news across it, topic of fake news overall. hi.e, republican line, caller: hi. thanks for taking my call. a republican, going to vote for trump, i think fake news contributed to the rise of him. personally, i've seen things on facebook that just even as republican. you, k my question for what role does the mainstream media have in all this? why are they not reporting on the fake news the way they the public ducating about these fake stories that i the ubt think influence election? guest: well, a couple answers to question. the first is, it is like whack-a-mole, hundreds of day with no basic and fact. it is difficult to figure out to be rebutted, how you go about rebutting them them.t amplifying further, there is a problem with widespread problem with trust in period.a, people who just don't think the media has their best interest in sensationalizing or lying or too biassed. people who think that are likely to believe the so-called fake news stories. and then, there's finally the media problem that the just beholden to the faceb

nbc 10 news. >> still ahead, we will look at new jersey's new law on adoption records. starting next year they will be unsealed. what it means for birth mothers and their children coming up at 5:45. >> we are in the final countdown of 2017. if you are planning celebrate away from home, there will be a way to get there. patco offering free rides. you can take the south jersey rail service at no cost on new year's day. septa is not offering free rides but regional rail is offering special late night service. uber says brace yourself for surge pricing between midnight to 3:00 a.m. rates are far more expensive than usual. uber expected to get three times more rides than last year. >> a ride over to the blue cross river rink for new year's eve. the perfect spot to watch the show from sugar house casino. if you can't make it, nbc 10 will be broadcasting the early show live right here. see it here starting at 6:00. in newark, you can celebrate the new year with free parking. no charge on january 1 and 2. the goal is to encourage visitors to shop and dine. one philadelphia arti

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usm >> host: joining us from new york is max reed, the senior editor for new york magazine selects all section of the website. he's here to talk about the topic of news. good morning. >> guest: good morning. >> host: you wrote a recentea piece looking at the idea saying maybe the internet isn't a fantastic tool for democracy after all. can you give the sense of what's led to the writing of the topic of fake news? >> for the last three decades, it's been sort of a silicon valley gospel that the internet is a tool for democracy and, freedom of speech and freedom generally. that has been true in a lot of situations. you look at the beginning and the social media allowed those protests to flourish but in the last six or seven years we have seen this rise of populism around the world of the autocratic generally populist often xenophobic leaders not just in russia that in western europe and southeast asia andd one thing that seems to be clear across the world is they use the internet whether intentionally to target critics, harass journalists, to organize their own sort of populist and i thi

you said the other day that new york times is fake news.n if in your view the times are bias and get things wrong, how is it fair to equate it with the websites that just make up the bs? >> well, i think if you look back to the trump campaign and the clinton campaign to use your language and not mine, they had a fair amount of bs and also. >> anyone that you want to point in particularly? >> well, the best example is the woman that had the entire article and said that they got -- they took what was a totally positive pro trump and was a nice man and gentlemen. i enjoyed the date and turned it into trump hitting on her inappropriately. she held the press conference and said that it's crazy. >> new york times also revealed that hillary clinton had a private server and donald trump gave the paper the first interview so he may have said that it's not totally fake. >> the new york time at one time was the greatest newspaper in the world. it's remarkable. there's messages like that, and the fact is that some on the floor the best times reporter a

new white house secretary will be. and were some of the media are seated inside the briefing room, which was last renovated back in 2005. it is a small room, above the pool used by presidents roosevelt through johnson. richard it officially became the briefing room during the reagan administration as well. some changes potentially down the road. guest: a couple of things for concern. we don't know exactly what yet. mr. primus has announced that there will certainly be changes, but he has not said a that but what. so that is an area for concern. also, we really don't understand why. this system developed over a lot of years for a lot of valid reasons and basically works, so why do they feel a compelling need to change how the briefings are done or where people sit is certainly confusing. you really wonder, one, does the public really care about where reporters sit? is it really in the public interest to be messing with a system that actually works pretty well? host: let's go to ann in florida, with david chavern of the

there is good news. it's all expected to wrap up later today, allowing everyone to get out there and ring in the new year this weekend. >> as the new year's eve quickly approach approaches, security is tightening from coast to coast and all around the world after the terror attacks this year in cities including orlando, nice, and most recently, berlin. law enforcement is on high alert and making an unprecedented show of force in new york. stephanie gosk has details. >> people will be safe this new year' eve because we're there along with our law enforcement partners. >> in times square, a record 7,000 uniformed and undercover police, including hundreds of heavily armed counterterrorism officers will hit the streets. and in the wake of vehicle attacks overseas, the berlin christmas market earlier this month killing a dozen, and nice over the summer, leaving 86 dead, sand trucks and other vehicles will be used to block off new york streets. while in chicago, fences and concrete barricades went up amid conc

