date with the heavy traffic pattern. >> they are in poor condition in some way or another. so a lot of bridges. we are talking about 150 bridges deficient in some fashion. >> how could one in every

republicans have little interest in doing anything about gun safety. reporting from washington, jeff barn. >> guns in america is the topic of a national round table issue that will be streamed live on local 12 at 7:00. >>> and good evening, everybody. let's start here. clear skies across the area. clouds will increase tonight and you will see some light snow as we get into tomorrow morning. when the light snow falls, temperatures will be well below freezing. and surface temperatures will be well below freezing. any snow that falls will be able to stick on untreated surfaces. if it starts to snow at 5:00, 6:00, in the morning, and snows until noon on and off, you could better bet, there will be some traffic problems somewhere. we're also talking about a storm for friday. very little consensus on the storm, but i will tell you what i know at this point. 18 degrees right now. the dew point at 2. usually the temperature will fall to the dew point. the clouds will be increasing. i think the temperature will down to about >> with the next storm system heading our way. here's a live look. and he

jeff barnes built a real life 3-d version of the "star wars" droid r-2-d-3. the blue and white r-two-d-two may be more widely known, but this yellow droid was briefly seen in "the phantom menace." the creation is remote- controlled.... and weighs about 100 pounds. it took barnes a year to build it. plenty more straight ahead on morning... nervous flyers, listen up! the world's safest airlines are revealed... but did your favorite one make the grade? we'll tell you which airlines are giving you a glimpse into the future... we've got some of the products set to debut at this year's cosumer

. >> jeff barnes build himself a droid from the ground up, he chose the yellow and white shiny r2 r2d23 which had about 15 seconds of fame in episode 1. the r 2 unit is made from resin and what is this? sis treen? sigh reen. what is that? weighs 100 pounds, by the way. took him more than a year to build. so he's been working on this. i love that it looks like the original. >> yeah, it even got some street credit. an autograph from luke skywalker. >> that's so cool. >> himself. but it was 15 seconds of fantastic fame in that first movie. >> new colors, old design, right? >> yes. >> coming up -- >> a warning from a mother of a sick little girl about magnets on your refrigerator. >> oh, mye gosh. it's terrifying. >> also ahead, the jumping powerball jacket pot worth $400 million. what would you do with that kind of money. >> and later nuns selling cannabis. could their products help their customers find a spiritual experience? you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by rid-x septic cleaner. lous garden party for her birthday. so i mowed the

jeff barnes is a life-long fan of the multi- million-dollar movie franchise, and starting making the droid before the movie's release. brad: weather adlib: put script here in green feel one of the worst things about winter is how cloudy it can be for so long, and those clouds definitely put a damper on temperatures monday. as we head into the night, some areas will

as national correspondent jeff barns found out the number of u.s. bridges over due for repair >> reporter: millions of motorists use more than 610,000 bridges in the united states. most drivers are unaware of the frightening state some of these below the structure >> you have a lot more traffic going over bridges today than you used to. >> reporter: as a result these have taken a pounding through the years. many u.s. bridges are dangerously dilapidated. >> one of the basic functions of government is maintaining our infrastructure. our roads and bridges. >> reporter: lawmakers requested the government accountability office to assess the damage to u.s. bridges from 2005 to 2014. the gao report found that nearly 25 percent of the nation's bridges are considered deficient. ten percent are considered structurally deficient which means they're in poor condition. nearly 15 percent are considered functionally obsolete. which means their design is no longer up to date with today's heavy traffic patterns. >> poor conditions some way or another. we're talking

. >> and in washington, jeff barn reporting. >>> and strongest poll in a popular summer festival. >>> what firefighters did to the people who lived inside the home p>> >> smoke detectors say the lives of a family, after a fire broke out in their home. they rescued the family dog. family members recently received two smoke detectors. and those detectors alerted them because of heavy damage to the house, the family cannot stay there tonight. the red cross is apparently helping them. >>> and in news where you live, extremely popular summer festival, the tri-state is being cancelled for good. the saint rita school for the death is no longer going to rule out rita fest. the trustees of the board considered the cost and the staffing necessary to put on the festival. despite its popularity, it will be better to try other fund-raising efforts. the school will continue the ground raffle. and the festival has been part of the tradition for as nearly as long. >> the slopes at perfect north are all open. local 12 covers the story where you live. the ski resort got off to a slow start this winter

but there are hidden and not so hidden costs to cheap fuel to go here's national correspondent jeff barnes with the details. >> reporter: the deep cutting oil has put about 2000 -- 200,000 workers out of work. >> the reaction i tell them is, it sucks for you, i like the >> reporter: energy companies are getting pummeled with low gas prices averaging about $1.85 a gallon. >> we had to cut tremendously, force a person to be cut off, then cut a person back to part- time. >> reporter: steve death -- it slows the u.s. growth in global growth. >> reporter: and that has rocked financial markets to a degree walls -- wall street has seen through the month of january. >> tremendous negative sentiment that feeds into stock market behavior, and we are seeing that in spades now with oil. >> reporter: and moderate to heavy oil dependent states like texas, oklahoma, north dakota and a lax. tax revenue in some locations is down by as much as 50 percent . economy see of crude oil recession will hit texas this year. some say alaska is already in the midst of one speech and we have a budget that balances ove

