that was david backward economics professor at western kentucky university time now for today's big deal. mr edward harrison joins me now to talk about power more specifically power that comes in the form of small electro chemical tubes filled with magnesium dioxide and zinc better known as batteries you probably know his daughter is now in the economist recently published an article pretty much saying the like of all stock that you may be holding and her gys are duracell the lot are owned by procter and gamble because the days of the battery powered household torch they are probably numbered now what used to be a lucrative market is now being squeezed by l.e.d.s. or a late emitting diodes television remote controls ones powered by batteries can be controlled via apps on your cell phone and the latest gadgets come with batteries built right into them and i turn to you how does a company that once produced a product so prevalent find a way to innovate its way out of this situation that's a good question because you know it's been it's the it's the ever changing question of technology i ac

that was david back with economics professor at western kentucky university time now for today's big deal. mr edward harrison joins me now to talk about power more specifically power that comes in the form of small electro chemical tubes filled with magnesium dioxide and zinc better known as batteries you probably know his daughter is now in the economist recently published an article pretty much saying the like of all stock that you may be holding and her gys are duracell the lot are owned by procter and gamble because the days of the battery powered household torch they are probably numbered now what used to be a lucrative market is now being squeezed by l.e.d.s. or a late emitting diodes television remote controls ones powered by batteries can be controlled via apps on your cell phone and the latest gadgets come with batteries built right into them and i turn to you how does a company that once produced a product so prevalent find a way to innovate its way out of this situation that's a good question because you know it's been it's the it's the ever changing question of technology

that was david backwards economics professor at western kentucky university time now for today's big deal. mr edward harrison joins me now to talk about power more specifically power that comes in the form of small electro chemical tubes filled with magnesium dioxide and zinc better known as batteries you probably know his daughter is now the economist recently published an article pretty much saying the like of all stocks that you may be holding and her gys are duracell of the lot are owned by procter and gamble because the days of the battery powered household torch they are probably numbered now what used to be a lucrative market is now being squeezed by l.e.d.s. or a late emitting diodes television remote controls ones powered by batteries can be controlled via apps on your cell phone and the latest gadgets come with batteries built right into them and i turn to you how does a company that once produced a product so prevalent find a way to innovate its way out of this situation that's a good question because you know it's been it's the it's the ever changing question of technolog

nine people now believed dead after an overnight fire in western kentucky. eight of those victims appearing to children, and it's unclear if they're all from the same family. atlanta is recovering from an ice storm that paralyzed the cities roads and highways for two days. thousands of people were left stranded in cars when millions of commuters and school children tried to get home at the same time after the storm hit. >>> in kiev, the president calling in sick saying that he has a fever. the law for amnesty for protesters, it's not official until the president shows up to sign-off! >> in kabul, afghanistan, it could very well be the last picture show. a movie house full of memories is about to be shutred again. but this time its progress that will kill the picture show. and we have the story from kabul. >> reporter: time almost stands still here. it at kabul's cinema, using antique tools of the trade. the cinema's workers remember well it's heyday, but technology and a rapidly changing society is killing the buzz around the big screen. decades of work push

nine people are dead after a house fire in western kentucky, most of the victims were children. it happened that was about 130 miles southwest of louisville, police say 11 people were inside when the flames broke out around 2:00 a.m. al jazeera jonathan martin is live at the scene, and jonathan, have we learned anything else about the victims? >> wilt, dell, those nine presumed dead they range in age from four to 15, right now on the scene, investigators say they have located the bodies of six of them, and searching for the three others, again, all nine presumed dead. as you mentioned 11 people were inside when this started. the father and his 11-year-old daughter they were the only two able to escape the fire and get out. at there point they are now at vanderbilt hospital, they were airlifted there, this fire started around 2:00 this morning and it was a neighbor we have learned who called 9-1-1 after hearing the commotion. it didn't take first responders very long to get here. they were able to get here in a couple of minutes but the home was fully engulfed. there was very lit

so he's leaving western kentucky to become louisville's head coach. the louisville cardinals from 2003 to 2006. he left for a brief stint in the nfl which he basically left and left post it notes to the players saying he's leaving pch he went to arkansas and fired in 2008. he had a scandal with a mistress. and he goes to western kentucky and was the head coach and now he's back in louisville. i guess if you're a good coach, you always find a job. he led louisville to the 2006 orange bowl. maybe they want to go back to that. >>> blake griffin continues to make rims around the league dread his presence. >> what a play. >> now it's impressive. i do want to remind you, it's still only worth two points but he's amazing. they had 29 points. they beat my celtics. the knicks j.r. smith is at it again but this time he's going to pay for his antics. remember this one sunday night? he reached down and untied a shoe opponent's shoelace which we thought was amusing p. he got another one on tuesday night. now it's unclear if he was just joking but the move was enou

