the faa is investigating a near-miss in the skies over seattle. two helicopters nearly colliding with a tiny intruder a drone, violating federal regulations by flying so high and so close. and it's happening more and more, raising real concerns about safety in the skies. abc's david kerley who covers aviation for us, with the tape tonight. >> hey, ah ed, we just got droned. >> reporter: an alarming danger for two seattle news choppers. >> got it. got it. >> reporter: a drone, violating regulations. even flying above our affiliate komo 4's helicopter. >> look at that guy. he has got to be, what, 1,500 feet? >> reporter: that's nearly four times higher than allowed. >> it is really scary to know something is there and you don't know where it is see it. >> reporter: but a second chopper did see it. >> he is losing altitude. >> reporter: cameraman scott crueger was able to follow the small drone as it buzzed over rooftops. >> i want to figure out who is doing this. he threatened our safety. i have no idea what could have happened if our aircraft had s

she returned to seattle overwhelmed with emotion. but in 2013 yet another italian court overturned that acquittal and a year later knox was convicted of murder all over again. italy's supreme court was her last hope. the five judges deliberated late into the night before ruling that knox is innocent, and this time it's italy's final word. >> meredith was my friend, and she deserved so much in this life. i'm still absorbing the present moment which is full of joy. >> reporter: for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> so much emotion. neal, thank you. >>> and now a look back at a dark and notorious event in our nation's history. it was 24 years ago when a day of shopping turned into a day of horror changing the lives of those involved in an instant. >> the good guys in the rescue is the largest hostage rescue in the history of the united states. >> at any moment you could lose control of this whole thing and we could have just an astronomical catastrophe. >> it is the largest number of people ever taken hostage

>> neal karlinsky tonight from outside seattle. neal thanks. >>> the extreme weather causing problems elsewhere this evening. a dangerous commute for millions from texas to georgia in the storm zone a blast of snow and hail. in fact, eight states under a severe thunderstorm watch. word out of alabama tonight, a woman rushed to the hospital struck by lightning. and this is the scene from arkansas. listen to this. you don't want that on your car. hail hitting the windshield there. and to the north in pennsylvania tonight -- unwelcome. whiteout conditions on i-80. let's get right to rob marciano, who starts us off with the snow and rain mix. >> reporter: we wrap up the month of march with a alberta clipper. we mentioned the snopes across parts of pennsylvania and the severe weather threat across the south. severe thunderstorm watches from georgia all the way back to oklahoma. warnings will be ongoing. weevil had a we've already had a report of baseball-sized hail. the system will go to the northern and central plains this could be a s

dean was with the seattle fire department for morning 40 year. he'll replace interim chief eugene jones. jones has led the d.c. fire and ems department since kenneth ellerby resigned. jones is credited with improving morale and increasing training after metro's deadly smoke incident in january. mayor bowser set to announce dean as the new chief at 10:30 this morning. as soon as that hop we will send a push alert to your phone. >>> today bob mcdonnell's lawyers will be back in court to deliver the opening briefs of his corruption appeal.former virginia governor's appeal case begins in may. he was convicted of corruption for trading political favors for thousands of dollars in gifts and loans. that was about six months ago. a judge sentenced mcdonnell to two years in federal prison. he does not have to go as long as his appeal case is pending. >>> coming up on 6:51. 33 degrees outside our studios. and i guess a lot of people are right on that line. >> and we'll stay this way for about another hour and a half or so. maybe around 9:00 that's when we'

maxwell won a super bell with the seattle seahawks. he will get a six year contract worth 60 million with 25 million guarantied over the first three seasons. we will talk about the eagles busy off season thus far live with merrill reese and paul jolowitz at 6:00 o'clock. stay with us. >>> sixers host chicago bulls tonight in south philadelphia. the team is looking to go back to back there with wins for the first time since january. the bulls lost three straight. lets get them tonight. >>> flyers and dallas stars at the well last night. stars tied the fly guys with the the first period goal by brent richie. flyers trying to stay alive in the playoff hunt but it is not looking good right new. flyers this 12-one on a third period goal by the stars. fly guys are now nine points out of the last playoff spot with 14 games left in the regular season. >>> well, some bad news for fightin phillies, doctor james andrews says cliff lee has the same tear in his elbow as last season when he missed most of the season. surgery could mean the the end o

