sunday through much of next week is mother nature's way of paying us back with gorgeous temps in the 60s and 70s and plenty of dry weather! elias: let's get into the top five this morning.... elias: a tense situation inside a metro school bus thursday afternoon....whe n an adult bus driver gets into a physical confrontation with a special police say the incident began when 61-year old robert scarbrough got upset when the 15-year-old student wouldn't sit in his assigned seat. he now faces an assault charge. sabrina: in the number two spot this morning... sabrina: more than a dozen people have been injured after an airplane taxi-ing for take-off in fort lauderdale florida catches fire.. the plane had more than 100 people on board at the time of the fire... one witness said the plane had fuel leaking....with investigators trying to figure out just what went wrong on the runway. elias: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... elias: polk city police are investigating a theft from the public works building... sometime between 5 p-m wednesday and six a-m thursday, b

sunday through much of next week is mother nature's way of paying us back with gorgeous temps in the 60s and 70s and plenty of dry weather! amanda: also coming up on local five news midday.... a former new hampshire boarding school student, owen labrie, has been sentenced to one year in prison. amanda: and--daylight saving time amanda: big changes potentially coming to your healthcare coverage here in iowa. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" amanda: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm amanda krenz. amanda we start with some major international news yesterday---- china took a big step toward allowing more personal freedom for its citizens. amanda: and a major cultural shift in china...as the country's government effectively ends its decades old "one-child policy." faced with an aging workforce and economic slowdown, china will now adopt a one couple, two-children policy. the orginal policy was instituted in the 19-70's to address major population density problems. amanda: moving to national news-- and the presidential campaign trail. j

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conditions let's toss it over to meterologist ben dorenbach we'll have a treat of an evening from mother-nature as temperatures gradually fall into the 50s bottoming out in the 30s tomorrow morning. after that, we'll bounce back even more into the 70s sunday afternoon with lots of sunshine. see graphics. your 7-day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes it was a long day out in the field for multiple gop presidential hopefuls. ktiv's tiffany lane was with them a athey took part in an annual event honoring an << the annual colonel bud day pheasant hunt began bright and early at the hole n the wall lodge saturday morning. "we have memories with bud day pheasant hunting so thatatrings us together and it's important to honor him because at the time of his passing, which was two years ago last july 27th. colonel bud day was the most decorated living american hero." u-s congressman steve king from iowa, who calls pheasant hunting his favorite hobby, holds the event every year. saturday kicked off the beginning of the weekend hunt. the event raises funds for his campaign and brings together presidential

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mother nature's wrath washed away sand and left streets under way. tonight a look at how last week's storms also wiped out profits for business owners. good evening everyone, i'm jim rosenfield. nbc 10's cydney long is joining us live from cape may county tonight. sydney? >> reporter: i can tell you the long walk to the beach over the summer, it's no longer here. about 12 to 15 steps in between the surf and the boardwalk, and emergency managers tell me the winds and surf and you can see it out here, still too aggressive for them to measure the volume of damage in cubic yards, but take a look, you can see the bite mother nature took out of the beaches. in some spots, erosion about three feet, in this area it's about seven feet. this cliff on the beach all happening on a weekend when businesses were boarded up, as well. >> not as bad as sandy, but it was getting close. >> reporter: cathy has felt trapped and stranded inside by mother nature for the past three days, finally fletcher is getting to stretch his legs outdoors. >> it wasn't

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way to go, mother nature. just when you think she's going to let you down.t letting you down. this week ahead, brace for very cold weather. i don't think we can set any records. the report for sunday and monday are 30 and 34. dulles, 30 and 25 the records for monday morning. i don't think we can break any record but i do suspect either sunday and monday most of the suburbs will be below freezing so get ready to cover up your tender plants and flowers if you want to keep them around. only in the 50s at or below freezing. for now though a clear sky. 55 degrees. northwest wind at 10 miles per hour. there's a hinld of a windchill out there this morning vchlt an extra layer of warmth. temperatures, 50s. in the afternoon, 60s. it is starved of moisture but it might be able to wring out a quick little shower but rain chances are below 30%. today's highs will be mostly in the 60s. 69 and sunshine today. 68 tomorrow. a mix of clouds. maybe a spot or two. then as we get into the weekend. saturday and sunday chilly. watch out for a chance of freezing in the suburbs. >>

