sophia, you okay tonight? you all right? >> yes. >> bill: can you tell us what you saw today, what happened to you at school today? >> well, we were at morning meeting and then we heard these knocking sounds and then miss martin, she closed the door and locked it and then told us to go in the corner and then we were like shaking and everybody was all squished. >> bill: did you know what was happening outside your classroom? did the teacher tell you anything? >> no. >> bill: so you were just scared 'cause she didn't know and you knew the teacher was concerned? >> yes. >> bill: how did you get out of the school, sophia? >> well, someone was knocking done the door and our assistant, she looked out the door and it was the police to tell us to come out. so we went out and went to the fire house. >> bill: okay. did you talk to your daughter about this? does she understand it? i mean, this is so traumatic for everyone. adults are breaking down. how is sophia dealing with it with you? >> i think she's still numb. she has her family

always open to learning that way. >> we will make sure sophia gets the message.e time line is four to six weeks. we are also told they will organize more safety education in those five neighborhood schools to teachers and kids how to deal with the traffic and try to cut down on some of those risky moves you saw. for the i team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> they are doing something about it. >> well, it is time to check on our weather which has been stormy all day. >> sandhya patel is here. >> dan and ama it is starting to intensity. i will tell you what we are seeing right now. numerous lightning strikes, now over 270 lightning strikes from the mendocino coast all the way out over the waters. i want to show you the lightning strikes with the thunderstorms that rolled through near manchester north of point arena, and we are still watching the potential for some of this to reach land. there is heavy rainfall here and lightning strikes. 20 miles away from highway 1. be careful if you are heading out the door later tonight and doing some traveling for the holiday weekend

always open to learning that way. >> we will make sure sophia gets the message. the time line is four to six weeks. we are also told they will organize more safety education in those five neighborhood schools to teachers and kids how to deal with the traffic and try to cut down on some of those risky moves you saw. for the i team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> they are doing something about it. >> well, it is time to check on our weather which has been stormy all day. >> sandhya patel is here. >> dan and ama it is starting to intensity. i will tell you what we are seeing right now. numerous lightning strikes, now over 270 lightning strikes from the mendocino coast all the way out over the waters. i want to show you the lightning strikes with the thunderstorms that rolled through near manchester north of point arena, and we are still watching the potential for some of this to reach land. there is heavy rainfall here and lightning strikes. 20 miles away from highway 1. be careful if you are heading out the door later tonight and doing some traveling for the holiday week

always open to learning that way. >> we will make sure sophia gets the message.he time line is four to six weeks. we are also told they will organize more safety education in those five neighborhood schools to teachers and kids how to deal with the traffic and try to cut down on some of those risky moves you saw. for the i team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> they are doing something about it. >> well, it is time to check on our weather which has been stormy all day. >> sandhya patel is here. >> dan and ama it is starting to intensity. i will tell you what we are seeing right now. numerous lightning strikes, now over 270 lightning strikes from the mendocino coast all the way out over the waters. i want to show you the lightning strikes with the thunderstorms that rolled through near manchester north of point arena, and we are still watching the potential for some of this to reach land. there is heavy rainfall here and lightning strikes. 20 miles away from highway 1. be careful if you are heading out the door later tonight and doing some traveling for the holiday weeken

yes, tricia and her cat, sophia, are reunited once again. >> i was in disbelief. how does that happen? how does a cat come up seven years later from phoenix to san diego? >> reporter: this past weekend, the san diego humane society received sophia from a family that could no longer care for her. >> we scanned her for a microchip. her microchip had tricia's contact information and we got in contact with her. she said oh, my gosh, my cat has been missing seven years. >> i am so thankful. i am so incredibly thankful. >> reporter: for tricia, this will be one present she'll never forget. >> it's incredible. it's a christmas miracle right now. >> so cute. >> this brings tears to your eyes. >> it does. it makes sense to get the chip. oh, look at that. are you a cat guy? you look like you're mad. like you're trying to give away the cat. >> that's my photo overseas. >>> so i'm sort of learning the ropes here. we've got "the mix" right now. is there a little dance that goes on with that? she's got her thing going on. we were talking about getting youtubed. that's going to

