falling through those cracks even cost her loss of sight in one eye but what pulled vicky on the healing side after brutal four-year cancer ordeal were the love letters and spiritual notes she received from her beloved mother daisy may russell. >> she always made me understand that this walk is not about me. it's about what i'm doing for my community. >> reporter: vicky told her story a few months ago at carrollton elementary's career day. >> one little girl gave me a little card and said feel better, get better. you can do it. >> reporter: that's when it hit her. what she could do for your community. she started the pink ribbon love letters project and called on these 9-year-olds to help her send out the good vibrations to survivors. some even offer advice in the form of a corny joke. >> knock knock. >> reporter: who's there? >> medicine. >> reporter: medicine who? >> drink medicine every day. >> i wrote a line across it, eliminate the cancer. >> sometimes as adults we go to the left with this and the first thing we want to talk about is death. their thoughts are so pure. they don't sto

because every day without vicky is extremely hard. one year later it is just another day to me and it is just another day without my older sister by my side. >> vicky has been honored for her extraordinary courage that day. the fact she literally put herself in front of the rifle to protect her first grade students. a school nearby has been named for her and she received one of the highest awards. have i to think as kid sister all of that doesn't matter. you just miss her. >> i would give back everything to have my older sister back. it is amazing our country has recognized my sister and the other five educators as heros because i know that my sister would have done anything to save more of her kids. because of my sister 11 of her kids are able to have a future. they are able to grow up and live their lives. >> there was of course national outrage h after newtown, calls from gun control and especially universal background check. i know you were in the senate gallery the day the senate voted that down. how do you explain the fact a yea

>> reporter: well, no, not yet, vickie. in fact today might be the worst. in fact the watch commander described sfo as being quiet, referring to the number of disturbances or security incidents but ask anyone coming through and they find it anything but quiet. overall, people at sfo seem to be having problem-free journeys. >> this year has been coming and hopefully going. >> people are very kind and helpful. >> it was good. i slept for most of it. >> the long embraces at curb- side drop off matched the long lines at security checkpoints. the people in line come from all over. >> i go to school down at chapman university in orange. >> we're from d.c. >> our kids live all over the country. >> denver. >> when people board their planes they are finding they have a little too much company. >> the planes are fuller. i don't think they have as many spare seats as they used to have. they crowd them in now. >> they wanted seats they couldn't get so they couldn't for the price they paid they expected o have more control over where they sat. >> despite a lack of elbow

vicky. >>> time for dine and dish. with vicky. >> if you find yourself surrounded by a bunch of cable cars, you have come to the right spot. cafe terminus, appropriately named. we have to check it out. the bar was opened at the end of the california street cable car line. hens the name, terminus. >> have a drink, get on public transportation and have a nice time. >> you will have a nice time and a great meal all day long. >> that was sort of the idea behind the concept, that we were having this all-day cafe and serving the needs of different people at different times. >> cafe terminus opens for breakfast and closes at 2:00 a.m. for the cocktail crowd. dennis makes a great sandwich and has several hip restaurants and bars in the street. he has his own farm and roasts his own coffee. >> that's what i do. it is my life. i love it. all aspects of it. i don't mind mopping floors or cleaning. i love to cook. it is the only thing i have ever done. if i was smarter, i would probably do something else. >> i'm glad he decided to

>> vicki, we have some nice weather to talk about for tonight.have a live view right now from south san francisco. this is oyster point where we have temperatures in the 50s currently. and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a clear sky here also. and as we go through this week, we will notice lots of warm weather, lots of sunshine. temperatures low 50s . fremont, berkeley, san leandro. now for tomorrow, look for lots of sunshine starting out the day. coolest in the north bay valleys. low 30s . in the afternoon, low to mid 60s , very similar to today. and in the sierra as we head to christmas looking pretty nice also. mostly sunny skies. a few clouds on tuesday and really mild temperatures here. upper 40s , low 50s for the next few days. no snow in sight. and i will let you know if we have in rain in sight coming none a few minutes. >>> still ahead, a shocking documentary has sea world officials doing damage control to win back part visitors but is it working? plus, a holiday wish comes true in a very big way for a sick little gir