. >> western kentucky university in bowling green, kentucky.nts say homecoming weekend means three things. parades, pigskin and partying. >> there's a lot of people that get drunk and do really stupid things. >> this student witnesses one such thing up close and personal during western kentucky's 2010 homecoming. early saturday evening, october 30th, medford stops by a subway on campus for a bite to eat. there a young man later identified as dennis wade crane is making a scene. >> the woman behind the counter told him to leave and he wouldn't. >> medford, sensing trouble, calls police and begins recording craig with his cell phone camera. that's when craig jumps over the counter and storms into the kitchen where the manager is trying to reach campus police. >> you could see in the video that she is dialing the phone. craig followers her back there, yanks it out of the wall. >> tessa duvall covered the story for the university paper, the herald. >> you don't hear a lot about phones being yanked out of walls. soon craig reappears in the seating a

says he ran to help, but could not get close to the home, the fire ripping through the home in western kentucky's cold country. calling lorraine nicky watson and eight of her children, ranging in age from 4 to 15. >> we suffered all we can suf, we don't know how many we can take. they were like loving kids, playing in the yard every time you go by. >> the father chad watson and his 11-year-old daughter were the only members to escape. they got out as help arrived. >> the first responders, one of them lived down the street, realising that mum and dad had nine children, they were looking for nine additional children. the fire started accidentally in an electric heater in a front bedroom. overnight the temperatures dropped to single digits. in my heart i could not deal with this. this is a bad situation. i hate to see things like this. >> now this small close community must pull together to heal from an unspeakable tragedy. like any other family, the best people, never had a bad thing to say about nothing. they didn't have any money to speak of much. but you know they had each other. it's all that c

. >> reporter: a dusting of snow caused accidents on dangerously icy roads in western kentucky. blowing snow caused havoc in ohio, too. in michigan, they are digging out again. just after thousands endured power outages caused by a christmas ice storm. in detroit, long hours and good money for landscaper pat ireland. >> oh, my gosh, yeah. we've been nonstop ffr -- for the last month. >> hi. would you like your snow shoveled. >> reporter: 11-year-old jeremy deny is trying to earn enough pocket money for a new skateboard. >> you work for yourself. don't just depend on nobody either. >> reporter: just when you thought all the snow was enough to contend with, well, forecasters are saying there's another arctic blast on the horizon. monday's high for this region, a balmy minus 8 degrees. that's cold, brian. >> kevin tibbles in the chicago suburbs tonight. kevin, thanks. >>> the broad impact of the storm on transportation has to do with all the folks trying to get home after the new year's and long christmas break. nbc's tom costello is keeping track of things on the roads and in the

. >>> there has been a terrible tragedy in western kentucky in a small town where the house caught fire during the early morning hours today in the bitter cold. nine members of a single family were killed -- a mother and eight of her children. nbc's john yang has our report tonight. >> reporter: the smallwood-framed house was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived shortly after 2:00 a.m., too hot to enter. 11 people lived in the three-bedroom home. chad watson, a 36-year-old lay minister, his 35-year-old wife nikki and their nine children. the oldest, 15, the youngest, 4-year-old twins. only chad and a daughter, 11-year-old kylie, escaped, both critically injured. >> the father is the one that told the first responders that the whole family is here. >> reporter: eight of the family members were found in the front master bedroom, the ninth about ten feet away. >> i'm numb. i don't know what to do, what to say. just stand and watch. i feel so helpless. >> reporter: neighbors say the family was well established in the small coal mining community, the second generation to live in the

and for those of you traveling by car this morning, look out for icy roadways from arkansas to western kentuckyrouble spots include the area south of the great lakes, the pacific northwest and texas. >>> meanwhile, if you are flying today, airport delays are possible in memphis, dallas and miami. >>> now to a deadly crash that happened just over a week ago in northern california. we're now hearing a stunning 911 call made right before it happened. >> a van carrying several people was out of control as it left interstate 80 following a trip to reno. it was going 50 miles an hour, and the driver couldn't stop. a woman inside called police for help. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> we need help. we're coming off of -- >> where are you at? >> coming off 80. we're on a side road. we lost our brakes. >> simply terrifying. the call ended when the van struck another car, went down an embankment then burst into flames. a 90-year-old woman died at the scene. six others were injured. >>> a trucker is recovering in indianapolis after spending six hours trapped under his vehicle in subzero weather. kim rut

