right now on "first look" -- folks in parts of the midwest, northeast, still in the dark and cold following the sunday ice storm. 1.3 million people face losing their emergency unemployment benefits tomorrow. >>> ice breakers race to the coast of antarctica, after a call from a big ship trapped with nearly 70 people on board. >>> and two massive highway palts in pennsylvania. >>> argentine travelers attacked by fish. >>> and a web glitch. >>> tens of thousands are in the dark and cold. some this season just wants heat and power. kevin tibbles has more. >> reporter: across the midwest and north let's, crews have been scrambling to restore power to those who lost it in last weekend's massive ice storm. >> going along. >> reporter: in lansing, michigan, this family has been without power for five days. spent the last three nights in a hotel room. they spent christmas day shivering in coats at home opening presents. >> all the other things don't mat person we were together and still had a great christmas. >> reporter: in maine, 94-year-old grace has been in the dark since sunday. a friend came

that's part of the darkness he would see in the world. remember, this is the same pope who is very much against any kind of attack in syria by the united states. he went directly to president putin, wrote a letter and said, i am opposed to this. do everything you can with the leaders there to avoid this. and then he had a whole day of prayer for peace, for the situation in syria, so you see, he's a pope who's very comfortable playing on the world stage and getting involved in these issues as well. and he's going to use this homily and has. i think it's interesting. he said jesus, love incarnate pitched his tent in our midst. so god becomes one with us. but the challenge is how do we become one with god. how do we reciprocate now that god has come among us. >> and let's listen to a little more of the homily. >> translator: you are immense, and you made yourself small. you are rich, and you made yourself poor. you are all powerful, and you made yourself vulnerable. on this night, let us share the joy of the gospel. god loves us. he so loves

law and social policies in many ways despite the dark side of federal indian law. we have here in the united states core human rights values. our american revolution was based on the human rights principle, the human rights rell rell -- principle is what birthed our nation. furthermore, we have an indian self-determination policy that president nixon announced in 1970. and this indian self-determination policy is very compatible with, in respects, the self-determination framework of the u.n. declaration. and thirdly, our legal culture here in the u.s., um, at its very best and in its finest hour, um, seems to be compatible with these u.n. standards. as we can see that in, say, the ten best indian cases ever decided. religious freedom cases and so on and so forth are compatible with these standards. the problem is that our legal culture in its finest hour is sometimes very fleeting, and these cases have been eroded over time. and and our legal culture does not often rise to its finest hour. but in its finest hour, it demonstrates that our legal culture is compatible

and some have been in the dark since saturday. the storm is also blamed for 27 deaths. >> it may look like a winter wonderland, but for many people across canada and the u.s. in this holiday season, there has been little cheer. hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without power in an ice storm sweeping down from arctic. it has taken a toll. many road users lose control of their vehicles. across the north, a main concern for the emergency services. >> we have to go up there to help everybody. >> many people in vermont spent christmas day in the cold and the dark. firefighters went door-to-door to check on residents and let people know about shelters. across canada and the u.s., they are trying to stay warm, using generators. that has increased carbon monoxide poisoning and already deaths have been report. for the most, there is little chance of a letup to the arctic blast. these conditions will not ease for several days. >> when we come back on aljazeera america. >> we have had tornadoes, and hail storms, and all of those k

the book of isaiah. people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. on monday francis visited his predecessor, pope benedict xvi, wishing him a merry christmas and praying together. another extraordinary image from a man who's captivated the world with simple acts of kindness and humility, welcoming the little boy who hugged him and wouldn't leave his side, embracing a disfigured man, even posing for selfies with tourists. and this week, reminding the faithful this season is about so much more than the parties and presents. tweeting, "christmas celebrations are often full of sound. it would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of love." on christmas day pope francis will deliver the traditional christmas blessing, urbi et orbi, latin for "to the city and to the world." before the unconventional people's pope what everyone really wants to know is how he plans to celebrate this holiday. david? >> lama hasan, merry christmas to you. >>> back here at home tonight and to made in america, our christmas finale here tonight with your one

. >>> tens are thousands are still in the dark and cold waiting for the power to come back on days after a big ice storm. >>> plus, a skier's camera captures terrifying moments in colorado. mcdonald's takes decisive action against its own employee site and how texting may actually help strengthen the family bond. >>> and a very good morning to you. i'm kristen welker. hope you had a great holiday. for some the grinch came in two forms this christmas. first stubborn weather left hundreds of thousands in the dark and thousands more woke up without their gifts. nbc's ron mott has more on the holiday that wasn't so jolly for all. >> reporter: near grand rapids, michigan, weather made for treacherous driving. at least a dozen accidents on i-96. crews spent the day in the bitter cold trying to restore power to more than 200,000 families left in the dark for days by a weekend snow and ice storm. >> it's very rewarding to be here and to help people out. >> reporter: and while rough weather made for some tough going for delivery drivers in recent days, weather isn't solely to blame for holiday pa

