happy to see elijah again. also joining us from "snl," my very good friend, cecily strong. [ cheers and applause ] so excited to have her by my side again. and were going to also have music from ella henderson, who is just wonderful. [ cheers and applause ] now, people today -- i don't need to tell you this. people today are constantly texting. you can't go anywhere without seeing people texting. when i see these people, i always wonder what are they texting about? do you guys ever wonder what people texting about when you see them? yeah, enthusiastically yes. [ laughter ] well, thankfully, nbc has developed a new state of the art technology that will allow us to see what these messages are. and we're going to use that technology in a segment we call "what are they texting?" [ applause ] >> seth: all right, so here we have a woman with her dog in a park. let's see what she's texting. "i lost the dog again. he's such an idiot." i don't know if he's the idiot. this next photo is a woman on a train. i wonder what

they reconvene at elijah rising's headquarters. >> at elijah rising, we do the initial points of contact through the first 48 hours. that's what nobody else does. they land here, and then we take them either to detox or 30-day stabilization, and hopefully on to a long-term program. >> elijah rising staff members organize a detailed plan for coco's immediate future and find her accommodations outside of houston. at the safe house where she will be taken, she'll have access to psychologists and professional counselors. >> wow! what a difference 12 hours makes. >> the person shaking in my arms hours earlier, you wouldn't recognize her. >> she looks just robust, healthy, normal, radiant, and she had her little 6-month-old baby. i could just, like, like this atomic explosion of hope in me. stabilize. she's going to stabilize for a little bit. >> if i didn't go with them, i would still be knocking on doors at this moment. i'm actually in a safe place right now, in my head, in my heart. >> coco's days as a victim may have come to an end, but for dottie and kat, their effort to rescue other sex

elijah, protected by the stroller, is uninjured. public safety director jeffrey lewis is impressed by courier's quick actions. >> she acted very quickly, calmly. she ran immediately to the child and got the child out of harm's way. >> police later find the minivan abandoned nearby, but the driver is nowhere to be found. when police review the security video from inside the convenience store, they identify a 20-year-old, antonio ragland. the muskeegan prosecutor's office issues an arrest warrant, charging him with leaving the scene of a crime and driving without applying for a license. both are misdemeanors. in 2014 while in jail facing unrelated felony charges, ragland pleads no contest and is sentenced to 30 days in jail for his role in the stroller-dragging incident. courier realizes just how fortunate she and elijah are to have escaped virtually unharmed. >> i realized how short life really is. i realized you have to cherish and love your kids no matter what. and hold them close because you don't know what can happen. >>> securit

. >> and now -- >> hi, daddy, it's me, elijah joe, your little boy. you seem to have forgotten about me and mommy. >> now the incarcerated lovers might have another mouth to feed. >> either she's telling the truth about the kid, or she's completely psychotic -- or both. ♪ ♪ >>> though grand rapids is the second largest city in michigan, its residents describe it in terms of small town charm and stable communities. on any given day, about a thousand others face uncertain futures. >> get ready. make sure you shut your door when you come out. make sure you make your bed. >> they reside behind the razor wire fences and brick walls of kent county jail. most of the inmates here are accused of crimes and are awaiting trial or the resolution of their cases. upon being booked into the jail, they change street clothes for jail uniforms and leave personal possessions, including cash and jewelry in sealed bags that will be stored until they're released. >> but a minor exception was made for brian. >> the guy when he was doing the patdowns, we had a long discu

thank god for tray gaudy and elijah cummings. when they say there was no manipulating of the american people, that is absolute garbage. when they say that there was no evidence that the cia personnel misled the congress regarding changing the talking points, that was a lie because i was on the end of the receiving lie. >> people say this is enough already, that we don't need another investigation, that we shouldn't be spending taxpayer money. >> right. >> -- on yet another investigation. your -- >> my response is -- my response is that if we're overreaching, if trey gowdy and elijah cummings are doing this for the wrong reason, it will blow up in their face. if the things i'm saying about this episode fail to bear fruit, it will blow up in my face. but the people who have been looking at benghazi in a stove-pipe fashion have not come up with a reasonable explanation for all of the shennanigans and the fact of not being prepared on 9/11 and i hope a joint committee looking at all three agencies together rather than stovepiping can

