let's get you to the newsroom let's get you to the newsroom with ms. carol costello. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks so much. happening in the newsroom. >> didn't get what you wanted this christmas. >p >> incredible door bust >> ger>> get ut>> ge>>. >> how does 75% off sound or 100 bucks off a mac book? we're live as millions hit the malls. power problems, many americans and their cold, chilly christmas. tens of thousands shivering without power since last saturday after a major ice storm paralyzes people from michigan to maine. >> plus, this. >>> waived by and down! >> boom! will lebron's amazing dunk aftek after dunk. king james heating up the lakers miami style. ♪ ♪ >>> queen b, bieber breaking bad, the must-see most talked about tweeted facebook, instagram, snap chat and instagram stories that got us talking on 2013. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. christmas presents open. wrapping paper discarded. now it's time to buy more stuff, and retailers are certainly ready. they're

in fact, it happened right out newsroom doors.ome of our coworkers witnessed police chase down and tackle this bank robbery suspects. the man almost got away. he got tripped up in front of our building on battery street in san francisco. the security cameras around the building caught the whole thing. take another look. as the suspected bank robber with the gray shirt and backpack takes off running you may have seen the surprise phase of a couple of our camera guys standing next to the news van. no one was injured in the chase. >>> the latest public debate in berkeley is over a proposed high-rise in the downtown area. if approved, a 16-story hotel would be built on the corner of shattuck and center street just a few blocks from the cal campus. the hotel would be built where a bank of america branch is now located. the planned developers submitted last week includes a bank, a restaurant, and shops on the first floor then three stories of office space with about 300 hotel rooms on the upper floors. >> we're at a moment in time when

"newsroom" continues right now. >>> good morning, i'm carol costello.ank you very much for joining me. here are this morning's top stories -- no claim of responsibility after the beirut car bombing that killed six and wounded dozens. among the dead and apointer target, a cue friend to the united states. muhammad chata was lebanon's former ambassador to the u.s. and shared washington's concerns in the region. he was a staunch critic of syria's president and islamic terrorist group hezbollah. >>> some people in fresno ran for their lives last night as a small plane came down in their neighborhood. the cessna crashed into a front yard. the pilot and a 9-year-old boy on board the plane were killed. no one on the ground was hurt. police believe the plane hit a tree and stalled. the pilot was unable to recover. >>> they rang the bell. another record-breaking day on wall street. on thursday, the dow closed at an all-time high. that's the 50th record set this year. stock futures were lower before the opening bell. >>> pope francis -- well, pope francis -- i'll

>> "newsroom" starts now. >> that's it? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> happening now in "the newsroom" shocker in north korea calling him a despicable traitor and scum, kim jong-un executes his powerful uncle but what does it mean? >>> also -- peyton manning goes down as chaos rapes outside at mile high stadium. three people stabbed. are you safe? >>> plus -- >> it's been one storm after another. frigid windchills were as low as 31 below in parts of the area last night. >> winter's come early. >> ray seep, 1 teeing outside, windchill below zero. i don't care if you're years old or 27 i'm going to listen to my mother. >> we never compromise safety and well-being of animals. >>> and the fight is on over your right to gab. >> being stuck next to a gabber on a six-hour flight to san francisco, i fear what i'd do. >> reporter: even if if the fcc says yes the department of transportation may say no. ♪ >>> you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> yes, they'll to it in by keepie. i'm carol costello, thanks so much for join

next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now.hot of the u.s. economy. at first glance it looks like we're on a tear. but is it a tale of two nations? >>> just try to pry it out of his hands. president obama fought to keep his blackberry when he got to the white house. now another reason he won't be switching to the iphone. >>> plus this -- >> we're going to see our milk prices double. and that means that that price is going to have to be passed on to the consumer. >> shoppers be warned, keeping milk in your fridge may soon cost you double. if congress doesn't get its act together. second hour of "newsroom" starts now. good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for join iing me. gdp came in at 4.63%, much higher than expected but it may not be as strong as some had hoped. good morning. >> good morning, carol. two good economic reports, 2.63% growth in the third quarter driven in large part because companies were stocking their shelves, getting ready for holiday sales. 3.46% is the best we've seen in a year and a half and