and tonight, hundreds of thousands of homes are still in the dark. >>> the celebration. tonight, around the world, at the vatican the pope's christmas mess we're with the troops in afghanistan, and a country retreat for the royal family. >>> and making a difference for a lot of good dogs this christmas. up in the air with a brand new ticket to a brand new life. nightly news begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. >>> good evening. i'm in for brian tonight. it's been a tough day for more than 200,000 people still in the dark and cold, waiting for the power to come back on, days after a big ice storm. other families were left upset and empty handed after a backup for ups and fed ex meant some presents did not make it for christmas. we start off outside 30 rock here if new york. good evening. >> reporter: for folks who waited until today to travel for the holiday, it's been mostly smooth sailing. but in michigan and elsewhere, the weather is adding to the headache some people are feeling. near grand rapids,

together and we still had a great christ. >> reporter: in may, 94-year-old grace burley has been in the dark since sunday. a friend came by to spend the night to make sure she is okay. temperatures in her home dropped to the 40s. >> there you go, grace. >> there is nothing you can do, really. you wait it out. you keep your sense of humor, because this too shall pass. >> reporter: they say they are worried about carbon monoxide poisoning. there have been multiple deaths in the u.s. and canada. >> we ask anyone using an emergency generator use it outdoor only and never, ever, ever, in a basement or even in an attached garage. >> it is i equally grim north of the border if parts of canada where at least 100,000 also remain without power from toronto to the maritimeles. electrical crews continue to work around the clock in frigid icy conditions. in pennsylvania, those icy conditions are being blamed on several multivehicle pileups and crashes along the pennsylvania turnpike. >> it's winter. it is cold. we say it's going to get a little of a warm-up. we are still talking about just in the 30s. >>

. >>> waking up cold and in the dark. that doesn't sound like fun. hundreds of thousands without power days after a deadly snowstorm in the northeast. is there any relief in sight? chad myers is tracking the forecast. >> ready for war? north korea's leader vowing for violence. could this threat become reality? we are live. >> good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm pamela brown. >> i'm miguel marquez with coal in my stocking. >> at least you got something. >> it is thursday, december 26th, 5:00 a.m. in the eastern. we begin with breaking news. american government contractor kidnapped with militants pleading to the u.s. to negotiate with his captors. he was abducted in 2011. the video made in captivity urges president obama to step up his efforts to get him released. >> it has been more than two years since i was taken prisoner by al qaeda while i was working as a consultant on u.s. government programs in pakistan. now, 72 years of age. i'm not in good health. i have a heart condition. i suffer from acute asthma and the years have taken their to

coming out of the dark. look at this, literally brightening the days of millions of people in russia. was -- prince william was dating kate middleton. >> ross shimabuku is here with sport. >> dennis rodman is in north korea to train basketball players for an upcoming player. he wants everyone to know he's not a joke. this is the same guy who dressed up in a wedding gown and will rite a book with his bff, kim jong un. the 52-year-old rodman, who never shies away from the spotlight arrived in north korea >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are today's headlines. emergency jobless benefits a lifeline for many americans unemployed. that means about 1.3 million people who have been out of work for months will be cut off. >>> new york judge has ruled the nsa widespread spying activities are legal. that decision just days after another federal judge said the program was unconstitutional. >>> and winter moscowites often deal with 18 hours of darkness. but the government is trying to cheer

. >>> it's been an ice christmas for folks in parts of the midwest and northeast still in the dark and cold and still dealing with misery following the sunday ice storm. and tonight it appears for some the situation could get worse. nbc's kevin tibbles is in east lansing, michigan. kevin, good evening. >> reporter: natalie, it's going to be another miserable night for thousands after all this ice has brought down trees, damaged homes, and left a lot of families in the dark for christmas. on the second day of christmas, all more than 100,000 people want is their electricity back. across the midwest and northeast crews have been scrambling to restore power to those who lost it during last weekend's massive ice storm. >> blitzing the area and going along. >> reporter: in lansing michigan, the danzigers spent the last three nights in a hotel room. >> still no power. >> reporter: they spent christmas day shivering in coats at home under the christmas tree opening presents. >> all the other things don't matter. that we were together and still had a great christmas. >> reporter: in maine, 94-

so that's why they're called out of the darkness. >> and the walks are fun, right? >> the walks are fun. you become a community. a small community. our first walk we went on approximately a year after my daughter passed away, i was looking for something. found on the website and we went on our first walk. you feel very we loved. you're with people who care and who understand what you're been through or what you're going through. people are there who have lost someone just recently or 25 years ago or longer. >> so you've got a great support group right there. >> very great support group. >> and the website once again? >> afsp.org. >> janice, thank you so much for being here. sorry about the loss of your daughter, but i appreciate the work you're doing. >> thank you so much. >>> and we do have to take a short break. we're going to meet in a moment an important organization working hard to minimize the high rate of suicide in our young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. stay with us. to those whoworried...... poked and prodded... taken risks... and

