it took verizon a day. verizon said in a statement that it would encourage customers to pay their bill and other ways but based on customer concerns it will not charge the $2 feet for on-line and phone payments. >> happy new year, tom. >>> still to come, a hollywood mystery, a slew of arsons under investigation. one fire destroyed the home of a music legend. >> and massive sinkhole, a whole neighborhood evacuate after the ground it opens up in a pennsylvania town. >>> investigators are searching for a serial arsonist set in hollywood. more than a dozen fires was set last night, each starting in a parked car. the flames spread to multimillion-dollar homes including but one that belonged to jim morrison of the doors. they believe the arsonist is placing a device under each car. >>> the massive sinkhole in pennsylvania threatening a nearby community and cemetery. the 50-foot-long sinkhole caused more than a dozen homes to be evacuated in allentown. i two homes have been destroyed. it is still not clear if it w

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but the idea of having to pay verizon to pay verizon is not going over well with customers. >> it's a lot when it sums up through the year. >> you're going to get people on your bad side. >> it feels like a penalty to m me. >> customers can't avoid this fee by paying the bill in person at a verizon store like this one or at a kiosk. by mail. electronic checking or as i mentioned before, by signing up for automatic credit card payments. last year you might recall verizon tried to impose a fee for those who used a credit card to pay for tv or internet service. the cell phone carrier decided to nix that idea once a lot of customers started complaining. are they going to do this this time around? not clear. bob redell, jon, marla. >> bob, thank you very much. >>> 6:07. people in palo alto are trying to stop at&t's plans for a network of cell phone antennas. they want to put them on top of several yutility poles around palo alto. they left it open to appeals. one family filed an appeal yesterday. police caught the man responsible for a brutal 1999 cold case murder. prosecutors say the regi

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but the idea of having to pay verizon in order to pay verizon is not going over well. >> it's a lot throughout the years. >> if there's extra money on your bill, you're going to get people on your bad side. >> it feels like al peblt to me. >> it's very shocking. you can avoid the $2 fee by paying your bill in person. last year verizon tried to impose a fee for those who used a credit card to pay for their internal service. the company nix that had after many customered complained. wel lo we've seen a lot of complaints on twitter already. >>> pelosi's office downgrading she's thinking about calling it a career soon. her daughter was quoted as saying her mother is 71. she wants to have a life. she's done. it's obligation. that's all i'm saying. pelosi's office says she does not speak for her mother. >> it is 5:08. good morning to you. let's check the forecast with christina loren. you are busy. >> and i like it that way. although we're getting mist and drizzle it looks more promising for showers in the north bay. and maybe a few stray showers throughout the day today. so this evening is looking

the backlash was furious and ultimately for verizon, convincing. >> verizon joins the ranks of netflix and others that tried to raise prices and the stock dipped after the news came out. v verizon folded quickly after about a day rather than let it go about two weeks as the other two did. you can see this message from the ceo. at verizon we encourage customers to take advantage of the best and most efficient option, eliminating the need to institute the fiat this time. the stakes here were significant. verizon did $15 billion in u.s. wireless revenue last quarter alone. its strength in wireless space has been based on its network and reputation for solid service and allowed it to charge more per month than rivals can. the average customer's bill is up $1.20 last year largely from more expensive smartphone plans had them remain loyal. the 4g outage and this $2 had pressured them where they had been the strongest, reliability and the ability to charge a premium. here's a bit of analysis why verizon might have tried this now. the company is looking at implementing family data plans you sh

as pete williams reports, verizon is listening. pete, good evening. >> reporter: harry, barely 24 hours after saying it would charge a fee for paying bills online, verizon wireless abruptly took it back. the company said it was acting in response to what it politely called customer feedback. cell phone and internet users have been complaining loudly since word of the new fee first leaked out, flooding twitter with critical comments and launching petition drives. >> i think it's a little bit unfair. i mean, it's going to affect how i think about verizon. >> reporter: all in response to the company's plan to charge $2 when customers pay their bills once a month either by phone or by going to the company's website. it offered a host of ways to avoid the fee such as signing up for automatic billing. then an official of the federal communications commission said, on behalf of american consumers, we are concerned about verizon's actions and are looking into the matter. the company's about-face came late today. in a written statement the

if you're a verizon customer, that will cost you $2. verizon is calling it a convenience fee.u how to avoid it. >>> first -- aside from cell phone bills, what drives you crazy? how about overused words? the annual list of banished words is out. thanks to the folks at michigan's lake superior state university. here are a few they came up with. baby bump. baby bump. what's wrong with just saying someone is expecting or pregnant? i'm going to blame celebrity parents for this one. also on that list, shared sacrifice. as in the phrase you hear from politicians. they use it when they're trying to get buy-in on an idea for the masses. another one on the list, man cave. why banish the man to neanderthal hall in the house? let's banish that word in the coming year.    >>> finally, a few more words and phrases that are to be banished from your vernacular in the coming years. occupy. we know where that comes from. another self-explanatory one is pet parent. you are not the mother or father of your cats and dogs, people. another fun one on the list, thank you in advance. as

