very much parading that around. >> reporter: mcclanahan tried to get away from him. at times, he blocked her path. she called 911 asking for help. they told her they would send help right away. >> up to the point where he went off on the boardwalk, got off of the phone with me because they felt that he wasn't a threat. and really, he was on the other side of the boardwalk waiting for me to come over. >> reporter: she says she stood by the ocean's edge frozen, hoping to see a police officer coming over the boardwalk. >> it looked like he had made up his mind, like he was going to do something terrible. >> reporter: she called her husband, ran to her car, drove minutes later. >> it is so disappointing that i was not helped when i needed help. >> reporter: when she asked deputies what took so long, they told her they were on a domestic violence call. we asked the brevard county sheriff's office the same questions for her tonight but are still waiting to hear back. reporting live for melbourne beach, jeff levkulich, joe 9 eyewitness news. >>> 9 investigates firefighters

summer mcclanahan just earned her g-e-d and is enrolling in business management at gateway. she hopes to move in when they're finished. i'm hoping that i can get a long- term career out of getting my education and provide for me and my son. 3 the $11-million renovation will turn the originally 1931 school building into apartments, offices and restore the auditorium for community use.a second building will be built on the back next to renovated basketball courts and ballfield. it's more than just single-parent student housing.it also provides a housing community so that parents are supporting each other and supporting the kids. and the kids are learning the importance of education along with the process.this is the marian group's 6th scholar house project. they've seen the concept help break the cycle of poverty. we've had 24 children of single parent families go on to pursue higher education. and it brings back to life an abandoned landmark so it can continue to be an anchor in covington's eastside. i believe this is a feasible plan that really helps honor the history of the

(maureen mcclanahan, investigator, internet crimes against children, christiansburg police department) it's not just texting to their friends anymore, it's texting to the whole world and a lot of the apps that are offered to the children are available to be anonymous and if the parents are unaware of that, they don't know who technically is entering into their home just from talking to their children. the next public meeting is february 23 at 7 p-m at the christiansburg recreation center. go to wdbj7 dot com for more new at six - roanoke county police are investigating a series of purse snatchings across the roanoke valley in the last two days. one woman has been arrested and police are looking for another. wdbj-7's shayne dwyer is here now in studio with us tonight. shayne, how is this happening? jean police say the thieves are stealing the purses out of shopping carts or stealing it directly out of the victim's hands and then running away. the thefts have all taken place during the middle of the day at busy shopping centers and police say they may be connected. the first one happene

the event is scheduled saturday from 2 - 4 pm at the life-guard roanoke hangar on mcclanahan street. now let's take a look at what's hot on wdbj7-dot-com. james river high school held a ceremony last night in honor of our fallen friends and colleagues, alison parker and adam ward. the vinton police department is asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who they believe put a skimming device and camera on an a-t-m. investigators say the woman pictured here put the devices on an a-t-m at first citizens bank on groundhog day. head to the web for some fun facts about phil and learn where this tradition comes from. and if punsutawney phil's right, we can soon put away our heavy coats and snow shovels. the famous groundhog meterologist didn't see his shadow this morning at the annual gathering in punxsutawney, pennsylvania. legend has it, that means spring will arrive early. in reality, phil's "prediction" is decided ahead of time by the group on gobbler's knob, about 65 miles northeast of pittsburgh. records going back to 18- 87 have phil forecasting more winter 102 times, while

(maureen mcclanahan, investigator, internet crimes against children, christiansburg police department) they really don't realize that it's a computer that the children are walking around with. they think that they're monitoring the laptop or the computer at home and that the cell phones are not as dangerous but it's actually more so dangerous. the next public class is february 23 in christiansburg. we have much more information on wdbj7 dot com. daystepping outside the door tonight you can feel it right away the wind is still out the temperatures are coming down and it feels very cold outside this is what happens when you combine the as you can see if you go out underprepared with wind gusts looking like this you're going to be in trouble so running anywhere from twenty five or thirty miles an hour at this late hour and we find ourselves watching for snow showers as well or like snow flurries in some communities the new rivervalley still in line for a track that's bringing it in the broader picture shows that this is a really huge flow coming out of the great lakes. not a lot of moist

