even as a youngster, it was obvious to me that phoenix was a very segregated city and that phoenix was a very sprawling city. what looms largest in my mind was the icon of the swimming pool which was something that was very rare to enjoy in my hometown in massachusetts. certainly no one that i knew in massachusetts had a pool in their backyard as some of my cousins did or in the apartment complex down the street. i asked myself, in the middle of the desert, where does this water come from to make the swimming pools possible? i am embarrassed to say that i never thought about where the electricity came from the powered the soundtrack of our visit, the constant hum of the air conditioner. i am especially embarrassed because one of my cousins lived right next to an electric substation. in fact, the house was almost directly underneath one of the high-voltage power lines coming down from the navajo nation. it is a truism that we historians often say that history is the study of power. i think that andrew shows how elemental this insight is. increasing the high-voltage power lines across th

nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live in phoenix. a lot of people attend this festival even when it rains. >> reporter: that's right. they were originally supposed to be looking at the first statue that was 30 or 40 feet tall, it took months to build. but somebody here got a head start, set the thing on fire early this morning. all that was left was ash. as police search for this arsonist, the community here rose up. if you live in a town named of the mythical phoenix, rising from the ashes is just part of who you are. >> exactly, just like the phoenix. >> reporter: because here in phoenixville, that story of rebirth is so deeply ingrained that each year they have a fire bird ceremony, making a bonfire out of a large wooden statue. >> we get together and we make it work. >> reporter: that spirit, especially evident today after vandals set fire to the original statue a few hours early. the arsonists got the party started at 3:00 in the morning and all that was left was quite fittingly black ash. >> the rebirth. >> reporter: no sweat,

phoenix also getting in on it too. southern california, you will get a break today with rain coming back tomorrow, but it is really yuma, phoenix, tucson that will see the had heavy rain all through today. it does continue and the flooding will be a big major concern. you see the thursday forecast showing pretty much everybody looking at the rain or the snow up to our north. except for southern california. they get a break. temperatures are mild, in the 50s, relatively speaking mild, but it is going to stay a very wet one. that's your national weather. now here's a closer lookday. boise coming in at 49 with rain. that's a look at your forecast. dara? >> thanks so much, dominica. >>> still ahead, a twist in the case of 100 missing brains. >>> plus, how the smash and grab robbers found themselves in a hairy situation. you're watching "early today." >>> other top stories, breaking overnight, an al qaeda group in yemen is threatening to kill british born u.s. citizen luke somers in a newly released propaganda video. accord

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bowers said there was no such list in phoenix even while hellman's predecessor certified the hospital was in compliance. according to the times bowers's sworn statement said she was pressured by her bosses in washington to report the hospital was in compliance after she report it was not. bowers statement also said she briefed va secretary eric shinseki often about the patient backlog but the problems went unaddressed because she was told to there was no money to lease more space to handle the back locks. the times also reports that an administrative law judge found this week, it was quote, more likely than not at least some senior agency leaders were aware or should have been of nationwide problems getting veterans scheduled for timely appointments. in a partial vindication of hellman, the judge, his name is steven mish found that the va didn't provide enough evidence that hellman should have been fired over conditions at phoenix. the judge upheld her firing anyway on the ground she received favors from a health care industry consultant. leland, back to you. >> stunning as this conti

and the maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, is no exception. >> i'm born and raised here in phoenix, arizona, been here 24 years, my whole life pretty much. i actually live about seven miles down lower buckeye road. >> robert miner wound up here after being caught with marijuana and a loaded shotgun. even though his old job only required at most a seltzer bottle. >> i am a bum clown, man, it's kind of -- a hobo clown what they call it. a little hobo bag. it's good. i am a good guy, you know. there is a lot of good people in here. just unfortunately we break laws too. >> helen smith was a full time sales woman before being sentenced on drug charges. but her part-time job at least, got her familiar with handcuffs. >> i also do dominatrix on the weekend. >> it's a weekend gig? >> it's a weekend gig, yes. we have shackles and we have handcuffs that we use on them if they want that. >> and when the sheer monotony at life at maricopa known as tent city gets to william frost and timothy young they take refuge in the identity of others. >> greetings, live from tent city. >> i be like, yo, h

