a man involved in the ku klux klan could be atlanta's serial killer. >> atlanta was about to explode, and here was information potentially that the klan could have been doing this. >> bob ingram with the gbi, georgia's bureau of investigation, got the case. >> it was an entire family of brothers that were involved in the klan that were the focus of this particular intelligence information. >> an informant said one brother had threatened lubie geter, the child found dead only weeks before. the klan associate lived here on a dead-end street in the railroad town of mountain view on the outskirts of atlanta. >> we're tapping telephones. we heard a lot of rhetoric. we heard a lot of racial slurs. >> on one wiretap, the detectives heard this said. go find you another little kid? the gbi followed the four brothers for almost two months. >> these family members were under surveillance at that time, physical surveillance where we had an eyeball on them. >> in those two months, six more black youths would disappear and die. detectives saw nothing to link the klan to them. >> if somebody was in

i finished high school in atlanta and one on two morehouse college in atlanta and then the university middle school school. vera graduated in 1954 was the same year brown versus board of education came out from the supreme court. when i graduated from college i could not go to medical school in georgia so i went to the university and did very well. that was my first experience in 1954 when i went to boston. living in a non- segregated society. the bottom line was i was accepted without any problems whatsoever and a great experience. i became class president and finished third in my class and went on to cornell and harvard for postgraduate training and ended up on the faculty at bu. then in 1955 morehouse college my college alma mater helped found the morehouse school of medicine. that then led to my meeting vice president bush whose dedication of the building we constructed back in july of 82. that is done very well and i was lobbying him in 1988. i thought he would be a great secretary betty reverse the tables on me and he had me service secretaries so that's how i became secretary o

when i came to atlanta, it was a closed city. and the first black hide they put her in a nurse's uniform with a cap on her head right over that bridge, and she was -- and when we got ready to integrate rich's, mr. rich said that's what had to happen, and that's what happened. she was in a nurse's uniform in the infants department. and we said okay, we going to boycott rich's. we boycotted rich's when we got ready to integrate. davidson's, which was macy's branch, macy's said integrate, and they had the black sales clerks. but rich's, no. they had one black woman, and they put her in the infant department. i can tell you about atlanta. we integrated coca-cola. everybody drinks coca-cola. but it didn't just happen. it didn't just happen. we had breadbasket, and we put one bread company out of business because the blacks took their business away from them. and coca-cola didn't want us to integrate them -- i mean they didn't want to integrate. but we said black folk drink coca-cola, we boycotting coca-cola, and we could not get -- mo

when i came to atlanta it was a closed city. and the first black hide they put her in a nurse's uniform with a cap on her head right over that bridge and she m was -- and when we got ready to integrate rich's, mr. rich said that's what had to happen, and that's what happened. she was in a nurse's uniform in the infants department. and we said okay we going to boycott rich's. we boycotted rich's when we got ready to integrate. davidson's, which was macy's branch macy's said integrate, and they had the black sales clerks. but rich's no. they had one black woman and they put her in the infant department. i can tell you about atlanta. we integrated coca-cola. everybody drinks coca-cola. but it didn't just happen. it didn't just happen. we had breadbasket, and we put one bread company out of business because the blacks took their business away from them. and coca-cola didn't want us to integrate them -- i mean they didn't want to integrate. but we said black folk drink coca-cola, we boycotting coca-cola, and we could not get get -- m

it is one of two markers, one in atlanta, where the march began, and one in savannah where it ended, that anchor both ends of the savannah campaign and provide an interpretive overview for the 50 existing markers put up since the 1950s that trace sherman's route to the sea. the georgia historical society developed technology that allows the public to find these markers, and the stories they tell in communities all over georgia. there is a free smartphone app for iphone and android, and a new website that allows users to create custom designed driving tours using google maps and historical markers. one of the most important and consistent partners in the effort has been the georgia battlefields association, and i am pleased to introduce the president of that organization mr. charlie crawford. charlie? >> the goal at georgia battlefield's association, and we're just about to celebrate our 20th anniversary, is to save battlefield land. so that would naturally lead to the question perhaps, what brings you to participate in this particular effort. well, we find an important part of gettin

