and then i said, i think i'm rhonda christy or do you know rhonda patricia christy. who she was talking to. his name is bob christy. >> i almost dropped the phone. she knew i'd hesitated, and she said this is your daughter, rhonda. and there was something that clicked in my mind that i -- the voice rang a bell. >> and he called to my mom, barbara, to pick up the phone. he said rhonda's on the phone. she picked up the phone and the first words out of her mouth was shirley stole you. >> the most emotions i think i've ever had in my entire life, ever. >> the memories were true, or so it seemed. she got on a plane for ohio. they were all, of course, 37 years older, and in a way, strangers now. but here they were, all the images she'd clung to in fantasy, dreamed about for those 37 long years. >> and there you are in your bath. >> all those rolls, too. >> you was a chubby little baby. >> and happy. >> and look at you. just learning to walk. and smiling the whole way. you had a good life, honey. >> i know. >> so it was happy and sad. comforting. but also deeply strange bec

just to show my love for everyone. >> reporter: that's so beautiful, rhonda.and you have a special message for tucker. she watches and she says she wants to tell him something. >> tucker barnes do the turkey dance. >> reporter: see, y i didn't put her up to that. she said it all on her own. can you accommodate that? we're working hard out here. allison, wisdom, pass on the comments. >> i d for that volunteer this morning, erin thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. [laughter] >> people demand it. >> i mean -- >> it's thanksgiving. >> it's in high demand. it is what it is. >> he's not looking. okay, coming up new york city is amping up security ahead of this year's thanksgiving parade. >> keep tweeting us about what you're thankful for. use the #fox5 thankful. we're back in just 30 seconds. we'll share some of them >> only a few more hours until the macy's day thanksgiving kicks off in new york city. >> extra security in place. lisa evers shows us. >> to see our resolve of our officers to make sure people keep safe sends a very powerful message to the city

it is so good to see you, rhonda. >> hello, j.j. it's always nice to be with you. >> all right. you have been working with small business owners for many, many years, and so you are the expert. on this very topic. let's talk about how you get them to work together. >> well, first of all, let's talk about small business saturday which is right in front of me here. and it is my favorite holiday of the year, basically. for almost -- almost a decade, about eight years now, it has really become the day that reminds people during the busy holiday season to go out there and shop small. the saturday after thanksgiving has now become the day to shop small, and it's also brought small business owners together as you've mentioned. one of the great things about small business saturday is the ability for business districts, small businesses in an area, to come together to make their area destination. >> let's talk about some of the events you can have one suggestion i've heard you say is plan something for children which i think is brilliant. because, it's saturday. and you want to be with y

rhonda had been strangled, her son suffocated. rick's former boyfriend, craig coley was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> mr. coley denied any involvement in these murders and has always maintained his innocence >> reporter: simi valley police chief living stone opened the case years ago after talking to a fellow detective who had doubts. working with the office and evidence which were soon destroyed were actually still in a private lab. detectives got these samples reanalyzed with modern dna technology. >> we were able to determine that the defendant craig coley's dna is not on these items, but the dna of other individuals is. >> reporter: simi valley police here now have a cold case on their hands but they say they're actively pursuing leads to find the real killer of ms. wick and her son. reporting in simi valley, i'm rachel kim for kpix 5. >>> months after the effort inform repeal obamacare failed, more americans it turns out are signing up. the government said today 2.3 million pe

rhonda tells me that memento from naomi's time helping the dalai lama should also attract attention.erest in it. i feel this is going to do very well. >> the pre-sale estimate -- more than 10 grand. while this central asian necklace from 700 b.c. is appraised at $18,000. there's no telling what the entire cache will bring in. ready to find out? that's next. are you nervous? >> i'm terrified. >> with that, we will begin. >> i am hoping that i've done everything i could have done up to this point. >> $500 is bid. online at $500. >> what's your "strange inheritance" story? we'd love to tell it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com. >> now back to "strange inheritance." >> $200 to start. do i have any takers for $200? $200 right there. $225 now. $225. do we go $250? >> in march 2016, the naomi lindstrom collection hits the auction block at michaan's in alameda, california. the treasure trove includes ancient beads and necklaces spanning more than 5,000 years of history that the pan am stewardess acquired from around the globe and bequeathed to her sister carol..

