welcome to week ends"weekends with alex witt" witt". the issue of same-sex marriage in the united states will be settled once and for all. the justices will take up the issue in april with a final decision by the end of june. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the very latest. pete. >> alex hello to you. the supreme court tip-toed around this issue the last few years. now it is taking it head on seeing if same-sex marriage should be the law of the land. >> the court agreed to answer two questions, does the constitutional require states grant marriage license toss same-sex marriage and do states have to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed. >> there aren't that many unchartered territories of what's fairness and equality in the country and how much will we will rely on tradition. >> together eight years, each has adopted two special needs children. they want to be married so both can be parents of all the children. >> we saw something that was wrong. we decided to we needed to make it right. and, you know to anybody

the it happened when the the the officers were rushing the victim to the hospital, eye witt the necessary news reporter jan carabao is on the scene in north philadelphia with the latest, jan good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee. fortunate thely and surprisingly there were no real serious injuries as a result of the three car accident. most serious of the injuries was to that police officers driving that car right there. he got a cut to the head and probably a concussion and taken to temple university hospital in stable condition. everybody else involved in this accident as well is in stable condition this morning and really surprising if you take a look at debris on the roads and all of the damage to these three cars the impact was really strong this was a three car accident involving a police car and two other cars. crash happened here at 25th and lehigh around 3:00 this morning. the police officers were transporting a 24 year-old gunshot victim to temple hospital at the time of the accident this were coming from the 2400 block of north

welcome to "weekends with alex witt". anticipation is growing as the countdown begins to super bowl xlix. look at the live shot. it's dark. only 4:00 in the morning there. we are still keeping an eye on things. security concerns. the biggest game in america, of course. hi sarah. >> reporter: well, alex good morning. forget about ticket prices and deflate. here is all you need to know. the top two teams in the nfl getting ready to play. sports analysts say it's going to be a great game. super bowl weekend arrives gray and dreary. wet and wild times in the add add desert not putting a damper on fans's enthusiasm. >> repeat. >> reporter: no worries for the teams. sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s are expected sunday. >> we're excited for the opportunity. and i think it will be a great matchup. >> we're ready for it. it's really getting close. we're ready for game time. >> a review of the nfl's past season. >> it's been a tough year. >> chairman roger goodell discussed recent problems and pledged a continued focus on th

we are coming to you live from mount who will any front of the big warehouse fire, a witt of the walk for us, entire scene is hut down by fire crews as they worked to control flames, this is a great vantage point we are seeing the flames are huge, burning out of control. we have fire crew is a lot of them on the scene, many up in the air, shooting water down on to the building. they have been out here for hours now trying to get this, vacant commercial building fire under control. we don't have a lot of information at this point this story is still developing obviously fire officials are just concerned about getting this fire under control at this point but here's what we know fire started around 3:15 this morning in the 200 block of holeman road. fire grew to three alarms and crews have been battling these flames ever since. this is a commercial building and address to 80 holeman comes back as arrow device safety company. but that company moved out in 2008 and we're told it is vacant ever since. it is currently an abandoned building. we are still trying to get you more information ab

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." i am in for alex while she takes times off. a story from kentucky a 7-year-old girl the only survivor of a small plane crash that left four people dead her parents, her sister and cousin. state police say the girl was in emotional distress but walked through the dark woods to get help. >> she knocked on the door and she had to walk close to three quarters of a mile through woods with downed trees and everything else and she told me when she got here she said her mom and dad were dead. >> the girl was taken to the hospital for treatment of nonlife threatening injuries. anthony, a very busy past week for you and we appreciate you being with us as well. >> an unfortunate week for aviation. >> what do we know this far? does it seem suitable for this long of a trip? >> yes, this aircraft is a pa-34-200 turbo charged. it's approved flight for known icing conditions. it's quite a capable small corporate or family airplane and it's suitable for this kind of travel and for flying in somewhat bad weather. >> we know there was a distress

