three older brothers and their families are supporting me from the states of texas florida new jersey washington and north carolina. i would also like to thank the honorable norman panetta who i consider an inspiration. i'm grateful to my friends and colleagues who are able to be here and you are watching me from around the country. i believe strongly in public service and if confirmed he would be a great honor to serve our country by supporting the mission of the ntsb to advance transportation safety. i have had a lifelong passion for transportation in all its forms and i'm committed to ensuring the transportation is as safe as possible for everyo everyone. my personal and professional background as uniquely prepared me to be an ntsb board member. my childhood on the gulf coast in my early years working at the railroad museum in galveston texas has made me acutely aware of rail marine and pipeline safety. my graduate training and work in highway safety reinforced in me the critical importance of transportation safety to the health of our country. and of course i will never forget that it was an

new jersey washington township police shared these photos on their facebook page of their recent food with the help of shoprite. they collected 40 christmas dinners, donations will go to mother cub erred. >> remember this guy? i don't know if you do, there is -- does the picture look familiar? offering up free trip, probably the trip after lifetime to lucky lady. he got his holiday wish. lifetime to lucky lady. he got his holiday wish. just in ♪ ♪ we put all the apps you love inside a car designed to connect you to a world of possibilities. the connected car by volvo. innovating for you. give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's payment on us. >> just in, sunrises in the east, this photo from the philadelphia international airport. can add yan man who made headlines by offering free trip to woman with the same name as his exgirlfriends, sounds his match. twenty-eight year old jordan, and his then girlfriend, elizabeth gallagher, broke up just month before they were supposed to go on this trip around the world together. so he didn't want the ticket to go

one by one they shoved off for new jersey general washington the last in the boat to leave leave.rent is moving really fast. when these guys did their dress rehearsal the water level was so low some of the boats scraped the bottom of the river. the rain from the past few weeks helped. a blast from the cannon announced general washington had made it across. a quick history lesson for the kids. >> is this a great way to sneak in a history lesson. >> yes. >> reporter: these reenactors take their role seriously with general washington calling it a responsibility to history. >> we believe in the history of it. we believe in teaching the public about it and we want to make sure this site is never accomplished. >> the spirit of christmas swept through the delaware valley today as many christians gathered with family and friends at their local churches. >> ♪ >>> hundreds of worshipers packed the basilica of saints peter and paul yesterday and today. archbishop charles chaput was there taking part in midnight masses. pope francis delivered his message from the vatican today as tens of thou

jersey. you are on "washington journal." you are on the air. you are not on "washington journal." joe is in washington. caller: i just want to echo what dave said. every anti-torture person that is sitting in their little ivory torture, whenng they are asked the question if your own family members life was if you had to go somebody youture know might give you information, they always refuse to answer that question. if they wouldn't condone torture, then shame on them. "the hill" newspaper. he will be replaced by david mcintosh. mike is in houston. they should have interviewed general hayden. they interviewed nobody from the cia. i would argue that the report had a bias. it was odd that they would not interview the cia department. it's odd that you have a report like that that is so one-sided. the point i want to touch on is can remember when planes started flying again. was it normal to look up and wonder? there was a lot of uncertainty back then it. wasourse our president going to do things that were airing on the side of caution. we would want them to do that. in terms of weapon

boarded boats just like they did 238 years ago, one by one they shoved off heading to new jersey, general washington in the last boat to leave. >> current out there on the delaware is moving fast but just a few weeks ago that wasn't really the case, when these guys did their dress rehearsal the water level was so low some of their boats scraped the bottom of the river, the rain over the past few weeks has really helped. >> a blast from the cannon, announced general washington, made ate cross, nice way to get out of the house and quick history lesson for kids. >> just a way to get a history lesson. >> i think so, yes. >> reporter: crowds show up every year, and these reenactors take their rolls seriously, general washington himself, calling it a responsibility to history. >> we believe in the history of it, we believe in in teaching the public about it, and we want to make sure that this cities never forgotten. >> mission accomplished, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> american and nato solders in afghanistan celebrated in christmas day in kabul. dinner was served at the headquarters of the i

in a snow covered lawn in south jersey around washington township. a lot of you saw that scene outside today. the let's show you that the snow has completely cleared the a area right now it is very quiet. that storm system is spinning towards the north but snow showers confined to eastern canada with a few clouds around here this morning. it is very chill which those mostly cloudy skies, temperatures at this hour, 24 mount pocono, 32 pottstown, 35 in philadelphia, 34 in millville and 36 in dover. winds are out of the northwest sustained speeds light at five to 10 miles an hour but we are seeing higher gusts and with that comes the wind chill. the gust s out of the southwest at 22 to 25 miles an hour. it is less wind toy day but we will have some occasional wind, 26 is how it feels in will allentown. twenty-nine in philadelphia these are concerned wind chills, as you step outside this morning and still very chilly. we will have your full forecast, still ahead, temperatures rising, only into the upper 30's. that is your first look at your forecast, let

