official assistance to developing countries is to rise for the first time in 17 years to $4.7 billion. government officials expect tax revenues to rise by about $25.5 billion to about $490 billion on the back of strong corporate earnings. the government also plans to issue new bonds worth about $290 billion. that's down about $17 billion from this year. but government bonds still account for more than 1/3 of the total revenue. >>> here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. japan's crude steel output fell in 2015. its first decline in three years. industry officials say domestic output stood at 105 million tons, down 5% from 2014. demand for automobiles and public works remained weak and officials say overproduction in china hit japan's exports to asia. >>> new auto sales fell for the third consecutive annual decline. market leader toyota says sales by all auto makers down 9.3% from 2014. analysts blame china's slowdown. toyota forecast a 10% decline to 720,000 units. japan is experiencing a tourism boom. near ly 20 million foreign nationals visited last year,

french officials assisted with the execution of the information that led to the potential of them taken into custody. >> just love the fact that we are getting tipped off and it seems like the information in sharing is working and authorities all around the world are doing and samantha: , happy new year. happy new year antwan lewis . >> minimum wage rises. it's better for fast food workers. 1050 now in new york city and 975 upstate. the base hourly rate for tipped workers goes up about 50 percent from usd5 to from usd5-usd7. mothers need to pump to breast-feed now have a right to take reasonable unpaid breaks from work. they can do it for 3 years. let's get over to see him who is in for michael. it feels good! >> i love, winning.then, how do you feel? ben: that was part of the role . samantha: i was not part of . there is a pattern change. let's check out the and 41 degrees tomorrow. windchill is at 20/30 and it will actually throughout the weekend. we had lots of sunshine coming up . temperatures near 40 degrees now. rarely have the westerly breeze sticking with us. the wind brings in

the federal government we have our officials there assisting them, but i have been please window the conversations i don't think it will be what a would call a contemptuous debate. we have to have to cake care of debates. it could be a million dollars. one thing hasn't got a lot of attention but is relief for farmers out there. so in of us, we are in the rural areas are coming to colleagues and friends and saying we need to take care of the farmers with the disaster. those two are some items you will seat in the $8 billion of the state budget this year. >> a loft expectations on you guys. there was a lot of national exposure to injustice that is happened in the state with regards to shootings and then on top of all of that, then we had that historic flooding that tually took place. there was a lot of hundred that will be needed to -- a lot of money that will be need today get us on right path. do we have enough. >> if you just read the paper or listen to the news you will think they have e -- dollar extra to spend. i wish it was that easy. when you look at where we have some obligati

other serious flood-related injuries occurred. a state of emergency and is asking for federal assistance. officials say the new concern is as temperatures drop the receding water could turn to ice... making conditions even more dangerous. a georgia soldier killed by a suicide bomber was laid to rest today. gun salute a 21-gun salute in honor of 30-year-old special agent staff sergeant chester mcbride as he is laid to rest in statesboro. mcbride was one of six americans killed in late december just outside of bagram afghanistan when his unit was bomber. during his funeral service, mcbride was awarded posthumously a bronze star, a purple heart, and two air force honorary metals. the manhunt is on in israel for an israeli arab named as the gunman in yesterday's shooting attack in tel aviv that killed two people and wounded several more. nbc's keir simmons reports from london on the investigation - and new details about the suspect's past. panic moments after the tel aviv attack... and more than 24 hours later the killer is still at large... identifed by police as 31 year old nasat melhem... he'd been

1:15 according to fema representatives almost 100-thousannpeople have applied for assistance since october's officials with the south carolina emergency management division say if you are declined fema assistance -- you are then deferred to the small business administration for their low-interest loan program. if you're declined that program -- you are referred back to fema for what's needs assessment which goes through other programs available to you. all of the volunteer agencies that were available through the flood -- are still available and very active in helping people repair their damaged homes. and emergency officials say they are still very involved in the process but are encouraging you to finish repairs now that we're in the winter season. derrec becker: "right now we are still heavily involved in the recovery effort from the october flood. it's still very early on in the recovery. but we want to start to finish that up january, early february. and heaven forbid we should get any severe weather as we hit prime tornado time in the spring." emergency officials urge that if you haven't applied