mother nature will do what mother nature will do. the best that you and i can do is continually repeat to people and remind people that these storms can cause this kind of damage. you ought to heed these warnings. congratulations to governor h l haley and christie and others who, whether or not the storm was going to make landfall or not, they recognized they'd have the flooding and these problems and asked people to get prepared for it. the problem is people don't heed the warnings. >> as you said at the outset, they hear the hurricane is not touching us, it's going to be a good soaking, and that's it. a lot of these folks are very vulnerable since, you know, a number of other hurricanes, sandy comes to mind, that obviously compromised the shorelines and they're hardly back up to speed. you would think the better part of valor is, with that much rain on the way, maybe you should get out of dodge and see what happens, right? >> that is the wisest thing to do. the sad part is the next story that we can probably do, neil, will be that

. >> mother nature is going to do what she wants. richard: down trees ripped off roofs. >> the roof was practically torn entirely all. the destructive rainstorm hopscotch to cross laurel tuesday night. >> the house was shaken by the storm. richard: two cars took a beating from falling tree debris. >> we cannot even see the automobiles under the trees. were torn off,s this alley becoming a wind tunnel, scattering roofing and building materials everywhere. >> trees were coming down. richard: the storm dumped three inches of rain in one hour. now they are concerned about what hurricane joaquin could do. >> a lot of people are scrambling. the cleanup from one storm, preparing for another. >> mother nature just comes through like a tornado and goes on her way. power lines are down, and this is the roots of the tree that fell. i'm surrounded by debris here. one thing they don't know was what kind of storm this was, whether a microburst tornado or something else. that is what the national weather service is checking now. richard reeve, abc

mother nature may play a role in the home field for the battle with the mets and the yankees. we are the largest and most diverse school district in america! yet we are one! one point one million students! one thousand eight hundred schools! sharing one common goal. help all kids succeed. we're new york city public school teachers. taking learning to the next level. and parents and the community are on board! all coming together... ...as one. to celebrate the passion and promise of our public schools. >>> otis livingston is here with sports. is the rain causing issues on the baseball diamond. >> reeking havoc out there, and maybe mother nature is not a baseball fan because the yankees and mets had their games postponed because of rain. they will be made up as double headers tomorrow. with the rain in the forecast for the weekend, the fight for home field advantage is in serious jeopardy. the mets with a tie breaker over the dodgers with 3 games left. >> it's a question if we want to play, and i think we always want to complete the season, and especially if there's anything rid

they knock off frankford, 28-22. >>> let's go to delaware where mother nature postponed the games.them was an interstate battle against concord of delaware. let's pick this up. chris thomas takes the pitch and finds him. nice option toss there. edinburgh after the two-point conversion goes up 8-0. he had 62 yards rushing. they punt and chris pew mel. -- hummel goes to work. lets it bounce. that was a good decision. he skates into the end zone. dickinson and mckean. vincent smith gets the pitch and makes a house call from eight yards away. we go to second quarter. reginald ray making sweet like sugar ray and fights his way into the end zone. 12-0, dickinson, the final. >> concord and the team the cheerleaders shaking off the rain, wearing the ponchos. busts out a 32-yard run. concord takes out appoquinimack. mainland versus st. augustine. log on to nbcsn.com andcast your vote. >>> a great one. the number one team in the region st. joe's prep locks in another test against a pretty good melbourne team. this week's game of the week. do we have anymore chips? [off screen] fellas? uh, so

next, mother nature's power on full display. the eagles' season is big, and the birds ready to battle the saints tomorrow. a preview when we come right back. >>> dramatic images of mother nature's power. look at that lightning striking one world trade center last night in new york city caught on camera. new york was hit with rain and thunderstorms well. incredible pictures there. we look outside right now, looks nice. you see the blue skies. >> i know, right? we had stormy weather, and the hot air bumping into cool air, and we have a strong beautiful outside, mostly cloudy skies, and no one complains compared to yesterday. here's a live shot outside. looking at our camera with clouds out there, but a big difference in terms of the sky compared to yesterday evening, and in terms of the temperatures compared to this time yesterday. temperatures anywhere 5-15 degrees cooler than yesterday. you'll feel the difference as you step out this morning. temperatures are mainly in the 40s and 50s. right now, 4 2 degrees in mount pocono, 52

