nbc 10 news. >> still ahead, we will look at new jersey's new law on adoption records. starting next year they will be unsealed. what it means for birth mothers and their children coming up at 5:45. >> we are in the final countdown of 2017. if you are planning celebrate away from home, there will be a way to get there. patco offering free rides. you can take the south jersey rail service at no cost on new year's day. septa is not offering free rides but regional rail is offering special late night service. uber says brace yourself for surge pricing between midnight to 3:00 a.m. rates are far more expensive than usual. uber expected to get three times more rides than last year. >> a ride over to the blue cross river rink for new year's eve. the perfect spot to watch the show from sugar house casino. if you can't make it, nbc 10 will be broadcasting the early show live right here. see it here starting at 6:00. in newark, you can celebrate the new year with free parking. no charge on january 1 and 2. the goal is to encourage visitors to shop and dine. one philadelphia arti

usm >> host: joining us from new york is max reed, the senior editor for new york magazine selects all section of the website. he's here to talk about the topic of news. good morning. >> guest: good morning. >> host: you wrote a recentea piece looking at the idea saying maybe the internet isn't a fantastic tool for democracy after all. can you give the sense of what's led to the writing of the topic of fake news? >> for the last three decades, it's been sort of a silicon valley gospel that the internet is a tool for democracy and, freedom of speech and freedom generally. that has been true in a lot of situations. you look at the beginning and the social media allowed those protests to flourish but in the last six or seven years we have seen this rise of populism around the world of the autocratic generally populist often xenophobic leaders not just in russia that in western europe and southeast asia andd one thing that seems to be clear across the world is they use the internet whether intentionally to target critics, harass journalists, to organize their own sort of populist and i thi

new white house secretary will be. and were some of the media are seated inside the briefing room, which was last renovated back in 2005. it is a small room, above the pool used by presidents roosevelt through johnson. richard it officially became the briefing room during the reagan administration as well. some changes potentially down the road. guest: a couple of things for concern. we don't know exactly what yet. mr. primus has announced that there will certainly be changes, but he has not said a that but what. so that is an area for concern. also, we really don't understand why. this system developed over a lot of years for a lot of valid reasons and basically works, so why do they feel a compelling need to change how the briefings are done or where people sit is certainly confusing. you really wonder, one, does the public really care about where reporters sit? is it really in the public interest to be messing with a system that actually works pretty well? host: let's go to ann in florida, with david chavern of the

it is new years eve. police shoot and killed a man who gunned down a pennsylvania state trooper and unique celebration in old city to mark bet thecy ross's 265th birthday. >>> of course, big story on "action news" is start of the festivities to say hello to the brand new year. some places around the world 2017 has already started. but around here the new year is a few hours away but party is already underway. live team coverage of the celebration, "action news" reporter bob brooks is taking a look at how folks are getting ready for midnight but we will get with janet reyes live at penns landing where fire works are just about to begin, jeanette. >> reporter: we're down to the last few hours of 2016, and what a year, it has been. it is, packed here. lets look around me you can barely see beyond the crowd of people here, anticipation is already building, because we're about to see the first, of two fire works shows, and, i say people here are pretty excited. >> we're here to celebrate new years eve, ice ska

with the new year, new laws. getting rid of car registration stickers to a higher minimum wage for parts of the area. the new changes in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. and you can find a complete list of local new year's eve celebration from the city to the suburbs and down the shore right now on the nbc 10 app. download it for free for more information about the family fun. >> now a slow down on columbus avenue. south philadelphia. cars are moving in both directions. skyforce 10, last week it caused lane closures on the road near the i-95 ramp. the broken main has been replaced. today, russia hit back against president obama's string of sanctions calling them dangerous and provocative but said it would not retaliate. a move the president elect appears to like. mr. trump grated great move on the delay by v. putin. i always knew he was pretty smart. >> president obama ordered three dozen diplomats to leave the u.s. in retaliation for russia's alleged if involvement in cyberattacks and interference in the e

dagen: happy new year. lauren: happy new year to you. sandra: happy new year to you, lauren simonetti and dagen, we will see you in a few minutes. good morning, i'm sandra smith in for maria bartiromo, friday december 30th, 6:00 a.m. eastern. the white house hit the kremlin with sanctions over alleged hacking. >> our bottom line is what russia has engaged in the last few months and years is unacceptable. it's outside the norm of diplomatic behavior. the president is sending a message to cut it out and that's why he ordered aggressive action. sandra: russia announcing own sanctions against the u.s. we will have the details ahead. and new oversight in north texas, an officer shot after scuffle. what led to the confrontation. and burring, the new year, ahead of the holiday w