at this point, bge is reporting 25 people in the dark and the cold. erika gonzalez continues our team coverage from arlington where she spoke to a woman who was diabetic and tells us how neighbors stepped in to help as to crews are working to get that power on. erika? >> wendy, when you rely on insul insulin, keeping it cool in the fridge, losing power is not an option. >> wandering around in the dark. everything is -- touch. >> it's been a rough couple of days for valerie but you would never know it by her demeaner. >> take it as it comes. >> reporter: she's diabetic and needs her insulin and she's been without power since yesterday. so the tree limb came down sunday night? >> yeah. and broke the wires down and i still had electric. >> until yesterday. >> the truck went through the cones, got caught up in the wire and everything was gone. >> reporter: dominion power has had 1300 employees working on outages like valerie's around the clock. >> putting the main feeder on makes a lot of people happy. it makes us happy to do that but inevitably in a stor

from the new movie "thor: the dark world," natalie portman is here! ere. >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: i love her. she is so cool. plus, he stars in the new movie "the best man holiday," taye diggs is stopping in. [ cheers and applause ] wait, do you like taye diggs? and then here to close out the show, one of my favorite comedians, i have been going on tour. i started this tour called the "clean cut comedy tour." i asked my friends if you have like 20 minutes of clean material let's go on the road. i don't even know if they have 20 minutes of clean material but they do. it is a really fun tour. if i'm in your city check us out. it is all clean. it's me, seth herzog, julie mccullough, nick thune, and right here, this guy tonight, nate bargatze. [ cheers and applause ] nate bargatze. he's awesome. you are going to love him. he will be your new favorite comedian. i also want to talk about the -- this place i went to. have you ever been to nomad? this restaurant? you went? >> yeah. >> jimmy: tariq you have been there? >> yeah. >> jimmy: it is -- all right.

they start here before they head out into the dark necessary of space. american astronauts rick mastracchio and mike hopkins start their work. the test inside their space suits, bone dry. they gave them a close inspection on monday, food who can blame them. one leak, one tear, and they are dead in an instant. i know you train for it. but is it scary when you're up there and there's nothing else? >> it is scary. it's a matter of just managing that fear. >> reporter: recent problems with those 35-year-old spacesuits have added to that fear. in july, an italian astronaut nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet.

mat person we still had a great christmas. >> reporter: in maine, 94-year-old grace has been in the dark since sunday. a friend came by with a generator and spend the nigtd. temperatures in her home dropped into the 40s. >> there you go, grace. >> reporte nothi >> nothing you can do. keep a sense of humor. >> reporter: one of the biggest certains is carbon monoxide poisoning from poorly ventilated haerts. seven deaths and multiple people sickened by fumes in the u.s. and canada. >> we ask them to use it 15 feet away from doors and windows. not in an attached garage or basement. >> reporter: at least 100,000 people remain without power from toronto to the maritimes. electrical crews continue to work around the clock. in pennsylvania, those icy conditions are being blamed on several multivehicle pileups and crashes along the turnpike. >> it's winter. it's cold. we say lit get a warmup. we're talking just in the 30s. >> reporter: in spite of spending the holiday in the cold many are keeping their christmas spirits up. dozens of families spent the day in this red cross shelter. >> it's a lit

first stubborn weather left hundreds of thousands in the dark and thousands more woke up without their gifts. nbc's ron mott has more on the holiday that wasn't so jolly for all. >> reporter: near grand rapids, michigan, weather made for treacherous driving. at least a dozen accidents on i-96. crews there and in maine spent christmas day in the cold trying to restore power to more than 200,000 families left in the dark for days now by a weekend snow and ice storm. >> it's very rewarding to be here and help people out. >> reporter: while rough weather made for tough going for delivery drivers in recent days, weather isn't solely to blame for holiday packages that didn't make it home for christmas. fedex reported some delays, and u.p.s., the world's largest package delivery company, apologized to customers saying u.p.s. is experiencing heavy holiday volume and making every effort to get packages to the destination however the volume of air packages exceeded the network. some shipments were delayed. at fort worth, texas, a few people tried to pick up packages but left empty-handed. >> the

the dark blue represents a hard freeze. several hours of sub freezing temperatures ranging in the low 20s to 30s and icy roads possible. look at these temperatures tomorrow morning. it's 25 in pleasanton and livermore. 39 in san francisco and cold in napa, 24 degrees. 29 in redwood city. 21 in vallejo. we'll be approaching record territory out there tonight. it's dry and clear skies, prime conditions for super cold conditions. here's a look at the temperatures that we're expecting tomorrow morning. approaching the record in san rafael. upper forts and low 50s throughout the bay area tomorrow. clear skies in place around the bay area tonight. it wilt stay that way tomorrow. as we head into early friday morning, a storm will drove down the coastline and we'll see rain. here is a look at future cast. midnight, still clear. a chance of rain by 8:00 in the morning. the best answer of rain is tomorrow afternoon. you see a lot of snow accompanying the system. we'll talk more about that tomorrow. let's get through this cold night th

