karen travers channel 6 "action news." >> thank you karen. there is more ahead punishment by clippers the barber that is serving up a lesson to children that are misbehaving with a new haircut. >>> and meteorologist, david murphy with the exclusive accuweather forecast when "action news" at noon and 12:30 comes right back. >>> a georgia barber is offering a new service to help misbehaving children clean up their app. this child has a haircut that makes him look like an old man russell frederick a barber in atlantic asays he came up with the idea when his own son was mispaving, and he was just drying to be creative with discipline. >> my son's grades came up dramatically because he didn't want that cut. it works very well. >> after he gave the son the bearsing haircut, customer as approached him to give their children one too. >>> in today's art of aging report we focused on a join problem giving more attention these days. lisa thomas-laury has the story. >> we think of shoulder injuries happening to baseball or football players but they are m

karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we have breaking news to pass along now. chopper 6 hd over the scene here in southwest philadelphia where a police investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in the laundry mat here it happened around 11:00 this is 53rd and springfield in southwest philadelphia a man shot and killed in the laundry mat and details are unfolding and the homicide investigation is underway and we are keeping an eye on the situation and we'll bring you more information from this area in southwest as it becomes available to us. once again a man shot and killed at a laundry mat in this neighborhood. >>> five new charter school applications were approved during a heated hearing last night. protests erupted calling the possibility of more charter schools a disgrace considering the district's financial situation, they rejected 34 and approved five, they will review another round of applications in the fall as required by law. >>> last night on "action news" at 11:00 we mistakenly showed you the wrong power ball drawing we apologize for

karen travers has more from washington. >> who is this masked isis fighter, u.s. officials are combing for clues from the latest video. the big question is this man an american? experts say the most important clues are his facial features and speaking patterns. >> he said south and stead of soth so he is not from canada. there were distinctive pronounceations. >> it could mean a possible u.s. background with arabic back grown too. >> the obama administration is conducting a summit this week because isis recruitment is a growing concern they have the ability to reach into the communes and attempt to recruit and inspire individuals here in the homeland. >> so they launched their own social media campaign but is it having any affect? >> it's not impacting the people that are inspired by the isis ideology. >> the obama administration will emphasize in this summit that the fight against isis is not just military force but hearts and minds as well. reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >>> christians throughout the world are observing ash we

karen travers looks at the nearly $4 trillion proposals. >> president obama's 2015 budget arrived on capitol hill a massive $4 trillion spending plan. but before lawmakers get to that, president obama was them to focus on the most immediate legit issue. funding for the department of homeland security runs out at the end of this month. >> fund the department. pure and simple. >> republicans are using the issue to wage a fight against the white house over the immigration actions of the president. >> but don't jeopardize our national security over this disagreement. >> the 2016 budget calls for nearly $4 trillion of spending, a 6.4% increase from this year. it includes a $478 billion public works from to upgrade the nation's highways and bridges. republicans are angry about tax increases, a few trillion dollars, including $320 billion on new taxes on corporations and the wealthiest americans. the obama administration that towards expanded tax cuts for the middle class. the president's budget will also put been sequester cuts put in place in 2011. >> i want to replace mindless austerity

karen travers is live with the details as well as a letter that mueller left behind before she died. >> reporter: today the heart breaking news of kayla mueller's death but no confirmation of how or when. u.s. officials were not buying it when isis said that the american aide worker was killed in a jordanian air strike and today more skepticism. >> there are questions about the tragic death of kayla mueller, they learned more from their daughter's isiscaptors. >> the u.s. government doesn't know how or when. isis claimed that the 26-year-old american aide worker was killed in a jordanian air strike but offered no proof. and jordanian officials are skeptical then and now. >> there are no evidence of civilians in the area before or since. >> she was captured in syria in 2014, and today her family released a letter she sent last spring. she wrote i am not breaking down and will not give in no matter how long it takes. >> the muellers said in a statement that kayla lived with purpose and will work every day to honor her legacy. >> isis is still holding john cantlie, he was pointing out a