good news, it's dry. >> it's dry. that's great news. so conditions for today are going to be pretty mild. average for this time of year and the winds will get gusty, especially this afternoon. westerly between 25 and 30 miles per hour. but meantime a live look outside looks nice and quiet. good for sky gazing. i do think you will be able to see orion towards the west, otherwise sunrise pretty soon. philadelphia 35 degrees, coatesville 32, dover warmer at 38 and vineland at 36 degrees. let's go ahead and jump into your new year's eve weekend forecast. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s for the most part and upper 40s in fact some low 50s on sunday. so a great stretch of weather and the good news is, we will see developing clouds but it looks like it's going to remain dry for this holiday weekend. mummers day parade, the forecast looking really nice at 8:00 a.m. 38 degrees. 46 by 2:00 p.m. southwesterly 10 to 15 miles per ho hour. a mix of sun and clouds. a really nice stretch. especially to end this new year. this is the last frida

the new year will mean a new home for a delaware zoo's tiger. today people came to say good-bye to zana. a new beginning celebration was held for the 8-year-old siberian tiger at the brandywine zoo in wilmington. she's the only tilinger at the zoo and she's being transferred to the bronx zoo for breeding at the start of january. part of the association of zoo's species survival plan. >>> up next the new year comes early in delaware. we explain, when we come back. ♪ ♪ >>> the new year has already begun in parts of the world. in japan, people ushered in 2017 at a tokyo park tonight. they held their annual balloon release, and each balloon carries a wish for the new year. >>> here in philadelphia, some people are celebrating the new year with music. the choral arts of philadelphia performed bach's christmas oratorio in west philadelphia. organizers say the celebration is meant to show philadelphia's diverse cultural landscape. [ cheers and applause ] >> in delaware, kids were ringing in 2017 a little bit early. new year's rocking noon took plac

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good news. local companies are stepping up to help those employees who have been laid off, but, you know, a lot of former workers here at pasta pomodoro are waiting to be paid. notices on the door of this particular restaurant are demanding unpaid rent. >> everybody is sad. >> reporter: chris says the holidays have been a big bummer after he got a text december 26th from pasta pomodoro saying don't come to work. restaurant chain was closing its doors for good. he just got his last paycheck from this location. >> i have a direct deposit so i have my money. >> but some of his former co-workers have not been paid and many still have personal items inside they can't retrieve. >> i can't take out my stuff i have inside so i don't know what's going to happen right now. >> reporter: a notice on the door demands $19,000 in back rent for december and we found a similar notice on the door of this san jose restaurant location, 18 grand in rent was never paid this month, the property management company told

new overnight, new russian hack attack. the concerns this morning, the malware allegedly found at an american power company. the questions it's raising as donald trump takes the extraordinary step of praising vladimir putin for not retaliating against u.s. sanctions. >> counting down, just hours to go before the new year. the swarm of security in times square forming a ring of steel. revelers ready and so are the hosts, ryan seacrest and jenny mccarthy, braving that cold. >> you can't move your faces. >> yeah, you can't. >> who will she kiss at midnight? >>> tower of terror. the amazing rescues, the amusement park riders trapped for hours more than a hundred feet up. ladders too short to reach them.

we have mild days ahead to start off the new year but new years eve weekend, new years day in problems, we will see sunshine with a few cloud around breeze kicks up not quite as windy as yesterday but temperatures will return above average. we will be in the mid 40's over hose locations. the pretty quiet across the city sitting at freezing at the airport southwest breeze at 10 miles an hour kicking up to 15 to 20 later this morning in the afternoon. it is a wind chill to deal with. it does feel like mid 20's around philadelphia, 26, the actual temperature in allentown lighter wind. twenty-nine in reading, wilmington coming in the upper 20's. twenty-seven in quakertown and willow grove. we have a cold start to our morning, wind speeds at 10 miles an hour or less. they will increase throughout the morning in the afternoon. storm scan three nice and quiet. traveling across the region this evening into tonight, it looks like pretty good conditions, just some cloud to start thickening up throughout the day but look at the high temperature warmer then yesterday up to 46 in philadelphia, mid

