this is what you do in new orleans. eve. >> i know what you do in new orleans. i know. cheers. >> people have been asking is brooke drunk? is don drunk? we're not drunk. we've been working all night. >> although this doesn't really work. when they send us to new orleans to ring in the new year, this is work? >> they sent the both of us. i cannot believe the crowd here. seriously. i know that pamela said she has about 50,000 people. >> as far as -- i know you can't -- i don't know if you can see either way but as far as the eye can see along the main road, we're parallel to the mississippi river. and we're surrounded. >> i can't wait to see the fireworks. not only are they going to drop the symbol of courage, that's going to be fireworks on the river. and also great music that we've been listening to zidaco. do you know about them? >> i know how to dance to zidaco, how about that? who sings that some? >> i forgot. >> not you. >> do you believe in new year's resolutions, don lemon? >> of course i do. i never keep them. >>

when they send us to new orleans to ring in the new year, this is work?ent the both of us. i cannot believe the crowd here. seriously. i know that pamela said she has about 50,000 people. >> as far as -- i know you can't -- i don't know if you can see either way but as far as the eye can see along the main road we're parallel to the mississippi river. and we're surrounded. >> i can't wait to see the fireworks on the river in just a couple of minutes. and also great music that we've been listening to zidaco. >> do you believe in new year's resolutions? >> of course i do. i never keep them. i always say i'm going to get a six pack and i have a keg pop i think you look pretty darn good. what's your resolution this year? >> that's a good one. i think my resolution is what it is every year. no regrets. live life to the fullest. get out there and do it and enjoy it. as oprah said step into your life. >> i love that. >> and turn up the volume on your life. that's what i do. >> i feel in the past i've always tried to stay in the still and quiet because there's so

however, material they finally received from the new orleans' d.a.' provided ample ground for an appeal. >> the daily police reports showed us that these witnesses, freeman and perkins had told very, very different stories in 1985 before the trial as compared to what they said on the witness stand. we began to see how their stories were contrived to secure a conviction of an innocent man. >> there were numerous pieces of evidence inconsistent with john's guilt or consistent with freeman's guilt and that showed that freeman had lied at trial in his testimony on behalf of the state. >> after testifying he saw thompson murder ray liuzza, kevin freeman was given a plea deal and only served ten months in prison. >> we also received leads about potential witnesses who would be helpful. there was a woman who lived across the street from mr. liuzza, she got a very good look at the perpetrator. ms. kelly and other witnesses who testified they saw a man with a blue steel revolver, 6'0" tall with close cut hair running past them. kevin freeman was 6'0" went by t

a death in new orleans. the blue shield of silence.ng road to justice. >> len davis evokes the same emotions that you have when you hear ted bundy. when you hear about the boogie man that's what len davis was. it's worse than just your average criminal or your average violent offender. this is the earn who has the power of law behind him. him. >> the recent deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police exposes a divide in communities large and small which have long seen conflict between cops and citizens. and sometimes there's corruption behind it. the death of a young mother 20 years ago in new orleans is a potent reminder of the worst of the worst and the power of a daughter's determination to find justice. "america tonight's" sarah hoye brings us an in-depth look at her story. >> dear mom: this memorial is hard. my insides feel dead. i just want to go to alabo be young again and look you in your beautiful face. >> this is only picture jasmine groves has of her late mother. all the others destroyed by hurricane katrina. kim grov

during mardi gras, as you know safest time to be in new orleans.e place to be. we continue to struggle as every other city does. now on the good side of it our murder rate is as low as it's been since 1971. on the other side there's an uptick in violent crime right now, and our police officers are committed to make sure the city is safe. i think we'll be okay. it's always unnerving when there's an uptick in crime. >> is there a budget aryary problem? >> most cities in america were laying off police officers laying off fire fighters because of budgetary problems and so over time have you to grow up. we need more police officers in the city. we have help from the state police and getting help from the surrounding parrishes. we'll be okay and like building being, everything takes time. really hard and in a tough moment in the city and like everything else we'll get through it. >> thank you so much for joining us. thank you, tamron. >> congratulations to you and all the amazing people, the active duty men and women who helped those homeless vets on the