it is new years eve. police shoot and killed a man who gunned down a pennsylvania state trooper and unique celebration in old city to mark bet thecy ross's 265th birthday. >>> of course, big story on "action news" is start of the festivities to say hello to the brand new year. some places around the world 2017 has already started. but around here the new year is a few hours away but party is already underway. live team coverage of the celebration, "action news" reporter bob brooks is taking a look at how folks are getting ready for midnight but we will get with janet reyes live at penns landing where fire works are just about to begin, jeanette. >> reporter: we're down to the last few hours of 2016, and what a year, it has been. it is, packed here. lets look around me you can barely see beyond the crowd of people here, anticipation is already building, because we're about to see the first, of two fire works shows, and, i say people here are pretty excited. >> we're here to celebrate new years eve, ice ska

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here in new york. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> president-elect donald trump is dismissing reports that the russians interfered on his behalf in the presidential election, calling the claims ridiculous. but lawmakers from both parties are calling for an investigation. the report could complicate the possible nomination of exxonmobil rex tillerson as secretary of state. mr. trump says he does not need daily intelligence briefings because he is, quote, a smart person. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump holds more meetings at trump tower today as he continues to fill key posts in his administration. the development comes amid calls from a bipartisan group of senators for congress to investigate the cia's assessment that russia played a role in getting him elected. hours after president-elect donald trump publicly lashed out

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. ♪ >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday.s check back with us a little later for the morning news. be sure not to miss, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. >>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm tony dokoupil. the islamic state is claiming responsibility for the christmas market truck attack in berlin that left 12 people dead and dozens injured. german police thought they had the man that drove the truck through the crowd. but after hours of interrogation, they let him walk. charlie d'agata reports. >> forensic teams hauled away the wrecked truck to search for clues. the investigation suffered a major set back after police released the pakistani asylum seeker arrested on the basis of eyewitness reports. with no blood, dna evidence to link him to the crime, he was let go. a massive manhunt is underway for the hijacker of the truck, that plowed into the christmas market. police believe the attacker is armed. the polish driver of the truck was found shot and stabbed in the passenger

with the new year, new laws. getting rid of car registration stickers to a higher minimum wage for parts of the area. the new changes in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. and you can find a complete list of local new year's eve celebration from the city to the suburbs and down the shore right now on the nbc 10 app. download it for free for more information about the family fun. >> now a slow down on columbus avenue. south philadelphia. cars are moving in both directions. skyforce 10, last week it caused lane closures on the road near the i-95 ramp. the broken main has been replaced. today, russia hit back against president obama's string of sanctions calling them dangerous and provocative but said it would not retaliate. a move the president elect appears to like. mr. trump grated great move on the delay by v. putin. i always knew he was pretty smart. >> president obama ordered three dozen diplomats to leave the u.s. in retaliation for russia's alleged if involvement in cyberattacks and interference in the e

lauren: breaking news this morning. donald trump and anthony japanese billionaire will create thousands of jobs in the u.s. happy thursday. i am lauren simonetti. dagen: and i am dagen mcdowell and 477. the israeli settlements as tensions between the u.s. and israel continued to rise. lauren: in hollywood, mourning the loss of screen legend debbie reynolds. she died one day after her daughter, carrie fisher died. dagen: starts closing lower yesterday. we have slight losses across the board. lauren: and asia, hong kong stocks to edge higher. however, check out japan. the nikkei down 1.3%. dagen: crude oil falling down 13 cents a barrel after a report yesterday showed a surprise built in this country's crude inventory. 5393 or cost of crude. lauren: or 10 year treasury yield at 2.84%. dagen: u.s. retailers to have their best holiday season in years. what's behind that move? lauren: miami hurricanes as they try to win their first bowl game since 2006. dagen: 5:01 a.m. in new york city december 29th. welcome to "fbn:am," yo

new york, new jersey, baltimore, delmarva here, mainly a rain event. the snow will be across interior sections of the northeast and new england. by thursday still spinning offshore. this is going to be a new england event. new england, massachusetts, connecticut could also get some snow up towards vermont and maine. this is going to be the storm you need to monitor because you could see abig slow down from the storm system. on friday it is offshore and quieter conditions as we head into new year's eve and new year's day. winter weather advisories already posted for this storm system. mainly arain event. this is going to be a nor' easter. a nor' easter tomorrow and friday. back to you. >> it is that time of year, though. >> it is my friend. >> important information for viewers. thank you. >> across the country they are ramping up security as police say there's no ed to link a rash of christmas day roles. they are turning over cell phone videos to pinpoint the source of the violence. organized social media posts and snap chat helped spur mass chaos. at l

