head to the wlos facebook page and weigh in. we'll share some of your comments at six. 3 and news 13 wants to hear from you so we can continue to tell relevant and meaningful stories. go to wlos dot com and click-on the "your voice" news survey to share your 3 3 3 it's 5:xx. let's take a look at business headlines. the dow was up 192 points yesterday ending the day at 17 thousand 720. the nasdaq was also up 66 points to end the day at 5 thousand 107. 3 it-- macy's is recalling more than 120-thousand martha stewart frying pans. according to the consumer product safety commission... rivet covers on those eight and ten inch pans can pop off and fly across your kitchen. the commission says at least three people have received minor injuries. if you have the frying pans, you should stop using them and return them to macy's for credit. military exchanges, who also sell the cookware, will give you a full refund. 3 3 whole foods wants to put the "overcharging probe" behind them, and is paying big bucks to do it. in a statement, whole foo

updates will be posted on wlos dot com and our facebook and twitter pages. you can also sign up to get traffic and weather text alerts to keep you informed. 3 3 the deadly storm system spawning tornadoes, floods, and snow across the united states is marching east this morning. the severe weather over the past week has led to the deaths of at least 46 people. today, people in the northeast are bracing for abc's megan hughes has details. 3 after an unusually warm december, the first snow falls in massachusetts this morning- where ice melt and shovels fly off the shelves. "?black friday-ish" in new york state-plow trucks are ready. "first storm, there's a lot of accidents. hopefully, they will be very minor" weather around the country has given them a preview-from high winds and icy roads creating treacherous conditions in wisconsin?to floods in missouri where the state's death toll climbed into double digits. a snowdrift in new mexico trapped betty and jimmy anderson in their car for twenty hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them.sot - jimmy and

head to the wlos facebook page and weigh in. we'll share some of your comments later this morning. 3 3 3 3 3 here is a look 3 at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 orth carolina tries to extend one of sports longest streaks. next in sports... find out if the heels made 58 straight wins at home against 3 3 good morning everyone in sports. the clemson tigers just a few hours away from kicking off their national semifinal playoff game at the orange bowl and that means one last chance to party hardy before the game. luke notestine found some local clemson fans who are in good cheer waiting to to cheer for their tigers. thanks, clemson fans are out in full force the at tap 42 in fort lauderdale. there is a ton of orange, a sea of orange, redefining the orange bowl. we've seen crazy hats, shoes, and a lot of enthusiasm from these tigers. we even met w few people from western north carolina. all of them hope clemson wins thursday.some clemson fans take the orange bowl literally. -----------"go tigers! oops, i'm losing my or

. >> looking for the most updated weather coverage, download our weather app, it is free, search wlos in your app store. >> we have an update for the praekdz news on bill cosby. he is facing his firstriminal charge in relation to a sexual assault investigation a decade ago. >> bill cosby is accused of drugging and assaulting dozens of women over decades. he will be arrested on charges in one of those cases. >> this is a felony of the first degree. >> the decision to charge c cosby comes one month before the have expired and the allegations brought by andrea constat. he accuses cosby of assaulting her in 2004. >> on the evening in question, mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to move, to respond to his advances. >> years when constat first reported, prosecutors decided there wasn't enough evidence. prosecutors say they reopened the criminal case based on new evidence, including incriminating statements cosby made in a 1,000 page deposition released for the first timeehis summer. in it, cosby admitted he had given

head to the wlos facebook page and weigh in. we'll share some of your comments later this morning. 3 3 3 3 the time is now 5:xx. some bad news for the clemson tigers... just a couple days away from their big game. why they'll be missing a few key players. setting the bar for equal pay for women. what a law now 3 in this morning's five at five.... we are taking a look at the top ice and snow festivals around the world. coming in at number five... the ice music festival, in norway each year a tiny town in norway hosts a unique artistic event- where all the instruments are made from ice just hours before each concert! number four on the list... "snow king" in canada it is a month-long community celebration. each march, a winter wonderland is created at number three on the list... the b-p world ice art championships, held in alaska, it is a month-long event featuring 70 teams of expert carvers. number two on the list... the international ice sculpture festival, in latvia. 30 sculptors from eight countries create frozen sculptures in

