mommy points uses her smartphone to spot savings.nd now it found this cutting board that was $189 in the store for $129 from a retailer online. gracioushome.com. >> reporter: tip number three? arm yourself with apps to save money for the seat on the plane. what do people need to know before they held out to the store? >> before you head out to the store, arm yourself with some ways to tell if you are getting the best deal. the poach it app, you can scan the bar code and see if there's a cheaper price is a good one. a lot of retailers have apps that have built-in coupons, too. >> reporter: their next stop, best buy. >> some credit cards will even offer, like, a price rewind or a price match, where you can get whatever the lowest price is for the next 60 days. so, even if you bought a tv today, and it goes on sale cheaper in a few days, you'll be able to get the difference from that price, just from your credit card. >> reporter: tip four? look out for price protection plans. for example, the citi price rewind plan says it's refunded $

so i came home one day, and i was like, "mommy, can you call me zoe?""zumba." [ laughter ] >> so i was like, "mommy, can you call me zoe?" and she was cooking, and she just stopped. and she looked at me, and she was like, "why?" and i said, "'cause no one can say uzoamaka." and she just -- without skipping a beat, she was like, "if they can learn to say tchaikovsky and dostoyevsky and michelangelo, then they can learn to say uzoamaka." and she went right back to cooking. [ cheers and applause ] did not stop. >> seth: you did -- it seems like it would be very hard to stump your mom, but you kind of found out a way because you took her to the white house. >> yes, i did! >> seth: here's a picture of you guys going to the white house. [ audience aws ] did she meet the president? >> she did. >> seth: wow. and how did she do with the president? >> well, my mom -- i mean, you're right. she always has like a thousand things to say. whether it's the zumba, or a the no name change, she's got something to say. and we went, and i was so excited. i mean, i could not

couldn't find my wife, found my daughter, i said where's mommy, they said mommy's gone shopping in your car. that wouldn't have been too bag but that was the car with the garbage bag in the back. so i had to phone her and say there is a big surprise in the boot -- don't open it. there can be some dark humor in this. >> the type of archaeology that you're doing on the eastern front as well? >> i was asked to go and have a look at a site near to berlin. my guide was a guide called dave schiller, an ex-israeli special forces man, who now advises the german army. when he pick me up from the airport, i was a bit surprised to see when he reached up to open up the advisor on the car that he had a 9 millimeter. i said, pete, why do you got a .9 millimeter? he said doesn't worry, you've got an automatic as well. it's in the glove compartment. can i ask this? what's the problem here? the problem is how the pocket is is being strip mined basically by members of metal detecting groups who are sponsored by the ukrainian and russia mafia. they will defend their pitches. it is also being defended by t

i killed mommy and i'm getting out in 20 years, blah, blah, blah. >> i pulled up the sheet and wrapped it around his head and said, say hi to mommy. >> when people think of alaska, they often picture a place of extraordinary beauty. a vast expanse of wilderness considered to be the last frontier. for many this comes with a price -- the loss of freedom. in the next hour of "lockup," we go inside spring creek, alaska's only maximum security prison. a little more than 100 miles south of anchorage is seward, one of alaska's oldest towns. it is surrounded by water and the majestic surroundings. in the middle of the scenic beauty is a correctional facility that houses the most violent offenders. >> i'm a pimp on the street. you know what i'm saying? me and my girl, she didn't come back with the money on time so, you know, she got smashed. >> i was robbing a hotel in alaska and ended up getting in a fight with two people and hitting one of them with a hammer, a lot. >> they were like, what's going on, why are you killing me? i didn't say nothing to them or talk about it to them, i just did it

then nicole as kids yelling, mommy, monic mommy, no. i want my mom. stone apparently left no form of communication explaining his actions. it was apparent that a custody battle over the two children had something to do with it. bradley stone sought an emergency court order seeking custody of the children but denied. >> he was dissatisfied with that. there is no excuse. there is nod explanation. they brought a candle looking for healing and trying to move on. >> we wanted to shed some light and bring peace to the neighborhood and remember those that were lost. >>reporter:tonight the stones' two children remain in protective custody. they will decide who will normally get custody. theerton community is starting fund. >>> those that knew bradley stone are shocked that he carried out this mass murder. they describe stone as a normal helpful guy. >> the person that i knew was not like that. he was always helping, always doing things to help, the club, the members. the servicemen. he was always helping us out which never led me to think that he would do any