>> in my view, trey gowdy and elijah cummings are doing a good job at looking at benghazi as a whole. d.o.d. and the intel community -- >> and yes or no,r senator graham. >> no, no. i think that the report is full of crap. quite frankly. >> why? >> to say that mike -- >> why? >> well, the deputy director of the cia, when i asked him who, do you foe who changed the talking points with senator ayotte and mccain and susan rice sitting by his side, and he said that the fbi changed the talking points when it came to references of al qaeda and only later did he find out that mike morrel was deeply involved in the talking points, the director of the fbi when he was sitting in front of a congressional panel and he was asked, does anybody here e know who changed the talking points, and so, he sat silent, and so, no, the intel community lied. >> so you're saying the intel community is lying to the house intelligence committee. the administration's not exonerated -- >> no, i'm saying the house intelligence committee is doing a lousy job policing their own. i'm saying that anybody who has followe

>> elijah, i'll take care of the questions. >> i think it will fit. we can try it. you can see our other cast member has a large head as well, so -- >> did bartholemew have side burns. >> nice little curly -- >> i kind of like it. >> it's not too much different from what you have. >> no, it is. nice encroaching hairline, full head of curly hair. bartholemew had it going on. >> yeah. >> upstairs, the lights have dimmed and the performance has begun. backstage, lights are bright and it's kind of weird. >> that's so funny. >> this is victoria. in just a few moments she's going to the casual ward. it's kind of a sad painting, isn't it? >> yeah. >> look right there and give me the saddest look you can. >> so sad. >> hello again. oh, i remember you. you were that smart alec kid in makeup. >> he always knocks my hat off. >> report for makeup. "last supper" check in at the door. >> that's me. >> i'm going in. >> first stop in my extreme biblical makeover where i'm fitted for a t-shirt described as very new testament. now it's time to get pantyhose put on my head. we're goin

. >> 9-year-old jason rivera recalling the terrifying seven hours he was trapped with cousin elijah under snow. the boys say they were building a snow igloo when a plow driver clearing this parking lot unknowingly sealed them in. the boys became increasingly desperate and cold. the space so tight they could only move their legs. >> i was gasping for air. and i punched up towards the hole and made a little tiny space. >> when 10:00 hit and the boys be hadn't returned home, the parents began canvassing the area. >> i said we have to call the cops. something is wrong. >> that launched a massive search effort from police and 30 people in the community. the search ended 2:00 in the morning thanksgiving day when an officer spotted a shovel out of a snow bank and started digging. underneath, two cold but relieved boys. >> i feel so happy. everything that we went through fell right off my back. >> wow. that is a a remarkable story. when asked what they wanted to do as soon as they got home from the hospital, both boys answered at the same time, eat and elijah claiming go to disney world. hopefull

news from nbc denver affiliate 9 news, rape suspect delivered to authorities by mother. 19-year-old elijah jordan jackson was arrested last thursday after his mom drove him to the county jail. he's accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in february. >>> and on nj.com, bamboozled what happens when a 3750 bottle of wine really costs $3750. yes, it happened at a casino in atlantic city. joe lentini asked the waitress to recommend a bottle. of course she pointed to screaming eagle oakville 2011 saying it cost thirty-seven fifty. he ordered it not knowing she meant 3700. after some complaining, the price was reduced to 2200 bucks. the borgata stands by its policy saying proper practices were followed. >>> some of the stories we're following for you, two new york city police officers are facing assault charges. surveillance video shows the officers punching and hitting a 16-year-old drug suspect in brooklyn. in happened in august. the lawyer for the teens say the officers had no reason to stop him. >>> president obama is firing back after nba legend michael jordan dissed his golf game

when someone opened the door, elijah couplings was shot several times. he's in stable condition tonight and while investigators say they don't think this was a random shooting, they don't have anyone in custody. >>> new at 6:00, we learned more information tonight about a story we told you about on news4 at 5:00. charging documents show the two men who kidnapped a woman in northeast thanksgiving morning strangled her and tasered her in the face repeatedly as she cried for help. one of the men is in jail but police are searching for a second man. mark segraves has more on the investigation. >> it's just a lot of fear going on right now. >> reporter: it was just after 3:00 thursday morning. police say a woman was attacked by two men with a stun gun. they took her away, sexually assaulted and robbed her. >> are you serious? it's terrible. >> reporter: within hours, 31-year-old paul xavier williams of northwest d.c. was in custody. >> they're so close to home. it's right here. i mean, it's too close, you know. i don't wish it on any other neighborhood or any

aren't the words you ever want to hear from the mouths of 9 and 11-year-olds, but cousins jason and elijah had good reason to be scared after they were trapped in a snow bank for hours. >> me and my cousin, we couldn't feel part of our bodies. i couldn't feel my legs. he couldn't feel the whole half of his body. >> reporter: wednesday night the boys were building a snow fort in the parking lot near their newburg apartment building when a snow plow unknowingly pushed a pile of snow on top of them. >> we got scared and told him to stop but he didn't hear us. >> reporter: jason's mom, police and neighbors launched an all-out search when the police missed their 9:00 curfew. the newburg police officers who initially responded are her heroes, she says. >> they went above and beyond looking for my boys, for both of them. and they wouldn't give up. they were standing there out in the cold. >> reporter: it was officer brandon rola who noticed the shovel sticking out of the snow and realized the boys could be buried and started digging. dozens more joined in before the boys were pulled from the snow