sophia is researching the imperial residence is unique fountain system to finish her ten year long project she still has to conduct a number of interviews. the state of the fountain is well known but as for the pipe system very few are aware of it so i would like to make people familiar with it. has been in charge of preserving the fountain system for thirty five years. she made up our minds to work here when she first saw the grand cascade at the age of five. grottos beneath the fountains a little by daylight and still look as they did in peter the great time back then only people who were thin and short enough would be able to work here so they could climb into a pipe and fix anything that broke down today's engineer's souls such problems with the help of technology. enough for to day so we can stand. no problems today. i saw a small leak but you can look at it closely and decide what to do about it. the water comes through the spout them. everything's fine. the grand cascades central feature is the gilded samson fountain. the water jets from alliance mel shoots twenty one metres up into

sophia says she has been close to hit more than once. >> this is a huge problem. i'm fed up with it. i have been taking my son to school since kindergarten. since then, i've had to deal with this. >> reporter: some parents have given up. >> i know a parent that lives down street. she drives her child to school when she could be just cross zbleetd after we heard from sophia, we went to city hall. >> assistant city manager and department transportation manager say familiar with the approximate in the area. they've installed safety measures here in the past, crossing guard one intersection up on busy center road, speed monitors on occasion and stop signs and crosswalk on other parts but nothing at center and easy. >> things are quiet we know, all is well. when we start to get a call or two, it's time to re-look at it. >> after our call, more changes are coming to easy street. >> it pointed out an issue. we are in response to what has come up, going to be installing a crosswalk there. we will be looking to see if it warrants a crossing guard there. we're going to be l

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. >>> there sophia does a little dance sofa... desk... you know what?on't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. >>> what are you doing? i've got a david and goliath story, redneck edition. anthony dowd owns the vw on the right. his neighbor, nick, owns this huge chevy pickup trucker on left. nick had been bugging anthony to do a bumper pull with his truck for months. he's like come on, man, i want to do a tug of war with my chevy against your volkswagen. sure the guy in the truck wants to do this but why did the guy in the vw agree to it? >> volkswagens have some giddy up and some torque and will kick it. >> yes! >> wow! that is not what you'd expect. >> not at all. the chevy gets a little bit of a hop and the back end shakes itself to pieces. the upload

. >>> sophia and aiden are the most popular names this year. sophia and aiden.ame, kimjong sandusky. >>> friends of mitt romney are saying he is bored n.o.w. that he -- bored now that he's not running for president. but not as bored as were when he was running for president. >> the irs is seizing the actresses bank accounts in an effort to recover over $230,000 in unpaid taxes for lindsay lohan. >> she's just getting it all out for her big come back. >> she has 99 problems and the irs is definitely one. >> i like that. >> news out of the sun dance film festival. a documentary featuring the eagles will make the debut in january. the band worked for the filmmakers for five years. it should be good. another movie premiering at the festival is the steve jobs biopick star ashton kutcher. that wouldn't have been my first choice. some are uneasy about him playing the ceo. at least he looks the part. that's kind of what he looks like anyway. >> remember, steve jobs at the end when he was younger was completely -- >> not the 70s look. >>> this is what happens when a tv n

sophia says she has been close to hit more than once. >> this is a huge problem. i'm just like fed up with it. i have been taking to my son to school since kindergarten. since then, i've had to deal with it. >> some parents have given up. >> i know someone that lives down the street and she drives her child to school. [ laughter ] >> when she could just cross the street. >> reporter: after we heard from her, we went to city hall. >> we've known that for a while. >> assistant manager and department transportation manager say they are familiar with the problems in the area. they have installed safety measures here in the past, crossing guard on busy center road. speed monitors on occasion and stop signs on other parts of easy street but nothing at center and easy. >> things are quiet, we know all is well. when we start to get color, it's time to re-look. >> after our call, more changes are coming to the street. >> it pointed out an issue. we are in response to what has come up, going to be installing a crosswalk there. we are going to be looking to see if it warrant

