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the famous great white shark mary lee is missing. it has been more than six month since mary lee the shark has been spotted swimming off the new jersey coast. since then the 16-foot shark's transmitter has been silent. researchers think the transmitter's batteries are dead. that's partly because mary lee surfaced so frequently over the lasts five years that they've been tracking her, chief brody out there looking for her. well, maybe the fuzzy socks you unwrapped yesterday morning really weren't to your liking. >> we'll tell you through things you can do to make your life easier as you return unwanted un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer. with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to... ...wear for up to 12 weeks. unstopables by downy. i love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink. febreze car vent clip cleans away odors for up to 30 days. because the things you love can stink. >> welcome back, the malls will be jam packed today wit

it's been more than six months since mary lee the shark has been spotted off the coast.the transmitter has been silent. researchers think the transmit ters batteries has died partly because mary lee surfaced so many times they've been track ing her. tomorrow many people will be back at the homes returning their unwanted gifts. nearly two-thirds of holiday shoppers returned at least one item nearly 90 billion-dollar worth of gifts. here are a few tips if you plan on making a return this year. make sure to check the company's return policy. look to see if you're eligible for free shipping and avoid those returns in stores tomorrow close to 40 percent of people will do their pose holiday returns on the 26th. also tonight a warning for people who received a gift card this year and that is to beware of hackers, criminals are target ing gift cards. now that chip cards are becoming harder to infiltrate. in some cases they're copying numbers off the gift cards while they're in the store and then returning them to the shell h of some companies have computer defense systems that c

it's been more than six months since mary lee the shark has been spotted off the coast.the transmitter has been silent. researchers think the transmit ters batteries has died partly because mary lee surfaced so many times they've been track ing her. tomorrow many people will be back at the homes returning their unwanted gifts. nearly two-thirds of holiday shoppers returned at least one item nearly 90 billion-dollar worth of gifts. here are a few tips if you plan on making a return this year. make sure to check the company's return policy. look to see if you're eligible for free shipping and avoid those returns in stores tomorrow close to 40 percent of people will do their pose holiday returns on the 26th. also tonight a warning for people who received a gift card this year and that is to beware of hackers, criminals are target ing gift cards. now that chip cards are becoming harder to infiltrate. in some cases they're copying numbers off the gift cards while they're in the store and then returning them to the shell h of some companies have computer defense systems that c

straight ahead, what science predicts may have lapped to mary lee. -- have happened to mary lee.pread some cheer with a dozen dunkin' donuts for $6.99. 12 tasty treats with with holiday flavors sprinkled in. grab a dozen holiday donuts or any classic donuts for $6.99 and make some merry out there. the holidays run on dunkin'. >>> the tracker on a famous great white shark that visits the jersey shore every year is now silent. researchers following mary lee, the shark, say they haven't gotten a signal from the transmitter since mid-june. they think the batteries in the tracker may have died. the 15-foot great white made a name for herself in 2012 after scientists caught her, tagged her, and gave her a twitter account. >>> villanova's men's basketball team is still on top of the national rankings. the wildcats remain number one for the third straight week. nova is a perfect 12-0. the cats begin big east conference play tomorrow at dupaul. >>> good morning, pamela osborne in the first alert traffic center for jessica boyington. taking a live look in hamilton, new jersey. our camera a

researchers say that mary lee should have lived another 20 years, so they are hoping the transmitterped working. forget therapy dogs. and boltigs, thunder, went through nine months of certification and their claire hopes to bring hope to those who need it. when we come back, the forecast. ♪ >> i seen this only once before. kellye: the strength of "star " brought in another $68 million this weekend. made threeas quarters of a billion dollar worldwide since it was released. : welcome to the jungle" came in second and "pitch perfect three" was third. have you seen "star wars" yet? steve: not yet. my sister

ocearch first tagged mary lee with the transmit never 2012.the north atlantic. it's possible the transmitter battery lost power. mary lee has more than 100,000 followers on twitter, more than all of us combined, i think. >> yes. no doubt, congratulations to her. >>> holiday retail sales set a new record this year. shoppers spent more than $800 billion. some say that's up almost 5% from last year. online purchases rose 18.1%. 45% of consumers will return at least one item between decembe that is forcing shops to find new ways to make returns convenient. fortune senior editor at large leigh gallagher is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know we want to get it quickly when we're talking about shipping. what about the returns? >> returns have been a huge headache for the consumer, for the retailers as well. and as online shopping has grown, it's become a huge point of friction in the process. researchers have spent the last few years trying to address this. this is not good for them. they need to find a way to deal with it. and