jersey. group reenacted george washington's famous crossing of the delaware this morning. today's weather was much better than the freezing temperatures general washington and his troops faced in 1776. during the original crossings boats ferried about 2400 soldiers across the river. >>> christmas baby celebrates the holiday and a milestone. ellen kell lamb a resident at the senior disabled center in camden turned 100 years young today. her family and friends all held a party for her in the center's community room. her daughter says, she's thankful her mother is still around. >> everybody love her here. everybody love her. this is makes nine years. >> happy birthday to you miss ellen from fox 29. at least five generations were represented at that big birthday pear. >>> and this is one of the hottest gifts this holiday. but one guy couldn't believe what he saw when he opened his brand new play staying. >> i opened it. i said, oh, my god. >> what he found inside that even store employees couldn't believe. >> and saving the lives of an entire family wasn't enough for this spec

was last seen by his parents on friday in teaneck new jersey, the investigators have tracked his cell phone to the areas near the george washington bridge. port authority in new jersey and new york are investigating the disappearance. >>> police identified the intruder after he was shot and terrorized residents. man got on a woman's deck and performed a lewd act. he broke into a second apartment an assaulted two people, a resident grabbed a gun and shot him twice. someone held him down until police arrived. he faces charge of burglary and assault once his condition improves. >>> two philadelphia police officers were injured when part of a burning car went airborne and hit them in the legs overnight. the officers were responding to a garage fire in frankford. a burning volvo station wagon exploded and a peels of the bumper went flying 100 feet breaking the officer's leg and cutting the other officer's leg enough to require stitches. >>> walter palmer announced this weekend the charter school that bears his name will shut down. the school district of philadelphia had closed the high school. palmer was fighting to keep the lower sch

other news this morning, new jersey lawmakers robbing the george washington bill scandal, showing no evidence governor christies tee was part of it, investigated politically motivated traffic jams near the bridge last year. the final action say, two of the governor's aids acted with little regard for public safety, when they authorized the lane closures us attorney's offers is investigating, no one has been charged. >>> happening to the, wreath laying ceremony at the battleship commemoration. ceremony begins at 10:00 this morning, sunday is the 73rd anniversary of the surprise attack on pearl harbor. more than 2300 americans were killed, prompting the us to end area world war two. >> your time now 5:39. updating breaking news including the latest on an overnight row home fire. also this: >> all i want ... cat stevens, that's all i wanted to do tonight. >> ticket trouble over shadows cat stevens first concert in the united states in almlmost four decades. only "eyewitness news" find out why some fans were left out in the cold, right here, in that philadelphia area. >> i'm nancy odel.

. >> and christmas history in new jersey a group reenacted george washington's famous crossing of theare this morning. but today's weather was much better than the freezing temperatures general washington and his troops faced back in 1776. during the original crossing boats ferried about 2400 soldiers across the river. >>> it was a pretty warm christmas i'd say caitlin, right? >> yes. temperature was 65 lauren this one of the warmest christmases we've had. of course, that 65 degrees happen right after midnight temperatures fell but you know yesterday christmas eve it was so mild along with all the rain and the clouds and the fog. that luckily cleared christmas day much quieter. we are looking at nothing on radar right now. and even further out to sea that's the last of the clouds and the showers that came through and caused all the travel problems on christmas eve. it was not wintry weather whatsoever. but it was still pretty dreary and nasty with all the rain. 65 degrees was the high temperature at philadelphia. that was right around 2:00 a.m. close to but not at the record high of 6

it's currently 34 in washington township. in south jersey, the temperatures are still falling.on't come down a whole lot more. but the wind makes it feel like it's colder with readings in the 20s with windchills across the board this morning. satellite, we saw clouds blowing through. we'll likely see that. but the wet weather stays to the south. the possibility right through the weekend. the future rain and snow, showing clouds increasing by thursday evening, as part of a storm system that is way to our south, moving into portions of southern mississippi and alabama, by friday evening. and it's going to be slow to come northward. so the chance any of precipitation over the weekend now looks slim for us. by saturday afternoon, we're between sunshine, all of that wet weather and cloud cover staying to the south. then saturday evening, the clouds move in. but as far as any wet weather it stays to the south. so the forecast today is calling for partly sunny skies. 40s this afternoon. winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. the winds will settle down some tonight. and we will see tempera