they married in 1967, had two daughters and moved to new orleans. ed went to work in the real estate business. his outgoing personality and sophisticated manner made him a successful salesman right from the start. >> if thought ed was a good fellow, what you would expect a real estate salesman to be, kind of cheerful. >> after a few years, ed post became the owner of the real estate firm. julie post also joined the company and was very successful, selling over a million dollars of real estate from 1982 and on. in june of 1986, the posts attended a real estate conviction in st. louis, missouri, at the omni hotel at union station. on the morning of june 3rd, ed post decided to go jogging before the meeting started. he said he drew his wife a bath and woke her before leaving around 7:00 a.m. on his way out, he thanked the hotel's concierges for a suggestion she made to the posts the day before. >> really wonderful. >> ed post jogged past busch stadium. around the city's famous arch and returned to the hotel at 7:40. when he entered his hotel room, he s

everyone knows i love new orleans. >> come visit! >> i will be there soon.is awesome is that you took your refund check where people wonder do they go on vacation or put it in savings? what do they do with the money, it is actually your money, but what do you do with it? how did you turn the $2000 thousand from money into this business? >> i knew i wanted more for my family. y and could have paid the mortgage or gone on vacation but i wanted more than living paycheck to paycheck. i printed a bunch bunch of t-shirts. if i didn't sell them all, i would give them away as christmas presents for the rest of my life. i built all the websites and social media pages myself and sold out of that $2,000 worth of inventory in the first 30 days. >> how many t-shirts is that? >> i did an original line of three designs. we just did female sizes. i guess about 300? at most. it didn't get you very many sizes, but it really was just taking a huge risk. >> to this day, you never have taken out a business loan or gotten a business partner. as you grew from 300 t-shirts to an em

president jon stewart new orleans time pick union. i have one question for you being president for six areas in washington d.c. for ten years why would you

. >> the wizards need to regroup and excel in new orleans and the ravens get ready to battle the patriots. and this play has conspiracy theorists crying foul. what the heck happened to the officials on this play? as abc 7 news at 6:00 continues! >> developing now, investigators are on the scene of a fatal train accident in gaithersburg. it happened just after 4:00 this afternoon at north summit avenue and east diamond avenue. montgomery county fire and rescue tells us a marc train hit and killed a man. service on the brunswick line is suspended. metro is honoring marc tickets. tuesday, former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will find out if he will go to prison for corruption. his attorneys and family are pushing for community service. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg is live in richmond. jeff, what is happening there today? >> well we are at the jefferson hotel in downtown richmond where just moments ago, i spoke with bob mcdonnell's sister who is also named maureen. she tells me that the governor spent a lot of time today in prayer and preparing with his lawyers as well as s

he was the man who led the federal response there in new orleans.k if something that had been going on if something like that had happened i would have known about it. he says there is no way anything like that ever happened in new orleans. >> i know you have more tonight at 7:00. we will look for that full report coming up later this evening. thank you very much. >>> let's move along. top of the hour. i want to begin with this. this deadline is just past. we are now waiting inging for word on the fate of the two men being held hostage by isis in the video. this is a familiar video, sadly, to so many of us. you see this masked man. does he something isis has never done thus far on camera asked for a ransom. asked for $200 million to be paid by friday eastern time midnight.

want to go back to new orleans. the spotted cat. my favorite bar. don lemon is down in new orleans. s the sugar bowl. we have a lot of -- of fans here, from alabama. i have got this, kathy has her coat. i have got these. and i am going to bring back to new york to give to kathy. >> you are not messing around. it's. >> don, don, who is playing in the sugar bowl this year? ohio state/alabama. >> who is playing in the sugar bowl? >> ohio state/alabama. >> don knows. don knows.don knows something t don't know. that's got to hurt. >> look at the camera. >> do it. do it. >> any body will do it. >> let me tell you. >> anderson, the crew guys, the crew guys, every night, they're look watching the game, talking about sports. and i, talk back. they say, are you like anderson, do you know absolute leap nothing abut sports? you just comment on the outfits and colors of the uniform? >> exactly. how do you know what game they're talking about? like there is a million games on. i turn around. espn 2, 3, 4, espn classic. i don't know what game. >> i could listen to you and don lemon talk sports all