this is a good new year. >> that's right. i celebrated a new year in the bay area, starting here. it was a good year. we are tracking some pretty good conditions across the bay area for today. here is a quick look at today's highs, increasing cloud cover is expected as you head into the overnight hours as well. we will be in the 50s and 60s. san jose topping out at about 63 degrees. half moon bay also 60. tomorrow's early morning highs waking up once again in the 30s. san jose 39, los gatos 38, santa rosa 37. if you think this is cold, stay tuned for next week. we're tracking a cold snap expected to bring record lows into the bay area with the coldest temperatures more than likely being next wednesday. now let's get a quick check right now at your south bay drive times. northbound 101 to highway 85, 20 minutes. northbound 85 to 101, also 20 minutes. more people making their ways on the road. southbound 101 to sfo, 11 minutes. if you're heading to the airport, it looks like a pretty smooth commute. >>> we go to a developing story this morning, russian president vladimir putin is co

for some of you, the news continues. and for others check back with and for others check back with us a captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, december 29th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> ♪ ♪ good morning good morning good morning good morning to you ♪ sn ♪ ♪ >> just a day after her death, sadness and shock be. the world remembers debbie reynolds. a light saber salute. "star wars" fans prove the force will always be with carrie fisher. >>> this morning the obama administration will outline its response to russia after reports that it hacked the presidential elect. in the meantime, president-elect trump downplayed the breach. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. >>> and the country will see snow today. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i-wendy -- i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. >>> debbie reynolds became a hollywood star as a teenager died yesterday, the day after her daughter carrie fisher died. reynolds was 84 yea

dagen: happy new year. lauren: happy new year to you.sandra: happy new year to you, lauren simonetti and dagen, we will see you in a few minutes. good morning, i'm sandra smith in for maria bartiromo, friday december 30th, 6:00 a.m. eastern. the white house hit the kremlin with sanctions over alleged hacking. >> our bottom line is what russia has engaged in the last few months and years is unacceptable. it's outside the norm of diplomatic behavior. the president is sending a message to cut it out and that's why he ordered aggressive action. sandra: russia announcing own sanctions against the u.s. we will have the details ahead. and new oversight in north texas, an officer shot after scuffle. what led to the confrontation. and burring, the new year, ahead of the holiday w

good news, it's dry. >> it's dry. that's great news. so conditions for today are going to be pretty mild. average for this time of year and the winds will get gusty, especially this afternoon. westerly between 25 and 30 miles per hour. but meantime a live look outside looks nice and quiet. good for sky gazing. i do think you will be able to see orion towards the west, otherwise sunrise pretty soon. philadelphia 35 degrees, coatesville 32, dover warmer at 38 and vineland at 36 degrees. let's go ahead and jump into your new year's eve weekend forecast. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s for the most part and upper 40s in fact some low 50s on sunday. so a great stretch of weather and the good news is, we will see developing clouds but it looks like it's going to remain dry for this holiday weekend. mummers day parade, the forecast looking really nice at 8:00 a.m. 38 degrees. 46 by 2:00 p.m. southwesterly 10 to 15 miles per ho hour. a mix of sun and clouds. a really nice stretch. especially to end this new year. this is the last frida

news back in the morning.will see new about ten minutes or so. >> loosen up a little. >> thanks, josh, we will be watching. >>> staying in new york it is tenth anniversary of the unique new years tradition. >> it is good riddings day. new yorkers shed bad memories from the past year. they do it the by writing unsavory memories, smashing unwanted possessions and throwing away sheets of paper. that was inspired by latin american tradition in which tolls represented bad memories , are set on fire. >> sound very healthy to me. >>> here's another new years tradition in new york, workers put finishing touches on the the times square new years eve ball yesterday. it is made up of two and a half thousand waterford crystal triangles. they unveiled gift of kindness this year, features roseets that symbolizes unity and together this is. >>> this week we are looking back at some big stories of 016. >> local turmoil, terror attacks and that are disasters dominated international headlines. riley carlton has a look back at t