taking a look at new new year preparations as the countdown to 2017. we will be back in just a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. bassett had everything that we needed. fabric combinations marry the rooms together. having someone with bassett has been invaluable. we could've never dreamed up this room without bassett. >> powerful storm began bridging heavy snow yesterday to up-state new york, new england, so far, seven states are seeing up to half foot or more of snow, made even worse by strong win, creating snow drifts. >> family stuck in the snowy traffic jam in the poconos did what they could to pass the time. the north dakota family got out of the car, and built a snowman. they even let pets have a romp in the snow. this is along interstate 80 in black sleeve monroe county where police say the snow caused several accidents in that area. >> well, i guess anything to pass the time when you

new overnight new russian hack attack. the concerns this morning, the malware allegedly found at an american power company. the questions it's raising as donald trump takes the extraordinary step of praising vladimir putin for not retaliating against u.s. sanctions. >> counting down, just hours to go before the new year. the swarm of security in times square forming a ring of steel. revelers ready and so are the hosts, ryan seacrest and jenny mccarthy braving that cold. >> can't move your faces. >> who will she kiss at midnight? >>> tower of terror. the amazing rescues, the amusement park riders trapped for hours more than a hundred feet up. ladders too short to reach them. lowered to safety eventually by rope. speaking about their harrowing experience right here this morning. >>> crushing defeat. ronda rousey's failed comeback attempt. a bruising knockout in just 48 seconds. >> i know the girls can't take my punches. i know that. >> what's ahead for rousey now? >>> hey, good morning, happy new year's eve. paula is off tod

this half hour, police in new york will use new tactics tomorrow night to keep all those new year's revelers safe. ahead, nypd chief talks about one of the biggest threats to the celebration. >>> president obama spent every vacation of his time in office in hawaii. we look back at eight years of hawaiian holidays and including moments when world events interrupted his time off. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> "wall street journal" reports on the department of veteran affairs now struggling to help veterans addicted to opioid. the v.a. admits overprescribing the painkiller for ptsd. they treated this year more than 66,000 vets with opioid use disorders. in 2016, the v.a. wrote more than 4 million opioid prescriptions and in 2013, it wrote more than 6 million as troops returned from iraq and afghanistan. the v.a. says veterans are ten times as likely as the average american to abuse opioids. >> "the san francisco chronicle" reports that the lead exposure rate among children in oakland, california, is higher than flint, michigan. reuters looked at dat

for the new sanctions. the announcement followed a recommendation from russia foreign minister to responsibility with -- respond were a similar action. the president-elect reacted saying great move on delay by putin, i knew he was very smart. mr.trump could reverse is sanctions but it would have political consequences. >> if the next administration wants to lift sanctions to make it easier to interfere in our election he could do that but it doesn't make sense. >> a bipartisan group in congress is going time to look at russia role in the presidential election. >>> people are preparing to say good-bye to 2016 and with recent terror attacks law officials are taking extra precautions. >> the world famous new year's eve ball is ready to drop in front of 1 million in times square. >> there's a crew of folks that spend a lot of time and effort to ensure that every detail works. they are lifting the ball, illuminating the ball -- >> dozens of every duty trucks are protecting the area. >> at this time we have no di

this is bbc news. the headlines: australia welcomes in the new year in style with a spectacular display of fireworks over the sydney harbour bridge. and 2017 has arrived in tokyo. this is the scene live in tokyo. security is stepped up in major cities around the world and in the ukfor cities around the world and in the uk for new year celebrations after the deadly lorry attacks in germany and france. hundreds of ordinary people are honoured in the queen's new year's honours list along with many of britain's olympic and paralympic stars, including mo farah, jessica ennis hill and andy murray. i feel ennis hill and andy murray. ifeel more ennis hill and andy murray. i feel more still like andy murray. feels obviously more normal to me but it's obviously, you know, a big honour and happy with that, nice way to finish or start the new year. at least 28 people are killed in two bomb explosions at a busy market in baghdad. the so—called islamic state group say two of its militants were responsible. 40% of

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. >>> and new year's safety, how new york city is preparing for millions of revelers and the new security methods that will be in place when the ball drops. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> but first hope you're having a good start to your friday morning, i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff and segal is here for chuck. >> amelia segal in for amelia draper. it's a mess. >> i didn't even catch it. >> i'm on autopilot. >> throughout the day today it's going to be blustery but it will be dry and i think we will have plenty of sunshine but you do want the warm coat as you head out and about for your friday plans. i want to show you the feels like temperatures, it is feeling 5 to 10 degrees cooler. i guess we could head to max one that would be good. we're coming in in the low 30s right now in washington and as day today we will have temperatures that feel like they are in the 20s and 30s. here is a look at the feels like temperature around 7:00 a.m. 23 gaithersburg, 30 in washington. as we get to the lunchtime hours feeling about right around 30 generally across the area and this afternoon stil