south philadelphia meredith, rhonda our producer who saw original one and pamela, sarah joining us as good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> let me start with how was the movie. >> it was fun, really good. >> why did you see it. >> our community group was talking about it, and, right here in our community and the mom wanted to see it. i said lets go see it. we called movie tavern. we dit for first one. we called them again. we put ticket up for the sale and within five hearst we had over a hundred moms buying tickets and begging for a wait list. >> now rhonda why do you think woman like to see it. >> i love it. when have kid that are young, old, all moms can relate to it we all have pressures of trying to be the perfect mom, but it is, i mean this took it to the extreme but, you realize, okay, you don't, it is not all going to be put together, sometimes it is okay to let loose and have fun. >> we see it all the time. >> my gosh. >> we're not that bad. >> meredith, you and your girl friend will see it, when ape why. >> we will go see it, next friday, and that was a whole other thing

my name is rhonda miller. i have as president of the hospital the distinct pleasure of welcoming you-all to our institution. as president i have also had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman elijah cummings on a variety of issues and we're grateful for his steadfast leadership, nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. we're truly lucky to count ourselves among those he had a expertly represented for more than two decades.

rhonda willingham is the founder of men's fit and she's here with curtis jones who's hitting the runwayfor tomorrow night's fashion show. so tell us about men's fit. >> men's fit started about ten years ago here in philadelphia. and our sole purpose is that we change lives, we change families, we change communities and we do that by providing suits to men seeking employment. and once they've got an suit from us, we introduce them to our career development program, which includes a host of workshops, including financial literacy. >> talk about the connection between feeling good and achieving and success? >> well, i mean, when you look good, you feel great. >> yeah. >> and that's exuded in how you carry yourself, your posture, your presence, everything. and one of the things that we've come to realize and that some of our clients is told suit on, tl better about themselves. they may not have had a suit. so this is the first for them to get a suit. and when they put it on, they feel like they can get the job, just paced on their presence and how they feel about themselves. >> so councilma

first of all, rhonda wants to say something. >> i do. >> be careful there. >> mom. >> what? >> with no apology and in all of your power, with integrity, grace, and generosity, you blazed a way. [ cheers and applause ] not just for us, your children, not just for women, not just for black folk or singers or performers or entrepreneurs, but for all of us! [ cheers and applause ] we are so proud to present you with the american music award for lifetime achievement. [ cheers and applause ] >> wait, wait. thank you, t hold this. calloway has something to give to me. >> i'm so proud of you. thank you. >> she brought me my fanny pack. here we go. this is all about love. all about love. this says it all. this is my family. and i'm sending love out there to all of you, each and every one of you of our global family. and i really, really love being here, and i feel so humbled by this. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] i love you so very much. and i think you know that. i really love you so much. and i will hold on to that beautiful honor. thank you so much. thank you, thank you, thank you

ashley limas,bu driannia enthusiathomas, and rhonda white. police believe police believe the teens left on their own and that they may be in a small silver suv, possibly a honda crv. please contact police if you see them. >>> a teenager is fighting to stay alive after somebody shot him in the head. it happened in broad daylight this afternoon on president street in annapolis. the 17-year-old was walking with a group of people when somebody in the same group shot him. everybody took off. the shooter is still out there. >>> friends and family of dolores "sweetie" williams will be spending a second holiday season without her. she died a year officer after police say he boyfriend intentionally set her on fire. news4's darcy spencer has more from tonight's vigil in fairfax county as her loved ones keep her memory alive. >>> to know her was to love her. >> reporter: a tearful candlelight vigil outside the home where dolores williams w domestic violence one year ago. she died of her injuries days later. >> i'll never forget that night as long as i l