>> marty:here is what new zealand looked like brining in the new year. new zealand is one of the first to ring in the new year with their firework display in auckland. >> marty: year's celebration forecasts from rebecca. . >> rebecca: will and then mostly dry not have a couple sprinkles in the bay area. that dry conditions through the rest the day and the afternoon hours. looks far different from tonight's it will be dry for folks that is some good news everyone will gear up and it will be quite cold definitely going to want to dress warm tonight. as you're out about in the town if all four zones cameron network overlooking the golden gate bridge and pleasanton area south davis's downtown san jose to kron 4 north is out there looking elbe cloud cover in some areas we're expecting sunshine today. with mild temperatures and satellite radar imagery and the last couple of hours. this little sprinkle here and there and some intemperances, a set of parts of the north bay. and even along a coast for parts of the south bay. we see it that we won't have much of t

welcome the new year with a new routine. nbc news. >> good to know. >>> have you ever tweeted something you wish you could take back? >> i am not going to answer that but there could be a delete button of course. we'll have details straight ahead. rchl and i'm tracking your new year's eve forecast. we have warmer temperatures and it lwill be a lot less windy. we'll talk about what to expect for new year's eve and 2017. i'll see you in just a bit. here's your receipt. have a nice day! thank you. start the car! start the car! start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea [ it'[ goat bleat ] by peggy lee playing ] [ crow caws, music continues ] this is gonna be awesome! when it comes to buying a house... trulia knows the house is only half of it. and with 34 map overlays like playgrounds, demographics, schools, and more... you can find the right house and the right neighborhood for you. trulia. the house is only half of it. >>> we have an update on e

the new year will mean a new home for a delaware zoo's tiger.t the brandywine zoo in wilmington. she's the only tilinger at the zoo and she's being transferred to the bronx zoo for breeding at the start of january. part of the association of zoo's species survival plan. >>> up next the new year comes early in delaware. we explain, when we come back. ♪ ♪ >>> the new year has already begun in parts of the world. in japan, people ushered in 2017 at a tokyo park tonight. they held their annual balloon release, and each balloon carries a wish for the new year. >>> here in philadelphia, some people are celebrating the new year with music. the choral arts of philadelphia performed bach's christmas oratorio in west philadelphia. organizers say the celebration is meant to show philadelphia's diverse cultural landscape. [ cheers and applause ] >> in delaware, kids were ringing in 2017 a little bit early. new year's rocking noon took place at the delaware children's museum in wilmington. kids there unleashed bags of confetti and used noise makers and a loc

good news. local companies are stepping up to help those employees who have been laid off, but, you know, a lot of former workers here at pasta pomodoro are waiting to be paid. notices on the door of this particular restaurant are demanding unpaid rent. >> everybody is sad. >> reporter: chris says the holidays have been a big bummer after he got a text december 26th from pasta pomodoro saying don't come to work. restaurant chain was closing its doors for good. he just got his last paycheck from this location. >> i have a direct deposit so i have my money. >> but some of his former co-workers have not been paid and many still have personal items inside they can't retrieve. >> i can't take out my stuff i have inside so i don't know what's going to happen right now. >> reporter: a notice on the door demands $19,000 in back rent for december and we found a similar notice on the door of this san jose restaurant location, 18 grand in rent was never paid this month, the property management company told

but police have some good news tonight. >>> and news about another dog. the governor's heartfelt good-bye to a loved one after a long fight with illness. >>> first, though, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" after abc 7 news at 11:00. jimmy. >> look at what we did tonight. >> i just feel like you're working too much. i feel like you must hear that from your -- >> well, i have one less job. there's no "idol." >> that's true. >> so i'm actually looking forring something else. >> are you really >>> right now there is a manhunt in pennsylvania to find a gunman who shot and killed a state trooper. it happened when the officer reported to a protection from abuse allegation in a rural community near altoona. there is a shelter in place as authorities are searching the area for a 32-year-old man you see here. he's considered armed and extremely dangerous. >>> a puppy is home safe and two suspects are in custody after a violent attack and robbery. san jose police say raven gonzalez and andrew cavanaugh responded to a craigslist ad a w

this is breaking news. we don't know about where she was located, the condition that her and her great granddaughter, is in right now we understand that they have still why it to reunite with family. that will hope soon in the sheriff's office. and we're awaiting more information from hamilton township police, the lead investigation, throughout this entire process. reporting live from mays landing, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> just wonderful news from you tonight, thanks very much. we will continue to follow that. >>> also tonight, tracking a wintry mix, the kind of precipitation that you'll get, depending where you are. >> we have live team three coverage tonight, our joe holden is in bethlehem where people are preparing for some snow, but lets get to our meteorologist kate bilo tracking this storm, what is very latest, kate. >> reporter: nicole and jessica to this is a very weak system but not the quite so weak when it moves through our area tomorrow morning. it is a clipper system. here are t

this news block, as it's called, might be the best news block we've ever had for strong news. >> let's keep the good vibes going. >> many consider new year's eve to be one of the most romantic holidays. now there's proof of it here in the bay area. we'll tell you why the rush is on to tie the knot. >>> 4:45 right now on your friday morning. getting ready to ring in the new year as you mentioned. >> it's the last friday of 2016. >> or you bought a tuxedo onesie. >> a little splash of formality here. what have you got? >> we have an expected increase in cloud cover. i told you to hang out outside because we were going the see some changes heading into tonight. that's because we are tracking two storm systems that may impact how your new year's eve plans go. right now in the south bay, 43 degrees. it's been a chilly night. waking um to slightly warmer conditions. the tri-valley at 38 degrees. the san francisco area seeing about 46 degrees. over the next couple hours, we are expecting to increase in terms of the temperatures, but here is a quick perspective right now on how we're faring co

"nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz balart. >>> good evening. i'm peter alexander in tonight for jose. breaking news on this christmas eve as president-elect donald trump is trying to calm the controversy over potential conflicts of interest before he takes the oath of office now less than a month away. tonight trump announced that he'll dissolve the donald j. trump foundation, a charity that bears his name and remains under investigation by the new york state attorney general. nbc's kelly o'donnell brings us the latest on the breaking news from outside trump's estate. >> reporter: the surprise christmas eve announcement. part of a still unfolding plan to detangle the billionaire from a maze of business and family ties that could hinder his new administration. trump's reasoning? he writes "to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president." trump praised the foundation's philanthropy. i'm very proud of the money that has been raised for many organizations in need. t

here is the new york side. there is the new york anchorage. there are the office buildings in the background. here is the brooklyn side. fulton street is on the left. i can barely see the tower. look at this. the photographer had to climb up this walkway to the talk of the tower. meshhat protects you is a that you can't even see. i don't know how he did it. he is looking back to brooklyn. when they designed the brooklyn bridge they wanted it to come down in the commercial area of brooklyn. justmes down into brooklyn one building away from fulton street. that is fulton street running down to the fulton ferry. it is turning right and it winds up in front of brooklyn city hall which you really can see in this photograph. i don't know if you see how densely packed up it was. the bridge was purposefully designed to run into the back of the commercial companies so that it wouldn't disturb fulton street. not that the oldest buildings were there. you can imagine the intense condition of that street. this is what it looked like. street, it wasll ripped

new overnight, new russian hack attack.oncerns this morning, the malware allegedly found at an american power company. the questions it's raising as donald trump takes the extraordinary step of praising vladimir putin for not retaliating against u.s. sanctions. >> counting down, just hours to go before the new year. the swarm of security in times square forming a ring of steel. revelers ready and so are the hosts, ryan seacrest and jenny mccarthy, braving that cold. >> you can't move your faces. >> yeah, you can't. >> who will she kiss at midnight? >>> tower of terror. the amazing rescues, the amusement park riders trapped for hours more than a hundred feet up. ladders too short to reach them.

we have mild days ahead to start off the new year but new years eve weekend, new years day in problems, we will see sunshine with a few cloud around breeze kicks up not quite as windy as yesterday but temperatures will return above average. we will be in the mid 40's over hose locations. the pretty quiet across the city sitting at freezing at the airport southwest breeze at 10 miles an hour kicking up to 15 to 20 later this morning in the afternoon. it is a wind chill to deal with. it does feel like mid 20's around philadelphia, 26, the actual temperature in allentown lighter wind. twenty-nine in reading, wilmington coming in the upper 20's. twenty-seven in quakertown and willow grove. we have a cold start to our morning, wind speeds at 10 miles an hour or less. they will increase throughout the morning in the afternoon. storm scan three nice and quiet. traveling across the region this evening into tonight, it looks like pretty good conditions, just some cloud to start thickening up throughout the day but look at the high temperature warmer then yesterday up to 46 in philadelphia, mid

report now and with the new year comes new laws. gaithersburg is making a change to the smoking ban. the city voted to amend the rule to add vaping and e-cigarettes to the list of banned substances. that manes you cannot smoke -- that means you cannot smoke or vape in any public property or the city owned vehicles. the new rule goes into effect on new year's day. jonathan: let's talk about what is happening outside with the weather. a lot of folks are gearing up for the weekend. a lot of folks are getting ready to travel. alison: a lot going on. doug: the travel weather conditions tomorrow and friday locally and nationally shouldn't be too bad. start would have a big screen look at the low temperatures in the morning. cold but not terribly so. low 30 to the upper 20's across the western zones. as we move through the rest of the zone, the metro area is 35 in d.c. it's 31 in gaithersburg. 33 in clinton by morning. here is a big picture for tomorrow. the high pressure dominates the eastern half of the country. breeze. partly cloudy ski

