with his hands on the hips and walking toward terrence my sister knew.> but itsis pushing the envelope and you are forcing people to deal with things in this society, and i commend you for that. and you have also been candid about the star of "precious" star who says she was blackballed from hollywood. >> and no, that is not what i said but we were on the campaign and she was making unreasonable demands, and, you know and she was not thinking and this is when the reverse racism happens, and i said that you have to thank the producers of the studio, and i said, listen, people are not going to be responding well if you don't say thank you, and i have responded well shgs, and i think that she is brilliant, and she is brilliant. and sometimes the artists get in their own way and i do, and i think that -- >> you think that she blackballed her way. >> i think that i think that there were demands that were made from her on the "precious" campaign that everybody knows that about that hurt her. i told her that. and i kay serra -- kay serque sera sera. and so i do

. >> terrence griffin president of philadelphia black clergy stand with governor. he says every life is important and carrying out a death sentence is serious and deserves proper scrutiny. >> you need to have a moratorium so people can a take a closer look, more patient more per sipingt look at the situation so independent people are not executed. now, philadelphia da seth williams issued a statement saying governor wolf has no moral or legal right to issue this moratorium. pennsylvania state trooper association is also against this and jim the next execution was also scheduled to take place march 4 in the case against convicted killer terrence williams. not scheduled to happen any more. >> and that's why prosecutors across the state are upset about this. >> out rainld a bit yes. >> family and colleagues braved the cold tonight to honor a brave police officer. "action news" was at the olney transportation center in philadelphia where they held a vigil for late police officer john paloski. it was here he was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2009 and his killer

. >> you told a story in the book about terrence graham and that was one case you were involved in. by the way, before we forget it, you're doing what right now? what is your job? >> i am a chair of a neurology department at the university of pennsylvania at the perelman school of medicine. >> how long were you there? >> two and a half years. i was at harvard 30 years before that. i was running a research lab and still have that as well but it was a research lab looking at brain development especially in early infancy and early childhood, thinking about new targets for treatments because actually because we say that adolescent brain is different from the adult. the baby brain is like a whole different ball game. it's a very, very different -- in fact, a lot of drugs that work well in adults don't work at all in the baby brain because the targets aren't even there yet. so an example is epilepsy which is an area i was studying and also premature brain injury. there are so many different types of cells and different drug targets and mechanisms of disease in that window that are very di

terrence howard will be surprisingly emotional.ell deserved standing ovations and will win the oscar mvps. tra voevolta will be back next year to apologize to idina for all the face touching. a birdman screenwriter will thank his dog larry. the winning screenwriter for "the imitation game" will thank oprah and inspire us to stay weird. backstage, eddie and julianne will each have the biggest o of their lives. my oscar preduction sictions, everybody. and now, to present the award for best picture, please welcome two-time academy award winner sean penn. >> good evening. in the end, it's about the movies themselves. it doesn't matter what they cost to make, or how much they made at the box office. it's about the power of their storytelling, and the power of their ideas. only one of tonight's nominees will win the oscar for best picture. but they will all live on because they touched something in all who saw them. here are the nominees for best picture. "american sniper." "birdman (or the unexpected virtue of ignorance.)" "boyhood." "t

happening today police and the fbi will hold a news conference to talk about a missing persons case that terrence 10-year-old today. danielle imbo and richard patrone junior went missing ten years ago today. there's a 50,000-dollar reward offered in the case. >>> paneling victoria winslow is charged with third degree murder police say she performed buttocks enhancement injections that killed a woman in a hotel near the airport. the defense is expected to challenge the medical evidence in the case. >>> an autopsy will be conducted on a 25-year-old man who was killed outside a montgomery county meat plant. a co-workers stabbed danny vazquez in the parking lot in franconia township yesterday morning. the suspect's name has not been released because he has not been formally charged. colleagues believe an on going argument motivated the killing. >>> police will start to carry narcan. it can save lives when people overdose on heroin ander drugs. >>> phillies tickets go on sale at 8:30 a.m. the doors open at 7:00 a.m. the team expect most people to buy online, they have free breakfast fors for those who

