the emergency infant services in tulsa, oklahoma found a new way to get the whole city involved with the organization. a citywide baby shower! people from across the area donated diapers, clothes and baby formula for families who need help caring for newborns. the director of the drive says the event brought the whole city out to stock their shelves for the year. news this morning.. we're tracking new developments out of brussels where people are being told to stay where they are after several explosions across the city. and an investigation is underway this morning after a pump at a gas station catches fire in >>> a chilly morning to exercise. 40s and some low 50s but generally in the 40s and 30s on the map. those are coming up. a warm-up get started. close to 60 by 10:00 this morning. on the way to the 70s this morning. i will have the three day forecast coming up. >>> hotspots at 6:00 on tuesday morning. i am road warrior hilary zalla. the biggest issue on manatee university parkway. this crash is actually right there on eastbound university parkway at the ramp and we have a lane b

. >> the illegal and legal groups started their struggle in the city center this time, but the state reaction was very harsh. even if there were two neighborhoods for the pkk they damaged the whole city. they used to burn villages, and now they're burning the whole city. >> during the cease-fire hundreds of thousands celebrat ed only a tiny fraction turned out and land that should have been full is now empty. for many kurds it is a sour new year. >> a judge in russia said that the ukrainian pilot is complicit in the killing of two russian versus. the former verdict still has to be confirmed. he's accused of directing mortar fire that killed the journalists in eastern ukraine in 2014. the judge said that she was driven by political hatred and she said she was captured by pro-russian separatists and should have been treated as a prisoner of war. the case has come to symbolize the poor relations between the two countries. now we were telling you a few moments ago about the case at the international war crimes tribunal at the hague against the former congolese politician. we've had the first of the verdict in that case. he has been found guilty of war crimes we're not sure about the

now they're burning the whole city. many say they will not attend the new year's festivities because they think it is too volatile. there is little for turkey's kurds to celebrate this new year >>> a russian court has found a ukrainian pilot of complicitity to murder two journalists. she was accused of directing fire. she says she was captured by rebel fighters and should have been treated as a prison of war. our correspondent is in moscow. what was the response to her being found guilty? >> reporter: we still have to know if she will be handed down the sentence, 23 years. that could compaore out tomorrow. what we know from the judge is she has been charged because she was found guilty of killing, of being part of the murder, as he put it, of these two journalists and the judge said that she was motivated by hatred, not only towards the pro-russian separatist in the region, but also towards russian-speaking people in general. she was also accused of sneaking across the border in russia illegally as a refugee. what happen

legal groups started the struggle again in the city center this time but the state's reaction was very harsh. even if there were two neighborhoods supporting the pkk they damaged the whole city. they used to burn villages in the 1990s, now they're burning the entire city. >> during the park during the cease-fire where hundreds of thousands celebrated only a fraction turned out in a land that should have been full was now empty in a land where there is a huge kurdish military prance presence, and. >> the french are looking for the accomplice of salah abdelslam who was captured last friday. they believe he used false documents to move on to hungary last year. the french police have found the 4-year-old's dna on explosives used in attacks in paris. the prosecutor is appealing for information. >> the collaboration has been intensified. el the team became more important as we were aware that we were dealing with a group who does not know the borders. >> a russian judge is said that the ukraine one pilot is complicit in the killing of two russian journalists accused of directing motor fire that killed the journalists in 2014. the judge said that she was driven by political ha

and now the whole city has been -- excuse me, the airport itself has been locked down. they evacuated everybody there. we're rushing to try to get there as quickly as possible. but yes, two explosions being reported and a number dead and >> all right. charlie d'agata in belgium on the phone, thank you so much, charlie. >> reporter: thanks. >>> well, campaign 2016 heads west today. hillary clinton looks to extend her delegate lead while donald trump's rivals look to slow him down. both democrats and republicans hold contests in arizona and utah. democrats also hold a caucus in idaho. a just-released cbs news/"new york times" poll of democratic voters finds that clinton holds a five-point lead over bernie sanders. on the republican side, trump maintains a healthy lead over his rivals. don champion is in new york with more. good morning, don. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. that new poll came as trump sort of tried out washington for size yesterday. the billionaire went to the nation's capital in an effort of building support within his party. he left still in the c

