. >> come on come on roxanne. >> i got to celebrate. >> you got to hold it down. >> i'll leave that to you. >> roxana saberi for us. one of the worldwide it was is just happening a few blocks from us right here in new york city. we're talking about the ball drop in times square. our man of the hour is john terrett. it's just hours until the ball drops. what is it like right now? >> well, the atmosphere is really building. and, in fact, the last couple of minutes the crystal ball has been foisted to its position high above times square. it is said to be a million people in the square, i don't know if it's true. i haven't counted them, but what is being done to entertain them is every year these people turn up and entertain at this hour. and they are paying tribute to the chinese province of hinan known for its tea. if you'll bring me become into view. we can show our viewers the revelers. they have to be in that place and not move. they have to be very good because there are no bathrooms for them here. there are no port-a-potties, no johnny on the spot. the only johnny on the spot is me

people want to work in the ad business again because they think it's glamorous, sexy ♪ roxanne >> you could say that the last shift began when you were born. >> you could say that. i was born on the street. by the end of the street was blocked by a big ship. i did everything in my power to escape that. >> be careful of those fruity drinks. >> they may have a kick in them. apparently he cares about us more than we realize. ♪ >>> a mom has two transit officers to help bring her newborn son into the wormed. we have some surveillance video here showing the two septa officers arriving just in time, to help deliver a baby boy, on the trains, this was at 15th and market, the station there last night bolt mom and baby were taken to hahnemann hospital. just incredible christmas story. well done, those officers. >> let's get your forecast now and the gift keep coming, this forecast, lover t. >> it will be a noise day as we said, just before we went to the break here on "cw philly". >> brought and beautiful, skies stay that way all day. don't have to worry about clouds building in, anything li

>> roxanne, thank you. >>> north korea's limited web access went down again today. and the web was out much of the day on monday before being partially restored. a web tracking company said that case went down at least two other times today as well. president obama promised to respond to the attack on sony, but many said that the u.s. was not responsible for monday's outage. >>> in new york, sadness and anger on the streets of the city tonight. the protests have resumed despite a call from the mayor to suspend them. today's memorial was held for two police officers murdered over the weekend. and jonathan betts is here with that. >> activists are ignoring the pleas to pauls the protests. if anything, they said that the request from the mayor has energized their movement anger on the city streets, defying the mayor's request to stay home. >> they want to make sure that they know that this movement will not be silented and we will not be intimidated. >> demanding justice for unarmed black men killed by the police. part of a movement that some worry led to the deaths of

. >> yeah, roxanne that, appreciate it. thank you, ohio place add moratorium, it ends in january, and when that happened ohio lawmakers want to keep details of executions hidden from the public, media, even the courts. john henry reports. >> it was father lawrence hummer's first execution. and he knew something was going horribly wrong. >> he after two minutes began to gag audibly. and hit rally gag, you could see his stomach begin to bloat, this was monstrous, and it was contemptible. >> the he that will injection lasted nearly half an hour. it was ohio's fourth botched execution in recent years. european drug makers now refuse to supply the toxic cocktail used for executions, some doctors refuse to participate. so ohio's legislature has come up with a plan that is popular in the state capitol. make the details secret. >> it's deserving of the most transparentsy. not the least. and it is already a very secretive process to begin with. more secrecy is the thing here, not more transparency. legal analyst are calling it the m

>> gary and roxanne giving cracker barrel waitress sin dri grady a new car. after realizing grady was working to support herself and her disabled son, the couple decided to do something special. this is her old car with a smashed window and tape to hold it together. the waitress says she is so thankful for the couple this christmas. >> the time is 53 minutes after the hour. you're supposed to give teachers ames -- apples but what one student gave his gets him in trouble. >> the story about the worst passengers coming up. >>> it is three minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house, here's what's happening today, senate democrats release a scathing c.i.a. interrogation report calling the tactics ineffective but former c.i.a. officials say they saved thousands of lives. let's keep talking about it. do interrogation techniques make our country safer? head to our facebook page to way in. oscar pistorius may face a new murder trial. a rule that prosecutors can appeal his manslaughter conviction and five-year sentence. >>> a mother giving birth to a