that is not the only incident that has both terrence - - parents and teachers upset. we learned about another case that also involves an interest. >> reporter: yes, a couple of recent instances here of vandalism at the element or school and another intruder at another school. parents say they are still upset over the vandalism inside of this classroom this month. they put a lot of hard into the work and for someone else to come destroy it is heartbreaking. >> we obtained these photographs to show windows broken in a kindergarten class with furniture touched- -tossed around. and a bottle of alcohol. an alarm brought an employee to the school. >> they estimated a hundred kids running off. >> a destination in the past. >> we have a lot of information from other kids in the schools meaning potential suspects and we are following up on it. >> it has led the teachers to question school safety. >> there is worry and concern about the exposure and lack of security and the fact this has been ongoing for a number of years. >> reporter: last year they passed a school bond measur

defensive tackle terrence cody was indicted on animal cruelty charges today. 13 charges come from theath of his dog and the possession of an alligator. the ravens terminated his contract. the patriots will have to wait in next her day to celebrate their big super bowl victory. boston is postponing the victory parade because of today's snowstorm. the parade will be held wednesday morning instead. today's system dropped more than a foot of fresh snow in the city. >> something we dodged again. >> a lot of people love the snow, and when you look at pictures like that, they can have it. i don't like that at all. we are about a high temperature today of 50 degrees early this afternoon. in the cold front moves through and that brought the gusty wind. the wind is finally beginning to diminish. the temperatures across the board, 28 degrees at reagan national dulles 24, bwi marshall 23, manassas 25 degrees. in terms of the windchill factor, what it feels like, it is cold, in the teens dulles 9 gaithersburg, 18 frederick. windchill factors in the single digits through the mor morning lows genera

terrence howard will be surprisingly emotional.ell deserved standing ovations and will win the oscar mvps. tra voevolta will be back next year to apologize to idina for all the face touching. a birdman screenwriter will thank his dog larry. the winning screenwriter for "the imitation game" will thank oprah and inspire us to stay weird. backstage, eddie and julianne will each have the biggest o of their lives. my oscar preduction sictions, everybody. and now, to present the award for best picture, please welcome two-time academy award winner sean penn. >> good evening. in the end, it's about the movies themselves. it doesn't matter what they cost to make, or how much they made at the box office. it's about the power of their storytelling, and the power of their ideas. only one of tonight's nominees will win the oscar for best picture. but they will all live on because they touched something in all who saw them. here are the nominees for best picture. "american sniper." "birdman (or the unexpected virtue of ignorance.)" "boyhood." "t

terrence williams bludgeoning a man to death with a tire iron. he has the first death penalty case granting a reprieve. >> you're sending a very bone chilling message to our victims. >> the moratorium calls into question prosecutors death penalty requests for eric frein. the people most grateful for this mor tor yum on capital punishment are the guiltyist, cruellest, and most vicious killers on death row. they see the justice system hijacked if. >> if a jury sentences this man to death and the governor will not sign a death warrant is a travesty. >> i think it is prudent. >> mark falls into the opposite camp saying problems are well documented. high reversal rates, insufficient defense for the accused and astronomical costs. since the '70s, only three inmates have actually been executed as many doszens more trudge through unending legal reviews. >> if that is not evidence that we need to take a more careful look, i don't know what could be. >> the governor plans to sign temporary reprieves for each execution order that crosses his desk, essential

it does mean that temporary reprieve for 46-year-old terrence williams of germantown. he was scheduled to die by lethal injection on march 4th. he was convicted of killing two men back in 1984. >>> tonight a woman is trying to forget the horrifying details of a traumatic home invasion. man forcing his way into her home tiling her up with duct tape and robbing her. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in warrington tonight with more on this terrible story. dave? >> reporter: dawn, a knock on the door and a plea for help turned into a home invasion robbery for the 85-year-old victim and while it was a terrifying ordeal for her tonight residents here on street road are concerned about their own safety as well. >> it's that someone breaks into a poor old lady's house. >> reporter: gary work at the auto body next door to the 85-year-old woman had was tied up and robbed wednesday night here on street road in warrington. he says it was a heartless crime crime. >> makes me worry because i got three kids. >> he taped her one arm to the chair and ran out of duct tape and tied the