a giant wooden phoenix statue is burned as part of the ceremony. but yesterday morning, the morning of the big celebration, arsonists got to it first and burned that phoenix to ash. but neighbors didn't let that ruin the day. they brought palates of wood and they built a brand-new statue in just a few hours. >> it's all come together. things happen, we all getting to, we make it work. nobody can burn us down. >> i heard it's been filled with the overwhelming wholeheartedness and joy of what our community is all about. >> around sundown yesterday, organizers set the phoenix ablaze. as for the suspected vandals, police tell nbc 10 they have some leads and finding those responsible is a big priority for the town. >>> this morning we now know the identity of a man killed in a hit-and-run in montgomery county. we first told you about this yesterday morning. police say that two vehicles struck the victim friday night on rambo street in bridgeport. neither driver stopped. a black ford explorer struck tom daley first. the car may be similar to this one. po

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for owners like guy who runs new york city jewelry store phoenix rose, it's the official kickoff for retail madness. >> so, for the past two years i'm seeing increasing sales on small business saturday. we make everything by hand. everything is done here. everything is made basically in the west village, and people like that. >> anthony, owner of lilac chocolates is also feeling the community love. he says the american express sponsored promotion brings added foot traffic for the 91-year-old manhattan-based store, which does about 20% of its annual sales between thanksgiving and new year's. >> it's up with of our busiest saturdays of the year and kicks off the holiday season. >> reporter: the holiday is certainly gaining traction. last year small business saturday saw $7 billion sales. it's not so easy bringing in shoppers for big-ticket items on small business saturday. >> unfortunately, we can't drive the customer into the store anymore. when they're ready to shop, they come in. it's so hard for us to bring them in with any type of promotion. >> reporter: promotions, however, are w

didn't give her a choice, actually. >> we're taking you to downtown phoenix, and we need you to droper: leaving them on their own when -- after a thing like this happened, how tough was that? >> really tough. really tough. did what i was told to do. >> reporter: detective michael brooks. >> if apparently, he has shot himself, why did you take belinda down to the station? >> in suicides, in -- in any -- any death investigation, that could be a grandma that dies in her bed, you're gonna talk to the people that are there to find out what happened. >> reporter: there was a reason the arriving officer thought something was off about the way belinda was reacting. >> it may have been a -- a play, or it may have been an act on her part. i mean to me if my spouse is lying on the ground suffering injury, a fatal wound, i'd make every effort to find out, look at -- at least look at the -- my spouse. she didn't do that. >> reporter: so there was belinda being interviewed by the detective. >> i'm trying to figure out what happened. >> you and me both. i don't know. >> reporter: so, asked detectiv

particularly the problems in phoenix.hink what these new reports do is they provide details to something that we all basically knew anyway. >> senior leaders in d.c. knew about it shinseki said, reportedly, that he didn't recall being briefed on this. and when you say you don't recall, these not good. and it also, remember, obama waited too long to get rid of shinseki. >> charles, how many times have we seen this -- let's go beyond the obama administration. documents months later say okay, maybe eric shinseki didn't know everything but he knew more than he was suggesting. there is no recourse now. >> that's right. stone walling works particularly if the president is on your side. the story comes out now. nobody cares, it's over the christmas vacation. i guarantee you it's not going to be on page one anywhere in america. probably not be on page 8. it will go away like the wind without anyone noticing. so, if you can stonewall long enough, what we are learning with the irs scandal, which is exactly the same thing, it can wo

he decided to run for the phoenix city council in 1948. people were going to vote for him primarily on the issues. he was concerned about corruption and excessive government and concerned about a pro-business atmosphere. people voted for him for those reasons, but i think they voted for him partly because he was the man who ran the canyon. he used to fly in his aircraft at campaign stops. that was a romantic image, the cowboy image, the outdoorsman image. i think it was crucial. he had the canyon as a backdrop. he finds out he has a talent for politics, and he decides in 1952 to run for senate. lo and behold, he wins. this is something of a bellwether. democrats had always dominated the state of arizona, and now we have a repulsion junior senator in 1952. this is portending the shifts that have brought us the current political map. he knocked off senator mcfadden. as a young senator, he gets a lot of the dirty jobs, the ones no one wants to do. he has to do the reelection tour, going around and giving speeches and eating rubber chicken. hi