. >> i heard three or four gun shots and i heard the kids yelling saying mommy, no, no, mommy, no and he just said let's go we got to go. >> reporter: just were 4:00 a.m. the chilling sounds of gun shots and children's voices woke this neighbor who didn't want to be identified. police discovered the victim shot to death in the upstairs bedroom of this lower salford township apartment, bullet holes are seen outside. they believe her ex-husband brad william stone shot and killed her and took their two daughters following a custody dispute. the neighbors saw him moments after she heard shots and they briefly spoke. the girls were later found unharmed nearby but it appears stone allegedly continued his spree killing six people, all somehow related to his ex-wife. >> what was his demeanor. >> he was in a rush. when i asked him if everything was okay he was talking while getting in the car. he left after that. >> reporter: today his neighbors gathered and watched their friend carried out of her home. they tell us stone had issues stemming from serving the military and at times the victim fe

. >> i heard the kids saying mommy mommy no, he said we have to go. >> reporter: a neighbor heard a chaos and spoke to the suspected gunman moments after. it is believe the the shooter is the father of two daughters and fled with the two young girls inside the home. >> i heard him say let's go we have to get into the car. i saw the kids and the kids father exiting the house and they didn't have any coats on or anything, they just had their pajamas on and he said we got to go, he said she is hurt pretty bad we have to leave. he got in the car and sped off. >> reporter: another neighbor described the victim as a caring mother who discussed custody issues with the ex in the past. >> he with as in the military i don't know why he left, but he had issues stemming from that. >> reporter: back here live, lower salford police continue to hold the scene at the apartment where this all went down, we're waiting to find out more information where the little girls were found, they are unharmed, we know that that is information that we'll expect to hear from that news conference we're waiting on. repor

. >> i heard three or four gun shots and i heard the kids yelling mommy, no, mommy, no and he just said let's go, we got to go. >> reporter: this neighbor who does not want to be identified heard the chilling screams from the two girls inside. then saw the suspected gunman as he fled with the couple's two daughters. police discovered the victim dead inside with a gun slot wound to the head. her daughters what found safe nearby. >> i heard him say let's go. we got to get in the car and i asked him was everything okay and i saw the kids and the can kids' father exiting the house and they didn't have any coats on or anything. they just had their pajamas on and he just said we got to go. he was like she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad. we have to leave and he just got in the car and sped off. >> reporter: another neighbor described the victim as a caring mother who had discussed custody issues with her ex in the past but recently they seemed on good terms. >> it's really sad, you know. it's -- our kids are very close to her kids and, you know, my son would run right up to her. she loved holdi

i heard the children saying mommy mommy no. >> reporter: original reports is said to be the father of two daughters and fled from the home with the young girls. >> i heard him say let's go i got to go in the car. i asked if everything was okay and i saw the kids and the kids' father exiting the house. they didn't have any coats on or anything. he said we have to go. she also hurt pretty bad we have to leave. he got in the car and sped off. >> another neighbor described the victim as a caring mother who discussed custody efforts in the past. >> i asked about him, he was in the military, i don't know why he left, but he has issues stemming from that. >> reporter: back out here live, lower salve ford police are holding -- salford police are holding the scene. we're waiting to hear from the press conference about the still developing story. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we continue our team coverage now, now lansdale an "action news" reporter, walter perez, walter, two victims found in that home. >> reporter: that's right, sarah we are still putting all the pe