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for them to measure the volume of damage in cubic yards, but take a look, you can see the bite mother nature took out of the beaches. in some spots, erosion about three feet, in this area it's about seven feet. this cliff on the beach all happening on a weekend when businesses were boarded up, as well. >> not as bad as sandy, but it was getting close. >> reporter: cathy has felt trapped and stranded inside by mother nature for the past three days, finally fletcher is getting to stretch his legs outdoors. >> it wasn't pleasant. i felt like i was on a cruise ship in my house looking out at the water. things were floating and it was not pleasant. >> the consistent high tides, the wind doesn't allow the tides to drain properly at low tides, so you have this stacking effect, which makes each subsequent tide even worse. >> reporter: ocean city suffered only back bay, no ocean flooding. the bigger issue, substantial beach erosion up and down ocean city's seven miles of beaches. while there were no breaches to the dunes, in some spots the sand dropoff is three to six feet. this as surfers take advan

mother nature not playing nice this weekend as it was wet. long list of schools postponed the games friday night because of the weather, many to be made up today, but we have plenty of big action and big plays for you on a wet and wild edition of the high school blitz. ♪ >>> let's go upper double hosting springfield montgomery county. the home team here, upper dublin beats springfield 62-0. marion, upper marion qb quinn looking for room, but finds the hat barrel d, release the hounds, bring him down, and 30-6 was the final. north penn, first half action, south deep in the own end zone, attempting the screen pass, but stuart took that into the end zone untouched. 14-0 lead. second quarter, fourth down, finding nick, and touchdown. north penn wins 46-20. up in the valley, white hall visiting parkland, parkland crosses, fires down field, and get out of the way. the defenders bang into each other, and they take it to the house. 77 yards. they beat whitehall 28-22. not a lot of tackling going on, sterling down 20-6 until carter takes the jet squee

mother nature, yeah, had other plans. low pressure lifted farther to the north. stow should have rained well to the south. but we received the rainfall right here in the bay area. because that low tracked farther north. we are still tracking some rainfall right now impacting the evening commute. it's not terribly widespread. it will mainly be in the south and east bay but it's now leaving san jose, milpitas ford fremont impacting new livermore and the tri-valley right now. on-and-off showers all day from oakland east to lafayette san ramon out toward brentwood and concord and martinez. we have had some scattered showers. if you add everything up it did not amount to much at most .06"." sa arena moan and belmont .03." san jose .01." it doesn't take much to cause a mess on the roads. we may have more rain this evening. we'll talk about 90s coming up in 10 minutes. >>> thank you. we are wrapping up the 2015 water year and it's going down as one of the driest on record. state officials measure rainfall from october 1 to september 30. this was the fourth year of the d

everywhere else, maybe a stern warning by mother nature that winter is about to get started. i temperatures today were chilly. look at this, only in the 40' s across the state, a few 30' s in the north. 38 degrees was the high temperature you could muster in whitefield. the average high for this time of october, 60 degrees. 37 was it in keene. here is where we stand now. already, we have fallen into the 20' s in many spots. 27 in concord. 20' s up in the northern part of the state. this is going to be a cold night, probably the coldest night we have had so far this season. wins have diminished, and that tends to help the temperatures go down even more. you can see, we' ve got three miles per hour in concord. that' s barely anything. it' s low enough we will have the temperatures continue to drop like a rock. teams up north, maybe even a few teens when you get into plymouth and concord. otherwise, 20' s in the southern part of the state with passing clouds. it' you may have to do scraping with frost likely in basically the entire state. clear skies across the area. we had a fe