. >> reporter: seven years ago, tricia's little sophia went missing. >> i cried for a week straight.he went missing. >> reporter: this past weekend, sophia was found in san diego, about 400 miles away from her home here in phoenix. >> i'm beyond excited. i just want to get her back home. >> reporter: she anxiously awaits sophia's arrival back home at the phoenix airport. >> i'm so excited. i want to see my baby after all this time. >> reporter: finally, after seven long years, the moment arrives. [ crying ] >> oh, my gosh, sophia. >> reporter: yes, tricia and her cat, sofia, are reunited once again. >> i was in disbelief. how does that happen? how does a cat come up seven years later from phoenix to san diego? >> reporter: this past weekend, the san diego humane society received sophia from a family that could no longer care for her. >> we scanned her for a microchip. her microchip had tricia's contact information and we got in touch with her. and she said, oh my -- oh, my gosh. my cat has been missing for seven years. >> i am so thankful. i am so incredibly thankful. >> reporter: fo

sophia, as i understand it, her teacher put all the kids in the closet and shushed them. killer opened the door and didn't find them. whenever i'm there with the family, i just see them, that brings me joy that they made it. the other thing that brings me joy is just the outpouring of support from everybody. friends community, the country, everything. and that's made a huge difference. and, finally, the other thing that kind of got us through was certain people that played kind of guardian angels. we had a state trooper assigned to us, sean hickey who is kind of a rock for us. and a houston doctor, dr. laura ashter. another rock. for families to get through this, you need those rocks, wind at your back, to push you forward. we got that from friends and community. >> we know there's a lot of difficult weeks and months even years ahead. i appreciate you talking tonight. i wish you the best. >> thank you. >> thanks very much, alexei. the website is noah's ark of hope fund.com. we'll put that up on our website anderson cooper.com. five days ago, the tragedy is raising questio

with us, we're happy to walk to school with them and see the issues firsthand. >> we'll make sure sophia gets the message and time line on the crosswalk is four to six weeks. we're told the city will hold more safety education in those schools to teach kids how to dial with the traffic and cut down some of the risky moves you saw. >> katie: bay area charity has put out a holiday wish list and it's in dire need of christmas hams. st. anthony's foundation needs to collect 500 hams so it can serve traditional christmas dinner. it made a similar appeal for curbing can i and was able to surpass its -- for turkeys and was able to is your sur pass its goal. >> you still have just a few hours to make sure bay area kids get a toy for christmas. east palo alto police department is asking for last minute donations. department provides more than 1500 toys to families every year. organizers so far have come up short this year. bring donations to east palo alto stil city hall until 9:00 this morning and toys will be handed out an hour later at 10:00. for most on that drive and others, go to abc7news.c

the kids being brought from the school of the fire house and i saw her class and i said, where is sophia and they said, she's okay, she's coming. and we were automatic taken into the for house. >> this must have been a terrifying day for you. what did you think was happening? were you aware somebody was firing a gun at the school? not really. what she told me was they heard pops in the hallway and the teacher and the teacher told me, also, courtney martin, she's my hero, that she locked the door immediately and brought all the kids to a corner of the room where they stayed there. they were scared. they were shaken but they didn't know what was going on until later when they were brought to the fire house. police came and knocked on the door. he can come out. and they gridded him to the back of the school and they walked over to the fire house and that's where you caught up with sophia -- extraordinarily traumatic experience for all those children. and who survives this. >> i think she's numb right now. she's a pretty bright kid and she has a big support staff at home and we love her very

the day after the spectacle sophia met with the fountain system's chief specialist as study of peterhof is nearing completion. could you tell me how do the new a build cottages impact the water supply system. so far it hasn't hit any harmful impact as not a single call to church settlement has been commissioned yet but this course there are concerns that he's made lead to some kind of environmental disgust toughs on that this what do you think is the most difficult part of operating the water supply system in terms of technology. so servicing to found this is quite easy it's a work of genius and everything of genius is simple. making days is always coincides with the fountain festival and i usually have mixed feelings it's joy and sadness joy from the fact that we've grown fine crops that well decorate the garden and the guests will enjoy them and sadness because this season is over and winter is knocking on the dole. when the fountain season is over and life changes. life is dull. without working fountains peterhof feels different. and for the main guardian of the fountain system. and

sophia and aiden. the least popular baby names, kim jong sandusky. kim jong sandusky. this year. >> steve: three of them. >> jimmy: beautiful kids. >> steve: wow. that's up from last year. >> jimmy: so excited. very have the dave matthews band on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] phenomenal. rehearsal was off the charts. they're going to be performing a song from their new album, and then tomorrow they're going to finish performing it. it's going to be fantastic. they'll be here all week. dave's going to run out here and punch me. >> steve: yeah. he's going to punch you in the face. >> jimmy: there's some political news here. while he was in pennsylvania on friday, president obama said he's been keeping his own naughty and nice list with lawmakers. biden was like "great, now have i to worry about his list and santa's?" what am i -- a lot of pressure. this isn't good. friends of mitt romney are saying he's bored now that he's no longer running for president. though not as bored as the rest of us were when he was running for president. [ laughter and applause ] s