. >> when we first started, we were trying to you know address late night dining in new orleans. that was the original idea. let's get a bunch of people together when restaurants typically close and have some fun. >> reporter: dinner lab is now in 24 cities with nearly 20,000 members. ee each pay a yearly membership fee up to $175 and then sign up for each meal online for a fixed price, including tip and drinks. usually between $60 and $80. members sit at communal tables

and helps new orleans build back by helping them to develop their recovery plan. walter isaacson was just year. think about think about all of the elements that made them dysfunctional i i great deal of poverty having housing in areas that were totally vulnerable to floodplains, even if the levees had not broken. a very dysfunctional city government and high rates of crime. it will be ten years next years since katrina, and i was in new orleans a a couple of weeks ago. and they use their recovery the most profound and elegant way they took over the public schools. it it is truly extraordinary. completely diversified their economy. diversity is such an important component because it gives you strength. they have been rated by forbes magazine has a cool startup innovation place. finally they directly focused on how to build community cohesiveness, more trusting communities. >> the government part when you talk about diversity you have a different definition that would lead to mind for many people. so actually one of the elements of resiliency is diversity, and typic

our don lemon is down in new orleans. what's the scene like tonight? crazy, because it's not only, you know, new year's. it's the sugar bowl. we've got a lot of fans here from alabama. i've got this the -- kathy has her coat and i've got these. and i'm going to bring back to new york. >> you're not messing around. >> tdon, what is the sugar bowl? don knows something you don't know. >> i grew up here. >> don, look in the camera and say -- >> anderson, i -- >> i'm anderson cooper and this is cnn. >> anderson, the crew guys, the crew guys every night, they're watching the game and talking about sports and i talk back and they say are you like anderson? do you know absolutely nothing about sports? you just comment on the colors of the uniform? >> exactly. how do you know what game they're talking about? there's a million games on. there's espn 2 and 3 and 4 and espn classic. i don't know what game you're watching. >> i listen to you and don lemon talk sports all night long. >> you're going to hurt someone if you throw those beads. >> you have a new orleans

money" with ali velshi. >> high anxiety over low prices and fear of job losses from scotland to new orleanss a new report that says pushing bio fuels to protect the environment could come at the cost of something else the world's food supply all that and more on "real money." there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. in russia a controversial law has gay men leaving the country and many of them now seeking asylum in the united states and lori is working on this story for us lori jay? >> reporter: we heard from immigration attorneys with clients who are russian and gay sky rocketed and not surprising talking to clients who told us life in russia is a nightmare if you are gay. >> not now. >> reporter: videos like these are easy to find on russian social media sites. many posted with hateful slogans. what does this mean again? >> faggots like faggots should go away. >> reporter: they know them well the two friends now living in washington d.c. cringe

i went down to new orleans and i got to do a story about how eating insects will save the world in alet's go check it out. ♪♪ >> there is no place like down south louisiana for a great time. and even greater food. and little did i know that my first trip to the mardis gras capital of the world would have me eating way more than the a a sha shrimp poor boy. here we cook bugs and serve them to our guests. we tell our guests if you have a little spoon fullful of them like this and toss them back. >> i have to try this. >> have some crispy cajun crickets. >> you heard that right. eating a variety of bugs with an entomonfag phagy. >> is insect eating. we have six spreads and salsa and hopping herb dip. how many bugs are you feeding people a week. we will use about 10,000 insects a week. >> just as insects can come in a virus fee oftea ofvariety of forms. you can eat them as a main dish or you can eetd eat the larva or pew pupa or adult. we are going to friday some dragonflies. 2 billion people are already eating insects as part of their regular diet in asia, south america and after caroli