exciting news. not sure if it was really your apartment or you were all excited. >> tr them to be winning is massive, especially since romo was hurt for so long. and then there's the romo-prescott thing. >> yes, bring in romo. he's the key. >> well -- >> yeah. >> he's a really good sport. >> yeah, he is. >>> so to instagram now, and they're out with their year in review. and the list is dominated, apparently, by selena gomez. eight of the ten m this one of course we've told you about, where she commented that her lyrics were on coke bottles. she's the most followed celebrity on instagram by far, and she gained the most followers also in 2016. topping the most instagram locations were the disney properties. not our abc studio. >> no. the most instragrammed day this year, halloween, followed by the 15th anniversary of 9/11. the presidential election only a number of public figures joined instagram this year, ranging from pope francis, who debuted in march, to kanye west, making his first post in septe

taking a look at new new year preparations as the countdown to 2017.e will be back in just a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. bassett had everything that we needed. fabric combinations marry the rooms together. having someone with bassett has been invaluable. we could've never dreamed up this room without bassett. >> powerful storm began bridging heavy snow yesterday to up-state new york, new england, so far, seven states are seeing up to half foot or more of snow, made even worse by strong win, creating snow drifts. >> family stuck in the snowy traffic jam in the poconos did what they could to pass the time. the north dakota family got out of the car, and built a snowman. they even let pets have a romp in the snow. this is along interstate 80 in black sleeve monroe county where police say the snow caused several accidents in that area. >> well, i guess anything to pass the time when you're stuck on a

new overnight new russian hack attack. the concerns this morning, the malware allegedly found at an american power company. the questions it's raising as donald trump takes the extraordinary step of praising vladimir putin for not retaliating against u.s. sanctions. >> counting down, just hours to go before the new year. the swarm of security in times square forming a ring of steel. revelers ready and so are the hosts, ryan seacrest and jenny mccarthy braving that cold. >> can't move your faces. >> who will she kiss at midnight? >>> tower of terror. the amazing rescues, the amusement park riders trapped for hours more than a hundred feet up. ladders too short to reach them. lowered to safety eventually by rope. speaking about their harrowing experience right here this morning. >>> crushing defeat. ronda rousey's failed comeback attempt. a bruising knockout in just 48 seconds. >> i know the girls can't take my punches. i know that. >> what's ahead for rousey now? >>> hey, good morning, happy new year's eve. paula is off tod

this half hour, police in new york will use new tactics tomorrow night to keep all those new year's revelerse. ahead, nypd chief talks about one of the biggest threats to the celebration. >>> president obama spent every vacation of his time in office in hawaii. we look back at eight years of hawaiian holidays and including moments when world events interrupted his time off. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> "wall street journal" reports on the department of veteran affairs now struggling to help veterans addicted to opioid. the v.a. admits overprescribing the painkiller for ptsd. they treated this year more than 66,000 vets with opioid use disorders. in 2016, the v.a. wrote more than 4 million opioid prescriptions and in 2013, it wrote more than 6 million as troops returned from iraq and afghanistan. the v.a. says veterans are ten times as likely as the average american to abuse opioids. >> "the san francisco chronicle" reports that the lead exposure rate among children in oakland, california, is higher than flint, michigan. reuters looked at data on

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program.ith matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 4:30 a.m. on this tuesday december 6th. >> and we're following some breaking news. a new jersey state trooper killed in the line of duty. this morning we're learning more about the deadly head on crash. >> also breaking gunfire outside a laundromat hits two people including an innocent by that gland subway ride nears l.a. will see extra patrols as the fbi investigates a terrorist threat. >> let's turn to weather and traffic. meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers, is that rain i hear banging on our back door. >> yes, it's on the way. not here yet for the morning commute fortunately. as us take a look at storm tracker6 well actually satellite and then radar imagery match down to the south and west you can see that clouds are beginning to fill in through about half the region. the farther north you go this morning the more sun you're going to see and eventually clouds will u

happy new year. hgppy trying to keep warm. happy new year. happy new year. where you are from. i am from china, in beijing. and what are you hoping for the night from the fireworks? hoping for happiness and a nice year, healthy, families, my parents. and we hope that people can get working ha rd we hope that people can get working hard and maybe have fun. you have been here for several hours, haven't you? are you keeping warm? been here for several hours, haven't you? are you keeping warm7m been here for several hours, haven't you? are you keeping warm? it is a little bit cold outside, but we have a warm coat, and we eat some food. it isa a warm coat, and we eat some food. it is a little bit warm. keep warm, not long to wait now. thanks very much, guys, and happy new year to you. just some of the 100,000 or so people who have tickets for the night's event and have been waiting patiently to see the fireworks, which kicked off injust under an hour's time, the centrepiece is the london eyejust hour's time, the centrepiece is the london eye just across the river

