paige: walter! paige, get to the door! walter! (shouts) there's got to be a way to get them out of here. (grunts) guys, there's a door at the end of the walkway over the cooling room. it must be defective 'cause it's closing slower than the others. (alarm continues blaring) over there, the door! (grunts) cabe! cabe! hurry. cabe! cabe! it's not gonna hold! go now! cabe, it's not gonna... go! go! there's got to be an override here somewhere. ah, damn it! calculate fast, walter! how much time to get me out of here? you hold on tight. i'm gonna figure this out. (classical music) (rock music) the steakhouse thickburger. onion strings, blue cheese and a1 sauce on a burger. when things look the bleakest, heroes find a way. one way or another... something's wrong. i'm gonna getcha getcha, getcha, getcha... oh, my god. one way i'm gonna getcha, i'll getcha... i knew you'd save the day. (laughs) one way. what's going on? walter's safe. cabe's trapped in there. (alarm blaring in distance) thanks to you. hey, how about you settle down? oh, th

((walter)) what they hope to change... before they re-open. 3 ((walter plus... the best job you never knew you wanted! play with pandas... and some people don't like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. its free for 30 days. 3 3 monday, february 8th. i'm walter allen.((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. chipotle restaurants are gonna close for four hours today... it comes after *months of health issues... and the sagging sales that resulted from them. so what are they trying today? 3 ((jen fox-13's aaron mesmer is at a chipotle in tampa... what's up? 3 the restaurant's executives likely are hoping this brings an end to this e-coli-outbreak saga that made a lot of people sick and brought the chain's profits to a grinding halt. 3 what this means for today...is the retaurant will be closed during a company-wide meeting this morning. accoring to chipotle's website...the restaurants will reopen at 3 p-m. in a news release...the company's co-ceo said this meeting is being held to "than

i'm walter epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 (dave 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 3 new this morning: president barack obama... is planning an historic trip to cuba. (jen) it should happen in the next few weeks, and when it does, he'll be the first american president to step foot on the island... in nearly *90-years! 3 (jen the trip will be brief... probably in mid-march... and will be a watershed moment for relations between the u-s and the communist island. but it comes after months of changing each others' capitals... then came the move to restore commercial air travel... now many wonder if president obama will also be able to lift the longtime embargo... that many say: hasn't worked. but there's a huge sentiment, especially here in florida... that this trip is precisely the *wrong move. florida senator marco rubio... the son of cuban immigrants... takes special issue with this. 3 "i'll tell you the problem with the cuban government is no

((walter)) he berates himself.. for not speaking-up when he overhears another family talking about "down syndrome" and getting it all wrong.. laura moody joins us now with the video.. 3 ((laura)) i'll set the scene for you.. but the video really speaks for itself. robb scott was in a video store.. picking out a movie for his family when he saw another family pick out a movie about a child with down syndrome. the kids ask their father what down syndrome is.. the father answered - "it's an illness of not knowing anything". scott, who has a young son but when he got in his car - he felt guilt for staying silent.. so he made this video. 3 "i heard that voice in my head saying, tell them waht it is... and i didn't. and i let that ignorance grow in another generation. and failed my son. flash to"down syndrome is literally one of hte most beautiful things that has happened in my life. it's fun, it's brilliant it's amazing, it's funny, it's kind, it's loving.. it's cuddly, it's they're great teacher, people 3 3 ((laura/take

(walter) the contests in south carolina and nevada start in just a week-and-a-half. 3 (walter/ lower demand and increased production will likely keep gas prices at insanely low levels. an international agency report released tuesday predicted a oil through 2016. that's seventy-one a gallon on average in tampa bay this morning. also keeping prices down, economic sluggishness in the u-s, china and europe. 3 ((jen a new sculpture at hyde park united methodist church will be unveiled quite a statement. canadian artist 'timothy schmalz' made the first 'homeless jesus' statue back in toronto. since then... replicas of the statue have been installed around the country-- this is the one in detroit. the artist wants to bring homelessness to the forefront. last year... there were more than 19-hundred homeless people in hillsborough county. tampa's 'homeless jesus' will be unveiled today ay noon... just before the church's ash wednesday service. 3 ((jen)) big news from two major retailers...((walter)) the bay area store that's closing... and the other, that's closer to opening a much hoped-for