all the pipes and just putting in a whole new set. >> well, the simple reason that they're not doing that right now is first off, they need a strategy that can be employed throughout the whole city. secondly, they don't even know where all the lead pipes are at this time. it's shocking. they just went through their records of the city and they mapped where the lead pipes were based on the records, and two weeks ago, they checked out how accurate those records were, and they looked at 100 homes and there was only 20% accuracy in the records. i'm not talking 20% error. they went to 100 homes they thought had a lead pipe. only 20 had a lead pipe. this is the situation we are facing all over the united states. no one kept track of where these lead pipes are. even if you had an army of plumbers out there tomorrow, first you got to find the lead pipes. secondly, this is not something that just anyone can do. you are digging up the street. you are making sure, trying to avoid natural gas lines so you don't create explosion, you are trying to avoid fiberoptic cables, you are trying -- there is sewer lines running right next to the lead service line. so this is not just something any plu

the whole city has to start anew. >> as we rebuild, there is one thing we must not forget. our history. we must preserve it in our new town. >> each item in the collection establishes that link. the future will have tangible evidence of the past. >> next, homecoming. the tsumani swept an untold number of objects across the pacific. it generated good will between communities an ocean apart. >> it's a place of comings and goings. >> late last year, this shrine gate was restored. this is the most instruct ufr. it was washed away and it arrived back home. this is a carpenter that restored the gate. >> translator: i'm feeling happy that we have been able to restore the torii here today after many, many months. >> in 1988, he built the gate that stood on this spot. local fishermen prayed here for safety before going out to sea. but in 2011, the five-meter high tsunami engulfed the port and the gate was lost. two years after the disaster, a part of it turned up on the other side of the pacific in the u.s. state of oregon. he works at the japanese garden there. he tried to figure ou

the whole city has to start a new. >> translator: as we rebuild, one thing we must not forget. our history. we must preserve it in our new town. >> each item in this collection establishes that link. the future will have tangible evidence its past. >>> really great work there. >>> all right, well, tokyo's airport held an emergency drill ahead of the fifth anniversary of the march 11th earth quake and tsunami. about 160 people, including terminal workers participated in the exercise. the scenario involved a massive quake that caused injuries at the airport, followed by a major tsunami warning. shop workers rushed to provide first aid, then they evacuated the injuries upstairs before the tsunami could arrive. >> translator: our first priority is to ensure the safety and security of airport visitors. >> workers also practiced distributing drinking water and emergency food. the airport serves more than 200,000 travelers daily. stored enough emergency food to feed over 10,000 people for three-days. during the 2011 disaster, no injuries or damage occurred. but around 16,000 people ha

government forces control many parts but fighting continues and it's clear that no one controls the whole city. some believe that the deliberation of taiz early this month was premature. >> the fighting has not stopped in the last two weeks. it's not like the houthies have been defeated in these areas. but rather as they withdrew from certain lines, now they're attacking again to re-establish the area. >> the government finds itself confronting al-qaeda or hqrp in the south. >> all the areas that we have fighting between the government and houthies, when the fighting subsides you will find security taking over these areas. this happens along the entire coast line betwee between aden. >> forces have been carrying out airstrikes against the hqap. the government said that dozens of hqap fighters were killed when the camps were bombarded. with no central government in charge of the whole country most of the people are at the mercy of multiple armed groups. al jazeera. >> u.s. president barack obama is in buenos aires where he's meeting his argentinian counterparts president macri. his two-day visi

even with the last blast of winter, the whole city is getting into the act, the pennsylvania horticultural society announced the winners of their contest. tune in for an hour long preview tomorrow night at 7:00. the entire "action news" weather team will be at the pennsylvania convention center to take you inside this year's displays. tomorrow at 7:00. plus an encore presentation next sunday. i'm seeing daffodils blooming already, even though i think they jumped the gun. the story this morning is the snow, even though it's not that big of a story. as we go in closer, we can see a light niewns -- nuisance snow around philadelphia and trenton is getting this, a lot of holes in the action around the i-95 corridor. with temperatures below the freezing mark anything that's salted and pretreated is wet this morning. some side streets may be giving you trouble. i have to say in delaware county when i stepped out the door, a couple of hours back, the sidewalks were wet. down in south jersey, every now and then we get a brighter shade of white and lavender as the scan comes through and shows you so