i do want to say, i agree with vicky. my personal feeling is, i completely disagree with everything this man has said. but i support his right to say it because i personally would always rather know if you're a racist. i want to know it. i want to know where you're coming from. i think it's helpful. i also think -- this is my question to you -- i think it is more helpful that we actually have this conversation. i think how we have this conversation about race and sort of the change that's happening in this country is important, and i agree that some people are in a very different place than others. but that doesn't mean that if you speak out and you say something that people disagree with, they, too, have the right to disagree with you publicly. >> that's why you have a first amendment. first amendments were about debates. what the young people need to understand, wasp. wasp. white anglo-saxon protestant. what about the catholics? what about us folks who aren't protestant. if i were an irish catholic i'd be absolutely out

kron 4's vicki liviakis joins us now with the latest. vicki? reporter:new details are emerging about the car crash that killed fast and furious star - paul walker. drag racing has now been possible factor in his death. >> reporter:gone too soon. >> reporter:that's what family, friends and fans of paul walker are saying about the fast and furious actor's demise. walker, and driver roger rodas, were killed instantly in the explosive crash on saturday. >> reporter:jim torp, a friend of walker, witnessed the horror. >>".the tragic thing is there's so many speculations about drag racing, doing donuts, drifting around the corner. that never happened, that never happened." >> reporter:investigators confirm there was no second vehicle involved in the crash. they do say speed may have been a factor. walker's love of speed -- both on and off the set -- was well-known fans say it's a bizarre case of life imitating art - in the death of the fast and furious star. >> reporter:even making the eery connection of movie star james dean in his fatal crash so man

vickie said she has not been the ideal kid either.hile her crime didn't physically injury anyone she was thankful. >> i am not proud of what i did. i took kids' christmas presents. i'm not proud of what i did at all. ♪ >> well, letheft, i was still there. i was rummaging stuff, i guess. i found receipts and said where are my presents. i started looking, went into the closet and found a justin beaner doll and baby toys, i gathered them up and put the receipts in my pocket. and went up to toys "r" us. >> how much money did you get? >> $72. >> roth was sentenced for larceny and spent 6 months in jail. >> i i have been stealing since i was 5. >> what do you regret? >> the part where you get caught. >> she describes herself as a clip toe maniac. >> i just take it and get away with it. i make out like a ban dat. i'm pretty good at what i do. >> she has six prior theft-related convicts as well as convicts for assault. >> is there treatment for that? >> i don't know. >> how are you going to stop tealing? >> put my hands in my pocket. that's t

every day without vicki is extremely hard. it's just another day without for me. >> vicki has been honored for her extraordinary courage that day. she literally put herself in front of the rifle to protect her students. i have to think as her kid sister in a way all of that doesn't matter, you just miss her. >> i would give back everything just to have my older sister back. it's amazing our country has recognized them as heros because i know my sister would have done anything to save more of her kids. 11 of them are able to have a future, they're able to grow up and have a life. >> there was national outrage after newtown, calls for more gun controls, a universal background check. i know you were in the gallery the day the senate voted that down. >> it was extremely hard to watch them come in and vote no on something so sensible. it's a background check and it only takes 90 seconds. it's not preventing anyone that should not have a gun. it was hard for that to happen, and to see it happen, but like president barack obama told

. >> in the women's wing of the jail, vicki groth. >> i feel bad for what i did, not for what i did, who i did it to. i took kids' christmas presents. i am not proud of what i did at all. >> groth's christmas caper began when she was staying at a friend's house. >> i was there, started rummaging through stuff. i found the receipts. i was like where's the presents. so i started looking. i went to the closet and found justin beiber doll and some baby toys and gathered them up, put them in the bag, had receipts in my pocket, rode my bike up to toys r us. >> how much money did you get? >> $72. >> groth eventually pled guilty to larceny, was sentenced to six months in jail. she says stealing has been a compulsion for as long as she can remember. >> stealing something since i was five, wasn't able to keep my hands off stuff that wasn't mine. >> what did you like? >> the part you almost get caught, if you do get caught, see if you can run and get away. >> she describes herself as a cleptomaniac. >> i do it. i have money to buy anything i want. i can take it, get away with it, it is the rush

how sweet it is. >> thanks, vicki.everything that we do here isn't just about the literal -- it's about the entire experience. we have squash with chocolate and ginger. pumpkin seeds. >> beautiful. >> we've got our cake with maple ice cream. >> some of these flavors and spices are just like thanksgiving and christmas and everything good rolled into one. >> yeah. i think it's that time of season, that time of year. we're all about using seasonal products. >> what are sweets without sips. what did you just pour. >> a pear sider. i think sider is something that a lot of people overlook. it is so, so good. it is good for you because it is just sparkling pear juice. so this one also has a slight little fizz to it. it's refreshing. it's like adult sprite. >> they make a wicked version of the grass hopper. tyler is the master. what makes it holiday. >> we're doing a brandy-based grass hopper. we're placing aged -- that will give you more of a holiday feel. >> just go to our website for more information and click on dine and d