the cousins nine-year-old jason rivera and 11-year-old elijah martinez had been building a snow fort when a plow came along and pushed snow up against it. a police officer saw their shovel and started digging for those boys. they said they did everything they could to break free. >> me and my cousin were building a fort in the snow. we were under for a few minutes and the whole top of the fort just fell on us. >> motivating each other like to like not go to sleep, keep yelling, keep moving our bodies, trying to break out. >> smart little boys there. eyewitnesses said the police officers who pulled them out of the snow bank got a round of applause. >>> and delaware county dozens of dogs and cats have new homes for the holidays. today the delco spca invited black friday shoppers to adopt one of the first placements of the day was pearl the pitbull. she was found starving in a backyard in chester october 7th butter this morning a healthy and energetic pearl headed to her forever home. >> just so much spirit, so much personality and that was never broken by the people who did this to her

reporter: an unsuspecting snowplow driver dumps snow on top of 9-year-old jason and his 11-year-old cousin elijah. >> i couldn't move this whole part of my body. >> reporter: trapped for four hours, the boys struggled to survive. >> motivating each other to like not go to sleep. keep yelling. >> reporter: from snow to black ice, a 50-car pileup near niagra falls. in cleveland, slick streets stranded dozens in blinding lake effect snow. heavy snow in new jersey toppled trees. rod borden lost his vehicle, a falling power pole almost took his life. >> i saw this humongous flash, and the next thing i know, i heard this crash. >> reporter: while the cold seems here to stay, at least there's less snow in the forecast. good news for everyone headed home. miguel almaguer, nbc news, new york. >>> and we're back with more on this friday night from new york right after this. >>> it was the most benign holiday feature on the "new york times" website, an interactive piece, showing thanksgiving recipes state by state. regional specialties. except for the one they picked for minnesota. as you're about to see, i

. >> reporter: feeling nervous but relieved cousins jason rivera, 9, and elijah martinez, 11, recall their terrifying thanksgiving ordeal. >> i was thinking that me and my brother were going to die. me, too. >> reporter: the two boys had been building notice forts in newburgh, new york, when they did not arrive home by their 9 p.m. curfew. a snowplow operator is believed to have not seen the boys playing and covered them with a 7-foot mound of snow. the snow became heavier and heavier pressing down on the cousins while the hours ticked by. y 'jgrÑthroat was hurting. i was like gasping for air. >> reporter: finally a dog led a team of rescuers to where the boys were buried. >> they heard the sounds of kids under the snow and were digging them out. >> reporter: rescuers didn't wait using their hands to claw at the snow. >> when i got there the little boy as he feet was there and he was shaking and he was like mommy mommy. >> reporter: the boys were treated and released at a nearby hospital. >> i want to thank everybody. >> i want to thank everybody. >> reporter: they say their days

elijah walter jackson was shot in the 5800 block of steven forest road when a man wearing a mask barged into his apartment and started shooting. police believe the people inside that apartment were targeted by the gunman. tonight jackson is in stable condition. >>> instead of hitting the malls to pay for holiday gifts, some d.c. residents paid their respects at the wilson building to the man dubbed mayor for life, marion barry who died last weekend. >> our jim osman is live tonight at the wilson building where the stage will be set for an enormous outpouring for the late mayor and council member. >> reporter: good evening. this is the last night to sign the condolence book for marion barry at the wilson building here, but the extended tributes will start full force next week. the entranceway to the wilson building draped in black as a sign of a mourning city and people lining the hallway inside a sign of the late marion barry's legacy. they are here this black friday to pin remembrances to barry. >> i'm here to sign it to give my gratitude for what marion barry has done along with my ot

news from nbc denver affiliate 9 news rape suspect delivered to authorities by mother. 19-year-old elijah jordan jackson was arrested last thursday after his mom drove him to the county jail. he's accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in february. >>> some other stories we're following. president obama is firing back after nba legend michael jordan who dissed his golf game during a radio interview, the president said this "there is no doubt that michael is a better golfer than i am. of course, if i was playing twice a day for the last 15 years, then that might not be the case." >> michael is not going to say that. >> he's got a point there. >>> a 26,000-pound spruce is making its way from pennsylvania to rockefeller center. take a look. it will be the centerpiece of their christmas decorations. the annual lighting ceremony will take place soon. >>> entertainment news. at the country music awards brad paisley revealed carrie underwood is going to be having a baby boy with her husband mike fisher. congratulations to them but that wasn't the only highlight of the night. luke brya

