dallas, washington, philly, and -- >> shreveport. >> just to see the niners? >> that's my team. i love the 49ers. >> did you have a tough time getting out of shreveport because of the weather? >> yeah, actually, i had to change my flight from dallas to houston. >> reporter: and he's delayed going home. some travelers rolled out the sleeping bags. that icy arctic blast in the northeast causing more than 600 cancellations across the country. >> it was miserable for us, but we did it for our children because we love them. >> reporter: and they love the team. frank gore's breakaway run, the winning field goal, they'll get plenty of time to reminisce waiting on a flight. >> 6:50 then 7:50 then possibly 10:00, now a 3:30. >> reporter: and i checked the board for the afternoon. already seeing some cancellations again tied to dallas. a flight at 1:25, 2:25, 4:25 and 7:50. haven't heard back from oakland yet this morning, but there are six cancellations already today in san jose. reporting live at sfo, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, christie. >>> in the meanti

. >> shreveport, louisiana, police officers are on scene. you can see the flames. listen. >> how many are in there? how many? >> there was three! it was three! >> apparently there are five children in this home, the house is completely on fire. the police officers do not have the protective gear that firefighters do. they're risking their on lives for sure trying to save these children. the adults have gotten out but there's cosome confusion as to which are saved and which kids have gotten out. she's screaming she can't find her baby. >> one on the floor! one on the floor! >> they got one right here, they got two that way. >> i can't believe it. they got them. >> they did. two were rescued. >> the little one i had was burned up real bad. you got to do what you got to do. five years ago we didn't get one out and i ain't going through that again. >> that moment when the one guy says we got three, how many did you get? it takes your breath away. >> those officers are some remarkable human beings. >> gopro is at it again. >> gopro footage from inside the gopro offices.

local here and we have some rotation with some of these cells east of shreveport and up toward memphis, west of meme fess. some of these tornadoes could be wrain wrapped and the rainfall could be in excess of 4 to 5 inches. incredible rain and the threat for severe storms including tornadoes through the afternoon and the evening. on the cold side fed storm, six to eight inches of snow and then an icy mix as we head across the great lakes and the new england area. in some cases we could get over an inch of ice which could be crippling for this area. heavy rain and a lot of snow and this very dangerous ice over the next 12 to 24 hours, harris. we will continue to monitor it and bring you the latest. back to you. >> janice, thank you very much. we will come back to you as the news warrants. the salvation army is struggling to overcome a double blow to the holiday fundraising efforts. recent icy and snowy weather, speaking of weather, have cut into the amount collected by the organization's red kettle campaign. and a later than usual thanksgiving has reduced the number of days which the ca

back into shreveport towards lake charles, and also into new orleans.that's i-10 territory, i-15,525 as well if you're headed north pound. right now they're going to continue to flourish and pack intensity as this very cold air continues to make way into some cooler air across the area. this tornado watch goes out until 6:00 p.m. tonight and we're going to continue to deal with damage an damaging winds, l keep you updated as we continue to watch these storms unfold. >> it's cool and breezy in chicago right now. but that is not stopping the shoppers on what could be one of the busiest retail weekends. so stores will offer extended hours and deeper discounts to last minute buyers. for more let's talk to our correspondents at the magnificent mile shopping in chicago. i don't know if you volunteered for this because you have shopping to do, i don't know. let's assume that you have reporting to do. so tell me about the crowd. >> reporter: yes, big crowd today, richelle. and we talked to retail analysts who said today will be the busiest shopping day of the y

we're also going to see the severe component, and this is going to be from shreveport through memphis, nashville, in this area for today, could possibly see isolated tornadoes, could see damaging winds as well. that threat shifts to the east going into tomorrow. also, the very heavy rain event. we're going to see a possible five inches of rain through indianapolis, st. louis, even little rock could pick up possibly four to five inches of rain. so tracking this hour by hour, you can see through memphis, jackson, little rock, as we go through 4:00 this afternoon, it's going to continue to push to the east as we go through midnight tonight, and you can see there's mainly rain on the map. not as much snow with this system. most of the snow is going to stay very far to the north, guy, but it going to make a mess for travelers today and tomorrow. >> yeah. seeing a little bit of everything out there, it seems. jennifer gray, thank you. >>> president obama wrapped up the year with a wide-ranging news conference. then he left the washington fishbowl for 16 days in the sun. >> something tells m