. >> in the women's wing of the jail, vicki groth admits she hasn't always been good either. >> i feel bad for what i did, not for what i did, who i did it to. i took kids' christmas presents. that's what i did. aim not very proud of myself for what i did, at all. >> all set? >> yes. >> cool. >> groth's christmas caper began while she was staying at a friend's house. >> they left, i was still there. i started rummaging through stuff, i guess. i found the receipts. i was like, well, where's the presents? so i started looking. i went to the closet and found justin beiber doll and some baby toys and gathered them up, put them in the bag, had receipts in my pocket, rode my bike up to toys "r" us. >> how much money did you get? >> $72. >> groth eventually pled guilty to larceny and was sentenced to six months in jail. she says stealing has been a compulsion for as long as she can remember. >> i've been stealing stuff since i was like 5. i don't know how to keep my hands off stuff that's not mine. >> what did you like? >> the part you almost get caught, if you do get caught, see if you can r

thank you, ceo of opportunity international, vicki escarra.next, something that made me cry all season long. ♪ buy something?ou for me, it is price, need, and emotion, which is also involved in holiday advertisements. day, andches tv every he probably cried at all of those commercials that i do, and he joins us from san francisco. it is a pleasure to have you with me, peter. i will tell you the one that made me cry. it is the apple advertisement, and he wanted to make a video about his family on his iphone, and the whole family cried, and i also cried. explain to me why this was so popular? >> it was not the top of the list, but it did well with moms, not so much with younger men, and it is really about the emotion. there is not enough information to tell you what phone and he is using. it was simply telling a story, and it drew some people in. it is a 92nd ad, so it is a long one, and many people do not stick with it -- it is a 90-sec ond ad. who buys aut someone product based on an ad? i did not go buy an iphone based on this. >> right, but

i'm with vicky. think the most likely outcome is they just do that because that helps them get re-elected in primaries. that's all they care about. >> and it's such a long-term problem for them. the country is changing. arizona is changing. texas is changing. the republican party is just not keeping up with where the electorate is and how it's emerging into a new reality. >> well, vicky, i guess rebecca talent wrote, the problem with the advocacy movement is they never had a real working relationship with republicans and therefore don't know how to even discuss reform with them. they use the same pressure tactics as they would with democrats, and it just isn't working. today, harry reid said boehner is going to cave on immigration reform. so it seems like that strategy of pressure is not going anywhere, but do you think there's any truth to that? >> i don't necessarily agree with that, alex. i think the crux of the issue, and we all tiptoe around it, is the issue of the pathway to citizenship. the de

investigative reporter vicky nguyen has more fx us tonight. vicky?, nearly ten months later, the directort( promised review theÑi issues that were raised inw3 our reports and the dtsc says public accountability p%qm highest priority. >> you have just one minute before you head into theçó meeting? will you have anyÑi time after e meeting to speak with us? >> i don't know. but thank you so much for being here. i appreciate it. request for an interview to talk about the results of this review highlighting problems with her 3 department's ane1 permitting process. we caught upok with her before e first general publis meeting. >> what do you think is the most important change you need to make? >> to be accountable to the people of california. >> how will you do that? thank you. >> rafaelñr commissioned california personnel services to conduct aÑiw3 review. c rÑi it was originally r due. key findings included poor management and a lack of staff for one of the department's most important functions, w.(uring that. cans are properly many haing hazardous mater