they assisted local officials in repairing the dam by using a helicopter to drop 1 ton sandbags into the breach. the plan worked and they were able to supply customers with clean taking water. that's drinking water. -- drinking water. we had people all over rescuing people. because if i apartment rescued over 187 people from buildings and cars and the evacuated 464 people from structures because of the floodwaters. michael crow, was on the boulevard as he rescue people from the cars it's one of the images residents will not forget.>> they've just set a that guy just waited in there, you go to -- they have been trapped in their cars for two hours after the water pushed them off of the road. a couple of utility trucks, but what you can see is that they are working right now bringing that letter in closer than we have seen him do before. and, in an attempt official somebody else out, i have talked to three people who have brought people out of their cars after two hours. and helping them wade through all of the horizontal pressure, the man that we told you was trapped earlier his daught

they assisted local officials in repairing the dam by using a helicopter to drop 1 ton sandbags into the breach. the plan worked and they were able to supply customers with clean taking water. that's drinking water. -- drinking water. we had people all over rescuing people. because if i apartment rescued over 187 people from buildings and cars and the evacuated 464 people from structures because of the floodwaters. michael crow, was on the boulevard as he rescue people from the cars it's one of the images residents will not forget.>> they've just set a line tween the cars. that guy just waited in there, trapped in their cars for two hours after the water pushed them off of the road. a couple of utility trucks, but what you can see is that they are working right now bringing that letter in closer than we have seen him do before. and, in an attempt official somebody else out, i have talked to three people who have brought people out of their cars after two hours. and helping them wade through all of the horizontal pressure, the man that we told you was trapped earlier his daughter was

it makes it official to the staff. he was assistant at cleveland. he couldn't make that official until now. the cleveland browns getting some switching of coaches of their own. here but will call the plays for the south carolina gamecocks. how about defense coordinator lorenzo. they have a coordinator in place that he maybe pushed down or may be co-coordinator. was not retained by new coach -- >>> to the national football league. how about them? cam newton and the panthers. getting it done. just spotted the number one seed in the nfc. they will have a chance to go to the super bowl. it's going to have to go through charlotte. cam newton probably going to be so they will be without charles tillman. it is a blow for the defense. next man up. >>> a week from tonight. there is going to be college football action. the tigers of clemson. what clemson has to do to stop the running game. that's coming up later on in sports. stay tuned wach fox news at >>> you're watching wach fox news at 10:00. cheer meteorologist henry rothenberg and sports with corey mille

assistance since october's flood. but, they say only about 30 percent of applicants were approved. officials with the south carolina emergency management division say if you are declined fema assistance -- you are then deferred to the small their low-interest loan program. if you're declined that program -- you are referred back to fema for what's called an other needs assessment which goes through other programs available to you. all of the volunteer agencies that were available through the flood -- are still available and very active in helping people repair their damaged homes. and emergency officialalsay they are still very involved in the process but are encouraging you to finish repairs now that we're in the winter season. it's still very early on in the recovery. but we want to start to finish that up as quickly as possible because we're very concerned about winter storms -- the potential for ice storms coming up in late january, early february. and heaven forbid we should get any severe weather as we hit prime tornado time in the spring." emergency officials urge that if you haven't

ever since the ames fatal hit and run december 14th along ash and cy ride officials in ames have been assisting police.... "whenever there is an incident in ames our buses are all over town and with cameras on them so the police department comes to us to see our video of the incident which is what they did that day."but they were blindsided wednesday when investigators used that video to arrest 23 year old cy ride driver benjamin clague... "for cyride this is a very difficult day, it's shaking us to the core right now." clague has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death a class d felony and failure to obey a traffic control device a simple misdemeanor... you can hear the bus striking emmalee and that's really what tipped the case for us 55kyras says visually it would have been difficult "there wasn't any repair....visually we can't see anything on the outside of the vehicle from what happened that day." despite no damage...the bus involved remains out of service at this time...benjamin clague has posted bail and his first court appearance is scheduled for wednesd