have their kind of order and turf..but the joker--who he compared to isis-- comes in and "lights the whole city on fire." in the movie-- the joker is total chaos and unpredictability...wh ich is how many see the threats and techniques of isis. and attendant are now facing charges... after leaving a special on a bus. investigators say-- him two different times! time to tmaking headlines around florida. a bus driver --and a bus attendant-- are busted... accused of leaving a special needs child on a bus by himself. polk county deputies arrested these women: bus driver gale brown. and attendant gwendolyn simmons. they are both charged with child neglect. this video shows t 13-year-old-- trying to get off the bus through an emergency exit in lake wales. and... deputies say he had to walk and hitch-hike to get back to his home in davenport. deputies say brown and simmons left the boy on the bus not once-- but twice in one week. investigators say the pair failed to follow protocol, because they did not check to make sure the bus was empty. the "hulk versus gawker" trial will continue in st. petersburg

pro-government forces control many parts of ta'izz, but it's clear no one can claim to control the whole cityve that talk of the liberation earlier this month was premature. >> the fighting hasn't stopped in the last two weeks. it wasn't like the houthis have been defeated in these areas, but rather they withdrew to certain lines, and now they are attacking again to reestablish the blockade. >> reporter: the government finds itself confronting al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula in the south and the security vacuum is favoring the al-qaeda fighters. >> all of the areas, when the fighting subsides, you will find [ inaudible ] taking over these areas. this happens along the entire coastline. >> reporter: in this province u.s. forces have been caring out air strikes against the aqap. medical sources say many of the injured were brought to the nearest hospital, but no central government in charge of the country, most of the people are at the mercy of multiple armed groups. >>> in the republic of congo, the government has extended a communications blackout imposed during sunday's presidential electi

. >> the whole city is crazy. >> we know of three suspects as isis claims responsibility. >> we can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world. >>> a terrorist attack hits the airport and train station. tonight we know of three suspects as isis claims responsibility. good evening. in the last 20 minutes we learned american airlines first flight to brussels from philadelphia international airport will be friday. united airlines is canceling flights to the belgian capital through tomorrow. this is new video in the last 30 minutes of belgian police conducting raids as they search for a third suspect from the airport bombing that killed more than 30 people and injured at least 200. one of those raids at a house led to the discovery of an explosive device filled with nails. plus, chemical products and islamic state flag. nbc 10's george spencer has been following the developments from our digital operations center and joins us with the latest. >> belgian leaders were anticipating an attack of some kind after last week's arrest in brussels of

turkey in brussels as well, with all of the heads of state that we heard a news conference there, the whole cityn high security, and this the second raid in just a few days. and the reports we're getting from local media that really the most wanted man in europe since those attacks on november 13th in paris, might have been captured by police. we don't know much more than that. we haven't confirmed whether it actually is him. we don't know if he is injured, how seriously, or whether he is still alive or not. we are waiting for confirmation. certainly if what we're hearing is correct that he has indeed been captured by belgian police, then of course, it will be quite a cue for both belgian and french police. let's speak with jacky rowland who was covering the attacks in paris and the subsequent fallout since november. jacky any news out of france about this potential capture? >> reporter: well, to give you an indication of how seriously these reports are being taken in france, we have heard the french president is in fact going straight to brussels. that is the latest information that we have hea

the entire city, all the borough boards, all the borough presidents, to vote on something. the proposal is about this thick. they wanted us to do it in 60 days. and it's painting the whole city with one broad stroke. and we in the bronx alone have been rezoning areas -- 14 areas of rezoning since i've been the borough president -- in a neighborhood-by-neighborhood approach. one size does not fit all. >> well, he wants to rezone, too, the mayor, you know, to -- >> but in his rezoning, he's saying that if you rezone in the entire city, then you have to have this -- this sort of level of affordable housing. >> yes. >> sometimes we leave out those who make less than those levels. and in some areas, where we need to go even higher to retain our professionals, that's not happening under his proposal. under his proposal, he would do away with parking spaces in under his proposal, you're looking at the height of buildings where in some areas, we want higher buildings. in some areas, we don't. so we believe that if it's not broke, don't fix it. we've been able to do a neighborhood-by-neighborhood approach. there's no reason why we should adopt this and do it so hastily. you know