"newsroom" starts now. >> happening now in the "newsroom". >> by the time i looked up it was going off its tracks. >> bronx train disaster. >> i heard at love crunching and grinding and i started seeing stars in front of my eyes. >> brand new details this morning, four killed, dozens injured. are these trains safe? >>> also, "fast and furious," america remembering actor paul walker this morning. new overnight, who was behind the wheel and this photo believed to be one of the last pictures of the star. >>> plus, cyber monday. on-line deals plenty. >> last year the dales cyber monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday were all over a billion dollars on-line. >> money-saving tips to make the most of your money. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. crews are starting to upright the train cars following that deadly derailment in the bronx. these are live pictures from the scene. all seven cars of a metro north commuter train jumped the tracks killing four passengers and critically injuring seven others as it went around a c

"cnn newsroom" starts right now. an 82-mile-an-hour disaster. >> when i heard about the speed, i gulped. >> the bronx train derailment, no questions and new details developing right now about the engineer, reports he zoned out. his phone records seized. drug and alcohol tests under review. >> we will be developing what we call a 72-hour time line so that we have a good understanding of what sort of activities preceded this accident. >>> also, moment of impact. >> we have confirmed two doa. >> paul walker crash and new perspective. >> there's nothing. we tried. we went through five extinguishers. >> walker's father speaking out, saying he's proud of his son. >> i'm just glad every time i saw him i told him i loved him. >>> plus, seismic seattle. seahawks fans so loud, they registered on the richter scale. >>> and animals are people, too. no, really, they are. the new push to give chimps the same rights as humans. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.

okay, mark kelly live for us in our newsroom. thank you. >>> a new year and a new paycheck for millions of americans. the minimum wage is going up in several states. wendy gillette of cbsmoneywatch.com joins us now from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's going to be a happy new year for more than a million workers making minimum wage getting a pay raise in 13 states. most increases will be about 15 cents an hour but in new jersey, the rate jumps one dollar to $8.25. washington state will have the highest minimum wage in the country, at $9.32 an hour. california will raise its minimum wage by $1 to $9 on july 1. asian stocks were up this morning. japan's nikkei ended the year at its highest level in more than 6 years. on wall street, this is another short week because of new year's. the dow ended down on friday dropping one point. the nasdaq was down 10. if you dream of finding a treasure in your attic, listen to this discovery. the bbc's antiques road show says an english priest brought a painting to an exper

and too often in newsrooms bookers who look for diverse voices end up because of their deadline withame old voices. >> you have 24 hours to fill. there are dozens of 24-hour news channels. they are all talking about the same thing at the same time. and if you have to fill that air time you're going to go back to the same people who appear to be able to talk about anything. >> it could even be you. perhaps there's a media pundit in all of us and given the right platform, just about any story will do. >> you've been watching our year end special, a quick look back at some of our producers' favorite features from 2013. next week, we'll be focusing on the man who blew the whistle on the biggest unwarranted surveillance program in history, edward snowden, nsa leaks and the repercussions they've had on the global information highway. we'll see you next week on the listening post. check check >> a second bomb attack in two days in the russian city of volgograd. at least 15 are dead. >> you're with al jazeera, live from doha. 7-time formula 1 champion michael schumacher is in critical condit

. >> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. a new twist in the fight to keep an oakland teenaged girl on life support. what the family says it's ready to do and how the hospital is keeping them from making the move. >> reporter: i'm ryan takeo in berkeley following the ac transit labor deal and i just talked to a bus driver who says he and other veteran bus drivers are voting down that contract deal today. >> where o where have the drivers gone? everyone is on vacation today. traffic is light approaching the bay bridge toll plaza no sign of any metering lights being turned on anytime soon. so it's a great drive right now from the east bay into san francisco. checking mass transit, most mass transit is back to a normal regular schedule including bart systemwide on time no delay. golden gate ferries, the larkspur ferry is still on that expanded holiday schedule departures set to start around 7:00 this morning. you can check the website for the latest information there. caltrain and ace also reporting no delay. and another live lo

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of "newsroom," and it begins right now. >>> hello, everyone.e october is now a free man. his surprise release coming overnight. we'll hear what he had to say after being freed, and follow his journey home to san francisco. >>> and a big ice storm sweeping the country. hundreds of thousands without power, lots of flights grounded. we'll go live to dallas, one of the hardest-hit areas. >>> and south africa prepares to bury nelson mandela. we'll talk with martin luther king iii. he'll tell us about his memories of meeting mandela and the shared legacy with his own