we only find snow witt but it will also be intensifying as it moves through.hat is in the so ordinary either. lets go out to storm scan three and we will start off with the regional zoom and you can see already that leading edge of the moisture moving in across west virginia and really taking over that entire state and eastern edge of the buckeye state. that is beginning of the moisture on the way. we can zoom it out and see this strung out batch of snow. all of this is in the most organized thing we have ever seen but basically the disturbance that will be rolling through relatively swift there i and, come with terrible timing. we are looking ahead to i would say just after lunchtime. there you have it, 1:00 p.m. first signs of life on radar will likely be moving in our area. you may getaway with until two or 3:00 p.m. around philadelphia but then it just moves on through here and it comes through with very poor timing into the the evening rush and as we look ahead into our thursday, thankfully it is all out of here. with that said lets take a look at how thi

sot kary witt bridge manager kary witt, el encargado de la estructura iconica dice que desde que el puentefue inaugurado en 1937 no ha habido un muro divisorio seguro entre los carriles que van al norte o al sur... como resultado de ello desde 1970 ha habido 128 choques de frente que resultaron en la muerte de 16 personas... esta noche en tan solo unos minutos gradualmente se comenzara a detener el acceso vehicular.... pues a las 12 en punto comenzaran los trabajadores a conectar 3 mil 500 piezas de concreto a lo largo de 1.7 millas.... el muro trendra una altura de 32 pulgadas y podra moverse dependiendo del congestionamien to vial....y se hace por medio de unos vehiculos llamados zipper trucks... como el que se utiliza en el puente de coronado en san diego california... mientras este cerrado el puente no solo se hara la instalacion de las nueva barrera si no que se haran pruebas en tiempo real para mover la barrera de un carril a otro... si bien los autos no circularan por aqui hasta el lunes a las 4 de la manana, quienes si podran ir de un lado a otro son los peatones y los ciclistas po

we have a southbound i-95 gaper delay on top of rush hour to go witt. southbound side of i-95 approaching center city delayed from the northeast down through the vine street exit. that is northbound side, north of i-95 you will note that is delay even though it has been cleared moving john the vine out toward girard avenue. we have an accident on north line kill than pike traveling in montgomery county be mindful of. that speed restrictions on area bridges on have 35 miles an hour. >> we have some snow on top of your car too just clear that off, once back on somebody. that snow has ended, and north now we are battling that bitter cold temperatures has we have been talking about. >> add the layers this morning. the it is dangerously cold outside. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer is bundled up as we know in pennsauken camden county where that code blue is in effect, good morning. >> good morning, guys. heading out this morning maybe already out and about you can expect some slick road conditions, some snow covered streets, possibly and also some r

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with alex witt."nofficial start to the 2016 republican presidential primary is off to a fiery start. several of the gop potential contenders gathered in iowa for the freedom summit. nine straight hours of speeches designed to appeal to the conservative base and dole out some red meat. >> we need tax reform and the most important tax reform we can do is we need to abolish the irs. >> i can assure you that being pro-life is not a political liability anywhere in america. >> so here is what i say. if washington refuses to secure the border texas will. >> i see a need for change but it's by offering real change again, you know? coronation rinse, repeat. or clinton, rinse, repeat. >> joining me now, nbc's benji sarlan. by your read who impressed the crowd the most? >> there are a few names that really stood out with the crowd. the biggest by far was scott walker, someone who hasn't gotten quite as much attention in recent weeks as jeb bush or mitt romney, but has always been popular in iowa thanks to his mi

. >>> welcome to weekends with alex witt. here's what's happening. new york city today is remembering a fallen police officer. thousands from the law enforcement community from new york and around the country are on hand to pay their final respects to the nypd's wenjian liu. liu and his partner were ambushed and killed on december 20th as they sat in a patrol car on a brooklyn street. ramos was buried last saturday. the killings come when much of the e country is embroiled in debate over the police and the community they serve. adam you've covered both funerals. what's the scene like there today? >> reporter: detective liu's wife is speaking now. a couple of minutes ago mayor de blasio spoke. he talked about what devoted son he was and how he could call his father every night to tell him he was safe and on his way home. we saw dozens if not more officers turn their back. they did not heed the call from the commissioner not to do that. this was about grieving and now grievances grievances. when he was done they turned back around. >> adam at officer r

their father, scott witt the emore did not respond to "dateline's" calls.t admitted as a form erer marine, he may have been rough. because of that abuse, they said clayton was suffering that extreme emotional disturbance and snapped in the dorm room. the prosecution begged to differ. >> it's just sad and tragic and you know what? we never discounted or denied his past, but that doesn't excuse what he did. >> three weeks after the trial began, the case went to the jury. the verdict was swift. guilty of second-degree murder. >> i just felt this overwhelming sense of relief that the truth came out and that there was a -- there was finally a verdict. it was the right verdict. >> alex' mom did not attend the trial but followed it closely and tweeted. >> becky kogut after the verdict tweeted justice for my beautiful baby. >> uh-huh. >> did you talk to her about the verdict? >> uh-huh. >> what did she say? >> it was a private conversation between two moms. there were tears, of course. doesn't bring back alex, it doesn't. >> clayton wittemore was sentenced 25 years