. ♪ roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light ♪ ♪ those days are over ♪you don't have to sell your body to the night ♪ >> bruno mars sang some of sting's hit songs with the police as the british singer received a kennedy center honor last night. oscar winning actor tom hanks was also honored for his roles in "forest gump" and "apollo 13." others were lillian tomlin, ballerina, patricia mcbride, and al green. the kennedy honors will be shown on december 30th on cbs at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. central. >>> the duke and duchess of cambridge will be in the u.s. for three days. don champion is live at the carlisle hotel in new york city. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren. well, the royal couple arrived here to a chilly new york city yesterday. while their visit will be a short one, the duke and duchess have packed schedules, which even includes a meeting with president obama. a crowd of admirers braved the cold to greet prince williams and his wife kate as they arrive at their hotel. >> i got to see the tops of their heads. i'm excited. i'm glad we came. >> repo

the situation turned when demonstrators started to throw roxanne explosives. >> so it is always easier to destroy then to create something and where they should be creating a dialogue, you know, it kind of went into destruction. >> police say protests started with too protestors and swelled to 500 people. >> social media the word spread quickly out there. and more breaking news out of los angeles this fire was huge, still burning a little bit. massive fire downtown overnight destroyed an apartment tower which was undercover trucks. it left parts of two major freeways closed. it is still closed right now, 110 and 101. 250 fire fighters battled this flame at one point during the night, yeah, 110 and 101 come together in the downtown los angeles, both shut down even right now. that is a mess. >> 7:34. obama administration issued new you guidelines that banned federal officers from pro piling on the basis of religion, national origin and other characteristics. they come as many are questioning the role race playness policing following killings of two unarmed black men. fill will a police c

university of california berkley campus but the situation turned when demonstrators started to throw roxanne explosives. police say the the protests started with approximately 50 protesters, but then the crowd soon swelled to at least 500. >>> coming up, how low can they go? gas prices down another 12 cents this week and still heading lower. sound good, right. >>> big reason wish you could give hair moisture without it falling flat? ♪ some moisturizing products can weigh hair down. ♪ dove oxygen moisture is different. it provides lightweight oxygen--fused moisture for the moisture you need and the volume you want. so you can enjoy moisture with 95% more volume. dove oxygen moisture. >>> eagles a had a chance to establish who they are a as a football team. they failed to win a big game at home after scoring the the first touchdown against seattle. eagles lose and now they need to win next week begins dallas. lets go to the link. all right. start of the second half eagles only down by three and lesean mccoy on the first series full is his the football. that was not good because a couple pl

. ♪ roxanne you don't have to put on the red light ♪ >> performing roxanne a tribute to one of this year's honorees. sting. lilly tomlin also taking home the top prize. >> putting your christmas lights to shame with this. the incredible cool display. ♪ >> the light show is deplete with led lights. they have been working on it since last february. they have been doing a light show 2010 each year to a different song. i love it. >> big chill freezing much of the country today. >> snow will be falling very soon. janice dean tracking all of it for us. >> the temperatures not too bad on average for much of the country. 44 portions of the central u.s. 25 in new york and 58 in san francisco. we are watching a parade of storms bringing more rain from the west. we are watching this over the midwest that will bring a little wintery mix. the main event is going to happen overnight tomorrow into tomorrow and wednesday as this coastal low develops and we are going to see mainly rain along the coast. gusty winds starting out overnight tonight. rush hour along i 95 will be tricky. ainsley and heather? >

roxanne a seberi reports. >> people on stat event island remember him as kind and gentle. >> i used to play ches with him. >> we used to call him big e. >> his stepfather says he hopes the federal civil rights inquiry will give him the justice he wants. the stwujustice he says his fam dent get. >> it's prejudice. >> that's what it is. the whole dam grand jury up there. >> less than two miles away, a lot of people say they see another side to garner's story. >> he was in a place that's eyed by the police because there are problems in that area. and unfortunately, he did have a rap sheet. you know, i don't know what other route could the officer have taken. >> most customers at liberty tavern say they have friends or family members who are fire fighters or police officers. so do people up the street at jody's club. >> people here are hesitant to talk to us on camera about eric garner's case but off camera, they say they could see both sides of the story. others say they know the officer personally and they are glad he was not indicted. >> people in this neighborhood are most of working c