. >> in seconds of the train stopping we got photos into our newsroom. this photo from a commuter frank yeng shows business as usual. and will wilkins tweeted this picture, and you can see some are smiling, and he said the brake dust cheered but that the smell on the train was "overpowering." when he arrived at rockridge, he said emergency personnel was treating the situation seriously. and another from will shows how many commuters were impacted as they stood on the platform waiting for another train. we will have continuing coverage of the bart emergency this or with more later today on abc7 news at 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00 and online at abc7news.com. you can always get breaking news alerts any time following us on twitter@abcnews bay area. >> chilly temperatures are gripping self local communities including at east bay hills to mount diabolo and walnut creek where temperatures dipped into the 20's. our news meteorologist joins with details. you were a victim of the temperature? >> 27 when i got in the car. notice the crowds are offshore with no rain and

"newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com jeerks >>> happening new in "the newsroom," public enemy number one, edward snowden and the gold mine of national secrets he stole. >> it is the keys to the kingdom. >> the head of the snowden nsa task force says amnesty should be on the table. >> so my personal view is, yes, it's worth having a conversation about. >>> also, revenge at a colorado high school, stunning new details about the shooter. >> whenever you get angry you're just like i want to shoot everyone up. >> reporter: then he brought a gun to school. still friends say he was a good guy. >> that's what hurts the most is he wasn't a villain. >>> plus ryan freel. >> i'm not sure ryan thought that his problem was concussions at all. >> reporter: this morning, the first major league baseball player diagnosed with a brain injury. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. jaw-dropping admission from the man who leads an nsa task force, amnesty should be on the table when it comes to edward snowden. in oth

. >>> let's get you to "the newsroom" with carol costello. >> have a great day. "cnn newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. thanks so much for joining me. i'm chris cuomo. holidays will be richer if you're holding one of the two mega millions tickets. they'll split $636 million, the winning numbers 8, 14, 17, 20, 39, the mega ball was 7. ticket sales leading up to last night's drawing were brisk. in florida tickets sold at a rate of 8,000 per minute at one point. but with astronomical odds only two tickets were winners, one in atlanta, the other in san jose, california. cnn's martin savidge is live in atlanta. martin, the store owner didn't know she sold the winning ticket until she turned on her tv on cnn? >> reporter: exactly right, carol. good morning to you, and it is a great morning for well at least one other person, maybe a group but certainly for the store owner of the small newspaper stand that is located in the office building just behind us here. she said that it wasn't until 6:00 a.m. this morning as her husband

welcome back to our special edition of cnn "newsroom."death and honor the life and legacy of nelson mandela. here is the arc archbishop shopped desmond tutu just a few minutes ago. >> he listened and empathized with others. and restored other's faith in africa and africans. >> outside mandela's home, today south african children marched and sang all in tribute to the country's first black president. in johannesburg, people chanting and dancing joining in the ceremonial homecoming of the man they called madiba. from johannesburg to washington and way beyond, people are remembering nelson mandela today. my next guest has personal connections to the civil rights icon. he was an anti-apartheid activist and every week for almost 30 years he went behind the prison walls to visit the man who would become south africa's first black president. cedric, thanks for joining us. share with our viewers some of the memories that you have, memories of your cousin, the support you gave him during the decades that he spent behind bars. >> well, thank you, w

we take you to "the newsroom" with miss carol costello. >> nice story. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. as many as 40 million credit and debit card accounts hit, if you shopped at target at all this holiday season, hackers may now have your financial information. it's a massive attack that now has the attention of the u.s. secret service. for almost three weeks the nation's second largest apaurntly was under attack. now it's shoppers who need to be on the lockout for the grinch. >> it's scary. like i said, this is the first time i heard of that, and i am curious to how that happened in the first place. >> millions of black friday shoppers at risk for identity theft. hackers broke into target's computer network, stealing your information as you swiped your credit or debit card. >> it takes that information and encodes it onto a new card and essentially duplicates that card and use it as if it was their credit card. >> 40,000 store registers may be effected. >> i do