. >> dani: hey, mark. if you look for his official martin flask is officially the executive assistant to the mayor for special projects. harder to define. it's been nearly two years since martin flask was reassigned to the seemingly nebulous position executive assistant to the may yr for special projects -- mayor for special projects. an appointment that came after the calling of his resignation after the cleveland police department's use of force and investigation into officer action during a deadly police chase where timothy russell and melissa williams were shot and killed. amidst the firing and suspensions announced at yesterday's press conference, we couldn't help but notice flask was nowhere to be seen. so today we asked the mayor's office to sit down for an interview to talk about what flask has been doing for the last couple years, what special projects he's finished and those he's working on now. the response he got is that the mayor's office is going to decline to talk about that at where we could find more out about what flask has been up to. so i turned to the city records

what could you use art official intelligence like an assist an and go grocery shopping for a year? >>> i guess the possibilities it's connect insisted to how we all use facebook every day. >> anchor: i'm sure it will be. ahead on 7 a behind the scenes look at the royal family. we have details on this new royal release . >> anchor: then at 0 clock whitey bulger's long time girlfriend facing new charges. the latest from federal court at 6:00 . >> reporter: beaten and bruise insisted tom brady talks about taking some hard hits and what it means for the patriots play playoffs push. new england's energy comes from a pool of energy producers. eversource buys it at a set market price and delivers it to you. but that pool is shrinking, causing energy supply rates to go up and down. so we're working with partners across the region to increase our natural gas supply and bring in affordable, clean hydropower from canada. we're leading the way toward the solution... because more energy means lower energy supply rates for you. ever new england. dear fellow citizen, i know what it' s like to buy

school officials say extra assistance is on hand to help students cope with the loss --including a volunteer who works with the greer high athletic department, and knew moore. 3 3 3 3 "everyone liked him, he liked everyone.. didn't meet any strangers. he just loved who he was." was." 3 "today there's been a lot of whys. there's been a lot of folks asking why this has answer to give them." them."moore's autopsy results are pending.funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. 3 there was a slight detour for some greenville cocoty students this afternoon-that's because their bus caught on fire- 3 it happened just after five o'clock tonight on exeter road. there were seven middle and high school students on board- the driver says at first there was an issue with the gas pedal-but after pulling ove, a small fire broke out in the engine-a second bus showed up to take the students home-no one was hurt- 3 fox carolina is going in depth tonight 3 highway plans have been finalized for months.now - its time to move forward with construction on interstates 385 and 85 - plus some connecting roadways

>> we will take it, take a close look at any requests that are made by state and local officials for assistance the federal government can provide. and again the federal official on the current conflict that is coordinating the federal resources that are being brought to bear to the situation is the public health experts so she would be in a good position to evaluate the benefits of a request like that spirit this seems like a unique request because of the unique nature of this particular crisis. essentially federal health care coverage for minors under the age of 21 on a long-term basis i think it is very significant -- the federal government to make. conceptually is that something the president do you think would support speak with i think would have to take a look at exotica with requested before rendering a judgment on it spirit it was a pretty stinging editorial on epa's role on all the are you familiar with the? >> i haven't seen it but go ahead. >> the basic point is that the epa knew there was a problem about a year ago but chose not to be very public about it, chose to deal with this m

declaration that would allow the federal government to provide up to $5 million in assistance to state and local officials trying to manage that response. this comes on top of the assistance that the federal government has already provided. in the form of expertise and support.l obviously the city of flint, and the citizens of flint are going through a very difficult time. the u.s. government is determined to do what we can to support the state and local officials who are responsible for responding to the incident. let me tell you about a couple of things we're doing. later todayou that the department of health and human services will designate an woman's name this is dr. nicole re:. she is assistant secretary of preparedness and response. she will be the lead federal appointee. the lead federal official to coordinate the federal response to this particular situation. given the significant public health equities involved, it makes sense that somebody from hhs would play the role. she will be principally responsible for dealing with , and and local officials coordinating the assistance that can be provided

coast guard is using boats and a helicopter to assist in the search. officials say each chopper was carrying six marines. >> the coast guard is gonna continue to search. our goal is to find survivors. that's what the coast guard does. our men and women train for this. they do. we have 65 65 helicopter crews up. we have c-130s, cutters. we're getting assistance from the navy. >> rescue crews are dealing with turbulent waters and poor visibility during the search. the names of the 12 missing crew members have not been released. >>> one day after the world health organization declared the ebola outbreak over, a new case is confirmed in sierra leone. the organization says this is a reminder of the need to remain vigilant. it had been at least a month since ebola had been confirmed in guinea or sierra leone. those countries were most affected by the epidemic that started two years ago and claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people. >>> the republican presidential field appears to be a two-man race in iowa. with two weeks to go until the primary contest, each candid