the man behind many of them is terrence wong, the father of festive lights after four decades in thee the job. i enjoy everything about it and never want to stop. >> 30 years ago, there were not pretty lights at festival time. it was like a wasteland. people decided to put up christmas lights to attract visitors. was greetedhe idea with skepticism. no one else had such displays brightening up the streets. my first job involved suspending stars from buildings. it was quite dangerous. going up on the gondola is not for the fainthearted. it can be cold and windy up there. several years ago, i nearly burned down a building. the rain caused a short circuit, and each lightbulb burst into flames. my colleagues cut the power in time. stay in theve to area over christmas and be on call in case there was an emergency. but we do not have a problem tbulbse because led ligh are rain proof. there were only five colors to choose from, but we have more to choose from. the cheapest display cost about 30,000 u.s. dollars it depends on the size of the building. they can be joined to thousand dollars if

report on capitol punish many in the state much this decision means a reprieve for convicted killer terrence williams. he was scheduled to be executed on march 4th for the 1984 killing of amos norwood in philadelphia. currently 186 people are on death row. pennsylvania has not execute add prisoner since 1999. >>> in response the pike county prosecutor announceed tonight he still plans to push for the death penalty for eric frein. frein is charged with murder in a september ambush that killed corporal brian dixon and severely wounded trooper alex douglas. in a statement pike county da says "today's actions by governor tom wolf does not serve as any legal imped many to my office's pursuit of justice in the criminal case against eric matthew frein. >>> and justice is what gretchen leclair has burr sued for a decade since her husband was killed in the line of duty. >> she's frustrated with the governor's moratorium and told her story tonight to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> he was such a good mantle he didn't deserve to get killed. >> reporter: gretchen leclair says the pain of lose

the lead character, lucious lion, played by terrence howard. there he is with taraji p. henson.his character, lucious lion, has als. and he, in the character in the tv show, he is trying alternative drugs. of course, we don't -- >> well, i'm glad you're bringing this up, because i want everyone to come to my site and we posted the medication that we have. but your point is well taken. there are a lot of these medications outside u.s. that are experimental, and it may work. right now the fda is not approving this. so, it's important to have a conversation. we've brought als association online, we're having communication with them. this is a great awareness and a really good point you're bringing up. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i want to get back to eric's point of how you know it. i told you one example of how i might look for it in the office. but if you're a person out there -- i'm not trying to anyone, because this is a very rare disease -- you start having falling episodes. why am i suddenly weak? why can't i hang on to anything? why can't i speak. >> is it sudden or gradu

it does mean temporary reprieve for 46-year-old terrence williams of germantown. he was scheduled to die by lethal injection next month for killing two men back in 1984. the state district attorney's association says it will likely take legal action to reverse the governor's decision. >>> only on fox a heartless crime. an 86-year-old woman bound to a chair in her own home and robbed. it happened along street road in warrington, bucks county. police say a man pushed his way into a woman's home after pretending to have car trouble. fox 29 spoke a neighbor who came to the woman's rescue just moments after the invasion. >>> he taped her one arm to the chair and ran out of duct tape and tied the other one with an extension cord. >> the guy escaped with cash, silver and jewelry. if you have any information on the case, please call warrington police. >>> two men are under arrest in connection with a terrifying home invasion in medford that we first told you about earlier this week. medford police say 44-year-old uri ridgeway and 50-year-old willie heim man facing numerou

and staffer of the new hit series "empire," terrence howard and comments and questions directly from >> now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan. [applause] ♪

. >> i think terrence does a phenominal job. i think does phenominal job. lee daniels is showing the world in a different way than it has ever been seen before. >> and i think the story the story line could go on forever. >> that story line mirrors ti in many ways, ti's children following in his footsteps in the entertainment biz. he teaches to them knowledge is key. >> i just tell them to learn as much as they can about the business because the one who knows most is paid most. and everything you don't know, the person that does is going to charge you for telling you you know, i just try to keep them a breast he had something probably the key to a lucrative business. >> i will start choosing a successor. >> so lucious lion pits his children against one another ti said woe never do. >> i don't think that should be inspired by the parent. they are going to naturally be compared to their sibling. i think i have a better impact with them, you know, liken forcing or inspiring comradery. >> his family against the world. >> even the job going in, and going for the