vicki. mr.newman left the airport and waiting for him to show up and walk into his building. we do know he is with family. >> it is a great homecoming and i'm tired but ready to be with my family. >> merrill newman did not have much to say after being detained in north korea for six weeks, his wife, son and family met him at san francisco international airport where he flew in from beijing. >> i'm delighted to be home. >> visiting north korea and was on his way home october 26th when according to the facebook page dedicated to bringing him home he was escorted off the plane because of his army service in the korean war 60 years ago. >> while detained, he confessed for the crimes. many think it was forced and days after it he was freed and after touching u.s. soil he thanked his supporters. >> thank the swedish embassy and beijing. >> there were well-wishers here in his hometown, his wife has been going to church while he was detained but we do here that the congregation including children had been keeping the family in their prayers. >> i'm just going to pray for the family a

but if you want to hit the town first, kron 4's vicki liviakis has some last options >> reporter:so youwant to usher in the new year in style, but haven't made a reservation. there's still hope. the good news is that san francisco loves to party. yes, the fireworks are popping off the embarcadero. >> reporter:and while you can't get a table at waterbar - you can still book one at the plant cafÉ just past the ferry building. >> reporter:and the asian fusion butterfly has openings for dinner and a dance party. the aircraft carrier u.s.s hornet rocks it with a swing band. or.ditch the waterfront all together and hit the lanes at lucky strike. for bowling and bubbles. >> reporter:the san francisco symphony's masquerade ball is over the top. and just about sold out. but if you hurry - you can snag a ticket. stay classy and enjoy jardinere up the street for champagne and nibbles. or work your way over to the elegant 1300 on fillmore for live music and dancing. la urbana on divisidero has some exotic mescal concoctions. >> reporter:or back near union square - john's grill offers live jazz and

do not be down, because i know you can do it. >> this is going to be so exciting. >> vicki comes to theregularly to collect the letters. >> thank you so much. the first one i have in spanish and english. they are so focused on the positive and make sure it's a happy letter or a happy card or happy picture. they don't understand that the bad side of cancer. >> but some do, like timothy, for him it's very personal. >> my mom is fighting cancer. my mom was very sick. i am so happy to write this letter. i want you to feel better. >> keep writing those encouraging cards and remember, this is send sending a smile somewhere. >> they may think i don't understand and i do understand and i care. >> andrea roane, wusa9. >> vicki is just working with the carolton elementary school and other schools are anxious to do the same thing. she is getting requests from as far away as japan and russia. if you would like to donate supplies, we will post a link on our website, wusa9.com. >> keeping your family safe with weather call. a custom message sent to your phone when severe weather is in your neighborho

. >> reporter: vicky, this is the copy of the agreement that was signed by both bart management and the leaders of its 2 largest unions. the agreement was reached this morning bringing to an end almost a nine-month labor dispute. john president of the seiu1021 chapter agreed to drop the family medical leave provision which was controversial. it included up to 6 weeks of paid leave for workers to care for sick loved ones. >> it will not be paid by the district. members will have to use their accumulated time off. >> they can use their sick leave to pay for family leave. >> reporter: seiusaid bart agreed to sign off on some issues but were later taken off the table. >> employed will also be paid for over time for training after working a 40 hour week. this deal comes after 9 months of negotiations which included 2 strikes. the strikes caused major delays on bay area road ways, but it appears another strike is avoided. so next, the bart board of directors will be presented this tentative agreement. if they vote to ratify it, it will be taken to the union members for a final vote. we're alm

i'm investigative reporter vicky nguyen. how the company responds to our questions and how local and state regulators are allowing companies to regular themselves. >>> i'm jeff ranieri. we're tracking the poor air quality but also tracking colder temperatures and wind on the increase throughout this week. we'll have your full forecast onlying up in just a few mon minutes. >>> ads appear to be coming to facebook and making investors happy. the social media giant announced today it will run video ads on thursday during a one-day test. more tests to refine the process will follow before it becomes permanent deal. now, to avoid makie ining users rirks the ads will not include sound unless the user taps or clicks on them and will appear on smartphones and tablets connected to wi-fi, to avoid data usage charges by the carriers. facebook stock is soaring today. >> if you win, will you come to work tomorrow? i'll be solo tomorrow night. >> and every day after that. >> today's big jackpot, $636 million. the second biggest prize in u.

