got the boy safely on the bus.. lauren moss- now police say relative of hers..someone who was hurt and in trouble and needed her help. dan trelka- "she was in obious mental stress, for wat reason wedon't know.whether it was induced or occurred or whatever. now, the woman is in the hospital undergoing mental evaluation but poce say they can't find a crime to charge her with..and that's upsetting to angie. gilbert- "i feel like the system is failing parents if this is what happens. i mean it is never her to." police sayythe investigation continues... dann trelka- "we are not done with this yet.." we spoke with tara thomas of waterloo schools she says, the boy, bus driver and monitor all did the right thing and police have indicated there is no threat to the commuuty. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. police say the woman n emains in the hospital tonight, as the investigation continues. we will soon find out who will be the mayor in waterloo and cedar falls. in waterloo, the runoff election looks like th

the driver and monitor saw a woman talking to the boy. police say the woman was hallucinating- saying she thought the boy was her relative..that he was in trouble..hurt..and needed her help......but that was not the case at all... as you can angie gilbert-mother "my son made it on the bus. me really scared because what happens next time you know what if that child decides to go with that person.." police say the woman who allegedly tried to take the boy is in the hospital tonight going through mental evaluation. i spoke with chief dan trelka who says they are still investigating this situation. but because the woman told police she was worried that the boy was charge her with anything at this time. and that's frustrating for angie. she says she's not upset with the waterloo police ...but she's upset with the law..and the fact that this woman will not be in trouble after lying and almost taking her son. i'm working on that story, for tonight at 6. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. police say the woman remains in the hospital

the boys are now in d-s-s custody. the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to north carolina as early as today. 3 the circumstances surrounding this kidnapping remain a mystery. authorities say the boys may have been in town mother initiated the call for help. we hope to learn more from investigators today. 3 3 investigators need your help this morning finding a missing person in the upstate. greenville county deputies are looking for this man, doyle chism. he was last seen yesterday leaving his home on green fern drive in greenville. he is driving a black 19-95 ford f-150. chism suffers from alzheimer's and diabetes. if you see him, call the greenville county sheriff's office at 864-271-5210 3 3 3 a florida family on vacation in the mountains got quite a scare when their toddler fell out of the second floor window of their cabin. green river volunteer firefighters say a 3-year-old was playing near an open window when he fell yesterday morning. the boy did not appear to have serious injuries and is expected to

the boy later died at uc davis medical center. after that, his father and the driver did cpr for an hour. >> our detectives went to work. >> reporter: police arrested bailey last night. >> one of the worst things we've had to investigate. >> reporter: the bilittle boy's father told us when their son died they consoled bailey with food and flowers. bailey will be arraigned tomorrow. eliyce kirchner, nbc bay area news. >>> a new twist in the case of a girl whose familiar is trying to change her brain dead status. her mother says she has bowel and kidney function. jahi mcmath's mother says she is not brain dead. you may remember jahi was pronounced brain dead after complications from surgery in oakland. er her mother says they would like to move her back to oakland. in order to do that, her current brain-dead status needs to be reversed. we called the coroner, who simply said his office declared her brain dead. >>> in milpitas this morning, investigators say an officer got out of his car to check on a suspicious man. that's when a man

josh: the boys along with ralph now run the forest ave outreach shovel service.... each boy owns 20 percent of the company and they 100 percent the work... sot: 55838- ' well, the idea is its their business. they are an equal part owner. they dont make any less than i do. i dont make anymore than they do. so, its their business i want them to help to start it, manage it, and run it.' josh: they are learning invaluable lessons... like taking pride in a hard dayss work. ... 61050- have to keep bending over and my back hurts.' or how important it is to be reliable....60515- 'its nice. its nice to be able to count on them'. josh: but most importantly they are staying out of trouble. sot:61417 'she is really impressed im making money and not getting into trouble. 61356 'it teaches me how to communicate better with people. teaches me how to make money. i can see how my dad works, he has to work hard for all his money. so i get to see and feel half of his pain with me.' josh: the plan was to teach the boys about business and its paying off.... and like most good business ow

however -- thanks to police, the birthday boy is all smiles. officers in florida replaced the stolen huffy "green machine" and gave it to little carter for his birthday. they decided to all chip in for the toy after learning the family couldn't afford to replace the 89-dollar "thank you, i can't say thank you enough and i will be sure to pay it forward because that's what they did for me so i'll be sure to pass it along." here's more good news -- police eventually found the family's car. status quo for the hawks in the college football playoff poll. that's a very good thing... but will it stay that way for another week. the big 10 championship game against michigan state on saturday will decide that. for now, iowa remains at number four in the playoff poll. the top four did not change from national playoff. the 12-and-oh hawkeyes take on the spartans in indianapolis -- in what's being called a de facto two for the price of one in ames. iowa state fans see their fifth- ranked cyclones in action -- and the new football coach. matt campbell was on