karen travers has more from washington on what could still derate process. >> reporter: it is gettingme. funding for the department of homeland security set to expire at the end of this week unless program conk approves its bucket. today, dhs secretary jeh johnson enlisted the help of twos of the predators, both whom served under a republican president to stress just how high the stakes are. >> these are soldiers wear a different own forge the goal, the mission, the objective is the same keep america as safe and secure as possible. >> reporter: michael chertoff says he doesn't think it makes sense to hold the entire agency hostage. >> legislative branch starts to play a game of economic want president. >> reporter: that so-called game of chicken is centered around the president's immigration action. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said last night he he would be willing to bring what's called a clean bill to the floor for a vote one that funds dhs but doesn't overturn the immigration orders. >> i think virtually every democrat will vote for that. >> reporter: then the measure wo

karen travers live in washington, d.c. to explain. >> reporter: good afternoon sara this alabama supreme court justice is no stranger to controversy he says he has the authority over the state not the supreme court. some parts of alabama are celebrating and others frustration. >> in parts of alabama same sex weddings continue. a federal judge overturned the state's voter approved ban, making alabama the 37th state to allow same-sex marriage, but there is controversy more than 50 alabama state judges refused to issue licenses for same sex couples. >> we waited 36 years for this it's a big disappointment. the man ahead of it is roy moore, who ordered state judges sunday night to refuse marriage licenses. >> i think a redefinition of the world marriage is not found within the powers designated to the federal government. >> moore became a nationally known figure when he denied an order to remove a ten commandments memorial at a federal building. as for the comparisons to george wallace, the alabama governor who defied law when

karen travers, abc news, washington. >>> we've barely seen signs of winter here in the bay area. east, it refuses to let up. a blast of arctic air is moving into the midwest and northeast following that nasty winter storm that buried much of the region in snow over the last week. people in scranton, pennsylvania, waited in line for a bus as temperatures dropped into the single digits. in fact it was below zero with a windchill. most, though were prepared for the cold. >> layer of everything i have. i have like two stretch is, some jeans, a shirt a long johns and sweater plus this coat. >> it's so cold. i can't feel my legs or my face right now. this actually might be a good thing. you're too numb to really tell. you're freezing. >> i'm not sure that's a good thing. the cold is making it difficult to clear snow from streets in chicago where the weather has turned deadly. three people there suffered heart attacks and died while shoveling snow. >>> boston officials say the victory parade for the super bowl champion patriots will take place tomorrow. no matter what. the celebration w

karen travers is live now with more. >> reporter: good afternoon law enforcement officials are trying to figure out the history between the shooter and his three victims irk the father of the two murdered sisters say it was clearly a hate crime and they were all shot execution-style. >> the grieving family and friends of three muslim students murdered in north carolina are trying to make exception of this tragedy yesterday an immense outpouring of support with more than 5,000 people on hand the father demanding justice. >> this has hate crime written all over it. craig steven hicks an out spoken atheists killed a dental student his new wife and her sister inside of her chapel hill apartment. they were each shot in the head execution-style and that hicks harassed the three in the past about their islamic culture and the fbi has launched their own investigation. >> we asked the federal government to intervene with this. >> and the chapel hill police says their initial investigation says this crime may have stemmed from an ongoing parking dispute at the apartment complex where they lived

abc news correspondent karen travers is live in washington with more. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, this measles outbreak is growing and it's a big spike compared to the number of cases from last year, no surprise politicians are starting to weigh in and that is starting a very fierce debate. >> as the measles outbreak grows so does the debate over vaccines, in oregon some parents are asking other parents if their kids have had their shots if not, then no more play groups. >> if my kid got sick he would be home. >> the cdc says there is 100 measles cases in 14 states this year and now the association of pediatrics are urging parents to get their children shots. now 14 infants from the center are quarantined for 21 days. >> this is the direction of the public health department. >> the measles outbreak made its way into politics. >> in october, new jersey governor chris christie kept in quarantine for 22.5 days, a nurse that was exposed to ebola. even hillary clinton tweeting this overnight hashtag, vaccines work. >> four senior u.s. public health officials were asked today on capito