roxanne writes this -- how exciting that we are at this point where the dreams of the act passing may come true in the next days. after writing a bit about the legislation itself, she writes this about her 15-year-old daughter, elizabeth. due to her diagnosis of downsyndrome, she has the support of an individual education plan at school. the school will start working on a transition plan for her within a few months. passage of the able act will mean that we can start a savings account for her in much the same way that we did for her brother. jamie christensen writes this -- every parent of a child with special needs has a unique journey but one thing is universal. we try to do the best we can to ensure a life well lived for our child. our unique journeys have another similarity. many of us agonize about the future. she talks about their journey with a 7-year-old with crystal blue eyes and full head of hair, their 7-year-old son brady who has down syndrome. she writes this -- like many families, we want to care for our children equally, doing what we can to give them tools to help them

. >> the feedback will be welcomed advice for toy reviewer roxanne meyer who says she can always use the help. >> in advance i wish i really knew what i was getting into before spending a lot of money on a new toy. >> and we found just the right people to let her know. >> i like it because it can move its neck and tail and do crazy stuff. >> all right. stephanie oppenheim is the co-founder of toy portfolio. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i love our adorable little testers. >> you're totally in the zone, savannah. we know that little babies don't need a lot of toys but need to be well chosen, which brings us to the first toy here. she is fast asleep, one of our producer's babies right here. this got the highest score of the day. parents loved the fact that it was very old fashioned, and also the music it plays is like a music box rather than a lot of electronic noise. we've got a 29 out of 30. >> gd reviews from parents. not justify the scores but the review. >> lot of good comments. jackson is on this toy from infantino. putting babies down on the mat. parents thought it wa

. >> roxanne, appreciate it. >> supreme court justice ruth beta ginsberg has been released from a hospital and is resting at home after heart surgery. she had a heart stent implanted to clear a blocked artery. she was rushed to hospital after feeling discomfort while exercising. she is expected to be at work on monday. >> power politics is next. michael shure has his picks and pardons with the year's political turkeys. per cent per cent >>> politicians have a lot to be thankful for, especially republicans, there were gaffs. political contributor michael shure offers his take on the political turkeys of 2014. >> the presidential turkey pardon is as much a part of the holiday as traffic and football. the first official pardon is ererroneously accred tid to harry truman, the library issued a correction. in keeping with haloed president precedent we at power politics want to extend holiday warmth. with charity and forgiveness we offer pardons for this year's political turkeys, may they roam free - most of them. iowa congressman bruce braley for being a bum bling candidate in a seemingly winnin

some chose to throw roxanne bottles at police, and news report hours were trying to cover this situation live on air. the faa says it shows to divert nearly a dozen planes headed for st. louis because gunshots were fired into the sky and they did not feel it was safe to land. ferguson schools are closed to day because of all of this chaos, st. louis county police department says it is putting a plan together to help restore peace and prevent additional problems as the day continues on. michael brown's family is also, expected to speak later today. police are saying that based on what they have seen overnight this is worse then anything that went down when brown was killed in august, kerry and chris. >> all right, jennifer joyce, thank you. >>> as we have been mentioning michael will brown's parents released a statement expressing disappointment in the grand jury's decision. >> they are asking the community to help make changes within law enforcement agencies. their statement reads in part we are proudly profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of

mccollough announced the verdict officers started to take roxanne batteries. >> taking a look at aerial images of buildings on fire these are businesses in ferguson. people will wake up to find their hard work burned to the ground. again, about a dozen buildings on fire. police say they have seized guns, they had a 45 caliber sem any their possession at the press conference and there were about 29 a arrests. we will continue to monitor that. we also know schools in ferguson are closed to day, moving forward, the chief says they are devising a plan to maintain control throughout the day, in st. louis county, kerry and chris. >> of course, we will keep a very close eye on what is going on. >>> michael brown's parents released a a statement expressing disappointment in the grand jury's decision. >> at this point they are asking the community to help make changes within law enforcement agencies. their statement reads in part we are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face consequences of his actions. and asked the community to express their frustration in construct