reporter: an unsuspecting snowplow driver dumps snow on top of 9-year-old jason and his 11-year-old cousin elijah. >> i couldn't move this whole part of my body. >> reporter: trapped for four hours, the boys struggled to survive. >> motivating each other to like not go to sleep. keep yelling. >> reporter: from snow to black ice a 50-car pileup near niagra falls. in cleveland, slick streets stranded dozens in blinding lake effect snow. heavy snow in new jersey toppled trees. rod boarden lost his vehicle, a falling power pole almost took his life. >> this humongous flash and the next thing i know i heard this crash. >> reporter: while the cold seems here to stay, at least there's less snow in the forecast. good news for everyone headed home. miguel almaguer, nbc news, new york. >>> still ahead for us on this friday night, a contender for the least loved holiday dish and the good people of minnesota do not want the blame for it. >>> and later, the force awakens, at least the trailer has awakened. our very first glimpse of the new "star wars" movie. share her passions.ho lovo grandma! mary has atrial

reporter: an unsuspecting snowplow driver dumps snow on top of 9-year-old jason and his 11-year-old cousin elijah. >> i couldn't move this whole part of my body. >> reporter: trapped for four hours, the boys struggled to survive. >> motivating each other to like not go to sleep. keep yelling. >> reporter: from snow to black ice a 50-car pileup near niagra falls. in cleveland, slick streets stranded dozens in blinding lake effect snow. heavy snow in new jersey toppled trees. rod borden lost his vehicle, a falling power pole almost took his life. >> this humongous flash and the next thing i know i heard this crash. >> reporter: while the cold seems here to stay, at least there's less snow in the forecast. good news for everyone headed home. miguel almaguer, nbc news, new york. >>> still ahead for us on this friday night, a contender for the least loved holiday dish and the good people of minnesota do not want the blame for it. >>> and later, the force awakens, at least the trailer has awakened. our very first glimpse of the new "star wars" movie. very fir new "star wars" movie. share her passions.h

the cups since then-year-old jason rivera and 11-year-old elijah martinez had had been building a snow fort wednesday night when a plow came along and pushed snow against it a police officer saw their shovel and started digging for them. the boys say they did everything they could to break free. >> me and my cousin were both in a fort in the snow. the whole top of the fort just fell on us. motivating each other like to -- like not go to sleep. keep yelling. keep moving our body trying to break out. >> smart boys. eyewitnesses say the police officers who pulled that many out of the snow bank got around of applause. >>> just how low can gas price goss? the price of crude oil dropped 10% today that means drivers will continue to pay less at the pump. according to the triple a nationwide average for a gallon of regular fuel now stands at $2.79. that is the lowest level in five years. analysts forecast prices will continue to fall and could go as low as 2.50-gallon. let's take a look what people are paying locally. pennsylvania drivers paying $2.95 a gallon. new jersey drivers paying $2.66

one of the students that was wounded during the shooting says he forgives the shooter. 18-year-old elijah valez is recovering from his injuries. he was grazed by a bullet during thursday's chaos. the shooters motive is not entirely understood. valez says he is grateful to survive. authorities are interviewing a number of people who knew the shooter as they tried to determine a motive. >>> and good morning. live in the weather center. it's a little breezy as we take a live look on top of mount tam. full details on your sunday forecast when we return. >>> welcome back. happy sunday even. lots of sunshine out there and it's here to stay for awhile. here is erika with your forecast. how long are we talking? >> until thanksgiving so perfect timing for anyone traveling earlier in the week. if you are heading to grandma's house, we are talk about lots of sunshine and low 70s. right now however heading out cold conditions. no longer dealing with your morning lows. santa rosa now at 44 degrees. we gained a few there. 50s leaving the house in san jose. 56 in downtown san francisco. future cast 4 sh

elijah cummings wrote a letter demanding answers. they say social security numbers may have been compromised in this attack. it also says customers who contacted the post office by phone or e-mail from january until august 16th may have also been compromised. they say customers and people using their website were not affected. >>> on veterans day we're joined by actress melissa fitzgerald. you may remember her from the drama, "the west wing." >>> plus, the winter weather punishing parts of the midwest. stay w >>> on this veterans day, members of the military and retired veterans health a wreath laying ceremony on the national mall. they honored the men and women who lost their lives serving our country. it's just one of several ceremonies throughout the region. >>> carol? >> i'm right behind you. >> what is this doing in the briefing pile? >> i put it there. >> justice is misspelled on the cover page, carol. really? >> there's melissa fitzgerald having fun and putting the spotlight on an important organization. the group justice for