turns out it was used in a music video shot by a seattle artist. if you're wondering how it got there, a five-person crew hauled it a full mile up the mountain using only a rope and a dolly. the hills did in fact come alive with the sound of music. >>> and who hasn't had the urge in the middle of the night to get up and grab a snack? in philadelphia prompted a 4-year-old girl to get dressed, leave her house and go to a nearby 7-eleven for a slushie. the driver called the police who took her to a hospital where she was finally reunited with her mother. no word whether she ended up with that drink. >>> we're back in a moment with a grand reopening that you're not going to want to . (vo) maggie wasn't thrilled when ben and i got married. i knew it'd take some time. and her sensitive stomach didn't make things easier. it was hard to know why... the move...her food...? so we tried purina cat chow gentle... ...because it's specially formulated for easy digestion. she's loved it ever since. and as for her and ben... ...she's coming around. purina cat chow

turns out it was used in a music video shot by a seattle artist. if you're wondering how it got there, a five-person crew hauled it a full mile up the mountain using only a rope and a dolly. the hills did in fact come alive with the sound of music. >>> and who hasn't had the urge in the middle of the night to get up and grab a snack? in philadelphia prompted a 4-year-old girl to get dressed, leave her house and to a nearby 7-eleven for a slushie. the driver called the police who took her to a hospital where she was finally reunited with her mother. no word whether she ended up with that drink. >>> we're back in a moment with a grand reopening that you're not going to want to . (vo) maggie wasn't thrilled when ben and i got married. i knew it'd take some time. and her sensitive stomach didn't make things easier. it was hard to know why... the move...her food...? so we tried purina cat chow gentle... ...because it's specially formulated for easy digestion. she's loved it ever since. and as for her and ben... ...she's coming around. purina cat chow ge

it is seattle's latest effort to combat poverty. the city council voted to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour the highest in the country. in bellevue washington, however bill gates is once again the richest man in the world. the philanthropist is worth a reported $79.5 billion. in other words bill gates will probably be paying a lot of money for a bus fare. that is all for "now." >>> good evening americans, and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get to work. tonight, putting the brakes on fast track. >> the last thing we need, mr. president, is another nafta. >> we were unanimous that we have to stop fast track. >> we're waiting on a vote. >>> later, what would ronald reagan do? >> i think a lot of people admire what we did in wisconsin. >> i remember my wedding anniversary because it is ronald reagan's birthday. >> the basic right of people to form free trade unions and to strike. >> what would happen if ronald reagan had shown up at this conference with that record? he

seattle is very good. arizona is better. rams improving and niners in disarray with the coach set. you don't know. i'm usually wrong about a lot of things. tell me. >> back to the niners. off season turned into extreme make over for the team. latest lane backer patrick willis retiring because his feet hurt so much from 8 years of pounding. make has more on today emotional goodbye. >> if i don't have what i know i need to give my team mates this organization the best chance to win then i can't be out there doing that. >> with that patrick willis retired after 8 seasons with the fraipers. 7 pro bowl and all pro selection. like all nfl players the health was his main concern. >> my health first and then everything is kind of make sense around it so can't ignore that. >> he's one of the greatest ever at his position and the hall of fame the next stop in 5 years. >> my head this today this closure this of this chapter to me feels like whole family type environment for me so whole thing anything more than this i get to be a part of it, it's amazing. >>reporter: in santa clara mike abc 7

knox returned to seattle but it wasn't over. a third trial overturned the acquittal. finally today italy's highest court completely ex nonowner rated knox and her ex-boyfriend. >> seven-year-old boy want to do support his older brother in the military. >> land him in the principal's office. it's all over adam's haircut. you see adam step brother justin a soldier who served in afghanistan. well the tennessee child decided he wanted a high and tight haircut just like his brother. but school officials called the haircut a discuss track. >> i told them that it's a high and tight. it's not a mohawk. it's a military haircut. and she said, well, we're not a military school and that it has to be cut or he cannot return to school until it is. >> the head of the school district says it does not have a policy against military haircuts saying it's up to each school to decide if the haircut is distracting. >>> all right. listen to this one. police say they offered to give this woman a ride if -- then she asked them if she could bring her marijuana. what else they found that led to