bruce springsteen, meryl streep, vicki lawrence or pierce brosnan?irthday. wow! >> i can't believe that bruce springsteen, meryl streep and vicki lawrence are turning 65. >> i know. they should be shouting to the world, this is what 65 looks like. let's talk about pierce brosnan. he is 60 and sexy and dashing and incredible. all of us are showing how to age well and how great life can be after 50. they just keep on going. >> thank you so much. kathie lee will come back across the street. we're going to talk holiday gadgets for yourself or for a friend. and who knew they had 300 million views on youtube? the very talented piano guys show us what they've got. first, these messages. so you can see like right here i can just... you know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim...you know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. oh, that's so cool. well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. no dude, you're on the jumbotron! whoa. ah...yeah, pretty much walked into that one. geico anywhere anyt

i was looking at vicky garbin and all i saw were clips on labor movements. so journalism and pamphlets need to bemovement. rosa parks has been politically active for two decades. she is making stands. people she knows are making stands. and they have gone nowhere. part of the lesson of these activist is how much courage is about persevering. she talks about her arrest being annoying and irritating. and i think in that she decided this is a line that is too far. but she has no sense this is the beginning of a new chapter, right? and so i think part of what we learn from the histories is that you to do things again and again and you don't see the moment that history moved until we are well into it. and so i think part of what we might call is the children's book or story of rosa parks, you make a stand and everybody rises up. except that is not how it works usually. so part of what the histories allow us to see it work of having to do it again and again and there is no sign this act is the important act. and yet, and still, part of why i wanted to start with t

. >> reporter: vicki, people have heard the family's frustration. the hospital supports them although time is running out. they have been waiting to hear from jahi's family. >> the last time they corresponded with children's hospital was more than 24 hours ago. >> reporter: despite the lack of communication they have yet to find another place for her. >> the place that was going to takethem fell through. now there is question is question as to what will happen. >> reporter: singer says children's hospital is left with one thing to do. >> barring unforeseen legal action, at 5:00 the ventilator will be removed. >> reporter: for her to remain on live support a lot has to happen. >> it was a transfer for a facility willing to receive a deceased person on a ventilator. the judge looked the amly family in the eye and said sorry but she is brain dead. there is no amount of prayer that can bring her back. >> reporter: sam singer said they could file an appeal. even if one side wins, it may feel like everyone has lost. oakland, dan rubin, kron4new . >> her f

four months after the incident dave and vicki received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the report stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class committee's father dog a police officer in illinois doug became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with. and i shared this e-mail with him that had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with and had serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their sons' deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug to me in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two fat

. >> reporter: vicki, well beautiful weather today for driving around the bay area with mostly clearnice. another view from up on mt. pam. despite the warm temperatures we have long nights as we start out winter here. going into the low 30s for this evening. tomorrow lots of sunshine. sunny and warm weather will stick around for this week. for the rest of the year. we will wrap up the year dry. the driest year on record for many locations. these are the average rainfall totals. 34 in santa rosa. look at the numbers for 2013. it has been bone dry, not even 10 inches for santa rosa. and this pattern is not changing anytime soon. dry weather persists into 2014. temperatures low to mid-60s for the south bay. along the shore, low 60s. we will see 60s for san francisco and the north bay. upper 50s. the holiday forecast looks like this. sunshine through the week and readings through the mid-60s. there is a weak weather system. there could be increasing clouds and maybe a chance for showers saturday. >>> a wild fire that destroyed dozens of homes in big suris contained. 34 homes were destroy

vicki. >>> a man in vallejo is fighting for his life after he was found with multiple gun shot woundsin front of an elementary school. >> reporter: the victim died. the details are vague. witnesses are not cooperating. paramedics were performing cpr on the victim. the man in his 20s had multiple gun shot wounds at 2:45 in the afternoon at whitney and pomona avenue. they were searching the school for clues as to where, why, and how he was shot. the victim was taken away by ambulance to the hospital with serious injuries. they hope to learn more details once he is out of surgery. >>> there are a million people in kiev, ukraine for anti- government protests. temperatures there are extremely cold. the extra cash they are protesting for will pay for clothing and shelter. >>> a man fell asleep on a plane. when he woke up he was alone locked inside. he woke up to a cold, pitch black cabin. a half hour later they came. >> i called my girlfriend. i said i am alone on the plane. i said i didn't do anything wrong. they said hush-hush keep it quiet. >> he received a $250 voucher. >>> jason will h