rita benson is the owner of the new orleans saints. they are interviewed by jonathan karl. this is about 20 minutes. >> [applause] >> this is a real treat for me. i'm here with the two most powerful women in sports. very exciting. not only are you a the top of a profession that we see is largely male-dominated, the nfl, nascar, not only is professional sports male-dominated, but those two sports particularly, but you're both doing innovative things in the side of business and community development side of sports. first, i have to start with women in sports. come right out and tell us, what's it like to be the boss of a 350 pound offense alignment? what is that relationship like? >> i'm older now. i'm also in a family business. when i started, a lot of people who workforce -- i was a kid, a years old. it's a difficult thing in terms of some of them have known me when i was a child. the players are younger than me now. i think of them as a cousin con of relationship. they're clearly not my children. they are big guys. the larger-than-life. they have big hearts. they do a lot

. >> the craziest thing is that team used to be in new orleans new orleans jazz. >> it irritated themo death we would give them back. >> is there a history of jazz? >> i don't the tabernacle choir has sung jazz. >> we talk sports and music. let's talk politics. governor romney they said wasn't going to run for another time. you ran for president as everyone knows in the 2000 cycle. >> for not long. >> what did you learn about running for resident, about why it was fine, white was hard. >> i found too late, i did not have a chance. the merkel did not occur. i did give it a good run. i ran to give [indiscernible] that became one of the three important issues w ran in his campaign. >> what would you say the highlight was? >> the highlight was in some of the debates we had. naturally, being a small time guy in that league, they didn't give us as much time. bush said you would make a great vice president. i said you got that wrong. when i'm president i will make you vice president, and you will have eight years of training and you will be a good president. everybody laughed. he left. he wa

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will not allow smoking in restaurants or bars new orleans. own owners of the establishments say that a move like that will hurt the businesses and a tax revenue. new orleans had been one of the last major american cities to allow people to smoke in bars and the ban is expected to take effect in three months. >> sometimes you have to laugh away the pain. a small but growing number of birthing centers are offering nitrous oxide better known as laughing gas to help women get through delivery. the gas is a safe and viable option for women who are looking for alternatives to the standard approach. it acts quickly, and so far, estimated 1% of the women tried it. >> it sounds like a man's idea. >> and now, tom brady's high school is in trouble. we will look at that next. >>> this holiday season the bay area and safeway asked for your help for hunger, and you delivered. thank you for helping thousands of families in need. like the italian bmt and tender turkey breast! with a 21-ounce drink and a bag of chips for just $6 every day. it's value made sim

scalise told the new orleans times-picayune he does not recall the conference and -- "didn't know whoof these groups were for anyone to suggest i was involved with a group like that is insulting and ludicrous." scalise did apologize for his speech saying -- "it was a mistake i regret, and i emphatically oppose the divisive racial and religious views groups like these hold." on monday, white house press secretary josh earnest said it's up to scalise's gop colleagues to decide if he faces consequences. >> it is the responsibility of individual members to decide who they want to elect as a leader of their conference. and surly, who does elected leaders are says a lot about to the conferences and what their priorities and values are, and they're going to have to answer for themselves whether or not elevating somebody who describes himself as david duke without the baggage reinforces the kind of message the house republican conference once project. >> as the house majority whip, steve scalise is the number three republican in the house of representatives and many colleagues have rallied to

same goes for new orleans center anthony davis. holliday was part of the departure when the sixers began their rebuilding process two summers ago snoop. >>> one phillies note for you. the team went into arbitration without brown and revere each agreeing to one-year deals. that wraps it up for sports. >>> thanks for watching. the news continues now with "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. tonight the supreme court agrees to weigh in on the issue of same-sex marriage. have a good evening. >>> on our broadcast tonight, blockbuster case as same-sex marriage is headed to the supreme court. the justices agree to settle the issue once and for all. it's a showdown over one of the biggest cultural issues of our time. >>> this flu epidemic underway far more lethal in children this year than in years past. some hospitals have been overrun as an alarming situation now takes hold across the country. >>> the hottest year ever in recorded history. a shocking new picture tonight of what's happening to our planet. and the parenting debate that'