. >>> when we decided to shoot "lockup: extended stay" at maricopa county jail in phoenix, arizona, we knew we were going to a place where most of america had heard about. it's a controversial jail with a controversial sheriff. our approach was to embed our crew for four months, i mean, really spend a lot of time and tell the true story of america's toughest jail. >> on any given day, there are more than 9,000 male and female inmates incarcerated at maricopa. most have not been convicted of the crimes with which they've been charged, but are on or are awaiting trial. they're housed in six different facilities. >> i would describe maricopa county jail as, like, no other jail i've ever seen before. first of all, the sheer volume of it is staggering. so just walking in there and figuring out who's important, how the systems work, even how you get through the doors is a challenge. >> go to the west gates, see officer von reagan. >> the maricopa county jail has been the subject of more media attention than probably any other jail in america. in recent years it's been due to the county's pol

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my sister was in phoenix. that is proof right there that this is not regional. that this recall should be nationwide. gerri: well, you make a good point. that's one of takata's biggest defenses. we have to keep it regional because it only occurs in humid regions. your sister's case proves that's not true. kim, i want to say our thoughts are with you and your family. thank you for telling your story. more people need to know. >> well, thank you for having me. gerri: and we'll be right back. gerri: well, self-employed always face challenges at getting a margin. mortgage. they face an uphill battle in getting a loan quote. so, rick, good to see you. why are these folks having a hard time getting a loan quote? >> i think the lending industry is by the bad loans from christmases past. we had things like calleddening aloans. these were the kinds mentioned people falsified their financial wherual to get loans. >> are some people now being cut off even when they shouldn't be? >> absolutely. we're seeing that with convertible loans. you and i have talked about that befor

for owners who runs new york city jewelry store, phoenix rose, it is the official kickoff for retail madness. >> i'm seeing increasing sales on small business saturday. everything is made basically in the west village and people like that. >> reporter: owner of lilac chocolates is also feeling the community love. he says the american express promotion brings added foot track for the 91-year-old manhattan based store. >> it is one of our busiest saturdays of the year. >> reporter: and the holiday is gaining traction. last year small business saturday saw nationwide sales of $5.7 billion. but for ron and joan fish, it is not so easy bringing in shoppers for big ticket items on small business saturday. >> unfortunately, we can't drive the customer into the store anymore. when they're ready to shop, they come in. it is so hard for us, to bring them in for any type of promotion. >> reporter: customers are finding out about the business on instagram where the store has more than 24,000 followers who will see the small biz saturday deal this year. >> 10% off everything in the store. >> repo

my sister was in phoenix. that is proof right there that this is not regional. that this recall should be nationwide. gerri: well, you make a good point. that's one of takata's biggest defenses. we have to keep it regional because it only occurs in humid regions. your sister's case proves that's not true. kim, i want to say our thoughts are with you and your family. thank you for telling your story. more people need to know. >> well, thank you for having me. gerri: and we'll be right back. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ dentures with toothpaste or plain water. and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bact

people love it. >> have a great day. >> this guy, scott, known for his singing around the phoenix skyairport. he not only does one song, he does a parody "for once in my life" by stevie wonder. >> once in my life. >> toothbrush. >> no one talks to nick on a plane or traveling. >> right. >>> that's it for "right this minute." we'll see you next time, everybody. >>> you see people looking up and holding a blanket. >> obviously, somebody's in danger. >> see who's about to come barreling down. >> it worked! >>> it's a great jump for a paratrooper until -- >> what he knows he's going to hit. >> uh-oh! >> nowhere else to go. i've been holeless for a year. >> a guy reaches out for help online after falling into -- >> a very deep depression. >> took a lot of courage. >> hear from a man who says a christmas dinner might make all of the difference. >> i can only hope t