vicky? >>> coming up at 11:15, big retailers take the back seat as holiday shoppers take part in small business saturday, then annornament hung -- an ornament hung for each officer killed in the bay area. and the spirit of givering we show you black -- giving, we show you more black shoppers in the spirit of fighting ahead. >>> early morning holiday shopping turned to a small in pennsylvania. one shopper recorded this video that seemed to show a fight at the franklin mills mall around 2 a.m. friday morning and one of the video broke out a stun gun. the mall did breakup quickly. overall sales were up over the weekend with. that according to shopper track, according to a retail research firm. store sales were up for thursday and friday by 2.3%. for black friday alone, sales were down 13.2%, meaning more people shopped on thanksgiving. a lot of folks shopped on phones and tablets this year. >>> and have you been to the affordable care act web site lately in we'll see if the promised fixes have

our vicki liviakis will show you some options. >> welcome back. on to a developing story this morning. a san francisco police officer and a driver were injured during a police chase late last this is video from the scene. around nine p-m officers in the bayview district attempted to pull over the driver of vehicle in which there appeared to be a weapon in the passenger area. the driver fled onto interstate 280 then onto 19th street toward golden gate in san francisco. >> during the pursuit of the suspect was not struck by the bullet. also at that point the officer was injured. >> officers say that the driver continued to the haight-ashbury neighborhood where the driver drove onto the sidewalk, into a cul-de- sac and crashed into a concrete barrier. the driver was taken to s-f general and is being treated for minor injuries. the officer was also taken to s-f general. he has been treated and released. >> the time now a4:30 a.m. >> we are waking up to clear conditions. we have patchy fog out towards the north. the visibility is compromised. we're on

>> vicki and keith have played the role of surrogate parents to brown for more than 15 years. a teenager he was friends with their own children. >> he just would call to talk to my boys, and the boys at the age they were were never home, and we developed a friendship, and i loved him. he just seemed kind of lost and lonely, you know, and then the crime happened. it was very heartbreaking. >> the crime occurred when brown was 16 years old. he's now serving two 50-year sentences for the murders of his mother and stepfather. >> aaron brown bewilders me. he sat in wait with a shotgun until his parents came home one night, and as his mom walked through the door, he blasted her with the shotgun, shot at his stepfather, missed, and ended up chasing his stepfather around the house shooting at him until he finally killed him. and i wanted to know why. >> weeks earlier before he grew out his hair and beard, we interviewed brown about the murders. >> i just remember when i woke up like the first thing i said that day was, today is the day. i had myself convinced and for whatever reason t

vicky sergeant came and did a presentation on sort of practices and how it's being used in the school district. she put together team building exercise that centered on circles. since then we also the f ac c leadership team was ms. kim presented on the school quality leadership plan and f ac had a chance think to parking lot and give feedback. during the meeting we had an opportunity we were like a focus group for the school and we provided questions for them. and student input for the plan >> we did our teacher survey feedback resolution. so the f ac c finalized their questions that could be used to improve their school environment so we're going thirty to have quantify and quality data and it's going to be looked over. we have a meeting tomorrow at the 5:30 in the cafe. you're all welcome to attend the meeting >> thank you okay. we will then move on to item e the parents advisory committee report i understand we have presenters this evening. >> good afternoon, commissioners thanks for the mind. i'm tony and my daughter is a fifth grader at sunset elementary and she loves her school

vicki five miles per hour on the outer loop and inner loop of the beltway. windshave some high across the bay bridge. no word on restrictions, but i am going to give you a warning. if you are driving a tractor trailer or something like that, you want to or across the bay bridge. new this morning, all lanes are back open after a serious accident in suit len. -- suitland. four people were taken to the hospital. one with life-threatening injuries. no word on how the accident started or the condition of the victim. allentown road has been reopened. michigan and new england are covered with a thick layer of ice after this morning's storm. they have a thousands of people are waking up without power before christmas. >> sheets of ice have turned streets into treacherous skating rinks. the ice is weighing down trees and power lines. are on the clock to get the lights back on. >> we put stuff up and stuff comes right back down. the worst ice of storms new england has seen in 15 years. near detroit, the hum of generators fills neighborhoods left without power. the har