william tecumseh sherman captured savannah, completing the march to the sea campaign that started in atlanta five weeks earlier. todd gross of the georgia historical society talks about the significance of the campaign and how it has been remembered. this is 20 minutes and includes the unveiling of a historical marker. >> good afternoon. i'm bob jepsen, chairman of the georgia historical society and i'd like to welcome you all to madison square on this warm and balmy day. i'm taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. part of our mission at the georgia historical society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia, and we're here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history, and to get on with the program, i'd like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. todd gross. todd? >> thank you, bob. thank you, sir. thank you. well, thank you, bob. and good afternoon, everyone. let me add my welcome to this historical marker dedication commemorating the 150th anniversary

i'm told number one, her father is on the way to atlanta, and is not in atlanta yet, but he is traveling there to be there with his daughter. i've also been told that bobbi kristina's problem, and hfs eluded quote, they are deeper than everyone can see. i was told that the situation is serious with her, and this incident that happened. they did not know if she was breatheing on her own. they did not know what the status was at this very moment, but they did say that it was a very serious situation, and i will also tell you that the family and the sources i spoke with all said they were very concerned about her relationship with nick gordon. they believe deeply that he is not good for her. they do believe that she has been spiraling out of control more so than she has been in a relationship with him and they are very very concerned about her, so this is a situation that no one is taking lightly. they are very upset and concerned, and people just want to see her okay but they are not sure what's going to happen here fred. i need to stress one of the things they said was it does not look go

it is one of two markers, one in atlanta, where the march began. and one in savanna, where it ended. that anchor both ends of the savanna campaign, and provide an interpretive overview for the 50 existing markers put up since the 1950's that trace shermans routes to the sea. the georgia historical society developed technology that allows the public to find these markers all over georgia. there is a free smartphone app for iphone and android, and a website that allows users the ability to create custom drive tours. one of the most important and consistent partners in the effort has been the georgia battlefield association. and i am pleased to introduce the president of that organization, mister charlie crawford. charlie. [applause] >> the goal of georgia battlefield association __ and we're just about to celebrate our 25th anniversary __ is to save battlefield land. and that would naturally lead to the question __ what brings you to participate in this particular effort? welcome we find a particular part of getting support is to educate people of ou

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she was found unresponsive in a bathtub today and taken to atlanta hospital. officials say she is still alive and breathing right now. she's the only daughter of the whitney and bobby brown. this comes three years after houston was found dead in a hotel bathtub in beverly. >>> and charges could be filed as early as next week grens rob mccord. after he admitted he threatened campaign donors. he confessed he use his position to strong arm donors to giving him money during his failed run for governor last year. the mistake prompted him to make a video statement. the lawyer insists he did not steal orr misuse campaign funds and says he will plead guilty to some federal charges. >>> and now to super bowl xlix. we are just a day away from a much awaited face-off between the new england patriots and the seattle seahawks. comcast sportsnet's john clark has been bringing us up on the action from phoenix arizona all week long. we joins us live once again. and john both team's coaches say why their past successes don't matter tomorrow. >> history could be made with these

paul millsap led atlanta with 21 points and 15 rebounds and al8ñ horford scored 21 points for atlanta which has won 31 of its last 33 games. atlanta beat new jersey, 1 131-102. eighth ranked notre dame made two shots to beat them. duke fell to 4-3 in the acc. it's the worst start in league play since 1995. >>> when we return, reversing a wrong. a famous group, the friendship 9, a group of civil rights protesters finally get justice more than a half century after their lunch counter demonstration. don't let a severe cold hold you back. get theraflu. it has the power of three medicines to take on your worst pain and fever, cough and nasal congestion. theraflu breaks you free from your toughest cold and flu symptoms. so you never miss a day. theraflu. serious power. at chili's, fresh is now. now chicken smoked in-house, and no more waiting for the check. new smoked chicken quesadillas on chili's lunch combo menu, starting at 6 bucks. fresh is happening now. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> a half century wait for justice is over in south caroli