. >>> in the jersey jam scandal, a report found no evidence chris christie was not involved in the scheme to create traffic jams on the george washington bridge. that report drafted by new jersey lawmakers investigating the traffic mess says there is no conclusive evidence showing christie was aware of lane closures on the bridge last fall. it says former christie aide implemented the closures. the motive remains unanswered. the u.s. attorney's office is still investigating. >>> the man who raped a 12-year-old girl is in custody. police superintendent says 21-year-old terrell gatling turned himself in. she ran away from home and met him. >>> an update on a story we told you about in september. police arrested the father of a 2-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head in new castle county. he now faces charges in connection with the shooting. he turned himself in to police yesterday. he was charged with unlawfully permitting a minor access to a firearm and endangering the welfare of a child. he was arranged and then released on bond. >>> this was the scene back on september 30th. authorities say the toddler found the loaded gu

in the jersey jam bridge scandal a legislative report found no evidence that chris christie was involved in a scheme to create traffic jams on the george washington bridge. that report drafted by new jersey lawmakers investigating the traffic mess says no conclusive evidence showing that christie was aware of the lane closures last fall. directly implemented the closures, but important questions like the motive remain unanswered. the u.s. attorney office is still investigating the scandal. >>> former philadelphia traffic court judge will spend two years in prison and pay a $5,000 fine for her connection to an alleged ticket scheme. a judge sentenced her yesterday for lying to a grand jury. she is the second of four judges to be sentenced in that scandal which led to changes in philadelphia's traffic law scandal. also charged in a separate bribery investigation. she agreed to plead guilty in that case. >>> in burlington county family and friends will gather tomorrow to remember three children who police say were killed by their mother. funeral services will be held tomorrow for nicholas, alexander and nadia. their mother janine lepage shot them in

authorities say the flight from seattle, washington to newark, new jersey was forced to change course safely by into cane, washington. all passengers were put on another plane and floun to their original destination. no one was hurt. >> also getting new information on a previous scare in the skies, authorities are releasing the 911 calls after a southwest airline flight forced to make an emergency landing earlier this month when it struck a flock of birds. witnesses on the ground paint a picture of a terrifying ordeal. many described the plane partually in flames and in distress. one witness said it sounded like a racing car misfiring and sput aring. it rocked the homes and others made these calls. >> a airplane went over my house and it is on fire. >> what is your emergency. >> the plane is on fire. the pilot declared an inflight emergency and able to land it in the airport. it was coming from san antonio, texas and headed to the baltimore. it was carrying 142 passengers and the plane was taken out of service after making the safe landing and the passengers, it was nerve racking on t

jersey. a group reenacted geoyeare washington's crossing of the delaware this morning but todahils weather wasuch better than the freezing temperatures general washington and his troooop faced bf tk in 1776. during the original crossing, boats ferried about 2400 soldiers across that river. >> and talk about a christmas surprise. you're just walking down the street when millions of dollars start flying around in the air. what happened when the police nohowed up to the friend zoo. >>> and from simple candles in the windows to elaborate displar displa ne set to music much we see them all this time of year. how do you know how the holiday tradition actually started. >> caitlin. >> what is the etiquette how long you can leave them up, too? >> that's big question. this christmas day we saw improvement from such a dreary christmas eve but we cep the mild temperatures. how long that lasts. we're tracking the return of cold weather as we start off 2015. that's next in your seven day forecast. ♪ >> britain's royal family kicking off celebrations at a church service in norfoise. enrs foand. een elizabeth

in 1776 general washington and his troops crossed the delaware river for a surprise attack against forces in trenton, new jerseythe re-enactment is at 1:00 this afternoon at washington state park in bucks county. something i still want took out and see one of these days. great tradition. >> that would be really cool and like you say great day for it because it is not too cold. >> soak this 06 agree weather in. >> get it while we k much more to come here on "eyewitness news", suspense filled ends to go a bowl game. >> sony pictures christmas gift the interview is now playing. you don't even have to drive to a theater. we're back in two minutes. >> high mom, my name is abdul, and i'm from philadelphia. from texas, wishing you guys well, happy thanksgiving, merry christmas. see you guys soon. all right, mom, >>> the interview is now playing. the controversial film is available on demand, and will be in some theatres today. the film that led to the sony cyber attack will open at the pen cinema riverfront in wilmington. that's the only local theater showing it. sony originally pulled the movie about a plot to assass

in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> new jersey lawmakers investigating politically motivated traffic jams near the george washington bridge have found no evidence that governor chris christie was involved in the scheme, but they're not ruling out the possibility saying they have been unable to interview several witnesses. a report on the lawmaker's investigation says two former christie aids acted with quote perceived impunity and with little regard for pub look safety when they ordered those lanes closed. another investigation into bridge gate by the us attorney' office continues. >>> a crash on the high seas turns into a terrifying night. ♪ >> coming up the collision that left an experienced crew fearing they wouldn't make it out of the water alive. >> and an ambulance goes tearing down street but it's not on its way to an emergency. an accused thief is behind the wheel. how this wild ride came to an end. >> nasa makes history. lucy noland is there as the us space program blasts through some impressive records and takes orion to a whole new level. >> scott. >> jeff right now ultima