. >>> this morning a top afghan security official is calling for desperately needed assistance in fighting taliban. jamie mcintyre has our details. >> reporter: a spokesman for the u.s. train, advise and assist mission, says the u.s. is not doing any of the fighting against the taliban. brigadier general, a spokesman for operation resolute support, the u.s. name for the afghanistan mission gave afghan forces a mixed report card, saying they performed fairly well when it came to preplanned missions but not so well in a crisis. some of the toughest fighting has been in one province. and the pointed to a number of problems with the 215 corps, including short staffing, bad leadership, and widespread corruption. >> there are three things that have to happen. soldiers have got to be paid on time, fed on time, and be given lee when they deserve leave, and if one of those things or a combination of those things doesn't happen, then the solders will leave. sometimes they will come back, but that obviously is no way to run an organization. >> reporter: a big problem is afghan soldiers are paid in ca

assistance." a u-s military official called the video pure propaganda. the video appears to be authentic, but it could not "speak to the conditions of the situation or what the crew was experiencing at the time," of the video. new this morning a 'no' from australia to the u-s. the country told the u-s it would not increase it's military commitment against isis in syria and iraq. australia has been an ally to the u-s in the battle against islamic militants and also one of the biggest contributors to the u-s-led bombing campaigns. last year the country expanded it's mission to combat terrorism in syria. the australian defense minister said today there are no plans for the country to increase it's commitment. heading to italy now, where there are several reports, police arrested a suspect in an american woman's death. 35-year-old ashley olsen was an artist and living in florence. investigators found her strangled to death in her apartment. police have not named the suspect, but said they were able to indentify him this week a jury is expected to sentence a

u-c athletics plans to make an official announcement about interesting side note... another former assistant for the dolphins is a bearcat -- zac taylor was hired last week. the video is difficult to watch... and even more difficult to believe.a cleveland bus driver attacked -- over a bus fare!and what's worse -- others on board stand listen. you ain't goin' nowhere! police!""i gotta job. i gotta to go to! you wanna go to jail over some bs dude?!""he's gotta knife, he's gotta knife, you gotta knife?!" knife?!"the man also claimed he was carrying a gun.that fight -- started over a *two dollar* fare.despite the driver's calls for help -- no one walked forward to break it up.after several minutes -- the bus driver gets desperate. "i got a hunded dollars for anybody that come help me" me"but no one stepped forward. that fight lasted more than *ten minutes*. the driver called police on his own -- while pinning the attacker.that unruly passenger -- 22-year-old jared henderson -- got a ride *to jail.*no word tonight on charges. we're following breaking news tonight... two cars down an embankment ne

hummanitarian groups in lebanon are having a hard time assisting syrian refugees. officials there say heavy snow has covered their migrant camps limiting their supply of resources. a growing pile of life jackets discarded by refugees is turned into a message of peace... the photo circuluating on social media more than 3- thousand jackets were shaped into the symbol, on new years day. authorities in germany are wroking to track down isis militants they say planned an attack on new year's eve. this while the united states and its allies continue their airstrike against isis targets. fox news correspondent garrett tenney has the latest on the fight against the islamic state. tenney (on-cam intro) "police in germany are now hunting for as many as seven people suspected of plotting suicide attacks on new year's eve celebrations in the city of munich." say the group of islamic state militants were planning a new years eve massacre - with a series of coordinated attacks at several major train stations - using suicide bombers. the train stations were quickly shut down and evacuated,

the assistant superintendent says the break is fixed - but officials are running tests - and those results won't be available until tomorrow.the facilities will remain closed until those tests come back. 3 developing tonight 3 a deadly house fire is under investigation in pickens county. county.the fire broke out just after two this afternoon at this home on ann street in pickens.six agencies are involved in this case, including sled.the pickens fire chief tells us the cause of the fire hasn't been determined.and the coroner has not released the victim's name. 3 tonight..fox carolina investigates 3 fire dangers this time of year. many of you have been stocking up on those winter weather items... but fire officials say you've got to be careful with heating units like space heaters. heaters.fox carolina's rebecca atkins looked into the safety concerns ...and rebecca what did they have to say? 3 3 3 3 3 well cody as the temperature on your thermostat goes down goes up. the fire marshal for the boiling springs fire district tells me there have already been several fires in the county caused by