. >> i heard four gun shots and i heard the kids screaming mommy, no. >> tonight that young mother isead and the search for her ex-husband has now spread to a second pennsylvania county. >>> good evening to you, i'm jessica dean. chris may has the night off. the killing spree resulted in six people dead in less than two hours. and breaking right now, a possible suspect sighting prompts police to search in doylestown, bucks county. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at this very active scene right now. david. >> reporter:r: well, jessica, police want to reiterate the word we're talking about a possible sighting of brad stone in doylestown. they're taking this seriously. just a little while ago and we have helicopter video police went into the woods after learning that a man says that he was carjacked by someone that was dressed in military fatigues that looked like brad stone the suspect they were looking for. that's why police took this seriously. central bucks ymca is on lockdown. they close at 12:30. they're on lockdown just as a precaution and police searching the woods

, mommy, no. that daughter, her sister are safe new and they are being sheltered and fund set up to as a family devastated and community equally torn apart to move forward. live at the eagleville emergency operation center in montgomery county, i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> our team three coverage continues with "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt and david joins us live from pennsburg where stone's body was found, david. >> reporter: the coroner van just left a few moments ago with stone's body, the scene is now cleared but neighbors on the community, they tell me they are very much on edge. bradley stone's body left in this van after swat teams spent two days looking for him. they found the former a marine in this wooded area near schoolhouse road in pennsburg. >> relieved because i don't want to sees anybody else get hurt or get in a gunfight with these guys or anything. >> reporter: randy loose knew stone and he lives next door. >> he said he had some issues with his ex and

explains how the disappearae of his wife is impacting th3 year old son. 27:06 sot: he said that, mommy'sone. bue has no clue, how their unbo child is doing. edward's rews is 9 months >>> audrey andrews has been missing. >> reporter: through tears, he explains how the impact of the disappearance of his wife is impacting his 3-year-old son. >> he says mommy is gone. >> reporter: he has no chew how their unborn son is doing. she has been missing for eight days. >> the baby can come right now, today or it could come tonight roersz the sacramento police are putting out a call for help -- >> reporter: the sacramento police are putting out a call for help. >> this is an unusual time for her to be gone. >> reporter: officer brown says no foul play is suspected but because andrews is 9 months pregnant they are concerned for the safety of the unborn baby. >> another human life that we are talking about. so, we want to track her down as quickly as possible and find a location for her. >> reporter: the police believe she could be staying with friends or family in los angeles, her husband last saw he

. >> first, why is mommy and daddy fighting? >> who is the mommy? >> does it matter? >> they are running out of things to leak. >> i thought the key to getting through was a rambling disjointed explanation. you want to be on a diplomatic mission to be well groomed and shaved. but they did recommend to be unshaved and smell like you are using a french passport. it is easier to blend in. i don't know what he is -- he is leaking a travel tip at this point. >> put your socks in your shoes and if you are in the cia, use a tooth -- toothbrush. >> that's more helpful. >> it is more like a hint. >> if he ever gets out of the house he could get a job with expeaked yaw. >> how to pack your bags. >> how wrong was it the way he portrayed james bond? >> they should be more like that. our spies are unkempt. >> they are wearing sweats. >> the cia is not as honest has we thought they were. >> did you see the mini series? >> no. >> did you see it, greg? >> they may say to. >> it really wasn't on top of their game. >> another one of the travel tips. he said leave your cia sweatshirt at

how is mommy doing? heard you were doing great in school and that you're the smartest kid in your class. i'm so proud of you. i feel very happy when i know you're doing so well. i signed up for a class today so i can read stories on tape and send them to you so you can hear me. i hope that you will like it. are you being a good big sister and helping mommy with your baby brothers? i bet you're the best big sister in the whole world. and you're the most beautiful girl in the world and nothing can ever change that. you're special, baby girl. i love you with all my heart. muah. love you bunches. i'll mail that to my daughter tomorrow morning. >> and that gets you emotional? >> yeah. i cry every time i do it. i can't write her without crying. >> while stokes feels emotions in jail, especially when it comes to emilee, he's cautious to hide them from other inmates. >> any kind of love or tears is pointed out as a weakness in here. it's frowned upon. definitely not going to go out and sit in the middle of the p