below the front page below the fold in the washingt"washington new strategy for new jersey activists to get governor chris christie's goat. to look at the temperament. first off is aerial from sunset, louisiana. are you better off or worse off in 2014? caller: i am better off in 2014, and i am going to tell you why. i was put on disability. i was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and i was able to receive ssa. now, social security just said that they were giving us a 1.7 increase in benefits, including food stamps, and i can remember in louisiana when there there was a another some type of what you want to call it. government shutdown where they had shut food stamps down and we weren't receiving those full benefit amount. host: aerial, to donna from glendale, arizona. you say you are worse off in 2014. why? caller: the economy here is still really bad. they say that there is jobs out here, but it's really very hard to find a decent-paying job. i have to work three jobs now. obamacare is not working in this state. when you are a single person, when you are being told that you have a 6

. >>> two-year-old washington township, new jersey, toddler is in critical condition tonight at chop after investigators say he was seriously hurt by his mother's fiance'. 23-year-old giovanni of sewell, new jersey facing charges includeing a tempted murder endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault. the boy went to the hospital on friday suffering from numerous injuries including kidney failure. bail for the man has been set at $350,000. >>> two people died in a three alarm fire at a reading row home. the fire started last night at a home on spruce street. firefighters worked for nearly two hours to put the fire out. police have not released the names to have people who died. right now the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> a chilly night out there and your fox 29 winter wet authority. here's life look at blue mountain from our pocono mountains camera. some folks out in the slopes right there. the past few days haven't exactly felt a whole lot like spring but the cold temperatures are back. fox 29's meteorologist domenica davis here to get us up to s

jersey. she was living in a suburb of washington, d.c. yesterday a small private jet crashed in the subdivision near an air park. parts of the plane hit three homes including her. >> you can hear it shake. >> now, all three people aboard the private jet also were killed. this morning investigators will try to figure out what caused that plane to crash. >>> and this morning, police are looking for a man who they say tried to take off a woman's clothes in west philadelphia. it happened last night at 47th and chestnut. investigators say the woman was able to break free and get away during the attempted sexual assault. police are looking at surveillance video now trying to get a look at the suspect. >>> seven minutes after 4:00, happening today, christopher murray the man accused of strangling his wife at a park in northeast philadelphia and then reporting her missing will be arraigned in court this morning. murray is accused of murdering his wife. sparking fears of a predator on the loose near the park. after christopher murray failed a lie

. >>> new this morning, flight headed to newark, new jersey makes an emergency landing and in spokane, washington. united airlines says the plane had an engine problem after take-off in seattle, no one was hurt, the passengers were put on a new plane overnight and they'll arrive in newark this morning. >> let's get outside the nfl stadium when severe weather strikes and couldn't have happened at a worse time. >> also, a christmas surprise, how police officers made sure the holidays will be happy for one family, that's really suffered this year. >> we'll have that story coming up. we'll be right back. >> several people are hurt when lightening strikes. a lightning bolt struck a car outside the tampa bay buccaneers stadium. seven people were taken to the hospital for minor injuries. football fans had just left a buccaneers-packers game when they heard this loud boom. >> it was a flashback. you know what i mean, like it was -- it just took to you your knees, just scared you, you looked around to see who got hit. you know it was close. >> officials say no one was hit directly, and those injuries do n

. >>> new jersey lawmakers probing traffic jams in the george washington bridge are getting a summary of their investigations, interim report of the findings of the legislative select committee on investigation was submitted today and released to the public on monday. documents released earlier this year showed a port authority official and a governor christie aid orchestrated the shut down, apparently as retribution for fort lee's mayor. >> i don't believe that is a credible version of what happened here, that being said, we don't have the full version of what happened here because they are individuals, we have not been able to interview. >> under no circumstances, should they ever cause a committee report, the committee had republicans and democrats on the committee, chairman was never contacted republicans to see if he can build consensus. >> a report commissioned by governor christie cleared him of any wrongdoing. >>> meanwhile, pretty bizarre scene of the new jersey state house. >> coming up, why this person in the bear costume and a cut out of the governor chris christie took ce

washington. the new jersey governor, chris christie, calling the president's new policy, quote, an awful idea until cuba returns a u.s. fugitive who was convicted of killing a new jersey state trooper. so how will the two countries get all of this done? joining us from havana is cuba's director general for u.s. affairs. she'll be leading the discussions on normalizing u.s./cuban relations. thank you very much for joining us. you weren't part of necessarily the secret talks that the white house and cuba had in canada. but tell us a little bit about how this came together, the process of thawing this relationship and agreeing to establish full diplomatic ties, exchange of ambassadors, a normal relationship between the united states and cuba? >> good afternoon, wolf. you know, i prefer not to get into any details about the process of negotiations that took place. the most important is that we showed, both of us, cuba and the united states, that through a process of negotiation, respectful on equal basis, we can solve many of the problems that we have, even sensitive problems between cuba and the unite