this includes shreveport, lake charles, houston, beaumont, southeast texas, and then this is going to spread to the east as we go into the overnight hours tonight into tomorrow. we have an area that's included in that tornado watch, including shreveport, places like jackson, just to the east of little rock, memphis, nashville, you're included in this, as well, and then, this orange, the wider picture is showing a slight risk of severe weather. so we could see isolated tornadoes, we could see damaging winds as we go through the overnight hours tonight into tomorrow. so taking this storm hour by hour, this is 9:00 p.m. eastern time. you can see that line of showers and storms stretching from memphis, through northeast louisiana. it does kind of get itself together just before it reaches atlanta, say, and portions of alabama, northwest georgia. we think that during the overnight hours tonight into the early hours of tomorrow, we could see some pretty nasty storms in those areas, and then it just kind of sets up shop as it gets on the east coast. so this is mainly a rain event. we do have

i then in shreveport, louisiana. -- ivan in shreveport louisiana. caller: i think they should raise it. the price of gas has gone up. people's wages have gone down. it is cheaper to be on food stamps and to lay around. what else is good in life? what is your economic situation? caller: it is not that good. it is bad. we work on minimum wage. append to the next week or two. -- pend to the next week or two. it is sad. host: what is the minimum wage? caller: i am making nine dollars per hour. it is not right. i speak up for the people because they want to eat off the lines and you can't blame the people. you can't blame the people because they don't have the proper food at home. ar government should have balance across the line. had i worked at at&t, they a living cost where everything was balanced. keep america balanced because if we don't keep it balanced, we are going downhill, downhill. we are going to be a third world country be cut -- before it is all over with. i love america. host: the minimum wage in the wheezy and is $7 per hour. the federal

right now, santa is in louisiana, shreveport to be exact.e continue to track santa and his reindeer throughout this newscast. soon, californians from to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> it's a san francisco tradition. donating toys to children in need. we head back to katie at lefty odules in san francisco. i'm getting hit with a little bit of snow. we're live where they've gathered more than 10,000 toys today. and many of those toys will be distributed by the san francisco fire department. i am joined by sally. you're telling me there's a lot of need this year. >> there's folks that are working that just can't afford toys. everything we receive tonight will go to great use. >> reporter: what's the feedback from firefighters? >> they have gigantic smile

dallas, i'm from shreveport. you get ice in the south and the entire city shuts down.ng at over the next 24 to 36 hours. ice, freezing rain anywhere from st. louis all the way down through the south, fayetteville, arkansas. dallas, you haven't seen it yet. by the time the sun goes down this afternoon, that's when we'll start to see the ice accumulate in dallas. we could see anywhere from half an inch all the way up to maybe three-quarters of an inch of ice there. as we go down to the south, we will continue to see the ice and snow anywhere from albuquerque all the way through portions of west texas, el paso seeing the rain right now. as we go through the next 24 to 36 hours, the ice forecast anywhere from dallas through little rock, paducah, half an inch of ice. this could do a lot of damage. we're talking about downed trees, power outages possible. all of the above as we go through late on friday. >> jennifer, keep an eye for us, if you will. thank you for that. >>> he is the quarterback of the number one college football team in the nation. and he's also being consid

. >> one of them is byron bonnewell, who lives 12,000 miles away in shreveport, louisiana, where he ownsns a campground for rvs. a year and a half ago, he had a heart attack. and his doctor told him he really needed bypass surgery. they told you were gonna die. >> yeah, they did tell me i was gonna die. >> you did not have insurance? >> did not have insurance, no. >> he estimates he would have had to pay over $100,000 out of his own pocket for the operation he needed-- a complicated quintuple bypass. and did you actually decide not to do it? >> yeah, yeah, i did. i guess i'd rather die with a little bit of money in my pocket than live poor. >> he says his health was deteriorating quickly when he read about bumrungrad hospital. >> i was in my doctor's office one day, having some tests done, and there was a copy of business week magazine there. and there was an article in business week magazine about bumrungrad hospital. and i can home and went on the internet and made an appointment, and away i went to thailand. >> he made that appointment after he learned that the bypass would cost him a