. >> the veteran was arrested in 1978 for the brutal murder of rhonda witt and her 4-year-old son. wednesday he was granted a full pardon by governor jerry brown, citing new dna evidence clearing him and citing mishandling by the investigators. >> thank you governor brown. thank you simi police department. >> reporter: in 1989 mike bender started digging into his conviction. >> it appeared to me that things were intentionally ignored, manipulated and distorted. you cannot read this case and feel comfortable about convicting him. >> reporter: so for the next 28 years, coley's case became bender's life work. >> he means everything to me he, his wife. >> i'm a living testimony to everyone that's out there, they're having a bad day, you can't give up hope because it's going to happen, you have to believe. >> reporter: celebrating that newfound freedom, toasting the little things in life. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. >>> one more note on this day, former president george h.w. bush has become the longest living president in u.s. history, at 93 years and 166 days. he beat out t

. >> rhonda ledbetter, who said she was a former waitress there, told cnn affiliate, whet. >> i nevery moore come into the restaurant. >> when you hear that, what do you think? >> that's false. i saw him in there four and five times a week. >> so he was a regular? >> he was a regular. >> reporter: jones says she doesn't know rhonda ledbetter or the accuser, beverly young nelson, for that matter, but used to work across the street from the restaurant. she said she came to the old hickory house several times a week for at least a year starting in 1977 to pick up her sister who worked there. >> you saw him four or five times a week, you said, in that restaurant? >> yes. >> so for 52 weeks, that would be 100, 125 times. do you think you saw him that many times in the restaurant? >> probably. >> reporter: this woman said she worked at the hickory house, too. she's so fearful of being shun odder verbally attacked that she doesn't want her face on camera. so you were a waitress there for a few years, starting when you were 17 yooears old? >> exactly. >> would you describe roy moore as a regu

he was arrested on the same day rhonda and donald wicht were found dead in 1978. >>> word of cautiond advice for people who use their laptops in coffee shops around the bay area. several east bay cities are seeing a spike in thefts. abc 7 news reporter katie uhehs has that story. >> i saw a hand and my laptop was swiped away. >> alameda was the last place sarah expected to lose her laptop. >> honestly, i was shocked. i was speechless. >> tuesday evening a pair of thieves targeted her and an elderly woman. customer benjamin ran outside. >> but the guy was gone already. and then i saw the older lady that the purse got stolen from her. >> there are cameras all over this shopping center, including two perched above starbucks. but neither the coffee shop nor alameda police have said whether or not the laptop thieves were caught on camera. >> i don't know what that guy was thinking, you know. and i hope, i hope they're going to catch him. >> she filed a report with police. she has learned of other thefts and wants people to be cautious. >> i be more smart whereby i sit. i was sitting at th

. >> reporter: rhonda lechuga reacts to the news of five arrests in the murder of her 17-year-old nephew lawrence jansen. >> i don't wish them to be dead but i wish them to be locked up the rest of their life. >> we believe lawrence was targeted. >> reporter: jansen was walking with friends near olympic continuation high school monday afternoon when police say a black sedan pulled up, a group got out, and one fired on the teen. he died a short time later. police say the shooter is an adult but some of the suspects are juveniles. all five males booked for murder and conspiracy to commit murder. >> we are exploring all avenues that could help explain the motive of this case. >> reporter: police have recovered a handgun and getaway car used in the crime. >> it's just a tragedy for the whole family. >> reporter: outside olympic high there are candles, flowers, and pictures of lawrence jansen. >> he was always there for me when i needed him. >> reporter: alicia perez can't explain why her close friend was a possible murder target. >> he's never been the type of person for anybody to anybody w

he was arrested on the same day rhonda and donald wicht were found dead in 1978. >>> word of cautionnd advice for people who use their laptops in coffee shops around the bay area. several east bay cities are seeing a spike in thefts. abc 7 news reporter katie uhehs has that story. >> i saw a hand and my laptop was swiped away. >> alameda was the last place sarah expected to lose her laptop. >> honestly, i was shocked. i was speechless. >> tuesday evening a pair of thieves targeted her and an elderly woman. customer benjamin ran outside. >> but the guy was gone already. and then i saw the older lady that the purse got stolen from her. >> there are cameras all over this shopping center, including two perched above starbucks. but neither the coffee shop nor alameda police have said whether or not the laptop thieves were caught on camera. >> i don't know what that guy was thinking, you know. and i hope, i hope they're going to catch him. >> she filed a report with police. she has learned of other thefts and wants people to be cautious. >> i be more smart whereby i sit. i was sitting at t