she may have been thinking the worst, but she was hoping to find the boy unhurt - as were a few dozen volunteers who fanned out around the town.(al schmidt, berthold police chief) "i would say about 35 to 40 people showed up to volunteer and started to look for him. even the people who didn't show up for the search were calling around and texting, have you seen the (sarah kallhoff, searcher) "each party was taking a different street."and it turned out that kallhoff - searching an area just a block from the school near the baptist church - hit paydirt. she checked the doors and windows of the church.(sarah kallhoff, searcher) "they were all locked and the lights were all off and i was about to turn around and leave and i was calling out his name and i heard him answer and i called his name out again just to make sure i wasn't hearing things and i heard him answer again and so i went off the the south side of the building and i saw his lunch box just above the window well.(al schmidt, berthold police chief) "he had fallen in and wasn't able to get out."almost four hours in this hole - t

lauren, do we know the connection between the boys and the four people charged?police say none of the suspects are related to the kids... but one of the men charged, is an ex-boyfriend of their mother. 3 one local woman is charged with misdemeanor child abuse. trena weaver, of asheville. she is expected in court this morning. the three others... natasha cantrell, chadwick agan and christopher carter remain in a georgia jail this morning after they were arrested there yesterday. they are charged with kidnapping the two boys in asheville... ages one and three... early yesterday morning. someone dropped the children off at the buncombe county sheriff's office substation in swannanoa. right now, it is unclear who dropped them off. this was after an amber alert was issued yesterday.... and agencies from multiple states got involved. 3 10:41-54i just thankful that we were able to coordinate with the amber alert system and georgia highway patrol and jackson county sheriff's department and locate everyone very quickly and come to a safe ending.the boys are now in d-s-s c

they come from 911 tapes when a scout master was being mauled and the boys with him called for help. >> reporter: it ended with a rescue. scout leader chris petronino bundled onto a stretcher. >> 911, where is the emergency? >> we're at split rock reservoir. me and two other scouts went hiking. my scout master went into a cave and a bear was in the cave with him. >> three scouts watched in hourer, as a bear pulled him into a carve. >> the bear is on top of him? >> yes. >> reporter: the scouts showed they could be prepared in an emergency. first leaving sandwiches near the cave entrances to draw the bear out, then taking action to help rescuers locate them. >> the scouts are making the team a fire right now. we'll keep it contained and we'll make it a lot of smoke. >> reporter: as the rescuers closed in, this poignant comment from one of the scouts. >> he'll make it out of this alive. i love you guys. >> reporter: meanwhile, scout leader petronino manages to escape the bear by hitting it on the nose with a rock hammer. >> i'm sorry about all of this. >> no, no, listen. there's nothing

thankfully the boy got on the bus safely and unharmed. kwwl's lauren moss has been looking into this -- this is concerning parents.. many people reached out to not facing any charges at this time. well, police say there is still a lot to do with this case...but it's a complicated one. this story was shared hundreds of times from our kwwl facebook page overnight.. and i spoke with police today, trying to answer some of your questions.. chief dan trelka says it's a unique case because the woman was under obvious mental stress. she never touched the boy...but she did lie to his bus driver claiming she was the boy's sister..and that she needed to take him with her. she told police she tried to take him because she hallucinated and geuinenly thought the boy needed her help..and police say they can't arrest her for that right now. :she lied to the bus driver and trelka: the problem we are having is we are unable to disprove what she said because of her obvious mental health crisis. at last check the woman is still the hospital undergoing mental

though the boys are now all grown men. >> i'm growing taller. >> so he was a boy, was he? >> yeah, he was. >> they'd come back to a land that was nearly razed to the ground in 20 years of fighting. >> after the war, so much, uh, infrastructure--the little infrastructure that there was was completely gone. the village has been burned and burned over for many years. >> but since his first visit home in 2003, the towns have started to rise from the ashes. >> yes, it has changed much. last year there was no road like this. and, um, you see people going to school. all schools were closed during the war. so a lot of change is--is taking place. >> it's all coming back to life. >> yep. >> valentino was able to reconnect with the family he hadn't seen in 16 years. against all odds, his parents had survived. >> they look emaciated, they look sick, they needed a lot. i know i have a lot to offer them. but i was excited to come back and find them alive. >> deng's dream was to build a new high school in his village of marial bai, a school where the next generation could learn to help th

however -- no charges are pendinggat this time because the boy was hurt. a local teen has died from injuries sustained in a thanksgiving day car accident. officials confirm he died last night at the hospital in iowa city. 16-year-old justin shaffer was hit by another car in rural dubuque county after he overcorrected kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in downtown dubuque. and brad, you spoke with weetern dubuque's superintendent today about yet another tragedy in their district. yeah, there's no doubt this has been a tough yearrand a half for that district. they've now seen six student deaths since august of 2014. a tough day at cascade high school, as students mourn the @bhansonkwwl))"it was near this intersection behind me in rural dubuque county on thursday when officials say shaffer's car went onto the right shoulder, he overcorrected his car started on fire. meanwhile, his mother telling our coverage partners at th media that he was on his way to a family gathering." western dubuque superintendent rick colpitts. (rick colp