signed an emergency declaration that would allow the federal government to provide assistance to state and local officials who are trying to manage that response. this comes on top of the assistance that the federal government has already provided in the form of both expertise and logistical support. andously, the city of flint the citizens are going through a difficult time. the u.s. government is determined to do what we can to support the state and local officials who are responsible for responding to this incident. i can sell you that later today, the department of health and human services will designate an , dr. nicole, assistant secretary to preparedness and response, and she will be the lead federal coordinate the federal response to this situation. given the significant public health equities that are involved, it would make sense that the committee would play this role. she will be principally responsible for dealing with state and local officials and coordinating the assistance that can be provided by the federal butrnment, not just by ihs, also federal agencies like the department housing and

assistance since october's flood. but, they say only about 30 percent of applicants were approved. officials with the south carolina emergency management division say if you are declined fema assistance -- you are then deferred to the small business administration for their low-interest loan program. if you're declined that program -- you are referred back to fema for what's called an other needs assessment which goes through other programs available to you. all of the volunteer agencies that were available through the flood -- are still available and very active in helping people repair their damaged homes. and emergency officials say they in the winter season. "right now we are still heavily involved in the recovery effort from the october flood. it's still very early on in the recovery. finish that up as quickly as recovery effort from the october flood. it's still very early on in the recovery. but we want to start to finish that up as quickly as possible because we're very concerned about winter storms -- the potential for ice storms coming up in late january, early february. and heaven

now, officials also say that school's core of cadets assisted in the search for nichole. her body has been sent to the medical examiner's office. >>> virginia state police are searching for a west virginia man who fled from a trooper during an attempted traffic night. just after midnight, police saw a vehicle stopped on the side of route 311. the troop at her stopped to check on the week. the driver, andrew, allen arnold, sped away. the trooper pursued the car and arnold crashed. the event is still under investigation and additional charges are pending. >> and now a check to our weather. it was a beautiful saturday with lots of sunshine. just what we like to see. and the temperatures were comfortable for january. >> will: we saw sunshine today. and we'll look for clear skies tonight. some high and cirrus level clouds. skies. it won't be as cold tonight as last night. we'll have a bit of a southerly breeze. we'll see temperatures warmer for sunday-monday. here's a look at the next few hours. overnight temperatures in the middle 30s. 36 and 35, the popular numbers on the bo

ever since the fatal hit and run december 14th along ashford and lincoln way cy ride officials in ames have been assisting police.... "whenever there is an incident in ames our buses are all over town and with cameras on them so the police department comes to us to see our video of the incident which is what they did that day."but they were blindsided wednesday when investigators used that video to arrest 23 year old cy ride driver benjamin clague... "for cyride this is a very difficult day, it's shaking us to the core right now." clague has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death a class d felony and failure to obey a traffic control you can hear the bus striking emmalee and that's really what tipped the case for us 55kyras says visually it would have been difficult for clague to tell... "there wasn't any repair....visually we can't see anything on the outside of the vehicle from what happened that day." cyride officials say it wasn't a lack of experience behind the wheel... "he drove several routes for us and that was one of them...he's veen with us for two years, so he's

you for affording us this very exceptional and historic honor and opportunity to assist in making the agreement officialank you mr. president and i know this thing in the past week of implementation coming and that my colleagues jarrett hoffman and all of our members thank you and congratulate you on your role as president. thank you mr. president. [applause] >> thank you, thank you everybody. thank you so much. tank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. all right, everybody sit down, sit down. you are making me choke up. it's good to see you democrats and everybody is looking good. tonight only to members and the families and the folks who are here staff everybody who does such hard work, it is wonderful to be with you again and i want to obviously start off by just thinking somebody who i believe will go down as one of the finest democratic leaders and speakers we have ever had, my dear friend nancy pelosi. [applause] who also has adorable grandchildren. [applause] it's hard to find more photogenic grandkids, i am telling you. they look like they just jumped out of a magazine. to the rest o

declaration that would allow the federal government to provide up to $5 million in assistance to state and local officials that are trying to manage that response. this comes on top of the assistance that the federal government has already provided in the form of both expertise and logistical support. and, you know, obviously the city of flint and the citizens of flint are going through a very difficult time and the u.s. government is determined to do what we can to support the state and local officials who are responsible for responding to this incident. so, let me tell you about a couple of things that we're doing. i can tell you later today the department of health and human services will designate an individual, the -- this woman's name is dr. nicole lurie, she's assistant secretary for preparedness and response, and she will be the lead federal appointee, the lead federal official, to coordinate the federal response to this particular situation. given the significant public health equities that are involved, it makes sense that somebody from hhs would play this role, and so she will be principally re