his song is -- ♪ i saw mommy kissing saul goldstein ♪ [ applause ] saw mommy kissing saul goldstein.. wow. underneath the menorah last night. >> jimmy: i don't know, yeah. this one's from @faranjane. her song is -- ♪ hold me kosher tiny dancer count the dreidels on the highway ♪ [ cheers and applause ] this one's from @sassygirl500. her song is -- ♪ you've lost that leaven feeling whoa that leaven feeling ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this one's from @emmacelex96. her song is -- ♪ ra-ra hanukkah ra ma menorah ga ga yarmulke don't want no christmas ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was pretty good. ga ga yarmulke. oh, yeah. this one is from -- last one. it's from @tacomeatforever. [ laughter ] >> steve: taco meet forever. that ole chum. >>immy: yep. his song is -- ♪ i came in like a matzah ball to build it with some yarmulke ♪ >> jimmy: i don't know. there you go. there you have it. those are "tonight show" hashtags. to check out more of our favorites go to -- to see more of our favorites. they were fun right there. guys, we have exactly nine shows left before we go on christmas bre

. >> i heard four gunshots, and i heard the kids screaming: mommy, no, we want my mom. i opened my window, i asked him was everything okay. he looked at me and just said she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad. we got to go, we got to go. >> neighbors tell "eyewitness news" the couple was going through bitter custody battle. their daughters were eventually found safe. >> mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. >> stone is former marine who served in iraq in 2008 and was honorably discharged from the reserves in 2011: now, police say stone should be considered armed and dangerous. he's five-ten, 195 pounds, he could be using a cane, and he may bewaring fatigues and either a sand or a green color. anyone who sees him should call 911. reporting live, in lower salford, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> jan, we'll get back to you shortly, thank you. coming up on 5:03, here is your traffic and weather together. katy? >> good morning, hey shall everybody, off to nice dry start. it is still chilly out here, across the delaware valley this morning. we

and i heard the kids screaming mommy, no, we want my mom. opened my window and i asked him was everything okay and he look at me and just said, she's hurt. she's hurt pretty bad. we got to go. we got to go. >> when he was bringing the kids outside they were kicking and screaming. he had the oldest he was dragging her and pulling the youngest by her hand through them in the car and took off. >> the children are safe. >> at approximately 5:00 in the morning shortly thereafter mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. >> reporter: around 4:30 monday morning police in lansdale discover the bodies of nicole stone's mother and grandmother inside a home on the 100 block of west fifth street. then just before 8:00 in the morning in souderton authorities went to the home of nicole's sister patricia flick. >> tragically miss flick, her husband 14 year old daughter were killed at the residence. >> 17-year-old son was flown to jefferson in hospital. monday evening police surveillance fifty oned william stone's home in pennsburg b

it is amazing. >> you know that mommy blog? grandmother, yes. >> a grandmother, right. >> yes. she has six great grandkids. >> wow. >> yes, over at abington high school. >> yes. >> doesn't miss a game. so, jen is in jenkintown, hey, jen? >> hey, you know, she great grandmother, six great grand kids, then team how she takes care of, as well, and that's part of the season of giving. you, you want us to know little bit more about her, right? she does not do anything for herself. >> she does absolutely flog for herself, watches out for her children, her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren. and you met tommy, who is one of the neighborhood children, who rides to school every day with them, who is like one of hers, who all he says hey, mom lucielle, miss lucielle, do this, do that, so she is the casino of person we wanted to focus on year around, actually, but christmas time is a time to really celebrate and share that with everyone. >> we have a picture every all of them with crazy car joey for the man, can't ride at under ei

he's reporting 40 degrees and a clear sky in phoenixville at the mommy.utiful clear skies on this christmas night. thank you, tom, for that report. and like we said it is cooler just about everywhere. 39 degrees as we head further north and check in with bud bender in collegeville. again reporting 39 degrees the there. 38 degrees a little bit further to the east barbara lane is in willow grove sent us a photo from earlier today and you can see those breaks of sun kind of an on and off thing. sunny and then few more clouds. finally by evening the sun really made itself known. thanks to our weather watchers for their reports. if you love the weather you too can be featured in our newscast by becoming an "eyewitness weather" watcher. just go to cbsphilly.com cbsphilly.com/watchers to sign um. >>> let's take live look down the shore right now. skycam3. atlantic city is all lit up all is calm and all is certainly bright if you're in atlantic city right now. the casinos certainly lit up for christmastime and it's not bad outside temperatures in the 40s right no