jersey. a group reinacting george washington's famous crossing of the delaware on christmas morning. obviously our weather was much better than the freezing temperatures general washington and his troops faced in 1776. during the original crossing, boats ferried about 2400 sold's cross the delaware. >>> a connecticut boy gives his big sister a one of a kind christmas gift, the family is spending this chris nasa the yale new haven children's hospital. doctors diagnosed eight year-old madeline with leukemia they told her family the little will girl need aid bone marrow transplant. her best bet her 19 in month-old brother, anthony. >> ten minutes in, markers, they could not find a better match then my son. >> madeline's parents went on to say the eight year-old's holiday wish is for everyone to participate in a bone marrow drive. >>> a remarkable rescue in india the incredible scene unfold as a monkey saved his friend's life. the animal got electrocuted by train wires and fell unconscious on to the track. then his hero tried to shake his friend and dip him in the the what the tore reviv

today, a firefighter funeral for a young boy who was an honorary member of the washington township fire department in new jerseys video of aiden riebel being sworn in last november. last week the seven-year-old lost his battle with cancer. aiden had been fighting leukemia since he was a year old. as his condition worsened other fire departments learned about his dream of being a firefighter. his name is now on the roster of fire departments around the world and today he will be given the honor of a firefighter funeral. have his story on my facebook. >> yes, i'm sure a lot of people want to read it on that. so, it's 5:08 right now and dave murphy is here with talking some rain later on today. >> yeah, we have it coming in probably during the afternoon for most of us. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we're dry this morning. as we take a look outside we have sky 6 and we are looking at dry conditions although somewhat cloudy conditions. there could be a bit of sunshine breaking through at times this morning but i think generally speaking we'll look at mostly cloudy skies. there's atlantic city looking no

. >>> a young boy who was an honorary member of the washington township fire department in south jerseyhe honor of a firefighter funeral. a viewing was held last night for seven-year-old aiden riebel. he lost his battle with cancer last week. aiden struggle won the hearts of fire departments across the u.s. and the world. when they heard about his dream of becoming a firefighter they placed his name on their official rosters. >> some sort of outbreak has a suburban school district in suburban chicago doing a lot of scrubbing. on monday about 600 student and staff called out sick. all 10 of the districts elementary and middle schools underwent a deep clean yesterday. the district advises students any other to come back to school until their flu like symptoms are gone for at least a fuel day. school officials say they do not believe they'll need to close schools today but they're keeping a close eye on attendance numbers. >> 5:23. we continue to follow breaking news. brand new video just in showing the moment police loaded two suspected target burglars into a police van. it happened minut

. >>> new jersey lawmakers, investigating the george washington bridge scandal, it has cleared governor christie of any involvement. >>> according to one report by a legislative panel investigators saw no evidence that the governor was aware of these closures but they do say two former aids, bridget ann kelly and david wildstein acted with little regard for public safety. panel will release the report to the public on monday. >>> and pennsylvania governor elect tom wolf is meeting with president obama and vice-president joe biden at the white house later today. they will be joined by five other governor elect from his all around the country. group is holding a discussion about how to i am have prove the economy and create more opportunities, for people to succeed. >>> all right. coming up, and we have been talking about this, but since yesterday, right around this time, a live look at orion where we are ten minutes a away for launch. they are standing by. 7:05 is when it is supposed to launch. we will take through live. lucy noland is in cape we are minutes away from the launch of orion

new jersey lawmakers investigating politically motivated traffic jams by the george washington bridgeast year are expected to release their interim report today. according to the 136 page report, which leaked on friday, the special committee found no conclusive evidence that ties governor chris christie to the lane closures, but they say two aides acted with perceived impunity and little regard for public safety when they ordered the lanes to be closed. >>> happy birthday to nba star dwight howard who turns 29. nicki minaj is 32 today. and teri hatcher is 50. i'm milissa rehberger. thank you for watching "early today." have a great monday. >>> break out the boards and the brooms. another day of clean-up after protests. >>> it is monday, december 8th. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> and a good monday morning to you. it's 4:30. i'm sam brock. >> we have live reports coming up for you from berkeley.