bauer said there was no such list in phoenix.en while hellman's predecessor had certified that the hospital was in compliance. she said she her pleas were ignored because she says she was told there was no money to lease more space to handle the backlog. molly. >> what's the latest with sharon hellman's efforts to get her job back? >> well, the times also reports that just this week an administrative law somewhere found that it was -- this is a quote "more likely than not that at least some senior agency leaders were aware or should have been aware of nationwide problems getting veterans scheduled for timely appointments." the judge, steven mish, also found that the v.a. didn't provide enough evidence that hellman should have been fired over the conditions of phoenix. he did uphold her firing anyway for an apparent conflict of interest. she accepted an eight-day trip to disneyworld with her family from a health care industry consultant. molly. >> all right. doug, thank you for an update. the v.a. scandal. we appreciate it. >> oba

. >> reporter: case in point, this property, located in a phoenix neighborhood.e that's seen better days. and that's putting it lightly. maria bought it for $180,000 back in may. and spent the last six months transforming it into this. the makeover didn't come cheap. featuring granite and glass tiling, $900. the sleek flooring running $4,400. maria's paying a staging company to help buyers envision themselves living here. >> this staging on this house was $650 a month. it's clean, it's uncluttered. it's got nice lines. the blues are really trendy right now. and we got this one under contract the first week. >> reporter: the house closed last month for $265,000. maria walks away with a little more than $20,000 after expenses. but across town, the clock is ticking on her newest project. i see either a starter family or even a family that has a couple of teenagers, this would be perfect for. our net gain on this property is going to be probably $35,000. now we're a very flat market. so, rehabbers have had to get a lot more creative and do things the old school way.

and snow showers along the eastern border with canada late in the day. 60st in the los angeles, phoenix and new orleans. miami, ding, ding, ding, the winner today with a high around 80. >>> hanukkah began last night at sun down. and vice president joe biden was at the menorah lighting. >>> still ahead, the french fry shortage at mcdonald's. >>> plus real castaway waving his arms on a tiny island. how this man was found after being stranded for days. >>> and busted. a valet doing what every car owner fears a valet may be doing in the parking garage. wñ >>> well, apple has won a decade-old dispute over digital music. a federal jury decided itunes updates were not stopping a competitor. it was facing a challenge from real networks. if apple had lost, it might have had to pay a billion dollars in fines and penalties. now it doesn't have to pay ipod users a cent. apple isn't selling online in russia. it is reviewing the pricing after the extreme fluks chewuations in the ruble. it doesn't have online stores, and the online is most of the business there. >>> the trouble with russia's currently

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. >> meanwhile this 11th annual music and arts festival and celebration of the phoenix is in full swingdozens of performers, businesses and those who attend this community event yearly are determined not to let the bad actions of others dampen their spirits. >> it's fire bird festival all about phoenix rises from the ashes the community rose up and met the challenge, too. >> and here is your live look as this festival continues so does the arson investigation. as you heard so many organizeers and others say they're not holding a grubling they will let it go walter. reporting live. ken, "channel 6 action news." >> thank you, kenneth. >> the reward for information leading to why about of missing college student shane montgomery stand at $50,000. the 21-year-old was last seen leaving kildare's in manayunk early thursday morning. so far efforts to find the west chester university undergraduate proved fruitless. his mother today made another public plea of helpp. >> we're looking for any selfies, video, from anywhere on main street that might have somebody in the background resembling shane.

es verdad que los de phoenix fueron apaleados pero ahora con ese atrapÓn se gana la jugada. >> clavandoonazo para que la pelota se cuele pegado al poste. fue uno de los tres. ♪ ♪ >> tras una breve pausa le decimos con esta fue mejor forma de prevenir enfermedades. ♪ ♪ >>si disfruta tener sexo, le gustarÍa saber que los expertos ya que una forma saludable defenderlas. hablamos con la mujer que estÁ muy de acuerdo con esto. usted cree que el sexo es bueno para el corazÓn? >> yo te voy a decir una cosa. yo ahora, ya no, porque soy viuda. pero en mi vida, eso de salud a sus 64 aÑos esta abuela que tu grasa por mÁs de seis dÉcadas asegura que llevar una vida sexual activa y saludable es muy bueno para la salud mental y emocional. >> cuando se hace con amor, con el esposo de uno, esa es una belleza. >> yo pienso que sÍ, que es bueno. para sentirse feliz. >> la doctora coincide con cÉline mercedes. dice que para llevar una vida sana ademÁs de moderar o eliminar el consumo de alcohol, no fumar, llevar una vida y dieta saludable, debemos disfrutar plenamente del sexo. >> del sexo es parte import