great to see you, vicki.f teased this segment saying you're a competitor to pandora but that is not quite accurate, is it? >> not really. we are a music platform. so we're a little bit after switzerland of all music services where we have some of our own businesses we sell music to end consumers but we also power the music, we're the muscle behind services for samsung, t-mobile, blackberry, explain what you mean, power the music. what do you mean by that? >> well, we're, i don't want to get too deep into all the technical mumbo-jumbo but basically a one-stop. so we have rights. we work with music labels. we next the rights. we have technology platforms so companies can come to us and they can do all the innovation they want on their user experience but they don't have to do the alsoing. they don't need to ingest the music. it is very complicated to do the reporting. so we serve as a platform and a backbone provider. david: sounds like you have a lot of lawyers working for you, right? >> well he do. we have a

earlier this year, investigative reporter vicki nguyen shared stories about the company storing neat outdoor sheds. but now it's these trucks that may be creating a different risk on the roads. >> i saw an accident. >> where? >> you're listening too a driver calling 911 after he slammed into this stalled car on december 11. >> oh, my gosh. i really smashed it. >> okay, are you hurt? the crash looked so bad, first responders thought the worst. but the driver survived. >> i'm on the outside lane. had the hazards on and he smashed into the back of the car. >> i remember, i guess you could say i remember hitting. i don't remember anything after that point. >> he woke up in the passenger seat. he said he suffered a herniated disk in his back. >> i thought he was going to change lanes like any other vehicle. but sthen he got closer and closer. that's when i thought i was going to go into the bay. >> he's a former driver that asked us to describe his voice because he still drives cars. he says this crash is an example of the potential dangers cisco trucks pose on the road. >> while the repo

my victim's mom and stepdad are here today, vickie and greg. i want to thank them very much for coming. i took these people's trust. because, you know, they trusted me with their daughter, you know, not to hurt her in any way, and i ended up killing her, you know. i can say that, you know. i can, i can admit that i've killed somebody. >> when we made the decision to come to the prison to visit with mark, a lot of our friends and family were like, are you crazy? well, you know, i was full of rage and i was not healing very well. and i wanted to tell him about that. and so we brought with us, do you remember, some pictures of you guys when you were dating and then i also had this photograph of jenny dead on the emergency room table. and i remember we kind of pulled out the nice pictures and mark was smiling and kind of talking about them and then pulled out this other picture. and i know that, mark, you didn't want to look at it. and i was so angry. i just wanted to keep shoving it in front of your face. i remember, i said to you, i want to hear

vicki said presents she bought online for her daughter were late. >> i couldn't wait to see her face. it didn't happen. [ crying ] >> so i was disappointed. >> reporter: fedex and u.p.s. won't say how many packages are late. both are blaming bad weather and an overwhelming number of deliveries. the companies apologized and brought in next stra workers to clear up the backlogs. many venting on social media with twitter followers using the hashtag u.p.s. fail. online retailers who used the shipping giants aren't happy either. amazon is offering many customers a $20 gift card and refund on some shipping fees. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >> today the companies have another issue to deal with. people sending their gifts back. we'll have more on the scramble tonight at 5:00. >>> right now fire officials in monterey county are meeting with people affected by the big sur wildfire. the 900-acre fire destroyed 34 homes and 4 buildings. it began december 15th in los padres national forest. it was fully contained earlier this week. but crews remain in the area watching for flare-ups.

. >> catherine: kron4's vicki liviakis has more on stanley's story. vicki??:it's the season for miracles. and that's why we're calling this the magnificant miracle. >> reporter:kron 4's stanley roberts' story of marcus the magnificant - a homeless man - is touching hearts. and not only here in the bay area. here's a clip of stanley and marcus malone on inside edition tonight. >>.super star buddy. >> now i am homeless and on the street. >> reporter: sure enough he found markus small lump was telling the truth. marcus malone was telling the truth. >> reporter: the reporter has brought along his superstar body. buddy >> reporter:coming up a little later on kron 4 news at 8. we show you where marcus' rocky road now leads him. after his reunion with carlos santana. >> reporter:you can see stanley's full interview on on the magnificent miracle reunion between carlos santana and former bandmate marcus malone. you can catch it tonight, after the kron4 news at 11. >> reporter: will stay strong upper level ridge of high pressure made sure that that did not get anywhere