and appointees of chris christie allegedly ordered lanes in fort lee new jersey closed snarling traffic at the george washingtondge for days, at what was allegedly a form of political retribution for not endorsing the governor. christy has denied bridgegate, the chief of staff resign two months later. >>> a scandal exposed at the department of veterans affairses. dozens died because of internal coverups and long waits across the country. the va chairman resign. the new leaders is promising change. >> prime rather to changing the culture is holding the people accountable. >>> a new election is unofficially on, the field of presidential candidates is starting to take shape. >> i will make this decision based on how i feel about it and what i believe i can do. >> reporter: some candidates promising a decision soon with no incumbent running thrbled'd there thrbled'd -- there should be plenty to choose from. >> i'm thinking about running for president i'll make up my mind in short order. >> from medical marijuana to the deadly ebola outbreak, coming up in the next half-hour, we'll look at the major health stories of

it was 50 washington and troops and road to the new jersey side. under the people lying shores and the bridge to remember the bold mavr uvr that showed the american ref lux aires were a serious force. today by the way marks end of 3-year term for actor playing washington. a new one steps into the role next year. >>> some homeless families in wilmington enjoyed a very merry christmas today. those staying at the mission including -- and the kids got tear into their gifts picked for them of course, all are hoping by next christmas they'll have the best gift of all a home of their very own. >> pets in a delaware county animal shelter received christmas visitors today. volunteer dime we love bets shelter in media to play with dogs and cats not adopted yet. they dress pets in the holiday finery and put them in excrete. all creatures not just humans sdvsh a special day. >> things to watch out for to make sure your children's choices are safe. what did you get. how a real life gio a day deployed overseas. also looking bag at one of the porl's best national

into bridge gate finds no conclusive evidence as to whether new jersey governor chris christie was or was not aware of the george washington bridge lane closures. but the bergen record points out from the 136 page report that two of his appointees are to blame for the gridlock and that they were, quote, motivated in part by political considerations. in analysis of the report by the wall street journal doesn't completely leave christie off the hook. the paper says accusations by a former ally of christie leaves open question of when he learned of the closures. >>> and, whoa, baby. her mother expected her to be born weighing about 7 pounds, but baby mia had other plans. she was born weighing almost 14 pounds. her mother delivered her at a denver area hospital after experiencing low glucose levels and trouble breathing. >>> let's get down to business with cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning, dara. investors are waiting on big news of the day, the november jobs report expected to show another solid month of hiring and unemployment holding at a six-year low. but wage growth has been slow. amazon is getting into t

jersey. what do you think about all this in washington?aller: i agree with what the callers have said about the amendments. what i don't understand is there were over 100 amendments. why could they have not just and give themhem back some from the beginning and focus on the appropriations bill itself? there is a lot of stuff in the bill we are not aware of. times, it is of wasted. this is my first time watching the political process. -- thisly not that much would be way better. we're not talking about give and take. about comingmore together where possible. you said this is the first time you are watching the political process. what got you in front of the tv or papers this time? -- thingsat got me bad in the area i live. a lot of where things were happening. people seemed to be upset and fearful. things like that. i just wondered what was going on so i started watching the tv news programs every day. host: thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. to the elizabeth warren piece we just showed, here is jody at twitter -- following senato

. >> good morning, will meet today in new jersey after releasing 136-page investigative report on the george washington reports say lawmaker found no evidence governor chris christie was involved in the traffic scheme, then shutdown several lanes on the bridge last year. so far, no charges have been filed, from a federal criminal investigation into the lane closures. >>> also today, jury selection starts for this man, accused. killing an off-duty philadelphia police officer, two years ago. raphael jones is charged with gunning down officer moses walker in north philadelphia. surveillance video showed walker being attacked as he headed home from work. another suspect already pleaded guilty and plans to testify against jones. >> and, an off-duty par med six in critical condition after he stopped to help a stranded driver on i-95 in delaware county. daniel calloway got out of had is car yesterday morning to help a driver who hit a guardrail near the airport. now, that is when an s.u.v. hit the stranded car, sending it crashing into calloway. we're told calloway is an emt and volunteer firefighter, in dela

. >>> when the news first broke that new jersey officials blocked traffic on the george washington bridges some type of political pay back, christie said he didn't do it, while there's no evidence that he ordered those lane closures, he had the port authority to clean up. though are trying to exert better control over its massive budge e budget. it's not every day that you can get every legislator to agree on something. governor christie hosted his new york counterpart, for a luncheon at one of the most authentic italian restaurants in bergen, new jersey. then both governors vetoed this port authority bill. and they didn't seem proud about it. here's how tom morn puts it. when governors act righteously, they hold televised conferences at noon. when they act deviously, they issue written statements on friday evening and scurry home for cover. but when they act indefefsably and sink their company of serpents and snakes, they make their move. it's not exactly leadership, but they clearly think they'll get away with it. and this is coming from two people often rumored as presidential nominees