the boy scout leader and three boys went to explore a cave. the leader got dragged into the cave by the bear then had to wait there for an hour and 20 minutes before the bear left. the boys were able to get the bear out of the cave by lighting a signal fair. that's the latest live from morris town. back to you. >> jen, thank you. lauren, one more check of traffic. >> delays for nj transit commuters. up to 30 minutes in and out of new york penn station because of otherwise, trains look good. if you're getting on the roads, 80 eastbound by exit 42, there's an accident in the left lane causing delays. and then we do have another one out there on the west shore expressway this morning northbound out by arthur kill road for our staten island commuters. >> not so bad. getting warmer this week. >> you think about it, winter officially begins tonight. we have christmas this week. look at this seven-day forecast. look at those temperatures. chris, what do you put in your coffee in the morning? honestly. >> put more in there. >> 54 today. that's just the

the woman told police she hallucinated thinking the boy was hurt.. lauren moss- now when we first posted this story our facebook page it had more than 250 shares and a lot of people were wondering the same thing well if this woman can't be charged with abduction..can't she be chared with enticement? :she lied to the bus driver and said the boy needs to come with me..that still has no room disprove what she said because of her obvious mental police even spoke with a county attorney for advice.. we are not codoling her in any way. it's one of those situations where we don't need a law change or another law..there are laws on the book to address predators for children- she just doesn't fall in that category. i also spoke with state senator jeff danielson about parents having concern over this story- he says "the best law in the world...still wouldn't work unless we all work together as a community. we all need to be the eyes and ears and watch out for one another." . we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. trelka says the investigation is the wo

>> the boys. the testimony of the boys. they heard the gunshot. >> reporter: but the defense was about to argue that over time, both boys' testimony had changed, and in significant ways. >> heath is now stating that it sounds like a gunshot. it's something that he didn't say in the first interview, the same thing with skylar. >> reporter: heath's courtroom testimony left tom furious, not at his son but at his accusers, the people who had cared for heath while tom was or encouraging him? >> i believe so. >> coached or not, tom foley's defense team knew from day one they needed to prove the sound those boys heard was tom dropping a window pane on the back steps, and not the fatal gun blast. four days after tom foley's arrest schaeffer and koberstein took a trip to the farm to try and do just that. >> a couple of perry mason moments don't come very often. >> this is the frame that we >> reporter: right where tom said he dropped the frame, they found this tiny shard of glass. immediately they tried to match the shard with the fr

call from the boy's father. the father and son were inside the car. at the time, the mother was nearby inside this post office at the corner of harrison avenues. now, the family is at jersey city medical center. >> it was a sound of gun shots. >> we heard the glass. >> witnesses say they do not believe the family members in the car were targets. instead, caught him cross fire. as a gunman or even two of them open fire. nail salon worker says she saw one suspect. >> he was walking normally and he started running. >> the gunman is still on the loose. the boy's injuries described as not life threatening. dave karlyn, cbs 2 news. >>> all right, dave, thank you. new at 6:00, some fliers at laguardia airport are frustrated after their spirit airlines flight was evacuated because of a smoke condition. cbs 2 is live with more on that story. brian. >> dianne, some terrifying moments for hundreds of holiday travelers here today at terminal b at laguardia when smoke started pouring out of a spirit airlines jet just before i

the 5 and 0 ridge view boys visiting 2 and 2 west monona. early on, the raptors start fast as ryan currie gets the pass on the side, and he goes up between two defenders for the basket to put ridge view up four. but the spartans answer back when tyler westendorf gets the board and takes it all the way for the layup and the foul, spartans now down two. later on, westerndorf makes the pass to alex harris, who nails the 3-pointer to pull the spartans within two. break, garret lamp attacks the defense and makes the tough shot, ridge view beats the spartans, 69 to 5656 the 5 and 0 maple valley, anthon-oto girls hosting 3 and 2 woodbury central. late 2nd quarter, emalee fundermann goes coast to coast for the basket, she'd score her one thousandth career point tonight, rams up 2. later on, woooury central moves the ball around and payge ronfeldt hits the shot, giving the wildcats a one point lead. the wildcats would take advantage of a turnover, jacey stratton chases down the ball and makes the layup to extend woodbury central's lead. last play of t

the family. multiple agencies work to locate these boys. an amber alert was issued and shortly after someone dropped the children off unharmed at the sheriff's office substation. as of now, it is unclear who dropped these boys off. they are thousand in dss custody. we have a lot of unanswered questions in this case. of course, the three being held in georgia are set to possibly have their first court appearance. they say they could be extradited to north carolina as early as this afternoon. we are waiting to learn when that may happen and if they'll have their first appearance. kimberly is following this story and we'll have more. we'll join you for another update. >> police in waynesville are investigating a car crash. the police chief says investigators are looking into whether alcohol was involved. the accident happened christmas eve morning on russ avenue. according to investigators, jackie brown struck a pickup 374. brown hasn't been charged. hurt. we will have more on this tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >> a storm subpoena that stretches as