that's what vicki chose for her car. every month the unit transmitted her mileage count to the state dot which then sent her an invoice. >> from a tax policy point of view, this was really interesting to me because when i go to the pump i am filling my car with gas, i'm not thinking about the taxes i'm paying and i'm paying both federal and state. when you get a bill in the mail, you think about the taxes that you are paying. and that does put a wake in the sense of oh, i'm paying a tax here for the privilege of using the roads. which i don't think people think about when they just fill their tank. >> reporter: but skeptics think administering a program like that would create a bureaucratic mess. and they say taxing fuel efficient cars sends an anti-green message. charging hybrids more than hummers. >> you are reduce the incentive for people to shift to fuel efficient cars. >> a democratic political consultant and blogger based in portland -- >> gas tax is a great incentive to get folks into fuel efficient cars to put le

for months after the incident david vickie received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the report stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class kim is father dog a police officer in illinois doug became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him dead had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with had serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their son's deaths and getting no answers from the army they've met with doug to me in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had. kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two fathers w

and vicky the road will play sees a toy and give this a tory and firetruck aware that you love it for what it is. will she never any theories as to what age children should begin watching tv. what the consumers via bucks on tv on the internet during these days on smartphones. this surely a basic need for toddlers to consume targeted content written and designed specifically for them. dale and i see better days. it's around . mm. a ceremony was held at the weekend to play to be told in two thousand cited as the marines who perished when the japanese don't sneak them in a time in the top eighteen u s should back off more outgoing finance though papa seventy two years ago. around two thousand five hundred people attended the ceremony including the points tied up in the us government officials military representatives and sixty cents since this is the life that early morning of time i've taken to teach people to. she kill the muslims are slowly roll. for breakfast nobody wins. sleep recently did a lot better. my mental silence was held at seven fifty five i am the exact on japanese bombs

four months after the incident dave and vicki received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the report stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class jimmy's father dog a police officer in illinois became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him that had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with and had serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their son's deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug to me in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two fathers were

for months after the incident dave and vicki received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the report stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class jimmy's father dog a police officer in illinois became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him. sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their son's deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug to meet in person for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two fathers were talking in one of t

titles with benetton and ferrari ukraine's opposition support is driven and pundits towards president vicki and a cat beaches residents on sunday in a bid to take the complaints to his dole the police prevented them from reaching their destination. however the campaign to steer the country back towards europe doesn't look like getting away. the eu the statistics as we get to drive to the prison's residents to show him that we come down with still can. he should listen to the people and make concessions even though ten empty sporting the position he does appear unwilling to end weeks of street protests to topple the government of today rejected an eu trade pact he pisses her off to the holidays but going to call for a nationwide strike of the super is cool right but the falling numbers have eased the pressure on present and a convict who has just signed to play in a package that cost dead. a report in kiev says is the only non activists in independence that say that government isn't listening to that day mom's faces when they decided to run a right in front of ukraine's presidential rest and

four months after the incident david vickie received the final incident report in direct contradiction to the lieutenant colonels initial e-mail the reports stated that his son had been killed by friendly fire when his commanding officer lieutenant hanson shot him believing that he was the enemy. confused by the conflicting accounts of his son's death dave reached out to private first class kim is father dog a police officer in illinois doug became somebody who i spent literally hours on the telephone with and i shared this e-mail with him dead had been sent to me being a cop he looked at this and instantly instantly had heartburn with and had serious issues with it after months of asking for additional information about the conflicting reports of their son's deaths and getting no answers from the army dave met with doug kmiec in per. and for the first time at a ceremony at fort campbell when we were at fort campbell and we were visiting for this memorial service we had kind of gotten to a point where we both felt like we could release it and let it go after the ceremony the two father

. >> reporter: vicky had nothing under her tree in wichita, kansas yesterday. >> i was really excited. i couldn't wait to see her face. and it didn't happen. i was disappointed. >> reporter: ups and fed ex say bad weather and extra last- minute online shopping br to blame. on its website ups said the volume of air packages in our system exceeded the capacity of our network. some angry customers complained on the ups facebook page while others took to twitter with the hash tag ups fail. but many took the delays in stride. in boston gary expressed symphony for deliver drivers working late on christmas eve. >> i saw ups and federal express truck drivers out there at 10:00, 11:00 at night doing the best they could. >> reporter: some online retailers including am son.com are offering gift cards and refunds for shipping fees for items that didn't make it on time. >> ups officials told bloomberg business week the company expected to ship more than 132 million items the week before christmas. >>> late packages were the least of people's problems up north. hundreds of thousands of people from