washington township, in new jers jersey, 31. mt. holly is 32. lots of places are right on the edge already. 32 in wrightstown. the temperature is not going to plunge as the sun goes down, it's just going to go down slowly, but it doesn't have to go down very far, does it? even dover in delaware, 32 degrees. well, the wind is still a factor. it's blowing 14, 15 miles an hour. and that makes the windchills in the 20s. 22 degrees in millville is the way it feels right now. here are the two bands of snow. as sheena was showing you. the southern one is weakening. this one is kind of holding together, but at least it's not strengthening, and it's coming closer to philadelphia right now. and as you an see, much of montgomery and bucks county are being covered. this is generally light, but again, it doesn't take much moisture on the roads with those falling temperatures to create an issue. we'll keep our eye on that all the way through the newscast. the snow showers ending with some icy spots around. by morning, 30 in philadelphia. 25 north and west. du

currency facility of the federal reserve bank in new york and trucked from new jersey to the air force base in washington and 7's to iraq.n c-1 s and i met the plane described the guy who ran the convoys, who is a fascinating character, who learned to maneuver through war-torn baghdad without losing the money. money tod convoy the the iraqi central bank. >> american dollars? >> all u.s. $100. >> to be used for? >> the ideal was supposedly to help the iraqi government pay its bills and give a big jolt to the economy. essentially a cash infusion into the baghdad. there was virtually no oversight because it was iraqi money, u.s. didrnment officials kind of not really seem to be too curious about what happened. have we notmoney accounted for, american money used for american purposes over there? cannot remember the exact number. i think something like $64 billion in taxpayer money went for reconstruction in iraq over the duration of the war. difficult to see how much of that actually did much good in iraq. many of the projects, bowen's office and you look at reports they did, one after another after the fail

it's not fair to people in chicago, in detroit, in metropolitan washington, in new jersey, in smalltown america where they take advantage of this. it's another example of where we're in this squirrel cage. thank you. i appreciate your courtesy. i'm to the point where i don't actually know what is the right boat. i have no doubt that it will pass, but is it the right signal to send for so many industries that have a right to expect certainty, that have a right to expect the things that they have relied upon for years , built their business models around, are treated in the cavalier fashion by this congress, i don't think that's right. and i think there are many areas of reform. and i appreciate my friend, mr. camp, driving in and dealing with some of these tough issues. we had a demonstration and it's not going to be easy to deal with tax reform. but what is not going to help anybody for long-term or short-term to have businesses roll the dice on things that in many cases are critical to the national interest and that they rely on. they deserve better and so does the american public. the

jersey. no problems on mass trans. >> i washington dc woman comes one unusual way to sniff out a thief. >> yesod way of putting. surveillance video shows man stealing a package from andre's area porch. >> this has happened before too. so, andrea decided to get a little revenge, by planting a special surprise avenue shovel to use to pick up the dog poo, instead of shoveling into a garbage bag, i shoveled it into a box. >> yep, taped it up, left t that smelly surprise that thief, the dc police, now have this video, and they're looking for that man. this might not commas a shock. he has not returned to the scene of the crime to steel more packages. >> guess he hasn't. i guess he hasn't. >> amazing. so good. >> good for her. all right, right now, coming up next on cbs this morning, rare conversation with legendary al green. >> now to continue following your local news weather traffic and sports, we're keeping it live, keeping it local on your "cw philly" station. happy friday, family. hope to see you in a bit. have a good (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love

washington, with delays, but south jersey looking good.ust some heavy rain, some fog to deal with around the area this morning. and watch for that morning fog coming in from the suburbs. like on the 30 bypass, 202, and if you are traveling this holiday, keep in mind the new traffic patterns on some of the construction in the construction zones like this one here along 202 through chester county, karen, back over to you. >> thank you, bob. of course can you imagine when you have your secret isn't is a if had you bill gate as your secret santa and all of different present could you get? there is that lucky recipient watch she wanted, what she got from the billionaire. if you love had a movie tore, you may recognize the golden head gear, per folk for someone who lovers the movie. also made a donation had her name to shot at life, group that provides vaccinations to children in third world companies. it all comes from the ren it gift exchange. i think this is really cool. secret santa program for complete strange tears exchange. >> if you were

. >>> some christmas history in new jersey, a group of people reenacted george washington's famous crossingof the delaware on christmas morning, obviously our weather was much better than freezing temperatures general washington and his troops faced in 1776, during the original crossing then. folks fur id 2400 sold's cross the river. >>> a pennsylvania family gets three special presents this christmas. >> triplets. >> courtney went into labor last saturday two months ahead of schedule and yesterday she delivered. the babies two girls and within boy are completely healthy. >> i'm excited. i just want to get them home after courtney had them so long carrying them around i just want to get them home and have her home, and they are all healthy they are from lebanon county, the couple has two older children. that is a gift. >> yes. >>> star of the new film interview makes a surprise appearance at one movie theater why seth rogan decided to drop in, sue. >>> it is a calm weather forecast for today, uneventful so you will have to make your own fun because weather is not decide to go do much. we ha

celebrations to ring in 2013, and police shoot and kill a man in south jersey after pulling him over and we are live with the latest and a washington couple goes for a mountain hike and ends up running for their lives to escape an avalanche. >>> we start with the all important new years eve forecast, you need to dress warmly it's going to feel frigid out there. it's cold but beautiful. the skies will be lit up twice with two fireworks shows to ring in 2015, david murphy is all bundled up himself to give us the accuweather forecast. >> as promises i came out side, it's kind of fun and accurate to be out here and helps you talk about it it's an afternoon with lots of sunshine and there is a need for the extra gear for the gloves and extra coat, go ahead and look at satellite, we have the sunshine on sky 6, additional cloud cover in allentown is allowing some sun