karen travers joins us now from washington. >> it's clear this trans asia plane didn't have power within it clipped a bridge and crash nood the river. they said there was a problem with the engine and a fatal mistake in the cockpit. >> it looks like they may have shut down the wrong engine. the crew knows what is wrong and a second later the warning light and the right engine it stopped producing power. >> and then 30 seconds in the flight, they pulled back the throttle of the good engine and tried to restart it. the number one engine cut off. >> no power the plane is a glider a glider that hit this taxi cab on the way down, he called his dispatcher after the crash, a plan flew by and hit me and the person on the other end asks a remote control plane. >> no a small manned plane the man says. >> if it was low toert ground it would have been destroyed or potential flipped right over. investigator are expected to have a preliminary crash report in a month. they will ask all of the pilots that fly this plane to take a repro efficiency exam. >>> an advocacy group are trying to up concern abou

karen travers, abc news washington. >>> sad news from here in new york.ry cbs news correspondent bob simon has died after a car accident. police say simon was in the back of a town car in manhattan when the driver lost control, hit another car and then the median. another award-winning "60 minutes" correspondent, simon covered riots and wars and held captive more than a month during the first gulf war with. the head of "60 minutes" called his death a terrible loss and said there is no one else like bob simon. he leaves behind his wife and daughter who also worked at 60 minutes was 73. >>> a new battle in washington over the controversial keystone pipeline. the republican-controlled house approved a measure to build that pipeline which would be 1200 miles long able to carry 800,000 barrels of oil a day. president obama said he will veto that bill and neither the house or senate has enough votes to override it. >>> political intrigue in oregon where the governor was set to resign in an ethics scandal. now says he's staying in office. john -- has been under

she left behind a letter and tonight, abc reporter karen travers has more on the life that ended tooere are many questions about the tragic death of kayla mueller. her family received a private message from their daughter's isis captors which included photographic evidence of her body. >> that information was shared with the intelligence community, concluding that kayla has in fact tied. >> but the u.s. government didn't know how, or when. isis claimed the 26-year-old was killed in a jordanian ire strike but offered no proof. u.s. and jordanian officials expressed skepticism then and now. >> there is no evidence of civilians in the target area prior to the coalition strike taking place. >> mueller was the last known american hostage. she was captured in syria in august 2013. today, her family released a letter she sent them last spring she wrote i have a lot of fight left inside of me. i am not breaking down. i will not give in no matter how long it takes the family said that kayla lived with purpose. they will work every day to honor her legacy. >> she has done more in her incredibl

karen travers, abc news washington. >>> a wild high-speed chase in southern california.rted last night in the san fernando valley with a pickup going as fast as 135 miles an hour. the driver led police on to three -- at least three highways and a resident ial neighborhood weaving in and out of traffic, even hitting a pedestrian at one point. police finally rammed the truck in palm dale causing it to lose control and slam in to a car. the driver surrendered after a 30-minute standoff. >>> now to boston and a terrifying crash caught on camera. take a look right there. see that? you can see a pickup truck slamming in to a light pole and an exit sign on the highway. the truck fleiss off the upper deck and plunges to the roadway below. seconds later oncoming cars hit their brakes to avoid another accident. amazingly the driver survived and is charged with drunk driving. >>> erich nowsch made his first court appearance in the 19-year-old's attorney said his client is a victim himself. erich nowsch felt threatened by the woman who died and feared for his life. >> there was no o