. >> terrence does a phenomenal job. taraji does a phenomenal job.howing the world in a different way than it's every been seen before. i think the story line could go on forever. >> that story line mirrors him in many ways. his children following in the footsteps in the entertainment business he preaches to them knowledge is key. >> i just tell them to learn as much as they can about the business because the one who knows most gets paid most. and everything you don't know the person that does is going to charge you for telling you and just try to keep them a breast education is probably the key to lucrative business. >> i will start choosing a successor. >> lucius lions pits his children against one another. that's something tism would never do. >> that shouldn't be aspired by the pan. they going to naturally be competitive as siblings. i think i have a better impact with them, you know like enforcing or inspiring comradery comradery. >> his family against the world. >> even going in and going for the same road whichever one of you get it both of yo

like i grew up watching terrence, and now working with them so -- >> geez, common. >> it is like a dreamyou have to pinch yourself sometimes? >> ya. >> some people are calling you like the new will smith you're from west philly, on tv at a young age i mean, what do you think about that? >> that's good. i'm getting mentor by will and jamie and a lot of great actors. >> jamie foxx? >> yes. >> oh, look at you. >> harry belefonte. i'm trying to get my wings. on a cast without experience. >> brother you are doing a great job. >> you really are. >> you snow. >> you used to play football. >> yes. >> at overbrook. >> you got hurt? >> i got hurt. my bone came out my skin. >> oh, my gosh. show that scar again. that's a serious scar there. >> so, you know, i just gave it up. >> all right. >> but let's say that you hadn't been injured. didn't you get into rapping because of the injury? >> i got moo rapping once i got hurt from football. so i was rapping since i was 16. >> so one door closes. >> i'm surprised, out here performing out to the street, you know? >> really? >> dancers. >> how long ago? >>

and we're talking to terrence howard from the giant new show "empire."ps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. >> steve: great. >> jimmy: good for him, man. but first we've got a fantastic show tonight. we love it when he stops by. from the nbc series "the blacklist," james spader is here. [ cheers and applause ] he's always fun. he's such a fun -- >> steve: he's a delight. >> jimmy: i love him. i love him. also, tonight, she's here. she and will smith star in a a big new movie called "focus." it's great. a very sexy movie. so much fun. margot robbie is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] it's a good movie. we don't quite know who's conning who. it's like a -- it's good. it's like the sting, but it's sexual -- yeah. yeah. they're attracted to each other. yeah, yeah, yeah. margot and i are going head to head in flip cup later in the show. [ cheers and applause ] also we have great music from tobias jesso, jr. hey. [ applause ] guys, it's time for "tonight show hashtags." here we go. ♪ hashtags hashtags ♪ >> jimmy: you guys are on twitter, right? on tw

. >> my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945.my grand fa ther. >> during the hay day, there were three paper mills, cotton mill, a silk mill, a foundry, a beehive of activity here. >> back then, a company town like this, the company actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their employees. schools, the river provided energy. the company provided nearly everything else. >> the heyday is gone. people are definitely struggling to find work. the town just kind of died during the '80s. >> when the folks came to work, they were immigrants -- >> attracted by the manufacturing here. >> correct. made it a possibility of owning a home in a real decent part of the county here. ♪ >> so my father was here, a millwright, a millwright's job is a jack of all trades if you will. if there was something to be repaired. >> you could work in a mill and live in a nice home, send your kids to school, make a living all on a mill salary. >> you bet. >> it's unthinkable now. what happened to the business? >> things are going to other c

