then there's going to be lawsuits almost certainly from the industry groups like verizon and comcast, especially if chairman wheeler does what the president wants and uses title 2. then the republicans in congress will have a response. will they try to repeal it put forward their own proposal? a fight that goes on for a long time, i think. >> mr. fung. >> i think all that is absolutely right and there's going to be a lot more to come when it comes to congress. the chairman isn't expected to unveil his proposal until february or march at the earliest which fives an opening for republicans in congress to introduce a bill about net futility of their open. what will the chairman do in response to that? move more quickly or put him in a position where he has to too some horse trading and negotiation with congressional republicans. that's not clear yet. that's something that we'll be watching. >> you've written about this. how quickly do you expect a bill? >> i think we're looking at next month, early in the year. >> in january. indicate tummarello. >> i think it's important to keep in mind

comcast business. built for business. >>> you're watching "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >>> all right, welcome back let's take a look at your headlines. al qaeda in yemen claiming responsibility for the attack on "charlie hebdo" magazine. a top leader warns of more tragedies and terror this as the magazine releases three million copies of its latest issue a week to the day after masked terrorists stormed its offices killing 12 people. new video has emerged of the kouachi brothers yelling, seemingly celebrating in the streets following the magazine massacre. seconds before engaging in a gunfight with police. >>> breaking news sks the fuselage of airasia flight 8501 has been found. indonesian officials say they have an underwater photo confirming this. they also report they have successfully now downloaded the contents of both the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data record frer the jetliner. officials hope to have a preliminary report on the cause of the crash i

i'm danny pommells from comcast sports net. enjoy your weekend. >> and like you said you can catch super bowl xlix right here on nbc 10 next sunday. today, keith jones and comcast sports net john clark arrive in arizona. look for team coverage on-air or online leading up to the big game. >>> today marks the beginning of catholic schools week across the country and here in our area. this year's theme is catholic schools, communities of faith, knowledge, and service. in bucks county students at nativity of our lord school will take part in events all week. then thursday they'll participate in the school's biggest service project ever. a mini thon in support of penn state thon. the event raises money for the fight against pediatric cancer. >>> drexel university is seeing a big drop in applications for the class of 2019 but school officials don't mind it. there's been a more than 50% decrease in applications from the year before. drexel started charging an application fee of $50 and scrapped their vip fast application. school offic

comcast and time warner cable is more controversial. that will be the big decision. >> when do you see the timeframe for decision making? >> the first part of 2015. there is a timeline that the fcc is supposed to stick to. the fcc positively shot -- paus es the shot clock. >> when the merger decisions come down, you will see a lot of reactions on the hill, especially. there have been members were pretty vocal about this stuff, for and against. that will be interesting how it all plays out. the com acts update process, and all the other telecom issues. >> what is tom wheeler's relationship with the hill? >> i would say tense. he's very personable, and i'm sure he is charming in hearings and stuff, but we have definitely seen him come in. republicans are not afraid to drill into him, especially when they don't like what he's doing. there's a lot of tension over how wheeler treats the republicans. commissioners often say they are not getting a fair shake. wheeler doesn't care about consensus. wheeler would pushback. the relationship is ten

comcast business. built for business. deadly attack on the french satirical charlie hebdo. cnn affiliate reports one of the suspects in the attacks cher ef-kouachi left an i.d. at the scene. an intense manhunt is underway for cherif and his brother said. a third suspect turned himself in to police. the french president is set to start a crisis meeting with officials any moment. and he has declared a national day of mourning today with a moment of silence at noon. that of course to remember the 12 people killed in wednesday's attack. it is about 8:30 there now in paris. demonstrators across the globe have taken to the streets with candles and signs. even pens in support. in london about 700 people gathered at trafalgar square. a small groom gather in the boston with a #not afraid. protesters showed support in really the, madrid berlin and rio among many other cities. becky anderson is live in abu dhabi and she is joining us now monitoring reaction. what are you hearing? what is being said from there? >>