store. >>> new details about this deadly new jersey train crash. next find out why experts say the 100-year-old piece of equipment could be to blame for some of the everything devastation. >>> beginning late next month if you live in pennsylvania flying could be a little more complicated four. beginning january 30th showing a pennsylvania driver's license or state i.d. will not be enough to get you on a commercial flight. that's because the pennsylvania state licenses don't meet federal requirements. the department of homeland security this week reportedly denied the state's latest request for more time to come fly with federal laws. >> new details about the investigation into the deadly new jersey transit crash in hoboken. experts are looking at whether a modern barrier the stages could have reduced the damage. the last thing train hit was a concrete and steel bumper installed more than a century ago. most bumpers today have shock absorbers. september crash killed a person and injured 100 others. >>> if you drive in pennsylvania help is on the way

something new. just to bring in a new year the right way. >> reporter: there is a lot of preparation that goes into incorporating in the new year, ready reading terminal market is ready with people getting ready a lot of people here. first time everybody is getting a line. everybody wants good food for the holiday. we have a good food. >> reporter: significant rush of business between thanksgiving through new years said butch dougherty of this produce shop. >> we have to bring in more produce and more specialty items. >> reporter: caroline wright making sure that she has what she needs for her new years damien you. >> black eye peas, i have to, and rice, and string beans. >> reporter: meantime restaurant are busy, too. >> we have take out. >> reporter: cuba libre in olde city is expecting 400 people to she up for prefix menu and after party. >> we are doing three entrees. >> reporter: team here has been preparing for new years eve celebration since august. >> late night portion we have a crazy speci

nbc news, hollywood. >>> just a little more than 48 hours until the ball drops in times square on new year's eve. tonight the nypd showing us how they plan to keep more than a million people safe. >>> some portable speed cameras going up in our area. where you night need to check the brakes. >>> i'm scott macfarlane along i-270. our news 4 report showing an increase in the number of drug traffickers stopped on local highways. furniture and accessories to complement your style this season and all year long. plus, enjoy thirty-six month, no-interest financing. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. come in today and save. the holiday sale is on now, at havertys. life looks good. >>> a new year's eve test run. folks tossing confessty from the marquee. today is the last day for people to write down their new year's wishes on a wishing wall in the broadway plaza. wishes will be added to the confetti and float down at midnight. that's going to be a crowded spot. a lot of folks expected to a

something new. our cameras right around fox street and an accident over into the on ramp to the southbound boulevard. the southbound traffic is moving toward the schuylkill expressway. simply see more delays there and it'sing delays for people ash the river dine is suspended between 36th street and the walter rand transportation center due to an accident on the tracks. still watching this big crash on 295 over in mutt laurel just near hartford road. over into the center media now. on the northbound side, taking out the next lane ard part of the next lane over as well. two lanes going northbound towards trenton. i'll be >>> decemberpth, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. those were president franklin d. roosevelt's immortal words describing the attack on pearl harbor. today marks the 75th anniversary of the bombings the more than 2,000 sailors and others were killed and a now others wounded. today in hawaii there will be wreath remembrances and other celebrations in pearl harbor. >>> a look at t

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a new step in cracking down on so-called fake news. the social media giant is teaming up with professional journalists to fact check controversial articles. it's also making it easier for users to report what they consider to be fake news. now, fact checkers partnering with facebook include the associated press, "the washington post" and right here, abc news. >>> nothing fake about this one. today is free shipping day with more than 1,000 retailers taking part including target, best buy, toys "r" us and jcpenney. all participating retailers guarantee delivery by christmas eve, which is really important. >> it is a crucial element of the shopping season. >> yeah. >> postage season. >>> when we come back, new details overnight about the water crisis in another american city. the blame game beginning. who the mayor says is at fault. >>> and remembering a broadcasting legend. how nba players and many others are paying tribute to broadcaster craig sager. stuffy . hashtag no sleep. hashtag mouthbreather. just put on a breathe right strip. it

news" delaware valley's leading news program. >>> wednesday night and jim is off. i'm monica malpass in the news two drivers run off after a crash in roxborough, and a thief uses a sledge hammer to smash his way into a buck county store. but the big story is the wintry weather heading our way and penndot was out brining roads in langhorne today. adam joseph is in for cecily with the timing of accuweather. >> the timing is not good tomorrow morning during the rush hour but the majority of us will see rain and not the wet snow. temperatures are dropping back yesterday with 64 degrees today we dropped to 46 degrees which is just above the normal of 46 degrees. where they will get hit hard with the blizzard is northern new england, the low develops too late for us and becomes a powerhouse storm east of new england bringing 1 to 2 feet of snow in northern new england. just in winter weather advisories for the poconos. here is the precipitation with the front early tomorrow morning before it transfers it's energy to a new low developing off the east coast of boston. star