. >> authority say that a house and western kentucky has killed as many as nine people and injured twole live in and the home about 130 mi. southwest of louis built. >> coming up on the kron 4 news still ahead we are tracking the rain and the bay area. here is a live look at the radar. >> we're still watching the weather in the sierra. you are looking at interstate 80 at donner. >> plus, would you like some heroin with that happy meal? we will tell you how some customers pay extra for their e legal service.illeg [dad] [laughs] [boy] mom! [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. ♪ wita da of lt, th mwone loveou mt ♪ >> welcome back. here is a look at what is trending on and go well but right now. u.s. intelligence agencies what his head. norway wants to give edward snowden a nobel prize. to norwegian lawmakers have joint nominated the national security agency at leaker for the nobel peace prize. they say that snowden has revealed and the nature and technology go a model and surveillance. nominations for this

from detroit to minneapolis, to western kentucky, slippery conditions left many cars spinning out oftrol. causing drivers to crash into barricades and into each other. also on alert, air travelers. so far more than 2300 flights delayed nearly 1500 others canceled. the storm is headed eastbound, with residents from massachusets, to new york, stocking up on the essentials. >> ed in meantime, some are just making the most of it. >> that is one bright spot, the major storm is marching east, tracking that storm, kevin, we with got a little bit of snow falling here, but this is a big system, can you explain where it is. >> we can, it is the combination of two storms believe it or not. one of them, of course that's the one that came through parts of the great lakes, across chicago, detroit, that one is now bringing the snow as well as the storm system that came in from the south. these two are coming together, and across the northeast, that is where we expect to see, of course, the heaviest snow, already some places already exceeded a foot. let's break it down just a little bit. here is the

.♪ the cumberland river winds through the western kentucky town of eddyville. oming around a bend is a virtual fortress. the kentucky state penitentiary, also known as the castle on the cumberland. >> i was really intimidated by this place. it's an intimidating place to walk into. >> this could be the worst place you have ever been in your life. >> the eddyville castle will get you. somebody will take your life from you if you come through here with that old chip on your shoulder, there's going to be somebody to take it off you. >> ksp is kentucky's only maximum security facility. a group of stone masons from italy teamed with inmates from various prisons to construct the castle which opened in 1889. >> when they first built it, they had a sign up over the front door that said, "abandon hope all ye that enter here." they wanted this place to look pretty menacing and it still looks menacing even today. >> i think the penitentiary is unique in many respects, just because of the foreboding appearance that it has. it's a serious place where serious things happen. th

indiana gathering, he was taken aback to the battlefield that was diverted to littletown in western kentucky because the confederate general braxton bragg's full army was headed north and he was to go wait for the full union group that was going to be a pretty good battle. he went up there with a couple hundred troops are not completely surrounded by the confederate army of about 50,000. he held them off for several days waiting for the union troop that never came, the union army that never came. eventually negotiated a surrender in that office has ever been done and warfare before. he went to the confederate camp and saw that the confederate officer he understood was a gentleman and asked for advice. i'm sure you put something to the effect i am not militarily trained. what would an officer do in a situation where i pretty much told not to surrender, but you say you surrounded me with 50,000 men and a couple, maybe 500. can i see proof that your army is as big as this? and as an officer, sir, this is not how wars are fought. bitterness mrc said it took a liking to this man who wouldn't have

the fire quickly ripped through the wood framed home in the western kentucky's coal country. it killed nicki watson and aircraft of her children. ranging from 4 to 1. >> we have about cried all week cry and suffered all we can suffer. we don't know how much we can take. all of those little kids. played in the yard. every time you go by, they're playing in the yard. >> the father, chad watson, and chad's 11-year-old daughter, were the only ones that could escape. they got out just as help arrived. >> the first responders were down the street, the mother and dad had 9 children, and so they were looking for 11 people in the house. >> the investigators said that it started accidentally, not electric heat enter a bedroom. overnight the temperatures dropped into the single digits. >> i could not deal with this. this is a bad situation, and i hate to see things like this. >> now this small, close community must pull together to heal from an unspeakable tragedy. >> just like any other family, the best people, never had a bad thing to say about nothing. they didn't have any money to s