and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [gavel] the meeting will come to order. good afternoon everyo

when i was police chief in seattle, we had the slowdown also. todd owen both in his position now and also in his position at long beach, he worked very hard to have a whole series of additional support mechanisms whether it was going to be settled and now things were going to be moving quickly would we will be bringing people in or overtime, extra shifts, what are the different things we could do. those port directors have been pretty amazing whether oakland seattle and shift it from other locations when it came time that the cranes were operating fully and the cargo was coming off and there wasn't a new holdup. so we learned the lessons from six years ago and we learned a few more lessons this time. host: time for one more question. reporter: i'm here from southwest airlines. congratulations on the pre-clearance agreement with canada. could you address the possibility of pre-clearance agreement with mexico? commissioner: it is a little further off when it comes to the pre-clearance. the government of mexico and several of the airports vr shown

seattle. portland. high pressure. keach keeping us dry. few spots. mid, upper 80s. parts of the north bay tomorrow. full look at that. what you can expect in your sunday forecast coming of in a few minutes. back to you. off awe rob, thank you. new video into the newsroom now. the last of three hekersikers lifted out of danger from yosemite falls trail. video from the chp, agency's chopper hoists up a stranded hiker. he and two others got in trouble last night when they fried to take a short cut on the trail and climbed down a ledge. one person managed to get off the cliff and call for help. the chp rescued another hiker late last night. but they had to come back this morning. to pick up the second man. rangers say park visitors should stay on the trails and obey the safety signs. >> nice job, chp. next, a controversial law putting the state of indiana in the headlines. how silicon valley comepanies are reacting to the law. >> this 10-year-old broke world record last week with his fast feet. where he is running next. >> night vision without big huge glatsz. tell you

. >> a month later he was flown back to seattle for more treatment but he was about to get bad news. >> they just got routine tests and ocouple of months later some of my blood tests came back and said hey we need to isolate you and put new a room by yourself. you have an infection we have never seen before and there are only acouple ever occasions of this reported in the u.s. so we don't know what. >> his system was carrying a germ called mdn 1. in other words david richie had brought the superbug back to the united states and it was spreading through his body. doctors carved off more of david's leg but that wasn't enough. out of options they turned to a drug of last resort colostin, an antibiotic so strong it's rarely used. but the truth is you don't have to go to calcutta to catch a superbug. close to david's home in seattle, 11 died and another 32 were sickened between 2012 and 2013 after being exposed to a superbug. it's unclear if that bug actually caused the deaths because the patients had other problems. but this much is clear: up to 50% of patients who get had bug will die.

just a little more than two hours from soggy seattle sits yakima in a valley where orchards and vineyards flourish in the abundant sunshine of south central washington. >> reporter: and it was just outside yakima on a saturday in may 2013, that terra rockenfield was meeting her father-in-law. >> i'd sent him some messages early in the morning, asking if i could borrow his truck, cause i wanted to go to a nursery and he's like, well i'm gonna be out there anyway showing a house so i can just meet you there. >> reporter: terra's father-in-law, vern holbrook, was one of the best known and best selling realtors in this part of washington state. the meet time at the nursery was set to 11:15 a.m. >> i sent him a message when i got there and he said "clients running late, just got here, see you in a bit." and about 30 minutes later, i sent him a message and said that i was done. and i didn't hear anything. >> how much times goes by? >> two hours. >> did you think of going to look for him? >> yeah, i did. then i thought, well, no, i don't wanna interrupt him if he's with a client. do i regret tha

she spoke last night from her home in seattle. >> i am incredibly grateful for what has happened for the justice i received for the support i've had from everyone from my family, my friends to strangers to people like you you saved my life and i am so grateful. >> when asked what she would say to the family of her roommate who was killed, knox said quote i am the lucky one. >>> the racist chant sung by members of the university of oklahoma was taught during the frat's national leadership. it referenced lynching and used a racial slur. two students were expelled and two dozen face punishment. >>> dozens of high school students are cramping to find a place to -- scrambling to find a place to finish the academic year. charter school in warminster is filing for bankruptcy. senior matt is two months shy of graduating. >> i did my grad project, i had all as and bs and they hit me with this. >> he was going to school and he got a text message from a classmate that said don't bother going to school. it's closed. >> efforts to reach the administrators and the owners have gone unanswered. >>>