how you can turn the new year into a new you. "good day" to you december 31 final day of 2016. >> from the fox 29 studios, this is "good day philadelphia weekend". >> and good morning, everyone, happy to be here. gentlemen, good morning both of you. >> good morning. >> morning. >> doesn't sound right, 016 is already over. >> finally. >> finally. >> bad year? >> i'm ready to get to 2017. i think we can all agree 2016 has been rough. >> 016 has been rough. >> mike good morning, sir. >> we have good morning. maybe a sprinkle or snow shower tonight. nothing of much consequence. beautiful shot this morning looking into the city i believe this is in the city and we have a good looking morning out there and great sunrise. little cold. as we look at numbers old city right now is at 30. southwestern wind coming in. we have feels like temperature 23. these numbers again are pretty cold. up towards mount pocono 16. 22 millville. jersey numbers are chilly. vor he's 26, and morris town 28. winds up this morning 10 to 15 on average. future win

"nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. president obama today defended his level of response to russian hacking, aimed at influencing the election, while for the first time appearing to directly point a finger of blame at vladimir putin. the white house blew the whistle on the hack in october without great detail. today acknowledging some of what we reported exclusively this week, the president said at the time, he wanted to play the information straight in the midst of a hyper partisan election. but nbc news has learned some details of secret operations to thwart further russian mettling. our chief investigative correspondent cynthia mcfadden has more tonight. >> reporter: nbc news broke the news this week that russian president vladimir putin directed russia's mettling into the u.s. election. and this afternoon, president obama all but confirmed it.dlin the u.s. election. and this afternoon, president obama all but confirmed idling the u.s. election. and this afternoon, president

happy new year. we hope to see you right here next week. ♪ >>> russia ringing in the new year right now with a stunning fireworks display. this is a live look t moscow's red crowds there celebrating the start -- >> where are the fireworks? >> -- of 2017. i'm waiting for them. >> 20 seconds late. >> you know, i see fireworks, right here. he's in the studio. >> oh. >> i'm exploding with happiness. >> talk about a did. >> i'm -- well, yeah. it's okay though. it's less dangerous. you don't want to explode in the hands. >> good afternoon. happy new year, everyone. >> it's great to have you. can you tell i'm just giddy with joy. >> i can tell you are and that makes me bed difficult. >> my new year's resolution is to spend more time with my buddy gregg jarrett. i'm julie banderas. >> people are gathering this new york city's times square, there it is for the new year's eve festivities that begin tonight actually for a great many folks it began hours ago. thousands of police officers are working around the

andy swiss, bbc news. the new year's honours also feature some prominent names in the world of entertainment and the arts. the veteran comic ken dodd, who's still performing at 89, is knighted for services to entertainment and comedy. also knighted are ray davies of the kinks, the actor mark rylance and the opera star bryn terfel. 0ur correspondent lizo mzimba has been studying the list. # happiness...# he's been one of britain's favourite entertainers for more than half a century, now ken dodd has received a knighthood. the best day ever, you can't get better than this. i've played lots of big theatres, i've worked abroad, but this is it. this is the day. yes, i'm very, very proud. if there's one thing i can't stand it's snobbery and one—upmanship. patricia routledge has been made a dame. # yeah, you really got me going # you got me so i don't know what i'm doing...# kinks frontman, ray davies, said he felt "humility and joy" to become sir ray. lady anne. a knighthood too for award—winning actor, mark

undermines the business model of the "new york times" news source. it also empowers the alternative media everyone in the world is sore upset about. people are getting news from non-legitimate sight. >> we is that happening because they have so doe based themselves that people feel like i'm going somewhere else. do you see that phenomenon? >> not as much as do you. i think fox news has based itself more so in the opposite way. i don't think that fox news holds the middle ground of honest jnks here's the difference on this show which is the one thing can i speak for i'm totally upfront about my opinion. >> sure. >> i never pretend i think anything -- i think our news is above -- well, lock, i'm not going to give you position of defending the company. i'm total i had upfront i'm kind of a left winged political activist that's fine. i'm happy to read it when he loys to me and says i'm a straight news reporter, why shouldn't i be offensed? >> i'm not spending those type of tweets and i do agree with you that i just don't agree with some of the terms. deb