gathering his crew he was taking them back to the battlefield and was diverted to a little town in western kentucky because the confederate general who is heading north. he was to go there and wait for the full union group to beat him with up there with just a couple hundred troops and beckham police surrounded by the confederate army. he held them off for several days here waiting for the union army it never came individual initiative surrender. he went end under a flag of truce to the confederate camp and suck up a confederate officer who he understood was a gentleman and s for his a nice. am sure he plans to bring to the effect it and not militarily trained. what should of of surged to the situation were told not to surrender but you say you have surrounded with 50 dozen men. can i see proved? sir, this is of the wars are fought. later in his memoirs he wrote, her i took a liking to this man. they give him a tour of the confederate army and solace he was outnumbered. at that point he then negotiated surrender. and sure initiated worries prompt fed member not in prison but said home. let's consid

moving out of the midwest and affect areas across the eastern great lakes and stretching down to western kentucky. test. test. test. test. test. test. >>> in the bay area, 30s and 40s outside, a little bit of patchy fog. some visibilities have dropped down a quarter mile at times. santa rosia less than a mile right now, though for the afternoon we expecting sunshine and winds to pick up today. low to mid 60s around san francisco, approaching 70 this afternoon around santa rosa with mostly sunny skies. girl who is declared brain dead has a little more hope this morning. a judge on friday ruled the teenager could be moved to another medical facility. that's something her mother has been fighting for, saying her daughter is alive and improving. miguel almaguer has more. >> jahi mcmath's family is claiming victory this morning after a day of emotional court hearings friday. the 13-year-old can be moved from children's hospital, oakland, where three weeks ago, a team of doctors declared her brain dead after a complex tonsillectomy. >> this is a very fluid situation. right now, arrangements are being m

gathering troops, he was taking them back to the battlefield and was diverted to a little town in western kentucky. because the confederate general braxton bragg was heading north, and he was to go there and wait for the full union troops that was going to be there for a pretty big battle. but he went up there with just a couple hundred troops and got completely surrounded by the confederate army of about 50,000. he held them all for several days waiting for the union troops that never came, the union army that never came. eventually negotiated a surrender by -- i don't know if this is ever been done in warfare before, he went in under a flag of truce to the confederate camp and sought out the confederate officer he understood was a gentleman, and asked for his advice. i'm sure he played something to the effect of on not a militarily trained, what should an officer do in a situation? was pretty much told not to surrender, but you say you have surrounded me with 50,000 men to my couple, maybe 500, can i see proof that the army is as big as it is? and this officer said, sir, this is not how wars are

the fire started about 2:00 this morning in greenville in western kentucky. 11 people lived inside the of them flown to vanderbilt university medical center in nashville, tennessee, nearby. there's no word on what may have started that fire. >>> a southern california teacher arrested after more than 300 snakes were found in his home. it was, quoted, ungodly. a smell that forced neighbors to finally call the police. officers raided william buckman's santa ana home yesterday and they found snakes everywhere inside. some were alive, most of them dead. and a number of them decayed. a lot of rats and mice were also crawling over the home. >> we have rats that are dead in the cages with the live rats. and they are actually become cannibal and eat each other. and there's no food in the cages. they are completely filthy soiled with feces and urine. >> 53-year-old grade schoolteacher has been arrested and booked on suspicion of animal cruelty. >>> 5:51. hundreds of cruise passengers who fell violently ill in the caribbean now back on dry land in new jersey. what they had to say about being aboa