ever since the kremlin scrapped daylight saving time the people here face 18 hours of darkness a day through the winter, going without seeing a trace of blue sky or sunlight for months. for the people of moscow the daily walk to work can be depressing and dangerous experiences. carried out in almost total dark possess, crossing treacherous icy streets. then it has to be repeated again eight hours later on the way home, again in total darkness. >> it really influences people. they can get depression. statistics say that 10% of people suffer from this disease during winter. almost every person has a lack of energy. about 10% has to get medical treatment such as anti-depressants. >> for the first time city authorities declared, "let there be light." and lo and behold there was light. >> they don't celebrate. new year's is the big deal. it didn't stop officials turning moscow in a winter wonderland. as far as christmas decorations go, we are not talking about regent street. trust me, this is a big improvement. they lit up 7,000 trees and plastered lights across moscow. decorations that re

there are thousands of people in the dark and the cold. ktvu claudine wong is joining us now with new information from pg&e about when some people will get their power back on and what has caused this outage possibly. claudine. >> reporter: they are trying to figure it out. they have crews roaming the city of benicia. this is being confirmed as three separate outages. that number has grown. earlier it was at 1600 and then went to 3700 and now at 4100. it looks like by 6:45 so in a little bit there should be 1500 people without power. let me show you what is happening out here. this is usually a very busy place right around now with people looking to get coffee. this is starbucks. ons door they have a sign letting everyone know they called pg&e. but with the power being down they can't open the store because they cannot make coffee. look through the doors you can see one of the employees hanging out. waiting for some of the power to come back on. at this point i don't know if this star bucks will be among the first to get back online. we di

the woman was walking on the tracks in dark clothes and the train had no time to stop. the train was out of service at the time heading back to it the railyard. >>> a man and woman from watsonville are in custody accused of stealing christmas gifts from homes in san jose's rose garden area. earlier this month police say they broke into six houses on lauralei avenue on the same night. they got in the homes through windows, garages and unlocked front door. thefts happened at night while the victims were sleeping. >> i'm lucky. i'm sure if i woke up i would have been scared to death the. >> the break-ins prompted people in the neighborhood to invest in home security systems. >>> investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that displaced ten people in san francisco this morning. it began just after midnight at a home on potrero avenue near 23rd street. crews controlled it in less than an hour. nobody was hurt. >>> a union city community really came together to make this christmas day very special for a family that lost everything he when their home was destroyed by f

now at noon, during hours of freezing temperatures thousands of east bay residents were left in the dark and cold. the latest on the massive power outage and what officials believe caused it. >>> the rivalry is already heating up ahead of the niners- seahawks game. we will tell you what the 49ers are asking of their fans as they gear up for the sunday show down. >>> plus a police car rear- ended in san jose, why they are crediting a fast acting security guard with helping catch the suspect. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> and good afternoon, everybody, i am brian flors in for tori campbell. parts of the bay area woke up to another morning of freezing temperatures a live look toward mt. diablo and things aspear to be warm in up ever so slightly. rosemary orosco has been monitoring the cold weather and joins us with the cold temperatures. >> yes, good afternoon to you. we started today just like yesterday, the freeze warning temperatures sinking into the 20s in some cases. we broke a few records. and this point still struggling.

in the u.s., about a half million families are still in the dark this christmas. e power is down for customers from michigan to maine and into canada this morning. the weekend ice storm knocked out electricity. repair crews are working around the clock to turn the lights on, but utilities say it could take a couple more days to restore power. it forced some families to change plans. >> we took our big christmas dinner over to some family and cooked at their place. they're only a few blocks away and they have power and we don't. >> the storm is responsible for at least 14 deaths. this morning forecasters say more snow is expected to roll into the great lakes and midwest. >>> and life is slowly returning to normal aboard the international space station this morning. astronauts successfully completed a rare christmas eve spacewalk to fix a cooling system and mission control has activated the pump. as bill whitaker reports, it was their second spacewalk in just four days. >> reporter: traveling almost 18,000 miles per hour, 260 miles above the earth, astronauts stepped

first stubborn weather left thousands in the dark and thousands more without their gifts. more on the holiday that wasn't jolly for all. >> reporter: near grand rapids, michigan at least a dozen accidents on i-96. crews there and in maine spent christmas day in the cold trying to fix power. >> it is very rewarding to be here and help people out. >> reporter: while rough weather made for tough going for delivery drivers weather isn't solely to blame for holiday packages that didn't make it home for christmas. fed ex reported delays and ups apologized saying ups is experiencing heavy holiday volume and making every effort to get packages to the destination however the volume of air packages exceeded the network. some shipments were delayed. at fort worth, texas, a few people tried to pick up packages. they told my husband it was here and it is not here. >> reporter: social media became a sounding board. one woman writes it's their christmas, too. another i waited at my house all day for nothing. now i don't have gifts for my loved ones. in virginia she is left empty handed af