. >> well, still on "eyewitness news," a very frigid christmas tradition, also, where is mary lee thery surrounding the shore's most famous shark and why researchers haven't heard from her in month. matt? >> reporter: and we are already looking into the coming weekend. it looks like it is going to be a cold saturday, and sunday , temperatures only in the 20's, maybe a few snowflakes on saturday, and then quiet conditions as we wrap the weekends up on sunday , i'll also be talking about arctic chill for the week ahead, coming up in your forecast. >> welcome back everyone, one of the most popular visitors down the shore has gone missing. it has been more than six month since marry lee the shark has been spotted swimming off the new jersey coast. since then the 16-foot shark's transmitter has been silent. researchers think the transmitter's batteries may have died partly because she surfaced so frequently over the last five years that they've been able to track her >> well, we only saw a few flurries around here this morning, but parts of pennsylvania woke to up a white christmas, this i

researchers following mary lee, the shark, say they have not gotten a signal from her transmitter sinceid-june. they believe the batteries in the tracker may have died. the 16-foot great white got her name in 2012 after scientists caught her, tagged her, and gave her her own twitter account. >>> terror on the tarmac. it was a close call for a plane whose passengers are shaken this morning as winter weather only ramps up for the northeast. >>> and mad dash to return unwanted gifts. stores set to see a rush of returns. the best way to swap your stuff quickly. >>> and cashing in on you. the reason retailers dream of a green christmas came true. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction i want you to know: we are here for y

researchers following mary lee, the shark, say they've not gotten a signal from her transmitter sinceid-june. they believe the batteries in the tracker may have died. the 16-foot great white got her name in 2012 after scientists caught her, tagged her, and gave her her own twitter account. >>> mariah carey says she's determine of to have a - determined to have a better new year's eve than in 2016 and "dick new year's rockin' eve" after last year's crash and burn on tv. >> i'll get through the motions, okay? ♪ >> well, there's part ofit. in needed her performance in times square on new year's eve, 2016 was marked by problems. she was visibly upset. at points she stopped singing despite a prerecorded track playing in the background. her camp said there were technical glitches that made performing impossible, including a faulty earpiece. dick clark productions denied the claims and said she didn't rehearse enough. yet, they have her back. >>> a holiday radio tradition in philadelphia continued on monday. >> longtime radio personality matt cord post itted his -- posted hisnnual cord famil

mary lee has more than 100,000 followers on twitter.s year. shoppers spent more than $800 billion. some reports say it is up almost 5% from last year. online purchases rose more than 18%. the record sales mean retailers will deal with a huge number of returns though. 45% of consumers will return at least one item between december 26th and december 31st. it will be part of the $90 billion of returns over the entire holiday season. that is forcing shops to find new ways to make returns convenient. "fortune" senior editor lee gallagher is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know we want to get it quickly when we are talking about shipping, but what about the returns? how are they changing things? >> returns have been a huge headache for the consumer, for the retailers as well. as online shopping has grown, it has become a huge point of friction in the process. retailers spent the past few years really trying to address this because it is not good for them. this will be such a huge part of their business, they need to find

in our studios, mary lee was defending her position. >> we have not reached impasse. we have been good-faith, negotiating for more than seven months and both sides agree that we have not reached an impasse so technically, this is an lawful strike and we'll be filing an unfair labor practice tomorrow. >> reporter: including lib bear generals, cleanup crews and early childhood education workers and nearly every public worker in oakland. 911 dispatchers are not allowed to strike. they continue to complain about how city departments are understaffed and rely on temporary, part-time workers. >> we don't receive the health care plan that full-time and permanent part-time workers receive and we are exempt interest contributions to the city's retirement plan. >> reporter: the union is also concerned about health and safety issues they claim the city refuses to address, like cleaning up homeless encampments. this is one of those city employees. >> dlathere's a whole bunch of needles and feces. >> reporter: they hoped to bring in a mediator and that idea was rejected. in oaklan