. >> caller: right here in shreveport, louisiana.rought your money and i'm reading it. >> lsu. >> caller: what is your update on green mountain coffee roast? >> oh, green mountain? look, i thought it was good quarter. they put it in the dividend. they do the buyback. i think buy back 10% of the stock. it's going to be a good holiday season for green mountain. i like the stock. i know the controversy, but i do like the stock. can i go to karen in florida? karen? >> caller: hi, jim. thank you for your expertise. calling about annika therapeutics. >> annika, i actually use their product. this is -- this is another one. okay. this is another one which does it's a heel, bone and cartilage play. it's gone up so much, i am reluctant. again, i have to put it in the file like united therapeutics. i got to do more work how it got there. it is up gigantically. greg in california, greg? >> caller: boo-yah, jim. shout out from bakersfield. metrics. this company has been on a big roll. do you think it has a lot of steam? >> remember when it down,

also, the severe storms, we could see storms anywhere from shreveport to memphis, even down to southcould see anything from tornado to damaging winds with this and that's going to carry on into sunday as well. this shift moves a little more to the east, the severe threat goes down just a tad on sunday but we're still looking at very strong winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes even for the east coast as we go through sunday. the snow component with this stretches anywhere from kansas city, des moines, even including chicago, milwaukee, minneapolis, could see anywhere from four to six inches of snow, some isolated amounts, up to eight inches possible and so we also have those snow watches and warnings in effect as well. so heavy rains, two to four inches possible across the ohio valley as we go through saturday. we could see anywhere from five inches of rain possible across the country's midsection and this even stretches up into the northeast. so this will travel to the east on sunday and affect the northeast, new england as well. so temperature-wise, very, very warm. d.c.

we also have a moderate risk, including places like shreveport, jackson, little rock, memphis, even nashville, as we go through the afternoon. these are the areas you'll want to watch out and pay attention. we could see isolated tornadoes and damaging winds along with these. so tracking the storm system, this is today, this evening. and you can see through memphis, little rock, even northeast louisiana, seeing some strong showers and storms that will continue to push to the east as we go throughout the overnight hours into sunday. and then, it will just sort of set up shop on the east coast. sunday afternoon into the first part of monday. and then it should fizzle out. this is mainly a rain event. the reason is, very warm temperatures. we could see possible record-breaking temperatures today with temperatures in the 70s in places like d.c. and atlanta. guys. >> all right, jennifer gray, thank you. >>> and now to some breaking news. four u.s. servicemembers were caught in the crossfire and injured when someone opened fire at their aircraft in south sudan. now, they were on a mission to evacuat

a fire breaking out in a home in shreveport, louisiana. police officers are first on scene. you can see the flames off to the left and listen. >> apparently, there are five children in the home. it is on fire. and the police officers do not have the protective gear that firefighters do. they are risking their own lives for sure trying to rescue the children. the adults have gotten out. but there is confusion as to which kids are saved and which are still in the house. >> she is constitutional scream being that she can't find her baby. they believe there is still two more children inside. >> on the floor. >> we have three. >> how many are out? >> we have one right here. >> they have two that way. >> wow. i can't believe it. they got them. >> they did get them. other officers rescued the other children. three children were burned and they are being treated at the hospital. >> this one is burned up bad. >> some officers suffered injuries as well. >> it was never an option not to go into the building. you have to do what you have to do. >> i have burns on me already. >> five yea

one stock i am watching, belling, interesting news that of the seattle times, a shreveport, private reportlling 15 states that a trying to get the project, basically saying you have to come in at low cost, confidential document that each this could be 8500 direct jobs in the state did takes on the triple 7 manufacturing production facility when it goes to the 007, a big win for any state, washington state has labor issues and union fight with boeing's workers may derail their plans in washington. cheryl: visa is in the red and let's bring in nicole petallides, the big market rally, you are watching barnes and noble. nicole: i am keeping an eye on barnes and noble because it had some back-and-forth action on headlines pertaining to the sec, you see a volatile day at 1460, it recouped those losses, challenging the level once again down nearly 6% on the headline that after disclosing yesterday in that filing that they are going to be working with the sec which is investigating the restatement of the earnings announced back in belie and they are reportedly working, cooperating documents and ba

