. >> that's what melanie valentin say classmates are calling her at the school in south philadelphia.d out a paper gun and administrators scolded her in front of the class. her mom says staff even searched her with other kids watching the whole time. >> i am waking up at 3:00 in the morning and my daughter is in the bathroom crying. she said i am having nightmares i am having dreams he is chasing me down the street. >> the paper gun looked something like this. it was made by melody's grandfather the day before. melody said she put it in her pocket and forgot about it until she got to school the next day. she went to throw it away but a boy saw it and called administrators. one of them woefrnt board. >> he yelled at me and said that i shouldn't have ever brought the gun to school. i kept telling him it was a parp gun but he wouldn't listen. >> why did he threaten my daughter. why did he stand over her you should call the top kopps on her you could be arrested. >> i called the school district several times for a comment calls to the administrator were made but not returned. wint to the

. >> reporter: south philadelphia high school is in one of the toughest parts of the city. of principal otis toug hackney's students must pass through these metal detectors. you want to see tighter gun control measures?es >> most definitely. >> reporter: he watched the inauguration with his wife and daughter, nearly 1,300 people were shot in his city last year. like what would you like to see happen happen in the president's second term? >> i would like to see him continue to fight.you know so, you know, the time is now, we've seen what happened at sandy hook, philadelphia wean one mur averaged more than one murder per day last year and if it's not viewed as an epidemic, i don't know what else would be. >> reporter: tom mannewitz also watched the president. >> he would be willing to take away my liberties from the second amendment in a heart beat if he thought he could get away with it. >> reporter: mannewitz owns a shooting range in texas, a state with a with a million hunters, more than any other. >> everybody wants theirants their children to be safe but one person's opi

there's been a little absence after age nine, when some people from south philadelphia -- [ laughtergoing to come to north philadelphia because we were not nice people. >> jimmy: no. >> and i cried. [ audience aws ] and they're still here. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so -- so with that, i then became a parent. and santa claus is back with us. and as a grandparent, santa claus is with us, so he -- he has been in my life -- birth. and when he came in, i was in my dressing room, and i stood and he had, as you saw, the picture. and i shook his hand. i did not expect it. but santa claus said to me, "bill, you've given me a lot of laughs." >> jimmy: wow. >> santa claus! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, santa claus actually knows -- you made santa claus laugh. [ applause ] santa claus. >> i -- i didn't know. it was not a part of my life. you know, people say, "what do you want to do when you grow up?" i never said to -- i want to make santa claus laugh. because, you know, i was always begging. >> jimmy: yeah, that's out of the -- it would be extraordinary if you made santa laugh. you made him laugh. >

this is south philadelphia. 25 blocks from where i'm sitting here. and a $225 bar tab.t the upper east side of manhattan. 225 bucks buys a lot of booze. why is that important, because under the laws in pennsylvania if you're a bar owner and you serve someone who is visibly intoxicated you could be held liable. the other thing you have to understand, philadelphia is very tough town, very tough. a lot of fan on fan violence here. if you're a bar owner, you reasonably perceive if you overserve some guy on gameday there is going to be fight. arthel: esther, if you're this bar owner, how do you defend yourself in this case? >> i think that this prosecution against the bar is just going a little too far. i agree with the prosecution against the attacker if they can prove it. he already conceded it was him but the bar, how could a bar owner know what someone is going to do when they leave the bar? drunk or not? how do you know, the act is really intended to prevent drunk drivers from hitting in the victims on their way home. this person wasn't driving. and how would they know

that includes everybody up to pittsburgh, washington, d.c., just south of philadelphia and then all the way down through raleigh, charlotte, richmond and atlanta. some time around 10:00 a.m. and through montgomery. fast-moving storms that will bring winds with it. it's going to be 70 in d.c. then the storms will roll through. tomorrow we have snow on the backside of this storm. i'll give you the snow totals and details a little later. >> thanks so much. >>> a stretch of the mighty mississippi is closed. and which business stories will be moving your money today. >>> plus a medical miracle involving arm transplants. this is a story you have to hear to believe. you're watching "first look." [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your c