. >> 11-year-old elijah martinez and his counce were boyding a snowfort when the plow piled pfeifer more feet of snow. after an exhaustive search-and- rescue effort police were and to free the boys after seven hours. >> i felt so happy, like everything that we went through, like fell right off my back. >> when asked what they wanted to do to celebrate their rescue, the younger boy said eat, but the older was pushing for a trip to disney world. a new york family is celebrating for winning the record for the most christmas lights for the second time. they are lit up by more than 600,000 lights put together by. [ music ]. the family won in 2012 and lost to australians this year and this weekend received official word of again earning the begines title. father and son are thrilled to take that record back. >> we estimate total man hours to do the. [ music ] and set the whole display up, 2,000 hours. >> we have the most fun putting it up together. >> it's a great experience. >> australia is still on top as far as commercial property lights of a shopping center won this year's record for a stu

>> elijah i'll take care of the questions. >> do you think this will fit? >> i think it will fit, as you can see our other cast member has a large head as well, so -- >> did bartholomew have side burns? >> he had a nice curley -- >> i kind of like it. >> it's not too much different than what you got already? >> no, it is. it has a nice encroaching hairline full of curley hair. bartholomew had it going on. >> yeah. >> upstairs the lights have dimmed and the performance begun. backstage the lights are bright and it's kind of weird. >> that's so funny. >> this is victoria. in a few moments, she's going to the casual ward. it's a sad painting, isn't it? >> yeah. >> look right there, and give me the saddest look you can. that's so sad. >> logan. >> what's up? i remember you. you're that smart alec kid in make-up. >> he always knocks my hat off. >> attention on the patio, will the following report to make-up. last supper one, check in at the door. >> first stop in my extreme makeover, wardrobe. a t-shirt that is best described as very new testament. now it's my t

>> this was the scene after police and neighbors finally real lightsed 9-year-old jason rivera and elijah martinez were trapped. they were building a snow fort when a plow dumped more snow on top of them, 7 feet of snow. legs were draped but they wereable to breathe thanks to air pocket they created. >> motivating each other like to not go to sleep. keep moving our body. i knew if we would have fallen asleep we would have woken up -- probably not woken up because we were close. >> how about that. a search parties stood up when the parents didn't return after dark. a police officer noticed shovels boys were using while playing and they were recovered a short time later. i always expect guys to be just fine. >> lots of joys of being a sglaernt that's okay. >> that's the important part. i'll tell you the stuff kids do. it's note breaking. >> i understand. >> it was chilly today, walter. >> yes, it was. >> great news on the way as we get to the second half of the holiday weekend. these temperatures do warm-ups. something to look forward to here. sky6 live in hd looking at the center city sky

he equates himself with the prophet elijah. >> he thinks he's a prophet? >> he thinks he's a prophet. god speaks directly to him. all of this is utterly nonammish and it's bizarre. >> do you think he belongs there? >> yes, definitely, he definitely belongs in jail no doubt about that simply because he is a a threat to other people. >> i just find it incredible that the only way to catch him was with hate crime laws. it surely seems to me you would be able to charge him with some other crime with the predatory things that he has done. but i guess if the victims don't want to testify i december the prosecutor's hands -- i guess the prosecutor's hazard are very much limited . >> you would describe him as paren agaid? >> i would describe him as renegade, and he and his followers as renegade. they were once amish but they veered off the amish path. >> that path begins here. whenever we arrived in bergholz, a woman emerged, her name martha mullet, sam mullet's wife. >> how long have you lived here? >> 19 years. we had a nicings community here. >> she wanted to s

he equates himself with the prophet elijah. >> he thinks he's a prophet? >> he thinks he's a prophet. god speaks directly to him. all of this is utterly nonammish and it's bizarre. >> do you think he belongs there? >> yes, definitely, he definitely belongs in jail no doubt about that simply because he is a a threat to other people. >> i just find it incredible that the only way to catch him was with hate crime laws. it surely seems to me you would be able to charge him with some other crime with the predatory things that he has done. but i guess if the victims don't want to testify i december the prosecutor's hands -- i guess the prosecutor's hazard are very much limited . >> you would describe him as paren agaid? >> i would describe him as renegade, and he and his followers as renegade. they were once amish but they veered off the amish path. >> that path begins here. whenever we arrived in berg holz, a woman emerged, her name martha mullet, sam mullet's wife. >> how long have you lived here? >> 19 years. we had a nice ings community here. >> she wanted t