sixers in "action news" new orleans. >> ducis rogers is liver in the "action news" sports center. >> four games in five night six anywhere middle of tough stretch. tonight they make it look easy against new orleans, afternoonle injury, nerlens know injury, nerlens noel and michael carter williams, four of the five starters finish in double figures sivrmz win 96-81 . >> football now lead source tells "action news" lesean mccoy will pull out of pro bowl with non-serious injury and dorenbos was added to the roster. >> matthews may have pro bowl in the future. we caught one matthews and asked about his thoughts on chip kelly getting bump in power to juggle being a head coach and personnel guy. >> i think coach kelly stays in the laboratory all day and just finds different ways to get us open. i think he'll be able to handle it fine. >> there's a reason they give him that position and opportunity. and we know coach kelly will be the guy to get us where we need to go. >> ahead next half hour reporterry mackel roy does never done webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all

went to new orleans with them and after a little bit, i wanted to go home.idn't have any money and there was a plan. so i went to the french quarter, started talking to this guy. and the ruse was that i would exchange sex for money. we left bourbon street together, got in his car and one of the two guys came in. he got on the passenger side. i was scrunched in the middle. >> diana's friend pulled a gun and demanded money. the driver gave them $60. they jumped out of the car and ran. >> made it about three blocks. pulled over by the new orleans police department, up against the wall. the victim was a u.s. marshal. it's like dumb and dumber a little bit. what do you expect from an air head 17-year-old. i pled guilty to armed robbery and off i went to the louisiana correctional institute for women. one day, the prosecutor in my case came to the prison to visit and he said, i just want you to know that you don't have to be what you did that day, and you can make it, and you can be somebody. and i'm still -- why wouldn't every prosecutor want to do that? >> diana

. >> a new orleans artist his canvas and how it earned him an audience he never expected. >> i seen the guys walking up and i was like uh oh, this doesn't look good. good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. we all know what it means to be robbed but suppose the theft takes place on your job and the person stealing from you is your boss? that's called wage theft and the numbers are staggering. in just one year workers fighting back against their bosses recovered nearly $1 billion. that's amount they got back.the total losses in wages and benefits nationwide could be more than that. in an "america tonight" investigation, correspondent christof putzel found it is the very lowest paid, the ones who could least afford it who suffered the most. >> translator: i always imagined the u.s. to be a free and democratic country. i expected to see money everywhere. >> reporter: bichang lew is a 44-year-old father and husband. he came here for what was hoped to be a pert life. >> it's not as i imagined. the u.s. has its dark sides, i.t. has a lot of unfairness. >> in 2007 he took a job with

we are down to 19 windchill in new orleans. you get the idea with the cold. now today's very cold we start to warm it up from here. but we have another shot of snow coming. this one's go is going to be further north than the last one. but the snow in minneapolis and duluth, and green bay to chicago. six inches possible in cleveland to grand rapids. tomorrow albany, burlington, new york city only looks like a little coating. but that's the pattern now. cold, snow cold snow. >> the new year is starting off very cold. all right. thank you. >>> the show does go on for bill cosby. while three new accusers come forward with sex abuse claims. flanked by gloria allred they described their encounters and they accused him of drugging and abusing them. cosby began his three toe day tour in canada and he thanked his fans and added, quote, i would like to applaud all of you and give you a standing ovation for respecting yourselves the theater and the event organizers that produced a spectacular show. there were a handful of people demonstrating cosby's appearance. in rece