reporting live from my mobile newsroom, bruce, back to you. >> okay, thanks a lot for that. across the river, vdot has been treating the roads there. they have 800 crews in northern virginia, clearing highways, secondary roads and residential streets. now, surae chinn has the look at the conditions. >> conditions have worsened throughout the afternoon. katherine nicholas was heading in this direction going south on fairfax county parkway in sterling when she lost control, spun out of control, hitting the median and into a tree. >> i guess ice was underneath me. i tried to get control of the car and it totally spun out. so i tried to turn the car away so that we weren't going straight into the tree. it's kind of shaking. it is scary. >> reporter: while katherine tried avoiding the tree and the median on fairfax county parkway in sterling, she crashed right into it. >> you basically did a 360 here? >> yeah, i did. >> reporter: on neighborhood roads, we found kids playing in the snow. and residents sweeping snow off their cars. >> reporter: are you concerned about the roads? >>

let's hand you over to "the newsroom" and miss carol costello. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to all of you. i think it's going to be a great one. and a great day. "newsroom" starts now. slashing prices as millions fewer americans are out shopping this year. happening now 200 miles above the earth, a complicated and dangerous spacewalk. two americans on the critical mission to fix the space station. >>> also, mission accomplished. edward snowden speaks out saying, hey i already won. the reporter who sat down with him, straight ahead. >>> plus this -- ♪ here comes santa claus here comes santa claus right down santa claus lane ♪ >> we are serious. here comes santa claus, tracking his every move. right now he is over japan and, guess what, he has delivered almost a billion presents. pour some hot cocoa, gather round the christmas tree. "newsroom" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. right now more than 200 miles above the earth, two american astronauts are floating in space, performing rep

the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. >> you are in the cnn newsroom, i'm rosa flores. this hour we are looking ahead to stories you'll be talking about and hearing about this coming week. let's begin with our five questions for the week ahead. question number one, will edward snowden testify under oath? former nsa contractor has been formally invited by the european parliament to provide testimony about the u.s. government's surveillance programs. whether he will or won't is up in the air right now. cnn'ser cnn'ser toy tory dunnan has more. >> reporter: with the revolutions by nsa leaker edward snowden, that panel gave dozens of ideas on how the country should balance. its recommendations won't be made public until next month as part of an overall administration review. and the president is expected to deliver remarks about the outcome. but the white house says, exactly how much will be made public is still being determined. >> obviously, we're talking about fairly sensitive and classified information. but part of this process that the president has asked for is one th

here are the top stories we're following in "newsroom."ds and the sky to get home for christmas but the first true blast of winter is creating an icy, windy mess to snarl those holiday plans. >>> under fire in south sudan. u.s. service members take a hit as they try to rescue dozens of americans trapped in an outbreak of fighting. we're live from the pentagon. >>> and "duck dynasty" star phil robertson anti-gay comments got him fired from the show but fans are fighting back between the network and the show. can anyone win this one?

kpix 5's anne makovec in the newsroom with memories of his bay area connections. >>> reporter: the east bay played a key role in the anti- apartheid movement and local leaders are remembering his visit and legacy this morning. >> it is you, you the people of oakland the people of the bay area who have given me and my delegation progress to continue the struggling. >> reporter: that was mandela speaking at the packed oakland coliseum the final stop on his 1990 u.s. freedom tour. then congressman ron dellums was the first to introduce anti- apartheid legislation back in 1972 and seven years later the city of berkeley became the first in the nation to divest from south africa. assemblywoman nancy skinner was part of that movement. >> it was so thrilling that we americans, that we east bay residents, could have been part of something with that kind of global impact. >> reporter: a lone rose left at an oakland monument memorializing mandela last night a reminder of the impact the leader will always have. >> there have been lots of people in our lifetimes who had positions and have passed on

newsroom starts now. happening now, arctic blast. >> anytime you have a snowstorm like this especially with cold temperatures, there will be ice, snow pack. >> temperatures plummeting 50 degrees. >> freezing. it was horrible. >> ice, freezing rain and heavy snow, a massive storm stretching from maine to texas. also, dazed and confused. >> i think that he had a great likelihood to be completely asleep. >> brand new details of the bronx train accident. was highway hip knows sis to blame. >> he said that he was dazed on sunday morning. have you been able to talk to him about that? >> plus, health alert. there's people in north carolina have died from the flu. this morning reports of three new vaccines to fight the virus. and get your motor running. ♪ head out on the highway >> american automakers get an early christmas present. you're live in the cnn newsroom. good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. nearly one year ago, newtown connecticut was forever changed as sandy hook element