. >> the death in phoenix is likely to fuel more protests.strators are already furious over the decision not to indict the police officers who killed another two unarmed black man, one a teenager in the town of ferguson, the other a new yorker choked to death after a verbal disagreement with police. phoenix authorities say they will investigate the latest case. >> have a duty to retreat as a police officer. we have a duty to investigate in this particular case, and he made a decision when the suspect got out of the vehicle believing he would leave the area that he was going to interview -- intervene. >> these words are unlikely to reassu protester ban kmoons amg those urging u.s. authorities to respond to demands of greater accountability. >> to the philippines now, where hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes as a major typhoon bears down on the country. >> the storm is due to make landfall on saturday. forecasters fear it could hit the same area as typhoon [indiscernible] 13 months ago. >> thousands were left dead. this time

this effort embodies exactly what the phoenix represents. >> the firebird festival is about phoenix rises from the ashesen the community rose up too. >> it took $2,000 build and four months to put toxingts the arsonists still remain on the loose. >> naacp elected a new president and he spoke with "action news" tonight. cameras were there as voters made the selections in north philadelphia today. rodney mohamad will be organizeers new leader. he leads the nation of islam mosque promises to renut organization and his primary goal is education. >> we're kenned with deep poverty and hunger in the city of philadelphia. but, more so, we want to aggressively educate the citizens in this land so they're not so vulnerable and not weak when it comes to issues that are impacting their lives. >> earlier this year the national naacp suspended president jerry mondaysi re and three board members oaf questioning of handling of the group's finances. >> a local navy veteran decided he is going back overseas to serve his countrych the big surprise was made possible by his favorite treatment eagles. annie mc

in phoenix on thursday night demonstrators protested the police shooting of an unarmed black man earlier in the week. a white officer shot romaine brisbane after mistaking a pill bottle in his pocket as a handgun it doesn't matter what color you are today. there are all types of people today. we're here to raise our voices. >> reporter: the phoenix police department said that protests arprotests are linked to tensions across the country. >> this has to do with the latest shooting that occurred in phoenix. it is something that we have to work through as a nation. >> reporter: a group of u.n. human rights experts said that the grand jury has sparked legitimate concerns about police practices across the u.s. >> a 130-mile trek for more than a hundred protest he is is over. it started on saturday and ended at the state capitol. and jefferson city, the seven day journey for justice made it's way through lynn missouri yesterday. the group is demanding. cops skilled 12-year-old tamir rice last month thinking the toy gun he was holding was real. two police officers were also named in that lawsui

we have a new case in phoenix, arizona. one out west that seems to be gaining traction. what do we know about that and what the response will be. >> what you are seeing is this kind of thing is catching fire across the country. people are starting to connect the dots not only to what they say are daily indignities, but ones that are fatal. as you see in phoenix, there was a man pulled over and approached by police and the officer said he reaches for his waist band presuming there was a weapon. a chase ensued similar to the michael brown situation. as they are wrestling, he feels something in his waist band that feels it could be a gun. it ends up being a bottle of pain relievers. they don't have to stretch much to rely on the michael brown case. these are happening every day across america. social media where people are paying attention to the high profile cases and using these to connect the broader sense that there is not just a divide, but a clear inequity. not just a daily indignity, but the fatal shootings that have people so riled up. they are showing their force i