in our studios, mary lee was defending her position. >> we have not reached impasse. we have been good-faith, negotiating for more than seven months and both sides agree that we have not reached an impasse so technically, this is an lawful strike and we'll be filing an unfair labor practice tomorrow. >> reporter: including lib bear generals, cleanup crews and early childhood education workers and nearly every public worker in oakland. 911 dispatchers are not allowed to strike. they continue to complain about how city departments are understaffed and rely on temporary, part-time workers. >> we don't receive the health care plan that full-time and permanent part-time workers receive and we are exempt interest contributions to the city's retirement plan. >> reporter: the union is also concerned about health and safety issues they claim the city refuses to address, like cleaning up homeless encampments. this is one of those city employees. >> dlathere's a whole bunch of needles and feces. >> reporter: they hoped to bring in a mediator and that idea was rejected. in oaklan

are so fortunate to have a wonderful set of team players from the federal level, the state level, mary leethe board of supervisors, the m.t.a. and so on. i want to add to that team, though, a very important group. which is san francisco residents and voters. [applause] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, rights? thanks to their foresight back in 1989, we authorized the first half cent transportation sales tax for san francisco, which was reauthorized in 2003. under the direction of the transportation authority board, we allocated $131 million to this base procurement contract with siemens for the l.r.v.s. that was the largest single grant we have ever made from the sales tax program. and it is very fitting that that was the grant. because there is no single investment we can make that immediately touches so many people, makes transit ridership safer, more reliable and heck of a lot more fun. so, we're very proud and we have more sales tax dollars in line for the next options to expand our fleet even further. i just want to say that we need this team to stay together because we're looking forward to se

. >>> andarleston's south carolina reports on mary lee. it was last off of new jersey.since then they've t throughout the north atlantic. it's possible the transmitter battery lost me than 00 followers on twitter, more than >> yes. no doubt, congratulations to her. a new record this year. shoppers spent more than$8 billion. some say that's up almost online purchases 18.1%. 45% of consumers will ret at least one item december 26 and january 31st. that is forcing shops to finde convenient. fortune seniorr leigh gallagher is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know we want to get it shipping. what about the returns? >> returns have been aeconsumer the retailers as well. shopping grown, it's become a huge point of friction in t researchers have spent the last few years trying to address d f. they need to find a way to deal with it. and the co have been so spoiled, we expect everything to be seamless andheo meet that need. so there's all kinds of creativ year. we're starting to see more of them. a big thing is buy online and return in store. so these acty co

parents like mary ann carth are ready for that fight. anna lee and mary are watching right now from somewhere. >> yes. so you know, i would really have preferred not to be here, to be home with them baking christmas cookies. but that will never be. >> reporter: a petition set up by the families of underride accident victims already has more than 13,000 signatures. in just over 24 hours. we've linked to that petition on our web coverage of today's announcement. on capitol hill, eric flack, wusa9. >>> the annual geminid meteor shower has arrived and it's going to peak tonight. it's a good time then to bundle up. go outside and let the universe blow your mind. specta to 120 meteors per hour shoot across the night sky. these bright streaks of light will appear when tiny remnants of the asteroid named 3200 phaseon interacts with earth's atmosphere. most showers are the results of comet remnants so the geminids are special because they originate from an asteroid. >> and you will really need to bundle up tonight to go out and experience that. >> oh you

attacking to the left of marie's heights, against telegraph hill, where lee had his command post would have subjected his soldiers to fire from both flanks and a longer slog through the valley of hazel run. believed if burnside the confederates were reeling from franklin's assault and a strong push against wii's center would seal the deal, then, targeting marie's heights presented burnside the best of the collection of rather bad options. burnside made serious mistakes at fredericksburg. none more damaging than his failure to explain the successful river crossing on december 11. giving the confederate 36 hours to respond to his ensuing attack. his ambiguous and poorly worded orders to franklin paralyzed that overcautious commander and led to the squandered opportunity that was approximate -- the proximate cause of federal failure. that is where the emptiness attacks on marie's height, where robert eva lee spent with he and five hours camera away at the elevated and entrenched lines on gain's no is the 8000 men in the process. he is deemed old and ferocious. when burnside does the same