. >> there was really no reason to get out and make a complete scene in front of the whole city like that. >> reporter: it was the second stabbing incident of the day in a high profile area of the city. around 3:00 sunday morning. a 24-year-old bucks county man was stabbed and killed at rittenhouse square. he and three friends encountered a man with a knife. >> it was a brief verbal altercation. a struggle ensued lasted a few seconds. stabbed across the chest area. fled the area. >> reporter: the news has neighbor in disbelief. >> as you see it's lovely. i walk here at 11:00 at night without fear. you have to be on guard. it's scary and, you know, we're going to have to step up a police force. >> you shouldn't feel threatened to be out at night. especially at a holiday weekend. people do. they go out, celebrate. >> reporter: lasalle university freshman from baltimore says. >> you can't judge a city over something that can happen anywhere. >> but with philly's tourist season approaching and the democratic national convention coming. others people it's not just the police who have to be

greg wade: "i really appreciate the whole city of radford shopping with us. we really gave it our best shot." patty mabry: "it just seems like all the locally owned are being overtaken and it's going to be sad to see them go." justin ward/wdbj7 reporter: "the owner plans to close this location by the end of march. wade's in dublin and in christiansburg will remain open. in radford, justin ward, wdbj7." the rockbridge area ymca is set to become a branch of the ymca of the roanoke valley on july 1st. the boards of both organizations have approved the change. leaders say they are not planning changes in membership rates, staffing or the classes and programs that the rockbridge y currently offers. new tonight, blacksburg will be using bronze frogs to try to keep downtown streams clean. vice mayor leslie hager-smith says 16 statuettes will be set up. the idea is to remind people that the streams flowing hager-smith says anything that goes into these downtown streams flows into stroubles creek, which is one of the most impaired streams in virginia. it then flows int

the whole city is talking about it, the hipsters in will yucksberg -- williamsberg, they are taking over. rosanna: what'd you need? >> greg: i don't know what. rosanna: a bicycle helps. a hat. greg: we here are committed to evolving our style. we have brought in the really cool people from the epi center of cool from brooklyn and manhattan to help out the staff rosanna: we are high lighting the cool. greg: we have brad, he's from cadet and they have locations in east village and williamsberg. we have bird. rosanna: she's loaned me this jacket. i appreciate it. greg: concrete and water. great name. thank you very much. nice to have you all here. rosanna: is there a way to describe a hipster look, something liepd of universal about them? >> it is a short hand for independent creative community based living that brooklyn has become known for, fashion, food, music, art. the gm of the station. rosanna: very conservative, usually in suits and ties. buttons up to here. right. we have a picture, don't we. greg: we have a picture of lew. before conservative attire. rosanna: do we have lew. greg:

dark knight rises batman movie, the president said, quote, then the joker come in and lights the whole city on fire. isil is the joker. it has the capacity to set the whole region on fire. that's why we have to fight it. those remarks with a disturbing new report that documents brutality against christians at the hands of isis. the knights of columbus urges the obama administration to recognize these as genocide which has not yet done. >> there is only word that adequately and legally describes what is happening to christians and other minorities in the region. that word is general side. for the united states government to stand alone in denying that this is genocide would be shameful. and an abdication of not just leadership but of cooperation and common sense. >> the state department has a mandated deadline on march 17 to declare whether it will declare isis actions as genocide. >> this is something the president takes quite years russly. as it relate to the state department will have to take a look at it. i don't want to get ahead or interfere. today the house had the vote in the congres