she left behind a letter and tonight, abc reporter karen travers has more on the life that ended too >> there are many questions about the tragic death of kayla mueller. her family received a private message from their daughter's isis captors which included photographic evidence of her body. >> that information was shared with the intelligence community, concluding that kayla has in fact tied. >> but the u.s. government didn't know how, or when. isis claimed the 26-year-old was killed in a jordanian ire strike but offered no proof. u.s. and jordanian officials expressed skepticism then and now. >> there is no evidence of civilians in the target area prior to the coalition strike taking place. >> mueller was the last known american hostage. she was captured in syria in august 2013. today, her family released a letter she sent them last spring she wrote i have a lot of fight left inside of me. i am not breaking down. i will not give in no matter how long it takes the family said that kayla lived with purpose. they will work every day to honor her legacy. >> she has done more in her inc

reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> and coverage of the fight against isis will continue ton on world news with david muir, a team of reporters are following the delate over the use of military force and the death of hostage kayla mueller. that comes up directly after "action news" at 6:00. >> 26-year-old reginald green police say is the one that pulled a woman into a secluded area of the septa station, she was beaten and robbed and nearly raped after she stopped to ask for directions on monday. green has several convictions and remains in police custody tonight. >>> we are tracking power ball fever right here at the "action news" big board tonight the jackpot was already one of the biggest ever but it went up again today it's sitting at $500 million, because of strong ticket sales, more people are buying into the dream at stores across the region now the odds of winning are slim. your chances are 1 in 175 mill that is an easy fac to ignore because there has not been a power ball prize this large in a year. this is the fifth largest overall lottery jack

karen travers, abc news washington. >> same sex couples are tieing the knot now in alabama. >> do youake adrian to be your wife -- >> this couple married outside the madison county courthouse today. after being the first same sex couple to receive a marriage license. alabama began issuing licenses today after the supreme court denied the request to extend a hold on the federal judge's earlier ruleing. now the 37th state for same sex couples. >> a mom gets two big surprises. a pregnancy. >> and i'm michael finney. ask seven on your side. i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. facebook.com/michael finney, abc 7 or twitter an. manyth @mfinney. >> i'll have a look at dramatically increasing temperatures in a few minutes. >> and checking on traffic at 4:36 on your monday. this is your east bay commute through walnut creek. on the right-hand side not bad if you are heading southbound. but more traffic definitely on the northbound lanes which is on the left-hand side side the >>> we are now hearing from the florida mom who gave birth to a 14 pound baby late last month. she gave b

karen travers is outside of the white house in washington. >> the day after the death of kayla mueller was confirmed. the white house says if left unchecked it moves beyond the middle east to the homeland and now they have authorized military force again the militant group. >> this supports the comprehensive strategy we are pursuing with our allies and partners this would authorize three years of military operations put no geographic limit on the campaign and ban and during combat operations. >> the language pertaining to ground troops which is very broad and ambiguous nobody knows what this means. >> i am concerned about the breadth and vagueness of the ground troop language. >> still others called the resolution a step forward. >> want to make sure the president has all the tools available in order to win this

karen travers, washington. >>> a lawyer representing a man accused of killing a woman says he acted ine. police arrested him after a standoff on thursday charging him with multiple felonies, including murder, for the shooting death of 44 tammy meyers. he shot her once in the head after she and her son who was armed with a gun went looking for him after an alleged road rage incident. >>> in santa rosa, one home invasion suspect is dead, another critically jarred lyly injured after a homeowner exchanged fire with them. the suspects ended up a few miles away at kaiser permanente. >> reporter: this is what it looked like in the early morning hours at kaiser's hospital. sheriff's deputies firing tear gas rounds through the wind shields of a pickup truck after home invasion suspects refused to come out. it started at 2:00 in the morning at this house. two armed men broke through the front door. inside, the homeowner his wife and two kids. >> the homeowner armed himself with a handgun and engaged the suspects, and shots were fired between the suspects and the homeowner. >> reporter: the homeo