. >> reporter: cousins jason and elijah had good reason to be scared after they were trapped in a snow bank for hours. >> me and my cousin, we couldn't feel part of our bodies. i couldn't feel my legs. he couldn't feel the whole half of his body. >> reporter: wednesday night, the boys were building a snow fort in the parking lot of their newburg apartment building when a snow plow unknowingly pushed a pile of snow on top of them. >> we got scared. we started screaming and telling him to stop but he didn't hear us. >> reporter: when the boys missed their 9:00 pm curfew, jason's mom, police and neighbors launched an all-out search. the two newburg police officers who initially responded are her heroes. >> i just want to say they went above and beyond looking for my boys, for both of them. they wouldn't give up. they were out there in the cold. >> reporter: officer brandon rola noticed the shovel sticking out of the snow, realized the boys could be burred and started digging. dozens more joined in before the boys were pulled from the snow. >> they were mostly crying for each other. they w

. >> independent vermont senator bernie sanders and maryland senator elijah cummings, want generic drug companies to provide a rebate to medicaid, if their prices rise faster than inflation. they say the drugs in question represent a small percentage of the nonbranded money saving drugs on the market. maria ines ferre, al jazeera, new york. >> to discuss the rising cost of generic drugs is pharmacist robert frankel. >> what's behind the spike. >> well, it can be a variety of issues. production problems, raw material shortages, the fda has increased scrutiny on some manufacturing plants especially in india where over 40% of the prescription drugs in america are manufactured. and there's also a consolidation in the marketplace where different generic manufacturers are buying each other out and thereby causing fewer manufacturers to make any given drug. >> on that point i know there are a lot of finger pointing. who's to whraim -- who's to blame? >> it's the fda a little bit. you have to point the fingers directly at them. all of these factors can increase drug prices by five, ten, 20% and

actors are on them, and when i say actors i refer to anyone less than 18 years of age, river phoenix or elijah wood or something like that. one thing that gets me is that our society is so adamant about the adult-child sexual issues, yet they, and as you know, media provides sex for enticement to whatever product they are attempting to sell, and sometimes they present us with children with no clothes on in soap commercials and things like that. those things disturb me. those things disrupt my serenity. i am too young in the recovery to be able to shut off the impulses that go through my body. >> while most agree that they don't want these men living next door to them, many patients' rights advocates advocate it is wrong to keep them locked up in a mental institution indefinitely after they have served out the sentences. a class action suit filed by inmates says they are wrongfully incarcerated. matthew hennessey works with the svps and he has heard many of the complaints. >> if you try to put yourself in their shoes for a little bit, you can understand why. a lot of the men have been in prison

actors are on them, and when i say actors i refer to anyone less than 18 years of age, river phoenix or elijah wood or something like that. one thing that gets me is that our society is so adamant about the adult-child sexual issues, yet they, and as you know, media provides sex for enticement to whatever product they are attempting to sell, and sometimes they present us with children with no clothes on in soap commercials and things like that. those things disturb me. those things disrupt my serenity. i am too young in the recovery to be able to shut off the impulses that go through my body. >> while most agree that they don't want these men living next door to them, many patients' rights advocates advocate it is wrong to keep them locked up in a mental institution indefinitely after they have served out the sentences. a class action suit filed by inmates says they are wrongfully incarcerated. matthew hennessey works with the svps and he has heard many of the complaints. >> if you try to put yourself in their shoes for a little bit, you can understand why. a lot of the men have been in prison

let me bring in congressman elijah cummings. first off, i've got ask you -- thank you, first of all, for joining us and congratulations on your tenth term there. congressman, what do you make of the notion there are mixed messages. someone made it clear the president is not going to abandon his base. it was noted in his comments yesterday. he heard those who voted and he also heard those who did not. the largest group who did not show up, minorities, young people, women, the young people who supported the president and who don't want to see obamacare repeal and want to see immigration reforms. will the president protect the base and his agenda? >> yeah. i think it's going to be balancing act. i didn't necessarily see it as mixed messaging, by the way. on the one hand as he said throughout that press conference, he's going out there every day and trying to make life better for american citizens, period. and where he can work with the republicans, he will. and i thought mitch mcconnell's tone was a good tone. and i think he's open