to the boys and checkout the bouncer from ryan moyle to wilson white who finishes.. springville responds with the three ball corner pocket from jp cain. but look at the athletic baseline jumper from moyle and alburnett wins the boys game 58-32. and finally the cedar rapids rampage looking for their first win of he season against chicagag alex megson had a couple of chances to score off the power play..but couldn't and chicago scored moments later with power play on... efrain wilo martinez with left footer and chicago beat cedar rapids and they also won the gymnastics competition. thanks scott. one la look at the forecast, it lasted. high temperatures today will only be above normal by a few degrees and we'll see plenty of sunshine, but high temperaturur tomorrow will be a different story. we bring in a few more clouds for sunday, but that won't stop temperatures from rising into th upper 40s for highs. a warm front will lift alalwing for this warming, but a cold front is following close behind. this cold front will bring somewhat cooler tempatures, but we remain abov

the school bus. but a 5-year-old boy was left on the bus. >> one mistake the little boy fell down to sleep and i look back i thought that he went to school and i went home and that happened. i feel so sorry about that. >> reporter: a passerby on prospect street saw the boy on the bus. during the 9-1-1 call you could hear the little boy crying. >> he's very upset. upset i think he was alone maybe for half an hour. single father of two ages 5 and 7. >> i'm a father and i don't feel so good about it. >> reporter: says this was genuinely a mistake. >> so today is not my day because i love kids and i love my job. i love to do this because these little kids can go to school, learn. things happen. i feel so sorry about it. keep the eye on the kids and be careful with the kids. that's all i can say i don't feel good. >> reporter: so tonight to be clear the school bus company has no affiliation with the school district themselves. the family hired them as a private driver tonight show say may face reckless endangerment charges. also jose has been in touch with the 5-year-old boy's family and the mom says she

lauren, where were the boys located? >>lauren: jay, someone dropped them off actually at the buncombe county sheriff offense office substation in swannanoa. authorities have not yet confirmed exactly who that was that dropped them off, but the boys were found unharmed yesterday. now, one local woman was actually taken into custody yesterday. her name is tryna weaver and she is expected in court here in asheville. she which is charged with misdemeanor child abuse. three other suspects, that tasha cantrell, tradewick aiken and christopher carter are sitting in a georgia jail charged with kidnapping the two boys in asheville early yesterday morning. agencies from several states worked to locate these boys after an amber alert was also issued yesterday. these suspects are related to the kids. the only tie to the children is that aiken was actuallyy an exboyfriend of their mother. so, the boys are ages 1 and 3 and now in dsss custody and we are expected to learn more from investigators today. as far as the circumstances surrou

the little boy was later found unresponsive and died at uc davis medical center. >> severe brain injury was detected. >> police arrested bailey last night. a horrific tragedy just days before christmas. >> one of the worst things we have to investigate. >> just awful. we spoke with the little boy's family who told us their older 3-year-old daughter witnessed what happened. they say that bailey actually dropped their son and that the little girl has re-created what happened with her dolls. bailey will be arraigned here tomorrow. live in fairfield tonight, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> well, this was the moment everyone was waiting for. a southwest airlines jet came in for an emergency landing at oakland international airport. the landing was smooth, but it came after some agonizing hours during which the jet circled the airport. nbc bay area's pete joins us live from the airport with the stories passengers are now telling of their big scare in the air. good evening. >> good evening. thankfully, no one was injured during this emergency landing. in fact, some folks hopped on the nex

. >> this is the long portion of the tree that snapped killing the boy around 6:00 that evening. it appears the tree had been weakened because the top of it either broke off or died some time in the past. it is something an arborist has to determine now that somebody has been killed here. it happened off the trail around lake merritt next to the ferry land sign. a witness says three teens were siting on this long branch when another 16-year-old boy jumped up and grabbed on to the end of it. the witness tells me he gave the boy cpr, but he realized that there is no hope because it looked like the boy's neck was badly broken. the victim's parents and other adults were there celebrating a birthday. all gathered around and went as the cor neither took the body. >> it was like, wow. i feel bad for the family and during the holidays. my prayers go out to them. >> oakland police say it appears this was all an unfortunate accident as the boy's body was taken away his parents were given a chance to have a moment with their son. they thanked the police and went home in tears. at lake merrit

he has been injured by the bear. >> the scout leader was not on an official boy scout outing. just taking his son and two friends off the trail to explore a cave he had been inside earlier this month. but when he lowered himself into the opening this time -- >> a bleak bear quickly grabbed his foot. and pulled him further into the cave. the victim struck the bear twice in the head with a rock hammer. he then pulled his sweatshirt over his head and curled into a fetal position. >> the black bear's teeth and claws had severely cut the 50- year-old father's head, arm and leg. and he managed to yell instructions to the boys to use bananas and their trail mix to distract the animal. >> and they threw it at the entrance to the cave, and in an attempt to lure the bear out with the treat, the snacks they were carrying in order to get the bear to leave. >> the chief says everyone is lucky to be alive. at the victim's home, friends >> they are pretty amazing kids. sometimes we don't give our kids enough credit. >> others in the community were quick to commend the young scouts and police