as the 49ers packed their bags for santa clara.it appears that there will be no hail mary pass from mayor ed lee or the city of san francisco to keep the 49ers in town.sot.that might be costing 200 to 400 million dollars and nobody has that kind of money lying around.the mayor did manage to lure the warriors across the bay .... and loved to celebrate the giants world series wins.yes! plagued with police problems from racists text to officer involved shootings, the mayor was forced to fire his his police chief ... and suspend sheriff ross mirkarimi after he convicted of and admitted to domestic violence.mayor lee celebrated the supreme court decision lealizing same sex marriagefull marriage equality! and this year when donald trump threatened to cut off funds to cities providing sactuary to undocumented mmigrants, the mayor responded wit ha lawsuitwe are a sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan tonot plan tochanged we do we have not sanctuary city, we are a ha lawsuitresponded wit ha lawsuitwe are a sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan to not plan tochanged we do we have

lee. and mary has a life interest, but that is it. lee himself does not have any property at arlington, he does not own anything. but he does have to be worried about what is going to happen to the arlington property. imagine these scenarios. let us suppose that virginia secedes from the union, he decides to stay with the united states army. what will happen to arlington? he has to worry it will be confiscated. all right, let's suppose that he decides to go with virginia. and there is secession. maybe there will not be a war. in fact, winfield scott has been busy assuring people that this is not going to be a war, that there will be unpleasantness for four or five months, then maybe some reconciliation, or at worst there will be three or four different confederacies, but not a war. this is what scott has been saying to people, and when scott said something that is gospel for robert e. lee. so lee has to think, all right, if i go with virginia, there will not be a war and i will be able to secure the arlington property for my children,

as the 49ers packed their bags for santa clara.it appears that there will be no hail mary pass from mayor ed lee city of san francisco to keep the 49ers in town.sot.that might be costing 200 to 400 million dollars and nobody has that kind of money lying around.the mayor did manage to lure the warriors across the bay .... and loved to celebrate the giants world series wins.yes! plagued with police problems from racists text to officer involved shootings, the mayor was forced to fire his his police chief ... and suspend sheriff ross mirkarimi after he convicted of and admitted to domestic violence.mayor lee celebrated the supreme court decision lealizing same sex marriagefull marriage equality! and this year when donald trump threatened to cut off funds to cities providing sactuary to undocumented mmigrants, the mayor responded wit ha lawsuitwe are a sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan to not plan to (pam) and you can (pam) not plan tochanged we do we have not sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan to (grant) we are tracking breaking news democrat doug jones has won elec

lee of texas. ronica cleary spoo with the passenger. >>reporter: well, the tweet it went viral. jean marie simon, she posted a photo of congress woman sheila jackson lee in a seat that she claims that she booked and then was bump owlt of without her consent or knowledge . the tweet retweeted over 17,000 times, liked 22,000 times. it caused a tremendous amount of controvsy over the holiday weekend. now, united says that simon canceled the flight using the app, but she contests that. now, simon says that she is still waiting for a formal written apology from the airline. though the airline says that they issued her a $500 voucher on the day the incident occurred and have since refunded the miles that she used to book the ticket home . congress woman jackson lee took to twitter this afternoon to weigh in with her reaction to the incident. over a dozen tweets she shared her statement. in pasht she tweeted the following. i noted that this individual came toward me and took a picture. i heard later she might have said i know who she is. since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individua

as the 49ers packed their bags for santa clara.it appears that there will be no hail mary pass from mayor ed leeor the city of san francisco to keep the 49ers in town.sot.that might be costing 200 to 400 million dollars and nobody has that kind of money lying around.the mayor did manage to lure the warriors across the bay .... and loved to celebrate the giants world series wins.yes! plagued with police problems from racists text to officer involved shootings, the mayor was forced to fire his his police chief ... and suspend sheriff ross mirkarimi after he convicted of and admitted to domestic violence.mayor lee celebrated the supreme court decision lealizing same sex marriagefull marriage equality! and this year when donald trump threatened to cut off funds to cities providing sactuary to undocumented mmigrants, the mayor responded wit ha lawsuitwe are a sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan to (grant) an overnight fire in the oakland hills has destroyed two homes and damaged a half dozen others. fortunately, no one was injured. tonight we are hearing from neighbors who saw the flam