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welcome to "weekends with alex witt." alex is off today. i'm ayman mohyeldin. now here's what's happening. the latest now on a developing story out of kentucky where the sole survivor of a small plane crash is a 7-year-old girl. faa investigators are on site. ntsb investigators won't be there till this evening. the plane was headed from florida to illinois when the crash killed her parents, sister and a cousin. she walked for nearly a mile through dark woods until she came to the home of larry wilkins who took care of her until authorities could arrive. >> the best i can tell probably 30 minutes that she walked. and that was a pretty good job. >> the girl was treated at a local hospital and released earlier today. patrick mcmurtrie from our nbc affiliate is in lyon county, kentucky, and he joins me now from the very same woods where this little girl hiked through to get some help. how was she able to find her way in the dark through that brush? >> reporter: ayman, it truly is a miracle that a girl dressed in a tank top and shorts she'd just come back from a flo

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." 700,000 people across france today are standing in solidarity with the victims of this week's terror attacks in paris, according to the nation's interior minister. and tomorrow leaders from across europe and the united states will be among the hundreds of thousands who are expected to join anti-terror marches throughout france. meanwhile, french police continue their search for hayat boumedien, suspected of being an accomplice in yesterday's supermarket attack in paris as well as the thursday shooting of a french police officer. senior officials held an emergency meeting to discuss new anti-terror efforts. the interior minister saying security precautions will be stepped up at certain institutions. at least 17 french citizens were killed in the terror attacks. three suspected terrorists are dead. one still being sought. the attacks began wednesday at the office of the newspaper "charlie hebdo." late friday police raided a printing factory where the two suspects in wednesday's shooting

i'm not expecting any impacts witt. probably will not coat the ground. your best chance is up in the poconos. wind advisory for today and tonight. wind gusting over 40 miles an hour. it will feel like 0 degrees in the city by early tomorrow morning. up in the poconos where we have a wind chill advisory through 11:00 a.m. saturday it could feel as colas 20 below. if you are skiing this weekend we have dangerous cold tomorrow morning. temperatures are pretty tolerable. we are in the 20's to 34 in philadelphia it ace above freezing. not bad. upper 30's down toward new jersey. the as we go through to daze and that cold air comes through it is going to just stay in the 30's. our high temperature today 37 degrees with afternoon sun and wind. frigid tomorrow. we will start at 13. we will end up at just 25. snow is likely by sunday afternoon. it the is warmer air that tries to mix in. we can see that mix with sleet and freezing rain on monday, it is very very cold gannon tuesday another shot of those arctic temperatures but we will warm backup and hit 40 degrees

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." super bowl xlix now just hours away. this year's event expected to be bigger than last year's. between 171 million and 184 million people expected to watch the game. and for the lucky people able to watch the game in person, on average, they shelled out nearly $6,500 for a ticket up more than 114% from last year. of course security also a huge part of this annual event thousands of officers will protect the super bowl site. a team of local, state and federal agencies in uniform as well as undercover will screen virtually every inch. >> i think the key is vigilance. and we've devoted a lot of resources and a lot of effort to making sure this event is safe and secure. >> and the skies around the stadium will also be a no-fly zone on sunday. craig melvin joins us from glendale, arizona, the site of the super bowl. let's talk about security first. how big a situation. how present is it that you're able to see? >> reporter: you know you're going to see it at events like this. obviously the law enforcement presence is going to

we will see extra clouds witt.ittle bit after lunchtime. 30 degrees right now but with 11-mile an hour wind and it feels like 21. we will not see sunrise until seven credit 20 this morning. here is your planner. we have 30 degrees right now. we will be at 40, early around noon time today and then things cooling off after the cold front comes through. the here's something good sunrise a minute after -- sunset i should say a minute after 5:00. that is a good thing as those days get a little bit longer. that is so good. it is good that the holiday weekend is coming up. what is with people this morning, bob, we have weird accidents. >> friday mornings are quiet. it is exact opposite this morning. we are looking live over the scene of this accident on the schuylkill expressway. the accident is centered westbound right here near montgomery and it involved three vehicles, one on top of the opposite one. can we go right out to... what was that again. okay, we wanting to over to steve keeley right now because they have some