none of the boy scouts were hurt... the scout master is expected here's a look at what's coming up on "today... today show sot hoverboards were one of the more popular gifts this holiday season... but popular gifts this holiday season... but the rd pose is becoming well known. especially when they are caught on camera. this hoverboard exploded and caught fire in a texas mall yesterday. it prompted an evacuation of the mall for a short time. the board was one of several being sold by a kiosk vendor. mall-goers were left to question the safety of hoverboards. they're just trying to sell it to you quick and easy and get you up out thel.uloy what i'm doing with it. mall officials say they have not decided whether to continue to allow the sale o hoverboards in the mall. just call him batman a mascot becomes a hero after catching but it's not the first time this has happened in but he would make a pretty good bat catcher. a bat made its way into the spurs arena... flying around the court the spurs game last the coyote... quick

over the weekend the same boys were back at it...holding signs saying they're broke and hungry... once again mike offered them a job...they declined...so mike decided to join them... pictures captured mike standing on the corner with them... holding his own sign... 33:27 'offered these guys a job. they said no. dont give them money.' the picture has gone viral... 27:26 'all of a sudden it just went kaboosh i mean it just blew up.' while mike doesn't have a problem with panhandlers he says he wants to make sure they really need the help. 24:32 "it upsets me that we have younger kids or people that can work that are doing that." it's not the first time mike offered a job to a panhandler to only have them turn the offer down... 27:44 'its about you know people that really do need money and maybe they do but i think they can work too.' and he says it won't be the last time either... 31:11 'if theyre going to stand out there and hold a sign and ask for money and say theyre homeless i can hold a sign out there i offered these guys a job dont give them money.' mike says the job offer is s

the top ranked iowa city west boys hosted wash tonight.. scott westerberg has more fromom iowa city. it was christmas sweater night in the trojan's student section and they had plenty to cheer about early on....devontae lane to wali parks for the two handed- flush....west the run again....lane to tanner lohaus for the bucket, but lohaus turns his ankle on the play...he stays down for a couple minutes and eventually the uni commit was helped off the court. lohaus left the gym on crcrtches shortly aftt that....back to the action...final few seconds of the half....wash trying to in-bounds but patrick mccaffery with the steal...the freshman throws it down....trojans led by 10 at the break....but the warriors keep it close in the third....laveec hie williams with the lay-in to pull wash within 7....but west always had an answer....the pass ahead to west beats wash 63-49. in iowa city, scott westerberg tv9 sporor. lots of hoops tonight.. the prairie boys coming off that upset win over wahlert were at linn-mar. josh has the highlights. only 14 poin

babysitting at the time of the lit ill boy's drowning. his 1-year-old sister and 6-year-old sister were home at the time, too. they were not harmed and are now in protective custody. sam and laura? >> tragic story there. this is breaking news into our newsroom this morning. comedian bill cosby will be charged in the investigation of an alleged sexual assault from more than a decade ago. this is the first time criminal charges against cosby after dozen of women came forward saying he sexually assaulted them. the "today" show will continue coverage on this story in a few minutes. it's a 2004 case with a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by bill cosby. >> reportedly former temple university employee. >>> 6:57. let's get a final check of weather. what do you know? it's still cold kari. >> still frosty, freezing in spots. we're now at 34 degrees in the north bay. 35 in the south bay. today will be slightly milder than yesterday. a few more clouds in the mix. highs reaching 53 degrees in san francisco, the last wednesday of 20 2015. what

that's when santa decided to go the extra mile and joined the boy on the floor. the story has already been shared more than a million times. coming up on live at 5...tap to togetherness, the surprising results researchers say can come from a specific kind of dance lesson. meanwhile, this is a live look in cedar rapids. let's check in with chief meteorologist jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible cool in the 30s and 40s 40s skies are fair fair highs were in the range of 45-50 except where snow was on the ground in the n/west n/west saturday look s great but clouds and cooler weather will sunday highs were in the upper 40s to near 50 with no rain rain curren

the young boys in the back seat, what they did next may have prevented tragedy. the 64-year-old somehow lost control of his truck on this road. the truck careend 25 yards in the woods after hitting several trees and rocks. temple was hurt and trapped. his 8 and 5-year-old grandsons managed to escape and ran to a nearby home for help. >> i heard them knocking on the door. i went out there and his face was all blood and hands were all blood. they were saying, what's the matter? my papa, you got to help him. his head is bleeding and he needs help. >> ray and his son called 911 and followed the boys to the crash scene. >> how are you doing, he was able to communicate and stuff. the first question he asked was >> they freed temple from the manglinged wreck. >> they were shaken up but they responded in the appropriate manner and got help on the scene which was as fast as they could. >> the boy's courageous trek through the woods and over a creek likely saved their grandfather's life. >> he was bleeding profusely from the head. his knees were stuck. he couldn't move at