only are more ohio city, but the city's chief of staff told me today the west side market continues to grow in popularity throughout the entire region. >> it serves the whole city and, in fact, parts of the region. >> reporter: shoppers i talked with about sunday shopping say bring it on. >> reporter: will you shop on sundays? >> definitely. it's definitely a lazy day to relax, so i think it's a good shopping day. >> everybody works, and some people work six days a week so that extra day would be very good for us. >> reporter: there's a public meeting tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 on this very topic on lorain avenue. the city also plans to add more parking to the west side market and there will be a fee when they do. live from the west side market, paul kiska, newschannel5. >> that's it for live on 5:00. >> let's send to the chris and danita. >>> tonight, new at 6:00, taking a look at the gop in crisis and its polarizing views. some primaries in landslides, will he become the anti- establishment candidate? the voters are being heard but are gop leaders raying to rip the rug out from under its leading candidate? >> plus what a divided party could mean in july.

the whole city is coming together to make mike okay. rosanna: i understand how that goes. mike: which part? rosanna: getting put back together again. mike: someone suggests you do something crazy and then. rosanna: getting hurt, i get that totally. glad you are feeling better. rosanna: he was nowhere near that one. mike: more on that story coming up tomorrow. to what is going on out there. week. the temperatures are coming up. today up to the mid and upper 50s. record breaking warm temperatures are headed this way as we head to wednesday. in fact, a few chances up to 70. yeah, warm stuff. next chance of rain coming to us late thursday. we are nice and dry up until then. leave the brems at home. yep, the temperatures are coming up. 40 in central park. 43 iz lip. 42 montauk. 30 uz s up to northwest. that brings the temperatures up. we have a mainly clear sky here now. the clouds to the north and showers as well but way far to the north. maybe a few clouds in the northern tier. high pressure is in control. high pressure generally speaking bringing us fair skies. we have the w

. >>> the whole city of houston was almost in turmoil. city scared. and the ku klux klan, they're all attacking senator kennedy as a catholic that he shouldn't be president. the opposition were so strong and so vocal and so wide, i felt he needed help. >> pastor herb meza believes he has the fix. >> i immediately invited john kennedy to come and speak. we needed to hear from him. >> meza's plan is almost holy in its simplicity. >> the offer was to have kennedy come and address a group of protestant ministers numbering about 400 in the houston area. kennedy agreed to do it. >> when meza's congregation hear that kennedy's coming, all hell breaks loose. >> i remember an elderly lady from new orleans who wrote to me and said, i'm 65 years old. i've been teaching sunday school for 20 years. i hope your daughter marries a nigger. and that was the kind of climate we were in. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order. let us stand for prayer. >> america tunes in to see the debate live. >> god b

. >> now the concern is okay, how do we protect the whole city? >> reporter: because the system was built in 1911, there are several neighborhoods that aren't covered like richmond, sunset. in the '80s the city had plans to install city wide and bought the materials but were never installed. >> putting more pipeline in the ground is expensive. >> reporter: david briggs with the public utility commission says dozens of pipes, won'ts and hydrants are sitting in storage for 30 years. now many of those items are up for auction with the potential to bring in tens of thousands of dollars. >> we can put that money to work for us right now to benefit the city instead of sitting in a yard doing nothing. >> i think it is irresponsible. >> reporter: tom is a retired san francisco fire official. he says unless the high pressure water system is expanded, thousands of homes will be at risk. >> we're going down the rabbit hole here by abandoning the expansion. >> reporter: the city is in the process of implementing costfective backup water sources, but critics cl

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. >>> the whole city of houston was almost in turmoil. the city scared. and the ku klux klan, they're all attacking senator kennedy as a catholic that he shouldn't be president. the opposition were so strong and so vocal and so wide, i felt he needed help. >> pastor herb meza believes he has the fix. >> i immediately invited john kennedy to come and speak. we needed to hear from him. >> meza's plan is almost holy in its simplicity. >> the offer was to have kennedy come and address a group of protestant ministers numbering about 400 in the houston area. kennedy agreed to do it. >> when meza's congregation hear that kennedy's coming, all hell breaks loose. >> i remember an elderly lady from new orleans who wrote to me and said, i'm 65 years old. i've been teaching sunday school for 20 years. i hope your daughter marries a nigger. and that was the kind of climate we were in. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order. let us stand for prayer. >> america tunes in to see the debate live. >> go