i'm going to voice a bigger concern we should have about companies like comcast. they have to respond to the marketplace. you cannot afford to have people not be able to get to service sites. they roll their eyes when people say to them you're going to discriminate. >> that is true even if they are the only broadband game in town. >> we will see you. as a citizen out of the industry, i am frightened about the implications of their growing size. we spent half an hour on privacy. nobody mentioned the cable operators. these new generations of set top boxes are capable of obtaining and keeping and using all of this private information. if you have a new generation set-top box, every show you watch every minute of the day. nobody talks about that. they talk about facebook and yahoo! >> getting to the reality of internet in 2014, many people would be saying television cable? all i need is broadband. is it the name of the game for a company like comcast is ultimately cable where broadband is the loss leader? >> they make more money on it now. there is a higher margin. be

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switch to comcast business today and get 50 megabits per second for $89.95. comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we're going from hardball to football. we're two days away from the biggest sports event in the country ever. super bowl xlix will take place here in phoenix with the seahawks and the patriots battling to see who will be the super bowl champ. i'm joined by two men looking for bragging rights, marty walsh up in boston and mayor ed murray in seattle. this must have broken your hear today. mitt romney's dropped out of the presidential race. i know you have a warm spot in your heart for romney, such a regular guy from the neighborhoods. how do you feel about him pulling out of the -- you know, he's a harvard guy, business school, harvard law. you must feel really close though this character. your thoughts on the demise of the mitt romney -- >> we'll be all set here. i'll figure it out. i'll get over it. >> let me ask you about the brady thing. how are the brady fans reacting up there? i remember how johnny most used to call the celts gam

comcast business. built for business. >>> president obama seemed to make clear before and during his state of the union address that he will veto the keystone oil pipeline bill that is working its way through congress. the president instead calls for a wide-ranging program to reinforce the united states' infrastructure. republicans in their response were equally clear that they don't plan to let the issue drop, even framing the pipeline as a jobs bill. >> one you've probably heard about is the keystone jobs bill. president obama has been delaying this bipartisan infrastructure project for years, even though many members of his party, unions and a strong majority of americans support it. >> let's set our sights higher than a single oil pipeline. let's pass a bipartisan infrastructure plan that could create more than 30 times as many jobs per year and make this country stronger for decades to come! let's do it! [ cheers and applause ] >> senate now led by republicans will resume consideration of the pipe

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switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. >>> just going on half past the hour here on the east coast. we'd like to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >> let's check the headlines this hour. divers are once again searching the bottom of the ocean sea for any trace of airasia 8501. despite the improved weather conditions, there have been no reports of more bodies recovered so far today. the main section of the airplane and the flight recorders are still missing. >>> thousands waited in line to pay their respects to former governor cuomo. the current governor was among those who attended the funeral. >>> an avalanche in austria killed two prospects from the u.s. ski team, ronnie ber lack and bryce astle. there was a level three avalanche risk on the mountain. it's unclear whether they were wearing avalanche gear at the time. >>> gains are reported in kobani. kurds now control 80% of kobani. they're being backed by u.s.-led air strikes in the region. >>> casualties caused by is

comcast business. built for business. >>> scientists thought the measlesle lele lele lele were -- measles were eliminated in the united states. boy, were they wrong. this outbreak is centered around disney land of all places. why are public health officials fighting a disease that was wiped out 15 years ago? one reason, parents who refuse to vaccinate children. many are frightened by medical risks, even science has proven skeptics wrong. others opposed for personal reasons. katie lost her daughter callie to whooping cough. she and her husband endured a series of miscarriages before having their baby girl. she is advocating for children. i'm happy to have katie with us. and also elizabeth cohen. welcome to both of you. >> katie, first to you. i'm sorry. i know this was 2010 but i'm sure you don't see a day without thinking about your little girl. because it's so personal if i could get part of your story. if you can take me back to what you call the worst day of your life. >> um yeah she was our miracle