in new orleans eight 18 in houston. 11 in dallas.n orlando florida it's going to feel like below freezing. so bundle up tonight. winds are going to gust up to 40 miles per hour. check on the elderly your children pets, bring them indoors tonight. the pipes, wrap them in some heat tape. you might want to run a little trickle because they could freeze and burst. single digit low temperatures tonight in the area, but yeah, the wind chill that's going to be what everyone is talking about tonight as well as tomorrow. 21 for the high tomorrow. seven day forecast, freezing for the high temperature on friday. and then stays cold. saturday 28 degrees above freezing. by sunday in the upper 30s. and look at monday and tuesday. upper 30s but we're looking at maybe some rain perhaps even some wet snow. i like that 40 in the forecast it never look better. >> sounds good and toasty. >> to the fastest game on ice. >> i'll let the penal at the sixers game game know to bring in their chihuahuas and poodles in. >> the flyers had their goaltender suffer

the world arm wrestling championship is being held in new orleans next weekend. and competitors like these folks in ohio have been putting in hours of training. >> you can be one of the strongest guys in the weight room and doesn't mean you're going to be a good arm wrestler. there's a lot to learn. >> the arm wrestlers say that competitors are from all walks of life. and there's a category for anyone to take part regardless of age or size. does thumb wrestling count in this? >> i would think it counts. i just don't know how to train for that. >> wait -- >> we'll see. >> one, two, three -- no thumb wrestling wrestling's not your thing. >> nothing's my thing. >>> this is definitely not my thing. it's not a new year unless you have a whole bunch of folks jumping into cold water. the polar bears dove in in new york city on kony island. and in maine, the annual lobster dip. >> in minnesota, had to cut through 9 inches of ice, and in memphis, they opted to wear skis and try to stay above the water. many of the participants are doing it for charity, some for fun, maybe

i would love nothing more -- >> you've got to be in new orleans. >> i've got to be in new orleans, travelingek. if you're in l.a., tomorrow night, "live talks l.a.," if want to get the book signed and see her in person. for the rest of you go to your book store or on line. if you're lucky enough to be there, anjelica will sign her second memoir, "the watch me." and it is a -- a wonderful book, rich with detail. and great stories. and that cover photo, i can just fall asleep to every night. anyway, i love you. an honor to have you on the program. >> thank you very much tavis. it's always such3k a pleasure to be here. >> thank you, sweetheart. that's our show. thanks for watching. as always, keep the faith. ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for[Ñ a conversation with joanie mitchell about her career spanning four-disc collection featuring 53 of her songs. see you then. ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin this evening with the

here is andy scholes in new orleans with the bleacher report. >> reporter: college football fans wantedf for years. they finally got what they have been asking for on new year's day. the rose bowl semifinal, after beating florida state and ending the 29-game winning streak some oregon players mocked the seminoles tomahawk chop. they seem to reference jameis winston off the field issues with the sexual assault charges brought against him by a former student. winston was never charged. the seminoles did not shake hands with the ducks after the meltdown in the second half. they turned the ball over five times and a winston fumble that rivalled the butt fumble from mark sanchez when he played for the jets. oregon cruised to a 59-20 win. >> no one likes to lose. losing is not in my vocabulary to be honest with you. we fell short today and we have to man-up and go ahead and get better every day. i just hope that we can learn from this because i ain't felt this way in a long time. >> at the sugar bowl in new orleans, it was a nail biter. falling behind early, ohio state's third string quarterb

there's a precedent that the head coach does have responsibility in the cause of new orleans head coachpeyton's one year suspension commissioner says you're responsible. amazing that a control freak like bill belicheck plays dumb and has no idea. >> i was completely and totally unaware of any of this that we're talk bowing in the last couple of days until monday morning. >> quarterback tom brady says he's following company p.m. see. >> i would never do anything outside of the -- the -- the rules of play. i would never you know, have someone do something that i thought was outside the rules,. >> you never knowingly played with a football that was under 12.5 pounds of pressure? >> no. >> really, tom? really? former nfl quarterback mark brunell says he believes -- does not believe tom brady and believes he's lying. he's not telling the truth. now nobody else would touch those footballs without tom brady knowing legend in sports is calling eight career after his 2015 season that would be nascar driver jeff gordon much this season will be his last full-time season. gore san four time sprint