the new year.monday, the place to be will be pasadena, california, for the rose parade. thcurity at both will be tighter than ever. here's anna werner. >> reporter: two million people are expected to pack this space to watch the ball drop, joined by some 7,000 new york city police officers. they'll be on rooftops, overhead in helicopters, and on the ground, screening revelers twice. at the 11 entrances to times square will be something new this year-- 65 garbage trucks filled with sand, each one weighing 40 tons. the sanitation trucks are designed to stop a terror attack, similar to those that occurred in nice, france, and berlin, germany. in those incidents, trucks were used as weapons and driven into crowds. police in california will be watching along the 5.5-mile route of the new year's day rose parade. rsere, heavy water-filled barriers will be in place at 00zens of intersections to try to protect an estimated crowd of 700,000 people. this room's going to be packed. >> it will be packed. >> rep

join me for "action news" at 6:00. z y254jy yi0y >> ♪ >> "action news."m. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night. jim is off. i'm monica malpass. in the news police searched for a gunman behind shootout in wilmington. >>> an overturned truck hauling trash blocks traffic in king of prussia. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is the search for a christmas vandal who went on a tire slashing spree. it was no gift at all for the residents who awoke christmas morning to find their car tires slashed. getting repairs has been a challenge as well on this long holiday weekend. "action news" reporter jeff cheer companchirico live along e on foulkrod street. >> reporter: i checked and philadelphia police have not made an arrest in this case. it happened early christmas morning. someone apparently went up this street puncturing tire after tire, car after car. and in this season of giving, a local businessman is pitching in. well, santa -- while santa was make his deliveries you could say the grinch left his cal

new york was more generay especially with police trust more police representing the ethnicity of new york has been more important. i guess the difference would be the irish management dominates the police force when they came to new york in a way that you don't see anymore. that i find interesting. irish-americans are still a large presence in the new york police force even though irish immigrants aren't such a large presence. in some ways definitely that is change but in some ways not as much as you might expect. >> i follow the police academy and a class of 900 recruits spoke 47 different languages and that the graduation ceremony they had 25,000 cops there and the people were being celebrated. the number two person was a short bangladeshi man named mohammed islam. irish bagpipers stepped forward. >> that's a great story. >> i find it very interesting how you bring up the shift of how the immigrant population, how they shipped who basically gets the brunt of the how do we save prejudices. i'm a first generation born chinese immigrant and i have lived within the chinese community. t

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> coming up, a new chapter in the battle between leah remini andwhat she's releasing in her bio series. you're watching "world news now." ♪ >>> it has been a long painful road for leah remini in her on going battle, of course you know, with her former religion, the church of scientology. >> she's been a critic of the church she left three years ago. now she has a new series for a&e, but the church is firing back. here's abc's dan harris. >> what you're about to see sheds light on the truth of what's really going on with this church a church i promoted, defended and believed in most of my life. >> reporter: her battle against the church of scientology reached a whole new level tuesday night with the first episode of her new docu series, leah remini, scientology and the aftermath. >> i hope that this project at least validates your pain is real. >> reporter: the series follows former members of the church and tells their story. remini's fight against the church in which she was raised began when she quit three years ago and then escalated last year w

french, bad -- >> chasing news, chasing news, chasing news. >> trend politicians at again, this time what they want to do, now that they've secured their ability to borrow up to $12 billion and of course the revenue coming from the new gas tax. they wanted transportation trust want to borrow more than 1,000,000,000 dollars strictly from the pensions and then when their parent back the interest that will go to shore up the pension system. here's the problem, the unfunded future liabilities are projected to be somewhere near $80 billion. interest on the still come about 50 million. it's not even a drop in the bucket. the worst part is it dedicates this tax money 11 cents which is already going to old that is just going to go to new debts. as we told you, the bard money doesn' all. it's a trenton shell game with your money. what you think happens when they fall short year after year? they come back forre. you can stop them on november 2017 we have an election coming up. the entire legislature is up for reelection and will have a new governor. the time to change is coming in november. th

drinks this new year.hey're called the tuxedo collection. the tuxedo mocha, the tuxedo chocolate and the twirl of whi through january 1st. stylish may to ring in the new year, meg. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. >>> straight ahead, solid gold salute. we'll check out the olympic gymnast whose shot is being voted female athlete of the year. but no matter what path i take, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily... and it may take longer