. >>> and terrence robinson is the sixth person to be exonerated from death row in philadelphia. wilson said the state should not be in the business of killing people to kill people. >> i was on death row for prisoners and inmates. and a lot of them are part of my family, not by blood but by force by the government. >> wilson was cited for one of the reasons for the moratorium on the death penalty. >>> and the latest isis video appears to show children called cub fighters doing training exercises in syria. the instructors say the children are syrian and foreign. meantime, the father of an american aid worker killed by isis says the u.s. government put policy in front of american lives. 26-year-old kayla mueller was killed after months in captivity by isis. her death is confirmed earlier this month by her family and u.s. officials. her father talked to nbc's savannah guthrie in an exclusive interview. >> we understand the policy of not paying ransom. but on the other hand any parent out there would understand that you would want anything and everything done to bring your child hom

the decision means reprieve for convicted killer terrence williams. was scheduled to be executed on march 4th for the 1984 killing of norwood in philadelphia. 186 people are on death row pennsylvania has an executed a prisoner since 1999. >> still plans to push for death penalty for eric frein frein charged with murder in september ambush that killed corporate byron dixon and severely wounded trooper alex douglas. in a statement pike county d.a. ray tonken by wolf does not serve as i am pen med to my office of pursuit of justice in the criminal case against eric matthew frein. >> nearly a decade now since her husband was killed in the line of duty. she is frustrated with the governor's moritorium, and she told her story to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> such a good man didn't deserve to get killed. >> says the pain of losing her husband as strong today as it was when he was shot to death in march of 2004. >> i can't get my life on. you know, i can't move forward. >> leclair says today began like every other day, her husband, top of mind, b

yesterday, i talked with post reporter terrence mccoy who has been investigating. >> i'm reflecting what hotel manager said in her assessment of brian williams when she said that he misremembered that gangs were inside the hotel. >> how can he misremember -- you are a reporter, mr. mccoy, i'm not trying to give you a hard time here. i appreciate you coming on. how you can misremember there are gangs in a hotel? you can't. it's impossible. if there are gangs, there are gangs. if there aren't, there aren't. according to your article the manager ever the ritz carlton hotel clearly said there were no gangs in my hotel. where did i get it wrong? >> what happened with the hotel. >> mr. mccoy, did the manager of the hotel tell you or not tell you that there were gangs in her hotel? >> no, the manager of the hotel said there were no gangs in the hotel. >> okay. and that's the same information we have. brian williams said he was rescued from gangs by new orleans police officer named matthew pink cuss but he was not rescued from gangs. so combining that with the iraq deal wimsz had to go. but nbc

it does mean temporary reprieve for 46-year-old terrence williams of germantown. he was scheduled to die by lethal injection on march 4th. he was convicted of killing two men back in 1984. >>> an interesting twist tonight to the tale of a missing new jersey boater. he's no longer missing but he is in police custody. 45-year-old andrew bittle was wanted by egg harbor township police for allegedly staging a boating accident to escape legal troubles. bittle eventually simply vanished in july near the seventh avenue jetty in longport. the coast guard state police frantic witnesses they searched for hours thinking he had fallen off pontoon boat. no word what kind of legal troubles he's faceing. talk about bold but not very smart. upper darby police bust an alleged crack house set up directly across the street from police headquarters. police say five people were arrested last night after a three-week long investigation into what they say was a busy crack house. investigators say they found as many as 25 bags of heroin crack cocaine pills and other paraphernalia. detect

>> henson plays the scorn ex-wife of a hiphop record mogil played by terrence howard and she says she'sd people are connecting with cookie. >> she's so rich. she's every woman. she's every woman. she's the truth. that's all the only way i can put it. she's straight, no chaser and i mean she's loyal and i think that's why men and women she's colorful that's why the children like her. cookie skips all generations. she covers every generation. there's something very animateed about her that the kids identify with. >> with only six more episodes before the season finale on march 18th henson says fans should expect more drama as the characters battle for control of empire records. the new episode of empire part of a jam pack lineup on fox 29 tonight. it all starts with american i dull at 8:00 followed by empire at 9:00 and then of course a full wrap of your day's weather weather -- news, weather and sports on the fox 29 news at 10:00. >> high heels look fantastic. they can be a real pain. diss comfort not be the only thing you need to worry about. >> the new study that will make those flats