((walter)) the familiar face who's ready to hit the campaign trail for "little brother." 3 ((walter and... pasco county deputies need your help catching a thief... the incredible video, that should help them out. 3 3 it's 5:--, on friday, february 12th. i'm walter allen.((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. it's been almost a week, and tampa police are *still looking for a "person of interest" in a shooting that killed two people . and they need your help. ((jen fox-13's aaron mesmer is on the story for us. aaron... there's real urgency here... what sort of 3 leads to detectives have? 3 tampa police are really hoping for a break in this case. they've been going through surveillance video of the shooting...trying to identify people who may be able to provide some good information. 3 detectives have now released a picture of a "person-of- interest"...and they need helping identifying him. he was in club rayne early saturday morning...when, according to witnesses an argument broke out -- and ended in gunfire. eight people were hit. 21-year-old marvin lancaster was killed inside the club on nebraska

back to you. 3 3 (walter in st. petersburg: the case of some 3 (walter in st. some stolen art... is *almost solved this morning. the missing piece was returned to the chihuly musuem *tuesday morning. someone stole it over the weekend. st. pete police released this surviellance image of a man... who may be able to help. he was standing outside of a limo... when the man who dropped off the stolen art... walked by. they even talked for about ten seconds. police say they already have a *suspect in mind... but they want to find this eyewitness, before making any arrests. 3 3 (jen) a man accused of trying to run over a pasco county deputy now faces an attempted murder charge. 3 (jen "j-rokton williams" was arrested yesterday in seminole county. last saturday, investigators say deputies tried to arrest williams on multiple felony charges when he put his car in reverse, and accelerated toward one of them. deputies shot at the tires, but he got away. he is currently being held in the seminole county jail. 3 3 (walter) two guns ... two students, and *zero toderance .. authorities arrested

walter allen.((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. we want to get right to dave... for an update on the wet conditions. dave? 3 a tornado watch is in effect until 8am as showers and storms quickly move through the area. sunshine will return later today, with high temps near 70. 3 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 (jen 3 a developing story this the woman believed to have hit and killed a tow truck driver is now in custody. state troopers spent all day monday searching for "allison huffman"... they found her last night, at a friend's apartment in st. petersburg. officers got the tip, then sent f-h-p to pick her up. authorities say: troopers questioned huffman about the hit and run overnight, and drove her to the pinellas county jail. 3 new this morning... bad weather may be to blame for a mobile home fire off winter drive in tampa. right now... it's a one alarm fire. a tree fell on top of the home. officials caused by a lightning strike. 2 people inside the home say they heard a loud no

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3 3 3 ((walter)) its now 5:__ thanks for joining us. i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. and despite the fact that it's presidents' day... and there should be fewer people on the roads... it's been a very dangerous morning for drivers. 3 (jen in new port richey... a motorcyclist and a semi collided along ridge road overnight... and the motorcyclist was killed. this was a few hours ago, around 12-30. they're still investigating and there are delays there.. so far, authorities haven't identified the person on the motorcycle, or said what led-up to the crash. we'll pass along new information, as we get it. 3 a driver 3 wrapped this car around a *pole along ulmerton and feather sound in pinellas county overnight. the car is so mangled, you can't tell what type it is... but our photographer on the scene is hearing it was an f-150 truck. we're still waiting to find out if the driver *survived... crews are out there, working the scene at the moment. 3 3 ((walter)) and also while you were sleeping... another bad accident... this time, on the howard frankland bridge... we've confi

that's gonna give 3 ((walter)) its now 5:__ thanks for joining us. i'm walter epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 (dave 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 ((vanessa 3 3 3 3 ((vanessa 3 3 3 (wally now to an update on a big traffic problem in *pasco county. a truck that was hauling a *crane, slammed into an overpass. that shut down i-75 for *several *hours... near "overpass road," just south of state road 52. one lane re- opened around five p-m... and all lanes were back open by 11 last night. 3 ((wally this is a closeup look at the damage that crane caused when it hit the overpass. the driver is aubrey reed from texas. he was not hurt... but he *was ticketed for carrying an oversized load. inspectors spent all night checking out that overpass... to make sure it was structually sound. (walter) voters head to today, in the very first presidential primary this season.(jen) already, the final results in one tiny village are surprising. 3 (jen "dixville notch" is one of three communities in the state that are allowed to hamp