so much rain in atlanta this tree fell over. just missing a house. >> you could hear a loud boom and that's when i jumped up. >> reporter: and not just rain. by the time it hit the carolinas, some of that rain was freezing. nearly one in six americans will be touched by this storm, with most hoping to avoid what vanessa lowe went through. >> target's out at 3 o'clock. roger. >> reporter: the 39-year-old woman from austin, stranded in a washed out road. >> we're pretty confident we can execute a hoist, extract her from that spot. >> reporter: she's holding onto a tree. >> directly over the target. >> reporter: a rescue worker suspended from the helicopter cable. >> patient's out of the water. >> reporter: minor injuries, and she refused to go to the hospital. authorities want to know if she drove around a road closed barricade. as the snow and ice hit the northeast tonight, the worry is that road conditions could result in something like this -- a big rig unable to stop. slamming through a median. on the new jersey turnpike earli

paul millsap led atlanta with 21 points and 15 rebounds and al horford scored 21 points for atlanta which has won 31 of its last 33 games. atlanta beat new jersey, 113-102. >>> in college groups grand had 23 points as eight ranked notre dame made two last-minute shots to beat duke. duke fell to 4-3 in the acc. it's the worst start in league play since 1995. >>> when we return, reversing a wrong. a famous group, the friendship 9, a group of civil rights protesters finally get justice more than a half century after their lunch counter demonstration. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> a half century wait for justice is over in south carolina. the friendship 9 protesters went to jail in 1961 after ordering at a whites-only lunch counter. the surviving civil rights activists had their convictions thrown out yesterday. >> we cannot rewrite history, but we can right history. the defendants' convictions for trespassing in january of 1961 are vacated. null, void, and set aside. >> the judge who cleared their names is the nephew of the judge who originally

joining me now is the mayor of atlanta. thank you so much for your time. >> good morning, tamron thank you for having me. >> let me first start off with whether or not the fire chief got permission to publish this book. i know that that's a key point for you and the city council. >> he absolutely did not. i'm the chief executive officer of the city of atlanta and it's undisputed he never discussed this book prior to publish it for did he get my permission didn't get permission from the ethics officer or ethics board so this is a situation that was so serious that he picked up the phone, had multiple conversations with the ethics officer, but he's a member of my cabinet and senior team and never discussed with it me and that's one of the primary reasons that i made the decision to separate him from the city of atlanta. >> are know obviously from his supporters and you were there as they wanted to confront you about this. they see this as an issue of freedom of religion despite what many would see as offensive words. he says

also those planes were bound for atlanta and they did land safely in atlanta. >>> meantime, president obama today condemning the apparent execution of one of two japanese hostages held by isis. the president expressed condolences to the people of japan in a statement from the white house. also earlier today a known isis supporter posted a picture and also audio that pur portsports to show that one of the two hossages haruna yukawa was beheaded after a deadline passed. this is an image released earlier this week of him. while the death has not been confirmed, the message appears to delay a new demand by isis for the remaining hostage's free dochlt they want a prisoner exchange. the voice on the audio calls for the release of sajida al rishawi arrested in jordan in 2005. who is she? our reporter has more. >> reporter: iraqi national sajida al rishawi was part of a four-member suicide team that was dispatched by al qaeda in iraq in 2005 to attack jordan. now, in november of that year three hotels here in the jordanian capital were hit by suicide bombings. sajida al rishawi was captured b

however, atlanta hartsfield has been under the microscope. last month baggage handler was accused of using his security clearance to bypass tsa checkpoints to smuggle guns on multiple planes. john? >> rene marsh, thank you. appreciate it. >>> president no doubt making last chances to his state of the union address as a surprising new poll shows a huge move in his popularity. which direction? we'll tell you next. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose suddenly, you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do sleep. add breathe right to your cold medicine shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. and look for the calming scent of new breathe right lavender in the sleep aisle. vo: introducing the starbucks flat white. crafted with two ristretto shots for bolder caramel-ly espresso. whole milk... steamed to a swee

she's in atlanta and bobbi in georgia. i think pat has probably been involved in her life more than anyone. toward the end of whitney's life pat was closest to whitney houston. and, you know during the filming of this new bio pic, we heard bobbi brown talk about his daughter a lot. and you remember the reality show they had, we saw her on that. he talked about that and i think it was sean robinson from the entertainment magazine show asked her -- asked bobbi if -- if bobbi kristina witnessed whitney do any drugs. and he said no. but there was so much going on in and out of jail so much drug use by their own admission, it would be tough to grow newspaper that environment and not be affected by it. and at least when you're coming to age as a young lady not know what is going on because children know what's happening. and so to think that you can can be around that environment, even if you're trying to hide it from your kids i think it would be disingenuous to even think that. because, you know she witnessed her mom. she knew