abc news, new york. >>> facebook is taking a bold new step cracking down on so-called fake news by hiring fact checkers. in addition to changing ranking algorithm and making it easier for users to report instances of fake news, facebook is partnering with established major media outlets, organizations that signed on the association press, and abc news. >>> the golden gophers raising the dispute with the university of minnesota. the players are threatening to boycott all football activity including the holiday bowl on december 27th against washington state following the indefinite suspension of ten teammates accused of sexual assault. the incident happened in september. the players said it was conseason ensual. no charges file or arrests made. >>> a house explosion, two injured in the blast, and subsequent fire as well. a gas leak had been reported in the area, and public safety workers were going door to door evacuating residents when that house exploded. the victims were a father and daughter who lived in the home. >>> a surprising, touching, really unbelievable story playing out on the

giants in new jersey. dak prescott and the cowboys, ezekiel elliott trying to stay warm. first quarter, no score, looks attention to elliott, and no one pays attention to terrance williams. looks like the cowboys are going to roll again. third quarter, giants down 7-3. eli to odell beckham jr., and he does the rest. he is a home run hitter. sometimes all it takes is a three-run homer in baseball and hee, hee. sometimes it just takes a long football play to win the game. giants win, 10-7. >>> meanwhile, yeah, that was the weather in buffalo on sunday. steelers and bills and le'veon bell, he was outstanding. touchdown and another touchdown. steelers lead. he had three touchdowns on the day. in fact, he had more rushing yards than any steeler running back has ever had in the history of the franchise. >>> big game tonight on he anyone, "monday night football," new england patriots home to the baltimore ravens, on espn. it will be a good one. i'm john buccigross. have a great day, america. >>> all right. up nex

great news there. hopefully when we bring in erika martin, she has good news to share with us. >> even better. >> on the weather front. all-important weekend forecast. >> this is like the most important weekend of the year here. of course last saturday, first sunday of the next year. it looks really good. the only thing, we have clouds but it will be dry. that's great. last week we saw cooler temperatures and now rosemary and katy, looks like we will see four days and overnight lows in the 30s. lot warmer there. live look outside however, penn's landing, this looks fun. i have yet to ice skate. i will get there probably this weekend. i'm a really good ice skater. you will see your local neighborhood forecast. partly cloudy skies rice rite now. your weekend forecast what you can expect on saturday and sunday. expected high temperature pretty much in the upper 30s to low 40s, jersey shore 42 for you. on sunday nicely, jersey shore and jersey seeing 50s, upper 40s for everybody else. now looks like a real

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this is bbc news. the headlines: australia welcomes in the new year in style with a spectacular display of fireworks over the sydney harbour bridge. and 2017 has arrived in tokyo. this is the scene live in tokyo. security is stepped up in major cities around the world and in the ukfor cities around the world and in the uk for new year celebrations after the deadly lorry attacks in germany and france. hundreds of ordinary people are honoured in the queen's new year's honours list along with many of britain's olympic and paralympic stars, including mo farah, jessica ennis hill and andy murray. i feel ennis hill and andy murray. ifeel more ennis hill and andy murray. i feel more still like andy murray. feels obviously more normal to me but it's obviously, you know, a big honour and happy with that, nice way to finish or start the new year. at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad. the so—called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. 40% of co

for the new sanctions. the announcement followed a recommendation from russia foreign minister to responsibility with -- respond were a similar action. the president-elect reacted saying great move on delay by putin, i knew he was very smart. mr.trump could reverse is sanctions but it would have political consequences. >> if the next administration wants to lift sanctions to make it easier to interfere in our election he could do that but it doesn't make sense. >> a bipartisan group in congress is going time to look at russia role in the presidential election. >>> people are preparing to say good-bye to 2016 and with recent terror attacks law officials are taking extra precautions. >> the world famous new year's eve ball is ready to drop in front of 1 million in times square. >> there's a crew of folks that spend a lot of time and effort to ensure that every detail works. they are lifting the ball, illuminating the ball -- >> dozens of every duty trucks are protecting the area. >> at this time we have no di

for some the news continues, for others, check back with the morning news and cbs this captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, december 1st, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> just happened to fast. probably two or three seconds, it was gone. >> deadly tornadoes rip through the south, unleashing destruction across four states, while communities in tennessee are still reeling from devastating wildfires. >>> the election is over, but the president-elect is hitting the road again. mr. trump launches a thank you tour. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning, communities across the southeast are assessing the damage of following an onslaught of deadly wildfires and tornadoes. the tornadoes are blamed for at least five deaths. 13 confirmed tornadoes caused significant damage across four states. hard-hit alabama is under a state of emergency. roxana saberi is here in new york with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the twisters touchdownn alabama, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee from tuesday into wednesday