jeff barnes built a real life 3-d version of the "star wars" droid r-2-d-3. the blue and white r-two-d-two may be more widely known, but this yellow droid was briefly seen in "the phantom menace." the creation is remote- controlled.... and weighs about 100 pounds. it took barnes a

national correspondent jeff barnes talk about how domestic is are classified and how the clinton case seems to raise more questions than answers. >> reporter: this executive order signed more than five years ago by the president lays out guidelines of how all federal employees decide what documents get classified. the original classification authority disclosure of information reasonably could be expected to result in damage to the national security. >> any information in those documents is classified so you are not supposed to convey that information through a nonclassified source or medium. >> reporter: according to doctor holmes, former assistant secretary of state under george w bush, unless a federal agency pursues the complex declassification process, the data remained marked and classified speech and but this clinton maintained the e-mails in question on her personal server or not marked classified. >> it doesn't change the fact that i never sent or received any material marked classified. >> reporter: doctor holmes says a unclassified e-mail can later be classified after a sen

. >>> we're just two weeks away gun control, a big issue, this election year. jeff barn will tell us where the top candidates stand on second amendment rights. i will be back with rob braun at 5:00. >> looking forward to it. >> taking a look at the traffic. loveland medderra, all is smooth, coming at 4:48 in the afternoon. the question, what will be the question of smooth in the morning commute. >> smooth as being slick tomorrow morning? we're going to have major issues tomorrow. it's not like we're tracking a ton of snow. it's a couple of inches, if that. it's the timing. it will fall during rush-hour, during the morning commute. we will see some slick, possibly snow-covered roads, especially as we go to the mid-morning hours. that's going to cause issues as tomorrow. be prepared. you may want to leave a couple of minutes early, as we're going to continue to track snow moving in early tomorrow morning. atrium weather camera. this is looking at slipped my mind. oxford. it's looking at oxford. we have blue skies across the area, as well as the entire local 12 viewing area. my concerns

. >>> jeff barnes talks to experts who say the extremist could once again plot attacks against the west. >> al qaeda is nearly 30 years old. it has endured for the 70s and 80s and so far despite constant american strikes and killing osama bin laden the group behind the worst attack on u.s. soil survived. >> off-site is -- al qaeda's resurgence or continued existence should be a concern for the united states and other western governments. >> the us-led attack on an al qaeda last fall in afghanistan killed more than 200 al qaeda members and revealed a sophisticated network of fortresses. jihadists are growing. >> they are going through a renewal and they are quietly trying to pick up what is working with isis and then integrated their philosophy. >> were titled koerner -- colonel tony chauffeur says the past 15 years alone the cost against terrorism has been nearly $2 trillion. and that is coming. in the meantime he says al qaeda's goal is to win the battle against the west through attrition. >> they are trying to plead us with a thousand cuts which was effective initially. >> now experts

. >> reporter: in washington, i'm jeff barn reporting. pay a few bucks, there's a lot going on. i don't think you need much gas to drive around town this weekend. at least that's what henry has to say. there. >>> the ground's still wet from the rainfall. of that mixture. with temperatures below freezing. the good news is things are starting to die down as far as what's falling from the sky. returns. >>> and welcome back, everyone. a much improved picture on doppler radar. little bit of light activity. we did have a little bit of freezing rain and sleet throughout northern parts of richland county. it wasn't doing much on the ground, but that continues to fizzle out. little cloudy across the midlands employ the bulk of this starting to spin to the northeast. any travel plans to our nation's capital, not a good idea. you have all this energy heading that way and this is just getting going. we're talking about a foot and a half, two feet of snow. so we really lucked out as far as keeping all of this moisture out of here. we want to look at temperatures in the midlands right now. or

. >> in washington i'm jeff barn. >>> that leads us to the question of the day. has u.s. response to isis been appropriate or should the u.s. be more aggressive. join the conversation on our watch fox facebook page. >>> the weather coming up next. i'm a bogo findin', weekly ad flippin', couponing mastermind. who's saving big time? this girl! can i help you? indeed. this queen of savings deserves a reward. a cannoli, please. the weekly ad, bogos and coupons. three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. >>> temperatures currently bouncing around near 40 degrees and we will stay fairly will stay dry into friday. high pressure has kept us nice and warm and it is starting to shift east now. will keep an eye on low pressure getting ready to lift out of the gulf and entering quite a bit of moisture in the palmetto state. and it's not just the moisture associated with the front pushing over. that low-pressure slides right across the state as we look into tomorrow afternoon. though shower start very early in the morning so do give yourself a little extra time for th