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welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we begin with breaking news. car drove nearby joe biden's home in delaware and multiple shots were fired. kristen, what's the latest? >> just to set the scene at the vice president's house, it is located several hundred yards off of the main road not visible from the main record. according to an official with the secret service, this all unfolded last night at about 8:00. that's when that car drove down that main road near vice president biden's house at a high rate of speed. secret service officials say they heard multiple shots fired and then the vehicle drove off at a high rate of speed. they set up a security perimeter, started their investigation in conjunction with new castle county police. about an hour later, alex at 9:00 p.m. last night, a vehicle drove by police was acting suspiciously, so officials stopped that person arrested him, took him into custody for resisting arrest, and questioned him. at this point in time there's no indication that the two incidents are related. it's important to point that

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." here's what's happening.the justices have agreed to take up the question of same-sex marriage and perhaps settle the controversial issue once and for all. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> reporter: in suburban detroit, april and jane who want to gets married cheered the news that their legal fight will be part of a potentially historic ruling on gay rights. >> we set out for a goal and that goal was equality for our family. we are proud that we are affecting so many other families and proud that we are an inspiration for other families. >> reporter: the justices agreed to answer two questions, can states refuse to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples and can states refuse to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed somewhere else? the court takes up the questions after a surge of court rulings from coast to coast, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage. nearly 60 separate decisions in more than half the states over the past year and a half. >> there will not be many c

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they went to alan witt park on monday to settle their differences and she was beaten. eye was fractured and she had cuts to her face that required stitches. >> called each other family. and for them to just like watch me get beat and be a part of it is a sad thing. >> her car was also damaged. >>> the protests on bart this morning may only be the beginning. san francisco protesters banged metal spoons on the subway pillars and blocked passengers from getting on the trains. there are plans to make it a weekly event every friday. protesters are demanding charges be dropped against a group who chained themselves to trains in november. passengers say there has got to be a better way. >> missing one day of work, i mean that's my cell phone bill. that's food in my mouth. they may as well take the food out of my frige. >> if the protests do become a regular thing four years ago the hacker group anonymous held weekly protests every monday on bart. >> a march and rally is planned throughout the martin martin luther king holiday. on sunday afternoon at 5:00 there is a homeless r

welcome to "weekends with alex witt". alex is off today. president obama and the first lady are headed to india. they just left moments ago. we learned the president will cancel the end of his trip to india and fly to saudi arabia. let's get to kristen welker. talk to us about what led to this change and what's the purpose to it >> reporter: good morning. the white house made the announcement that president obama is going to cut his trip short and travel to saudi arabia early this morning. the president is expected to meet with the new saudi king while in riyadh tuesday. vice president biden was initially slated to lead the delegation. in a statement, josh earnest stated "as the presidents and vice president's travel schedules became clearer, we determined the window when the vice president would be on the ground in riyadh coincided with the president's departure from india. accordingly, we adjusted the schedule. the president will meet with king solomon and offer his condolences on behalf of the american people. it is uncommon for presiden

right now, you are at 58 degrees, it is dry with warm air witt.peratures are going to stay on the mild side at least through this evening and then turn colder overnight. here is our start times n delaware and south injuries i between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. you'll see precipitation moving in as some mix. the in the city and suburbs between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. we will be seeing rain and snow. then we will be seeing that snow begin to accumulate by the midnight 1:00 a a.m. hour. part of the the north and westerly high valley snow moves in between 11 and 12:00 a.m. and poconos a little bit later because you're farther north, we will see snow moving in between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and it will begin a as snow weather shows is there nothing right now but it will not be long before we see green moving up on our screen. first we will see it in the southern part of the delaware and then we will see it progressing up towards philadelphia you can see by 9:00 o'clock into wilmington, some showers likely there and then by the time we make it a little bi