comcast business. built for business.♪ >>> happening now -- the responses pouring into president obama's state of the union address. he presented a surprising bold new agenda. but will the president's promises get through or lead to more gridlock? we'll break down the big moments, the big applause lines, from the big moments of controversy this half hour. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's 30 minutes past the hour. president obama seemed confident last night, undaunted as he gave his state of the union address to an entirely republican-controlled congress. the president put forth an economic populist aimed at the fruits of the economic recovery. >> reporter: john and christine, this was not a speech from a president who sees himself in a lame duck. in the state of the union address, president obama came out and referred to the economy as on the rise. but lifting up the middle class, raising taxes and fees on big banks. president also talked about h

comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to those of you watching in the u.s. and all around the world. this is cnn. here are some of the big stories we're following. most of the big asia pacific markets closed lower in tuesday trading off the large drops in europe and on wall street monday. you see the nikkei pulling back more than 3 percentage points. although the shanghai composite is up .03%. other headlines for you, divers searching for the flight. they had to call off the search because of bad weather. they have identified sycamore bodies that have been pulled from the sea. that make a toll of 19 bodies identified so far. the kurdish fighters in syria report gaens the chonani as they battle isis. they say kurds control 80% of kobe ani. now casualties caused by isis are only part of the grim cycle of silence in syria. a new report says government attacks accounted for tens of thousands of injury last year. the observatory for human rights reports more than 6,500 syrians were killed b

comcast business. built for business. asylum in the u.s. >> we should know marcus was shot twice, had a cracked vertebrae and shrapnel wounds he laid there thinking he would soon die with other navy s.e.a.l.s he says he witnessed amazing heroism by mohammed goula who protected him. latrell was later rescued but goulab and his family left behind they had to go into hiding. listen now to immigration attorney michael wile. >> things are horrible for mohammed. rpgs were going into his home he could not sleep in the same home for the same night. horrible. >> wilde is working to bring the family to the u.s. because so many agencies have to sign off, it's proven for a complicated matter. so far, the attorney has been able to move goulab and some members from afghanistan to an undisclosed country where they're safe for the time being. goulab has been to the u.s. before when visiting marcus latrell and could have just stayed here and avoided this red tape. listen. >> i have no idea why he doesn't apply for asyl

she called comcast to cancel her cable service. they said it would cost her $60. despite what she says was a respectful call, someone at comcast seemed to think that impolite name change was in order. after trying unsuccessfully to fix the problem eliot stepped in and comcast managed to remedy the situation. the correct name was returned to the account comcast agreed to rep fund her entire cable bill for two years she's been a customer. the employee who made the change will reportedly be fired. >>> and another isis bites the dust. the university of florida has been using the integrated student information system or isis for 18 years. long before the terror group gave that such a negative connotation now. the campus newspaper reports that name is being phased out. that is welcome news to the sophomore whose cousin was beheaded by isis. she said she was reminded of his death every time she logged into that system. the school says it's doing away with isis the computer program as part of a system update. but until that happens, it cannot do anything to change the nam

comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back everybody, europe is still on high alert today. eu ministers are con conveniencing in brussels calling for an alliance against terrorism. we're just getting reports where leaders pledged to come up with a better strategy to combat foreign fighters coming home to european countries but ruled out any sweeping new laws in the wake of the deadly attacks in paris. steve clemones editor at large for "the atlantic." ministers are considering a plan for travel documents, but does it surprise you there weren't bigger sweeping reforms on table here. >> europe is a very big place in the sense that you've got multiple numbers of players that's have veto over big sweep being changes. those states like belgium, france germany and greece which have been at the forefront of this are feeling the heat more than other member states. and the notion of what a citizen's rights are is something held very tightly among citizens there. there have been discussion not only w

i'm danny pommells from comcast sports net. we're talking football and the patriots have been in the center of considering our weather this week a hailstorm all week accused of underinflating footballs in the afc championship game to give them an unfair advantage. yesterday, bill belichick held an impromptu press conference and revealed the results of the team's investigation. >> at no time was there any intent whatsoever to try to compromise the integrity of the game or to gain an advantage. quite the opposite. we feel like we followed the rules of the game to the letter. >> and eat your heart out, hollywood. sometimes you just can't make this stuff up. the boston university men's basketball game yesterday was reportedly delayed because the game ball was overinflated. all right, cue the musics. patriots/se patriots/seahawks will get it on next sunday. don't miss it. the pre-game festivities begin at noon. john clark and keith jones will be in arizona with live reports starting monday. >>> the appetizer to the super bowl is the