no dcomft. >> reporter: ridgeback a seattle man now heading toward strangers wedding. in the the ground to obeying jazzmen any e-mail bachelor party invites all of his friends for his party and silly but did not realize he misspelled his friend joey's last name. turns out e-mail landed in a different jollies in box and he thought the party soundalike find he says stopped and said he was the wrong guy but jeff insisted begun to the party anyway. >>: i had no idea we was the start to read the e-mail and i thought was pretty entertaining saw a figure out just stick on the air for a while and i did not want to say anything at first i told to come we love that year and even i even told him he was invited to the wedding. >> reporter: delays set up a goal and east go find me to pay for his plane ticket from seattle to philly. he got it and have to pay a dime he got so much support he is now donating more than $6,000 to the couple's honeymoon. >> reporter: is catechu is nice to make friends. at >> reporter: every was a rise maker coming up coming up on them kron 4 morning news

. >> no, in fact, i thought to take a tour at sea pack airport in seattle where they are taking steps not to just keep wildlife striking aircraft, making us safer in the air, but are taking steps to make bees a little safer. let's check it out. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> reporter: as one of the busiest airports in the north-west, seatac international serves 30 million passengers each year. most don't realise they are sharing airspace with half a million bees. >> we are standing in the middle of one of the three areas at cietac airport. >> bob is the executive director of common acre, a nonprofit bee conservation group, partnering with the port of seattle to form the flight path project. bee. >> reporter: let's talk about why it's important to conserve bees. tell me about colony collapse. >> first of all, bees pollonate a third of everything that humans eat. since 2006, there's a syndrome, mostly affecting commercial beekeepers in which the colonies enter a doom cycle and cannot produce enough bees to survive. the populations collapse. >> reporter: that is all honey. >> would you like to tas

bay area during the depression from my dad that i didn't know anything about seattle. in order to get that sense of the setting i spent days in the isuzu loeb library at the university of washington hunched over microfilm reading issues more or less random issues of the seattle times and the seattle pei from 1933 34, 35 and 36, from cover to cover reading the whole issue for a particular day knowing i wasn't going to use 99.9% or any of what i found but i found after doing that i would look for roving stuff for a while and more or less take a break. i would read a whole issue from cover to cover and i think it helped a lot because even though i threw out virtually all of what i learned it gave me a real sense of seattle in the 1930s. it taught me what kinds of movies were in town and how important movies were in the outset of the depression and what it meant to people, how much money it cost to go to a movie and what kind of a trade-off there was, just all kinds of little factoids that then i hoped would create a rich and reasonable semblance of what depression era sea

and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you let me know sfgovtv we're ready to begin the abatement appeals board hearing thank you, madam secretary. >> the time is 915 good morning today is march 18, 2015, this is the regular meeting of abatement appeals board i would like to remind everyone turn off all devices p&z are commissioner melgar commissioner mar committee is excused commissioner walker and we're expecting president clinch we have quorum at this time i'd like item b the oath for anyone who is going to be giving testimony will you please stand and raise your right hand. >> do you s

you can wa >>> guy from seattle got invited to a bachelor party in philadelphia by mistake. >> he decided to join the party anyway. he met a bunch of friends and miss spelled a bunch of their names. weeks later when it came time for final headcount he said he'd be glad to make it and raised more than $800,000 online to make the trip from seattle to philly. he might have to do it again since he's invited again to the wedding in may. >> that's all for our news at 7:00. we'll be back at 11:00. >> have a great night, everybody! we'll see you back here. ♪ ♪ whoo! mmm! ♪ ♪ ♪ oh yeah ♪ [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at fowllonyourola.com. >>> bieber, beyonce, angelina jolie. a weekend full of star surprises. >> it was, we've got the story behind their unexpected appearances. >> different is good. >> angie's joy with her kids after surgery. her heartfelt message. >> hold your head up high and be proud. >> plus, inside destiny child reunion. michelle williams is right here. she's going to share how they kept it all secret. >> then, are casper and j. lo ba