overturned the previous decision by the assistant secretary of the army to allow w.a.s.p.s to be placed in arlington. >> right. >> we tried to go through the officialm my mother's local senator ba bra mccalsky and they were unable to make headway. we talked about it within our family, let's start a petition, let's get the public interested and aware of this issue. so i posted the petition on change.org, it's change.org/wasp, and as you mentioned, we've already gained over 35,000 signatures. we've gotten excellent reception from the public, some really heartfelt comments on that website, as well as as you know obviously a lot of media interest, and so the support from the public has been really overwhelming and really positive, and so that's why it's also a little bit hard to understand the army's decision.. i know they're concerned about space at arlington but this really isn't a space issue. >> we are going to have to leave it there. but we hope that the public has an ability to impant this change. tiffany miller, thank you for all that you are doing. b bea, thank you for your service. thank you very much both for being here. >>> up next, the war

law-enforcement officials tell you that there's no such thing as a routine call, to highway patrolflsls state troopers were assisting elyria state police ce department in searching for a suspectce they were recognized for what happened, p.j. ziegler joins us. >> one of the values of the detail, on september 13, the troopers paid attention to detail and were honored for saving a man's life.he il >> del bethel suffered a heart attack in his driveway while checking on his car in the the middle the night that had just been crashed into,dd of the troopers were searching for suspect in the area when they were flagged down by a resident,p they found him unconscious and began to administer cvr, today they were honored at the elyria post oftoay the highway patrol for saving his life, neither were told their supervisor what they had done that night snack brought here for recognition just here to do our job and to make the county and state a better place nobody knew what they had done until, the victim 's father-in-law came to the patrol station to thank them pacemaker defibrillator put into health, you'll hear from you tonigh

. >> official say if you have assistance questions that fema hotline is always available you can call 18621 fema we also have direct links to fema with helpful answers to some of those frequently asked questions. visit our website. >>> richland county deputies need your help finding a man they call armed and dangerous. investigators say breland shot a person outside the circle k gas station the day after christmas. the victim is -- has since been released from the hospital . deputies also looking for a few shoplifters tonight they say three people walked into the belkin last friday afternoon and stole $1,000 worth of close. if you know anything about either of the crimes we just told you about you are asked to call crimestoppers at 1888 >>> state lawmakers considering a move to under the victims of the e ther a manual shootings . the e solution is in the works that would declare june 17th 2016 as a mother a manual nine day. it would encourage all state agencies to reflect on the progress made in race relations and economic equality for minorities . the resolution would also focus on e

d-c officials now asking for federal disaster assistance to help. a live look this morning across the roanoke blacksburg regional airport. all quiet for now.. but how is your hump day forecast shaping up? frontal boundary shifts east today with high pressure moving overhead by thursday morning. a trough will slide by thursday nightwith a high pressure builds in friday we're following developing news out of oregon this morning. one person is dead and eight others, including the man at the center of an armed militia takeover of federal land are now in police custody after a oregon.officials say it started with a traffic stop while ammon bundy and some of his followers headed to a meeting.all eight are facing federal felony charges.federal officers converged on the wildlife refuge after the arrests and are expected to remain at the site throughout the morning. more help is on the way to flint, michigan. six million bottles of water being sent to students throughout the city. walmart, coke, pepsi and nestle all pitching in.. promising to provide clean w

is "not able to provide even the very minimum in core protection and lifesaving assistance." u.n. officials cited the wars in syria, afghanistan, iraq, yemen , and south sudan as one of the major reasons there are nearly 60 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. the largest single displaced community are syrians, with 4 million refugees forced outside syria's borders by the ongoing conflict. in democracy now! traveled to december, the calais refugee camp, the largest refugee camp in france. it is about two hours north of paris. 6000 to 7000 people are living there, camped out in makeshift tents. their goal is to reach britain. night people set out along the highway to the channel tunnel, where they attempt to cross into britain by jumping on top of or inside trucks or lorries. a few days earlier before we arrived, a sudanese man named joseph was killed when he was run over by a car on the highway. while we were at the calais refugee camp, residents were protesting in the freezing cold, protesting the police had not stopped the driver. people held signs reading, "we are humans, not dog