investigators say you can hear them in the background encouraging her to play witt, even telling her to say pow and shoot bang. >> do you hear that. >> now a 19 year-old man and his, the the baby's mother, face several charges. >> a a lot of things that we have dealt with that discuss us as police officer, they frustrate us as police officer, this is something that is just sad. when you watch it you feel sad for that child that is what they were living in. >> say bang? >> shoot. shoot. >> that is hard to listen to. police investigating the attempted sale of the handgun to an undercover officer when they discovered this video on that cell phone. >>> 5:20 is the time. we know some people may be addict to their smart phones but new study shows being without your mobile device might actually make make you dumber. researchers from the university of missouri found people actually did worse on tests and puts also when their iphone were taken away. participants also experienced certain physical changes, including higher blood pressure elevated heart rate and an a site. researchers say people

i want to talk about it with virginia witt, co-founder and director of no more.ive. how did you come up with the idea? >> the add is inspired by real life stories. as we know tragically there are hundreds of calls like this that come in to emergency lines, to 911, to hotlines across the country all the time. this is not -- this is a very pervasive problem throughout our society and that's what we're trying to address with this psa. we really want to get america focused on ending domestic violence and sexual assault. >> how did you come to work with the nfl to try to combat this problem? >> we've been working with the nfl for a couple of years. soon after he launched in 2013 our campaign to end domestic violence and sexual assault, we had an opportunity to have a meeting at the nfl. we met with troy vinson. we did some collaborative work with them and put information on their player engagement website. did some speaking out together on this issue. and then last fall the nfl contacted us and offered us the opportunity to put our ads, which have been on the air prod

they went to alan witt park on monday to settle their differences and she was beaten. her eye was fractured and she had cuts to her face that required stitches. >> called each other family. and for them to just like watch me get beat and be a part of it is a sad thing. >> her car was also damaged. >>> the protests on bart this morning may only be the beginning. san francisco protesters banged metal spoons on the subway pillars and blocked passengers from getting on the trains. there are plans to make it a weekly event every friday. protesters are demanding charges be dropped against a group who chained themselves to trains in november. passengers say there has got to be a better way. >> missing one day of work, i mean that's my cell phone bill. that's food in my mouth. they may as well take the food out of my frige. >> if the protests do become a regular thing four years ago the hacker group anonymous held weekly protests every monday on bart. >> a march and rally is planned throughout the martin martin luther king holiday. on sunday afternoon at 5:00 there is a homele

he loves rolling around the snow, playing witt. mom likes it too.t time together in the wintry weather. they are built for it. they have that thick fur. >> they cannot even feel it. they know it is soft, great wet. >> it is great i have a image of bow, bow rolling down the hill in the snow. >> take down good there you go. >> that is great. >>> well thousands of gadgets are on display right now. >> we will go on the high tech tour of the consumer electronics show in vegas. but first here's what is coming up tonight on the cw philly. ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. and try progresso chili. slow-simmered, homemade taste. >>> we will continue to follow breaking news from europe. police say 11 people are dead in a shooting at a sat tear california weekly newspaper office in paris. they got away in two vehicles, the french president called it a a terrorist attack but t

so this system for one thing it does have moisture witt but it is not a huge storm.o fast and it will go out of here so quickly that yes, we have got decent moisture witt but that is only reason thaw will see any kind of, we will call it substantial accumulation quote unquote. even that we are looking at a coat to go maybe up to an inch worth of accumulating snow. it is not just snow, we will think that this will end up being a mixing of some snow, sleet and probably some rain before it is all said and done but it is generally through midday that count that is have shaded coloring here will to have deal with this. notice philadelphia not included. even if we did see a quick flurry here in the city, that is it. you are really left with clouds otherwise. further north and west no problems whatsoever. temperatures on the slow climb through thursday, friday and upcoming weekend too. by tomorrow high pressure back in control and keep control right in the weekend as well, vittoria. >> thanks, katie. good morning. everyone. it is rush hour out there. as you will notice when