as the 49ers packed their bags for santa clara.it appears that there will be no hail mary pass from mayor ed lee or the city of san francisco to keep the 49ers in town.sot.that might be costing 200 to 400 million dollars and nobody has that kind of money lying around.the mayor did manage to lure the warriors across the bay .... and loved to celebrate the giants world series wins.yes! plagued with police problems from racists text to officer involved shootings, the mayor was forced to fire his his police chief ... and suspend sheriff ross mirkarimi after he convicted of and admitted to domestic violence.mayor lee celebrated the supreme court decision lealizing same sex marriagefull marriage equality! and this year when donald trump threatened to cut off funds to cities providing sactuary to undocumented mmigrants, the mayor responded wit ha lawsuitwe are a sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan to (pam) mayor ed lee is being mayor ed (pam)(pam) (pam) mayor ed lee is being remembered tonight all across san francisco. he lived in glen park, and tonight some people held a small vigil out

as the 49ers packed their bags for santa clara.it appears that there will be no hail mary pass from mayor ed lee or the city of san francisco to keep the 49ers in town.sot.that might be costing 200 to 400 million dollars and nobody has that kind of money lying around.the mayor did manage to lure the warriors across the bay .... and loved to celebrate the giants world series wins.yes! plagued with police problems from racists text to officer involved shootings, the mayor was forced to fire his his police chief ... and suspend sheriff ross mirkarimi after he convicted of and admitted to domestic violence.mayor lee celebrated the supreme court decision lealizing same sex marriagefull marriage equality! and this year when donald trump threatened to cut off funds to cities providing sactuary to undocumented mmigrants, the mayor responded wit ha lawsuitwe are a sanctuary city, we have not changed we do not plan to (robin) mayor ed lee is being remembered this morning all across san francisco. he lived in glen park and some people held a small vigil outside his home. kron 4's j.r. stone continues our c

marie simon. she posted a fet ovechkin congress woman jackson lee in a seat she claims she was booked but was bumpedded from without her consent or knowledge . this picture was re tweeted 20,000 times. united says simon canceled the flight. she says she did not. she is still waiting for from the airline, but the airline has refunded the miles she used to book the ticket home . in over a dozen tweets shared her statement and a reaction. we're going to show you a couple of tweets here. i noted this individual came toward me and took a picture. i heard later that she might have said i know who she is. since this is not the way any fault of mine it appeared to be upon reflection because i was an african-american woman. another tweet she posted read in part but as an african-american i know there are too many examples like this all over the nation. today ronica cleary spoke with simon on the phone about the allegations. in part she said, quote, i'm noting whying to address that because it could aif been mickey mouse or santa claus in my seat and i would have felt the same way. she say this is not about race

mary katherine is a federalist and mj lee and sarah murray. the president of the united states decides what he wants to talk about when he sets the tone of the day with his morning tweets. the senator calls it sexist and boorish and reprehensible. she did call per him to resign. this is the counter punch. >> i don't think the president feels like there is going to be ramifications when he does something like this. he has good reason to believe this. he was elected president of the united states when more than a dozen women came out and said he sexually harassed and abused them and he won anyway. i think he sort of feels unleashed to be able to do this kind of thing at least on twitter and then turn around and turn to his legislative agenda for the day. they have to say no, no, no. what he tweets is not the agenda for the day. you can't ignore things like that. you can't ignore it in the way the president has in the past. >> you don't know what he meant when he said that. there are some words that might be in a gray area. you are talking about

lee posted these handful policyholder tweets. just when you think the story of the holiday is over it continues. it's the tweet that went viral over the holidays it's a picture that jean marie simon posted. it's a photo of congress woman sheila jackson lee in a seat that she imlaims she was booked and bumped from without her con sent. this tweeted over 27,000 times. it caused controversy, who the debate over the holiday weekend. united united airlines they say simon canceled the flight by using the app, but she contests that. simon says she is still waiting for a formal and written apology from the airline. the airline says they issued her a $500 value the day the occurred jack. to weigh in with her reaction to the incident. over a dozen tweets she shared her statement. in part she tweeted the following. i noted that this individual came toward me and took a picture. i heard later that she might have said i know who she is. now, since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individual continued to act appeared to be upon reflection because i was an african-american woman. now, another tweet that she posted read in part but as an african-american i know there are too man