in atlanta. gabe, is it warming up at all? >> reporter: good morning, jose. definitely not hotlanta today. it warmed up slightly and i say very, very very slightly. it is now up to about 12 degrees here in atlanta. definitely better than as you mention the negative 50 degree wind chills up there in the midwest and in minnesota. but temperatures especially for what is usually a mild city like atlanta can get dangerously cold. the city of atlanta last night opened an emergency shelter for people here and several counties north of here this morning delayed start of school for two hours to keep the children safe. school buses had to go door to door. and today, fulton county has opened its fire stations nine of them to act as temporary warming shelters. the south has been devastated by the arctic blast. temperatures this morning in places like nashville well into the single digits. this is the coldest it has been so far this year. but again, jose if i had to pick one location to do a cold weather repo

they have landed safely both flights there at atlanta's airport. what we're looking at is an norad spokesperson saying the plane's intended destination was atlanta so there was no diversion. also bomb disposal crews are inspecting the planes. joining me now on the phone aviation correspondent rene marsh. rene what do we know about the threat that was called in? we know one flight is a delta flight one flight a southwest flight. >> reporter: that's correct. and we know, poppy that they were apparently, according to my sources, these threats were posted on social media. and that is the route they used to get this information out. of course at the time that the social media bomb threats were posted these aircraft were in the sky at that moment bound for atlanta's harts field airport. you mentioned the two fighter jets called into play to escort these two aircrafts until they land safely on the ground at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport. this is all procedure. this is what happens when you have a threat such as this one with the passengers and the

a sister might help, and in january, another chimp arrived in san francisco from atlanta. she got a welcoming kiss, and a few days later met amy. she had been handled roughly be her mother and blinded in 1 eye -- one eye, the volunteers have to learn to be -- behave like chimp mothers and not human behaviors. they cannot grin at the babies. bearing teeth is a sign of aggression. today, they clack their teeth or smack their lips and groom the babies at chimp mothers do. >> we're doing our best to be good surrogate chimp moms and not to bring them up like human babies, but to respond to what the chimp business heavier is and re-enforce their behavior when they give it inappropriate context. so they understand chimp manners and how to fit into a society and what is okay and thought okay to do. >> chimp society is hierarchal, and every chimp learns their place in the social picking order. but smaller chimps have a higher place if they are related to a dominant species. it is not what you know, but who you know. and a possible object for humans. mothers don't punish their child

las amenazas estaban dirigidas hacia un vuelo que llegÓ a atlanta y el vuelo 11 56 de delta airlines procedente de oregÓn. ante un congreso controlado por los republicanos, esta semana el presidente barack obama presentÓ su discurso sobre el estado de la uniÓn. desde washington fernando pizarro nos cuenta lo que fue mÁs destacado del informe presidencial. >> el presidente de estados unidos! >> por primera vez en su mandato, el presidente obama seÑalÓ que la economÍa ha mejorado. que se han creado 11 millones de empleos en cinco aÑos y propuso bajar los impuestos a la clase media. tambiÉn pidiÓ que el congreso aumente el salario mÍnimo, y apruebe su idea de ofrecer matrÍculas gratis de dos aÑos en colegios comunitarios. sobre su reciente anuncio de normalizar relaciones con cuba sugiriÓ que el congreso levante el embargo. >> en cuba estamos terminando con una polÍtica que hace rato perdiÓ validez, cuando algo no funciona por medio siglo es hora de intentar alguna voy al congreso debiera empezar el trabajo de terminar con el embargo. >> advirtiÓ que vetarÁ propuestas

even places like atlanta, portions of atlanta and mississippi, and brutal cold from chicago over into the new england area. we're talking 30 to 40 below. abating a bit as you ride home but still that's sharply cold stuff. lots of layers needed. average air temperature highs, 7 in marquette. right near the freezing mark in atlanta. places like orlando and central floor. it's going to caution issues especially for the evening commute. places like chicago and mauchlkt i'm meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. stay warm. >>> in washington state powerful floodwaters pulled a small home into the wallace river in gold bar. no one was inside as it floated away. authorities say years of erosion threatened the cabin. storms swelled the river and pretty much finished the job. >>> operations to reach the black boxes of airasia flight 8501 were called off because of bad weather. an unmanned underwatder vehicle discovered the chunk of the tail of the plane wednesday. it was upside-down and partially buried in the sea's floor. >>> coming up on the "morning news" now, diagnosis at disney. unlikely