. >> this is the long portion of the tree that snapped killing the boy around 6:00 that evening. it appears the tree had been weakened because the top of it either broke off or died some time in the past. it is something an arborist has to determine now that somebody has been killed here. it happened off the trail around lake merritt next to the ferry land sign. a witness says three teens were siting on this long branch when another 16-year-old boy jumped up and grabbed on to the end of it. the witness tells me he gave the boy cpr, but he realized that there is no hope because it looked like the boy's neck was badly broken. the victim's parents and other adults were there celebrating a birthday. all gathered around and went as the cor neither took the body. >> it was like, wow. i feel bad for the family and during the holidays. my prayers go out to them. >> oakland police say it appears this was all an unfortunate accident as the boy's body was taken away his parents were given a chance to have a moment with their son. they thanked the police and went home in tears. at lake merrit

the the woman driving by noticed the boy. the father -- the driver is a father 6 two who spoke only to fox25 and never meant any harm. >> one mistake. the little boy fell down to sleep. and i looked back. i saw that he went to school. and i went home and that happened. i feel so sorry about that. >> michael: nunez may face child endangerment charges. the mother for her part forgives him. >>> the attorney for the driver who lost control of a red union will train said his client is sick because all of the stress surrounding the incident. vasquez's lawyer said he miss vasquez's lawyer said he missed a disciplinary hearing because his doctor told him too. he was operating a red line from quincy when he got out to flip a switch and as fox25 reported did not secure the brake sending the train several miles several miles with no one at the controls. at the hearing his attorney said my client has a long record with the mbta ands do his best to drive them as safely as possible. it is his or herable this guy is under an immense amount o

the wayne boys - 1-4, at home against 3-2 wisner-pilger. good passes lead to logan godbersen hitting the deep 2-pointer to give wisner-pilger a two point lead. but wayne would control it from there, grayson mcbride gets the long pass in the corner, and he sinks the three to put the blue devils up four. later, the blue devils get it done in the paint as drew davie misses his shot but colby keiser is there to grab the board and get the basket, putting wayne up four once again. the blue devils strike again as this time a long pass leads to payten gamble hitting the 3-pointer, and wayne takes down the gators tonight, 53 to 44. to the tyson - musketeers have won two straight - tri-city in town tonight. first period - storm on the power play - but eeli the other way - and converts for a short-handed goal - musketeers take a 1-0 lead on the great individual effort. tri-city strikes back - they get there to rebound his own miss - storm tie tri-city gets another chance off the face off - but look at the save by gornet - falling on the puck - musketee

unlike other donations the boys' club has received in the past, this donation is special. "this was a really interesting donation because it was completely unsolicited," said boys club of sioux city's chief professional officer eldon benson. "someone called us and they had decided that this is something that they wanted to do for the kids of sioux city. a lot of our kids come from low-income families, so to be able to have this kind of christmas gift item for them is something that's really special." to go with their new wheels, each kid also received a bike lock and a voucher for a helmet. christmas trees are everywhere right now. straight ahead, we'll show you how one company has become the top seller of the holiday item. forecast next! << >> << wx timer @ 2:45 winter weather advisory for knox, cedar, antelope, pierce, holt, clay (sd), yankton, and lincoln counties this morning rain mixing with some snow and perhaps some sleet is moving across the viewing area this morning, so be sure to plan for a longer morning commute in anticipation of slick f not snow-covered roads a

the 51-year-old suffocated the boy in a rage after the child would not stop crying. when the infant's mother danielle white discovered the child barely breathing he allegedly threatened to kill her if she called to call 9-1- 1. they both left the apartment and buried the child in dutchess county. it was not until miss white was unsuccessful suicide attempt when she explained what happened. and the boy was recovered from his shallow grave. >> i never knew he was that type of person. i can't believe it. it is savage. >> reporter: that's the reaction from neighbors up and down the street. danielle white is a teacher in the new york public school system. i'm told he is held in police center. it is not clear when he'll be arraigned on the murder charge. >>> the woman accused of killing her fiance on a back in court. she removed the plug of her fiance's kayak in april. she is stopped from receiving any payouts until all legal measures are resolved. >>> amtrak is improving safety measures for trains between new york and philadelphia. the prevention system is called positive

the space is small, and the rescuers risk endangering the young boy. pry the door enough to get air into the tiny box. they can see the boy covering his ears. he's afraid but still alive. after hours of uncertainty, the boy is pulled to safety as the crowd cheers. he's checked out by medical personnel and given a clean bill of health. >>> traveling halfway around the world from istanbul to new york city to a man stuck in a bigger box. as fears go, this is a pretty big one for so many people. nicholas white is trapped alone in an elevator. no watch, no cell phone, no water and no idea that he'll be stuck there not just for hours but for days. nicholas is a production manager for "business week" magazine, working a late shift in midtown manhattan on friday night. it's just before 11:00 p.m. when he decides to head down from his 43rd office for a smoke break. on his way back up, somewhere between the 1st and 43rd floors, nicholas feels a jolt. then suddenly, the car stops. as he buzzes the alarm, he's expecting someone to answer, but it rings and rings and