mom and baby are said to be fine and continued their trip to phoenix. >>> the cia's darkest practices exposed. >> they describe brutal around the clock interrogation. ricans aft >> the explosive report some say should never have been released, how the agency is accused of misleading americans after 9/11. >> the weight of the drought takes its toll on bay area trees, how this week's downpour could be the tipping point. >> and skitching on size, how pop -- skimping on size, how popular brands are using packing tricks to give you less for your money. ,,,,,,,, tactics she says amounted to torture. >>> california's dine feinstein released a senate report blasting the cia -- dianne feinstein released a senate report blasting the cia for interrogation tactics setting off a firestorm in washington, ken bastida with way look at what was uncovered in the five year -- with a look at what was uncovered in the five year investigation. >> it says an interrogation of a pair of suspects after 9/11 was more brutal than acknowledged and tonight u.s. embassies are on high alert for fear of retaliatory a

yesterday morning, the morning of the big celebration, arsonists got to it first and burned that phoenix to ash. but neighbors didn't let it ruin the day. they just brought more palettes of wood out and built a brand-new statue in just a few hours. >> we all come together. things happen, we all get together, we make it work. nobody can burn us down. >> my heart has been filled with the overwhelming wholeheartedness, love, joy of what our community is all about. >> by the end of the day around sun down, organizers set the phoenix ablaze. as for the suspected vandals, police tell nbc 10 that they have some leads and that finding those responsible is a big priority for the department. >>> today, ceremonies across the country will honor the lives lost in the attack on pearl harbor. there was one held on the battleship new jersey in camden just a short time ago. organizers of the ceremony cast a wreath into the delaware river and the band played taps. >>> today is the 73rd anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. on this day in 1941, japanese war planes attacked the fleet. about 2,400 ameri

of the big celebration, arsonists got to it first and burned that phoenix to ash. but neighbors didn't let that ruin the day. they brought palettes of wood and built a brand-new statue in just a few hours. >> we all come together, things happen, we all get together, we make it work. nobody can burn us down. >> my heart has been filled with the overwhelming wholeheartedness and joy of what our community is all about. >> at the end of the day, organizers set the phoenix ablaze. as for the suspected vandals, police tell nbc 10 that they do have some leads and that finding those responsible is a big priority for the department. >>> we have an alert now for drivers in philadelphia. the philadelphia water department has shut down part of montgomery drive in fairmount park to repair a broken water main. both directions are closed between martin luther king drive and the schuylkill expressway. the closures is from now until about 4:00 this afternoon. >>> today, ceremonies across the country will honor the lives lost in the attack on pearl harbor. there was a memorial cerem

someone burned down the phoenix about 3:30 this morning.uthorities say they have no suspects just yet. the festival went on as planned today. >>> and new tonight the philadelphia parking authority has announced that there will be relaxed enforcement on kiosk parking spaces in the city for this sunday only. the ppa says this is due to a technical problem having to do with credit card payments at the kiosk. any citizen who received a parking violation on friday or saturday due to the credit card al malfunction may bring this to the attention of the ppa's customer service department. >>> also new tonight at 10 o'clock, take a look at this, a deer burst through the front doors of a house in galloway township and ransacked it. this happened on northampton drive this afternoon. a woman inside the house told police that she was putting sweet potatoes in the oven when the deer barged in. police escort the the deer from the house and released it back into the woods. the bathroom did suffer some pretty significant damage. a very unwelcome guest i'm s

. >> in phoenix on thursday night demonstrators protested the shooting of an unarmed man. police say a white officer shot after smaebing a pill bot -- smoking a pill bottle in someone's hand as a gun. >> people need to wake up. >> the phoenix police department says the protests are linked to tensions across the country. >> it has to do with the most recent shooting in phoenix, and pretty much the wave of sentiment. this is something we have to work through as a nation. >> a quick correction, the grand jury decision was on wednesday. the grand jury verdict sparked legitimate concerns about police practices across the u.s. >> thank you roxana saberi for us. for many, eric garner's death is similar to michael brown's. both were unarmed black men killed by a police officer that was not charged. the difference is in the reaction from the public and the police. paul beban is live in union square in new york. >> well, that's right. we are here in union square. downtown manhattan. this is the historic center of protests. as you can see, tonight it is 40 degrees, raining, and if th