. >> reporter: rhonda lechuga reacts to the news of five arrests in the murder of her 17-year-old nephewe jansen. >> i don't wish them to be dead but i wish them to be locked up the rest of their life. >> we believe lawrence was targeted. >> reporter: jansen was walking with friends near olympic continuation high school monday afternoon when police say a black sedan pulled up, a group got out, and one fired on the teen. he died a short time later. police say the shooter is an adult but some of the suspects are juveniles. all five males booked for murder and conspiracy to commit murder. >> we are exploring all avenues that could help explain the motive of this case. >> reporter: police have recovered a handgun and getaway car used in the crime. >> it's just a tragedy for the whole family. >> reporter: outside olympic high there are candles, flowers, and pictures of lawrence jansen. >> he was always there for me when i needed him. >> reporter: alicia perez can't explain why her close friend was a possible murder target. >> he's never been the type of person for anybody to want to do anythi

>> reporter: the vietnam veteran was arrested in 1978 for the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend rhonda witt and her 4-year-old son. wednesday coley was granted a full pardon by governor jerry brown citing new dna evidence clearing him and citing mishandling by the original investigators. >> thank you, governor brown. thank you, police department. >> reporter: in 1989 detective mike bender started digging into coley's conviction. >> it appeared to me that things were intentionally ignored and manipulated and destroyed and distorted. you cannot read this case and feel comfortable about convicting him. >> reporter: so for the next 28 years coley's case became bender's life's work. >> he means everything to me. he, his wife. they're my family. >> reporter: neither giving up until craig came home for thanksgiving. >> i'm a living testimony to everybody out there that's having some rough times or having a bad day. you can't give up hope because it's going to happen. you have to believe. >> reporter: celebrating that newfound freedom, toasting the little things in life. steve patterson, nbc n

alright rhonda cassie thank you very much indeed. but you. now the president told lebanon has welcome to pledged by prime minister saad hariri to return from saudi arabia within days hariri announced his resignation from reacts earlier this month sparking a political crisis that. hariri has even hinted that he might now with jul his resignation alex jennings has more detail. we all with you reached the bonus across the lebanese capital. a message of solidarity with the lebanese prime minister. if you after a week of silence announced he would be returning home that is our hand would like it if she was speaking from riyad. by just over a week ago. how he stated he would be stepping down as prime minister? say he fed a plot against his life. announcements met with shock across the nation. see if he is the prime minister of lebanon bulky our steps to take a person objects you up what he needs to resigned in light of the law knocks in a foreign country that extend into why will how he. did it claim he's done in august valuabl. remus had been moun

rhonda harper joined two years ago and working at seismic retrofit at stanford hospital. >> it's so rewardingget off work, in the car dancing. music and headphones on, dancing, and before work too. >> can be life-long career. once you get in construction, it's your life, i've had amazing life in construction. >> with this funding, city of san jose is prepared to start on ten miles of road repairs after first of the year. but requirement is double the number of companies owned by minorities, women and disabled. networking event is bringing together so-called disadvantaged companies to expand the pool. bta is led agency building b.a.r.t. extension and -- voter approved measure. >> more network, more people you know, areas to plug in and more opopoprtunities you have to fin talented individuals to help for the next opportunity. >> reporter: abc7 news. >>> some drivers found wet roads today. if you need a car wash, better delay for a >>> check out benefit concert under way for the north bay wildfires. band that started in berkeley, rancid, is performing right now. giants buster posey was on stage