in maine, more than 12,000 people are in the dark, 12,000 homes still in the dark. a new round of snow and cold and wind could stretch things out until next week. joining me now, keith carson. the people who have been hit the hardest, i understand for the rest of us it will be clear or smooth sailing through the new year. >> you're right about that. unfortunately maine one of the spots still recovering from gem nooi, the ice damage. they'll see snow sunday night. most along the eastern seaboard, big storm system moving up but all painted in green here because a bunch of warm air associated with it. places like new york into boston and philadelphia and d.c., it's all rain. and here's where the snow comes into play. it's sunday night. maine one of the spots still recovering and we think portland into bangor maine will see appreciable snow there into new hampshire and vermont. all of these areas shaded in the blue will be snow, that will come on sunday night. the other story after this is going to be cold air moving in to the northeast in time for new year's eve. it's

. >>> tens of thousands of people are spending christmas in the dark. powerful ice storms swept through the region over the last few days. thick ice is still weighing down trees and pulls down power lines. utility crews from other states are being called in to help restore the power there. this added urgency for crews as temperatures are pexected to drop into the single digits in some places. >> a lot of people don't have heat, pipes are going to stop freezing. so, the sooner we can get up there and the sooner we can help, the better for everybody. >> reporter: forecasters say the northeast can expect another two to six inches of snow tomorrow. >>> head to nbcbayarea.com for your latest forecast when we're not on the air, online, find forecasts for your neighborhood along with maps and radar. >>> well, there are lots of unhappy children and parents tonight. thousands of gifts missing from under the tree and it's all because of a shipping delay. nbc bay area kris sanchez live in san jose and, kris, you've been hearing this all day long. >> reporter: yes,

and across michigan about 150,000 customers are still in the dark. the state's largest utility hadn't dealt with that many power outages in any christmas week in its 126 year history. the storm left trees coated in ice across the midwest and northeast. at least 14 deaths have been blamed on the storm. maine's largest utility company says it hopes to have power back by tomorrow night. but other power companies in the state warn customers it could take longer. scott bates from lancing, michigan, sent us this photo. he's been without power for four days and doesn't know when he'll get it back. we spoke to him by phone. >> getting home was like a war zone. >> reporter: and temperatures here in the northeast are expected to be ten to 15 degrees below normal tonight, jim, no relief in sight for the residents in maine. snow is in the forecast to want. >> axelrod: terrell, thank you. the bad weather was one reason why u.p.s. and fedex were unable to deliver all their packages by christmas. heavy volume was another factor. neither company is saying how many de

so we have the holiday poinsettia. >> how long do you have to keep them in the dark? >> they would have been started probably the end of august. about a three-month period. >> wow, no kidding. if people love the way they look and want to buy them from you, where do they find them? >> we're only at home depot. we grow them locally. all of these were grown in maryland or virginia. lots of gift ideas whether you want to use them for yourself in your home or give them away. we have upgraded a lot of our containers this year so you can see this green tin is nicer than the typical soil. i put that birch pot over here to show you. and we've got some plants in that around here but these are just awesome. super rustic. i love it and want to use them again next year. put the tropicals around your house in that. >> great to meet you. thanks for coming in. 49 kinds of these, erica. did you know that? >> i had no idea but i always love to have poinsettias in my home during the christmas season. it just makes things feel nice and festive. >>> we're taking a look with the michael & s

plus, thousands across the country opening christmas presents in the dark. the massive storm system pummeling the east coast, knocking out power, making it difficult for people to make it over the hills and through the woods. >>> good morning to you, we wish you a very merry christmas. thank you for joining us on this december 25th. a christmas morning for kids in san lorenzo unfortunately they will never forget. investigators say their father shot and killed their mother early this morning before turning the gun on himself. this happened at a home on the intersection at via lamogos. the kids were home at the time but they were not injured. the victims' family got word of the murder/suicide. they told us the couple of 16 years was having marital problems. >> you know, you have to be aware, you know, sometimes they don't want to say that they have problems, you know, like when i talk to my sister, she always say that everything was okay. you know, she wasn't having problems when she was having problems. >> the investigation into the shooting is ongoing. and th