, new york. brazen. >>> coming up, a new chapter in the battle between leah remini and the church of scientology. >> hear what she's releasing in her bio series. you're watching "world news now." ? >>> it has been a long painful road for leah remini in her on going battle, of course you know, with her former religion, the church of scientology. >> she's been a crit church she left three years ago. now she has a new series for a&e, but the church is firing back. here's abc's dan harris. >> what you're about to see sheds light on the truth of what's really going on with this church a church i promoted, defended and believed in most of my life. >> reporter: her battle against the church of scientology reached a whole new level tuesday night with the first leah remini, scientology and the aftermath. >> i hope that this project at least validates your pain is real. >> reporter: the series follows former members of the church and tells their story. remini's fight against the church in which she was rai

"nightly news" is next, see you at 11:00. >>> tonight, new terror suspect -- the target of a europe-wide manhunt is identified on the loose and considered arm and dangerous. what authorities knew about him before the deadly attack on christmas shoppers. >>> fireworks disaster -- the death toll rises in a massive explosion. tonight the devastation inside the blast zone. >>> and enormous gas explosion destroys a restaurant and firefighters must scramble to shut off the leak fueling the flames. what sparked it? >>> kids and antibiotics, new answers for parents worried about doctors overprescribing drugs to their children for a common illness. >>> and precious gift, the next chapter for a boy who made medical history. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news," with lester holt. >>> good evening, police in berlin tonight have a name and a face of the man believed to be the prime suspect in the truck attack on a christmas market full of shoppers monday night. it turns out he's no stranger to anti-terror investiga

tomorrow, new year's eve, looking good. i'll have that forecast and the next chance for snow in my forecast. and of cur the nbc washington app at any time. check out the radar on your phone. >> thank you, doug. >> now we want to move to new developments on the u.s. sanctions against russia, despite calls from top russian officials to retaliate, president vladimir putin says he's going to hold off. >> it's a move praised by president-elect trump. he said this on twitter, great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart. nbc's lucy kafanov has a look at the strategy behind putin's response. >> reporter: traditionally, historically, when the hints of one country are expelled, the other country follows suit. that was the expectation for the kremlin today, also the recommendation from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. in a surprise move, president putin declined to do that. in a statement issued earlier today, he said that we are not, and i'm quoting here, we're not going to stoop to the level of irresponsi

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> brazen. coming up the new chapter in the battle between leah remini and the church of scientology. >> hear what she's releasing in ? >>> it has been battle with the church of scientology. >> she's been a critic of the church she left three years ago. now she has a new series for a&e, but the church is firing back. here's dan harris. >> i'm going to get there first. >> during her nine seasons on the hit cbs show the king of queens, she appeared to be the ideal scientologist. famous and fiercely loyal. but behind the scenes, she says including about the world's best known scientologist, tom cruise. >> i think it's a privilege to call yourself a scientologist, and it's something that you have to earn. >> being critical of tom cruise is being critical of scientology itself. you are a person who is anti- -- the aims and goals of scientology. you are evil. >> reporter: leah said she entered his orbit as her own career sky rocketed. get the laser in on you and you're the most important thing that ev

abc news, new york. >>> coming up in our next half hour, sexual harassment at work. government numbers now showing a stunning 60% of women say they've experienced harassment on the job. one diverse group of women shining a light on what they're >> but first shining a light on some of the darkest eights in mearge history. what natalie portman is saying about portraying one of america's most beloved first ladies in her hours of unimaginable grief. you're watching "world news now." ? >>> and a good early morning to you. with dozens of major films to her credit, spanning more than two decades, natalie portman is again stretching her range. >> she was one of america's most beloved first ladies, and it was one of america's darkest chaptersers. now portman takes us back to jackie kennedy's darkest days in a movie that's opening today. diane sat down with her in new jackie has its perks. >> my dialogue coach would laugh at me. it was smou good for me to be doing it while i was doing something else, because it ma

on saturday, a mix of sun eap clouds for new -- and clouds for new year's eve. it will be dry in the evening. clouds and sun, 50 for new year's day. eagles will be in the 40s for most of the game, at night, rain is possible. occasional rain on monday, high of 49. tuesday we get up to 58 degrees another shot of rain or two during the day. witness stand, sunny, mild, 52. remember when we're not on the air you can get the latest weather information by going to 6abc.com/weather. and there's a bit of weather to look at today on your storm tracker 6 live app on the smart phone, too. >> thank you david. >>> new on "action news," an invasive pet may be hiding in your christmas tree. the spotted lantern fly is native to asia. officials worry its egg maybe in the christmas tree. if you see the bug or it's eggs your asked to place them into hand is an -- sanitizer to kill them and turn them over to local officials. >>> natural gas was leaking from under ground. authorities credit and alert newspaper delivery men for noticing the gas smell and hissing sound coming from a cr