d-c officials now asking for federal disaster assistance to help. with yet another day of school delays or closings -- we've got those scrolling across the bottom of your screen and at virginia first dot-com. many parents throughout central and southwest virginia are feeling the snow day blues. we found parents scrambling to pick up their kids from babysitters and daycares in lynchburg on tuesday night.tuesday marked five or even six snow days for they're forking out a lot of extra cash for the unexpected days off. amber ly "i'm a little upset because they could go two hours late. i don't understand why they're just closing it." teritta brown "the kids, of course they're enjoying it, but as far as me getting back and forth to work, the roads clear and everything. it's been hard."there are plenty of new babysitter listings popping up online.parents, do your homework, check references before dropping yours kids off somewhere new. frontal boundary shifts east today with high pressure movingoverhead by thursday morning. a will reinforcing shot of cold a

assistance." a u-s military official called the video pure propaganda. the u-s central command is investigating and said the video appears to be authentic, but it could not "speak to the conditions of the situation or what the crew was experiencing at the time," of the video. new this morning a 'no' from australia to the u-s. the country told the u-s it would not increase it's military commitment against isis in syria and iraq. australia has been an ally to the u-s in the battle against islamic militants and also one u-s-led bombing campaigns. last year the country expanded it's mission to combat terrorism in syria. the australian defense minister said today there are no plans for the country to increase it's commitment. heading to italy now, where there are several reports, police arrested a suspect in an american woman's death. 35-year-old ashley olsen was an artist and living in florence. investigators found her strangled to death in her apartment. police have not named the suspect, but said they were able to indentify him from surveillance video. a f

assistance. >> isn't an official policy and wasn't sure if this was a violation of international treaties. >> generally speaking you are not supposed to show images of detained persons. there they add that with so many critical issues facing both countries letting this situation go may be in both their interests. rosiland jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> j.d. gordon is a retired navy commander. he served at pentagon spokeman for robert gates. j.d, talk a little bit about what happened in the gulf yesterday between the americans and the iranians. >> hi john, good to see you. there were two navy patrol craft, river craft apparently. five sailors each, going from kuwait to bahrain, but halfway through their trip they had engine problems in one of them. they drifted in the middle of the gulf well over 50 miles from the saudi coast, and the iranians detained them, humiliated them and the united states, by keeping them. at first they didn't say how long they were going to keep them. they took their photos, and as a violation of the geneva convention, i believe, they showed their faces. >> what was the poin

assistance. >> not an official policy and wasn't sure whether this was a violation of international treaties. >> generally speaking you are not supposed to show images of detained or prisoners at war. >> showing videos and sailors is not a violation of the geneva convention. they add with so many critical issues facing these countries letting the situation go may be in both their interest. rosiland jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> joining us the executive director of the american iranian council an. glad to have you here. what do you think happened? was this simply an accident, sailors stray intermediate iranian waters? >> we know this was protocol. the boats entered iranian waters, for mechanical problems or navigational problems may not be clear but the good news is, the revolutionary guard once they saw the americans and talked to them they came to realize that there was actually some type of navigational problem with their boats. so they could address the issue quite quickly then. >> but then why did iranian officials at first accuse the sailors of suspicious behavior and iranian press ac

city and county officials also hope to secure federal funding to assist with the water emergency.ght now, flint leaders are asking for more than $40 million to deal with this issue. governor snyder's announcement comes hours after the u.s. attorney's office confirmed that its investigating the contamination of flint's drinking water. all of this started when the city began tapping into the flint river for its water supply. the city has since switched out of the system but there are still serious concerns. relief will hopefully be on the way soon to thousands of flint residents, some who have gone months without using their tap water. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, new york. >>> we have an update now, north korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb overnight, pentagon officials just told al jazeera the u.s. does not believe this claim, saying the blast was way too small to have come from that kind of device. sources tell al jazeera it appears this most recent north korean test was a smaller fission blast. >>> making a murderer, a netflix series being used as inspiration to fight fo

epa officials were notified of but failed to offer technical assistance for months. >>> two of the prisoners released in the prison exchange with iran on back on american soil this morning. pastor eye seed abedini stepped out of a plane in north carolina on thursday for an emotional reunion with his wife. former marine amir hekmati touched down on nis home of flint, michigan. he waved and thanked reporters as he stepped off the plane. >> happy to finally be home. it's been a very long road and a very long journey. unfortunately, many people have traveled this road with me. >> reporter: he had been a u.s. military hospital in germany since his weekend release from iran. ed his marine training helped keep him going during his four and a half years in prison. >>> coming up on the "morning news." flying with firearms. more guns than ever at checkpoints. >>> later, a fire bomb lights up a marijuana dispensary. this is the "cbs morning news." but what if you could wake up to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbers. discover once-daily invokana . with over 6 million prescriptions and countin