let's get you to the newsroom with carol costello. >> i appreciate that. have a great day, guys. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin at the white house. next hour the biggest names in tech have a great big meeting with president obama. this morning's round table comes one week after many of these companies sent an open letter to washington, asking them to reform government surveillance programs. on the agenda for these 15 technology leaders, the economy, headache surrounding the obamacare website and the nsa spying scandal that just won't go away. jim acosta joins us now with more. good morning. >> good morning, carol. that's right. we're not just talking about mid-level executives here at these tech firms. consider the names. we could throw their picks and names up on the screen. tim cook, ceo of apple, cheryl sandburg, coo of pacebook, eric schmidt, chairman of google. and marissa mayer, ceo of yahoo! they're going to be meeting with president obama in the next couple of hours to talk about these issues. most c

"newsroom" starts now. and good morning, everyone. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. today, the world is gathering in south africa to pay tribute to a global icon. thousands of mourners braving heavy rains to attend the official memorial service for nelson mandela. 100 current heads of state and former leaders, including jimmy carter, bill clinton and george w. bush. just behind them, archbishop desmond tutu. president and mrs. obama, drawing cheers from the crowds. these words from president obama, to honor a man he called a personal hero. >> we know like south africa the united states had to overcome centuries of racial subrogation. as was true here, it took sacrifice, sacrifice of countless people, known and unknown, to see the dawn of a new day. michelle and i are beneficiaries of that struggle. but in america and in south africa, and in countries all around the globe, we cannot allow our progress to cloud the fact that our work is not yet done. the struggles that follow the victory of former equality where universal franchise may

cate caugiran live in the newsroom now with the latest developments.ill has a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. >> reporter: right. the family has a new deadline and also a renewed sense of hope but in order to keep that hope and jahi on the ventilator, the family has a lot work ahead. relief from a last-minute reprieve. >> i'm not trying to hold on to a corpse. that is a live girl in there. >> reporter: an hour before children's hospital oakland was allowed to turn off jahi mcmath's vents later, an alameda county judge stopped it. the family filed a restraining order along with nearly 100 pages of documents and a video that the family says shows jahi responding to her mother's voice. >> i believe my daughter is alive. i don't care what they say. she is moving. if you go in a room with your child and you talk to your child and they say your child is brain-dead and they respond to you and they move, you're going to believe your child is alive. >> reporter: attorney christopher dolan says the family found a facility that will take the 13-year-

. >> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. crews in london spent friday morning checking the structural stability of an iconic theater after a roof partially collapsed during a play injuring dozens. now authorities are focusing on the cause of the accident. >> and another check of your "kcbs traffic." right now all bart trains are on time. bart is actually doing something a little extra special later this evening for christmas shoppers. they are offering safety escorts. look for a police officer to escort you at three bart stations in the east bay, west oakland, fruitvale and bay fair stations tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks like just the cash lanes are backing up and not too bad for this time of the morning. only to the middle of the parking lot and no metering lights yet getting into san francisco. the westbound 580 ride is typical though for this time of the morning through the tracy area. 205 and all the way towards vasco now. we are seeing the heaviest delays. past there

kpix 5's cate caugurian is in the newsroom and in his speech president obama urged the world to continue mandela's legacy. >> reporter: yes he did. it's been a very heartfelt but joyous celebration so far. and when president obama spoke, he called nelson mandela the last great liberator of the 20s century. now -- 20th century. the crowd of 90,000 showed up in johannesburg to bid farewell to the former president. the weather played no role in the atmosphere of the today's ceremony. the group was singing and dancing so songs from the struggle. the crowd included 91 heads of state including president obama and three former u.s. presidents. mr. obama delivered his eulogy emphasizing that mandela's jury know continues as -- journey continues as does the struggle for equality. >> for around the world today, we still see children suffering from hunger and disease. we still see rundown schools. we still see young people without prospects for the future. around the world today, men and women are still in prison for their political beliefs. and are still persecuted for what they lock like and how