welcome to a special edition of "weekends with alex witt." the shooting rampage that had terrorized the french capital since wednesday is over. at least 17 french citizens were killed. those attacks began wednesday at the office of the newspaper charlie hebdo. late friday french police raided a printing factory. the two were killed in the gun battle with police. meanwhile, an associate of the suspects took several hostages at a kosher market in paris and he was killed as heavily armed police raided that shop. four hostages died in that siege.siege siege. french authorities are now searching for this woman. and the main synagogue in paris will remain closed today. it is the first time that temple has been closed on the jewish sabbath since world war ii. let's go to more to richard engel on how it all unfolded. >> this tiny french village suddenly became a war zone. at 9:00 local maintenance worker pascal heard helicopters overhead. his boss called him, he said to tell him to stay inside just doors from where the gunmen were holed up. but he we

the delays to go witt.le neck. >> dang, girl. >> very nice. >> do you like that. >> quick reminder for all of how wake up early each and every morning we go on the air 4:30a in m on than our sister station cbs 36789 we are waiting for you bringing you news weather traffic and sports and we like to bring it to you extra early. thanks for watching everyone. for more local news weather and traffic and sports we are always on at cbs philly.com. >> check out talk philly at noon on cbs-3. we will be right back with one more check of your traffic abe weather together. we will see you in a bit. >>> good morning i'm erika von tiehl. we have video here showing just a frightening armed robbery and new police hope thaw can help catch these suspects. all right. here's that surveillance video from the family dollar store on the 6200 block of front street in olney. police say that the man walk into that shop monday afternoon, pointed a handgun at the cashier and demanded money. robber got away with $60 fled on foot. in on

. >> sure, i know there will be a stadium vice witt young people and grand parents.l of families on the parkway and on saturday night and there will be a mass at the same venue on the parkway on sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock. >> archbishop chaput says he is heading to rome to meet up with the pope to firm up the agenda. >>> in weather we're talking about cooler temperatures tonight. we will fall down in the 20's and all eyes are on a clip their will bring snow. he haven't had much this year so far so we have to pay special attention to this, because we're talking about it coming during the evening commute. take a look outside where we have manmade snow in the poconos and they will be getting about an inch of the new, not man a maid, mother nature provided snow. on storm scan three we are looking at a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. nothing going on here but we will be seeing that clipper moving in rather quickly tomorrow, and then that is going to make a big difference in our weather with those snow showers especially tomorrow afternoon. across the region temp

. >>> a shocking statement directed towards septa police eye witt the necessary news reporter steve paterson shows us why graffiti has officers on alert. >> reporter: in this bathroom stall in the frankford transportation center, you can see the remnant of a blue marker. >> it is not something that anybody would like to see. >> reporter: that something is this a message scrolled on the stall shoot septa cops. >> it is a tough time right now. there is negative sentiment. >> reporter: vandals spray painted cop lives don't matter on this fence in west philadelphia. in this case thomas nestel says message was discovered by a passenger thursday night. he is concerned for a few reasons. unrest following high profile deaths in police involved incidents across the country septa attacks on officers and at this particular station in northeast philadelphia it is already high risk for his officers. >> we are concerned but we're not pan nick. >> reporter: chief says not panicking is a strategy, before this message what's raised he posted it on twitter saying quote looking for author of message. want to h

the ube i can witt -- ubiquity of this. >> that feeds the home-grown terrorism which is what we're more aware of now than we have been. >> right. although i must say this does not seem to be that sort of thing. as you fantasy -- point out these are two people have been at it for more than a decade, in a cell in paris, who tried to do a whole bunch of things much the third person, involved in taking the hostages at the market, was involved as well the >> it's interesting, the timeline. three years, in the u.s. we figure a group must be dead. it appears that three years they had started plotting this attack on the paris newspaper offices. so one of the challenges it time lines. what westerners think of as a long time and what members of these groups think of as a long time. oftentimes these are plotted out years in advance. for americans and westerners that seems like annie ternity but they're on eye -- a different timeline than the west. gwen: from the point of view of the white house, american citizens, the national security apparatus, are there lessons to be learned? could it happen he