i think it was held in new orleans, and one of the grant recipients and a testimony. please run the video. >>> like many who visit new orleans, valerie never got around to leaving. originally from france, she's called the big easy home for more than a dozen years now, living in apartments in some of the city's historic neighborhoods. >> i came to new orleans out of curiosity and just fell in love with it. renting was easy, it was affordable so i was a happy renter for years until katrina hit. and then post-katrina situation was a lot different. you had landlords more than doubling our rents overnight and i was -- that was a wakeup call for me. >> she decided to buy a house, and as a single mom wanted a duplex -- or double as they're known in new orleans -- so she could earn rental income to help with mortgage payments. >> i also wanted a real neighborhood where you can walk to places and also something where i would feel safe living with my daughter. >> valerie found this barge board house built in the late 1800s from pieces of the barges that sailed the mississippi a

join american history tv sunday as we visit new orleans for a bicentennial commemoration of the battle. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20 century. >> the windy city of chicago as white as well as windy scattered by snow. 68 deaths were traced to the blizzard. 10-foot depths were a common sight after the 29-hour snowfall which brought this giant city to a standstill. some 10,000 cars, buses, and trucks were abandoned on the streets and highways. train and airline operations were halted, some for several days. there was widespread looting, and many fires broke out. helicopters flew emergency missions with food guns. food and mail deliveries were stopped by the snowstorm described as one of the biggest and worst of the century, it reduced chicago to a toggle in town indeed. >> boston college history professor heather cox richardson talked about how cowboys were viewed as the counterbalance of reconstruction and republican views. their symbol has far outweighed their numbers an

nerlins should play new orleans more often. sixers within 96-81. ble figure this season. fox 29 has learned kimmo timonen has tests on the problems with blood clots. if he gets good news he'll need weeks to get back into the shape. otherwise this could be the end of his hockey career. >>> say it ain't so. philadelphia sports writers awards dinner team of year not the flyers, phillies, sixers or eagle. the taney dragons who finished the us runner ups at the little league world series in williamsport and so mo'ne davis become an overnight sensation. >> realized how -- how blessed i am for everything that happened to me. >> all the teams in philadelphia all the professional teams all the great college teams but you guys are the team of the year. how does that sound? >> um, it's amazing. i mean for us 13-year-olds to be the team of the year is great. >> first little leaguer to ever be on the cover of sports illustrateed. they certainly transferred sports. >> remember to watch tmz at 11:00. >> speaking of wonderful stuff we're back here at 8:00 a.m. with

slick roads in parts of the south from new orleans to the carolinas.rries could make for a slippery ride in the upper midwest near canada. >>> well another nfl player facing a serious legal battle this morning. josh mcnary is his name a backup linebacker for the colts. he has now been charged with rape. >> that follows an alleged incident in which a woman claimed she and mcnary engaged in a fight before the alleged assault took place. he denies the allegations and turned himself in to police last night. >>> well bill cosby's facing yet another accuser. this time it may lead to criminal charges. 24-year-old model chloe goins claims cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in 200le when she was just 18. unlike the other allegations this one falls within the statute of limitations. so goins and her attorney filed a report. so far no comment from cosby on this latest case. >>> federal investigators are on the scene of a horrifying prison bus crashing in west texas that killed eight inmates and two correction officers. the bus was transporting the inmates w

i'm passionate about that because this is what is happening in new orleans. we have done our store there. and also in inglewood, which everybody know inglewood? the mayor has done a fantastic job focusing on these questions of food access through his farmers markets. >> we are allowed to neighbor -- to name him here. >> rahm emanuel. he personally called me and asked if whole foods would come. that is how involved he is. he has done policy things with farmers markets, urban gardens newsstands, all of this is happening under his watch. a number of groceries to the south side. the north side, a lot of choices. the south side, no choices. and i will tell you, one of the community meetings, i'm sitting there with a number of the community members, and one of them says, walter, around the table. we want some of the choices other communities have. he looks at me and says, walter lift us up. left us up. again, i'm a grocery. here's the thing. you're talking about human potential. human spirit. so, book. we are just part of something -- 6500 areas in the united state