>> sophia washington is becca's good friend. >> no. >> why is she not black? acknowledge, you know, egypt is african. but i feel like there's a difference between being from africa and being black. >> so you think that you don't get to choose what you are? >> i don't think you get to choose. i think while we would all love to get to choose how we are and how people see us, what people see you as speaks stronger than what you personally identify. you are don't always get that chance to explain how you identify. >> what makes somebody black in your mind? >> i think how people see them a certain amount of experiences. >> so there is a black experience? >> i think. so. >> what's the black experience? >> you know, i would probably have to deal with racial profiling, becca would not. >> you think those differences are the differences between what make you black and not black? >> i think so. i mean, black, yes. african, no. >> my father is from begin yi. my mother is from liberia. i was born in philadelphia. growing up i was us astra sized. you're not like us. that's

meaning that holding baby sophia for a christmas photo could be the easiest thing on jant's list. >> about people having different schedules. >> this spokesperson says that the last big shopping weekend has appealed to retailers and shoppers and being open through the night seems like a natural step. >> people are on different work schedules and busy lives this, gives them an opportunity to come, shop when they need to. >> the idea appealing to marilyn its safer at 3:00 in the morning than it is at 6:00 in the evening. >> location, location, location. >> for samantha, the extended hours makes good dollars and sense. >> more traffic, more people. people going to come out because hours are convenient for them. convenience is important. >> as a perk to coming to the center aroya high school is having a fund-raiser, now, other shopping centers throughout the bay area will also have extended hours meaning many could be shopping for long johns and scarfs before they've had a cup of coffee. >> a securityprsnÑ guard punch d face during a scuffle over the new nike air jordans. police took a m

sixty million dollars into a building a training range in the country's east the government of the sophia says this will help boost regional security and assist with the training of its soldiers and he will activist brian becker says the u.s. is seeking to extend its influence in eastern europe. we've seen that there is a strong motive force to maintain the cold war even without the soviet union and to incorporate the countries of eastern and central europe the former warsaw pact countries into an american sphere of influence through the medium of nato and so i think what the what the troop deployment the creation of more bases there already for. the incorporation of this as part of the nato strategy is one a threat to russia a threat to the national sovereignty of the people of bug area because they have foreign military bases and it incorporates both gary and makes it more secure as part of an american political and economic as well as military formation nato in the creation in development of u.s. military bases which are always done under the pretext of security whether it be american

. >> my name is sophia dory and i want to glen canyon, and there are owls in the trees and the bird watchers watch them and get the facts about them and they go to the kids it is a cycle. park and rec wants to kill the cycle. the developer cares about the money not about the cycle. it is just about the money, i am here to speak for the owland trees, for they cannot speak because they cannot speak, they cannot say their feelings and their rights. thank you. >> thank you. next, speaker please. >> craig scott and i am a glen park resident and a parent and a visit or. i fully support the project moving forward, that gives ample time for the public to participate and to comment on the project. for people who are trying to stop it any way that they can because it is a misguided tree fedish and there are 6,000 trees in glen park canyon and this will only reduce it by 58 trees, and not for that area and they are not in the best place. and i hope that you deny this appeal. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, my name is lean o'brien and i illustrate park and rec and i try

>> sophia was taken, escorted by the police from her classroom, but they went through a back entrance that was near the playground so they didn't need to go through the front. she said she saw nothing and they walked along the playground and the baseball field to the firehouse, and that's where i caught up with her as soon as she got to the firehouse. >> well, it's a blessing that she did not have to experience more than she able did, do you expect that over time you'll need to not only give her the love that you have and move forward the best you can, but do you expect that she'll need more from you, having gone through this? >> yeah, i think that once she needs to go back to school, which i think will be in the beginning of the new year, i think she's going to start feeling the effects more. right now, she's -- she's happy because she has her family around her, it's christmas time. but i think when the reality hits and she has to go back there, that's when i think we're going to have to seek counseling. >> jamie: she's eight years old. has she lost any of her friends as a result of