to atlanta. in doing the research i found there were test score and cheating scandals all across the country, in big towns, in washington, d.c. where michele reed was, we had problems in new york, but suburban and rural areas as well. we have gone bizerk with the testing. >> host: you talk about the debates we are having and issues ewe are having. and very often is congress mentioned, democrats and republicans mentioned and the debate at that level doesn't interest you. i am guessing but you don't think it matters a lot. am i wrong? >> guest: no you are not wrong. i have covered politics and government at every level, so for long decades. i have become disenchanted with our political leadership and that includes the left and the right. we have employment problems whether it is democratic or republican. a storm comes off the east coast or the gulf and the result is devastation, no matter which party is in control of congress and it seems to me that we have been -- our political leadership has been

the latest wassed with on a flight arriving to atlanta. officials say most of the recent threats haven't been credible they have to investigate all of them. more now on the spreading impact. >> reporter: planes diversed passengers evacuated. law enforcement and bomb-sniffing dogs close in all because of fake bomb threats on social media. >> we didn't know until we landed. >> reporter: it's happening more and more. a u.s. official tells cnn online threats increased after a bomb scare on a flight from atlanta to raleigh january 17th. 50 similar incidents followed. in new york this flight swept for explosives. military jets scrambled after a tweet said bombs were on board two planes bound for atlanta. brian bennett was on board. >> they did have k- units on the tarmac as well as a number of police from different agencies. i saw the atlanta police department tsa, and some fbi agents out on the runway. we were asked to place our items on the ground and have the k-9 units go through and check those first. >> reporter: a tweet claiming to be from

. >> talking about miami and detroit and atlanta is a completely situation, atlanta was one of those marks for whatever reason and maybe you can tell me where the institutional buyers got in a big way and go to auction and buy thousands of houses up and put a bottom on the market so it's not deeply as discounted as miami, miami is less discounted now or detroit and what happens in a place like atlanta, boomerang buyers there don't have the low prices they have in some of these other markets? >> no. not as low. although atlanta we still would rank as affordable because a medium-priced home requires less than 28% of the median income there and what is one of the things that puts atlanta ahead of the game and i think if you are a boomerang buyer in atlanta that makes it more accessible than a place like los angeles where the median-priced home now requires 50-60% of the median income. >> yeah brooklyn 98% median income to afford a house in brooklyn. so we all love the fact all these areas are doing this but it's very hard for median income people to buy a house in brooklyn or l.a. >> ye

let's check out the atlanta market stats, shall we? according to the local mls service, median price about $446,000, just over four months of inventory, properties on the market for an average of about 80 days. our first listing is at 1705 redbourne drive listed at $599 highway $599,000, six beds five baths. you take that house, put it in my town it's $2.5 million, $3 million. >> yeah, you get a lot more for your money down here in atlanta. we'd welcome you to come on down if you'd like. >> i'll be there. >> yeah well it's a beautiful house. i mean, traditional style home. open living room feel. you know it's got an updated kitchen. stainless steel appliances. open floor plan. for $599,000 it's a steal. >> and the taxes are relatively low, $5,000 or thereabouts per year. our second listing at 8165 ball mill road. it's just $629,900 taxes about $5,500, 4 beds 4 1/2 baths, over 3600 square feet of living space and beautiful landscaping and grounds, i see. >> yeah a little bigger house. that house actually has a four-car garage marble flo

in some markets, like in atlanta, it is cheaper to buy then to rent. >> what about atlanta for real estate? >> what's interesting about atlanta, everybody is focused on the downturn downtown, but if you look at the geography of the land there's many places in the suburbs that are really interesting. so atlanta is becoming a very hot market. >> if we go to places like miami, i have to assume the residential market, the commercial market is strong? >> miami is on fire. you have the condominium market that tanked right after the financial crisis and lou back up again blew back up again. they like the condominium side of thing. not just investors. when you have a lot of investors in a market, that doesn't look like it is durable. but you have businesses relocating down there. it is popular with millenial's. when we think of florida we think of retirees. let's not rule out retirees in the workforce, getting operating leverage with part-time retirees as part of your workforce. >> how about what we call "regional cities," second-tier cities that may have been off the map. are they getting more at