lee of texas. earlier this week united airlines passenger jean marie simon was exiled to an economy seat despite buying her seat handed other to she'll lay jackson lee. after ms. simon resigned jackson lee statement she was racist even to object. that's not true at all. ms. simon is a human rights activist who spent much of her life campaigning on behalf of paul guatemalaens. sheila jackson lee meanwhile has spend her life running for re-election playing the race card and becoming notoriously unpleasant airline passenger in the process who would you side with? the 2018 winter olympics in south korea, just about a month away. and if any transgender athlete seek to compete they will be welcomed with open arms. ioc rules allow for transgender athletes to compete as their preferred gender. biological male winning a gold medal in a women's event now seems a matter of when. not if. joanna harper is transgendered an an athlete. and argues that transgender competitors don't enjoy any advantage. joanna, there are a lot of people who in this age of gender fluidity take a relaxed view of it and accept that you ch

maries meet for the first time since 2015, the second time in 12 years. the bears hosting the gales who made the trip through the tunnel. first half, cal's marcus leedown the dunk. first half the gales up by 5. calvin knocks down the corner three. he scored 19 in the first half and st. maries leads by 14 at the break. second half, the gale's jordan ford gets this to fall. he scored a career high 17 as st. maries wins 74-63 and the bears fall to three and five. >>> bobby hurley coaching, the sun devils on the run. asu wins 75-57. they're 7-0, their best start since 1980. >>> the sharks continuing their east coast road trip tonight in tampa. just three minutes into the game, san jose's gudreau scores his first goal in over two years to give the sharks the lead. tampa bay wins 5-2 though, snatching san jose's three-game winning streak. >>> well, tiger woods didn't have much to celebrate today. on 18, woods trying to end his round with a bird, but there was no fist pumping. it rolls past the hole and tiger shoots a 75 to drop to 5 under for the tournament. nine back of the leader charlie hoffman. so trying to make the comeback, but a few rough patches

jean marie simon was in houston headed home from guatemala last week when noticed sheila jackson lee get escorted on to the the plane before everyone else. when is it came time for simon top board the gate attendant told her the ticket was not in the system. she says the airline cancelled her reservation to accommodate jackson lee. unitsed officials reached out to simon to apologize and offer her compensation. >> 4:32 u.s. is cutting annual donation to united nations by $300 mill yoon announcement days after un condemned trump administration to move american embassy to israel. trump said the un is mismanaged and u.s. am bar door nikki haley called reduction a move to more efficient and accountable un. u.s. is biggest contributor playing double amount of next largest contributor. >> president trump spent christmas holiday at mar-a-lago resort. before the day was over he and first lady melania trump wished naix amer y they sent christmas treat and video message. >> at this time of year we see the best of america and soul of the american people. >> we renew the bonds of lover and good w

jean-marie simon said united gave her first class seat to texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee.man said its computer system showed simon had canceled her seat after a weather delay. united says it then upgraded the congresswoman automatically and not because she was a lawmaker but simon denies she ever canceled her seat from houston to washington. the airline has reportedly agreed to give her a $500 voucher. >>> and the world health organization is about to recognize a new mental health problem, video games. the organization says it will declare that gaming disorder is the inability to control how often and how long someone plays video games. the designation would mean doctors and insurance companies can use gaming disorder as a diagnosis, however, it does not mean all video gaming is bad. in fact, gaming can improve hand/eye coordination and improve problem-solving abilities when done in moderation. >>> now the nfl has announced some late changes, late season changes to its concussion protocol. the league now has a neurotrauma consultant not affiliated with any team watching al

passenger whose first-class seat was given to congressman sheila jackson lee firing back at democratic lawmakers accusation of racism. gene mary saying, quote, i could not see who had boarded the flight, i didn't even know who she was. that's what's happening now, lauren. lauren: coming up. millions of americans getting ready to ring in 2018 in new york city. >> we are ready to have a great celebration and i want to emphasize what you heard from the commissioner, there are no credible and specific threats against new york city at this point in time. lauren: still the city is take nothing chances. we will tell you about the unprecedented security cautions that are in place and from new york city to las vegas, what you need to know for your new year's party. you're watching fbn:am. ♪ [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. my "business" was going nowhere... so i built this kickin' new website with godaddy. building a website in under an hour is easy! 68% of people... ...who have built th

