mccormack: so, it's difficult to be poor. when you are poor, one of the things that's particularly difficult as having to comply with all kinds of paperwork in everyto take advantage of program out there providing you with some ability. with regard to the lifeline today, even though you for other low income programs, you have to prove your qualification that you have to -- you have to separately qualification tor every provider. be done that should away with. we should streamline it. mr. lewis: we both support the program. the question is how can we make whoore sufficient for folks have to go to multiple programs, like walter said. how do we make it more efficient for the companies providing the services? we are trying to figure out how to do it in the simplest way, but also to look at, while you try to make it simple and take the waste and fraud at, how do you extend that to broadband question mark because that is where all of these things are converging. -- broadband? because that is where all of these things are converging

mccormack says he had to crawl to stay away from the smoke. the cause is under investigation. erika: growing concern as the mosquito-spread zika virus hits home. the first confirmed case in massachusetts, a boston man who became infected outside the u.s. for women, birth defects tied to the virus are complicating travel plans. health experts warn expectant mothers to avoid trips to latin america and the caribbean, where the virus is spreading braintree says she is making a sacrifice for her baby' s safety, cancelling a trip home to brazil to visit family. >> it is too risky right now. >> women who are pregnant need to take special precautions. erika: there is no vaccine and no treatment for zika virus. medical experts say transmission here is unlikely, but they expect cases to rise as more people infected with the virus return home. randy: commitment 2016. the republican candidates will be back on the campaign trail today after their final iowa debate. the spotlight still on the man who wasn' t in the room. the eyeopener' s antoinette antonio is here as things go down to the w

"action news" reporter annie mccormack has the the store friday there. >> reporter: the lehigh valley became mother nature's bull's eye saturday and sunday residents woke up to glistening piles of snow, nearly 32 inches. 31.9 to be exact, a new record. and this is what residents woke up to, beautiful spectacular school but then reality set in. in solebury township residents could not drive or walk down some streets, and this dog had to get car toyed her walk. >> just disoriented, she doesn't know where to go, it is not natural for her. >> reporter: neighbors helped each other dig out, lending a hand with shovels and snowblowers. >> it was crazy, we were out all day trying to clear the driveway. we were out three times yesterday. >> reporter: was it hard to keep ahead of the snow falling. >> we didn't even try. >> reporter: in allentown on hamilton boulevard you could fine cars, abandoned in the height of the storm. sunday morning, after plows came through on already narrow street, there wasn't a a a lot of places for the snow to go and many cars are being covered. the mayor responding

mccormack says he had to crawl to stay away from the smoke. the cause is under investigation. right now, a warning to drivers who have filled up at two local gas stations. hingham police say a skimmer was found at this gulf station on lincoln street. the device collects credit card data and can be accessed wirelessly. police say the device may have and the same thing at this gas station on mast road in goffstown, new hampshire. no word on how long the skimmer has been there. customers of both gas stations are being urged to check their accounts. erika: a bank manager' s quick thinking saves the day. randy: the brave, but simple move that kept a would-be robber out. one-on-one with kerry washington. "the scandal" star' s take on a big day at harvard. erika: breaking news on the eye this morning. night' s fire in groton. updates from the scene on whiley olessa: you can see traffic is problems. the overnight construction is gone. cindy: it is kind of damp and we have areas of fog. there is a storm in the ocean. could be a couple of showers this morning. a few snow showers this af

annie mccormack has that story.rrie we're about to get soaked with heavy rain pulling up the i-95 corridor. i'll let you know how long it's going the last and even more arctic air. we'll have the timing in accuweather. >> all right adam thank you. >>> we'll have those stories and much more when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back. >> okay. >> ♪ winners are showing up all over pennsylvania. and with more than 500,000 winners of match 6, cash 5, and treasure hunt every single week, that's not a big surprise. winners, winners everywhere! play today! >> we have some breaking news to pass along from the bridesburg section. chopper six is over the scene of a partial home collapse here. no injuries reported but this is the 2100 block of orthodox street. it happened about 20 minutes after the hour. a portion of the front of the three story home suddenly gave way. all of the occupants inside made it out okay fortunately but no word yet as to why it started to collapse. but of course officials are on the scene investigatin