. >> roxanne makes a similar comment, she says we don't want to believe women, or we don't want to have to believe women because it might complicate our own lives and our own preferred narratives. when, in the conversation with my daughters, be want to talk to her about some of the allegations and she says i'm never going to watch "the cosby show" again. even i have been unable to say that, i am, myself, a survivor and never wanting to give up this cultural product that i love. >> i also grew up on cosby, i love the bill cosby show, i enjoyed those things, they helped to shape a certain narrative in the united states, that was important, it had an important cultural moment, but now that i know what i know, going forward, what choices will i make. will i watch a netflix special by someone who has a overwhelming number of accusations against him? will i give money buying this movie, music, or this sports game, whatever the case may be of these powerful men accused of doing terrible things. i think as consumers, making these choices is very important. >> power is part of it, and it feels t

you're reacting by saying, this shows that the publishing industry lacks racial sensitivity and author roxanne tweeted, daniel handler's racist humor is not okay. i'm shocked so few people are talking about it. handler tweeteded the next day, my job at last night's book awards was to shine a light on tremendous writers, including jacqueline woodson and not to overshadow their achievements with my own ill-conceived attempts at humor. i clearly failed and i'm sorry. you took to social media demanding he put his money where his mouth is. today handler tweeted, let's donate to we need diverse books to celebrate jackie. i'm in for $10,000 and matching your money for 24,000 up to $100,000. we need diverse books promotes cultural diversity. >>> now someone you never thought you'd see in reality until perhaps the end time, philly jesus. michael grand of philly started dressing like jesus in april after kicking a drug habit. #phillyjesus started trending. he tweeted about a solicitation arrest, haters going to hate. in the actual world of jesus, in the world hates you, keep in mind he had hate med firs

let's bring in roxanne meyer. a tough quarter for gap. a tough quarter for a lot of apparel but it really seems to be the outlook that kills shares. what is your takeaway. >> i think it's smart that gap and a handful of others have been positioning careful for the fourth quarter. this holiday is going to be exceptionally promotional. some calling for it to be woors than last year. and last year we had horrific weather that impacted december into january. so that's where the bar has been set. >> so we got another short year this year that's already putting pressure on we've got mobile devices increasingly being used for comparison shopping. if you are a retail ner that environment, how do you differentiate? how do you get any margin? is it by being apple and having a product where you can pretty mum control your own margins orb something else. >> you've pretty much nailed it's about differentiating products and having something you can't get somewhere else. and specialty retailers in general have the ability to do it. it doesn't mean they

on the red light ♪ roxanne ♪ roxanne ♪ put on the red light ♪ roxanne ♪ put on the red light ♪ roxanne ♪ put on the red lights ♪ roxanne ♪ put on the red lights ♪ roxanne -- >> is that bill cosby with sting? >> yes. >> that was a cameo and a special video the cast is creating fee churk oun one of sting's most popular songs "rocks any." what was that? >> that was the jump suit. >> that's one of the costumes the cast wears. >> so you have this moment with sting, you have bill cosby? >> i'm over here showing you puddin' pops. first this. and we've got this front that stretches from corpus christi all the way up into new england. heavier rain, rain through friday. it finally clears out. they have been picking up a ton of rain in central and southern texas. tomorrow, over the next 48 hours, another three to four inches of rain. then we got this rain here in the northeast. it will be pushing through, through tomorrow morning. you can see the clouds, the showers, clouds end tomorrow. by saturday, sunny, much cooler. we got this system that's coming across late tonight into tomorrow, w

roxanne, joins us now with more on this. >> tony, spending on t. v. ads alone has topped more than $1.5 billion. and many of these ads have tried to attract voters by playing on their aingeer and fears. >> the first obligation of government is to keep us safe. >> this message from florida republican teeth souther land is that democrats are mishandled the threat of isil and ebola. >> the stakes are high. steve southerland is the leader we need. >> ads like this have run on t.v. sets across the country, a total of nearly 3 million times. and all it cost them was $1.7 billion. >> i am not barack obama, i disagree with him on gubs, coal, and the e.p.a. >> helping make this the priciest yet. the majority of the ads were negative, and many apeople to the anger and fear. >> you can have a discussion about complex issues such as job creation, or the healthcare system, or immigration reform, and those two sides to those issues. fear, there's only one side. something scary will kill you or your family, and i am the poll six that will save you. >> one survey fou