caesars entertainment filed for bankruptcy today, despite latest setback atlantic city's mayor tells eye witt the necessary news reporter cleve bryan that the future is bright. >> reporter: not the best way to start nut year foresees ars and bally's casinos, a division of the parent company filed for bankruptcy maneuver out of 18 and a half billion dollars of debt. ceo gary loveman prepared a rid ohio statement to reassure customers and employees all operations remain normal. >> there is no impact on day to take job responsibilities as result of the chap 11 filing. employees can expect to receive their pay and benefits as normal. >> reporter: ironically taking stage at caesars ballroom on thursday atlantic city mayor don guardian gave his state of the sit a dress. he laid out plans for cities recovery after losing four of the 12 casinos last year. he wants to cut tense of millions in municipal spending and work with state lawmakers honorary structure debt. marries trying to lower property taxes and create hundreds if not thousands of jobs this year by helping developers working on new housing

they went to alan witt park on monday to settle their differences and she was beaten. her eye was fractured and she had cuts to her face that required stitches. >> called each other family. and for them to just like watch me get beat and be a part of it is a sad thing. >> her car was also damaged. >>> the protests on bart this morning may only be the beginning. san francisco protesters banged metal spoons on the subway pillars and blocked passengers from getting on the trains. there are plans to make it a weekly event every friday. protesters are demanding charges be dropped against a group who chained themselves to trains in november. passengers say there has got to be a better way. >> missing one day of work, i mean that's my cell phone bill. that's food in my mouth. they may as well take the food out of my frige. >> if the protests do become a regular thing four years ago the hacker group anonymous held weekly protests every monday on bart. >> a march and rally is planned throughout the martin martin luther king holiday. on sunday afternoon at 5:00 there is a homele

eye witt the necessary news i team investigative reporter walt hunter is live at fire department headquarters with exclusive details walt. >> reporter: sources tell thaws report from the inspector jennies now in the hand of top fire officials here and they are expected to make a decision on possible disciplinary action against the male in members in the very near future. also expected to becoming new and clearer guidelines on frat nicing inside philadelphia firehousees. sources tell cbs-3 that philadelphia fire department officials are now considering possible disciplinary action against as many as a dozen male fire department members suspect of having sex on duty with a female in member. following an investigation by the philadelphia inspector general. among the allegations sources say, a female member found engaging in sex with two male members inside of a vehicle and sources confirmed that sexual activity a among the female and male members at several firehousees around the city. well, top city officials are not commenting sources say investigators from the special victims june writ he imm

ignatius loyola, we thank them for their courtesy and hospitality, especially father witt and all thee of my father during these difficult months. dr. engel, dr. mora, were extraordinary. the health aides who took care of my father at home from steve crockette to dan o'connor tom, sharon, 24 hours a day, they were magnificent and they made his life much more pleasant and also for the family. his partners he practiced for law 20 years after public servant and he really enjoyed it and it was a beautiful partnership. to his team, no administration, no government works without a team. and my father had a fantastic team. they worked 24 hours a day seven days a week because that's the only way they knew how to work. and pam and mary and mike and jerry and tony and john howard and john mary ann and my father's third son, who sometimes i think he loved the most, joe, really did an extraordinary job and they did an extraordinary job with his funeral. we want to thank them. i want to thank president clinton for being here and senator clinton. they both meant so much to my father for so long. an

we have a couple question marks witt. high pressure will be building in for next couple days.once that departs and allowed this is is tell to roll roll up the coast a few factor come into it. it does that high end up blocking the system. it force is it a certain direction? do we have enough cold air to move in and allow for some snow to accumulate well? in addition to that how fast is the thing going to move? will it be with us all day? does i have time to dump lots of moisture. those are questions that remain but i have to tell you we have a good shot to see a decent i say three to 6-inch snowstorm potentially out of this up and down i-95. that is where your best chance is. this is not our snowfall map yet. still too many questions man to completely pinpoint but we have a shot for it. it is not just a snowstorm. it would be a heavy rain and gusty win event for shore points, probably a mix with some rain and even some icing as you go in toward that i-95 corridor. so this is going to be a very fluid situation as we watch it evolve. come sunday it clears out. we will catch a bri

we have a rain/snow threat, too early to peg any accumulation but this one has a lot of moisture witt, stay tuned. >> you know i will, come on now. you know i will. >> innings isers take on the knicks tonight at the well in south philadelphia. new york is in last place in the nbc's atlantic division. sixers are building together for the future and working out yesterday in wynnewood they stand at eight-33 right now. coach brett brown has the the mid season report for you. >> our half court defense has been really good. we're moving in the direction that we want. we still have to continue offensive troy pass the ball and share the the ball so much better. i think we're getting there. sometimes it gets deflating when we don't make shots at the end of those good passes but i see it being that mostly a as a team and i'm thrilled with the development that the guys are making good that is good to hear. flyers fighting for a playoff spot and fighting the penguins at the well last night. zach renal do faces a us suspension and things went south after. that fights broke out through the rest of