. >> heard three or four gun shots then i heard the kids yelling saying mommy, no, mommy, no and he just said let's go, we got to go. >> reporter: this neighbor who does not want to be identified spoke to us as she waited inside this police vehicle. she heard screams, then says she saw her neighbor's ex-husband fleeing with the couple's two daughters. the neighbor spoke to him through a window. >> i asked him was everything okay and i saw the kids and the kids' father exiting the house and they didn't have any coats on or anything. they just had their pajamas on and he just said we got to go. he was like she's hurt, she's hurt pretty bad. we have to leave. >> reporter: police say this man bradley william stone is the trigger man. police discovered his ex-wife nicole hill shot do death in the upstairs bedroom of this lower salford township apartment. bullet holes are seen outside. friends say the victim and her ex had an ongoing custody dispute. luckily their daughters were later found you know harmed nearby. but it appears stone allegedly continued his spree killing six people, all someh

. >> i heard three or four gun shots and i heard the kids say mommy no, mommy no. he said we got to go. >> what we under this woman said she saw the suspect or a suspect a man come out of the house. and that he had two children with him and they were wearing pajam pajamas. she said can i help you. she heard the children say no, no mommy, no. site went from there. again, authorities are saying this appears to be domestic related. and that -- >> are they more specific than that? >> one of the victims is identified as his ex-wife according to a law enforcement source that we know familiar with the investigation. and then the others are said to be relatives of his. you mentioned that earlier. but, of course, a motive beyond domestic, we don't know. we do have some information about his background, that we're still checking out. we want to confirm it before we go public with it. >> all right. keep us posted on what's happening there in the philadelphia area. coming up next we'll take you back to our other breaking story. the history of violence of the hostage taker. the

daddy, mommy! >> in washington state, the final men and women of the yellow jackets return to their families, home for good from iraq. >> just in time for christmas. >> it is always nice to come home for christmas. we worked hard to make it happen. it is a good day for everybody. >> a caravan of u.s. soldiers crossing the border from iraq into kuwait marking the last troops to leave after 9 years of fighting. at fort hood, tears and release as soldiers march toward their families. they are among the last to leave the country and return home. >> feels great. it's been almost a whole year. >> two soldiers made a packet pact during the vietnam war. they carry said a torn dollar bill reminding them of their friendship. >> what time is it? >> 11:53. >> he should be getting here. >> gary served in vietnam. he served beside his best buddy. they made a simple promise when they parted. >> we will tear this in two and sign it. one day we will meet up and put the dollar bill back together. >> time slipped awa

mommy loves you infinity, squirt. for everyone involved in this train, i pray for.to see or estimate what i've been through in more places that only this courtroom. aside from my sentencing today i will live with this for the rest of my existence. i miss my husband just as much and i know my family misses me. but i put my faith in so much more than anything happening here and now. sentencing today i will live with this for the rest of my existence. i miss my husband just as much and i know my family misses me. but i put my faith in so much more than anything happening here and now. >> do you think that letter's going to have an impact? >> only to know that i have remor remorse, not because of guilt, but i do have remorse that people hurt. i hurt. >> hilberling could be sentenced to as much as 25 years. prior to the trial, she turned down the prosecution's offer for far less time if she pled guilty. >> i was offered five years, no contest, a week before i went to trial. and the judge asked me why i didn't take it, you know? and i told him, i -- i am not guilty. oh, m