((walter)) and i'm walter allen. the future of the tampa bay rays will be a hot topic this morning... but not in st. petersburg. hillsborough county leaders and tampa mayor bob buckhorn are stepping up to the plate... to try and lure the team across the bay. 3 ((walter fox-13's alcides segui is on the story for us. alcides: the topic has to be *venue... and the chances for a rays move across the bay. tell us what else is on 3 3 3 (alcidesrc: downtown tampa 3 rc: the rays struggle 3 rc: beautiful ball park 3 rc: tampa park apartments 3 rc: pay the city 3 ((walter 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ((jen the time now is 5:__. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: the zika virus is spreading in florida. a third person in hillsborough county has been diagnosed with the illness... that brings travel-related. 3 ((jen it's been almost a week, and still: no sign of the two teenagers who broke-out of a detention facility in hillsborough county. anthony bays and anthony cook allegedly got out through a hole in the chain li

. 3 ((walter and... time to get your *bake on... the girl scouts need you... to turn their cookies into a new concoction! better do-si-do into the kitchen... 3 there's *money on the line. 3 3 3 3 3 as you wake up, we have a very busy weather morning... 3 parts of our area are under a tornado watch right now... you can see the line of storms 3 moving east on skytower radar. dave is watching all the developments... and we'll check in with him, in just a few minutes. 3 3 we're following a developing story out a nepal... where a small plane has disappeared. there time. officials are fearing the plane crashed while flying over mountainous terrain. they have helicopters out searching the plane's route.. but poor weather conditions are making it difficult. 3 an incident report from a sheriff's office in west texas.. shows that nothing was out of place in the hotel room where supreme court justice "antonin scalia" was found dead.. this -- as we learn more about the health problems that may have led to the 79- ye

i'm walter allen.((jen)) and i'm jen epstein and there are strong concerns this morning about the zika virus in florida. in fact, governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency over it. he'll be in tampa today to offer an update on the state's effort to keep everyone safe. 3 (jen there are at least *nine cases across four counties, including hillsborough. the others are in miami-dade, lee.. and santa rosa counties. so the state is stepping-up mosquito spraying efforts... and expanding outreach and education. there is no indication that the virus has been transmitted *within hillsborough county, or that any mosquitos here are carrying it. the areas around the homes where the infected people live are also being inspected. our two local cases are to non- pregnant women who traveled to other countries. they have been treated by doctors and are expected to be o-k. 3 3 3 3 no closed captioning is 3 3 ((jen)) 3 millions of tax returns are on hold this morning.. because of a computer glitch at the inter

i'm walter epstein... we're following a news alert this morning, out of pinellas park. 3 (jen a deadly, single-car accident on bryan dairy road at u-s 19. a car ran into one of the overpass supports and caught fire... one person is dead and authorities are working to determine if 3 cowan is on the scene in pinellas park. kellie... there's concern the crash may overpass.(take remote) 3 3 3 ((jen thanks, kellie. 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 3 ((walter the time now is 5:__. let's get you up to the minute 3 today's top stories: this morning, early voting sites will open in 16 of florida's 67 counties ... that includes hillsborough and polk counties.. most others will open on saturday ... you can find a list of early voting sites on your county's supervisor of elections website. by law, counties must offer early voting for at least eight days. if you want to vote, you need to be registered. in florida, only registered republicans and democrats can vote in the primary. 3 ((walter th

3 3 3 3 ((walter thanks, shayla. (walter take me out to the ball-park... rays fans can help kick-off the season tomorrow, at "fan fest." players and coaches will be at tropicana field, to meet with fans and take photos. this include: a discussion with 3 hall-of-fame baseball writer, "peter gammons"... a social zone... and other baseball related activities... kids 14 and younger can visit a free autograph station with more than 40 former major league players... entry is free... but autograph passes for *rays players are 25-dollars each. that money... goes to charity. 3 new this morning... we're getting our first look at universal's new king kong ride at islands of adventure. "skull island: reign of kong" will be one of the longest rides ever created for the theme park. the 3-d ride starts out at a research team camp... then moves into the ruins of a shrine. that's when riders board an expedition vehicle... and come across an enormous temple wall.... from there you'll find some ferocious creatures-- including kong. the ride will open this 3 ((jen)) it's the