head to the wlos facebook page and weigh in. we'll share some of your comments.. coming up at six. 3 3 stocks fell in wednesday's trading. it has been a disappointing year for investors that has seen stocks jones ended the day down 117 points to close at 17 thousand 603 . the s&p 500 lost 14 points to end the day at 2 thousand 68. the nasdaq has been the one bright spot this year, despite losing 42 points on wednesday to close at 5 thousand 65 it is up 7 percent for the year. 3 at&t remains the only major us carrier that still offers two-year contracts to subsidize new smartphone purchases - but the carrier will soon stop offering the contracts. beginning january eighth, at&t customers will only be able to get new phones by paying full price or paying in installments over time. the new policy does not apply to business customer who have a qualified wireless agreement. 3 the january issue of consumer reports looks at whether owners actually like their cars. it asked 230 thousand owners what they thought of their cars from the last three model years. the tesla model

go to wlos dot com and click-on the "your voice" news survey to share your 3 3 3 it's 5:xx. let's take a look at business headlines. the dow was down 50 points thursday to close at 17 thousand 552. the nasdaq was up 2 and a half points to close at 50-48. 3 3 if you use sprint or verizon, you could have some money coming your way, but you'll have to act fast. customers have until this thursday to claim refunds for unauthorized third-party messages. charges for things like horoscopes or sports scores -- were allegedly buried in bills. the activity is known as "cramming." both wireless carriers agreed to pay 158-million dollars to customers to settle claims. current and former subscribers who paid for unauthorized texts beginning july 1st, 20-10 can file a request. verizon and sprint both have online claim forms. 3 3 if you are sending your little one on a plane by himself, get ready to pay a little more. united airlines has expanded the age range for a 150 dollar service fee on children who fly alone. kids up to the age of 15 will cost extra for tickets sold after december 14t

all you have to do is download our weather app to stay on top of the warnings, advisories and search wlos in your app store. >> ethan couch was on probation for a drunken wreck that killed four people. he disappeared with his mother after video surfaced suggesting he may have consumed alcohol which would violate the terms of his probation. at trial defense lawyers argued couch suffered from what they call affluenza because he had been coddled by his wealthy parents. he is facing 10 careers in prison if found guilty of violating his probation. >> a white chicago police officer charged with killing a black teen is expected to enter a plea today. jason van dyke is being arraigned on six counts of first degree murder. he was caught on video last year shooting 17-year-old lakwan mcdonald 16 times. the teen was armed with a knife. >> arson suspected in a fire in houston. they are hoping video will help them lead to whatever is responsible. center is planning a meeting of leaders tomorrow. he wants to discuss the fire and how faith leaders can help the community move forward. >> a new jersey boy

search wlos many your store >> so much of the members of the jury in hollywood from rafters to aliens and star wars is thanks to motion capture technology. now it is gaining traction elsewhere too. topping today's headlines, a technology that may be able to help. >> lift this leg in the air like that. >> rachel is 8 years old. she suffers from cerebral palsy. muscle control making it increasingly hard to walk. >> we are here to assess her walking position and see if her splints are doing the job they should be doing. >> they will help measure how rarachel is walking, using cutting edge motion capture technology. >> they come out on the computer screen. motion capture actually started here in life sentences. >> it wasn't long before the movie industry caught on driving the development, making it cheaper and more accessible. they look real and that's because every monster there is a real life acor. ac actor. today that is me. i don't look how i thought i would. what is going on? >> what you have on, a series of reflective markers, all around your body. we are filming the movement of tho

search wlos >> fighting acne is not just a job for teenagers. adults often face the problem too. in today's health headlines, diane shows us ways of fighting back. >> we know many teenagers get acne and it usually goes away with time. for some instead of getting better, it gets worse when adulthood comes. >> acne can be caused by a in women, it is related to changing hormonal levels, some of which can be normal changes that affect the skin. stress tends to increase the production of hormones and so we can get flare-ups of acne. her redty plays a role, medications can play a role. illnesses can play a role. >> doctors recommend a variety to keep skin clear including oral medications including topical cream. >> it is difficult to prevent acne if it is something you have all the factors there that create it. avoidance of products, choosing non-committeed generalic products, protecting from the sun can all really help to reduce risk of acne. >> for today's health minute, i'm diane gallagher. >> coming up, an act of animal cruelty caught on tape. hear from the hero who saved his life.