roxanne dunbar ortiz through the eyes of native peoples in, "an indigenous peoples history of the united states." next, in "just mercy," brian stevenson remembers the legal practice he founded in alabama to help those in need. in "being mortal," a surgeon weighs in on the use of medicine in end-of-life care. also on elliott bay book company's list of their most anticipated fall titles, columnist naomi klein looks at climate change and the global economy in "this changes everything." and wrapping up the list, jill "la pore examines the feminist underpinnings in "the secret history of wonder woman." that's a look at some of the nonfiction titles elliott bay book company is most anticipating this fall. visit the bookstore in seattle or online at elliotbaybook.com. >> one thing that, you know, a lot of people talk about, well, legalization is the solution and, obviously, there's a big controversy over that. but one thing that a lot of people don't understand when we talk about the drug war and why we've continued to maintain the same policies -- it's been, what, 40, 50 years we've been doing

al jazeera roxanne that retraced all the steps she joins us now live. roxanne that, what have we seen today. >> well, david, we started out about seven miles north of here. just outside of dr. spencer's apartment, and there we saw crews taking blue barrels out of a van, inside the apartment, up to the fifth floor where dr. spencer lived. they plan to collect his items and take them outside, and also to clean up the apartment so that it can can be used again, and then from there we hop on to the train, the subway, we took the same line that he would have taken to come down here to brooklyn to go bowling at this bowler right behind me. this alley is still closed. it has been closed since last night, the local officials talking to the other journalists say they say h want to clean out the place still. they are also stressing that anybody who may have come into contact, or passed by him on that day, would have gotten the virus. david. >> despite those assurances from officials the people allock the rout, both in his neighborhood, one hundred thirty-fifth st

sting said no roxanne, good luck. >>> we heard about two weeks ago about a brawl that happened with the palins and we thought, wow, that's odd. a whole family had a fight with another group. we didn't know anything. >> it happens. >> then this audio emerged of what bristol palin went through and essentially she was sticking up for her younger sister and got beat up. she got knocked to the ground, she got dragged, got her shoes stolen, her $300 glasses were stolen. she really felt like she was fearing for her life. >> as she's recalling the account to law enforcement, she repeats some of the language that was said to her. so her using this foul language was just repeating what somebody else said. but let's take a look at what cnn did with this. carol costello who has now apologized for doing this reacted this way. this going to rile you up. >> i'm going to come out and say it, this is quite possibly the best minute and a half of audio we've ever come across -- well, come across in a long time anyway. a massive brawl involving sarah palin's kids and her husband. it was thought that after

roxanne that has more on this, advisors pushed kids to take classes that weren't really classes al all. they were called paper classes or no show classes. and this went on for 18 years. the idea was to keep them eligible to play sports. >> the university of north carolina has long been an ncaa power house, but that image is now stained. by a report that details nearly two decade long scam, designed to keep student athletes playing. more than 1.5 million documents reveal that between 1993 and 2011, were they didn't even have to show up. the investigator says they earned as and bs regardless of the quality of their work. was to write a single paper, and most importantly, or as importantly, at the end of the process, when they termed in the process, and handed out liberally high grades. there this email to a basketball counselor, she referred to a students grade, saying the d will be fine. that's all she needs. i didn't look at the paper. she worked in the african-american stubbeddies department, chaired by this man, the report found that the scandal ended when they retired. i want to und

roxanne. >> she says she she feels mixed emotions about kenneth bay's release, on the one hand she's happy he is home but wishes her brother could have been on that plane too. these images of jeffrey foul reunited with his loved ones are bring both hope and disappointment to the family of kenneth bay. >> i teared up just like probably a lot of people who watched that. you know, it's a happy moment, reunion, but it's alsobilitier sweet because that's the moment that we have been fighting for and dreaming about for the past two year old. >> the korean american is serving 15 years of hard labor. he's charged with trying to overthrow the north korean government. ♪ you know you have been a good friend ♪ >> his friends say he was visiting north korea as a tour guide. >> good treatment. >> a third american matthew miller is serving six years for committing what north korea calls hostile acts. powelfowel was never sentenced. >> one thing that's different is kenneth and matthew miller were both tried and sentenced according to their judicial system. i know that makes things mere complicat