. >> there was an evening where my 8-year-old didn't feel so well, and he said, "mommy, will you make me some tomato soup?" and i said, "sure, baby, i'll make you tomato soup. i got this nutribullet thing!" and i just threw whole tomatoes in there, fresh basil, garlic, cashews, and i could just stick in on that base and walk away and know that my son was going to get a nutritious meal that was hot. and he loved it, and he asked for it multiple times. it made me feel more accomplished as a mom. it's like, "okay, i am doing my job." >> i had, like, an accumulation of, i would say, like 70% blockage in carotid artery. lucky me, i was watching tv and, all of a sudden, i see the nutribullet. i put some broccoli, i put some carrots in this nutribullet machine, and in just minutes, i have an excellent, delicious soup. i start feeling much better, much stronger. about two, three months later, i went for second checkup with the vascular doctor, and he says to me, "maurice, this is excellent. your blockage went down, and your artery open up." so, this is a new, new, totally new lease of life wi

neighbor reports hearing four shots and then kids yelling mommy, mommy no, i want my mom. stone forcibly removed his two young girls which he later dropped off with a neighbor. stone left no form of communication explaining his actions but it apparent a custody battle over two children had something to do witt. the authorities say bradley stone sought an emergency court order last week seeking custody of the children but was denied. >> he was dissatisfied with that. but there is no excuse, there is no valid explanation, there is no justification, for snuffing out these six innocent lives, and then injuring another child. >> reporter: if the answers remained illusive, tonight some neighbors brought a candle the to the home on fourth street looking for healing and trying to move on. >> we just felt that we should shed some light and try to bring some pennsylvania peace to the neighborhood and remember those that were lost. >> reporter: tonight, the stone's two children remain in protective custody, a court will later decide who will ultimately get custody. meanwhile the soud

. >> my five-year-old asked me the other day, he said, mommy are we poor?just have a rough time making it. we don't make as much as everybody else. >> she receives from a program for low income. she qualifies by working at a clothing institution. >> i knew i had to do something better for my four children. i'm only eligible for the k tap program for five years after that what am i going to do? what's going to be my income? so i got on a school program. >> in this portion of the country, employment is hard to come by. the largest town in the county sits vacant and overgrown. >> there's no jobs here. i mean, there's nothing. >> with the median income at $22,000, it is one of the poorest counties in america. that's one of the reasonings that more than half of its residents rely on food stamps to make things meet. >> i get out here and work for it. >> the help she relies on each month to feed her family won't fix the problems in this and other places desperate for jobs, industry and growth but for now this hope is one of the last things giving her and her child

couldn't find my wife, found my daughter, i said where's mommy, they said mommy's gone shopping in your car. that wouldn't have been too bag but that was the car with the garbage bag in the back. so i had to phone her and say there is a big surprise in the boot -- don't open it. there can be some dark humor in this. >> the type of archaeology that you're doing on the eastern front as well? >> i was asked to go and have a look at a site near to berlin. my guide was a guide called dave schiller, an ex-israeli special forces man, who now advises the german army. when he pick me up from the airport, i was a bit surprised to see when he reached up to open up the advisor on the car that he had a 9 millimeter. i said, pete, why do you got a .9 millimeter? he said doesn't worry, you've got an automatic as well. it's in the glove compartment. can i ask this? what's the problem here? the problem is how the pocket is is being stripd basically by members of metal detecting groups who are sponsored by the ukrainian and russia mafia. they will defend their pitches. it is also being defended by the ne

hill lived there with the alleged gunman. >> mommy no. no, no. he said let's go. we got to go.eighbor saw stone fleeing with the children. minutes later stone dropped the kids off with a family friend. >> that was the last tim seen by anyone. >>reporter:still search forgot bradley tone. they surrounded his home in pennsburg. out of the agents used robots to search the home. no sign of stone. >>reporter:he may have shaved his beard. he was a marine reservist. he served in iraq. he had recently shaved. as we reported the upper perkimen school district closed because of the search. >>> find out who made barbara walter's list of most fate fascinating list. >>> and more on the deadly >>> tonight we are learning more about the deadly hostage standoff if australia. it happened early monday morning. a 50-year-old took over this cafe. holding seven people inside. the suspect is an islamic and 16 hours after the standoff began a swat team moved in after they heard a number of gunshots inside. >> at that time if they did not enter many more lives would be lost. >> when all said and done,