assistance." a u-s military official called the video pure propaganda. the u-s central command is investigating and said the video appears to be authentic, but it could not "speak to the conditions of the situation or what the crew was experiencing at the time," of the video. a tragic accident in central pennsylvania earlier this week. a 12-year-old girl accidentally killed by a state constable... had served eviction papers to the girl's dad, donald meyer. his 12-year-old daughter, ciara stood behind him - as her dad pointed a loaded rifle at the constable's chest. the officer shot back. the bullet went through the arm of meyer and his ciara in the chest. the officer hasn't charged after the shooting. ron rohde/uncle says: "i just feel so sorry for this constable. none of us in our family have any hard feelings towards him. actually we feel sorry for him. he's got to live with this, the poor man, and he had no idea what he was walking into." donald meyer has been charged with simple assault, aggravated assault. reckless endangerment and terroristic threa

>>reporter: fire officials say he hero << some tried to assist those in the structure. >>reporter: a family member told me an elderly couple lived here. the man was on dialysis their son was bedridden. neighbors gathered outside >> it's such a horrible thing. i pray for them. >>reporter: lots of prayers for this family tonight. fire officials tell me that there were reports of oxygen tanks inside that home. but it's still way too early to tell what caused the investigation could take weeks. reporting live liz denver 7. >> i want to focus on the next five years, the next 10 years. >> with his time in the nation's highest office coming to an end president obama made his final state of the union address tonight. >> the gop quickly criticizing the president on familiar topics healthcare, national security denver 7 political reporter marshall zelinger joins us. the president also took a few jabs at the other side. >>reporter: there was a couple of moments of groans including when the president said the only people in america who are going to work the same job had the same pl

a crane was brought in to assist with extricating the miners. officials remained in contact with the trapped miners and rescue crews were able to give the workers water. "extremely happy and relieved to out. all 17 miners that were stuck in the shaft, while several agencies responded to the mine, the miners helped make decisions about the rescue. the federal government has released its latest dietary guidelines. for the first time -- the government suggests americans limit the amount of added sugar to 10-percent of daily calories. that's about 12 teaspoons for a typical 2-thousand calorie diet. the guidelines also advise people cut back on salt and saturated fat... but not necessarily cholesterol. residents off one flood damaged road in the midlands are getting more frustrated that the state hasn't fixed it yet. we'll explain why coming up. let's go to ben tanner to get your forecast. thanks to cloud cover its morning with middle to upper 30s by sunrise, those clouds will be with us on and off today with highs reaching the lower to middle 50s. clouds will

government officials say at least 16 people received medical assistance mostly for minor injuries causedy overcrowding and smoke. hotel officials said friday that the fire was contained and all guests and employees had been safely evacuated. pretty amazing moments. a source tells cnn the blaze started when curtains caught fire in a 20th floor residence. on the 48th floor, a photographer on assignment to shoot the fireworks found himself trapped. instead filming the moments of his own survival. his story from cnn's john jenson. >> reporter: new year's eve is one night dennis mlari is one night he will never forget. at 9:30 p.m., his vantage point inside the nearby address hotel went up in flames. malari, trapped, scared and alone had to fight to make it out alive. >> i'm on the side of the building. i tried to call. i'm not going to die because of the fire, because of the smoke. >> reporter: he was stuck on a balcony on the 48th floor, great for photos but smoke quickly filled the building and escape wasn't an option. >> this is my view on the floor. >> reporter: the filipino ex pat first

instance our emergency management team has been there with timely assistance working hand in hand with the impacted communities and local officials am constantly in awe of the way our communities come together in times of trouble. this spirit of illinois is what inspires me every day. james joseph, our aima director, is with us. for all you do, all our emergency responders and all our personnel, all you, do please accept our deepest appreciation. thank you. [ applause ] today we're gathered to discuss our great state of illinois. our stuntopportunities, our challenges, our goals for the future. we were all elected to do a job. our job is to improve the quality of life for all the people of illinois. that means more economic opportunity to increase real incomes for all families. higher pay and lower cost of living for everyone. the key to that is excellent educational and vocational training combined with multiple career opportunities made available by companies competing to hire workers. illinois's a wonderful place. our people, our work ethic, our sense of community, our dedication to helping each other, our commitment to giving