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we will get you into the weather forecast and we will start way up here near seattle. we usually never start this far north. i will show you the storm system we are tracking is centered so far north that the best possible rain fall is well away from us. now we are tracking the cold front, that gets close to the bay area. but still mainly north here of san francisco. so i really think the biggest impact from the storm system will be cloudier and cooler conditions. you can see throughout tonight, it is clear for us. tomorrow we begin to see the clouds increase throughout 9:00 in the morning. that's the difference we are talking about in the forecast for tomorrow. likely see high clouds extend through friday afternoon. that is as we head throughout friday evening. we have a small break but check this out. through saturday main branch of the storm system moving off to the north and that's where we get the potential of maybe showers from san francisco north ward on saturday morning. we will take out to forecast as we head throughout friday and largest difference again is cl

they want the law amended to not discriminate against gaz gays and lesbians. >> >> san francisco and seattle are were the first cities to boycott indiana. >>> a lot of unanswered questions in maryland tonight after a bizarre chain of events outside the national security agency. this morning, two men dressed as women, approached the nsa's ft. meed campus. they were told to leave, but the driver allegedly rammed the main gate and crashed into a police car. officers opened fire killing one of the men and wounding the other. an nsa officer was also injured in the attack. the fbi says it does not believe the attack is linked to terrorism but have yet to determine a motive. >> we have seen tremendous gains in language and eye contact. >> next year at 11:00 turning to marijuana to treat children. some moms say it's working and it should be legal. >>> also ahead, banning the babes. how a local tech convention is taking a stand. >>> and we're tracking gusty winds right now across the san francisco bay, up to 33 miles per hour. we'll tell you how that wind is cooling us down and how much lower the num

knox gave a brief comment outside her seattle home yesterday after italy's supreme court overturned the murder conviction against her and her former boyfriend. the pair has long maintained their innocence in the murder of knox's roommate, meredith kercher. knox was released from prison in 2011 but last year her acquittal was overturn. yesterday's decision is the final ruling in this case. >> you saved my life and i'm so grateful. and i'm so grateful to have my life back. >> knox recently got engaged and has been working as a free lance reporter for a seattle newspaper. >>> now to the crash of germanwings flight 9525. a german hospital is denying reports that it treated the co-pilot for depression but the hospital does confirm that andreas lubitz was there for a diagnostic evaluation on march 10th exactly two weeks before he deliberately crashed a passenger jet into a mountain in the french alps killing 150 people. that includes two americans with ties to our area. yesterday prosecutors announced that lubitz had hid evidence of an illness from the airline, including a doctor's note excus

and it is going right up here to seattle. the associated cold front is trying to get close to san francisco, but it is going to stay maply off to the north, but that is why the main impacts are going to be cloudier and cooler temperatures for us, and we will show you through the future cast cast, and here comes the cloud line through 7:00 and 8:00, and you will notice that yes, there is a little bit of the green here, but for us, there is not major rainfall and some drizzle squeezed out of the clouds tomorrow, and i think that it is going to be starkly different for the morning hours, but by the midafternoon and evening hour, we will undergo to break, and then through saturday sthashgs is the best possibility of picking up a few showers up to marin and napa and sonoma county. and now as we go through friday, tgif here early, and san jose instead of 73 for the peninsula and palo alto through 72 and the rest expecting 60 and going through the north bay and the east bay, and oakland at 70, and increasing cloud cover back here to

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last night she spoke from her home in seattle. >> i am incredibly grateful for what has happened for the justice i have received for the support i have had from my family and friends and strangers to people like you you saved my life and i am so grateful. >> when asked about what she would say to the family of her roommate who was killed, she said quote i am the lucky one. >>> investigation whose chant by members of the university of okay oklahoma. the chant referenced lynching and mentioned a racial slur. two were expelled and two failed spun some time. >>> delaware valley charter school filed for bankruptcy late wednesday and abruptly closed its door on thursday. students and staff were given no warning. >> i hope to graduate i did my grad project all my paperwork i had all as and bs all year. >> he feels going to school yesterday morning and he got a text message from one of his classmates don't bother going to school, school closed. a. >> a recording urged students to contact their local districts. >>> school students will be getting an extra holiday thanks to the pope. street cl