this year comcast has brought an entirely new experience. the layout of this location replicates what xfinity has launched in all of the retail locations throughout the philadelphia area. so this is a great place where people can come for example, and learn how to make their homes smarter and their devices more entertaining. when you come down this year rosemary, bring your devices and the xfinity experts will show you how we can download apps and show you how you can use the)q cloud to stream tv shows. >> i need all the help i can get. i definitely will take you up on that. >> the other thing i will take about these locations -- >> go ahead, tell us about the experts. we're losing your picture a little bit. >> the xfinity lockes are where we're going to -- i can still hear you. the xfinity locations that we're showing here today are exactly where comcast and nbc 10 will be able to demonstrate their plug in and power up partnership this winter. nobody is looking for a repeat of last year's power outages. if we do nbc 10 will be able to adver

comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. >>> i'm errol barnett. here are the big stories we're following now. in belgium, a manhunt's underway for the leader of a suspected terror cell that was raided last week. a belgian counterterrorism official says authorities are looking for a 27-year-old belgian moroccan isis fighter. his last-known location was believed to be greece. >>> the international monetary fund has lowered projections for the next two years. it expect the world economy to glow 3.5% this year and 3.7% next year. both of these estimates are down from the group's forecast in october. >>> tuesday, u.s. president barack obama will lay out his legislative agenda in the annual state of the union address. aides say his theme will be middle-class economics with proposed tax breaks and increased tax credits. he wants to pay for this all with a capital gains tax hike and new bank fees. >>> in his sixth stat

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switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. >>> hello, everyone you are watching cnn. i'm rosemary church. just ahead this hour. we are live in paris with new details on the suspects behind last week's massacre. survivors of the attack reviewsed to back down. the cartoonists have new material. a major breakthrough in the air asia crash investigation. we're live in jakarta to see what searchers have discovered. we're live in the sri lanka capital where pope francis is making an appeal for peace and reconciliation.

switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. >>> thanks for staying with us everybody. we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. >> let's get back to the headlines right now. yemen's president says he's still in power days after houthi rebels took over the presidential palace. they announced a peace deal that would give the houthis more presidential power. in ex-change, they've agreed to withdraw their forces from government buildings. >>> the french prime minister has unveiled exceptional measures to fight terrorism. he says nearly 3,000 people with jihadist ties should be under surveillance and nearly $500 million will be spent to do just that. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is among the top diplomats in london today for a conference for stopping isis. britain will host the conference. >>> and it does appear that u.s. police officer darren wilson is not going to be facing federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of unarmed team eded teenager michael br

switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. >>> well on capitol hill today, the republican led house approving a bill to tighten federal restrictions on abortions. the measure would ban taxpayer money for abortion coverage. the white house has already said that the president would veto that bill and louisiana governor bobby jindal joins us now tonight. governor, good to have you with us. welcome. >> martha, thank you for having me back. great to talk to you. >> it's great to talk to you too. tell me a little bit about this. because there was another bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks that i know was really the primary bill that the g.o.p. thought that they could pass here and a number of republican house women said no to that bill and it was shelved consequently. what do you think about that whole thing? >> well, martha look, i think it's ridiculous. it shouldn't take a lot of political courage to stand up and say we are going to end late term abortions in america. america is one of only a