thousands of families eating christmas dinner in the dark and tonight will be no better, the power still out after a deadly ice storm, a man using a flashlight to find his mailbox in maine, the house there in the background completely in the dark. power outages from michigan to maine, more than two dozen people died in the storm. the next one hitting before new year's. first the message tonight beginning with the pileup on the treasure russ pennsylvania turnpike. here's abc meteorologist ginger zee. >> reporter: it was a white day after christmas and a snowy nightmare in pennsylvania, at least four accidents shutting down parts of the turnpike for about eight hours, 35 cars piling up on the slick roads, injuring nine people. that fresh coat of snow also dusting the five-day-old ice. >> this is probably the worst time of year to have this happen. >> reporter: it was a frozen, dark christmas from michigan to toronto to maine as more than 120,000 homes are still without power tonight, including janice arnold from michigan on day five now without power. >> a tough christmas, huh? >> we have

the nasdaq closed about 30 points higher. >>> in the dark, and in the cold. >> that's right.ay for folks living here in the city of venetia. >> that little fireplace isn't hitting up the room. we're pretty cold. >> tonight, the story behind the darkness as the rain now begins to fall and the temperatures continue to drop. >>> and a mega millions lottery living up to its name. the big jackpot up for grabs just ahead of tonight's drawing. >>> a san jose police officer injured in an accident. how a security guard jumped into action to help catch the suspect. >>> it was an especially cold and dark day for thousands of people at one bay area city as the power went out for hours, just as temperatures were at their lowest. the power outage really couldn't come at a worst time for all those huddled up to stay warm invenetia. why some people are still waiting for the power to come back on. mike? >> reporter: yeah, 140 customers just got the update from pg&e. most people affected live across the street from me in this dark subdivision called the grove. also on south hampton you can see

we are talking 14% of this city in the dark. we are actually at a shopping center. it is difficult to see that. starbucks right here was supposed to open at 4:30 this morning. instead there is a handwritten note on the door from the manager saying without power we can't do business. sorry about that. and then its just dark in there. it is cold. according to the phone thermometer. 34 degrees. certainly people waking up without their heat on. what we can tell you at this point we are reaching out to pg&e. according to their website they don't have a reason for the outage and they don't have a time of when the power is going to be back on. we have been through town, seen flashing stop signs or signal lights and stoplights. we will keep an eye on this. live in benicia claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> city crews say cold weather is partly to blame for a water main break in martinez. as you can see the brakes sent water pouring out into the street. this is martinez avenue. the problem started at about 9:30 last night. at one point 50 homes were without water. it is b

after the outage more than a million were left in the dark. >> we bought a space heater and we got some candles. i don't mind being in the dark but it was the heat. >> forecasters say the heat and the cold temperatures will affect many. >>> the board vote was originally scheduled for thursday. they announce had it could finally end a labor dispute which could end a controversial clause could affect those up to six weeks of paid leave along with other contexts. in the meantime we have good news for those who ride with bart. the bart strand is expected to leave the block airport, it is a connector system using driver driverless 3 car trains. >>> is he making his around the world trip and norad will be using their satellites and radar to watch out for santa tonight as tomorrow. they watched the santa watch back in 1955 but just incase your power does out, you can call norad to find out where santa is. and we will find out more about this santa arriving in their time zones. >>> they are temporaryily banned and how will they be designing the newest t- shirts. >>> you are looking at lafayette

. >>> hundreds of thousands of families across the country are spending christmas eve in the dark after a huge ice storm swept through the midwest and the east. the aftermath of the ice storm is hampering travel because of slick roadways and runways. this jet slid on the taxiway in detroit. the storm is being blamed for 11 deaths. >>> where is santa? >> right now over the united kingdom here. even though they've been seeing gusty winds, no problems for santa. let's take a closer look at the view of where santa is right now. eventually heading out towards ireland. no problems getting across the atlantic and heading our way. crystal clear skies. you can track the very latest of where santa is on our website on nbcbayarea.com. mainly clear skies in the bay area, except for that l.a. look. that's the smog that's still hung out there by san francisco. 61 in san jose. it will be the south bay tomorrow that not only like the rest of the bay area has a spare the air day, but the worst of the pollution will be in places like san jose and the south bay. unhealthy for all groups. if you have asthm

>> well, i go over and practice the dark arts over at 30 rock. >> that explains a lot. >> they're working>> we love you, al. >> have fun at the parade. >> oh, it's going to be -- >> with this one. >> uh-huh. uh-huh. love you. >> so jennifer lawrence -- >> we will! >> we will! >>> jennifer lawrence keeps saying things that keep us loving her a little more. >> what's not to love. >> she sat down with barbara walters and she said there's something that upsets her about hollywood. and she thinks that since they don't allow swear words on tv, cigarettes are regulated, she thinks that the word "fat" should also be banished. >> illegal, it should be illegal to call somebody fat on tv. i guess not just on tv, though, right? if we're regulating cigarettes, sex, cuss words because of the effect it has on our younger generation, why are we not regulating words like calling people "fat"? and she is the younger generation. it's all anonymous. >> she called out the fashion police on tv. you look at somebody and you say, oh, my god, she looked terrible. look at her outfit. >> you can ban all kinds of th