. >> authority say that a house fire in western kentucky has killed as many as nine people and injured people live in the home about 103 mi. south of lewisville. >> there are conflicting reports about the death of a young asiana airline passenger. while the corner says that the 16th year-old chinese crew survived the crash and died when she was won over by a fire truck at sfo, the city of san francisco has released a new report stated that is not true. then, and has more. >> the injuries that she received, she was alive at the time. >> san francisco fire chief gave eight apology and her family followed up with a claim against the city for negligence, carelessness and recklessness. the city and county of san francisco have released a report with a different conclusion, that yeah died as the other two passengers did. >> the report prepared by both sfo and the fire department admits that to a fire rigs rolled over her body drumfire operation. they say that the corner is a statement that she was alive at the time is not supported by the evidence. >> san mateo county corner access that he i

the fire quickly ripped through the wood-frame home in western kentucky coal country and killed 35-year-older rain niki watson and 8 of her children ranging in age from 4-15. >> we cried all we can cry, suffered all we can suffer and don't know how much more we can take, all the little kids, they were like typical kids and loving kids. played in the yard. every time you go by they were playing in the yard. >> reporter: the father and the 11-year-old daughter were the only family members who escaped and got out just as help arrived. >> first responders, one of them lives right down the street realized that mom, dad and they have nine children so they knew they were looking for nienl additional people in the house. >> reporter: the fire started accidentally ta electric heater in a front bedroom and overnight the temperatures dropped to single digits. >> but in my heart i could not deal with this. this is just a bad situation and i hate to see things like this. >> reporter: now this small close community must heal from an unspeakable tragedy. >> like any other family, best people, never had a

do know that a large house fire occurred in greenville, which is in mul mulenberg county in western kentucky. fire official reports say multiple lives were lost in the fire, including children. there are two survivors who have been flown to vanderbilt university medical center for treatment. personnel from three fire departments, greenville fire, graham volunteer fire and beachmont volunteer fire responded to the blaze. i want to thank these brave firefighters as well as the emergency medical technicians, police officers and other responders who heroically leapt in to save lives. elaine and i are hopeful for a speedy recovery for the two victims still alive, and we extend our prayers and condolences to the families of the souls lost in this destructive fire. i will pay close attention to this story as events further develop. the entire commonwealth stands beside mulenberg county right now and we will do whatever we can to help recover from this horrific loss. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i'm sure not many people care, but the reason i didn't

clearing see where this boundary with this cold arctic air is, light snow extending from western pennsylvania to kentuckyto the east. that's the cold front moving south. if you are north of it, you're feeling bitter arctic air, but south of it, temperatures will not be warm for long. there are warnings with this, wind chill well below zero. step outside, you're not bundled up. temperatures 20, 30 below for a wind chill, even 40, 50 below. not as cold, something to keep an eye on, if you do have to step outside, bundle up. 35 below in minneapolis, 28 in fargo, that's the temperature, wind combined, do bundle up, if you do have to step outside. 32 for wind chill. 32 in washington. not seeing that bitter cold air yet, it is pushing across the state. move east and push off the coast. new york will see the temperature drop off the coast, 23 wednesday, thursday 29, super bowl weekend looks like it could be in the upper 30s but there is a chance for wintery precipitation this coming weekend. tomorrow we'll see light rain changing over to a mix. there could be a mix of wintery weather across the southeast, very

. >>> this morning, we're learning of a devastating house fire in western kentucky. officials say eight children and one adult died in that fire in greenville, kentucky a town of 4,000. the flames reported in the middle of the night. greenville is about 130 miles southwest of louisville. two other people living in the home were taken by helicopter to a nashville hospital. >>> republicans respond today to president obama on immigration. house speaker john boehner will show a new plan to fellow republicans today in maryland. it's a piecemeal approach that focuses on stronger border security, but it includes a path to legal status for 11 million people who entered the u.s. illegally. republican congressman mario diaz-balart of florida tells nancy cordes, the time is right. >> what has always eluded us is that magic formula, policy-wise, that gets us the majority of the republicans and a very large substantial number of democrats, which would allow us then to not only move forward in the house but pass it in the house. >> other republicans say they will not approve any pl

no one authority's a house fire in western kentucky has killed as many as nine people and injured twoived in the home about 130 mi. southwest of the wheel. the three month old puppy found in the trash and saved by workers at a recycling plant in san francisco will go to her new home today. these are new photos of gem. more than 200 people from around the country entered a lottery to a doctor. a worker at the plant to one and will take her home this afternoon. gem has been in foster care while recovering from her injuries. >>: we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues watching storm tracker 4 some rain we are tracking. weights. four hours on the slopes. and two hours doing this stuff. which leaves me approximately two minutes to get my banking done. so i use the citi mobile app to quickly check my accounts and pay my bills. which leaves me about five seconds to kick back. that was nice. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. >> a pennsylvania woman is accused of using a mcdonald's a drive through a window to sell heroin