and so the plan is to build a safe inviting trail out here that lets mother nature and the people of san jose reclaim it as their own. >> we want people to be able to enjoy nature and help take care of nature so that it's around for generations to come. >> it was one of the saddest chapters in san jose's history. and now, it just might have a happy ending. in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> time now is 4:51. still to come a big any project for facebook founder mark zuckerberg and his wife. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. your forecast today san francisco average high 69, instead 73. in fact, identical conditions to yesterday with the 60s at the beaches, 70s, 80s around the peninsula, and good morning san jose at 81 degrees. the sun was shining in san ramon in the upper 70s. north of the golden gate bridge, take a look at the numbers. 60s and 70s. 80s? head to sonoma at 82 degrees. meanwhile, with the sunshine and a slight west breeze to 10, windsor at 83 degrees. >>> highway 4 traffic is moving well in that westbound direction. the commute direction looking good leaving antioch boun

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to list. >> yes, south jersey farm had big plans, to have a pumpkin patch to school, however, mother nature gave them a detour. new jersey reporter cleve bryan has that story. >> reporter: it was a perfect fall morning for our fathers, and, to take a field trip, in the farm in sewell. first a hey ride with a top. >> and, as parents and kid arrive it is not pumpkins they will find but a witch's house. >> trick or treat. >> it was pretty much, devastated. >> reporter: this is the actual pumpkin patch, it is a pretty bad site. powerful storm in june that snapped trees like twigs all over south jersey kills the pumpkin crop. >> it shows torrential, downpours that the the seed were just packed into the soil, so far, that the sun could not reach them and they could not come out of the ground. >> reporter: rutgers agricultural extension says every other pumpkin grower in gloucester county had a strong crop this year. it appears to be an isolated situation. feeling bewitched they were unsure about fall farm tours. >> you think hey ride and pumpkin patch. it was a huge risk for me. i was scared, ner

but first, meteorologist sam schreier breaks down your full forecast...lettin g you know what mother nature has in store as you get ready to start your day. stay with us., elias: as you can see a great turnout this morning at north polkf...the students are ready for tonight's game with c-m-b.... (((cheer)) to talk more about tonight's matchup we are joined by ??? thanks for joining us... ((interview))) as you can see the excitement is already in the air here at earlham......and we have much more coming up this hour... elias: much more ahead here on blitz gameday...as we take a short break. just ahead, more from north polk..the site of our game of the week... but first, meteorologist sam schreier breaks down your full forecast...lettin g you know what mother nature has in store as you get ready to start your day. experts" sam weather adlib: put script here in green this week started on the mild and warm side, but now we're really back to feeling like fall with a cold day and frost night back in the forecast. we're looking at mostly sunny skies today with a few more afternoon clouds. we're go

the mother nature is not a baseball fan. both the yankees and mets had their games postponed yesterday. they'll be made up as doubleheaders later today. with rain in the forecast for the weekend, the fight for homefield advantage for the mets is in serious jeopardy. >> it's a question of whether they would make us play, it's a question of when we would want to play and i think, you know, we always want to complete the season, especially if there's anything riding on a full schedule as something may be here, but there really hasn't been any conversation with major league baseball about that. >> let's just get those games in. now to the nfl, the team that brought you the butt fumble has given us another punch line, the jets threw over 350 rolls of toilet paper for their trip to london. the coach said they weren't touching that one, as in no comment. there's big ben, parliament, buckingham palace. i'm sure they'll do sightseeing in london. but make no mistake, this is not a vacation, it's a business trip, especially after last

but mother nature can't stop us. the new 2016 ford explorer. be unstoppable. ♪ ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi, and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. ♪ test test. ong earthquakes test test. >>> el nino is bringing more than rain to california. spakes have been seen laying around the coast. alerted local wild life experts. those snakes are not fruditionly located along the coast. they may have been attracted to the warmer ocean temperature uztributed to the conditions. last time the snake species washed ashore happened in 1972 in orange county. >>> still ahead, police are searching for two men suspected of a stabbing. >>> new details regarding a search for mexican drug lord el chapo. >>> here is a look at future cast. i will talk about the sunday forecast, coming up. >>> explains what this means for the future. >> reporter: several people i spoke with are saying they have been feeling these quakes. they are happening along the fault line in san ramon. while th