>>> and bridgegate finding no conclusive evidence whether new jersey governor chris christie was or was not aware of the george washingtonlane closures. the bergen record points out from the 136-page report two of his appointees are to blame with the gridlock and were motivated in part by political considerations, but an analysis of the report by the "wall street journal" does not completely leave christie off the hook. the paper says accusations by a former ally of christie's leaves open questions of when he learned about those closures. >>> check this out. whoa, baby. her mother expected her to weigh about 7 pounds. baby mia doubledweighing 14 pounds delivered at a denver hospital after her mother experienced low glucose levels and had trouble breathing. >>> who did warren buffett bet 25 grand on? white house hanky panky and dicey dancing by our commander in chief. a juicy edition of scrambled politics is next. in a race, it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become

washington d.c. will hike their minimum wages in 2015. and new jerseytates that is adjusting its minimum wage in accordance with state law that requires automatic annual increases to keep pace with the rising cost of living. you may soon be able to use your iphone to pay for gas. chevron revealed on twitter that it is working alongside app foal integrate apple pay at the pump. apple pay allows iphone 6 users to make purchases using only their phone. chevron says a time line hasn't been set. >>> turning to wall street lingering concerns about the political future of greece and pushed u.s. stock marks modestly lower on tuesday and futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> kensington quarters a culinary concept that combines a restaurant bar and butcher shop is adding an educational facility to its utility belt. the fishtown restaurant will open a 1,000 square foot classroom on its seconds floor next month to teach weekly and monthly hands-on classes. >> hm. it's 4:47 and still to come on "action news" this morning police in south jersey are looking for m

bit more as you head further south of philadelphia from washington township down through pitts grove towards bridgeton and millville, new jersey. you guys are seeing light rain, too. we had steady rain down the shore but that is starting to clear off as well. temperatures right now around 50 degrees in philadelphia. mid to upper 40s elsewhere. fox future cast shows those scattered showers around through the bulk of the evening but then by 11:00 o'clock this should be the last of it it moves offshore. it will still be cloudy maybe kind of foggy overnight tonight. but by early wednesday morning it look like we're okay. we should start to see some more sunshine. happy hanukkah to those celebrating it begins tonight. showers around. temperature in the fours. we'll see improving weather through the rest of the week ahead in your seven day foreca forecast. >> keep tracking the weather on myfoxphilly.com. click the weather tab at the top of the home page for live radar images and your latest forecast. >>> a former police officer now stands charged in the death of his ex-girlfriend. tonight he also faces charges for injuring her daugh

jersey governor got an early present. he will not be named in the george washington bridge scandal. he will also talk with his family about running for president. "the wall street journal" is reporting that the game is on for him to get his donors in line. josh, it will be an interesting scene over there in new jersey around christmas time. the on the questions of should i run, should i not run, what are the other factors with jeb bush and donors that chris christie has to think about? >> the biggest thing chris christie wants from santa claus is a note from federal prosecutor saying you are not being indicted in the bridge scandal. in terms of things he can actually control, he needs to go out and gauge how nervous are my donors, are they going to flock to jeb bush now that it looks like he is getting in the race or do i need to get in here and assert myself, assert my primacy, watch some kind of leadership to keep pace with jeb bush and let people know, no you don't have to vote for another bush. i'm here, i'm pretty clean. we have been getting the stories he has been dropped in t

to escapeees new jersey and eventually comes trialo washington for the chase, who was being impeached. and the trial was in the sphat. burr is still president of the senate. he's still vice president. trial in a that magnificent way. great,hailed as truly a great judge in that case. he then resigns, because he knows jefferson is chasing him. at the senate was in tears the time, as he spoke, and as he resignation. he goes out. jefferson won't let him alone. him.nds troops after he has commander of troops in suspend habeas corpus. brought before one, then two, then three, then four grand juries. time, the grand juries throw the cases out. finally, troops capture him in him to trialring in richmond for treason. who the circuit judge is? it's john marshall. and they hear the case. they hear the evidence. shredwas absolutely not a of evidence against burr. casearshall throws the out. and jefns hated him -- jefferson that.him for jefferson had a lot of friends in the south. burr was fearful of his life and to europe. lived in europe until jefferson's administration came end. then came back.