you can barely see the comcast building in center city through the fog. part of a wild weather roller coaster we're on over the weekend. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist is tracking the rain and a dramatic workup. how long will it last? >> overnight heading into tomorrow. keep your umbrellas out for sunday and war%9 up meaning temperatures warming into the 60s. light rainfall knee mat borp oh near the corridor stretching into are parts of south jersey and the rain continues on and off throughout tonight and the pfsf building foggy, you can see. another round of moisture moving up from the south. the rain we'll experience on and off throughout tomorrow. visibility is down. if you plan on driving late be careful. down to two miles. down a quarter in the pocono just over two mimeles in pottstown. tomorrow morning warmer than today. today we stayed in the 30s. by 7:00 a.m. temperatures at 48 degrees. showers expected throughout the day sunday.s#s all-volunteer garden state underwater recovery unit found shane's body just before noon. >> that's what we do. wha

comcast business. built for business. >>> welcome back to "hardball." if mitt romney is banking on buyer's remorse for voters to give him another chance at presidency, he may have some trouble. some of the things he said he would accomplish have already been accomplished by president obama. item number one, the unemployment rate. here's what romney told mark halperin. >> reporter: would you like to be more specific about what the unemployment rate would be at the end of your first year? >> i can't possibly predict. i can tell you over a period of four years by virtue of the policies we'd put in place, we'd get the unemployment rate down to 6%, perhaps lower. >> wow. 6%. president obama accomplished that in half the time. the unemployment rate nationally was 5.6%, the lowest rates since 2008 when republicans were still in the white house. and romney said his business experience will help create jobs, not obama. >> i happen to believe that having been in the private sector for 25 years gives me a perspec

comcast business. built for business. >>> yemen is in crisis and that is not good any way you look at it there are key american ally in the middle east. and right now a group of shiite rebels is on the verge of pulling off a really we can't call it a coup yet, we don't know who's in charge. but they are taking control of the situation. right now, surrounding the presidential palace, we believe that they have totally overtaken it. now, what is yemen to us? it's the home of the al qaeda affiliate known as aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, but it's also just the nexus of all the problems we're dealing with in the middle east. let's bring in bobby ghosh, he understands the situation very well a cnn global affairs analyst. the managing editor of "quartz." you've been to yemen, you know the cultural dynamic. yemen, do i care? yes, you should care and why? >> you should care because the beasts that are being, the monsters that are being unleashed in yemen are going to come out and have already in some c

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. >> this weekend book tv is in west virginia with the help of our local cable partner comcast. we continued our trip with author sean duffy's book traces the influx of immigrants in the city during its booming industrial time. >> the industry the results in a massive population growth, economic success. it was boomtown. and of course it is not anymore. the steel industry is gone away. steel was in full production. turned it into a major city. because of its location on the ohio river and the national road came through wheeling as i mentioned before, it it was a transportation hub. there's a lot of resources manager iron melancholia it it was easy to transport goods like steel to market. some industry was naturally drawn here and industry requires labor and so on. it was an industrial town with a lot of jobs. these people came from very poor regions of europe on middle east and needed work. so many times the patriarch, the man of the family would come to the united states many times the companies he would actually go to new york or one of the other entry ports of entry and recru

. >> today, plans to provide free wifi at its stations through comcast xfinity. comcast says it could be available by this summer. >> a new bike share program is coming to philadelphia in the spring. tonight, we get some insight as to whether some of those bike stations could be installed. after surveying thousands of people, the city came up with over a hundred possible bike share locations. the service gives access to a huge network of public bikes. to find out where the potential public bike locations will be, just log on to the nbc 10 mobile app. >> you you see military jets flying around in training exercises that start tomorrow and run through saturday. the exercises will be held both in the morning and in the evening. >> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, another cold morning for you. but at least it won't be as windy. tech chur temperatures still won't be as cold as they felt today. some areas seeing single-digit low temperatures. as we go into saturday another shot of arctic air moves down just in time to sta

comcast business. built for business. >>> what do you most want the world to learn from the new "charlie hebdo"? >> well, first of all, this issue is a message of forgiveness. because we see that we need to forgive. it is a message for them. if you can't kill an idea, don't kill the people. because you can kill the people, but they cannot kill the idea. so the idea is still here. and we are also here. and if they kill us, it doesn't matter, because others will continue. >>> al qaeda in yemen today came out to claim credit for the massacre at the offices of the french newspaper charlie hebdo. american intelligence officials say while they have authenticated the video came from al qaeda in yemen, they have not authenticated any of the claims made in that video. in recent months al qaeda has receded from the headlines as the terrorist group isis vied for the most barbaric terrorist organization. now al qaeda wants that title back, or at the very least they want the world's attention back. so now that al q

switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. >>> there's late breaking news this evening about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson, missouri, this past august. this case has been a national flash point. michael brown was unarmed when he was shot and killed by officer darren wilson of the ferguson police department. he was killed in the middle of the day, in the middle of the street, on a hot august day. after that shooting, after ferguson erupted in night after night of occasionally violent protests and after the protests started spreading across the country, attorney general eric holder traveled to ferguson, missouri, he took meetings with protesters, and with police and local authorities. on that trip he announced in addition to the local criminal investigation into the officer's actions into that shooting, the federal justice department would also begin a civil rights investigation into the shooting. the justice department also opened a broader civil rights investigation into not ju

. >>> i'm amy from comcast sportsnet. coming up next in sports flyers look for two in a row over their rival, the capitals. sixers hit the road north of the border. details ahead. thank you cable. for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you... we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. the numbers don't lie. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two years and get a $400 bonus with a two year agreement. hurry! it's your last chance! this offer ends january 17th. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> the flyers visit the capitals tonight. caps going for a seventh straight home win. washington in third place in their division. that's 13 points ahead of the flyers. the orange and black coming off a three-run homestand that included a over

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tonight they host the maple leafs and you can watch on comcast sportsnet at 7:00. as they try to get back to the .500 mark. and. >>> thursday the fellas went into an all-star break with an emotional win against the penguins and head coach berube says that acted as a springboard. >> you know, the game gave us confidence and went into the break and coming back they are feeling fresh and rejuvenated. >> from the ice to the hardwood where the sixers are running into a tall glass of the trouble tonight in atlanta. looking for their second straight win after beating the minnesota timber wolves at home last night. sixers had five players in double figures. now we mention they are looking for their second straight win. the problem being they are facingface ingably arguably the best and hottest team in the atlanta hawks. 18 straight wins and they are playing on their home floor tonight. if you recall, the sixers are already one of the 18 wins eleven days here in philly. >>> villanova visiting depaul. and the cats struggle early. simpson connects from downtown. depaul leads

. >> one of the issues we have heard a lot about is the potential comcast time-warner merger, but we haven't heard a lot about the at&t-trect tv merger. what kind -- direct tv merger. what have you done on that in terms of the day-to-day management of the merger with the f.c. c. and we have made it -- do you still have one more stage of public comment currently -- i don't know if you're aware, but currently the f.c.c. has what they call a shock clock they use to evaluate mergers like this, and i think we are looking at late march when that shock clock would come up. it could go beyond that, but at this time we are looking forward to the f.c.c. completing its evaluation of the acquisition by sometime toward the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter of thisier. -- this year. >> what's your message to consumers, consumer groups? what's the benefit of this merger? >> i think the bhifts are really freshmen does. these are companies that are in complementary businesses today. whether we are talking about wired or mobile broadbands these are products that increasi

switch to comcast business and get the fastest wifi with the most coverage. comcast business. built for business. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: as we have heard the 114th congress is now officially in session. 100 senators 435 congress people set to do the nation's business. >> listen a week after pleading guilty to tax evasion congressman michael grimm said he's resigning. >> he does not believe he can continue to be 100% effective. >> jon: because he will be in jail. ( laughter ) it's sad that being in jail and he still has to think like, i could still do this, right? ( laughter ) i could be like, 92% 93% from jail. how hard is it? you may remember staten island's michael grimm is the man tho threatened to throw him off the balcony because he asked him a question because he was a reporter. during a television interview-- >> grimm copped to a single count of hiding nearly $1 million in revenue from a manhattan restaurant he owned. >> jon: a million dollars? wow! that's not nothing. how did he pull that off? >> i had for example, delivery boys that were paid off the books an