terrence codey defense tackle of the ball more ravens faces 15 criminal charges including animal abusend killing the dog. then you have joseph randall of the cowboys charged with marijuana possession. that's after being arrested during the season for stealing underwear and cologne. also today the colts dqwell jackson charged with assault after an argument over a parking space. we have did he troy guion marijuana possession and possession of firearm. i mean a gun. these players are idiots. all right the nfl is falling apart and roger goodell will not comment although he said he's available weekly. there's more. the atlanta falcons pump fake crowd noise into their stadium obviously when the opposing teams offense had the ball. they will be fined and lose draft pick. then you have the cleveland browns. they violated the rules by sending text messages to the bench. that's just stupid any way. but they will get at least a fine. but so far nothing on the patriots deflating the footballs. you have marshawn lynch. >> i'm just here so i don't get fined. >> he didn't get fined for anything. and

the decision means, a reprieve for convicted killer terrence williams.heduled to be executed march 4th for the 1984 killing of norwood in philadelphia. 186 people are on death row pennsylvania has an executed -- hasn't execute add prisoner since 1999. in response to pike county prosecutor announce that he's still plans to push for the death penalty for eric frein. frein is charged with murder in a september ambush that killed corporal byron dixon and severely wounded trooper alex douglas. in a statement pike county d.a. ray tonken says today's action does not serve as any legal i am pedestrian end, in the criminal case against eric matthew frein. >> well, justice is what gretchen leclair has pursued for nearly decade now, since her husband was killed in the line of duty. she is frustrated with the governor's moritorium, and she told her story to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> he was such a quick man. he didn't deserved to get killed. >> sales the pain of losing her husband is as strong today as it was when sergeant joseph leclair was shot to

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but always loved terrence howard, good in almost everything, good to see him on the small screen. >>e cookie too. >> i love cookie. and i love a man who can cook, and i love here athen gin 49 in south philly, you know that there is some okay firefighters that are also cooking this guy kicking it up a notch. talk about his big big tv stardom coming up. high, baby girl. >> high. >> there you go. jacklyn: our middle schools have classes that are devoted for test prep. my kids only have a half a year science and a half a year social studies to make room for preparing for the test. gina: we have no after-school programs, we have no freshman sports, we have no extra anything... okaikor: we're cutting those programs to make way for test prep. and we're not taking in to all the other things that makes a child whole. gina: we are setting our kids up to fail. >> then, cat says, it is snowing in winslow, new jersey, they're waiting to go out and slay, look at that. play in the snow. >> accepted us pictures using hashtag #fox29snow. >> everyone knows fire fight remembers great cooks, but billy h

your question, if you go back and look at some of the foundational work that was done in nuclear terrence theory, for example much of that back in the '40s and '50s was done in the academic arena. much of the original writing kissinger and others, there was a strong academic focus on so how are we going to understand this new thing we call the atom bomb? i'm trying to see is there a place in the academic world for the king of discussion? how do we get to the selective of a social norm and what are we comfortable with? >> way back. >> thank you. sputnik international news. question -- >> leeann? >> leandra. >> i'm sorry. i could hear you. i apologize. >> i'm with sputnik international news. russian press. so you've addressed the report and said you wouldn't comment. there was another report on the nsa hacking encryption keys in sim card provider. can you respond to that? i mean, you have said that we need to have a discussion, a public discussion, so how would you get that started by addressing these allegations speak with the first comment -- >> i've heard these allegations are some perio

something i remember maya angelou saying, it was not her words, but it was by an ancient writer named terrenceworld. it was i am a human being. nothing human can be alien to me. it just opens the door to infinite possibilities and that, to me is my vision for the company and how i want to leave the company always curious, always moving forward. >> choreographers come from all over the globe to work with robert battle. it will be very interesting to see where he takes this company. our shared american history, elisabeth, it's what i always say. always fun to look toward the future as well. >> and it was incredible to see such power, such art such history in motion. another incredible moment in this series. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> we will see you later today. next week, you know him as bunk from "the wire." watch. >> my father had me on the street. >> but it's what he's doing for his hometown in new orleans that will cement his legacy. the actor entrepreneur, wendell pierce next friday. not to miss. a great story. close to our series celebrating black history right this mo