. >> the last thing my child received was mommy, the only sounds i could hear were sounds of banging. the. >> reporter: i meet her again ten years alert. not only did she lose her baby, most of her family including her husband and parents died. two days after the tsunami she shows me the body of her dead sister. >> translator: clearly can i see the face of my sister like there. the tsunami was a long time ago but it feels to me as if it just happened. >> she wrote a poem back then. >> translator: children have lost their mothers and fathers. we, the new generation of ache, will pull back ache, as a city of peace and welfare. my lovely, lovely ache. >> now she says she wants to look at the future. >> in these last ten years, if i compared the situation before, and now, there are many changes. now, ache is very beautiful. although we have lost so much we have resurrected. >> sofrisa studies english and wants to become a television producer. she lives there with mer new husband and three-year-old daughter. an international aid organization paid for her study and now she works as a nurse.

so mommy has to go fight the good fight and mommy loves what she does and i love them. always come back. isn't that right? >> when we saw this, and we were know you were in afghanistan for nine months and can't thank you enough for wrapping your arms around this nation like you do your own children, my daughter said, mommy, we need to neat this family. -- meet this family. i want everybody to honor military kids and moms. she is in awe of you girls and she considers you her friends. yeah. >> that's awesome. >> what do you want everyone to know about your mom? can you tell me something special about your mama? is she just the best? >> yeah. >> you know what, she gives us food. that's what all mom wants to do. is this christmas the best yet for you, shana? >> this is by far the best christmas ever. it's been an exciting week. i got to come home. i got married yesterday. >> congratulations. >> it's been an amazing christmas. thank you. >> you know what? you absolutely deserve that. i know you're not asking for a lot of credit. i think there are a lot of military families t

. >> mommies like look at this, in more. >> well, they are just adorable. >> these guys have cute hair. >> my word it is the same. >> i love your shirts. >> do you like the shirt. >> thanks for coming over. thanks for having a good trip back to sicklerville. >> bye, guys. >> see you. >> he is like i'm out of here. >> caitlin, do you have any kids. >> no, i don't. >> but it almost makes you want one. >> almost. >> mommies saying don't do it. >> mom says no. >> look at how cute they are. >> you make me feel better about mize life choices so far. bye, guys. but they are so well behaved and cute. we are giving you a final check, getting in the holiday spirit ourselves and it is certainly cold. it feels like the holiday season. temperatures, 24 in mount pocono. thirty-three in allentown. thirty-four in reading. thirty-six in philadelphia. thirty-six in wilmington. thirty-four in atlantic city. thirty-nine in wildwood. we lost the wet weather, the the rain and the wind, we had tuesday and the snow showers yesterday. we had them all day long. we should see some sunshine later on in the day bu

. >> amy graf writes the mommy files for the "san francisco chronicle." >> parents fear, when they give children freedom they're not going to make good choices. >> yeah. >> i think when you give children freedom, they make better choices. >> what about the risk? >> the risk is so low. >> i used to be kind of afraid. then i realized, there's not much to be really scared of. >> some kids have none of the experiences or even basic responsibility. this mom will not let her 10-year-old hold a knife. >> i cut up all of his meat for him still. >> i don't need it cut! look, i'm not going to choke on. >> it's too huge. >> the boy used the knife because he was a guest on lenore's tv show and lenore let him. >> using a knife, mom. >> oh my god, what is he doing. >> there's an assumption any child the child is unsupervised they're in danger. >> knows how to use the burners, the oven, she can make pancakes better than i company i let her run loose in the kitchen. >>> paris' friends envy her experience. what do they say? >> they say, that sounds so fun. >> go, go. >> and the free range kids say they