these are actual temperatures for thursday morning all of the way down to little rock atlanta and raleigh. the wind and windchills will be even colder than that. leah ainsley look at this, over the flakes means lake-effect snow. continues to crank out the snow over the next couple days we could be looking at accumulations up to 6 inches. >> thank you so much maria. the 7-year-old survivor who walked away from a plane crash that killed her parents, her sister and her cousin have been healing at home or she has been healing at home with her grandparents since that tragic accident. today sailor guzler will mourns the loss of her cousin and services for her mom, dad and sister are set for friday. asking a judge for mercy at a sentencing trial. it comes in the form of two years in federal prison which is worse better than the 10 years they wanted behind bars. he plans to appeal. >>> he is about to announce a 2016 presidential run it is believed. he start add committee called "right to rise" designed to lay the ground mark for a presidential campaign. >> congratulations to the longest married p

you deserve it in atlanta. pushing close to 70 degrees in the next 24 hours. changes in the weather. another cold spell ahead of us in the next couple of days. another storm drops in and we get shots of storms in the next few days. we will watch this for the middle of the week. >>> thank you. big news for your money. the president's retirement accounts are a reality. he announced the starter retirement accounts last year in the economy. now you can sign up. these are savings accounts for the millions of low and middle income americans who do not have a employer sponsored retirement program. they charge no fees. backed by the government. the investment is risk free but don't expect huge returns. my-ra are an investment in government bonds. >>> a shooting near the vice president's home put authorities on alert. now an investigation is on the way over who fired the shots and if they were targeting the biden residence. >>> and boko haram spreading the reign of violence taking hostages. will more countries be forced to get involved in the terror group? >>> presiden

attorney in the atlanta u.s. attorney's office she has created a culture and a record of responding both to the criminals behind this and the victims who need our help to not only locking people up and helping victims but providing training that makes all around that great u.s. attorney's office better. i hope very much she's swiftly confirmed because she will be a great leader of this department of justice. ladies and gentlemen, sally yates. [ applause ] >> thank you jim. so much of what we are talking about here today really couldn't be realized without the fbi's commitment to bringing to justice the perpetrators of the horrific crimes that we're talking about here today. this is my first opportunity to speak here in the great hall of justice. it really couldn't be more meaningful to me that this opportunity comes as we are focused on the department's commitment to combat human trarveg trafficking. i've only been on the job a little over two weeks now. human trafficking has been in my focus for some time now. i

tv show shoots in atlanta. it took some commuters more than 2 hours to get home and some schoolchildren were stuck at schools overnight. some stuck on buses, just a few years after another snowstorm that paralyzed the city for a week because of lack of preparation. >> okay. thank you, mayor. good luck with the next storm. i hope that the two storms have helped a little bit. and if you would like to send us some names of people who actually are responsible for the highways since you're not, i'd love to talk to them. >> well i feel terrible about anyone who is trapped on the highway. and we did everything we could on a partnering fashion to clear our highways and to keep folks safe. >> so who screwed up mayor? >> i think we all have responsibility in terms of -- >> so are you responsible or not? >> the question is -- i shared that i was responsible for. images you've shown, as you talked about it atlanta, were often photos that were not in the city and that the streets in the city were 80% -- >> it is just not he

so much rain in atlanta this tree fell over. just missing a house. >> you could hear a loud boom and that's when i jumped up. >> reporter: and not just rain. by the time it hit the carolinas, some of that rain was freezing. nearly one in six americans will be touched by this storm, with most hoping to avoid what vanessa lowe went through. >> target's out at 3 o'clock. roger. >> reporter: the 39-year-old woman from austin, stranded in a washed out road. >> we're pretty confident we can execute a hoist, extract her from that spot. >> reporter: she's holding onto a tree. >> directly over the target. >> reporter: a rescue worker suspended from the helicopter cable. >> patient's out of the water. >> reporter: minor injuries, and she refused to go to the hospital. authorities want to know if she drove around a road closed barricade. as the snow and ice hit the northeast tonight, the worry is that road conditions could result in something like this -- a big rig unle to stop. slamming through a median. on the new jersey turnpike earlier