. >> roxanne sabbary reporting. >>> what happiness to voters as elections near. it shows that republicans are taking the lead with almost eight out of nine important issues. including fighting i.s.i.l., taxes and immigration. according to the gallop, an important issue that democrats are ahead on is equal pay for women. michael shure is a political contributor. why are democrats - why aren't they leveraging issues like the economy. >> that's a great question. if they know it's an important part of running for washington. it's a question as to why they wouldn't communicate better. they have the jobs and economy to run on. one thing to be cautious of, when you look at the numbers, you should be cautioned that these are a series of elections, where the global issues in that order matter. you read into the poll 50 to 34 say the democrats have a better appreciation of who we are, of the voters. the democrats can win on that. you saw tonight in the kentucky debase. mitch mcconnell and alison lundergan grimes, it was about who voted for who in the last election. you see

. >> dr roxanne towns end is c.e.o. arkansas. >> when people have an insurance car, it doesn't force them into an emergency room. emergency room care is expensive and extensive for the health care system. >> reporter: for all the success in practice, the politics of obama care are nastier than ever. the prior-cotton race is shaping up to be the most expensive in state's history with 38,000 adds aired. >> on tv mark prior talks about the health care law that he helpeded pass. what he doesn't say is that it was obama care. >> reporter: for mark prior survival this the senate may boil down to the popular parts of obama care, without mentioning the name of the han who created it. for tom kot job, unseeding the benefit may hip j on plastering -- hinge on plastering that unpopular name over mark prior. >>> right after the break - an open seat and a wide open contest. iowa's important senate race. why it could be key to control the senate and american paychecks. >> robert kennedy jr., >> american democracy is rooted in wildern

. ♪ roxanne ♪ you don't have to put on the red light ♪ >> sure. i'll see what i can do about that. we need that louder for brian. there you go. thank you. now he himself is on the ballot. sting among 14 other nominees. they include greenday, lean on me singer bill withers and guitarist stevie ray vaughn. the voting is in december. they aired that later after the actual -- >> they do. >> i love it. >> you know how i love broadway. it's coming to -- sting is coming to broadway. and i love musicals. i'm look for the dates. any musical, you can cap me. >> you're soliciting on world wide television for a date to go to broadway? >> ainsley asked me to bring her. >> no other woman allowed. me with brian. >> thank you. >> fine! you take him. >> wow. thanks for the fight, elisabeth. appreciate it. sting is coming to broadway. >>> this coming up next, a pilot does something that you probably never heard of before. he kicked every single passenger off the plane. just wait until you hear why. >> plus, the number of people on food stamps hitting an all-time high. the facts show welfare makes it

. >> dr roxanne townsend is c.e.o. of the university of arkansas for medical sciences, a large health care provider. >> when people have an insurance card it doesn't force them into emergency rooms, it is more expense if and is more expensive to the health care system than office. >> reporter: for all its success, the politics are nastier than ever. the prior-cotton rice is shaping up to be the most expensive history with 38,000 ads aired on tv. >> on tv mark prior talks about the health care that he helped past. he doesn't say it is obama care. >> for the race to the senate. it may be important to mention some parts of the obama care, but not mention the name of the man who created it. for tom cotton, unhinging the incumbent may be ignoring the benefits of obama care, and plastering the unpopular name. >>> the next battle takes us to the hawkeye state where the big issue is wage. >> we are growing good paying jobs in iowa. that's the overarching issue. going. >>> big contest, the first open senate seat in iowa in 40 y

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roxanne that has been looking into this story for us. this is pretty amazing stuff, and she has more, roxanne. >> student debt totals more than $1 trillion but when students default that debt is often sold off, this group of activists found a way to buy nearly $4 billion of that and then forgave it. >> that's why the rolling jubileele cos in. >> it is a project that has helped more than 2700 people. by buying them at a discount, then making them disappear. ink stead of collecting on the debt, we are going to abolish it. >> except it is not magic, when students can't pay debts they become delinquent, financial institutions like banks and in rare cases schools end up selling those debts for pennys on the dollar. the collectors hound the students. it has used $100,000 in donation to buy nearly $4 million in student debt. then it sent out letters like this to 3,000 unsuspecting students announcing you no longer owe the balance of this debt. when you get an education, all of us benefit. when somebodien is priced out of the university, it hurt