mary while herding sheep. the vandals beheaded each of the children's statues and one of the animals. as crime reporter henry leeins, investigators may have a hard time fining who is responsible. >> reporter: a statue of the virgin mary surrounded by three shepherd children dephysicalled outside the catholic church in hayward. someone beheaded each of the children's statues as well as that of a little lamb. janine teaches first grade at the school. she says her children saw the statues as they came to school with their grandmother several weeks ago. >> my 2-year-old said to me, some bad guys came to grandma's church and cut off the heads of the children. >> reporter: that was not all. >> cut off mother mary's hands and took out her left eye. >> reporter: the statues depict three children who were herding sheep when they saw a luminous lady, the virgin mary, in fatima, portugal, 100 years ago. >> i kind of see it as a hate crime. >> reporter: hayward police say they have no surveillance video or witnesses. so a motive is unclear. this isn't the first time the statue of the virgin mary has been vandalized at the c

lee. united airlines gave her, her seat from houston to d.c. last week. united said the internal system showed the teacher, jean marieer trip after a flight delay. on facebook, she said they deliberately erased her ticket to accommodate a member of congress. jackson lee feels she was, quote, an easy target because she's black. simon tells the houston chronicle that race did not play a role saying she didn't know who had been given the seat united gave simon a $500 travel voucher and coach seat on the same flight. >>> you will want to bundle up if you're heading outs to the military bowl today. two local teams are going head to head. uva will take on navy in annapol annapolis. the field is set up. kickoff at 1:30. if you are going early, you can catch the military bowl parade starting at annapolis' city dock and led by the famous budweiser clydesdale. >>> it will be a bit warmer when virginia tech kicks off against oklahoma state in the camping world bowl. is that right? it's expected to be in low 70s in orlando for that 5:15 game. >> wish good luck to virginia tech and oklahoma state. i can't root for oklahoma state

as for the infamous attacks on marie's heights, as william marvel points out, robert e. lee spend more than five hours hammering away the elevated and entrenched line on gaines mill losing 8000 men in the process, he is deemed bold and ferocious. when burnside does the same thing at fredericksburg, he is called stubborn and stupid. the difference was that when he told his brigade to rush of the enemy without firing, they succeeded than when aa humphreys gave the same instructions to his division. they failed. burnside's dismissal from command of the army of the potomac did not result in the battle of fredericksburg. his failures were real there. rather as a result of a failed offensive five weeks later that history has derisively called a blood march. after initially considering renewing his attacks on fredericksburg, on december 14, burnside chose a flawless history -- retreat. president lincoln reassure the army that the reverse at fredericksburg was not an error or the failure other than an accident. many in the army and press blamed the administration for insisting on la

marcus lee huge for the bears with 23 points 6 boards, 3 assists, not enough. getting contributions for everyone st. marys>> we won it this time, regardless it's a basketball game that is good for bay area college basketball. tla thought we played pretty well. >> we got to step up like tonight. this is one of our deeper teams. it could be anyone any night. >> arizona state hosting usf. no justice for the dawns the. cody justice got it. usf down 15 at the half. second half chase foster, gets rejected, down 29% from the field. usf now 3-3 after a 75-57 loss. >>> to the lakes, tiger woods started in fifth at seven under but quickly dropped out with four bogeys on the front side having trouble with chipping can't get it on the green but byrds on 14 and 17. 10 back of leader, charlie finished with three birdies on the final five, including this one 18. 14 under on the tournament. finally, are you hungry. josie chestnut game five time champion of the shrimp eating contest. took the title after downing ten pounds of st. elmer spicy shrimp cocktail for that he gets the prize and heart burn. that's your sports rep

jean marie simons was at bush international houston heading nrom guatemala when she noticed sheila yack son lee escorted on to the plane before everyone else simon said when it's time to board the gate attendant told steve hershorn ticket was not in the system and airline maintains simon cancelled flight and she says the airline cancelled her reservation to accommodate jackson lee. united officials reached out to simon to apologize and also to offer her compensation. >> u.s. is cutting its annual donation to unitsed nations by almost $300 million. announcement comes day after un condemned administration to move america israel. president trump said un is mismanaged and called it move to un. u.s. is largest contributor to un budget playing double amount of next largest contributor. >>> time now is 5:04 and today montgomery county council will vote on a bill to allow residents to prepay property taxes. many trying to take advantage of prepayment option before the tax plan goes into effect. january 1 deductions for st state, local and property taxes will be capped at 10,000. the theory is if you pa