scattered showers will fall from arkansas to western sections of kentucky and tennessee and the northeaste mainly dry. >>> in sports now, the golden state warriors put an end to the los angeles clippers' four-game winning streak. david lee had 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the warriors dominated the clippers. stefphen curry also scored 22 points and handed out seven assists as golden state beat the clippers, 111-92. >>> in indianapolis, they handed the pacers their second home loss of the season. dragic had 28 points and seven assists. phoenix has won four straight. >>> in college hoops the big win for 13th ranked cincinnati. sean kilpatrick scored 28 points and that helped the bearcats rally for a 69-66 victory over the 12th ranked louisville, the defending ncaa champion. >>> and a radical change in nascar's sprint cup format. nascar is overhauling the championship format. the point system is gone. now a 16-driver winner-take-all elimination series is in place. the field will be whittled down a final four through eliminations after every three races of the ten-race chase. the four

troops, he was taking them back to the battlefield, and he was diverted to a little town in western kentucky because the confederate general braxton brag was headed north, and he had to wait for the full union troops that was going to be there for a pretty big battle. he went there with a couple hundred troops and got completely surrounded by the confederate army of 50,000. he held them off for several days waiting for the union troops that never came, the union armies never came, and eventually negotiated a surrender by, and i don't know if this has been done in warfare before, but we went in under a plight of troops to the confederate camp and fought out a confederate officer he understand was a gentleman and asked his advice. he pled i'm not a militarily trainedded, what can an officer do in this situation where i'm pretty much told not to surrender, but you surrounded me with 50,000 men to my 500, can i see proof that your army is big as it is? his officer said, sir, this is not how wars are fought. later in his memoirs, he wrote, but i took an instant liking to the man and wouldn't have

. >> after one season at western kentucky, bobby petrino is returning to louisville, he coached the cardinalsrom 2003 to 2006, going 41-9 during that time. he left for a brief stint with the atlanta falcons before being fired in 2012 for a pattern of misleading behavior. that petrino takes over for charlie strong. >> trying to become the first team in league history to sweep a seven game road continue, the warriors in brooklyn facinged the nets. that's a three-ball and that is in, warriors up by four. thomas had 14. blatche the fade away jumper huge off the bench with 10. the nets tied at 93 and go on to whip 102-98. brooklyn has suddenly won four in a row. how often have we heard it pays to think ahead? because two brothers had an eye on the future, they will be $500 million richer. in 1976 as part of the nba merger, they accepted a share of the visual rights in exchange for folding their a.b.a. franchise, the spirit of absolute. with the massive growth of the nba, the brothers were receiving almost $18 million a year. the league has finally convinced them to sell that buyout for $500 millio

extending across the south western slope of yet the kentucky is a vast valley known as the cell. a chill while the diesel the advent of summer has witnessed with the blooming spectacle of melt and four bezel plant flowers around it in such a cool place having fuller's during the glacial period many of these plants will struggle to find the old empire. they need. eye. i do. use. i know the eight ch the diesel we find a cluster of sight hearing into war. adapting to the mountain environment this species has evolved to endure the destructive winds and snow. the evening. it is total require two years to achieve full maturity . as charm against story said to be another survivor from the glacial period. in everything going for us they're forced to breathe in elite the short summer months chicks emerge from the trees in august. do you. any other adult wind and fire around the store on the slopes of the snow. the japanese art can be seen. usually living in broadly forests around fourteen hundred meters in summer the venture all the way up to three thousand meters. the air. the us church

. >> tragedy in western kentucky.rough their house in the middle of the night. at least two patients have been thrown to nashville, tennessee for medical treatment. >> 26-year-old chantilla dennis was selling happy meals with heroin inside. people pulled up to the window, ordered a happy meal and then said i'd like to order a toy. unbelievable. >> and michael schumaker's coma is being reduced to allow the wake-up process begin. >> with sochi olympics just days away, people in japan are placing their hope in a faith in a rare good luck fish. the gold flounder was caught off the sea of japan. flounders are typically a brownish color and in just nine days japan will find out if the fish can really bring the gold to its athletes. it's kind of an ugly looking thing but hopefully it's lucky. it's 8:05 right now. let's get another check of the weather with al and. >> o-- and everyone out there o the plaza. what are you guys doing? >> we're here from spokane, washington honoring steve. >> with als. >> go to www.superservice.c