. >> elijah, i baptize you in the name of the father and of the son, and of the holy spirit, amen. >> through his ministry, the youngest of his flock become sons and daughters of god. >> what is it like to play such a significant role in people's lives? >> it's just a great honor. you talk about people hungering god in a powerful way. this is one of the big ways. their parents are saying this is what, we want god to be the center of your life, and we're going to do our best to raise you in it and never let you forget it. >> these children have been reborn in baptism. the father, the son and the holy spirit bless you. amen. thanks so much. that was beautiful. >> thank you, father. >> even though this is your third child, you are just beaming today. what does it mean to you? >> our faith is the most important thing to our life. and it's his very first sacrament, and the washing away of original sin and welcoming him into our church and i believe in our faith and to just envision that grace coming down upon him and god blessing him in that way. just makes my heart burst. >> today father

. >> reporter: the significance of ferguson is not lost on 8- year-old elijah and 11-year-old earl. >> i hope that they can just let it go and stop shooting so much. >> i really hope that this will stop happening. >> reporter: in spite of a feeling of deja vu, the mothers and sons we talked to today still believe that hope can rise from the chaos. >> not only are we hopeful, but we're resilient and excited to watch what our children can do coming out of this. >> if you are still trying to figure out how to discuss ferguson with your children, dr. mcgee says it is key to make that conversation age appropriate. she says you should let your children express their hopes or concerns first. and then take it from there. >>> right now prince george's county police officers are on the hunt for a hit-and-run driver that left one man dead. the crash happened just before 2:00 a.m. on mlk jr. highway near forbes boulevard and lanham on sunday. investigators say the driver of the car went up the curb killing the bicyclist. the car will have front end damage on the right side a broken headlamp and a

morning, the two little boying trapped for seven hours in snow are telling about the ordeal. 9-year-old elijah and 11-year-old. do you feel good? >> so good. >> yeah? >> i just to want go home. >> reporter: watch the dramatic video of their rescue. >> trapped in a snowbank, two little babies. >> reporter: a snowplow threw a wall of snow on top of the cousins as they played, creating a snow fort. it was an air pocket to breathe. their legs buried. nobody could hear their screams. you were trapped with a block of ice on you. >> only could move one of his arms. >> reporter: the pile of snow is almost as tall as i am. and the moms never heard the kids screaming inside. >> motivating each other to like not go to sleep. keep yelling, keep moving our body. trying to break out. because i knew if we would have fallen asleep, we wouldn't wake up. we probably wouldn't wake up, would be so cold, frozen, probably. >> yeah, we were scared. >> reporter: and finally at 2:00 a.m., this. an officer spots a shovel and starts digging. the community helping. >>let them be all right. >> everybody was working togeth

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live pictures, baltimore city congressman elijah cummings speaking out, warming up the crowd there. the first lady will be urging support for anthony brown and his bid for governor. mrs. obama arrived at a get out e vote rally just a short time ago. this a live look. president obama was in prince george's county for brown last week. >>> there he is with chris christie. final day of campaigning could be critical according to recent polls. the governor's race in maryland is now one of the tightest in the country. virginia has a brand new voter i.d. law that will impact just about anybody headed to the polls in the commonwealth. aaron gilchrist will show you what you can absolutely not forget. plus, why voter turnout could be the deciding factor for the balance of power in congress. that's all ahead in our next half hour. >>> first at 4:00, he's well dressed and he's wanted for bank robbery. this man is accused of holding up the bb & t bank on warrenton road in fredericksburg, virginia. it happened around 10:15 this morning. the suspect was wearing a yellow tie and a dress shirt. he re

. >> all right, barbara and elijah and melanie, thank you so much. she will take the check. i think they've got another check from washington first bank. which has also collected just about half of that food over there. joseph is the chair of the board. >> we've collected three vans full of food at our 17 branches of washington first bank around the metro area and we also have partners at tyson's corner and adler's jewelers at great falls who also collected food and donations. we're pleased to be able to make our contribution and work with nbc 4. >> he's got a $10,000 check to present. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you all so much. call our phone bank or make your secure online donation at nbcwashington.com. it's food for families. barbara, back to you. >> all right, thank you. we have some breaking news happening right now. let's check in at the live desk to find out what's going on. >> university of virginia students just wrapped up a news conference addressing their concerns following those rape allegations at their school. these allegationings has have sn all fr

democrats from clair mccaskill to elijah cummings pointing to the department of justice's still pending investigation. reacting to the forced resignationful chuck hagel. a lot for the white house to deal with right now. joining us to talk about both of these stories. democratic senator bill nelson of florida. the arm armed services committee. thank you very much for being here, sir. i want to talk about this story in ferguson. as a long time democrat how has jay nixon handled it. was there a failure of leadership? >> can't speak to that. i can speak to the policy and i would first of all agree with the president in calling for calm. i would also agree with the president that we need to look beyond the immediate. what are the conditions in this country that is causing so much strife? if you look at our history, we have had a very stable country, we always had a large and a pyring middle class. when we start dividing and america becomes two americas, with the very well off and very unwell off, then we are going continue to have clashes. you have seen that in the tax policy. you have seen