the tsonga is even hoping the local boy scouts. the local boy scouts. >> this is the star wars event you are looking for. 501ce: boy scout troop posted at event, bringing fans and 20 vendors together. funds benefit the boy scouts. and you can get into the "star wars" spirit every morning. we will be giving away opening-night tickets along with special "star wars" prizes. all you have to do is watch and wait for the q2 call. that is weekdays, every day, starting at 4:24. -- all you have to do is watch and wait for the cue to call. weekend, "the hunger games" was tops in the box office. a disappointing showing for "in the heart of the sea." devon: feels like spring. the cloud cover, chance of rain in the evening monday. 5:00 until 8:00 is the window. then it will get cooler, but not cold until next weekend. horace: stay with us. ♪ centrum brings us the biggest news... in multivitamin history. a moment when something so familiar... becomes something so...new. introducing new centrum vitamints. a multivitamin that contains a full spectr

the top ranked iowa city west boys hosted wash tonight.. scott westerberg has more from it was chrisisas sweater night in the trojan's student section and they had plenty to cheer about early on....devontae lane to wali parks for the two handed- flush....west on the run again....lane to tanner lohaus for the bucket, but lohaus turns his ankle on the play...he stays down for a couple minutes and eventually the uni commit was helped off the court. lohaus left the gym on crutches shortly after that....back to the action...final few seconds of the half....wash trying to in-bounds but patrick mccaffery with the steal...the freshman throws it down....trojans led by 10 at the break....but the warriors keep it close in the third....laveec hie williams with the lay-in to pull wash within 7....but west always had an answer....the pass ahead to mccaffery for another bucket as west beats wash 63-49. in iowa city, scott westerberg tv9 sports. lots of hoops tonight.. the prairie boys coming off that upset win over wahlert were at linn-mar. josh has the hi

unlike other donations the boys' club has received in the past, this donation is special. "this was a really interesting donation because it was completely unsolicited," said boys club of sioux city's chief professional officer eldon benson. "someone called us and they had decided that this is something that they wanted to do for the kids of sioux city. a lot of our kids come from low-income this kind of christmas gift item for them is something that's really special." to go with their new wheels, each kid also received a bike lock and a voucher for a helmet. today, some of the ktiv crew had a chance to spread a little holiday cheer in northeast nebraska. the "tree of love" made a stop in wakefield, nebraska this afternoon. ktiv's very own al joens and tj springer visited the wakefield care center with the folks from the wakefield branch of the iowa nebraska bank. there was singing of christmas carol and handing out gifts. brad's here -- there are two new college football coaches in siouxland. usd has hirerebob nielson away from a conference rival. and, dordt has a new head

the boys squad is 2 and loss. canton will be looking for their first win on the boys side. the lady c-hawks come in at 1 and 1. 3 hey vikings fans! we are a little bummed out here about our sister. our sister station kpth fox 44 no longer will have the vikings vs. giants game a week from sunday. no worries though because you can still watch the game on nbc sunday night. it's part of flex scheduling so basically it means the vikings are playing so well and the giants are in a playoff push too so we no longer have that game. again, if you turn on the tv at 1 hoping to see that game don't worry it's just going to be played a little later on the other guys network. 3 scary moment yesterday at the oklahama city thunder, cavaliers game. hustling for a lose ball lebron james crashed into a female fan, ellie day, wife of pga champion,jason day, sitting courtside, 3 lebron lands on top of her and to check on her.... she would be taken away on a stretch to be evoluated, she was alert but very shaken up....... 3 3 3 3 <

quickly determined that this death was suspicious and soon after that, it was determined that the little boy was placed in a bathtub and intentionally drowned. let's take a look at the person in custody for this. it's 51-year-old grandmother dawn raines-hewes. fairfield police and fire personnel went to her house on the 100 block of jefferson in fairfield -- 1400 block of jefferson in fairfield yesterday morning when they found the little boy around 11:00. >> officers and fire personnel found a 4-year-old little boy who was unconscious, not breathing. they began resuscitation efforts. the 4-year-old was taken to a nearby trauma with where he died . >> reporter: raines-hewes is being held without bail at the solano county jail. a 6-year-old and 1-year-old were also in her care yesterday but they are okay. so as this investigation continues, police are still trying to determine motive. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> san jose police are investigating a stabbing that wounded a man and woman on the city's east side. it happened just after 6:00 yesterday afternoon at a carls junior restaurant. investiga