look for wlos in your app store. >> larry: person of the week, she's a school bus driver in macon county. what alice bradley did in the face of danger was nothing short of remarkable. on the last day of school at south macon elementary, in the routine before the ride, bus driver alice bradley. >> larry: she's been doing it for 25 years. but on this day, just a week after a confrontation no one could have imagined. >> what could have happened if not for her actions should send chills up our backs. >> a token of my appreciation to you. i love you very much. >> i love you, too. >> larry: this grandmother faced the threat of death. it happened after she pulled up in her bus. >> he held a gun up like this and i cranked my car back up. when i idid, he pointed it at me. >> these individuals attempted to get on to her bus. she made the conscious decision to keep that from happening. >> 911, what's your emergency? >> there's two guys out here in our driveway and they're shooting one another. >> lord, he's going to shoot me. no, my kids will be here in a minute. >> larry: ms. ab tried to run over

games remaining in the regular season, the patriots do have the upper hand on denver and cincinnati wlo have to play each other in two weeks. >>> up next, all hail the mailman and the mail woman. >> what a local mail carrier did to help save one family's holiday. >>> be on the lookout, the police need help finding their pet cat >>> a big night for star wars fans, the hollywood premiere is tonight. we'll take you out there for the red carpet. >>> december makes an appearance? that's ahead. >>> our own sara french has a new little helper in the kitchen. she's making this catch holiday-cookie cheer with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for $1.99. have you started shopping? just waiting for inspiration to strike. and there it is! done! genius. give the gift of dunkin' coffee. america runs on dunkin'. >>> a family is calling their mail carrier a holiday hero after he stopped with the thieves. he even helped police track them down after chasing them out of the neighborhood. >> the family has a special message for the famil

wlos a.m. in your app who's the rebel now? no way. yes way! savor a bacon egg cheese biscuit any time you like. eggs, bacon, and melty cheese all on a biscuit with real butter. mcdonald's all day breakfast menu. yeah! >>luke: the north carolina tar heels are getting ready to play in the russell athletic bowl tuesday. carolina will take on high-scoring baylor tuesday night in orlando, florida. tar heels, of course, were one of the highest scoring teams in the country this year, scoring at least 45 points in 7 different games. unc played very well in the acc championship game, losing to no. 1 clemson by just 8 points. carolina players were very disappointed after that tough loss. but they have used that game as motivation for the bowl game this week. >> they were down for the game, no doubt about it. theyn't whatted to win the acc championship and felt like they were right there and had the opportunity and just didn't debt it done. everyone is disappointed at the end. everyone is like, you know, just be blessed because we're going to the bowl ga

. >> hometownrivia time and salute wlos, channel 13, asheville area. "hunger games" and "dirty dancing" filmedthere. staying with the movie theme, this oscar winning actor once ran a community tater in asheville and here's the hint, one of his famous movie lines is,et your stinking hands off me, you dirty ape. >> charleston heston. >> w to go. >> i'm going to give you a ht for this. pick this one off. at m more than 178,000 square feet it's the largest privately owned home in the country. also -- >> built more. >> built more you've got it. >>> welcome back to "gma." breaki right now a live look at this enormous fire burning in ventura county, california, threatening dozens of homes. mandatory evacuations are under way and you can see right there it's rht next to the highway. nearby roads had to be shut down. whipping winds are fueling the blaze that has already charred more than 250 acres. >>> also right now, arson attack. fast-ming fire at a houston mosque was deliberately set. 80 firefighters called in to fightt that blaze at the islamic society of g