it was good and divided the light from the darkness. >> and god called the light day and the darkness he called night, and the morning was the first day. and god said, let there be affirment in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the waters, and god made it and divided the waters with those above with those below and it was so. and god called it heaven and the morning was the second day. >> and god then left the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place and let the dry land appear, and it was so. and god called the dry land earth. and the gathering together of the waters called the seas. and god saw that it was good. and from the crew of "apollo 8," we close with goodnight, good luck, a merry christmas, and god bless all of you, all of you on the good earth. >> bless you all, all of you on the good earth, from way up here, where humans have never been before, where you guys look awesome. that was 45 years ago tomorrow, christmas eve, and millions of people heard that first ever broadcast from space. today in chicago, they re-enacted that live br

this week's deadly ice storm hit the great lakes region, putting hundreds of thousands of people in the dark in toronto, in the height of holiday season before hitting new england. shelters in michigan have been busy, providing food, warmth and comfort for those lacking hit. and utility crews sent to the hardest-hit areas. many repair workers are a long way from home and spent christmas away from their families. >> rough. lack of sleep. the elements are tough. >> reporter: the repair work is now going into its fifth day, after one of the worst storms of its kind since the 1990s. >> much rather be at home with my family and my kids. but there's also kids out here that have no power. my kids are at home in a warm, playing playstation and x-box. these kids are just trying to stay warm. >> reporter: and the utility crews say they will stay on the job perhaps until the weekend, until the power comes back on. rob nelson, abc news, new york. >>> and more snow could soon add to the misery of those without the power. >> meteorologist jim dickey joining us this morning from the weather channel with mo

thing. >> the deadlyic storm hit the great lakes region putting hundreds of thousands of people in the dark in toronto in the height of holiday season before hitting new england. shelters in michigan have been busy providing food, warmth and comfort for those looking heat. >> struggling utility crews sent to the hardest hit area with many repair workers a long way from home and spent christmas away from families. >> lack of slope. elements are tough. >> the repair work is going into the fifth day after the worst storms of its kind since the 1990's. >> i would rather be with my family and kids but there are kids out here that have no power. my kids are at home in the warm home playing with play station and xbox. >> crews will stay on the job rap until the weekend until the power comes back on. >> time for a weather with more on the national map showing what going on back east. >> we will start with radar and satellite and you can see the cold push of air coming through the high plains and all the way through the great lakes into new england but not so heavy as its with the first part of the

. >>> tonight, tens of thousands of families are still in the dark and cold. for some of them it's been six days since the power went out during a big ice storm. and as nbc's kevin tibbles reports tonight from charlotte, michigan, power crews are racing to get the lights and heat back on. >> reporter: the sun barely shows itself, but crews are already in the sky. how come you're still smiling? >> happy to be out here getting people's power back on for them. >> reporter: they have come from as far away as wisconsin, ohio, and maryland. putting in 18-hour days away from their own families at christmas. >> we had various wire-downs and our number one priority is customer safety and employee safety. so we have to make sure we keep the public safe. >> reporter: it's freezing cold down here on the ground where i am. so where he's working, it's probably 15 to 20 degrees colder in the wind. here heavy ice buckled power lines. the crew is efficient and fast. residents, very thankful. >> we've got so many christmas cookies that i don't think me or dave would care to have

in michigan, 29,000 are still in the dark. that's where we find kevin tibbles. good morning. >> it's been a week of shivering for many as work crews go around the clock trying to turn the lights back on. but some are beginning to lose patience. the sun barely shows itself. but crews are already in the sky. >> how come you're still smile something. >> just happy to be out here getting people's powerback on for them. >> they come as far away from wisconsin, ohio, and maryland, putting in 18-hour days away from their own families at christmas. >> we had various wires down. our number one priority is customer safety and employee safety. so we have to make sure we keep the public safe. >> it's freezing cold down here on the ground where i am. but where he's working is probably 15 to 20 degrees colder in the wind. >> here, heavy ice buckled power lines. the crew is efficient and fast. residents very thankful. >> we've got so many christmas cookies i don't think me or dave would care to have another one. we haven't had one bad thing said to us. >> some like chad will ha

with long lost friends however the social media site may have a darker side and a new study called the dark side of facebook swedish researchers found that status updates can indicate certain personality traits including psychopathy narcissism and machiavellianism to conduct the study did new low garcia and sverker six drum reviewed the status updates of over three hundred americans in combination with personality tests participants were asked to answer a personality survey then submit a number of facebook status updates which were analyzed with an algorithm that measured the significance of the words in their abstract researchers noted that the status updates of the people whose traits were identified as psychopathic or narcissistic had more odd or negative status updates with them often making reference to pornography pornography prostitution butchers and decapitation i was joined earlier by sverker six drumm a professor in cognitive psychology at lund university in sweden who is one of the researchers of the study you first filled us in on the meaning of the word psychopathy so copiously