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. >>> i'm from comcast sportsnet. while the seahawks and patriots are getting set to play on sunday one of those players is eagles wide receiver jeremy maclin who's hoping to resign with the birds. john clark went one-on-one with maclin. >> jeremy maclin i saw you tweet out you're not cutting your hair until your contract is done. how long is your hair going to get? >> i have no idea i'm not used to it being this long. >> do you think a deal will get done before free agency? >> both sides made it clear we want to get something done. i also understand you know, what's at stake here. i'm not going to try to get too caught up in it. >> lesean mccoy said i might have to do restructuring to get you paid. >> as far as what he does with his deal that's not my place to comment on that. there's no reason why you can't keep us both. that's the one of the most ridiculous things i've heard all season. >> former sixers thaddeus young returned to philadelphia for the first time to face the sixers now with the minnesota timberwolves

in net for the second straight game. >>> i'm amy from comcast sports. the flyers in washington, d.c. tonight. the rookie getting his second straight start in goal. barely three minutes in, matt throws it on net. wow. hits scott lawton. lawton did not return in this gamd. just over a minute left. rebound goes everywhere, except the back of the net. flyers go from seven goals monday to none tonight. caps win 1-0. no tony rooting for the sixers tonight in toronto. the raptors scored the first 13 points. second quarter, the drive and the dunk. 18 in the first half. season high 29 for the second-year player. sixers down four at the break. second half now. sixers hanging around. a couple of threes from villanova product kyle lowrie. putting this one away. 100-84 sixers fall. >> 3 for 19 from the three-point line, or you know 19 for 31 from the free throw line, there isn't much margin for error. but our guys still found a way to fight, scratch and claw. and i think that they did that until the horn went off. >>> number five villanova hosting xavier. wildcats n

we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. comcast and time warner cable, together for more net neutrality protection. >>> a sea of blue blanketed downtown washington today as hundreds ever law enforcement officers and their family members participated in a march and rally. participants started with a moment of silence at the national law enforcement memorial to remember those who were injured or killed on the job. they later marched to the u.s. capitol where police officers and their family members spoke about their commitment to serve the public. >> law enforcement across this country is a family. and i think we're related to police officers whether it's in new york, in ferguson, or cleveland, because we do all have one thing in common. we are trying to serve. >> today's event was organized by three wives of d.c. and prince georges county police officers. >>> he was headed to possible crime scene, but tonight a boyd police officer is recovering from a crash. police say the officer was not seriously hurt. he was driving westb

i'm amy fadool comcast sports net. >>> the 2015 philadelphia home show kicks off at the pennsylvania convention center. the show will highlight the latest trends in remodeling decorating and gardening. it will be open for two weekends only including martin luther king day. nbc 10 will be live there this morning. stay with us for a preview. >>> the time right now is 5:27. a disturbing scene in burlington county this morning. a baby burned and police say somebody lit that child on fire. nbc 10's matt delucia is following the breaking story. matt? >> reporter: and rosemary police right now are trying to figure out what happened eded and why. i'll have the details coming up. >>> layer up as you head out this morning. temperatures in the teens. it feels colder than that with the wind. outside, clearer skies this morning, we'll see sunshine today but it will be a cold, cold day. we'll talk more about the temperatures today and the rain we expect on sunday. that's coming up next. skippy!! yippee!! fun fun fun! shiny! you never listen! what? is someone talking? skippy!! yippee!! look a ride!

comcast business. built for business. it's time to take a look at the morning papers. >> "the washington post," one person is dead. this story is incredible. another -- dozens are hospitalized actually after heavy smoke filled a washington, d.c. subway station on monday. a train was in the tunnel approaching the plaza metra station just past 3:00 when it stopped for unknown reasons. dozens were stuck inside the subway car as the tunnel filled with smoke and terrifying cellphone footage shows the scene inside as help arrived. police onboard report eddieity breathing and no visibility as they were evacuated out of the tunnel. what exactly caused the smoke is still unknown. though investigators believe it may have been caused by water hitting an electrified rail. one woman was onboard killed. 84 others sent to the hospital. three of whom are in critical condition. this is a huge story. >> the descriptions on the train are terrifying. the cars are filling with smoke. they can't open the doors. complete dar