we'll put mom's favorite sickness treatment to the test. 3 3 ((walter)) its now 5:__ i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's forecast, with dave. 3 3 (dave 3 mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and storms. high temps in the upper 70s. tonight will be cloudy and mild; lows in the upper 60s. showers and storms likely for wednesday, with a few strong storms possible. rain chances 70%, with high temps in the mid 70s. 3 3 no closed captioning is 3 (vanessa we're following a news alert in tampa... a house fire forced several people from their home overnight. this is a live look at the scene on sitka street. by the time firefighters got to the home early 3 this morning, there was a ton of smoke... thankfully, three people and two dogs were able to get out safely... no word on what *caused the fire... investigators are working it... fox-13's ken suarez is working to get new information about the investigation for a live report at 5:30. 3 3 (jen) while you were sleeping: another tragic night on the roads... this time, for two joggers. troopers say: a driver hit and killed the

walter. walter--walter! oh... okay. walter-- (panting and muttering) take some breaths, okay? can i get a stretcher, please? dr. murphy, you need a hand here? yeah. this is... walter. he's complaining of chest pains. okay, take a nice, deep breath, walter. (exhales) what happened? he lost his guinea pig. (breathing heavily) mm-hmm. (walter sighs) bicycle therapy. i know. it's exciting, right? improving gait and postural therapy in parkinson's patients using bicycles. so how much? i'm sorry? how much am i spending? uh, $223,000. you've got to be kidding me. i don't kid. but watch this. okay. can you get up? okay... ida, step. shahir, she doesn't have this kind of mobility. step, ida. step. do you see how well she's walking? hmm? step. we call it kinesia paradoxica. nurse. guided movements can help these patients become more mobile. so does it last? well, the tremors and rigidity, um, start up almost immediately once the exercise is stopped. okay. that's great. easy. (lowered voice) so... what is the point? (lowered voice) we don't know the point, which is what is so exciting. $

3 ((walter be careful on the roads... there's a pricey problem out there that could empty your wallet, and threaten your life. 3 ((jen where's baby willow? the desperate search this morning to find a newborn in florida... 3 ((walter and... why go *away on vacation... when the best is right here... the new honor for a bay area beach... look out... here 3 ((walter)) its now 5:__ thanks for joining us. i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 3 a little fog to start, then partly cloudy and lovely during the afternoon. high temps in the upper 60s to near 70. tonight will be clear and chilly; lows near 50. gorgeous sunshine on tap for thursday, with high temps near 70. 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 ((vanessa and these are scenes this morning from an accident on north-bound i-75.. just north of big bend road in riverview.. one of the women involved, tells us that she was hit from behind by an erratic driver around 1 a-m.. the person who hi

walter mccormick, president and ceo of u.s. telecom, and chris lewis of public knowledge, he's the vice president there. mr. mccormick, in the year or so since the fcc made the decision on net neutrality, how has that affected your member companies? >> guest: it doesn't affect us operationally day-to-day because the open internet standards are standards that we agree with; the no blocking, the no throttling, the no paid authorization. we have supported their adoption as regulations under 706 authority, we support their enactment into law by the united states congress. but what we objected to was the way in which the fcc went about the open internet standards i. adopted them as regulations pursuant to common carrier authority. this is a 19th century form of regulation, originally applied to common carriers like railroads, trucking companies and airlines. it has been repealed for all of those traditional common carriers, and we don't think common carrier regulation is the right form of regulation for the 21st century internet, so

((walter)) why workers at one pizza place ((walter plus.. a young woman from the bay area is injured while visiting colombia. the latest on her fight to get home. 3 3 spokesbox: go paperless, don't stress, girl i got the discounts that you need safe driver accident-free i'm savin' you five hundred coming soon from progressive, it's "savin' u," the new hit single from the dizzcounts. cash money the biggest discount and understand... the dizzcounts. safe driver, paperless, paid-in-full, multi-car and joey fatone. savin' you five hundred i'm savin' you five hundred we have auto-tune, right? oh, yeah. 3 and thanks for tuning in to i'm walter allen.((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start by checking in with dave, who has your work week forecast. 3 3 3 3 3 available for traffic. 3 3 3 it's 5:xx looking at some of today's top stories. tampa police are investigating a shooting at cut rate liquor store. they said they got a call about shots being fired overnight. when they got dead on the sidewalk. according to witnesses two men tried to rob the sto