around sun down, the organizers set the phoenix ablaze.lice tell nbc 10 that they do have some leads and that finding those responsible is a big priority for the department. >>> this morning, we now know the identity of a man killed in a hit-and-run in montgomery county. we first told you about this yesterday morning. police say that two vehicles struck the victim friday night in rambo street on bridgeport. neither driver stopped. tom daley was struck bay black ford explorer similar to this one. they say moments later, he was also hit by a green cadillac or lincoln suv. daley died at the hospital. police are now looking for surveillance video from the scene. >>> we have an alert now for drivers in philadelphia this morning. the philadelphia water department has shut down part of montgomery drive in fair mount park to repair a broken water main. both directions are closed between martin luther king drive and the schuylkill expressway. the closure is from now until about 4:00 this afternoon. >>> some good news for holiday shoppers. if you're

the passengers got on another plane and went to phoenix. the mother and baby boy are doing fine. >>> time now 4:51. san jose shut down the huge encampment but the homeless haven't left. they just moved. how their new neighbors are handling the change. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it is the day before the big storm moves in. cloud cover today but beginning tonight through thursday. we have a flash flood watch in effect for just about the entire bay area. soil is saturated and we'll see two to four inches of rain throughout the urban areas as much as 9" if the highest elevations. in addition tonight the southeast winds begin to increase 10 to 20 miles per hour. we'll gust up to 35 to 45 miles per hour but in the highest elevations, up to 70-mile-per- hour winds. and in addition to those watches and warnings a high surf advisory in place for local beaches swells up to 25 to 25 feet. >>> within the last few minutes word of a crash coming into san francisco. it's in the northbound lanes of 101 approaching cesar chavez. the slow lane is be

down three-nothing in the third period last night in phoenix, r.j. umberger gets the flyers on the board with his fourth of the season and it is three to one. umberger scored again about four minutes later and it is one goal game. but the coyotes add an empty netter, and your final is four-two, in favor of phoenix. flyers at colorado tomorrow night. sixers continue their western with a game tonight in oakland against the golden state warriors. sixers fans will be seeing some familiar faces on the other side. former sixers, speights, and iguodala play for the warriors. last night's rocket wizards game at the houston center, one of the of the rims was bent. superman howard tried to bend it with his bear hands but the game delayed 35 minutes while officials got everything in line. and got a new bucket up shall measures it 10 feet. game on. wizards went onto win the game. erika, back over to you. >> ukee, thank you. still ahead this morning on "eyewitness news" where is the most expensive place to live? that list is changing for 2015. first though here's

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phoenix, arizona. >> i got four of 'em.ajor sighting here. >> an enormous arc of lights suddenly appears near a mountain range southwest of the city. >> holy [ bleep ]. they're lined up in a pattern, man. there's geometry behind this. >> it was 15 1/2 years ago that this whole thing happened. this footage has been around the world and no one to me has come up with a plausible explanation for it. >> mike christian, a phoenix resident for 14 years, has a perfect view. >> i was watching tv about 10:00 at night. i noticed a light to the east here directly on the other side of this mountain. i went and got my camera. i started to film that. and as i was filming that, all of a sudden, this whole array of lights started to form this arch that you see in the videotape. it was an exciting thing, because i've never seen anything like it before. it was very bright. it looked like it was very close. i got pretty excited about it. and i called my wife. hey, sue! >> well, that is a totally different configuration than we've ever seen bef

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there was another killing right in phoenix, arizona, earlier this week, and another battle in the phoenixnal problem and that's why i think we need national social change. >> can you talk about how, what is happening today on the streets of the country? how does that relate to the civil rights movement to the 1960s? >> keep in mind, the only way we got voting rights, the voting rights act, we had to have a large protest and struggle. we got the civil rights act and the housing act in the 1960s, and all of the other organized protests, the civil rights movement was effective, and i think what we are witnessing now and as we close out 2014, go into 2015, we see the reemergence for not only the need for the civil rights movement but a need for remedies, and the government, just announced today, the federal government is going to look at the hanging of a young 17-year-old in north carolina, and that is the purpose of the federal government when the states fail to deliver equal justice, the federal government must act. >> can you characterize these young african-american people who are part of