mostly we will dust witt a broom off the front steps.right the now we are looking at one to 2 inches of snow expect. philadelphia one to two. closer to 2 inches in wilmington. reading 1.6. inch and a half in dover. light's accumulations as you head down the shore. not a big event but at least our first event of the new year and our first widespread snow of the entire season. so the first parties the snow. second parties the cold. we will get very cold during the week. it will also be very windy. here's the wind chills. today in the 30's. tomorrow in the 20's. wednesday in the teens. by thursday wind chills will be around zero or below zero at times and friday we will be seeing improvement. that is good news. temperatures averaging between 15 and 20 degrees below normal for wednesday and for thursday. get ready for. that overnight tonight low temperature getting down to 19 degrees, during the day tomorrow. twenty-nine. on the exclusive seven day forecast, after we get through the snow, mainly tomorrow morning it gets brutally cold and it

decide to take up residence in her local wal-mart, find out where it happened and how long she got away witt, we are back at the top of the hour. >>> breaking news right now a busted water main break creates a guys inner northeast philelphia, the water is reaching more than a hundred feet in the air. we are live on the scene with the very latest on the efforts to get that thing fixed. >>> new development in the investigation in the kyle crosby the new jersey man accused of murdering his wife. find out why police were at the home of crosby's parents overnight. >>> it is thursday january 15th, good morning, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm nicole brewer in for erika this morning. fbi foils an alleged plot to attack the the u.s. capitol. we will tell you how they did it and latest on the suspect this morning, katie. >>> nicole, it is a very quiet day here in the weather department. it doesn't mean it will stay that way but we can even why i this break while we have it. a new coastal storm is down the road. we will tell you when to expect it coming up vittoria. >>> same story traffic wise we are not

no precipitation witt.d kicks in and high pressure back in action with more sunshine as we head into the upcoming weekend vittoria. >>> good morning everyone. traveling on i-95 it seems to be we are starting to see a few more vehicles but we are not seeing full swing rush her delays just yet. this is i-95 southbound around allegheny, north bound i-95 basically in the clear in matter traveling from delaware all the way toward trenton. i-95 looks great but southbound side we are starting to see a little bit of that rush hour develop. if you are traveling on the roosevelt boulevard south bun commute would be headlights in the shot here heading toward schuylkill we are starting to see a few more vehicles but not a full swing rush. usually around 6:15 things will change. we have a water main break in blackwood on east church street between indiana avenue knew and teresa place laake is your best alternate. stay with us good morning we will be right back. plus we have new video just in massive crowd in the philipp

rest of the bridges go witt. do i caution you, usually bridges are first to freeze whenever we have any sort of precipitation. you could run into potentially black ice. take it easy out there vine street expressway is wide opened only a few vehicles out and about. speed sensors every where new jersey pennsylvania delaware high up in the 50's. we are waiting in the wings of that rush hour. new jersey transit system wide they are back to normal and they are across honoring their tickets, so definitely good news for our commuters and later on tonight we have sixers game verse the destroyed pistons so we will wait in the wings for that as well, as of right new mass transit is looking fantastic so i'll throw it over to ukee. >>> as you mentioned sixers trying to break a six game losing streak when they take on the pistons tonight at the well in south philadelphia a pistons are trying to break a three game losing streak themselves. to the ice flyers last night against the the tie yet is and in an early hole one of two

. >>> coming up in the next half an hour of eye witt the necessary news we are continuing to follow this bitter blast and problems it is causing as you head out the door. >>> we are also live on the scene right here of breaking news as swat team tries to get a man out of his house right new looking live at that scene we will have have an update from that scene coming up. >>> plus... >> i'm in the doing this. >> yes you are it is part of the job. >> joe biden steals the show you you will hear his best and funniest lines from the senate's first day back at work. vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's looking live ring ring! ring ring! progresso! wow soup people, i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding. well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress. uh-huh...that's what i'm afraid of. you don't love the dress? i love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every n