wlos a.m. in your app who's the rebel now? no way. yes way! savor a bacon egg cheese biscuit any time you like. eggs, bacon, and melty cheese all on a biscuit with real butter. mcdonald's all day breakfast menu. yeah! >>stan: sports, bad new, clemson tigers a couple days before the big national championship semifinal showdown with oklahoma, espn reports three members are suspended for violated rules. they have had previous backups but they all played key roles this season. >>> north carolina was looking for history, a first 12 win season, taking on baylor in the russell athletic bowl. senior quarterback marquis williams' last game and he was great. first drive he looks around and finally find the tight end, brandon fritz. carolina looks good, up 7-0, but they were down 28-10 at the half because of the quarterback for baylor was unbelievable, jerson had a good night, 209 yards rushing on that wild cat. marquis scores right before the half to make it 28-17 as they inch closer, but it was too much baylor. marquis had a big night, 243 yards passin

. >> hometown trivia time and we're going to salute our asheville, north carolina affiliate, wlos, channel 13. "hunger games" and "dirty dancing" among the movies filmed there. staying with the movie theme, this oscar winning actor once ran a community theater in asheville and here's the hint, one of his famous movie lines is, "get your stinking hands off me, you dirty ape." >> charleston heston. >> nice work. >> way to go. >> soylent green. tom, i'll give you a hint for this one. you can pick this off. at more than 178,000 square feet, this home is the largest privately owned home in the country. also -- >> biltmore, you've got it. >>> welcome back to "gma." breaking right now, a live look at this enormous fire burning in ventura county, california, threatening dozens of homes. mandatory evacuations are under way. nearby roads had to be shut down. whipping winds are fueling the blaze tha has already charred 900 acres. >>> also right now, arson attack. fast-moving fire at a houston mosque was deliberately set. 80 firefighters called in to fight that blaze at the islamic c sosociy of gater

wlo who's in charge of that?s our senior investigative reporter stephen stock. >> causing chaos on a flight is actually a federal crime. we've combed through thousands of unruly passenger complaints over the years ranging from everything from smoking in the restroom to charging the cockpit. we discovered that the numbers of these complaints have actually gone up over the years, but enforcement of the rules remains stagnant, allowing some rowdy passengers to actually walk free. >> redwood 218 declaring ground emergency. >> reporter: airline passengers out of control. >> stop touching me! stop it! >> reporter: according to the airline industry, it's a growing problem nationwide. >> help! >> reporter: including here in the bay area. >> you could smell the alcohol kind of wafting up. very strong. >> reporter: she still remembers the fear last october when her pilot diverted a flight from san jose to dallas after a drunken passenger threatened their safety. >> it was kind of pointing his finger pretending it was a gun

. >> reporter: homeowners wlo agreed signed a waiver of liability. >> just in case something within their home happened to occur that the city has no control over, someone trips in their garage or something, or maybe they have some defective wiring that we're not aware of, that protects the city. >> reporter: this month holiday lights have served more than a decorative purpose for this man and his 5-year-old daughter. >> we have some christmas lighting. >> reporter: new year's lighting and christmas lighting has helped. >> big time. >> reporter: just before christmas san bruno city council approved finding a firm to rewire the underground portion of the street lights, work to begin after the new year and cost as much as $350,000. but the mayor says local taxes won't go up as a result. chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >>> this year for the first time we bought more christmas presents online than in physical stores. and that led to some delivery delays. >> it's true. some people still haven't gotten all of their gifts, but there's a silver lining. here's nbc bay area's scott budman. >> rep

the republican nominee is they'll be tac tasked as the most conservative person to ever run no matter wlo it is. how about having someone who is actually a conservative and is usually defending those positions. and did it twice. in 2000 i was the only conservative to win a state that george bush lost. i won pennsylvania and he lost. i have beaten democratic incumbents not once not twice but three have retired or been defeated by me in four elections. i have won a 60%, a 70% district, democratic district in a state with a million and a l million and a half more democrats than republicans. and i got things done. don't pay attention to the polls. pay attention to your eyes and ears and minds and hearts. do the right thing for the country. you want to lead? is that what you're here to do? or are you here to follow? are you here to lead? then lead. find the person who is the right person to take this country's challenges on and make a difference in washington and then do something about it. i'd be happy to take your questions. [ applause ] >> how you doing. senator, you paint a very compelling