a lot of companies in south eastern pennsylvania and philadelphia are going to be using it to power the refineries, it is looking and hopefully will build a facility that will take the ethonol and take ethanes they are paying around $80,000. the average workforce is $47,000. >> why is the governor still waiting? >> i know what is going on. i know there are a number of people that used to be opposed to it. a lot of them have changed here. but there are a certain group that are opposed to it. but i remind many people we follow it closely and it is a technology that has been used in texas and we feel comfortable that it is flowing the economy here in pennsylvania and it is going to make us and the united states in the long-term energy independent from the mid east. let me ask you two quickies. number one, does all of this washington stuff affect pennsylvania? and how bad is that going to affect pennsylvania? it is hard to predict. we could lose millions in community block grant funding and in the education department and a number of other areas. so i'm in the process of getting ready to an

. >>> about two hours south of times square, philadelphia was celebrating the new year. up the delaware river twice. many expressed hope for a better year. one where the eagles make the nfl playoffs and the flyers will play hockey again. later today, it's the annual mummers parade. all righty. what are the mummers? >> i don't know. >> anybody know what the mummers are? our producer is trying to explain the mummers parade, but i'm lost. >>> let's talk about london. big ben, you know what that is? that's the big clock. fireworks lit up the sky and blazing rockets launched from the banks of the thames. >> and the pope said despite all the death and injustice in the word, goodness would prevail. he appeared tired during the service. the pope endured a major betrayal last year after it was revealed that his butler stole personal papers and leaked them to a journalist. >> can't make that up. >>> now that 2012 is gone, there are words and phrases that should go with it. >> scholars at lake superior university decided there are about 12 of those words and phrases that need to be

philadelphia south, that's kind of where the problems will be today.appens tonight and tomorrow in a second. dallas has sleet and freezing rain and snow. temperatures there at about 33 degrees. it's only for the next couple of minutes. they will shake it off by the next hour or so. here's the freezing rain and the ice storm warnings for today. memphis in and out of jack to arkansas. the potential for a quarter to a half inch of ice and even a quarter inch of ice does damage to power lines and sags on trees. a half inch of ice adds 500 pounds to the trees. that's a lot of weight. here's what's happening in the northeast. these folks from midnight tonight through tomorrow at 4:00, maybe to two inches of snow in the northeast. in central pennsylvania around state college, more than that. around two to four inches of snow. 1/10 of an inch of ice included. the moisture is falling in at or below 32 degrees and a cold day for the country. southeast georgia into florida. >> thanks very much. >> 46 minutes past the hour. the house is to begin debate for the vic

you're in that area of yellow which includes pretty much everyone east of the appalachians south of philadelphia pittsburgh, you're going to deal with these severe storms. it's going to be a straight line. it's going to move through with really strong, gusty winds. then the weather will begin to get very much colder and windy on the backside. a lot of airport delays. also, i don't want to forget our friends in iowa and wisconsin going through a snowstorm this morning. in des moines, it's snowing hard. your morning commute's going to be a nightmare. so for the forecast today, it's going to be very warm in the northeast. thunderstorms will roll through especially during the afternoon hours. and then the evening hours from new york city up to boston. a lot of heavy rain, too. could leave some isolated flooding. in the southeast, we're watching atlanta. birmingham and montgomery for your storms and possible tornadoes as we go throughout the morning hours till about noon today. a lot of nasty weather out there. be prepared for it throughout the eastern half of the country. washington, d.c., you could