time to get you back into the cnn "newsroom" with rosa flores. >>> you're in the "cnn newsroom," i'mosa flores, live from new york, thank you so much for spending part of your saturday with us. we have a lot to cover, and we start with this. we're tracking a massive winter storm that's blanketing a third of the country. blizzard-like conditions in buffalo, after more than four days of lake-effect snow. people there are dealing with 3 to 4 feet of snow on the ground, and it's still coming down at this hour. on the other side of the state, snow also falling in middletown. a winter storm warning in effect with 6 to 10 inches expected. this all part o

in the newsroom for abc7 news. >> the family of an 8th grade girl is relying on a final test to keep her alive after routine surgery went horribly wrong. jahi mcmath was to have her tonsils remove asked now is on life support. she was pleading profusely a systemry at children's hospital in oakland. she then went into cardiac arrest and declared brain dead by thursday. the game's family says the hospital agreed to give jahi mcmath a last eeg test. >> if this eeg test shows any britain activity, they cannot take her off of life support. >> i am begging god, please, let my daughter have some brain activity. >> the family says the hospital cannot give them a reason why this happened. >> san jose has a crime rate above the state average. while the average u.s. police department solved half of major cases, san jose's clear an rate on major crimes has dropped below 30 percent. response time for some emergency calls have doubled in eight years. san jose's mayor says the city needs more police officers. despite the growing crime problem the rate is still lower-that of san francisco or oakland

. >> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. the family of jahi mcmath rejoicing after a last-minute reprieve. today what's next for the family now that the judge extended a restraining order to keep the teen on a ventilator. >> hard to believe 2013 almost over. today we will see a few clouds, unfortunately no rain coming our way. but starting out with more clouds around the bay area this morning if you are headed out the door. some fog too. by the afternoon a mix of sun and clouds. these temperatures may be just slightly cooler, 50s, low 60s coastside. we'll see 60s in the bay and mid-60s in some of the valleys. out the door now, a lot of clouds and mild temperatures. 40 san jose, 42 san francisco, 35 concord. this afternoon high of 63 in concord, 64 oakland, about 60 degrees in san francisco. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. we want to take you out live towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no sign of any metering lights anywhere you go. so obviously no delay right now in the cash or the fa

thank you, andy. >>> next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. >> good morning.tage to controversy. that his interpretations were all fake. now the interpreter is taking on his critics, saying he is highly qualified and his work has never been questioned. he also offered these words to those who are outraged. >> i apologize to the community, to -- i did not want to harm any of them. it was not my intention to harm any of -- any south african or any person in another country that is affected by the issue of my interpretation. >> he is also revealing a medical condition that he reportedly said impacted his work on the day of the memorial. >> i would like to see the people who are deaf disability accommodated as much as i want to be accommodated. >> what kind of disability do you have? >> i suffer from schizophrenic. >> brian todd is continuing this story from washington. good morning. >> good morning, carol. as for the other reaction to this, african national congress has confirmed over the years it has hire this had man. his name is thamsomka jantjie. this time th

delia goncalves joins us live from the newsroom with more.od morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, jess. tough story. nathaniel rich lost everything but there's good news. mr. rich is safe this morning. 's with family because he was not home at the time. several general rations lived in the home since nathaniel rich built it with his own hands 40 years ago. sadly he returned home to see this. he was at his daughter's house having christmas dinner when his single-story home went up in flames. flames were shooting out of the home. take a look at all the orange intense flame there. about 15 minutes later fire crews had to evacuate because of that intense fire. the family home is now destroyed. >> the children grew up here, grandchildren, his great grandchildren. we've all lived here and we've enjoyed this place all of our lives always coming back here. but to see this it's devastating. it really is. normally our father would have been home so we're glad that we were away celebrating christmas. >> that is the good news. they were celebrating

meantime, i'm throwing it over to my colleague rosa flores in the cnn newsroom. >>> here in the cnn newsrooming part of your sunday with us. we start with this, world of international sports is in shock this evening. one of the most successful race car drivers in history was in a horrible accident. i'm talking about michael schumacher, widely regarded as the greatest formula 1 drivers of all time. right now, he is in a coma. he needed emergency brain surgery today after falling on a ski slope in the french alps. martin mckay is here with me from cnn sports and we should talk about how much of a legend he is around the world. when we say legend, we really are not stopping short of what he is. >> no. one of the world's most popular