karen travers abc news washington. >>> a texas man has until the end of today to get rid of his fish.0 of them. ty raises tilapia at his fish farm in houston. the officials say winn doesn't have the proper permit to have the fish. he says he's done nothing wrong and closing down would ruin him. >> i spend so much time away from my family and my kids, and spending time with my wife to work on this. and, you know right now, if i were to lose all of this, i've lost a lot. >> he says he's invested more than $100,000 in the farm. the state says winn can destroy the fish give them to someone with the proper permit or donate them. if not they'll be seized. >>> up next a chilling video of a rescue at sea. the coast guard makes an icy breakthrough to save more than two dozen stranded fishermen. >>> we're looking at a brighter western sky now than we saw hours earlier clouds will return tonight. so how does that affect tomorrow's forecast? i'll have that coming up i n >>> the u.s. coast guard's polar star is back home after freeing a fishing vessel from antarctic ice. the rescued ship called th

karen travers, abc news washington. >>> 11 years ago today that then san francisco mayor gavin newsomored state law and began issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. it turned into a lengthy battle in court and at the polls. 1234 heading overseas now to malaysia, where a protest took place outside the headquarters of malaysia airlines. 16 relatives of chinese passengers from missing malaysia airlines flight 37 o are in kuala lumpur, upset about how the investigation has been handled by authorities. last month malaysia's civil aviation authority officially declared the plane had crashed with no survivors. relatives continue to question the authorities lack of evidence to make a conclusion. >>> new york city police say long time 60 minutes correspondent bob simon was not wearing his seat belt when he was killed in a car krsh last night. investigators say the town car simon was riding in hit another car that was stopped at a manhattan traffic light and slammed into metal traffic barriers. seat belts are not required to be warn by passengers in taxis, town cars or limos in new york

karen travers abc news, washington. >> what should you do if your information was stolen in that anthem michael finney has some tips on how can you protect your own privacy. that's coming up. >>> pope francis will address a joint meeting of congress when he visits the u.s. later this year. the joint session will be the first time a pontiff addresses congress. the pope will also likely cannonize a missionary who brought catholicism to california. he had expressed interest in coming to california to do so, but said he won't have time. he's also scheduled to advise oil new york and philadelphia. >>> president obama addressed religious and government leaders today at the national prayer breakfast, the dalai lama was in attendance. the president spoke at length about the islamic state which he called a brutal vicious death cult that in the name of religion carries out barbaric acts. king abdullah was supposed to read a scripture, he had to return home suddenly earlier this week, after isis executed a jordanian pilot. >> jordan bomb barted isis targets in syria today. king abdullah vowed a ha

karen travers is in washington. >> another capitol hill deadline. another stand off. funding for the department of homeland security set to expire at the end of this month. unless congress approves the budget. today the president said the stake couldn't be higher. >> it will have a direct impact on amera iconal security. >> congressional republicans use the homeland security budget to wage fight against the white house over the president immigration action which would limit deportation for millions of immigrant. house passed a bill continue funding homeland security but over opportunity immigration orders. senate democrat keep blocking the legislation to keep the orders intact. l if the fight not resolved 200,000 dhs employee would stay on the job but not get paid until congress authorizes funding. another 30,000 would be told to stay home. this would impact border patrol and tsa agents. port inspectors and fema employee. >> tie that debate to the funding of the men and women standing behind me. who have multiple mission on behalf of home lapped security. >> given the

we get the latest from abc's karen travers. >>> president obama said violent extremism isn't just terroristsnnocent people. >> we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who have perverted islam. we are focused on prevention, preventing these groups from radicalizing recruiting or inspiring other people to violence in the first place. >> reporter: the u.s.-led coalition launched 2500 air strike against isis targets in iraq and syria. the use of military force hasn't stopped what u.s. officials say is a robust on-line effort by isis to bring in new recruits. >> they have the ability to reach in to our communities and attempt to recruit and inspire individuals. who may turn toward violence here in the homeland. >> the house brought together community leaders, law enforcement officials, religious leaders and politicians to share the ways they have approached the threat of violent extremism, so other communities can learn. >> somali community leaders have trained 600 sworn officers in the saint paul police department in the somali culture, and in some cases the somali language. >> w