. >> we knew that there were a lot of kids out there that didn't have, as we told our kids, mommies and daddies that love them. four year old andrew was born to a meth addict and placed in foster care at the age of two, due to abuse and neglect. his foster mother attended the same church as the overtons so andrew got to know the kids through sunday school. >> my girls said, you know, well, andrew's praying for a forever mommy and daddy, you know, his forever family. >> reporter: at the time, hannah and larry had four biological children -- isaac, age 8, isabel 6, alli 5, and sebastian, 2. the young family lived off larry's modest salary from a landscape lighting business, but they made it work. she home schooled. he built furniture. even though hannah became pregnant with a fifth child, they volunteered to become andrew's forever family. >> i guess for us it was very exciting to be able to give that love to somebody who needed it. >> if you're trusting god -- >> reporter: pastor rod carver and his wife, noreen, noticed an immediate change in andrew. >> if you saw him around the church,

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i think my mommies sick right now. >> thinks the most contagious bug right now. >> horrible. >> what did you do. >> we had a couple things. so christmas eve we hosted and we did a little fundo party. >> were you mentioning that. >> this is our living room or dining room here. there is jack. he was in the the chocolate fundo. he has check late mustache there. and that is doctor jim creek. you wouldn't know it from his head a tire there but he is head of trauma at jefferson. he is one of the best doctors in the area. freddie galvis, broke his collar bone. great guy. there is my lovely wife. >> yes. >> so the next day though, how did we top that? we hang out with matt cord, of course, and we had so much fun hanging out with them. matt every year at wmmr, he does, his cord family christmas and his mom betty, has been doing this with with christmas day for the past 23 years. and then, and, jack and, i said that is cool when you have to work, the holiday and it goodies to have some fun, and make a tradition. >> we love matt cord. >> hey matt cord. >> we had all of the kid all together, whi

. >> mommy, no, no. he said let's go. we have to go. >>reporter:they got a 911 call from a resident at pheasant run apartments. they found 33-year-old nicole hill in an upstairs bedroom dead. the two daughters missing. >> at approximately 5:00 in the morning, shortly thereafter mr. stone delivered his two daughters to a neighbor in pennsburg. that was the last time he was seen by anyone. >> a half-hour before stone's ex-wife was discovered he was in lansdale where he shot and killed his 57-year-old former mother-in-law, joanne hill. and he believed that he got into his sister-in-law's home patricia flick. and then shot the father. the discovery was made at 8:00 a.m. >> it appears that the events that took place in souderton took place at 3:30 in the morning. last discovered first in time. >>reporter:because he dropped off his children in pennsburg that is why the flight team surrounded his home. of course, he was not there. with the on going manhunt other family members are placed in protective custody. the schools in the upper perkiome

come on, mommy. >> thank you.

>> mommy, daddy broke his blackberry again. >> that guy has got a lot of time on his hands. be wasn't that great? that was andrew white in his final bit that he does for us on this show. but get this. germany's government is actually doing something, thinking about banning bosses from e-mailing workers, the idea that they shouldn't be stressed out. what do you think about that. >> leave it up to germany to do this. it will never happen here. we just don't have work rules like that. how about just turning your back berry off. and if you work for an s.o.b. who has a problem with that, then don't work there. >> the idea that the germans are concerned with stressing people out are so wonderful. i mean they've caused the most stress to the world. >> yeah. >> kind of funny. >> very funny. >> when the financial crisis first happened and greece would walk around with these shirts, our next door neighbors won't give us money. germ mans are hardworking people. >> used to be. >> if they go down this path, it's disaster. >> they're harder working than the french. >> but you know, there

a proud mommy for this local k9 posing with his work. drug bust that mika helped take down. >> she's behind the biggest disney cartoon ever. so why is the creator of frozen saying a ♪ >> the storm is gone but the cleanup process will more than likely last for days if not weeks in california. this is after last week's powerful winds, rain and flooding and one homeowner spent the day clearing out wood left behind from a large uprooted tree. the tree removal alone will cost him $7,000 he hopes insurance will pay. investigators in la looking to talk to people regarding an apartment construction fire. they say the two men are not considered suspects but potential witnesses. they were seen on surveillance video in the area of last week's massive fire. more than 250 firefighters were on hand to battle the blaze. two buildings near the complex were damaged and flames could be seen for miles away. >> a texas firefighter does something that's grabbin grabbie attention of animal lovers across the country. >> i love this story. he's adopt add dog sa