reporting live in the newsroom, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> 5:35. sunnyvale's strict new gun laws take effect. gun owners who lost their firearms or had them stored will have to call police within 48 hours. the city will start tracking the sale of ammunition. the nra promised to fight that new law in court. >> let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. she has been delivering some ugly numbers but it's going to get better. >> little bit better. we have to wait, though, to thaw out. our morning temperature is today is one of the milder days. that we're expecting. we're under a freeze warning. 23 in the north bay, san francisco 39, 37 in the east bay as we get into sunday and monday looking much colder. we could be smashing potentially all-time records here in the bay area. so it is unusual to thb cold especially for a prolonged period. today's highs only in the 50s. we're koychbting on showers, you can see this on the north bay ram. 52 degrees. showers will roll through. tomorrow morning the showers are going to be turning over to a mix of ra

"cnn newsroom."ing some of your sunday with us. we start with some sad news tonight. the iconic actor peter o'toole is dead. >> my life when it is written will read better than it lived. >> that line may have been appropriate for king

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apart from smaller newsrooms -- 10 years ago, a metro paper would send 15 people to the olympics. a bunch of them. is that really necessary? as you are seeing a lot more information about audiences, a number of newspapers are collapsing into radio and a newspaper newsroom. but really investing on the investigative side and being much more specific about the areas they will invest in from an investigative side. i think that whole area is changing. it is interesting. >> my name is jason gray. i am a graduate student. i want to thank all four of you for doing this and what an incredible opportunity. i am appreciative of that. i want to follow the conversation on local journalism. my question is around what makes it work when it does and what makes it not work when it doesn't. there is reference that some cities or areas it is profitable, and others not so much. which that mean for us in the future of local journals? >> i think a lot of it is trust in authenticity. i put my newspaper had on. people still trust newspapers. you read something by someone in the community who knows the co

time to get you back into the "cnn newsroom" with rosa flores. >>> you're in the "cnn newsroom," i'm rosa flores, thank you so much for spending part of your saturday with us. we start with this -- >>> it's a wild weekend of weather. record temps on the east coast while ice and snow put parts of the midwest into a deep freeze. it could all add up to a holiday travel mess as tens of millions of people hit the roads. >>> first, the flooding. warnings up in parts of indiana due to the heavy rains, in indianapolis people stocked up on sandbags to protect themselves from waters rising too fast. crews even worked to clear drains to help make sure that those streets stay passable. but there's also a winter storm brewing in the midwest, with freezing rain, ice, and snow already falling in parts of oklahoma and kansas. now, one of the places that could get hardest hit when this storm moves through is kansas city. they could get, hear this, between 3 and 6 inches before the snow stops. our nick valencia joins us live outside of kansas city international airport. and, nick, could this really ge

this just into our nbc bay area newsroom. the 17-year-old girl shot inside a colorado high school has passed away. claire davis had been in critical condition after being shot point blank. davis appeared to be just a random target. the shooter killed himself. the search continues tonight for suspects in a double shooting at a san jose state university campus. according to police someone fired shots on south 2nd and east fernando streets a little after 10:00 last night. as you can see the shooting drew a heavy police presence which was also near several bars. police found two victims one in critical condition the other suffered minor injuries. police are trying to figure out if the shootings were gang related. police in palo alto arrested a massage therapist attacking four women. he turned himself in on wednesday. police charged him with misdeamnor sexual battery. according to detectives the 35-year-old man attacked a woman last year when he worked at a day spa. that investigation led to three more victims who had appointments

"newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. we begin this morning with breaking news. a sizzling new report on the u.s. economy out. america's gdp, the gross domestic product grew at a rate of 4.1%, that is the fastest rate in two years. our chief business correspondent christine romans is here to tell us what it means. good morning. >> good morning, carol. this is stronger than the government first predicted and stronger than many economists thought, that means in july, august and september you had the strongest economic growth in more than two years, 4.1%. we have been muggling along, carol, at about 2% economic growth which is nothing to write home about, for some time now. 4% growth rate, 4.1% growth rate is something that shows an improvement in the economy, but did it last until the fourth quarter, already economists saying maybe some of this could be taken back in the fourth quarter because this strengthens the economy in part because of a retailer stocking their shelves getting ready fo