i went to a game with crummy weather in seattle. where my favorite team, the 49ers is playing in seattle. it was a great game. unfortunately they lost, but the difference i noticed was particularly this new stadium. the seats at levi stadium were pretty empty right after halftime. in seattle, it was packed and they were passionate and i thought that gave the team an advantage. do you think about developing technology and how it will affect what is happening on the field? the 12th man is an important deal for every stadium. jed: again that is part of the technology, getting people to stay in their seats and not have to leave and go back to the bar and everything else. for the first year at levi stadium, they are still trying to figure at the venue and figure out everything that work and does not work at levi stadium. it is a lot different than candlestick. from zero amenities to a lot of amenities. trying to transition to the next generation and really making levi is new home of the 49ers. cory: the super bowl, are the niners going t

a scary situation for a helicopter news crew in seattle. take a look at this. as a drone is seen flying just feet away from them. the news crew was flying at about 1500 feet, more than four times regulators allow for drones. a cameraman who filmed the drone was able to follow it to a man with a remote and law enforcement tracked him down at his house and we're told that no one there owned a drone so the f.a.a. is now investigating. the united nations is warning that the world could suffer a 40% shortfall in water by 2030. that is unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource. many underground water reserves are already running low while rainfall patterns are predicted to become more eradic with climate change. the shortfall could cause industries to fail and trigger violent conflicts over water rights. new at noon now, pope francis named a new auxiliary bishop of washington today. father rodriguez will become the next auxiliary bishop. the bishop elect is the vice president of mission for catholic charities of the archdiocese of washington. he

we should be okay in the seattle tacoma airport. we will clear out of the clouds in san francisco for a beautiful 65 latere will see chances of wet weather. dry san francisco southward. eureka and kansas city a slight chance of showers. >> spring showers, we're ready for it. >> ready for those flowers. >>> thank you so much bill. just ahead, why a bunch of drugs became legal in ireland, plus dramatic moments in south africa as a broadcaster is robbed just seconds before going live on the air. you're watching "early today." which means no eggo waffles . ♪ what's that sound? did you leave your hairdryer running? no. something smells delicious. how could something smell delicious when the toaster's broken? i smell sausage, egg, cheese and... eggo? l'eggo my eggo breakfast sandwich. the eggo breakfast sandwich. but the toaster's broken. it's sweet, it's savory, it's in your microwave. l'eggo my eggo breakfast sandwich. almay celebrates the true spirit of american beauty. which rises from the heart of our great country... dreams are bo

and the day in seattle continues. just treat each other with a little bit of respect and everything will be sunshine and rainbows. >> i support bikers. >> here we are with another edition of animal friends. we saw with sophie grant's video. she posted it on our "right this minute" facebook page. she's been trying to befriend this groundhog for years. she sprinkled some rose petals on the ground. >> the groundhog just wanted some romancing. >> a little touch and feel because that's what happens. >>> the final run has to be my favorite. it reminds me of that little phrase we learned from "sesame street." which one of these things is not like the other. here we have a carousel. here we have a dog riding. the dog doesn't try to get off! it's enjoying the ride. like the kids. >> it's sitting -- i mean come on. everything about this is amazing. god bless the internet. but what? >>> mom and daddy time is when mommy and daddy get to go upstairs and fold laundry or fold cars or -- >> read a book. >> or tell jokes, with the doo

the seattle man got invited to jeff's patch letter party by accident. he had been mistaken to friend of the groom with similar last name getting emails about the big party. after finding out about the mix-up, he invited him anyway. the bachelor party crasher raised thousands of dollars on line, to pay for his trip to philly and his new found friends, apparently, at the bachelor party. >> you know, he should have stayed back in seattle. temperatures cold. we want some that far mild pacific air. wish he could have brought some of that with him. that's put on hold for another couple of days. chilly outside right now. we check in with weather watchers, looking at low and mid 20's, now showing up. that's not even factoring in the wind. these are current air temperatures. jean in blue bell, he's got 26 degrees jerry sorry, 26 agrees at this hour, doug in southampton, 28, perkasie, chuck had 23, one of the colder spots yardley john coming in at 28 degrees, also 23 up in saylorsburg this hour. still hanging onto 31 clementon, new jersey, by david, marshall ton,