as we approach the one-year anniversary, it was no match for mother nature. it is now wild grass. it's now an inviting grove of trees. the putrid pile of trash at the entrance, it's gone. >> it looks like natural habitat, the way it's supposed to look. they have pain-stakingly removed 2 and a half tons of trash. >> it looks a lot better, but it's not pristine. >> you're trespassing when you're down here. >> constantly being broken up before it builds up. san jose reclaims it as their own. >> we want people to be able to enjoy nature so it's around for years to come. >> reporter: now, it just might have a happy ending. in san jose, kpix, news 5. >>> coming up in the forecast, it could be a soaker in the bay area. we have some fog enveloping the bay area tonight. 62 degrees in the bay area. north bay, third straight night, low 40s. dropping to 52, fremont. the other two very strong el nino octobers. decent amount of rainfall in 19 97. that will likely change. breaking records tonight. hurricane patricia. 185 miles an hour sustained winds. the lowest pressure ever recorded in the east

but i tell you what mother nature hasn't cooperated with our models. it looks like eventually over the next few days it will happen. but look at the flood warnings across this state. we could see another foot in some areas before this is all said and done. we'll be talking more about this throughout the morning. a truly unbelievable site ght. >> rob, much more from you coming up in show. >>> the weather situation doesn't end there, hurricane joaquin now headed for bermuda after leave ing a trail of destruction in the bahamas. >> vanishing in the storm a cargo ship, this morning, a new clue, abc's linzie janis has the latest from nassau. >> good morning. improved weather conditions in this area have helped coast gad searchers find the first sign of the ship in three days. overnight n the stormy seas near the bahamas, the u.s. coast guard finding a life ring, the first of the el faro. the discovery validation they're searching in the right area. friends and family members holding on to hope the 33 crew members including 28 americans are still alive. >> i

firefighters in iowa city this week not only had to battle fires, but also fought mother nature. an artist took his skills to an old donald trump bus. he's hoping it makes people question politics in the country. sit you must, for 17 and half hours. star wars fans take their dedication to the next level with a movie marathon. good thursday morning! its 5 o'clock on october 22nd. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a pretty decent thursday. it'll be cooler than yesterday, but we won't be dodging thunderstorms again. plan on highs into the 60-65 range from north to south. our next focus remains on the storm system set to affect our weather from friday afternoon into the evening. this will be a widespread rain, with amounts of 0.25" to 0.50" likely. plan on wet football in the area for friday night! this system will be moving out just in time for the weekend with highs remaining in the 60s and lows dipping down to the upper 30s saturday night. today: partly cloudy high: 61-67 winds: e 5-10 alo: 65 dbq: 64 iow: 65ton

but mother nature can't stop us. the new 2016 ford explorer. be unstoppable. ♪ >> reporter: the peninsula humane society has an overabundance of black cats and wants to get them into a good home. the shelter has more than a hundred cats and a third of them have black fur. the shelter says black cats are harder to adopt outmostly because of their dark color. people can easily miss them because they are darkand, if the cat is napping, as cats do, you might simply miss them. that has been the case here and the fall catstrovangaza is on. >> reporter: the shelter says their cats all have different personalities and want to pair one of their cats to someone willing to give them a good home and take care of >>: we have a 14 year old cat named elvis and i can't wait to say that elvis has left the building when he gets adopted. he would be great in a real low maintenance home and somebody who would like a great lap cat. we have kittens, too. so, people who adopt kittens should be ready for a real energetic cat. so, it all depends on the cat. >> reporter

his mother said he died of natural causes. the teen and his family posted videos on youtube about theirs. they have 1.6 million subscribers and they have been viewed more than 1 billion times. a call was made to 911 after a medical emergency at the family residence. the death was not a suicide and no drugs were involved. >>> u.s. coastguard says the container ship with 33 people including 28 americans sank in the bermuda triangle during hurricane joaquin. one body has been recovered. the 790-foot ship lost power thursday. the crew said it was taking on water. there is a chance crew members could be found alive but time is running out. >>> over time your search area gets bigger and bigger and bigger. i hate to say it like this, the odds of finding them get to be less and less and less. >> they are gathering close to where the boat launched last week. the president of the company that owns it released a statement saying they continue to hold out hope for survivors. >>> death toll has risen to nine in south carolina. some are tra