. >> reporter: in washington, i'm jeff barnes reporting. >>> despite isis losing some territory, it made significant gains as well. >>> and in more terror news, the u.s. embassy in jakarta issued an alert that american citizens need to stay put until further notice. jonathan elias has more now from washington tonight. >> reporter: from the terrorism alert desk in washington, d.c., i'm jonathan elias. two people killed in more -- hurt in explosions and gun fires in indonesia. isis claiming responsible for the suicide bombs detonated at starbuck's while the gunmen attacked a police station nearby. the u.s. embassy issued an alert to the u.s. citizens in the area telling them to stay put and to avoid the area until further notice. and jordan's king says he is confident that isis can be taken off the battlefield soon. he says the fight against isis is part of a larger battle against ice lammic extremism and says that is a battle that could be a generational one. >>> and a second aid convoy in a week entered the syrian town, and the u.n. reported finding horrifying conditions when it arrived

. >> in washington i'm jeff barn reporting. >> the university of virginia student from the tri-state is being detained in north korea after being arrested accused of hostile acts or straight by the u.s. government. he's a 2013 wyoming high school graduate. north korea claims he entered under the disguise of a tourist to destroy north korean unity. he was in the country for a five-day trip. agents detained him before he board add flight back to china. >> well still ahead we'll preview a big east battle for the muskies ranked fifth right now. >> and we're checking out the perry s scheeib hey there hope your weekend is off to a great start and hope the weather wasn't too bad where you live. lots to start with the musketeers of xavier. later today a big east battle against the kids in the hall. seat on the hall coming off a the muskies lost to georgetown. the highway use known as the three point shooting team but they knock down 10 triples. chris mack and crew have lots of respect for the pirates -- >> we have a really good team coming in saturday and we have a great respect for this tea

jeff hammond. check out this amazing shot of a barn in botetourt county. email us the pictures you've taken around the area. send them to news-at- wsls.com. five things you need to know are coming up next. ### here's a live look at blacksburg need to know" before you head out the door this morning. the search continues in blacksburg for 13-year-old nichole lovell. she was last seen around midnight tuesday at her family's apartment. police say she's in danger because she has to take medication twice a day after having a liver transplant. blacksburg police and workers from help save the next girl are asking the community to come forward if they have any information. a virginia man is in critical condition at the hospital after he shot himself in the head. dana william" was found in amelia county for homicide and abduction charges. investigators are still searching for 67-year-old olene brooks. police believe william kidnapped her over the weekend after killing her husband. the water crisis continues in flint michigan this morning after a virginia tech profes

barnes, steph curry, draymond green, andre ig ga dolla. we'll have those wonderful highlights for you raj and jeff tonight at 11:00. it's a blowout. they're handling the cavs again. >> thanks, geraud. can you imagine? >> that's going to be an awesome team. >> that is a team, right? >> tomorrow morning. >> a little bit of rain right now. ite going to be a lot more than a little rain. by tomorrow morning you see that plume of clouds offshore. that's going to be for us in the morning commute. unfortunately win and rain. by the afternoon things improve as we turn to shun sunny showers. >> we leave you now with one of the many classic songs of glenn frey and the eagles. he died at the age of 67. ♪ open doors with just a smile ♪ she won't have to worry ♪ . >>> spike lee and jada pinkett smith boycotting the oscars. her powerful new video on martin luther king day now on extra. >>> jada takes a stand. >> i will not be at the academy awards and i won't be watching. >> her new facebook video today amping up the bash lash over the all white oscars and her message to oscar host chris rock. >> hey, chris. >> amy schumer kissing her new man. w

jeff green and tony allen. the celtics just throwing the ball away. another steal by memphis and you can just see the lead fizzling. now down to a three-point lead. later in the game, matt barnes will make it a one-point game with 50 seconds to go. celtics had a chance at the buzzer as thomas will put one up. watch. this will go in but the horn had already sounded. coming up, sportscenter 5 o.t., we'll talk about the patriots and chiefs and also look at the that coming up in just a couple moments. see you then. >> we will. coming up, another amazing weekend for star wexwex wars -- the force awakens". tt2w`t2n`qt" bt@q2;x tt2w`t2n`qt" bm@q)<0 tt4w`t2n`qt"" dztq sy@ tt4w`t2n`qt"" entq #] tt4w`t2n`qt"" gzt& :zx tt4w`t2n`qt"" hnt& *t4 tt4w`t2n`qt"" iztq @=l tt4w`t2n`qt"" jntq rm, v cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. r people don't have access to healthcare v because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands and he's the only one who can bring real change. i'm bernie sanders, an

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jeff roe built his reputation as the bad boy of missouri politics. in 2008 he targeted a democrat who was running for congress. >> big city mayor kay barnes and nancy pelosi are celebrating their values. >> is that where donald trump's values came from? >> you would be hard pressed to find a campaign that doesn't talk about values so there's no link. >> reporter: four years ago roe worked against cruz in the texas primary. he put out the mailer that cruz betrayed his company by representing a company with ties to china. now they are on the same side. >> we are running a deeply data driven analytical campaign. and it's identifying the voters we need and devoting the resources we need to mobilize them and get them out. and jeff does a remarkable job. >> how confident are you that cruz will win the nomination? >> we will win. >> excuse me? >> we will win because it's hard to stop the movement that has chosen him to be the leader. >> and then something surprising happened. as the ruthless bad boy describes the grassroots support. >> we have millions of people that are donating to the campaign. that's -- a big thing. >> you're getting emotional. >> yeah. >> wh