>> there's only one jay in new york. anthony, game winner. i just lost my new york privileges. i'm never saying jayzingis again. >> back to you. >> all right, fella, thank you. >>> up next in "the pulse," cruel and unusual. a police department's dui punishment involving nickelback. >>> and a beaver caught browsing the holiday aisle. stay with us. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma i

news. >>> watch as thieves target a new york city store full of expensive fur coats. wait until you hear how much police say they got away with. >>> a foot of snow fell in parts of the midwest. next hear about a bizarre warning for winter weather drivers. >>> 5:13, 56 degrees outside. new details this morning on a russian military plane that crashed into the black sea and killed 92 people. rescue workers found one of the flight records about a mile away from the shore. the device will be sent back to moscow for analysis. russian's intelligence agency said it has not found anything pointing to terrorism. the jet was carrying 92 people before hit krshed after tacrash takeoff. mourners gorted to remember those being killed. pilot error or a technical fault are likely to blame. >>> we're learning new information on the plane crash in colombia last week. initial reports are that the plane ran out of fuel. that conclusion is based on the plane's black boxes. they also say that the pilot didn't report engine failure until it was too late. the airline is responsible ash its c

the news continues. >> good morning. welcome to "wisn 12 news this morning." i'm andy choi in for ben. >> i'm melinda davenport. into the cause of the flames. >> teen approached by a man three times on the way home from school. she opens up about the terrifying encounter. >> first, to the weather and traffic. sally? sally: the early morning temperatures ranging from 19 at the dells to 25 at port and also at the airport. elsewhere in between, 21 waukesha. 23 sheboygan. 22 fond du lac. feeling 6 at beaver dam. feeling like 8 at fond du lac. we are looking at the windchills in the teens during the day. the clouds are coming back for a bit today. party sunny skies. we hold nearly steady temperatures around 26 degrees. sun is up at 7:10.

wisn 12 news 7:33. new this morning the u.s. is sending more troops to syria to battle the islamic state. ash carter is saying 200 more american troops will be sent to help kurdish and arab fighters will help to capture the stronghold. there are 300 troops authorized for the effort to organize and train local syrian for u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in paris today working to find solution for syria's operation. kerry will meet with members to discuss the safety of civilians and keep the city from been destroy. last month's deadly plane crash in colombia is called murder. because the pilot violated protocol. takeoff on a four-hour flight with barely enough fuel. international flight regulation require the aircraft to fly for 30 minutes after reaching their destination. the flight was carrying a braziliage soccer team and it crashed. 71 people died. six people on the plane survived. wisn 12 news time 7:35. looking ahead, the waukesha county sheriff's department is holding its annual shop with a sheriff today. 27 local chil

it's breaking news. i thought we were going to talk about russian hacking and now to rex tillerson. >> welcome to the news. >> yes. let me say a few things. the main reason i am uncomfortable is that the secretary of state is a multi-dimensional policy job. it's not just an energy job. you have to deal with the military issues, you have to deal with diplomacy about trade issues, you have to deal on a myriad of issues, human rights, for instance, whereas the increasing sector, i've dealt with the energy sector in the government very close toly, they're one dimensional. that's the first thing that troubles me. the second thing more deeper about, exxonmobil, of course, has a major pending deal with the russian oil company. vp, several times, has called it the most important issue in u.s.-russian relation is in deca decades. when i was in the government, i want to be clear, i supported that deal. i thought that was an important joint venture between these two companies, but it was suspended rightly because o

katie, abc 7 news. >> enable the push alert. stay on top of any breaking news as it happens. new at 11:00, some stanford students were forced out of their homes and into the cold after smoke started pouring out of a laundry room. pictures from student jean nevin showed it out of the residence shortly before 10:00 tonight. students heard a fire alarm and evacuated the building. great news here, no one was hurt. fire fighters have not said what was damaged or how the fire started. >> also new at 11:00, a mun i bus hit a woman during the evening commute. abc 7 news was at the scene on market and third street. the victim was under the bus when they arrived. she suffered but is expected to recover. officers shut down part of mission street in the area as they investigated. tonight the highway patrol is searching for the gunman who opened fire on interstate 580 in oakland today. sky 7 was over the scene moments after the gun fire and shows the huge back that followed. take a look at that. this is the second time in three weeks shots have sbn shot on this stretch of bay area freeway