a surprise ceremony. raised by the orlando magic youth foundation with a 50% match by the robert mccormack foundation. "big a" sharing what one of the gift recipients said to him today. >> the good news is we are doing a lot of great work. the bad news is we have got to do the work. this is important to them, to be able to give $1 million today to these organizations makes an impact on their work and gives them the ability to serve poor children. pat: good stuff. and it' s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. 300 truck drivers and a staging crew that are in the midst of setting up for saturday night' s monster jam at the citrus bowl. dirt for the event delivered early this morning in preps for the grave digger and stone crusher. 16 monster trucks will be here for the event that begins at 7:00 saturday night. i hear the grave digging is a jim: coming up tonight on the late newscast, a stunning attack of pitbulls. these dogs go after a woman in her apartment. why this may not be the first time this has happened. meredith: the victim of a deadly hunting accident. what he had to say about th

a name you may want to mccormack of norfolk academy, the big fella, the sophmore with the dunk, he has offers from odu, virginai tech, penn state and nc state, he's just a sophmore. tonight however, it was too much malik morrow for norfolk academy. morrow, a junior scores 17 points. cape henry goes on to win it 56 to 42. remember. monday night, it will be cape henry against norcom in what will be the high school basketball game of the year in hampton look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious.

. >> reporter: lucas mccormack like so many others that kind, drink and work at hill crest tavern stopped by downtown bridgeton new jersey bar monday to snap pictures of what once was. >> this was kind of job that was my home away from home. it is where, it is wherever one came. >> reporter: tavern was built in the 1782 and served as a popular stage coach stop and watering hell for many heading toward cape may and kings highway which we new know at broad street. >> we got first call 5:00 a.m. monday morning. three alarm fire wiped that history away. >> it went to a second alarm and went to the operations. >> it is a piece of bridgeton history for the. >> reporter: for a few years robert wayne owned it. >> if you go up into the the building itself, there is no nails, it is all pegged. the old way of doing it. >> reporter: as fire fighters tried to figure out how the fire started, many are wondering what, if anything, will replace it. >> for the next however years it will be, you know, drive past this cross section and you will look there and memories and building will not be there. >> you

. >> i, do i say thank god, i found a place, it's safe, it's sober. jim mccormack is fighting his own battle against alcohol addiction in the liberty house once he says he would never win if he knew he could still drink while staying here. >> it's an enabling program. it's sure takes poem off the streets but they are able to do what get them into the streets. >> reporter: so this year the liberty house will stay a sober house even if it meanings find ago sources of funding. heath howard is giving up 50% of his own salary to bridge the budget gap. but he says when it stacks up against the other sacrifices these veterans have made, it's a small one. >> we're not victims here. we are standing on our two feet having made a decision and we will live with the consequences. >> reporter: in manchester, kathryn kren, fox 25 news. -- kathryn burcham, fox 25 news. >> the long time girlfriend of james "whitey" bulger will plead guilty to catherine greig is currently serving an eight-year sentence for helping whitey escape. he's serving life for a series of murders. >>> a south bridge woman has di

mccormack: we are looking forward to the auction. [laughter] >> how closely are you following them? >> the companies individually are following the auction. we represented them on the broadband side. our association are not advocates for particular policy with regard to the auctions. except it is important to get spectrum out there and auction underway. >> walter mccormick, president and ceo of u.s. telecom, retiring at the end of 2016. chris lewis, vice president of public knowledge at politico. thank you so much. >> c-span, treated by america's cable companies 35 years ago, brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. cspan's road to the white house coverage continues from iowa with bill and chelsea clinton following hillary clinton in cedar rapids. it is live at 8:15 p.m. eastern. more from the campaign trail tomorrow with remarks from donald trump. he will speak with supporters in council bluffs, iowa. you can see that live sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. after that, vermont senator and democratic candidate bernie sanders meets with voters in waterl