. >>> some business owners are sleepless in seattle for good reason, a new report on restaurants in the city closing their doors, mentions a new law that's set to pick kik in that will force businesses to raise their minimum wage on april 1st and pay workers 15 bucks an hour. john, this isn't the only place that's mandating higher wages. >> it's an economic fact of life, eric it destroys jobs, particularly those among the youth. when you look at france, they've had unemployment above 10% for literally a decade. even here in that's correct when we raised the minimum wage in 2007 youth unemployment started to rise and it really hasn't turned around since. there's an moral argument here as well. this is a free country, you should be able to work for whatever you want and offer whatever wage you want. government has no role in private voluntary relationships. >> wayne, a typical restaurant has 36% of its revenue going to labor and only take home 4%. if you raise that labor cost sometimes o 40%, 50% in seattle's case what are you going to do with profits? >> you're going to out of business i

and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon and welcome to the thursday march 12th special meeting of the san francisco transportation authority board. i believe we will be joined shortly by other members of the committee as well. i want to recognize s fchlt gchltfgtv and also want to recognize our clerk steve st amo s. mr. clerk can you please call item number 1. >> supervisor

dean was the seattle fire -- with that department for more than 40 years. he will replace interim chief eugene jones. jones has led the fire and ems department since kenneth ellerby resigned. jones is credited with improving morale as well as increasing training after metro's deadly smoke incident in january. mayor bowser set to announce dean at 10:30. as soon as that happen we'll send a push alert to your phone using the nbc washington app. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk with this happening right now. an offensive you said way to take back a city in iraq from isis. iraq's arm just launched a big military operation to recapture the city of tikrit from the this is a handlesaddam hussein's hometown. >>> today the feds are starting to dig into safety on metro trains. the federal transit administration will conduct a safety management inspection. officials will look at how safely wmata maintains and operates metro. this inspection is not related to january's deadly smoke incident. >>> today local leaders will also debate the proposed purple line. the maryl

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upper 80s in los angeles, phoenix. 50s and 60s from seattle to minneapolis. and washington, d.c., 40s. and atlanta, new york, boston. >> well, a lottery ticket holder who failed to claim $1 million in winnings has now lost that jackpot for good. >> oh. >> heartbreaking. the winning ticket sold in southern california last september. as the claiming deadline approached, lottery officials released surveillance video of a mystery man who bought the ticket. hoping he would come forward, but without that winning ticket which he lost. the prize money goes to california public schools. >> no way we could have -- they're telling us he is the winner. >> you got to have the ticket. that's the important thing. >> they're telling us he is the guy who won. >> yeah, the part of the rules is you got to have the ticket. but you know. i would say to this man, don't worry, maybe, maybe, the system has done you a favor. >> why? >> because a lot of people win the lottery big and they go crazy and lose everything. >> hey, a lot of people have bills and win the lottery and things w

there's box beam ceilings views over the seattle skyline, and over downtown ballard, and the seattle market now is unbelievable, it's the market to be in. it's an excellent opportunity in the sunset hill part. >> i love the views from that kitchen and great room robert thank you very much. robert mcdonald with us showing us what's for sale in seattle. i know you think we've had a tough winter, but a town in italy got more snow than boston had in january and february combined. in one day. that's coming up. ♪ at mfs, we believe in the power of active management. every day, our teams collaborate around the world to actively uncover, discuss and debate investment opportunities. which leads to better decisions for our clients. it's a uniquely collaborative approach you won't find anywhere else. put our global active management expertise to work for you. mfs. there is no expertise without collaboration. if you're running a business legalzoom has your back. over the last 10 years we've helped one million business owners get started. visit legalzoom today for the legal help you need to sta

playing in seattle maxwell was always tested since mess teams shied away from the corner on the other side richard sherman. he hopes he can teach some younger players what it takes to be a champion. >> experience can only help. maybe i can give something to the younger guy that he didn't have. so, i go in and see positives and leadership coming from my experience. >> now to baseball, the phillies and taking on the pirates in sunny clearwater. lets look at good weather and good baseball. cole hamels got the start this afternoon. he went three innings allowing this two run home run to jord i mercer in the top of the third. >>> phillies came back, jeff francoeur hit a single to the left in the sixth inning scoring hernandez as phillies beat pittsburgh three-two. >>> cliff lee threw a bull pen session today and afterward he said elbow felt the same. he has a small tear and cliff hopes he can endure discomfort and pitch through it this season. if not he will need season ending surgery. so busy day for the eagles and that is it for sports, we will have more news after ♪ ♪ ♪ you're onl