i don't know if a lot of folks fully understand that if new york city, and philadelphia and chicago what folks in southeorgia and north carolina think when you start talking about gun laws and changing the gun laws. >> i think that is exactly the point and i think we get kind of insulated in our liberal areas so to speaks in the washingtons and new yorks of the world. out there in the rest of the united states, there's a different view of that and as a matter of fact, i don't think that a poll can really capture the feelings that are effective in politics. that the to say, that the various members of congress in the states that, the west virginia, virginia, nevada wherever you go, i think that the poll may reflect that the majority of americans do not in fact want to step in the way of some gun control problems. but, i any when you get out there in the red states, as you point out, it's a different matter, and i think when it gets to congress, that will stymie many of the reforms that are predicted. >> no less than former president bill clinton addressed this last weekend in a gathering of obama donors

one case in particular was his right to philadelphia and back to share the south oak results to the intolerable acts, which feared for its accounts by mr. paul revere. another interesting tidbit was printing of the declaration of independence, a rival of the declaration of independence on august 10, 1776 and 19. three days later the london chronicle prints 18th century equivalent that we have advice received at the congress resolved the fourth of july and have declared against great britain. two issues later, the text of the declaration. it is a generic 23rd, 1777 issue i mentioned earlier printed in boston of george washington crossing the delaware bruce chadwick who contributed the essay on the battles of trenton and princeton called up the phrase washington used that the haitians surrendered because they knew they were about to be cut to pieces and being somewhat harsh language to come from the future president. we also read another addition is a first about john paul jones, the first american naval hero. he was also an american pirate to the british. during the account you read what is msn

morning commute people in pennsylvania and new york city and also areas further south across new jersey and into philadelphiacould be seeing slight, a little bit of snow, or even some freezing rain but the warmer air is headed northbound and we will see a transition from the winter weather into plain old rain by the time we head into later in the day. but when the storm moving out we are expecting another storm system to follow on the heels 1/2 and with the warm air in the plains and the south, you are talking about severe weather possible, large hair and isolated tornadoes possible on tuesday for a large area of the country from texas up into areas of the mid-southwest by wednesday the storm shows bolts mar could have severe weather and south across north carolina, parts of georgia, and, also, into alabama, and that will be especially in the midweek foe alabama. >>gregg: a brazen prisonses scrape unnoticed for six days. the search is on if this guy who managed to escape from a michigan jail by actually pulling the same stunt twice. he escaped from an arizona last may by switching identities with root inmate

south. you came out of philadelphia. what was the attitude differences?>> guest: well, to give you an example it was 1959. when i was going to fort stewart, georgia. i was on the bus. i remember stopping, i believe, in some town just south of as you got to virginia, and i saw -- it was sitting out -- i think it was peter berg, virginia. and the bus stop and i woke up and saw the sign and said white waiting room and colored waiting room. that was the first time i was exposed to that. and in savannah, when we got down to savannah, i got off the bus and begun to walk around and i got back on the bus there was a lady sitting in my seat. i was sitting behind the driver. a white lady was sitting in the seat and said excuse me. and she said it was taken. i said i know. it's my seat. he said the boy got on the bus in philadelphia, so it's his seat, the lady started saying back in my day this would never have happened. to end the story let you know what kind of person i was when we got hint -- hiensville, the bus was pulling to the stop and i was waiting there wai

further north in almandine on philadelphia, we have an accident. 95 looks good out of the northeast. 54 on the southbound j.f.x. just south of the beltway. this is 70 west of the beltway. looking good in terms of the delays. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> < a month after the tragedy at sandy hook elementary, gunfire rings out at another school. a student walked into a classroom and pulled out a shotgun and opened fire. the shooter had been bullied by the victim for more than a year. a movie theater shooting suspect will be arraigned for the deadly massacre. a judge ruled there was probable cause that james holmes was responsible for the mass shootings that killed 12 people and injured 70 others. more meetings for joe biden's gun task force in washington. he says the administration wants to consider all sides. task forceesident's meets with the gaming industry after sitting down with gun owners and the national rifle association. teh he nra said there isn't much room for compromise. gun owners did not see it that way. with pressure mounting, the nra faces a tough choice. >> they may realize the game is changing