the heard watches as dad and the boys load up for a trip to the plant. -- herd watches as dad and theoys load up for a trip to the plant. across the river, they see this view. this is hormel. plant began on this site in 1891. today is the largest of nine companies slaughtering operations. available at the austan, fort dodge, iowa, and fremont, nebraska locations. as the family registers, the hormel guide arrives to show them through the plant. hormel has 15 processing plants, six distribution centers, and licensing arrangements for the manufacture of special products in canada, ireland, england, and venezuela. one of the first sites on the tour is the old engine used by george hormel. a display of popular hormel products, more than 750 different items, are produced here. some of which are spam, hormel chlili, beef stew, and dry sausage. from balconies you can look across entire rooms of assembly, or rather, disassembly activity. the boys watch as hog carcasses are broken down into primal cuts. after chilling, the carcass passes over a firmly anchored knife which separates the two side

student the little boy's sister watched as the neighbor perform cpr but it was too late. >> a4-year-olds grandmother is in jail after she told police she deliberately drowned him. our reporter spoke to a neighbor the said he tried to say that little boy's life.>>reporter: a mandatory suicide watch for this grandmother, fairfield police confirmed that she confessed to drowning her own for-year-old grandson. as word got out of her arrest a neighbor who only wants to be identified as cody thought it was an accident. he never imagined the little boy he tried to save dying at the hands of his own grandmother. he was across the street when he heard her frantic cries. >> she put the door open and i heard her say oh my god's i kept walking and then she said it again and louder and more frantic and i ran over to see what was going on and she told me she left her grandson in the bathroom too long or the bathtub too long. format cody dialed 911 and began cpr. he said the boy was wearing underwear and was laying in the hallway. see mickey was curled up on his side and i had to lay him out to perfor

look at the boy near the rack.hes and to get away one knocked the boy into the ground as he ran out of store. the boy ran after the thief and managed to puncture a fire of their get away car but they still managed to escape. fortunately, the boy will be okay. >> how do you knock over a kid? come on. >> normally this type -- time of year. >> appreciate family and friends so we will wipe clean that last aimpression and bring you something we thing you will like anonymous donor gave the sheriff deputy a crazy amount of money and deputies pulled over drivers and happened over $13030 -- bills rather than the tickets. >> as it turns out, the deputy was left feeling emotional. >> just pulled opinion anies from the bang to go shopping at i wallet matter and was in tears. >> it families good to do something. >> born. 21 bills $100 bills were pulled over and they all had a story of why they could use the extra. >> ready to throw signs at you, reggie? >> most of us know the story of how rudolph saved christmas. have you wonde

the boy died at her home. tonight we hear the stunned reaction from those who know her. here's abc 7 news reportser lori anthony. >> she sits in the solano county jail accused of droing her own grandson in this bathtub. police say it was no accidents. >> it was during the questioning of the grand mother. she admitted to the intentional act of drowning the boy. >> he was found about 1 178 a.m. tuesday unresponsive. police arrested the woman a short time later based on statements she played that she intentionally drounled the boy. we spoke with a relative by telephone. le. >> the whole family lovesler and we do not see her doing anything like this whatsoever. no. no. >> it's not clear whether the boy and his two sisters lived at the home in fairfield or were just visiting. attempts to reach their parents have been unsuccessful. a neighbor says raines-hewes used their phone. >> i think it was kinds of weird. >> that was shortly before the police arrived? >> actually, it was like 30 minutes before they arrived. >> haynes hughes posted this pictures on her -- raines-hewes pos

this "viewchange" short film from "living proof" tells the story. [boy singing] translator: my name is maheswori. i'm 19 years old. my husband went to india to work. here there is no food. no rice, no nothing. around here there's no work. i am very, very scared. everyone has been asking about it, and that makes me even more scared. my first child was breach born, and i might just die this time. if i will live, i will live. if i will die, i will die. some said take her to the hospital. some said drive her down. everyone had opinions. but how would you get a car without money? in november, my daughter was born. i had the baby in our cow shed. for 12 days after the birth, the baby and i were kept in the cow shed. on the 13th day, we were allowed out. you can't take a newborn in the house. god gets angry. you're better off in the cow shed. induka kari: she was completely unaware of the fact that she would need medical care, because her first child was breach born. if she hadn't gotten proper care by a trained birth attendant, she would have died. maheswori:

the little boy's name is thor thompson. he died last week at the uc medical center after being found unresponsi unresponsive. she violently shook the boy can then dropped him. she was babysitting him at a home on travis air force base in fairfield. yesterday she gave us her side of the story in a jailhouse interview. she says she didn't do. >> did the baby fall on the floor under your care? as far as you know, the baby never fell? >> bailey claims the boy spit up blood, blacked out when she was driving him home last thursday. an autopsy showed the toddler had suffered a severe brain injury. >>> a possible break in the investigation of a deadly hit and run in san francisco. police are now asking for help identifying an image they say may be the driver's car. this is the image taken from a surveillance camera. police say it is a four-door black honda or nissan sedan that hit a person walking at mission and 26th streets. this happened early friday morning. happened near the 24th street b.a.r.t. station and anyone who recognizes