/jen))((walter/jen)) 3 love too. broken heart with tree will fill their and she hopes her tree will fill their 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 we've already hit on the issues from last night's democratic debate.. but there's something a little *silly that's trending.. the *fashion. we'll show you why - coming up. 3 plus: why one group wants to keep the new sports illustrated swimsuit issue... *off the store shelves. again! r again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... again! 3 4 xxx. here's a quick check of the top trending stories this hour. and we begin... with some cover controversy. the sports illustrated swimsuit issue reveals it's newest *cover one group is *already protesting it. 3 "the national center on sexual explotation" wants retailers to cover-up the magazine or keep it *out of public view. the concerns started after *last year's magazine went on sale. supermodel "hannah davis" is on the cover... and the *bottom half of the cover

up next. 3 ((walter developing this morning: ride in the sky? the push to bring elevated lanes to a very busy tampa road... is one step closer to reality this morning. why it could do *more than ease your *commute. 3 ((jen goodbye guantanamo? president obama announces his long-awaited plan today... for finally closing the controversial detention facility... and the big question is: where will the detainees go? 3 ((walter and... the ads say: "soup is good food." but is it really a great *cold remedy? we'll put mom's favorite sickness treatment to the test. 3 3 ((walter)) its now 5:__

saturday night i'm walter perez. g.o.p. presidential candidates get ready for their eighth debate. >>> police are looking for vandals who climbed to the top of the roller coaster just to steel a flag at the dorney park. >>> but the big story on "action news" is first weekend in february, a mild one, shaping up to be a nice one tomorrow as well but there is a chance of some snow next week that could make for one messy commute. meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> hi there walter. lots to track over next few days butt as you mentioned nice start for first weekend of february. highs in the region were in the lower 40's. the currently in the city coming in at 39. thirty in the poconos. thirty-seven for reading. lancaster. 36 degrees along the coast. if you are stepping out on the town later this evening it is on the chilly side. apartly cloudy at 7:00 p.m. tonight. dropping down to 37. thirty-six at 8:00. and 9:00 p.m.

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saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is a day of early vote ago this saw a huge victory for donald trump and slim win for hillary clinton. we will get the latest from abc's megan hughes. >> reporter: walter, good evening. the political map has change. jeb bush is out and we now have two clear front runners. hillary clinton and donald trump now each of two wins in the the race for the white house. >> hill willry, hillary. >> clinton sounding confident and taking swings. >> we need more than a plan to change the middle class needs a raise and we need more jobs. >> reporter: south carolina voters cementing donald trump as an outsider now firmly on the inside track. >> there is nothing ease bye running for president, it is tough, nasty, mean, it is vicious. the it is beautiful. when you win it is beautiful. >> reporter: long lines to vote in both states reflecting a heavy turnout. ted cruz and marco rubio both with strong performances. >> thank you south carolina. >> reporter: after another poo

>> reporter: good evening, walter. you are right investigators found the body of the seven two-year old victim just up there in a second floor unit. we're told that they did not know that she was up there until they found her body, this morning. at this point police are not identifying their victim. now throughout the day investigators have been sifting through remains of the eight unit condo complex trying to figure out what may have caused, the fire, and where it all started. chopper six was over the scene shortly after the fire started, 9:30 last night, raging flames could be seen tearing through the complex. police say that six people were taken to the hospital, including one police officer, two fire fighters and two residents, most of whom had smoke inhalation. we understand all of them will be okay. now fire crews didn't know a victim was inside until they started sifting through this, this morning and just a few moments ago we spoke with the victim's niece. >> she was a kind person. she loved animals. she loved

. >> jeff: walter morris is live in the satellite center with more on his death. walter? >> reporter: justice antonin scalia dead at 79 years old. this is the latest information. according to reports, justice scalin found dead at the west texas ranch while on a quail huning trip. he got there to attend a party with furt other people after a day of hunting. whenee didn't appear for breakfast, the worker went to early reports say he died of natural causes. scalia, the longest-serving justice on the court. of course reaction has started pouring in and this statement from justice john roberts on behalf of the court and the retired justice. i'm saddened to report that our colleague, justice antonin scalia has passed away. he was an extraordinary justice and his passing is a great loss to the court and the country he so loyally served. we extend our deepest condolences to his family. >>> and former president george w. bush also sending his reaction saying, laura and i mourn the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. he was a towering figure and judge on the nation's hig