three days until new years. sixteen days until the coldest weather on average, this year, in philadelphia, the average high only 40 degrees. sixteen days there right thousand. overnight mainly clear, still cold, 25 degrees. the lots of sun for your tuesday but still on the chilly side of normal. normal is at 44. we will hit 40's for the high. could be worse. tomorrow, of course is our big toy fest drop off day here at cb. . bring a new unwrapped toy, down to our parking lot. we have had windy cold days for toy fest. the it will not that be bad. not a lot of wind. 40 degrees no excuses. >> come on down, bring a toy for the kid. >> yes. >> good stuff. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news", a special moment in rittenhouse square. >> see why a woman trying to track down a couple who got engaged. >> holiday rush at the post office why what makes today the busiest mailing day of the year and deadlines to make sure your package arrives in time, for christmas. tori. >>> christmas may be only a few days away but you have t

mar ka schiavocampo abc news, new york. >>> all right. coming up next, we go into the abc news vault for a revealing interview with debbie reynolds. >> how she and her best friend, elizabeth taylor, married the same man. you're watching" world news now". >> reporter: " >>> i think your conduct is the worst i've ever seen. >> would it interest i'm not the mother? >> denying your own child. that to me is the worst of all. >> hollywood's "it" couple in a bundle of joy, 1956 comedy, was the only movie they made together, but off screen, they had their own real life soap opera. >> yeah. it was more dramatic than the on-screen action between the two of them. fisher dumped reynolds to marry her best friend at the time, elizabeth taylor, and reynolds talked about it several years later a few years ago on "the view." >> you were married to eddie fisher, and elizabeth taylor was married to mike todd, the great what do you call him? >> singer? >> yeah. and then mike todd died in a plane crash, and debbie's husband elizabeth -- i mean, eddie fisher t

one day ahead of new year's eve 2016. >>> let's get right to the breaking news though. russia's president vladimir putin a short time ago saying russia will not be expelling any american diplomats from russia. that's in response to the new round of u.s. sanctions against russia announced late yesterday by the obama administration from moscow's alleged interference in the u.s. presidential election. >> we've been clear all along. there will be consequences. we will respond at a time and place of our choosing and that's what you're seeing done today. >> donald trump also weighing in this morning saying he will be meeting with intelligence officials about the matter next week. we've got the best team of reporters in the biusiness following all the angles with the late breaking details. we start with pentagon correspondent hans nichols. first, mr. putin saying no american diplomats will be expelled from russia. remember our conversation here on air yesterday afternoon where the predominant thinking was that we would, in fact, see the same number of diplomats expelled. what

finch, news 4. >>> now at 6:00, president-elect donald trump building his team while savoring a new title, "time" magazine's person of the year. >>> during this morning's commute, a tractor trailer hits a car killing a father of two and why this case highlights a growing problem on our roads. >>> and we'll take a look at how >>> news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> we begin tonight with politics and the transition. president-elect donald trump. >> official announcements are expected later but there could be another general in the cabinet as well as a new head of the environmental protection agency. but the big news today, donald trump's selection as "time" magazine's person of the year. steve handelsman tracking it all from capitol hill. steve? >> reporter: hey, wendy, it's usually a big honor but not putin have been "time" magazine's person of the year, recognition that somebody has the biggest effect, positive or negative. but our new president-elect says he's pleased. revealed on the "today" show as "time" magazine's person of the year, donald trump phoned in. >> i consider this a very, very

>>> back now with an nbc news exclusive. >>> back now with an nbc news exclusive. some 40 million americans use the popular ride-sharing app, uber. but the company is now facing sharp criticism after a lawsuit by a former employee accuses uber of allowing workers to access private information to spy on customers. tonight, he's speaking out in a tv exclusive with nbc's joelynn kent. >> uber has become a nearly $70 billion business by ofri ride on your smartphone. but a former employee now says the company's lax security allowed thousands of employees who had no need, to track customers' trips without their knowledge. >> what i witnessed, there were some real problems with the safety associated with the protection of that data. i would say you know, you've got to stop. >> former security engineer ward spangenberg alleges in a lawsuit between march 2015 and february 2016, workers were able to quote track high-profile politicians, celebrities and even personal acquaintances of uber employees, including ex-girlfriends, boyfriends and ex-spouses. >> i could print it out