the open forum on drones is scheduled saturday from 2 - 4 pm at the life-guard roanoke hangar on mcclanahan street. this should be a great opportunity kimberly, for drone operators to learn about current rules and regulations, but also consider the best practices to operate their unmanned aerial vehicles safely. the weather this winter has already been pretty unusual. from record warmth to heavy snow, we'll take a look at how this year's el nino pattern has played a role. plus how climate years to come. rainas they live picture from punxsutawney pennsylvania weather get ready for punxsutawney phil's big reveal you see that happens are rent seven thirties and are ready celebrating and i will commence and special gas there the weather very similar two hours so with the exception of the cloudiness is can a be cooler there today it will have a bit more sunshine will see what happens with built temperatures in the forties this morning a cool start to the day that cool weather started to develop some fault overnight in out pretty thick in a and many locations is morning so along interstate eighty

maureen mcclanahan, investigator, internet crimes against children, christiansburg police department: "they really don't realize that it's a computer that the children are walking around with. they think that they're monitoring the laptop or the computer at home and that the cell phones are not as dangerous but it's actually more so dangerous." the next public class is february 23rd in christiansburg. we have more information on our website, wdbj7- dot-com. leo it's cold out there this morning and some in our viewing area are seeing some snow. yeahyeah especially in the mountains a west virginia seeing those snow showers right now the big thing over the next several days will be the very cold temperatures right now were and teens and 20s. all across the area not can warm up that much as we head through the day were some low to mid thirties at best gusty winds today taken gusty winds the actual temperature would some of the wind chills right now feels like it's-5 and hot springs 10 in roanoke seven blacksburg one in galax and feels like it's only eight in with bill we'll have windchill

. >> reporter: lee mcclanahan says he felt to earthquakes in the last month. >> i usually get up pretty early. i felt shaken and noise. >> no damage but a little jolt. what he felt was part of our recent map, the largest registered 2.8. all of them have been centered very close to this geothermal power plant about 10 miles east of fernley. >> they are very shallow and they are essentially at the plant. that's usually a tell tale sign that they are related. >> it was significant. it wasn't quite like an earthquake, but a baby earthquake. >> turns out we are not the only ones asking about this connection between geothermal power and earthquakes. researchers have studied the issue extensively, monitoring a series of quakes in the salt and sea off the coast of southern california. the strongest of that was a 5.1 were several geothermal plants are located. this professor says her research concluded that seismicity increased as the operations expanded at the nearby plants. graham kent says the connection geothermal power involved pulling hot water out of the ground and returning cool water ba

down and tore apart a term, lesst's shorter perm negligent, creating issues that i turn to sara mcclanahan to talk about now. [ applause ] >> good morning. nice to be here. i had some beautiful slides for you. going to get to where at least i can see them. okay. so the title of my talk is what do -- what does family change mean for children? and i'm the director of the fragile led family study, which has been following a cohort children born between 1998 and 2000. and we've been -- we started at hospitals. we -- when the mother had the baby, we sampled rooms and we the room and said will you be in our survey. the mother said yes, the father said yes. mothers and ed the fathers and their children and e're actually just finishing collecting data right now. the children have turned age 15. we started a study, we did it because we have a lot of this large out increase and child bearing and we wanted to know what's going on? what kind of relationships do these parents have? are they casual? are they commit? what does it mean? do the fathers stay around? do they end up getting married? so the re

maureen mcclanahan, investigator, internet crimes against children, christiansburg police department: "they really don't realize that it's a computer that the children are walking around with. they think that they're monitoring the laptop or the computer at home and that the cell phones are not as dangerous but it's actually more so dangerous." the next public class is february 23rd in christiansburg. we have more information on our dot-com. a prolong period of very cold weather is moving into won't get above freezing. a prolong period of very cold weather is the region. highs won't get above freezing. a prolong period of very cold weather is the region. highs won't get above freezing. a prolong period of very cold weather is moving into the region. highs won't get above freezing. a prolong period of very cold weather is moving into the region. highs won't get above freezing. a prolong period of very cold weather is >>> welcome back, welcome back to "cbs this morning." how lots of fiber in your diet can help you get a better night's sleep and why fats and carbs can hurt you. >>> we re