you can see the moisture ducking to the south and it looks like it's precipitating or raining in the grain into philadelphia and new york. that is not. it's evaporating before reaching the ground. there's nothing really here reaching the ground in northwest. colder air waiting in the wings will roll in tonight behind the system. we are a little concerned of some slick spots developing late tonight, tomorrow morning as temperatures fall to freezing or below across the board. here's our little radar. you can see pockets of snow showing up to the west and southwest of town and that is the case. we'll show you the latest radar. now we're seeing some prince changing into snow and sleet. leonardtown across 95 and charlottesville back into harrisonburg and pretty good snows where 29 hit 64, they picked up some pretty good snows the past couple hours. a wet commute home, what my dad would call conversational snow, accumulation on grass mainly south, refreezing late tonight, could be a problem. the next three days 9 weather alerts, the code is now at the bottom here, green, cold but nice tomorrow, upper 30s, saturda

. >> host: on location at university of philadelphia talking with history of professor comment professor hahn. >> i am now teaching a course on the south from the civil war through may 20th century. i also teach a lecture course called slavery, race and revolution started with the haitian revolution of the late 18th century and goes through a frites sort i'd like emancipation in the broad western hemisphere and how interconnected it becomes. i teach an introductory course the making of the modern world that is a world history course with an african history colleagues starting mid 18th century through present and i teach graduate students and their work 19th century broadly and history of american and empire that i now work on of book that is a history of the 19th century and all lot about the west. a new area of interest. >> host: talking with professor hahn about his most recent book "the political worlds of slavery and freedom" and also the pulitzer winner for his 2004 book, "a nation under our feet quote. >> guest: thank you for having me. i really enjoyed it. >> at the national press club books and author night the author of how a

a little less as we head farther to the south from new york down towards philadelphia.till, 20 to 30-mile-per-hour winds. very, very strong winds throughout the evening hours in these spots. then we head westbound to the snow, finding that all around the great lakes, even into parts of the ohio valley. these are some of the areas that were very, very warm. just 24 hours ago, cincinnati, now you're seeing some snow showers in place and the cold air mass is going to continue to final all the way down into parts of the south 37 we're talking temperatures that are going to be running 35 degrees below the average. guys. >> okay. thank you for that report. we're going to move on and talk about facebook this morning. facebook reporting fourth quarter results after the bell last night. the social networking giant reportedly beat analyst estimates, delivering earnings per share of 17 cents versus street expectations of 15 cents. that's the good news. the company reported revenue of $1.59 billion versus expectations of $1.53 billion. with us now to talk about his broad outlook on

philadelphia. we're talking with history professor steven hahn. what do you teach the university? >> guest: i am currently teaching a very large lecture course on the history of the american south from the civil war to the late 20th century. i teach a lecture course which is called slavery, race, and revolution, which starts with the haitian revolution of the late 18th century and goes to garvey in the early 20th 20th century. kind of about slavery and emancipation in the broad western hemisphere and it's a comparative on international history. i teach a introductory course called the making of the modern world, which is a world history course i do with one of hi african history colleagues. that startness the middle of the 18th century and goes roughly to present. then i teach graduate students and my work is in the history of the 19th century broadly, and history of american empire that i've been interested in. i'm now working on a book that is a history of the 19th 19th century, and it's a lot about the west. so it's new area of interest. >> we have been talk big professor hahn about his most recent book, the political world of slavery and freedom. he is also the pulitzer win

philadelphia mayor nutter compares the strategy to the one used to pressure company that is did business with the apartheid government of southica. our next guest shining a light on the dirty dozen, 12 big corporate investors that back the gun industry. please welcome current public advocate for city of new york, bill deblazio. how are you? >> great. thank you. >> economic accountable. we know that after one of the mass shootings, the nra comes out saying, oh, now they'll come and take away your guns and the industry profits from that and teachers and other that is profit from being invested in those companies say, hey, maybe this is like blood money. maybe we should not be part of those companies. so is this a divestment strategy that's a morality play or can you have an impact on the gun industry by doing this? >> i'm sure we can have an impact. this industry is rot on the the core. essentially making it easier for people to get the hands on the weapons even if they're used in massacres or shootings like we heard about in atlanta. business as usual is not acceptable. and we change things in part through the legislative grou