rhonda harper joined two years ago and working at seismic retrofit at stanford hospital. >> it's so rewarding car dancing. music and headphones on, dancing, and before work too. >> can be life-long career. once you get in construction, it's your life, i've had amazing life in construction. >> with this funding, city of san jose is prepared to start on ten miles of road repairs after first of the year. but requirement is double the number of companies owned by minorities, women and disabled. networking event is bringing together so-called disadvantaged companies to expand the pool. bta is led agency building b.a.r.t. extension and -- voter approved measure. >> more network, more people you know, areas to plug in and more opportunities you have to find talented individuals to help for the next opportunity. >> reporter: abc7 news. >>> some drivers found wet roads today. if you need a car wash, better delay for a (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomo

by helping this one facility, you're not helping one family, you're helping 30 families. >> rhonda'syed one-quarter of all hopes in the florida keys leaving thousands homeless. >> we don't have a roof on our house. we don't have anywhere to live staying with friends. >> reporter: teresa bass is a special ed teacher at sugar of loaf school. >> we're two months past irma and not a whole lot of progress. >> no progress whatsoever actually. >> while not destroyed her home is badly damaged. filled with mold and still unlivable. >> when we walked in there was water everywhere. >> what was going through your mind and could you even believe your eyes. >> no, because it's -- this is our home and it's hard to see somewhere where this was where we raised our daughter. >> reporter: teresa's fema claims were denied because of two little damage. all she can do right now is take things day by day. >> my daughter wants to go home. she asks at leave every other day when are we going home. >> it's got to break your heart. >> it does. that's the hardest part. that's not fair and i'm not the only one go

and to think, rhonda, about how much our society e focuses on celebrity and what you have and what you're wearing, where you went to school, all of that. in a time like this you see a mother's love for her children, i have three children and i, i got down on my knees tonight and i prayed with my children for the people of texas again. i mean, my kids don't really understand it, they're little. but i was crying to myself, thinking of her, the ultimate sacrifice. are you surprised, knowing joanne as you do, that she did this instinctively for her children? >> joanne always had her children at the top of her mind, her ideas, her thoughts, everything. when we would go to lunch, even with joanne sitting there with her children we couldn't carry on a normal conversation with her because she could be interrupted by her children not because they were desire behaved, they were perfectly behaved. if they needed anything it was the drop of a hat, it was about her children. that's joanne's heart. it was always giving her children first place and her family. and for her to do this she always told me,

we'll have an exclusive interview with congressman jim jordan and rhonda.vel down to washington, d.c. to ask them about the developing clinton scandals and so much more, plus we'll have a new installment of "street justice" on who the sexiest man alive is. again, that's tomorrow night on 9:00 p.m. eastern time. hope you join me tomorrow night. have a great night. it's friday night. in case you didn't know! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: good evening from the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. democratic women and their condemnations of convenience. that's the topic of tonight's angle. ♪ ♪ >> laura: new york senator kirsten gillibrand now says that bill clinton should have resigned over that lewenski scandal back in 1998. >> is it your view that president clinton should have stepped down at that time given the allegations? >> yes. i think that is the appropriate response. but, i think things have changed today. and i think under those

san jose resident rhonda harper joined such a program two years ago. today she's a carpenter apprentice working on a seismic retrofit at stanford hospital. >> it's so rewarding. when i get off work, i literally am in the car dancing. i got my music on and headphones on. i dance before i go to work, too. >> it can be a lifelong career. once you get into construction, that's your life. i had an amazing life in construction. these are careers, not jobs. >> reporter: with this funding. the city of san jose is prepared to start on ten miefls road repairs. one of the conditions is they double the number of companies owned by minorities, women and the disabled. at networking events is bringing together so-called disadvantaged companies to expand the pool. vta is the lead agency building the b.a.r.t. extension and the county is working on housing projects funded by a voter approved bond measure. >> the more you can network, the more people that you know, the more areas you can plug in, the better and more opportunities you have to find other talented individua