. >> i'm anne makovec live in the newsroom. as the world remembers mandela, we here in the bay area remember his-historic visit to the east bay and congressional legislation and divesting in south africa. >> reporter: bundle up. it is still cold out here. i'm kiet do. we have a live report. >>> yeah, freezing temperatures again around the bay area. freeze warnings are up. what a chilly day. this is the third day in a row of freezing temperatures showing up outside. some of those numbers dropping off under clear skies this morning into the 20s and 30s. now 23 in santa rosa. 28 in concord. 39 in san francisco. and 30 degrees in livermore. so a very cold start to the day again freeze warnings until 9:00. then clouds roll in in the middle of the day. plan on highs only in the 40s and 50s. this afternoon we could see a little rain. and then tonight, cold enough to see snow on the local mountains down to 2500 feet. a great place to go it weekend. >> reporter: after this week i think i'm just going to lay in bed with my electric blank

. >>> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. today san francisco will pause to mark the one-year anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. the people of newtown, connecticut won't be and they are asking the media to stay away. >> let's check the roads with liz. >> things are great to on this friday morning. sorry, juliette. along 101 and 280, everything looks good through san mateo counties. no big problems now past the airport and we'll go outside here's a live look through milpitas westbound 237, looks great out towards sunnyvale. like i said no real big hot spots out there now. westbound 92 traffic if you are crossing the san mateo bridge, this camera is just past the toll plaza and your cruising along towards the high-rise and traffic is lighter than usual at 601 towards the bay bridge. yesterday traffic thinned out early by about 8:30 in fact so the only delays we're seeing are in the far right cash lanes with no metering lights. that's your latest "kcbs traffic report." here's lawrence. >> starting out with

>>> you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm rosa flores like in atlanta. we'll looing looking at the stories you'll be talking about this week. let's begin with our five questions in the week ahead. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the first question. the americans were able to get out of the african nation today. the rescue comes after a failed effort that left four u.s. troops wounded. the violence in the south sudan has grown since the president has accused his ex-vp of attempting attempting a coup. let's go to athena jones. hi, athena. what did he say? >> we were able to learn about the failed evacuation attempt to get the americans working for the americans out of the south sudan. this is part of the letter under the war powers resolution. the white house say this is standard practice whenever there are troops deployed overseas. it says on december 21st, 2013, approximately 46 additional u.s. military personnel deployed by military aircraft to the area of bor, south sudan, to conduct an operation to execute u.s. citizens and personnel. after

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. >> the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. >> you're in the cnn "newsroom." we're following tw ining develo hawaii. he's been briefed on the emergency evacuation of americans in sudan. woe eel go live for the president's statement in just a moment. but we turn to this. with it snow, ice or rain, bizarre and deadly storms are creating havoc for millions of holiday travelers and shoppers. the situation is especially you are jent in the northeast. richly 350,000 people are without power in new york, new england and disaster. b in the upper midwest, this is dpreenbay, michigan. ill now and much of the deep south is in the deep water right now. torrential rain and flooding have covered a major swath of the country. >>> a quarter of a million people are without electricity and could remain in the dark until wednesday. that's christmas day. the dangers from the falling ice became all too real for ctv network's katie simpson. >> so we have been seeing this all-morning long. this is what we've been seeing. with that, i'm going to send it back inside. oh, there it goes

" begins right now. >> you're in the cnn "newsroom.". he's been briefed on the emergency evacuation of americans in sudan. woe eel go live for the president's statement in just a moment. but we turn to this. with it snow, ice or rain,

up next, "cnn newsroom," a critical plumbing problem on the international space station.ken valve knocking out one of the station's cooling systems. astronauts taking the first of three daring space walks to fix it. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> oh, the weather outside is frightful, and the travel -- eh, not so delightful. nearly 95 million people are getting out of town for the holidays, expect severe icing, powerful thunderstorms, and flight delays with your holiday cheer. >> since i'm in charge, obviously, we screwed it up. >> president obama talking about his health care rollout and what he calls his biggest mistake of 2013. according to cnn's new poll numbern