south africa, raised in potomac. she is 27 after she serves she may go to medical school. >>> from time to time fox 5 has the pleasure of welcoming hollywood stars this morning our sister station in philadelphiaspecial treat from actor/director, mark wahlburg. >> we are expecting on the east 76, you will have some serious problems. stop and get yourself a hogie. >> can you imagine? >> he was there to promote his new film broken city his sidekick is film director alan hughes. broken city premiered in philadelphia, last night. >> i think he is adorable. please come to dc. i am telling you. i would love to present him. >> let you hang out here. >> yeah, i like his philadelphia accent. pull over and get a hogie. >> very fun guy. >> weather wise, a little chilly tonight but getting better. >> yeah, really tonight is beginning to be chilly shawn but not as cold as it should be this time of year the high was 71 in wilmington. >> really? >> yeah, go to the beach. some people are complaining they don't like it this warm but we have to take the break while we can get it. i am sure there will be some cold stuff coming. a lot of chatter it will be getting cold inner the west over the weekend but as that

south east. we have seen hurricane wind gusts. you can bet that we will have delays across the airports in the northeast. there are your wind gusts right now. forty-four in nantucket. philadelphia we will still be left with those wins throughout the day. 30 degrees drop. 22 degrees in chicago. extremely cold across the northern plains, upper west. we are back to winter. back to you. connell: you are right. extreme. dagen: i saw that tweet about the temperature drop in chicago. it is bananas. >> they broke a record. it will be 3 degrees tomorrow in chicago. extreme weirdness. dagen: unbelievable. thank you so much. these guys could not get it done. we need jobs in the country, but the president's job counsel is going away. connell: that is it. it is done. we will talk more about the airstrikes in the middle east. what this conflict means that if anything, for the oil market. right now, let's go to the stock market with some of your winners on the s&p 500. ♪ twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i reallneed is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of you

south of chicago down towards about austin texas looking at the threat for tornadoes. certainly damaging winds and then by wednesday transitions off towards the east from around philadelphiaf mobile alabama looking for severe weather on wednesday. shannon? >> shannon: thank you very much for keeping us update. >> you bet. >> shannon: do you the commissioners step down. >> what about the hundreds of rulings they have issued since being appointed. joining us a man who once served as the chairman of the nlrb. thanks for joining us today. >> happy to be here. thanks for are having me. >> shannon: imagine a big thumbs up from you on the court decision. your reaction? >> the court decision is very well written and very scholarly. the conclusion is in escapable and really invited by president obama who did something which no president in american his tore arery has done and that is to purport to name recess appointments during a short break in a continuous senate session. the president doesn't have unilateral appointment authority. it is shared with the senate. the president nominates, the senate confirms. and the reason for that is our founders were concerned that unfit charact

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from around philadelphia all the way down toward the panhandle of florida today under the threat for severe weather. i think i the worst of it though, tornadoes down across areas of georgia, south texas yesterday got to 94 degrees. january 29th, 94 degrees. 70 in topeka, kansas. 63 in chicago. that is all about to change though. it is changing here. you can see the temps have dropped by around 25 degrees all across the area behind the storm system and it will continue to change more. take a look at yesterday's highs here. 73 atlanta, right now it's at 70. by friday morning 36. chicago you'll be at zero friday morning, dropping 63 degrees in about three days. big changes in store. uma. uma: it is unbelievable that that kind of drop is going to be happening so soon. thank you very much, rick. jon: new questions about when boeing first learned of the battery problems that forced airlines to ground their airliners. nan airline replaced ten batteries before one of them caught fire when landing at boston logan's airport. investigators are asking for a full operating history of the lithium ion batteries. dan springer is keeping and eye on all of this. >> reporter: the battery issues w