the saturday night i'm walter perez. big story is hillary clinton's first landslide victory of the presidential campaign. with 9 percent of the vote in, the former secretary of state won 74 percent to 26 percent for bernie sanders. abc's marci gonzales is in south carolina and joins us now with more. >> reporter: tonight, celebrating a crucial victory. >> thank you so much, south carolina a. >> hillary, hillary. >> reporter: in south carolina hillary clinton, gained delegates and momentum. >> a big win here in south carolina likely means a big win in the southern states on super tuesday. >> bernie sanders can continue to win some states but if he doesn't windy size i havely it will be impossible to catch up. >> reporter: bernie sanders conceding here but insisting his campaign is far from over. >> tuesday, over 800 delegates are at stake and we intend to win many, many of them. >> reporter: those democrats out, looking at super tuesday and beyond, and going after g.o.p. front runner donald trump. >> leading candidate for

i'm walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 (dave 3

walters. general motors knew about this and stopped using the water for goodness sake. but you know what? the families don't have the resources that general motors does. mr. edwards, when do you think they knew and when should they have actually made that public? >> i think they should have made it public as soon as ms. walters figure out that her child was lead poisoned and they were not following the federal law. even when you excuse that when mr. del toro put his professional career on the line to have that memo writ enand gave it to lee ann, when they started covering up at that point i personally believe it's criminal. >> that's why we'll continue to investigate this. one other thing and i appreciate the generosity of the time. why has the epa failed to fill fill the foia requested? this committee has jurisdiction on foia. we've done a reform package that mr. cummings were very involved with. mr. edwards, he works for his life on studying water. we need good people like mr. edwards to be

walter. i appreciate you coming before the committee and doing what you did early on in the process. i really do. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses. we can't let this happen. it should never have happened in the first place. i am going to yield back. i will turn the time to our ranking member, mr. cummings, for his opening comments. rep. cummings: mr. chairman, i really appreciate you for your efforts, for requesting this hearing and making it happen. mr. chairman, i want to yield three minutes to my distinguished colleague mrs. lawrence from michigan. rep. lawrence: in a letter, i asked that this hearing examined actions of key decision-makers involved in the development of this drinking water contamination crisis. i never thought this could happen in america, in this day and age. in our great country and our great home of michigan, where we are surrounded by freshwater and the great lakes. every american has the right to three basic needs from their government -- clean air to bre

p>>walter: i did. pand out. p>>walter: and that's what we're ptalking about. pit's super bowl, the game, the pcommercials, the performances. plet's talk about something else poff the field. peli manning's reaction to his pbrother's win. pthey solidify the lead and they pcut away to the manning family psuite. peveryone is excited exit for plittle brother eli. pthe stare, half hearted high pfive. pis it because his brother peyton pnow has the same number of prings? p>>russell: you're never going to pmake member that. p>>walter: i'm not going to pbelieve that, erpt ither. p>>russell: i think he's let's pnot celebrate too quickly. p>>laura: not celebrate what too pquickly? p>>russell: the win. p>>walter: until that clock reads pzeros, the game ain't over yet. p>>laura: that's it. p>>russell: we're all in p>>laura: i was totally bothered pwhen we teased that story. pi didn't like that. pthe brothers are notoriously pquick. p>>walter: we settled it. pwe have to move on. ptouching moment at a children's phospital in texas. p a whole new world p>>walter: this is way b

walter morris. 7 news. >> bkeys: okay walter. thanks for the update. >> craig: and stay tuned. we'll be right back. >>> >> >> craig: a pet frosk a rescue dog when his home gowps in flames the man asleep when the fire broke out. >> belkeys: he owes his escape to his best friend. elitsa bizios has the story from northwest miami-dade. >> when i woke up, i noticed the smoke and i opened the door and heard a cloud crash opt the glass and saw more smoke and closed it be hyped me. >> >> reporter: alive or deamg situation in northwest miami-dade as the fire ignites early wednesday morning ch the man inside this home near northwest 83 terrace and 18th 18th avenue fast asleep. >> he is an angel accept from god had. >> >> reporter: his angel from gotd sunshine. the dog that saved his life. erratically and woke me up. after hearing the barking he had to find a way to get out of the house. >> he had to knock out a window and jump out the window. but t shine was still inside. miami-dade fire rescue getting to scene and saving this brave little dog. our rescuer did a great job of of saving he

perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. democrats at the polls in south carolina plus police want your help finding a man wanted for a stabbing this morning the at a septa station. >>> but the big story on "action news" is rescue of a man who was trapped after the house he was in quite literal willly crumbled around him this morning. it happened at 8:00 a.m. in the cities grays ferry section. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live at the scene with the full story, trish? >> reporter: well, walter demolition crews, have fenced off the property here and reid street is opened once again. it was closed earlier today. for the next few days crews will clear away what is left and sure up the structure next to the collapse. l and i tells us that building is vacant. officials are thankful this happened early in the morning and that more people were not injured. >> around 7:30 i heard a loud crack. almost the sound as if a tree was up rooting. >> reporter: then gregory cooper looked out of his grays ferry apartment window to se