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. >> reporter: verizon is calling this a convenience fee. it means customers who pay their wireless phone or internet bills directly to verizon online on the company's website will be charged $2 each time for the privilege of paying their own bills. the new fee goes into effect in mid january and applies to subscribers of verizon wireless. the nation's largest wireless service provider. as word of it spreads it's coming as an unwelcome surprise. >> $2 is a lot when it sums up through the years. >> if there is extra money charged on your bill you're going to get people on your bad side. >> it feels like a penalty to me. >> very shocking. >> reporter: starting january 15, customers will be charged a $2 fee each month if they pay their verizon wireless bill by going directly to the company website. the same fee applies to paying every month by phone. that's $2 each time the bill is paid. but the company said it will not charge for customers who pay the old fashioned way by mailing in a check or by enrolling in automatic billing from a credit, d

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verizon. >>> welcome back. a blind man missing was last seen in new jersey. police say he got off the train in charlotte, north carolina, but never arrived in alabama. a new jersey police officer helped smith, who is legally blind, into a cab a few days ago. detectives in new jersey are investigating where smith went during that time, and police in charlotte have closed the case. >>> a lot of verizon wireless customers are very unhappy this morning about a new policy the company announced. starting january 15th, verizon will charge customers $2 a month to pay their bills online or over the phone. verizon claims it's simply passing on fees that credit card companies charge on each transaction. customers say it doesn't matter. the fee is just not right. >> $2 is a lot when it sums up through the years. >> if there's extra money getting charged on your bill, whatever you're paying for, you're going to get people to be on your bad side. >> it feels like a penalty to me. >> it's very shocking. >> the fee will not apply to anyone who uses verizon's auto bill pay sy

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also still ahead big changes if your a verizon wireless customer. your bill may be going up. >> it will be called tomorrow, but it will be a lot colder this time next week. >> for people ringing again that the new year in alexandria, big changes. >>> one year later the survivors of the deadly rampage in tucson will reflect on the january 8 shooting that killed six people and injured more than a dozen including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she has been invited to participate in the anniversary services. it is not clear if she will attend. it includes a community interfaith service and candlelight vigil at the university of arizona. >>> new fees for verizon wireless customers starting in january, customers will be charged $2 convenience fee for paying online or over the phone. verizon said the fees offset the processing costs incurred each month. >>> our regions biggest new year celebration is getting an extreme makeover. >> one change may be very unpopular. this year, the alexandria celebration will be for ironworks -- will be fireworks- free. >

. >>> kristen is over at verizon center. she doesn't have a make up art ns tow but there is a little bit of excitement going on. talking about two home teams tonight. >> that's right. a lot going on here. caps taking on the benning within -- penguins. fans are piling in. can they finally get dale hunter his first win as head coach? plus some other people in the verizon center today. we will tell you what the nba players are doing here. that's all coming up next in sports. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> welcome back. i'm live at the verizon center. a lot going on here today. first let's talk about the big matchup tonight between the

in a statement, verizon wireless said, at verizon, we take great care to listen to our customers., we believe the best path forward is to encourage customers to take advantage of the best and most efficient options in eliminating the need to institute the fee at this time. verizon had say the fee was designed to cover its costs associated with credit card payments and steer customers away from paying with a credit card at the last minute. customers could have avoided the $2 fee by signing up for automatic bill pay, by paying with an electronic check, using a verizon gift card or by going old style and putting a check in the mail. and even though most customers would not have been affected, just the idea that you have to pay a fee for the privilege of paying a bill was enough to set customers off. they spoke out and they won. it's not the first time a company has bowed to pressure from consumers and it probably won't be the last. consumerback lash force bank of america to retract a $5 debit fee it tried to enforce last year. it pushed the company to reverse its decision to split it

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verizon coming out with this statement saying "at verizon we take great care to listen to our customers. based on their input, we believe the best path forward is to encourage customers to take advantage of the best and most efficient options eliminating the need to institute the fee at this time." this coming from dan mead, president and chief executive officer of verizon wireless. we're seeing this happen again. we saw this happen with bank of america, with their $5 debit card fee on purchases. bank of america went ahead and retracted that fee and now we're seeing verizon wireless retract its fee. even before it got started. same thing happened with bank of america as well. bank of america's fee was supposed to take place at the beginning of next year. it took it away even before it began as well. isha? >> indeed. we had already heard from the fcc they were going to look into this, right? >> right. that was kind of an interesting twist in this. that hit the wire a short time ago, maybe half an hour to an hour ago that the fcc was concerned about this fee. didn't elaborate on why but w

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