abc's karen travers has the story. >> reporter: violence in eastern ukraine continues to rage.netsk. ukraine was front and center when president obama met with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house. the most contentious issue on the agenda, whether to arm the ukrainian government in its fight against pro-russian rebels. merkel and other european leaders strongly oppose this approach due to fears of launching an arms war with russia. >> translator: i've always said i don't see a military solution to this conflict, but we have to put all our efforts in bringing about a diplomatic solution. >> reporter: president obama said he's looking at all options but no decision's been made. >> it is rather to see whether or not there are additional things we can do to help ukraine bolster its defenses in the face of separatist aggression. >> reporter: more than 5,300 people have been killed since april in the fighting in eastern ukraine. more than a million people have been displaced. the president acknowledged that assisting ukrainians with weapons wouldn't solve the problem. c

here now abc's karen travers in washington. >> reporter: it's getting down to crunch time.tment of homeland security set to expire at the end of this week unless congress approves its budget. jeh johnson enlisted two of his predecessors who served under a republican president to discuss how high the stake s are. >> these are soldiers. they wear a uniform but the goal and objective is the same keep america as secure as possible. >> as the legislative branch starts to play a game of chicken with the president. >> the so-called game of chicken is centered around the president's immigration actions. mitch mcconnell said he would be willing to bring what is called a clean bill to the floor for a vote. one that funds dhs but doesn't overturn immigration orders. >> i think virtually every democrat would vote for that. >> it will head to the house where the fuf future is unclear. >> we are waiting for the senate to do their job. >> reporter: what's at stake? 80% of the dhs work force is considered essential which means they will stay on the job. many would have to work without pay

abc's karen travers has the details. >> president obama's 2016 budget arrived on capitol hill a massive plan. before lawmakers get to that, president obama wants them to focus on a more immediate budget issue. funding for the department of homeland security runs out at the end of this month. >> we need to fund the department. pure and simple. >> reporter: republicans are using the issue to wage a fight against the white house over the president's immigration actions. >> you may have noticed they usually don't agree with me. but don't jeopardize our national security over this disagreement. >> reporter: the president's 2016 budget calls for nearly $4 trillion in spending. 6.4% increase from this year. the plan includes a $478 billion public works program to upgrade the nation's highways and bridges and transportation projects. republicans are angry about the tax increases, up to $2 trillion including 320 billion in new taxes on corporations and the wealthiest americans. the obama administration wants to put that money toward expanded tax cuts for the middle class. the president's budget

here's abc's karen travers in washington. >> reporter: president obama sat down in the oval office withcumented. >> these six wonderful young people, who represent the very best that this country has to offer. >> reporter: the president's focus was keeping up the pressure on republicans with funding for the department of homeland security set to run out at the end of this month. republicans are using the issue to wage a fight against the white house over the president's executive actions on immigration which limited deportations for millions here illegally. >> i don't think that anyone wants to shut down the department of homeland security. what we want to do is block the president's executive actions that were beyond the law and beyond his ability to make. >> reporter: the house passed a bill that will overturn those actions but continue funding for dhs. the-under that legislation, the six young people the president met with would be subject to eventual deportation. senate democrats blocked the bill from going forward for now. >> i will veto any legislation that got to my desk that too

here's abc's karen travers. >> francisco dominguez is one of millions of undocumented immigrants whorotections under president obama's executive actions, but now that's on hold. >> my life or future is in the hands of politicians. >> the federal judge in texas blocked the president's actions that would give temporary legal status but not citizenship to 5 million undocumented immigrants. >> i disagree with it. i think the law is on our side and history is on our side. we are going to appeal it. >> reporter: texas republican governor greg abbott filed the lawsuit when he was the state's attorney general. >> we will not sit idly by while the president ignores the law and fails to secure the border. >> reporter: the department of homeland security was to start accepting applications from undocumented immigrants. it now says it will comply with the judge's ruling. >> this process can be delayed, but we, as a community, will not be deterred. >> reporter: this comes as funding for the department of homeland security is set to expire at the end of the month. congressional republicans are usi