we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. comcast and time warner cable, together for more net neutrality protection. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> redskins nation has been begging the folks in ashburn for a change. well, it appears you might be getting your wish. it's the first step anyhow. the redskins are expected to hire scot mccloughlan as their former general manager, a former gm with san francisco and executive with seattle until he resigned in the spring to take care of some personal matters. mccloughlan is known around the league for his scouting abilities. the redskins couldn't confirm nor deny the report, but former seahawk michael robinson wrote on twitter mccloughan told him he's taking the job. >>> the comparisons between joe flacco and tom brady are intensifying. two out of the last three times flacco has beaten brady in the path to the playoff, but flack could he says history is -- flacco says history is just that. it's history. >> it's not about outdoing tom or

we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. comcast and time warner cable, together for more net neutrality protection. >>> now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. >> all right. now we're kicking off fun friday with our basketball game of the week. a friday night 10,000 voters casting their ballots and they saw a show. let's get to it. the falcons getting all pumped up tonight and with good reason. shane everly, shane, shane is making it rain. from the corner he had 10 points and the falcons were playing pretty well, but the one handed chuck there and the panthers were on a roll. more panthers with defense. that's aaron thompson, grand theft orange, paul, vi wins. >> the streak has been going on, ups and downs of the season. everyone counts, especially in the league, best league in the country. no matter who the team is it's a great win. i'm proud of my team. >> cast your votes for next week's game. see the game you like, there's a code next to it. text that code to 25543. the winning game gets featu

comcast and time warner cable. together is better for more people. >>> caught on camera a virginia realtor is captured allegedly stealing liquid pain medicine while showing a home. the richmond man installed four security cameras after his wife discovered a pair of earrings missing after an open house. a couple days later police say those cameras caught realtor sarah west reeves opening the kitchen pantry and removing a bottle of liquid hydrocodone. she is now charged with drug possession and larceny. >>> today president obama invited three popular youtube hosts to the white house and sat down with interviews for each one and they discussed the president's state of the union address. the questions covered a wide range of topics including problems the government faces when it comes to cyber security. >> the challenge we've got is that most of the internet and the infrastructure that allows you to be posting on youtube and people accessing that stuff, most of that stuff is in private hands, not public. >> the intervi

danny pommells with comcast sports net with you again. philly native deione waders would get a shot in the starting line-up against his hometown team or at least some minutes. waders was pulled from the line-up all before tipoff. the casvs loses one of their top five scores. cavs up at the half. 16 seconds to play tony roton was nearly unguardble. he had 20. sixers take the lead. last chance for cleveland. matthew delandova, can't finish robert covingto 234rks corrals it. the sixers first home-win of the season. >> we're not apologetic with this win at all. i think it's unfair, you know when you start weigh up in we're about to come pair resumes and years of experience, and those types of things accolades, have a look at my group. young guys that don't know what they don't know and just came out what they played. i'm proud of our team. >> a huge monkey off the sixers' back. >>> the fellas have dropped five straight after ron hextal hit on a conference call today that changes are coming but with the players, not the head coach. >> we're lo

we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. comcast and time warner cable, together for more net neutrality protection. >>> so i'm watching wizards/nicks tonight and i said to myself the nicks remind me of how the wizards used to look. i call it five dudes running around without a clue. the wizards meanwhile seem to have it figured out. speed, size, depth, togetherness, they got it all. get to it, at the verizon center tonight. look at the nicks trying a little pass on the slide here at the top, john walsh says hu- huh, not on my watch but at the other end activate the pogo sticks for legs baby. up and adam, the reverse stunt and he did everything, 18 points, eight assists, five rebounds, three steals and another dunk and rumor has it he sold perhaps at half time so he did it all and this is when you know you're playing with your younger brother. the ball goes up and he comes back down wizards win 101-91. wizards 13 games above 500. can you say eastern conference champs then? all right time to find out about these maryland terp