kentucky. slippery from upstate new york to western pennsylvania. >>> flying, airport delays are possible in minneapolisgo and detroit. >>> a flight attendant accused of drinking on the job has pleaded not guilty. >> nancy bray arrested in lexington, kentucky after delta called police just before the flight she was working on scheduled to take off. her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit. she was also charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs. >> it's amazing. they should know better. they know what the rules are. and i feel sorry for the passengers that were unnecessarily delayed and had to be rebooked on other flights. >> and the flight in detroit eventually took off two hours late. she was also charged with illegal possession of prescription drugs. >>> well, a cruise ship changed course in order to rescue eight people stuck on board a sinking sailboat in the middle of the atlantic ocean. it went nearly 200 miles out of its way to pick up the stranded sailors. the mission was a success. the cruise ship is back on track. >>> we're now hearing from a utah snowmobi

. >>> just hearing in kentucky as many as 9 people have died in a house fire. i want to take you there live which is the westernart of the state and no word yet on the cause of that fire but this is in kentucky. >>> we are finally seeing record dry months, but how long will it last and will it conduct. >>> and the new issues that could first a decision sooner than expected. >>> and we will have a rough commute if they go the way things normally do. we will tell you about show them. >> and we'll see if we have anymore rain coming in later, stay tuned. . >>> this is ktvu morning news. >>> we have not seen that in awhile, so forgive us for being

southeastern kansas but all the way to illinois, western tennessee and kentucky and even northern mississippiry mix. one place still dry and mild would be the southwest, fresno going to go to 63 today. los angeles now shy of 70 so cooling down a little bit. >>> good morning. i'm mike nicco. drizzle for the morning commute commute. ar afternoon sunshine. north bay has a chance >> this weather report brought to you by walgreen's. i have to get this unsettled because my future mother-in-law said i want to visit but it's not nice there. she's in tucson. >> wow. >> come visit. >> that said it all. >> warming up. warming up. we want you to come. >> a lot of pressure on a meteorologist. >> i know, really. >> warming up for you. >> it's not her fault. >> really. >>> coming up here ads-travaganza kickoff. the clash of the commercials already under way. why doritos may be top dog. check that out. >>> alyssa milano takes on the public criticism about her post-baby weight. what post-baby weight? she's always looked fantastic and speaking out and had something new to say overnight. come on back. [ male an

the snow itself which is coming out of the midwest, just toward kentucky and ohio and west virginia. now, seeing a little snow in western maryland. this is the first little finger of snow we're going to be seeing today. and those areas north and west are going to be seeing earlier, and what i'm forecasting, 6 to 9. i have the plus sign. have the 10 and 11 inches up here. not out of the question. a general 4 to 7 from dc south, and still a pretty decent snow at 2 to 4 for this part of the world. we have to watch out. one thing i learned about winter weather storms, and you know it already, they are chaotic. and you know, we just don't have a good ability, yet, to forecast when those bands are going to develop. temperature wise, 1:00, 29, light snow early. the heavier snow this afternoon. and the winds will be out of the north and northeast about 20 miles per hour. gusting to 30. we're still relatively mild now. it's 38 in dc. look at the cold. st. -- pittsburgh is 21. the snow will be coming in. wind will be increasing. a rough afternoon for even late this morning. you have a few hours to get your chores down. temperatur

you may remember this team in 1966 when they were known as texas western, and they won beating the all white team of kentuckyall black starting five. >> michael thank you very much. >>> next up, sochi security. i'll talk to one of the men in charge of emergency evacuation plans for the u.s. ski and snowboard teams. plus coconut crisis, the tropical fruit is in high demand but short supply. >>> temperatures are on the warm up. gradually we have been warming up through the day, by 20 degrees some places, 30 degrees on the east coast, feels a lot better outside, and the wind chill is not as brutal. parts of nebraska, down to oklahoma, you dropped your temperatures down some spots as low as 20 degrees coaler at this hour. so with storm systems certainly in the central portion of the state there will be areas tonight with no storms, clear skies. you will see potentially the aurora bore all las, it is interacting now with the poles, and we can see that in places like the barron sea. but because of the storm moving through, you'll have clouds so you want be able to see the aurora as likely as we might be able to se