known to have been removed from mary thompson's house and taken across the road or out to a tent to serve as a map table. so almost certainly something that robert e. lee and other staff members and generals would have used to, you know, conduct the battle of gettysburg. we not only have a lock plate from it, but there is also a piece of the door, well documented from that and it matches up with another piece of the door that suppose tdly came from the door as well. this is what the park service and other curators do to ensure the provenance is correct. it's really cool. the door itself became so famous it was sort of removed from the headquarters and then used as a map table. so it became of great interest to people. in the 19th and early 20th century, people were really interested in mementos. i would say the craze was even bigger back then. people would crave a piece of the door robert e. lee and his staff used. so it was at least in part cut up and sold to people. and to tell you the truth, i guess i'm glad something like that happened. i wish we had the whole door, but if you can't have the whole door, i'll take a small provenanced piece of it. on

marie simon says texas democrat jackson lee took her spot after mistakenly thought she cancelled here was given a new seat and $500 travel voucher but no formal apology. jackson lee maintains she didn't ask for or receive any special treatment. the incident coming months after this situation you remember, a doctor was dragged off a united plane for refusing to give up his seat. minor league baseball player pavin smith surprising his parents with ultimate christmas present. diamondbacks top draft pick paying off mortgage with signing bonus. their reaction is priceless. >> all the sacrifices you made to get me where i am i want our family home to be yowrls. so i am. jillian: i got tears in my eyes. i'm not kidding. did you pull off an awesome christmas surprise? i want to see it make sure you send to friends@foxnews.com. lisa: video. pete: i want to see the rest of it. lisa: son of the year award. jillian: son of a life u. pete: thanks, jillian, appreciate it christmas bringing more than presents to the midwest like this heavy snow at boston's logan international airport. todd: more th

woman, jean marie simon detailed the incident on facebook, she was at bush international airport in houston heading home when she noticed texas democratic congress woman sheila jackson leeting escorted on to the plane, when she boarded the gait attendant told her her ticket wasn't in the system. she said they deliberately cancelled to accommodate jackson lee. united plans to offer her compensation >>> police officers work around the clock, how the community is making sure they're appreciated >>> a protesters attempt while she wanted to disrupt the vatican's native tea seen. >>> how a local officer was able to lend a hand with a bald eagle. . >>> shortly before the pope delivered his christmas message. she happened to be top less she jumped over the guardrail shouting god is woman. security quickly stopped her. she's part of a group from ukraine, they staged a similar protest in 2014 and stole the statue before being arrested >>> a bald eagle was found lying on the side of the road on christmas eve in briantown maryland. a police officer lieutenant jeff wood was called in to help because he's also a bird handler and trainer. he was able to quickly respond get ahold of th

jean marie simon says the airline gave her first class seat to a texas representative named sheila jackson-lee earlier this month. eventually simon was able to board. she confronted an african-american flight attendant and snapped this shot of the congresswoman. lee believes simon continued to act the way she did because she lost her seat to an african-american and the afri n african-american flight attendant was an easy target. >> i would have been mad had anyone been occupying my seat. it could have been santa claus. >> united claims she canceled her flight. sorry for the incorrect video. they gave her an economy seat and a $500 voucher. simon is not happy. and is demanding a written apology. >>> you could start 2018 as a multimillionaire. two big jackpots are up for grabs. >>> what's being blamed for this flash in the sky. >>> good morning to you. the richmond/san rafael bridge looking at fog. are we going to see any rain. there's still a 40% chance sunday and monday. it is looking less and less likely. a look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. sue is keeping tabs on traffic and of cours

jean-marie simon, airline passenger:"do you know who's in your seat? and i said no. and he said, sheila jackson leeour seat. i said who is sheila jackson lee."she snapped this pic of the texas congresswoman. that didn't go over well with a united flight attendant who confronted her about it and jackson lee who posted this on facebook."since this was not any fault of mine, the way the individual continued to act appeared to be, upon reflection, because i was an african american woman, seemingly an easy target along with the african american flight attendant who was very, very nice."jean-marie simon, airline passenger:"i would've been mad if anybody would have been in my seat. it could've been santa claus."simon wrote this letter to united c-e-o oscar munoz himself. she wants one thing.jean-marie simon, airline passenger:"i don't hate united, but i do want a written apology from united." (vicki) that was que mccray reporting from washington, d- c. a united airlines representative said the company did apologize in an online statement and in phone calls to the woman. (grant) still ahead...pot during pr