utility crews working around the clock to get power back for a few thousand customers in the dark in michigan and maine. last week's ice storm left them without power for nearly a week now. many of the emergency crews came in from out of state, sacrificed christmases working in frigid temperatures but some workers say it's worth it. >> it's tough being away from home? >> it is but they understand. they got a better christmas because of it. >> how appreciative are the people? >> we have so many christmas cookies i don't think me or dave would care to have another one. >> about 32,000 ctomers still in the dark in michigan down from 200,000 christmas day. and maine, about 4,000 customers still do not have power. >>> more than 1 million people lost their unemployment insurance today when federal long term benefits expired. congress will debate extending the benefits when lawmakers return in the new year. until then, many people facing a lot of uncertainty. >> reporter: dale is out of work, out of luck and out of time. >> never thought i'd be unemployed over six months. >> reporter: employ

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americas you're not alone this military training facility largely stays out of the media spotlight but hasn't or is a dark past one rife with allegations of corruption and human rights abuses this past week and over one thousand demonstrators descended on the compound just outside the gates of the school in protest of what they see as a major source of political instability throughout north. and south america we're going to. travel to fort benning georgia over the weekend to find out just why this school is so controversial. behind these gates is the western hemisphere institute for security and cooperation otherwise known as a school of the americas depending on who you ask the school is little more than a training center focused on building cooperation between the u.s. military and its latin american counterparts but for many others it's a notorious breeding ground for some of the worst human rights violators in the western hemisphere the school has graduated over sixty four thousand soldiers since one thousand nine hundred six soldiers were taught everything from enhanced interrogation to psychological

junk yard owner's friends and relatives came by to check out the strange new thing that glowed in the dark, they passed around bits of it in the shop, the little pellets, and a lot of people got very, very sick, 28 people ended up in the hospital with radiation poisoning, and four people died. so you can see it was very important that the truck driver who started off in tijuana on thanksgiving day, you see how it is very important that the truck driver needed to make it to the nuclear waste disposal facility with this piece of radioactive material, you can see why it was so important he didn't make his journey. the truck driver said he was woken up by a pair of thieves. he stopped to sleep by a gas station, sleeping in the truck. the thieves who woke him up were armed. they ordered him out of the vehicle, then they drove away in his truck carrying the radioactive material. and then the desperate hunt began for this truck with the highly radioactive cobalt 60 as its cargo. the mexican authorities alerted the atomic energy authorities, and the u.s. alerted others that it may try to make its

budget it could take years maybe even a decade to do that even local officials are being kept in the dark in. the government says building bigger houses but we'll finish it in no sooner than two years and not all of these people will be able to live in those that's as little as we officials on the ground are told by the central government fukushima means a happy island in japanese but that's the last word these people will describe to their lives which are unlikely to ever return to normal especially with the government meeting the area around the nuclear site might never again be suitable to live in. reporting from japan. while focus shame is dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear disaster but is there perhaps an alternative to atomic energy which poses less of a risk to the world that's one of the subjects being explored in breaking the set with abby martin that's coming away a bit later today. for now on the program here the u.s. defense chief is in pakistan trying to smooth over the cracks between the two countries but despite a warm handshakes delivered perfectly for the cameras chu

between 15,000 and 30,000 in the dark still in maine. w this morning we're hearing those folks could be getting snow. not good news for utility crews who need the ice to melt off the power lines and tree brandnches. 27 people have now lost their lives in storm related incidents. that is the latest now from the live desk. back to you. >>> molette, thanks so much. you can't help but feel for those people. >> it's tough. no power, days without power now. >> and it could be even longer as molette said. >> let's hope they get it fixed. >>> talking about our weather it is fairly cold out there again. >> a chilly start to the day but the temperature might be improving, right, amelia? >> you are exactly right. the temperature will be improving today, adam. a good ten degrees warmer than we were yesterday. our high yesterday in the low 30s. highs today will be in the mid-40s. now right now on storm team 4 radar tracking some very light snow. a lot of this activity not even hitting the ground but those of you around hagerstown and thurmont areas

customers in4000 the dark in fairfax and prince william counties. b.g.e. reporting less than 50 affected customers. a check of the traffic situation. traffic, ase is of far as rush-hour, light volume out there. a lot of people didn't go to work today. some on the map, but it is not showing anything as far as traffic. there is no delayed traveling southbound this evening. we have to watch out for icy conditions as temperatures continue to fall. later on, neighborhood streets are going to i sub. -- ice up. no delays to report around the beltway on 56. traffic running freely. .hat is what it looks like that is the way it looks. back to you. >> coming up, temperatures dropping and heating costs going up. how you can save money this winter. from then south africa massive display honoring nelson mandela. >> back to coverage of the tribute to nelson mandela. >> he stunned his country and the world by calling for reconciliation and unification. live in johannesburg with how the man is unifying people in data. have talked so much about the display today. something t