roxanne, obviously the affordable care act has to be a part of it, if not a big part of it. >> it is likely the case. and these are the first numbers when the affordable care act extended coverage to millions of people. it is one run more americans are getting insured. >> for full health coverage, and dental. >> the obama administration has used ads like this to convince americans to send up for the affordable care act, and says 8 million have enrolled so far. while some of them already had insurance, the increase accounts for at least some of the crop in the number of uninsures americans. according to the c.d.c., earlier last year, there were 35 million americans without health insurance. that's a drop of almost 4 million, but there are other reasons behind the change. the biggest drops were among adults 18 to 25, people considered poor, and african americans. still, as in previous years racial minorities were less likely to be ensured. uninsured. >> that's because almost half the people who signed up up for the affordable care act, got their cards after the survey was done. >> the

. >> roxanne e-mailed i received a parking ticket while parking at a private parking lot in san francisco issued by a private parking service. is this legal? >> you know, this is kind of unsettled law. back in 2011, camela harris issued a ruling on this or an opinion. her opinion says no, it is not legal, that you can't just write out tickets and make somebody pay. that even if you post it up on the wall or put it on a sign over a parking space and say if you park here and don't pay us, we are going to write you a ticket, still doesn't fly, according to her. also, if your car is towed, now, they can't tow your car. if you're on their property illegally they can tow your car and charge you for the towing but they cannot charge you a ticket or additional price just for the towing. >> interesting. that's complicated. >> it is complicated. yeah. basically, if the government is not issuing the parking ticket it's not legal in the state of california. >> thank you, michael. >>> up next, the bay area 15-year-old who refuses to sit on the fence when it comes to finding ways to save water. >>> i'm

roxanne that, with us and the attacks on never breeched almost all security and intelligence systems in place at a time. since then new laws and agencies have been created to keep the country safer. randall pinkston joins was more on what has changed. >> tony, so much has changed. this have been hundreds of changes in the law, and in government agencies and departments. costing billions of dollars. some critics say much of that money is being wasted but one security expert with a unique perk i told me he would wrath espend too much trying to protect the country, rather than cutting back and increasing the risk of another september 11th attack. manuel has an international security firm, a former marine and new york city police officer, he was an fbi at on september 11th, and rushed to the world trade centers. >> the flames were so and the smoke was so powerful, that people were making a cognizant decision to leap from 80 stories, 80 plus stories. that was something that is not very easy to process. >> in the 13 years since 9/11, he has witnessed first hand, the response of law enforce

roxanne that has more of his story. >> tony, scott lost a lot of his friends in the emergency service unit, 13 years ago today, the teams were highly trained but scott says they never faced any challenges like 9/11. reporting from my unit. obviously, it look as lot nicer than it did that day. >> they find the body parts. something nobody should ever say. >> hours passed with no sign of life. then around 8:00 p.m., the rescuers learned that two port authority officers were buried alive. will was stuck deep inside the rebel, along with john. scott is one of the first rescuers to arrive. >> we had to crawl down 30 feet on an angle to get to ran area, had to crawl about ten tweet across, and had to look back, and we could see will. >> he and another officer took turns digging with their bear hands. >> he was virtually encased in rebel. >> scratch away at him, to ourself, i was talking to my kids. they were -- they were six and nine at the time. i asked them to be good, take care of mom, be good in school, do their best. in life, and made me proud. >> they all became heros. a bright spot o

police arrested 35 people for throwing roxanne bricks. demonstrators say they want the governor to appoint a special prosecutor in this case. >>> another guest at harrah's casino in atlantic city claims to have been roughed up by its security force. amy walsh, says that the a attack happened two years ago while attending a bachelorlet party. the 26 year-old said she was brutally beat up, grab by the throat and pinned autopsy begins the wall. altercation with bouncers was captured on tape, and there are now at least nine lawsuits against harrah's for accusations of excessive force. >>> the federal government is planning to spend another 60 million-dollar on a controversial program. the guides consumers through health insurance marketplace, and helps them enroll in plans. but the program is coming under congressional scrutiny tonight as a result of our investigation into its performance. "action news" investigative reporter wendy saltsman obtained internal records and after eight months of digging and we must ask what did you find. >> repor