. >> now the concern is how do we protect the whole city? >> reporter: because the system was built in 1911, there are several neighborhoods that aren't covered like richmond, sunset, portola. in the '80s the city had plans to install high pressure pipe city wide and bought materials but never installed. >> putting more pipeline into the ground is expensive. >> reporter: david briggs with the public utility commission says dozens of cast iron pipes, bolts and hydrants sitting in storage for 30 years. now, many items are up for auction, with potential to bring in tens of thousands of dollars. >> we can put that money to work for us right now to benefit the city instead of sitting in a yard doing nothing. >> i think it is irresponsible. >> reporter: this man is a retired san francisco fire official. he says, unless the high pressure water system is expanded, thousands of homes will be at risk. >> we're going down a rabbit hole by abandoning the expansion of the awss. >> reporter: the city's in the process of implementing other, more cost effect

illegal group started the struggle again in the city center this time but the state reaction was harsh. even if there were two neighborhoods supporting the p.k.k., they damage the wholecity. they used to burn villages in the 1990's, now they're burning the entire city. >> for many kurds, it is a sour new year. lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> a judge in russia has said that a ukrainian pilot is complicit in the killing of two russian journalists. the formal verdict is still to be confirmed. nadia is accused of directing mortar fire that killed the journalists in eastern ukraine in 2014. she said that she was driven by political hatred. she was captured by pro-russian separatist and should have been treated as a prisoner of war. the case has come to symbolize the tensions between the two countries. >> things continues to rise on the korean peninsula over pyongyang's nuclear program. it's not clear if missiles or artillery fire were launched. >> mentality ill are being abused in institutions meant to help them according to a human rights watch report about indonesia. 400,000 suffer from mental illness. some are being kept changed and in dirty sheds. >> for five months, he

>>> the whole city of houston was almost in turmoil. scared. and then there were the ku klux klan. they're all attack senator kennedy as a catholic, that he shouldn't be president. the opposition were so strong and so vocal and so wide, i felt he needed help. >> pastor herb meza believes he has the fix. >> i immediately invited john kennedy to come and speak. we needed to hear from him. >> meza's plan is almost holy in its simplicity. >> the offer was to have kennedy come and address a group of protestant ministers numbering about 400 in the houston area. kennedy agreed to do it. >> when meza's congregation hear that kennedy is coming, all hell breaks loose. >> i remember an elderly lady from new orleans who wrote to me and said, i'm 65 years old, i've been teaching sunday school for 20 years, i hope your daughter marries a nigger. and that was the kind of climate we were in. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order. let us stand for prayer. >> america tunes in to see the debate live.

obama said, quote, the joker comes in and lights the whole city on fire. is the joker and has the capacity to set the whole region on fire. that's why we have to fight it. but it doesn't that the strategy to fight isil or isis has been that effective. >> well, i'm not here to defend or lambast the administration. i would say that he certainly has raised isis to a top tier national security threat, unlike the assad regime, which we were just talking about. he does not consider the assad regime a direct threat to the united states. i think the administration would argue that they are grinding away at the problem. they have not succeeded in building a sunni army, a sunni arab army that will take on isis, but they are using a lot of the tools at their disposal, including special forces, special operators and drone strikes and the like to degrade isis. it's not going as fast as they would like, but one of the things that i did learn is that before he leaves office, he very much wants to see the leadership of that organization destroyed. so that has been a reque

. >> the whole city is crazy. >> we know of three suspects as isis claims responsibility. >> we can andwill defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world. >>> a terrorist attack hits the airport and train station. tonight we know of three suspects as isis claims responsibility. good evening. in the last 20 minutes we learned american airlines first flight to brussels from philadelphia international airport will be friday. united airlines is canceling flights to the belgian capital through tomorrow. this is new video in the last 30 minutes of belgian police conducting raids as they search for a third suspect from the airport bombing that killed more than 30 people and injured at least

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