we have a picture of sophia vergara wearing one. lots to choose from. this is jumbled. $19. >> yeah. >> they're pretty much $19. like i said, if you want a reason to sparkle, why not? right? >> we have a deal for people. >> 20% off today. actually all week. the week'shqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhq >> welcome back. time for holiday brunch. joining us this morning is a special guest, one of our reporters here at wbal. you brought your son rex here. how old is he? >> rex is -- how old are you? >> 4. >> he's 4 years old. >> great. you're going to help your mom make a special treat for the holidays. what is this called? chicken kre sent squares. this is a little secret we got from a friend of ours, lauren conner. we make it all the time. you could probably make it by yourself, couldn't you, by now? maybe. >> it's very kid friendly. >> it is. >> where are we going to start. we started with a container of kre sent rolls. i already popped it. that's the hardest part. >> that's scary. >> they come in triangle shapes like this. rex job is to put two tie triangles togethe

what is the hagia sophia? let's go times past for $1,200, please. what are chariots?uh, times past, uh, $1,600. and you still have the lead. all right, um, i'll risk $2,000. $2,000 it is. here is the clue... uh, what is paris? no. the congress of vienna, the congress of vienna, after the defeat of napoléon. you are just off the lead now. you trail boomie by $400. go again. uh, times past, $2,000. what is wessex? you're in the lead again. uh, times past, $800. and that province would be que beth. uh, times past, $400. bec. beth. who is mao? fabrics for $800, please. what is burlap? fabrics ,200. what is crepe? fabrics for $2,000. what are the hebrides? fabric, $1,600. whatyon? you picked the right one, and now the last clue... what is the bark? and that puts you into a tie with beth for the lead. silas on the board with a very impressive $8,600. it's coming down to final. here's the category for the three of you-- american authors. think about that. make your wagers. we'll return shortly. perhaps fittingly for such a holy site, the church of the holy sepulchre doesn't

increasingly scruffy and eccentric, he moved into a house in chelsea with a widow named sophia booth.g anonymity, he was known to the locals as admiral booth. turner's response to criticism of the blurriness of his late works was to say that "atmosphere is my style." the novelist william makepeace thackeray noted that in rain, steam and speed, turner's epic depiction of the modern railway-- (reader) "he has made a picture with real rain, behind which is real sunshine, and you expect a rainbow every minute... all these wonders are performed with means not less wonderful than the effects are. the rain... is composed of dabs of dirty putty slapped on to the canvas with a trowel; the sunshine scintillates out of very thick, smeary lumps of chrome yellow." (narrator) john ruskin, the passionate boy defender of juliet and her nurse, was now a young man and convinced that turner was the great english painter. he bought turner's paintings-- including slavers-- and wrote essays in praise of them. (ruskin) "the noblest sea that turner ever painted... the fire of sunset falls along the trough of

meaning that holding baby sophia for the first christmas photo could be the easiest thing on santa'sist. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas. >> it's about people having different schedules. >>reporter: spokesperson says that the last big shopping weekend has routinely appealed to retailers and shoppers and being open through the night sims lake a natural step. >> people on different work schedules busy lives kids family and this gives them the opportunity to come shop when they need to. >>reporter: an idea that is particularly appealing to marilyn martin. >> it is safer. safer at 3:00 o'clock in the morning than it is at 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon, evening. >> for location location location. >>reporter: for pop up vendor the sentenced hours makes a good dollar and cent. >> more traffic more people. people want to come out because of the hours are convenient for them. convenience is importan important. >>reporter: as an additional perk coming to the center, royal high school having a fundraiser where they wrap gifts through christmas eve. now other shopping centers throughout the bay a

twin sister who was in a separate class and survived that attack and an older sister, 8-year-old sophianother funeral in newtown, of course, with little jack pinto, 6 years old, a classmate of noah's. the second funeral that is taking place today and he was, of course, very interested in sports. great photograph released showing him beaming as he was in the little uniform and he was also a big football fan, as well. and certainly he was a big giants fan of victor cruz who honored him last night. tamron? >> thank you, michelle, for the update. >>> the debate over the federal assault weapons ban is the subject of our gut check. a lot of you tweeted us. how you can weigh in on this topic, specifically where you can go. and just moments ago, white house spokesman jay carney said the president will have a plan in the coming weeks to address the gun violence that shattered yet another community. >> the president of the united states who upon meeting with pat and i just a little while ago said that the most difficult day of his presidency was friday when he heard the news of that which had bef