all right, we're here to see the two brave boys. 9-year-old jason rivera and 11-year-old elijah martinez, cousins. you feel good? >> i feel good. yeah, i just want to go home. >> reporter: they had been playing in the snow, building a snow fort, when a snowplow came by and accidentally threw a wall of snow on top of them. he was right next to you, but you couldn't see each other. it was just pitch black. >> i only saw his hoodie, because it was glowing. >> reporter: thankfully, their heads were in an air pocket. but you had a block of ice on you. i mean, you were trapped? >> the only thing he could move was one of his arms. that's it. >> reporter: the pile of snow is almost as tall as i am. and both of the moms walked by back and forth. they never heard the kids screaming inside. this officer spotted a shovel and he started digging, finding a boot. >> reporter: the community joins in. >> so i really want to thank them, thank everybody else who jumped out and gave us shovels and just dug, dug, and didn't give up on looking for them. >> reporter: what do you want to say to the community? >

for seven hours in snow are telling us about their ordeal. 9-year-old jason rivera and 11-year-old elijah martinez. do you feel good? do you feel -- >> so good. >> reporter: yeah? >> i just to want go home. >> reporter: watch the dramatic video of their rescue. >> trapped in a snowbank, two little babies. >> reporter: a snowplow threw a wall of snow on top of the young cousins as they played, building a snow fort. that fort creating an air pocket for them to breathe. their legs buried. nobody could hear their screams. you had a block of ice on you. so i mean, you were trapped. >> the only thing he could move was one of his arms. that's it. >> reporter: the pile of snow is almost as tall as i am. and the moms were walking back and forth and never heard those kids screaming inside. >> motivating each other to like not go to sleep. keep yelling, keep moving our body. trying to break out. because i knew if we would have fallen asleep, we wouldn't wake up. we probably wouldn't wake up, would be so cold, frozen, probably. >> yeah, we were scared. >> reporter: and finally at 2:00 a.m., this. an

joining me now is maryland congressman elijah cummings. government reform committee. what are democrats going to offer? good to see you and thank you for being with us. >> good being with you. >> it was not a good election for you guys. it was a tough one. a lot of lessons to be learned and i think we are going to have to put the mirror to our own face and make sure we do corrective action. clearly the republicans nationalized this election and tried to make government look incompetent and basically took president obama and tried to say he was not going to get a job. we got cut up in the nation and got cut up in distraction. >> what do you think the democrats should do. changes in the white house staff? >> i trust the president with regard to the staff, i would never tell anyone how to deal with their staff. he will have and has that what he feels comfortable with who will do the job for him. the party itself, we have to make sure that we get our message out much more clearly. clearly when you are talking about things like increasing the minimum wage and addressing th

was the outspoken radical republican congressman from illinois, owen lovejoy, who was the brother of elijah lovejoy, who had been martyred by an anti-abolitionist mob in alton, illinois, back in 1838. '37, actually. so, owen lovejoy wrote to garrison lincoln, if not, quote, the best conceivable president was nonetheless the best possible president. went on to say, i have known something of the facts inside from his administration at time and know he has been just as radical as any of his cabinet. and although he does not do everything that you or i would like, the question recurs whether it is likely we can elect a man who would. lovejoy thought it, quote, impolitic not to say cruel to sharply criticize even the mistakes of an executive weighed down and surrounded with cares and perplexities such as have fallen but to few of those whom have been laid the affairs of government. publicly, lovejoy pleaded with his fellow radicals. do not let any power from earth or from beneath the earth -- he was a clergyman, a congregational minister -- weaken your confidence in the president. he has given u

when someone opened the door, the man shot elijah jackson several times. knees stable condition. while investigators say they don't think this is a random shooting, they don't have anyone in custody. >>> there was a search for a second suspect in the thanksgiving sex assault in d.c. police say a woman was attacked by two men after 3:00 yesterday morning near kelly miller middle school. paul xavier williams was caught and charged with kidnapping, robbery and sex assault while armed. the second suspect is on the run and may be armed with a stun gun. >>> at 5:00, news4's mark segraves has more on that investigation and takes a look at how crime around the same school is really having a big impact on the neighborhood. >>> now we want to go to a developing story out of texas. the man accused of opening fire on police headquarters may have had a political agenda. this happened in austin early this morning. the shooter aimed at police. the federal courthouse and the mexican consulate. an officer outside saw him shooting and started shooting back. more than 100 rounds were fired. the sho