. >> as for jeb bush, the man wlo came into this race in the summer as the front runner, he was the favoriteablishment republicans, jake he's now at 3%. >> dana bash, thanks so much. let's talk about 2016 and terrorism with cnn political commentator s.e. cupp. s.e., let me start with you. after the paris attacks there was this feeling among the republican establishment, now the voters are going to get serious. but it didn't work out that way. and if you look at our poll on the issues of isis, immigration, foreign policy, donald trump is considered by a plu ralty by republican voters the best to handle this. attack in san bernardino could continue to bolster trump. >> i expect that it will. i think there's a sense certainly among his supporters and among other republican voters that the isis strategy out of this administration has been terribly flawed. and i think a lot of people are suspicious that more establishment republican candidates will sort of carry on an obama light version or an obama hawk version and not really shake things up the way trump talks about shaking things up. no one se

the united states and britain among the nations wlo say they refuse to pay ransom, but others including do pay. >> the many tens of millions of dollars that isil have raised from ransom payments is going into promoting terrorism including terrorism effecting our own country. >> third, oil. analysts believe the group is selling many barrels on the black market. by one estimate a half million dollars worth a day. >> they're selling it to turkish businessmen, selling it to kurdish smugglers who smuggle it back into iraqi curd stkurdista keep the lights on damascus, to keep assad's war machine, his tanks, his apcs, helicopters and jets, you know, operable. he needs oil. he needs petrol. >> and fourth, antiquitieantiqu. isis has destroyed great historic treasures, but has also taken an untold number of pieces. international council of museums has posted a red list of looted or at-risk items, sculptures, scrolls, mosaics, pottery, asking art experts worldwide to watch for them. and of course there are foreign donors to isis too, but stopping all of this, you want to measure it? think about it

but i think to your point, tamron, i mean, even among republicans wlo decided to criticize donald trump after his comment about muslims entering the united states, we saw some tough words from jeb bush saying that that kind of policy is unhinged. we saw some tough comments, but people don't often say we disagree but we still vote for him. and in that i think to a lot of people as you mention has not really met the outrage that we've seen in other quarters and also some other international quarters. >> all right. thank you very much, mark cht i want to get our audience caught up on breaking news. this one coming out of boston. the fbi is looking into whether a subway train was tampered with when it left a station without an operator and blew through several stops, passengers were onboard that train. rail workers managed to stop the train by cutting power to the third rail. deputy city editor for the boston globe mike bellow joins us now from boston with more on this story. mike, what can you tell us? >> well, this is a bizarre instance. i've never seen anything like it before. it happene

wlo did they contact, which is the most significant characteristic, are there coconspirators?t learning the past day or two how significant the person who provided the weapons was. we're learning in the past day that there's another individual who might have been involved in the radicalization process. if they find this hard drive in the lake, there's another big question. does that hold information from their computers that indicates communication with an isis core member in syria with other co-conspirators. by this time typically they would have destroyed this media but right now good operationally we're still learning a lot. >> once again we're standing by to hear from the fbi out in san bernardino. they're going to update us on the search. the search that's going on right there. you see an fbi diver. he's looking for a hard drive that these killers may have thrown into that lake. we'll see if that hard drive is found. we'll get the briefing. much more coming up. there's also breaking political news we're following. we're now getting our first look at how donald trump's com

updates will be posted on wlos dot com and our facebook and twitter pages. you can also sign up to get traffic and weather text alerts to keep you informed. 3 3 a tornado left behind a trail of damage in union county, north carolina... just outside of monroe. these are photos of the damage and of the funnel cloud from our a-b-c affiliate in charlotte. you can see a there are no reports of injuries. 3 3 in other news, three people are recovering this morning from a christmas eve car wreck in waynesville. one of those hurt was the wife of mayor gavin brown. police say jackie brown collided with a pick-up truck. gary and cindy ramsey were in that truck when it happened. police say they are looking into whether alcohol was involved. ((stop)) 3 00:09:58 : "from the minute i was made aware of the investigation spoke to the highway patrol supervisor on the scene we agreed to work the crash in conjunction with each other i immediately called the district attorney made her aware of the crash, how the crash was being investigated."3 all three people involved suffered