> saturday night i'm walter perez. a giant of philadelphia journalism passes away. >>> fire fighters struggle a against elements to contain a massive blaze in the city's frankford section. >>> but we will begin with breaking news u.s. supreme court justice ant onin scalea is dead at the age of 79. he died in his sleep at a resort in west texas. scalea was 79 years old. he was appointed by president reagan back in 1986 and approved a vote, was approved by a vote 98 to zero in the senate. first italian american on the court, maintaining a solid conservative streak in his opinions. scalea was a native of princeton new jersey and survived by his wife and nine children. >>> world news saturday will have much more on the death of scalea coming up after "action news" at 6:30. >>> now to the dangerously cold conditions, all across our region. in addition to the temperatures with the wind chills making it feel like near zero, some parts of our area saw a bit of snow dropping a coating on sidewalks, streets in some spots. you se

saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is death of anton inn scalia. he was born in trenton. he was discovered dead this morning at a resort in texas. tonight battle is already underway to determine his successor. the sudden vacancy on the court has added a new hot button issue to the presidential campaign ace sparking a a fierce debate over decision that could reshape the court for years to come. story now from abc's lena zach. >> reporter: just advertise scalia was men for his razor sharp mind, his witt and his passing leaves a tremendous hole in the supreme court. the justice antonin scalia was known as conservative anchor of the supreme court, and his sudden death was mark by republicans, and democrats alike. >> he influenced a generation have of judges, lawyers, and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. >> he will go down a as one of the great justices as the history of this republic. >> reporter: there is already a political battle brewing. mitch mcconnell saying republicans will not confirm any obama nominee, the president says he

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walters even said she was publicly ridiculed. 'i was told i was a liar, and i was stupid,' walters said. dr. edwards and his students were essentially whistleblowers sounding the alarm using scientific data even as a spokesperson from the michigan state office, charged with keeping the water safe, down played the teams findings. 'how did you keep the students motivated when people up there like the spokesperson for the state department of environmental quality was saying, oh virginia tech, they do this all the time and were discrediting what you were doing?' cbs 6 reporter melissa hipolit asked edwards. 'well, actually, its the other way around. they kept me motivated, so they knew that what we were doing was right,' edwards said. dr. edwards and his team were ultimately vindicated, and the governor of michigan even thanked him. 'when there was no one else who would help these people, we stood up,' edwards said. they stood up for people like walters and put into practice what virginia tech preaches through 'every penny donated to

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walter? >> i do remember that back in the 80s. >>> mcdonalds is testing something new for breakfast jill, fill us in about it. >> reporter: all right the chicken mcgridal. a fried chicken patty comes between two syrup-infused pancake buns. if it is successful it could end up on the permanent all day breakfast menu. walter? >>> the weekend is here and that means it is time to catch some friday olympics. this week the biblical story of jesus' resurrection is told. >>> jessie owens comes to the big screen. here's entertainment tonight's kevin frazier year i will say you can -- kevin frazier, i will say you can run. >> the man facing discrimination as he headed to the 1936 olympics. >> for me it was about learning to run fast, for one. but then, learning to run like much of this i wanted to do myself. i didn't want a double to run all these things for me. >> those 10 seconds you are completely free. >> i have seen two things which cannot be reconciled. a man dead without question, and that same m

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walter: it is an involving scenario.le they may be losing subscribers incrementally, they're offsetting that with other parts of their business and i do think they are going to pick up subscribers as they evolve the distribution of espn and their other networks. bob iger talked about going direct to consumer if the cable bundle on bundles, they have the content to be able to go direct to consumers. seven investors want to obsess in the near-term about the slow losses of subscribers, i am happy to take the other side of that trade and by a company that is trading at less than the market multiple. we showed a graphic that has the revenue of what they get for each espn subscriber. more shocking how much disney gets for an espn subscriber then tnt gets for a subscriber or you name it. >> head and shoulders above its peers. almost seven dollars per subscriber her month which dwarfs the competition. he is brings -- espn brings about $9 million, 1/5 of the industry, almost 50% of disney's operating profit even though it is dive