, you will see that the number of kentucky fried chickens and mcdonald's have really spread throughout the developing world. so as a way of getting closer to the western ideal, if you will, a lot of people, wealthy or not, have been eating more westernized diet. >> seems extraordinary there, doesn't it, countries with good diets are adopting terrible ones. >> i think that when you're looking at super powers, super powers are even that for a reason. people want to emulate what's considered the status symbol in the world and so whether it's dress, whether it's movies, whether it's speech, english, whether it's food, it's kind of part of the whole package. >> but i suppose what happened here in the developed world, there have been efforts to tackle obesity. what can the developing world learn from what's been successful? >> i think first the point is the burden of disease is so high in the developing world because of infectious disease that when you rare obesity-related illnesses and that burden becomes adding insult to injury, there are good lessons in the united states in particular that have to do with how tobacco has been tackled. if you look at the

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in new york city, but we also have some snow filling in through parts of kentucky, through parts of ohio, moving into the western by 5:00, we should be seeing it snowing pretty good in parts of new england, and then this second storm system redevelops as we go into minneapolis and chicago tomorrow morning, into tomorrow afternoon. that one's also going to produce some more accumulating snow, especially right off the great lakes. because of this northwest wind, that lake-effect enhancement to the snow will produce perhaps as much as 9 to 12 inches in erie, pennsylvania, also in parts of southwestern michigan, and we are looking for 3 to 6 inches elsewhere, just with these quick clipper systems that move >>> good morning. 6:33ed time. we're talking about bright air. and across the south bay low 70s and the peninsula right in near 70 degrees in bowl mont and palo alto 71 and san francisco while it won't be overly warm, still very comfortable, mid to upper 60s there. we'll see a good amount of cloud cover by the afternoon hours but overall the north bay, east bay and tri-valley all expecting a good mix of upper 60s

western minnesota. so this is what we're dealing with. a cold front. this is 2:00 p.m. kentucky in the teens.res tumbling today and tomorrow, too. single digits or sub zero feels like for much of the week. in the south, the cold front >>> good morning. i'm mike nicco. botch the low clouds it's a colorful morning. the low clouds go away but mid to upper level choudz in the mid to upper 60s. low to mid-60s acros >> this weather report brought to you by mcdonald's. i got a tweet from someone in arkansas. they said, can you turn the wind down a little? i didn't sleep at all. >>> coming up, justin bieber turns up in panama after the wild weekend arrest in miami. his mentor, usher, and his manager rushing to see him. >>> and the hot, new workout trend for pregnant women. crossfit training. why it may not be safe for moms to be and their babies. the new chocolate covered strawberry frappé. with real chocolate bits in every sip, it tastes like you're biting into a luscious chocolate covered strawberry. ♪ let someone at mcdonald's make your day, with a chocolate covered strawberry frappé. ♪ enjoy. [ f

this inmate in kentucky escaping then quickly turning himself in because it was just too cold. at 7 degrees in tupelo, mississippi, the ducks are walking on water. in westernda, the manatees now huddling around this nuclear power plant just to keep warm. so let's talk timing. when do these 50s move? we'll see it from the gulf coast and you can watch the next several days into thursday, friday gets in the mid-atlantic and by the weekend right here in new york city, back to the 50s we go. we get all 50 degrees back, george. >> we are looking forward to that, ginger, but the polar vortex going out with one last blast burying western new york under several feet of snow. that is the lake effect at work. abc's linzie janis is in buffalo with the latest. good morning. linzie. >> reporter: good morning, george. i'm standing on a frozen lake erie. that polar air moving across this lake colliding with the warmer temperatures at its surface and dumping so much snow it's coming down at a rate of up to 4 inches an hour. this is lake-effect snow. overnight, the polar vortex sweeping across lakes ontario and erie dumping huge amounts of snow on nearby towns causing extre

home in indiana, he was taking the troops back to the battlefield in which a little town in western kentucky because the confederate general was heading north and he was to go there and wait for the u.n. and they were going to do a pretty big battle. and he went up there with a couple of hundred troops and not completely surrounded him an army of about 50,000. he held them off for several days and eventually negotiated a surrender and i don't know if this has ever been done in warfare before, but he went in under a private troop camp and he understood an officer was this gentleman. and i'm sure he played something to the effect that i am not militarily trained in what should an officer do in this situation when he's pretty much told not to surrender. and can i see proof that your army is as big and there is an officer said this is not how it should work. and he said said that i took an instant liking to this man and they gave him a two or of the confederate army and saw that he was outnumbered and they negotiated a surrender and then he was sent home. and like i said earlier he was paroled a