roxanne is running for congress against republican incumbent pierce. court documents indicate lera has abused four men accused of abuse. her focus is helping abused children. >> power lines more than 100,000 people filled without power. this morning and the town of elgin looking like a war zone. trees knocked over and dozens of homes suffering massive damage. and dozens of drivers grid locked but not because of traffic. this is funny, two deer bringing the evening to stand still on the golden gate bridge. pranced across, tieing up traffic for 30 minutes, the deer safely inned up on the other side. >> just so sad. each the deer are moving to morin county now. that city is out of control. it's the rent, aggressive panhandling it's the filth. >> why are they coming to where we live? no, it's because we are edging them out of where they live. >> exactly. rick, i saw when i was in san francisco not too long ago i will be out there next week for the apple event. i saw a homeless woman walking along with a pat rat on her shoulder. no joke. >> of course did yo

. >> you know, roxanne wrote about this in her terrific column at "guardian u.s." that, you know, this has been happening to women -- >> that's why the people is this thing. >> exactly. technology has just given abusers a broader set of tulles to harass and abuse women. >> we wouldn't want to burn the village to save it frankly. technology has also given women a voice they never had. keep this in perspective and look at the positive uses of the cloud. >> here is my feeling, all right in it just seems to me the case that if someone with the will or determination or tactical sophistication just decides to mark you, right, and i know a lot of women who work online who have been on the receiving end of precisely this which is, like, i'm going to get your address and i'm going to get this about you and going to get that -- you are defenseless. that is the basic fact about internet security. which is that someone with sufficient technical expertise with animus combined wants to come after you, right? >> almost nothing you can do and seems to be what happened here. a grou

roxanne is back with that story. j >>> so you know the market for e-cigarettes is booming right now. there are more than 460 brands. the world health organization is really concerned and called today for more regulations. but supporteders say they help smokers quit. roxana saberi is back with more on this. >> tony the world health organization says it is not yet clear how dangerous the e-cigarettes are, but there are a lot of risks so it wants governments to stop use in doors and to ban sales to young people. so now it is calling on governments to restrict ads like this, ban sales to minors, and prohibit e-cigarettes with fruit flavoring. >> i like the taste of it. the taste is probably my favorite part. >> reporter: the proposals are part of a report that found while e-cigarettes are likely to be less toxic than conventional cigarettes, the use poses threats to minors and pregnant mothers. they are calling to prohibit smoking e-cigarettes in door places, and it also wants them to stop claiming they help people stop

well, roxanne that has more on that. >> david, the u.s. thinks that at least seven ^+thou foreign fighters have gone to syria. >> they say many of those people are are americans. they are getting more and more worried and also concerns about what might happen if and when they come home. the voice james foley heard was his killer's, he said it probably belonged to a man that was british. >>s far too many british citizens. the u.s. says dozens of americans have stream stood syria to. >> from america. and 22 years old. >> he was one of them, he left behind his chilling message, before he carried out a suicide mission in syria, earlier this year. >> many muslims. >> their motivation vary. >> one of the reason ares that it and be attracted to +t islamic state, is because they don't have any local ties so that they can commit acts of violence against people in ^t region, without any headation, if you like, or any concern that might p a friend of their cause can sin. >> some seeking an identity and purpose, and they find it in what they think is

roxanne joins us with more. >> human rights watch calls what happened last summer a crime against humanity. egypt said it was trying to control the protesters. >> reporter: on august 14th thes egypt's security forces fired on protestors. >> they are killing us. >> reporter: at least 800 died in cairo, and hundreds were seriously wounded >> translation: i was shot in the face more than once with bird shot. it hurt. i could handle it. i was hit by live rounds, live bullets. they entered my arm and chest of the two in the chest, one in the arm. >> reporter: human rights watch calls the attack a massacre. >> using live ammunition makes clear it was a systematic attack on protesters. advocacy groups say hospitals overflowed with dead and injured. the military opened fire on two sees. they called for the return of mohamed mursi. they were holding sit-ins security forces broke up the protest juniors. >> they were supported by snipers. . >> they are ask or egypt's americans, including abdul fatah al-sisi. the defense secretary. they say they were responding to gun fire by protesters, and that moha