how do we do that, miss walters? let's start here. >> first we take responsibility for what's happened, then we change the laws upon quit talking about the nid wack. they're not there to represent the people. they're there to protect utilities, let's get that on the record right now. there's one person that's been on the nid wack fighting against what's been represented there. if what the nid wack is suggesting is adopted throughout the epa, what happened in flint will happen throughout the country. we need to make sure the children, and all the people in flint are taken care of health wise. my children need that. other children need that. not just children under 6. i know a 15-year-old who has liver problems. a 44-year-old man had an eye stroke because of problems with his blood pressure with his lead poisoning. doing right for the people is going to be making sure we're taken care of it, making sure we have the pipes replaced, once we have the science behind it, to know exactly what we need to do to get done. >> ho

. >> and i'm walter makaula. thanks for being with us. vanessa borge is going to tell us about going to work and school. >> it is a warm day ahead and we are, indeed, waking up with much warmer temperatures. low to mid-70s this morning and we should be enjoying low 60s. but not to worry, we'll be cooling down. highs in the low 80s this afternoon. you need your umbrellas. we look live mainly dry but rain across the questions. look at these numbers, 74 in pompano beach. 70 in key west. not to mention the fact that it is muggy. stronger today, 10 to 18 miles per hour, pumping in the moisture and humidity. is quiet but we are seeing heavy downpours across portions of the lower keys. throughout the day potential for scattered showers. highs in the low to mid-80s, breezy through the evening and then it is looking quite stormy. strong storms with gusty winds. more on that in my complete forecast. >>> broward county looking great at atlantic boulevard. southbound tail lights heading right toward the atlantic boulevard west exit ramp. looking grea

p>>walter: have a good one. p>>laura: vanessa and i are going pto try it later in the five inch pheels. psee how that goes. pdon't panic if you hear a loud pblasting noise from the macdill pair force base today. pthey're testing the new speaker psystem. pthey'll be broadcasting several psometime this afternoon. pagain, it is only a test. pthat's not the only thing phappening today at macdill air pforce base. pit may soon be home to a new tv pshow. panjuli davis is outside of the pbase right now to tell us all pabout that. p>>reporter: good morning to you, plaura. ptampa is no stranger to scandal pand now cbs television studios pis looking to capitolize on pthat. pvariety magazine just announced pthat cbs ordered the show called pfour stars. pthe pilot would center around ptwo powerful military families pin tampa. pbesides from making the tough pcalls on some of the highest plevels of national security, it pwould also focus on the rivalry pbetween two families. pfilming will begin next month pbut here is the hitc

psee what walter is up to this pmorning. p>>walter: good morning. pyou know, it's pretty warm poutside but it is chilly where pwe're at. pwe're at ice level here at pamalie arena. pif you didn't have the bug for phockey, you could get it (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, 3 3 (laura- we start this half hour with p>>laura: welcome back. pwe start with breaking news. pa bad crash on i-275 near i-4. ptraffic is a mess. ptell us what you see. p>>russell: i just want to start poff with a bit of a pclarification from what i said pearlier today. pthis is actually the downtown pwest ashley drive ramp. pyou can see maybe that sign over pthere. pand this is the area that is pclosed. pi-275 south and i-4 are both pmoving but this exit, this is pthe one that is closed off here. pso what you can see are two cars pthat are badly damaged. pthese are the two that are pinvolved in this wrong way pdouble fatal crash. pwe're told that somebody in each pof the cars passed away. pwe don't know which

walters says he is content with hearing a thank you frh hundreds of peoples community. kelly walters, christiansburg/ riner rescue squad: "that really pleases me, when they can tell me in person, i was there when something happened. i'd rather hear that from them than all this other." walters says he didn't know he was receiving an award and that his family and friends had to trick him into going to richmond to accept it. no wimps and no whiners .. that's the motto of a unique charity event this weekend called the ice bowl. it's a disc golf tournament. the sport is growing in popularity in the roanoke valley. it's played like golf ... but instead of a ball ... a frisbee is used. ice bowls are played all over the world between january and march in honor of charity. the money raised will go to the roanoke rescue mission. dustin olin / ice bowl director "those folks are seen tough times and they don't have a lot of resources and this is a great time and a great opportunity something that is close to town when they are not at the mission and they are out during the day the