san jose resident rhonda harper joined such a program two years ago. today she's a carpenter apprentice working on a seismic retrofit at stanford hospital. >> it's so rewarding. when i get off work, i literally am in the car dancing. i got my music on and headphones on. i'm in the car just dancing. i dance before i go to work, too. >> it can be a lifelong career. once you get into construction, that's your life. i had an amazing life in construction. these are careers, not jobs. >> reporter: with this funding. the city of san jose is prepared to start right after the first of the year on ten miles worth of road repairs. one of the conditions is a requirement that they double the number of companies owned by minorities, women and the disabled. at networking events is bringing together so-called disadvantaged companies to expand the pool. vta is the lead agency building the b.a.r.t. extension and the county is working on housing projects funded by a voter approved bond measure. >> the more you can network, the more people that you know, the more areas yo

rhonda ledbetter that worked at the old hickory house almost three years states the earliest the restaurant closed was at 11:00 a.m., but almost midnight. the reason why the restaurant never closed at 10:00 a.m. is that the goodyear plant workers would come over and have their meal after their shift ended at 10:00 p.m. the restaurant never closed at 10:00 p.m. and that also contradicts nelson's claim. it's unlikely there was an entrance to the back of the building because the property was adjacent to homes and back yards. there was in thoroughfare behind the building. nelson claimed that judge moore came every night and sat at the counter. former employees tell us that customers that sat at the countered were served by the short order cook, and they never interacted with the wait staff. additionally, two former waitresses and two former patrons state that they never saw judge moore in that restaurant. these witnesses have shared their testimony on multiple occasions with multiple news outlets. but these media outlets have refused to tell this story. now let me go on to the shopping mall ban

rhonda ledbetter, who worked at the old hickory house almost three years states that the earliest thatthe restaurant closed was at 11 a.m., but almost midnight. the reason why the restaurant never closed at 10 a.m. was that the good year plant workers would come over and have their meal after their shift ended at 10 p.m. the restaurant never closed at 10 p.m. and this also contradicts nelson's claim. it is unlikely there was an entrance to the back of the building because the property was adjacent to homes and their backyards. there was no thoroughfare behind the building. nelson claimed that judge moore came in almost every night and set at the counter. but former employees tell us that customers that set at the counter were served by the short order cook and they never interacted with the wait staff. additionally, two former waitresses and two former patrons state that they never saw judge moore in that restaurant. these witnesses have shared their testimony on multiple occasions with multiple news outlets. but these media outlets have refused to tell this story. now let me go on to

rhonda leadbetter who worked at the old hickory house for 60 years states the earliest the restaurant closed was 11:00 a.m. but almost midnight. the reason why the restaurant never closed at 10:00 a.m. is that the goodyear plant workers would come over and have their meal after their shift ended at 10:00 p.m. the restaurant never closed at 10:00 p.m. and this also contradicts nelson's claim. it is unlikely that there was an entrance to the back of the building because the property was adjacent to homes and their backyards. there was no thoroughfare behind the building. nelson claimed that judge moore came there almost every night and sat at the counter. but former employees tell us that customers that sat at the counter were served by the short order cook. and they never interacted with the wait staff. additionally, two former waitresses and two former patrons state that they never saw judge moore in that restaurant. these witnesses have shared their testimony on multiple occasions with multiple news outlets. but these media outlets have refused to tell their story. now, let me go on

my name is rhonda miller. i have as president of the hospital the distinct pleasure of welcoming you-all to our institution. as president i have also had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman elijah cummings on a variety of issues and we're grateful for his steadfast leadership, nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. we're truly lucky to count ourselves among those he had a expertly represented for more than two decades. and chairman gowdy, we're honored to be a part of the house oversight and government reform committee's efforts find meaningful solutions to the opioid epidemic. thank you-all for being here today. it is no secret that we're in the throws -- throws of a crisis that's reached epic proportions throughout our country. baltimore is no exception. in 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. this is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. as both an anchor institution and steward of health care for our local

. >> i said i'm rhonda christy, or do you know he