we have a big bounce back in temperatures coming tomorrow, as mother nature i think she is she is feeling like i've done enough to you, so we're looking at improving temperatures, i'll have that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: we agree, mother nature has done enough. looking live approaching the conshohocken curve eastbound traffic slowing from conshohocken to the curve and westbound slowing from approaching city avenue to glad win. we have slower speeds on i-95. it's a 28 minute ride southbound this is southbound traffic slow as you head toward center city. i talked to police in montgomery we talked built accident on park avenue. it's going to be blocked for 45 minutes at woodland avenue. the accident is involving a septa bus, they are doing the cleanup. crews on the scene on park avenue. we have an accident blocking a lane at washington lane township line road. this one on skippack pike white hall road so traffic is moving a little bit better. we have an accident where a vehicle ran off the ad way garden state parkway southbound past 39. the emergency crews

experts say it's time to step in and get ready for winter since mother nature "tuesday partly sunny, high in the mid 70s, tuesday night partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers... rain... a rare sighting lately in the quad cities. "we've actually gone 29 days now in the quad cities without any measurable rainfall which is the 9th place on record going back to 1871." and with friday night's first freeze... reality is beginning to set in for local gardening experts. plants need enough water to hydrate before the ground completely freezes... "once the ground freezes, that's it" or they could risk major damage come spring. "it is time to consider getting out there and doing some watering on our trees and shrubs especially. "and even more specifically...the evergreens will be effected. people might not see it in this holiday's harvest, but three or four years down the line could be a different story." "this is an arborvite, blue spruce, ure, junipers, hollys..." evergreens are prone to something called winter burn. "it's like freezer burn on meat in the house. the plants can't ab

mother nature not playing nice this weekend. it was wet. long list of schools postponed friday because of the weather and many made up today, but we have plenty of big action and big plays for you on a wet and wild edition of the high school blitz. ♪ >>> upper dublin hosting montgome montgomery, home team in this one. the game here. down to the 10, upper dublin beats springfield 62-0. upper marion, qb, quin, looking for room, but finds a hat barrel d, release the hounds. bringing him down, and they win 30-6. south and north penn, south deep in the end zone, attempt a screen pass, but nope, stuart will take that and go into the end zone untouched, 14-0. then fourth down, reese finds nick, and touchdown. north penn wins 46-20. up in the lee high valley, white hall visiting parkland, and cross fires the rock down field and get out of the way. the defenders bang into each other and they take it to the house. 77 yards. they beat whitehall 42-28. sloppy tracks, not a lot of tackling here, sterling down 20-6 until carter takes the jet sweep and go

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like mother nature put butter right in the middle. the mashed potatos are incredible. a little more courser but i love them. storage is very important. lot of times they are sold in nets. you want to make sure the there is no sprouting at all. store them in the refrigerator. don't store them for too long, a week at the most. quickly. baby potatos, i love these, they taste great and great for us. >>> big night out. what had the royals hitting the >>> wal-mart has applied to faa to test drones for home delivery and curbside pick up. it's been testing the drones inside for months now. now, they wants to test them in and out the real world. black friday might be the busiest shopping day of the year, the doors at outdoor retailer rei will be closed on black friday. they won't open the day after thanksgiving. the company's ceo says, while the rest of the world is fighting it in and out the aisles, we are choosing to opt outside and want you to come with us. prince william and his wife were joined by prince harry in london looking very dashing and bond-like, too, with the bow

fred: incredible what mother nature can do. thanks elisa. tim: what better way celebrate the fall than smashing pumpkins? and no im not talking about the band. over in plainfield indiana kids got the chance to see a couple of six- hundred pound pumpkins splat on the ground after being dropped by acrane from about 140 feet in the air, jenna: we're used to hearing about it affecting professional athletes. but find out what research is uncovering about a-c-l injuries in youth. finding the culprit behind these injuries is sports. dr. timothy y johnson has morere on which sports are the riskiest for your kid's knees " we used to only hear about it in professional athletes? grownups. but now new research suggests tears in the a-c-l - a ligament in the knee - may be on the rise in the young. researcherer presenting new findings at the annual meeting of the american academy of pediatrics? using insurance company data to compare rates of youth a-c-l tears 20 years ago? to what doctors see today. an increase of 2.3 percent -- per year. girls most like