or memphis, or jackson, or shreveport. it was 62 in denver yesterday.y from now, you're about 2 below. it's a huge drop. and it's something to get ready for as the cold air will drop into the country as we get over the next couple of days. today, it's a nice, warm path of air that sweeps across the south. look at atlanta. 61. new orleans, 76. >> i want to alert everybody >> all that weather was brought to you by the u.p.s. store. >> and us. >> josh, lara, robin, george. >> they're like see no evil, hear no evil. those two over there. thanks for that. >>> coming up, vin diesel's emotional tribute to paul walker. and new surveillance video is revealed overnight. >>> and princess diana's famous dress is up for auction. as we speak. the fairy tale gown she wore for so many famous moments. on sale. gown she wore for so many famous moments. on sale. what does that first spoonful taste likok. honey bunches of oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mmmm! wow! it's the oats. honey. yeah. honey bunches of oats. this is a great cereal. ♪ (beeping) ♪ (ringing) ♪ the samsung gala

shreveport illinois peterborough going to cl on our line. democrats line. caller: good morning, sir. tendency to the think about how jesus christ would do it. if there was a little child seeing someone playing the violin and then he decided that he wanted to play the violin, then i believe jesus would tell him you can do it. every time you put positive into anything, it has a better tendency to work. obamacare you hear some people it can work. there try to make it work. they have other people saying it won't work. ,ell, if everybody got together this child's relatives that wanted to play violin, i believe all they should tell him -- all of them should should tell him that he can do it. host: we're taking your calls for the next half hour or so on this subject. we will be revisiting it at the end of our show today as well if you don't get your calls in during this first segment of the "washington journal." a little bit of what he had to say about the american dream in his piece from december 26 in his column. if you want to read more of his column, there it

next call comes from shreveport, louisiana. lisa is on our line for republicans. caller: hi, mr. young. how are you? i do not understand about the income. i am recently divorced and i have lost my insurance. , i have anring annuity for $45,000 where i somethingi also have worth $30,000. would they take that out of my account if i could not enforce -- if i could not afford insurance at the moment? i have no income. i have no job. guest: i am not sure what you mean by "take out of" your account. if you do not want to buy insurance, the government will not come after you and take it. although with the tax refund you will have to pay a penalty there. that is sure how counted in terms of eligibility for financial assistance to pay for health insurance. if i had a situation like that, i would call h&r block or something to double check. if you call the hotline number for the health-insurance exchanges, they can explain to you how they count what income and what gets excluded. lisa intrigue board. next up, let's talk with david from north carolina. caller: a couple of comments. who was

host: randy from shreveport. this is duke from south carolina, republican line. hi, duke.r: i appreciate hearing from the comments from some of the callers. everybody seems to be right on time. i have a few objectives i would like to share. and of course i am writing a book. i am fed up with a lot of things. i wanted people to know that i am part native american import african-american, part caucasian american. i feel that america today, we need term limits because the gentleman before me, he spoke about washington is out of control. the plutocrats are controlling washington, not the american people's. the elected people go to watched and they become triplets characters instead of public servants. we need a national health care plan that is affordable to all americans. we need a national lottery. we do put restrictions on the lottery might that goes out to other countries, around the world. america has a $17 trillion deficit right now and it is outrageous. we need a unification party. i would like to see mitt romney get one more thing at this -- get one more chance at this

but the doctor there at the hospital in shreveport, where , was very as taken fragile, and the doctor said, look, talk to your child. she knows your voice. her eyes don't work very well knows your voice because she could hear your voice when she was in the womb. and it's very comforting and really gives her a feeling of security to hear your voice. and if you just caress her little arm or little forehead there, while you talk to her, it's such a comfort. she knows you, she can't see you, doesn't know what you look like, but this child has known you from long before she was born. so, talk to her, touch her. and so, to put my finger down by her hand, so many people have had this happen but when it happens to you it's so special, those tiny little hands would wrap around the end of my finger and just hang on and not let go. she wanted to live. she knew me as the doctor said -- she knew me, as the doctor said, before she was ever born. and it did, as the doctor pointed out later, as he came by, you noticed the monitors, her breathing was still extremely shallow, her lungs were not quite d