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saint because he called upon the people, even in the 12th century to have appreciation and respect mother natureht it would be so beautiful if there was a pope named francis who could embrace the idea of disseminating material things and -- becoming close to mother nature and understanding how important it is to respect the earth and i met the monks in assisi and they said, this will never happen. i was doing research. we will never have a pope francis because st. francis was too rebellious. we will never have a jesuit or franciscan. and i said, well, you know, let's hope. and then when benedict step down, i was watching television with my daughter and the white smoke had come up. so we were waiting to see who would be pope. and we had to wait a long time, like 45 minutes. and in those 45 minutes, i told jesse how much i wanted a pope named francis and why. and i told her the story of st. francis. and she was saying, oh, mommy, i hope you get a pope francis. i'm not a catholic, but i still wanted a pope francis. and we are watching and watching and then they came out. lo and behold, they announc

. >> mother nature coming by to >> and this toddler is a bit confused. >> la to be on time-out. didn't put him in time-out. then wanted out of time-out. can't make up his mind ngts findous i findous if he ever makes up his >>> closed captioning provided by -- >>> this stupid video shows exactly why being the toddler is just so hard! >> yeah. not having to pay the mortgage. not having to pay the rent. >> where you going? >> i don't want to -- time-out. >> you want to be in time-out? >> yeah. >> okay. you're in time-out. >> aaargh! >> this child actually wants to be on time-out? >> wait. are you mad because you're in time-out? >> yes. >> okay. you're not in time-out. >> i want to be on time-out. >> want to be in time-out. >> yeah. >> okay. you're in time-out. >> no! >> sit down. because you're in time-out. >> no! >> he has to be on time-out, then his dad put him on time-out then he wanted out of time-out. he can't make up his mind about time-out. >> okay. you're not in time-out. >> no. >> do you need a hug? >> no! >> what's wrong? ah! >> i think he needs a nap. >> and in this vide

mother nature left plenty of damage behind. folks say the mud slide moved quickly. >> we saw a mountain of boulders and dirt and stuff coming right for us. it pretty much lifted my car up. and spun us around like it was nothing. >> the heaviest of the storms have moved on for now. more wet weather is in the forecast this weekend. the rain, floods and mud slides in southern california a wake up call for the bay area. cities have started preparing for el nino. in oakland crews cleared storm drains. they checked culverts in low lying areas. caltrans has hired 800 temporary workers state-wide. the workers are busy. >> we're out inspecting places that have been trouble spots in the past. if they are subject to mud or rock slides. especially if there's been a fire and it burned away the vegetation. >> these devastating mud slides are a preview of what our state will face if that el nino is what they expect. >> yesterday senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein called on federal officials to be ready for potentially devastating flo

. >> reporter: a house in ruins now being removed from where it was washed by mother nature. >> i'm glad they were quick in response to deal with it. >> reporter: piece by piece, demolition contractors hired by the state are pulling debris off the grassy channel of north wildwood. it's been there nearly three weeks when the house collapsed in the back bay during stormy weather, floated downstream and settled in this popular spot for fishing and crabbing. the cost of the demolition, between 150 and $175,000. the state is footing that bill, at least for now. >> the state does reserve its right to recoup the cost for this operation, and we'll be looking for that going forward. >> i wish they would have fixed my house first. nobody lives in that house. >> reporter: he is still in limbo. >> i don't know what to do. >> reporter: the house that collapsed crashed into his pier as it passed by. the 75-year-old said he can't afford to fix what the floating home crushed down. >> i don't know who is going to do or what. everywhere i turn, nobody is responsible. after hurricane sandy, he didn't have