atlanta now is becoming lease and rental. >> atlanta georgia is a city that was gutted by the foreclosure crisis. six years after the crash, many residents here are still at risk of losing their homes. since 2008 almost 5 million u.s. homes have been lost to foreclosure. now, there are nearly two million more homeowners who are on the brink. >> eighteen years. over 18 years you've worked and poured your heart into where you live to make the house a home that you're children have grown up in. your memories are here. what do we do? we fight. >> tammy doe was fighting to keep her home of nearly two decades when it was foreclosed on and sold to a new owner at auction. >> they don't wanna hear nothing you have to say. they just feel like you just in this position because you refused to pay your mortgage. no that's not the reason. >> she believes the foreclosure was illegal, but to prove it - and win back her home - is an uphill battle. when we met, she was on the verge of eviction. >> you know people say the america dream is to own your own home and to have something to leave for your children

. >> with aces in the sky and getting me to sign with atlanta, i was already signed with atlanta. i'm not going to play for new york. guess what. i'm not going to -- >> okay. >> i'm going to atlanta where i'm from. >> okay. he started off good, but then he seemed to be a little confused about playing ball and signing for atlanta. okay. >> one last thing. >> yeah. >> just remember all of this is being video recorded, so everything you said, okay, will be counted against you. >> okay. and everything you said will be taken into consideration. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> thank you. he seemed to be a bit threatening to me. this is the first time i met this gentleman, so i'm sure i'll have further meetings with him. >>> coming up -- >> you seem like a very bright guy, but i think you kind of sabotage your own self. >> i do? >> yeah. you must get off on it. >> the jail psychiatrist gets to the bottom of john schmidt's stories. and -- >> i never hung around a lot of gay people before. it's just not my thing. >> a special housing unit for seniors and gays. >> this is very interesting

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seems the lure of going down to atlanta, georgia, too great. offered in the region of $50 million of relocation starts. bad news for new jersey, good news for georgia. >> steve, tell us more about this big purchase that is a win for the retailer coach. they're the handbag makers. >> maybe a win. some of the analysts are concerned. stewart whitesman sells very expensive stuff. i'm sure you know. i'm sure you've looked up the boot, the on fire boot $695 for the on fire evening shoe. but this one might be even more expensive. has just basically been offered or the company that owns them $574 million, by coach. and coach looking to change their strategy closing some stores looking at the high end, as well. they paid a lot of money for a company that has extraordinarily expensive brands, as well. that price $574 million, twice what the revenues were last year. brave strategy buying some expensive footwear. >> we'll see if these two align well in the year to come. all right. great to see you, steve, thank you, sir. >>> michael jordan on the basketbal

to remain individual atlanta, not just with respect to americans living in paris but americans living in europe and in other parts of the world. to hunt down and bring the perpetrators of this specific act [ inaudible ] -- in the end,

. >> serious threat leads to evacuation they landed in atlanta moment apart. >> catching a brief break tomorrow with some sunshine, thin tracking more snow on the way for the start of the work week i'm have the details. >> then the stars are shining at the nhl all-star skills competition. see how a flyer stole the show that's coming up when >> one storm down, another to go. meteorologist justin drabick is tracking a snowstorm that could make a mess out of your monday morning commute. the forecast moments away. stay with us. >> a setback today at the crash site of airasia flight 8501 almost able to lift the fuselage from the java sea just as it reached the water surface, the balloons deflated and it sang back down. it is believed many other victims are still in the fuselage. >> also now bomb threats were made against two planes at atlanta airport this afternoon. southwest airlines flight 2492 from milwaukee also, delta airasia lines flight 1156 from portland, oregon landed safely in atlanta. all of the passengers were taken off. the planes were searched. no devices were ever found. a no

atlanta shoots 52 percent from beyond. even elton brand gets in on the action, do you remember him, late fourth, another former sixers scoring some points on the old stumping ground. atlanta won nine straight. twenty-three of the last 25. it looks like they lose by 18. they will lose tony wroten to a knew injury. >>> ouch. yet another flyers player goes down with an injury defenseman brayden coburn will miss four weeks with the left foot injury another blow for d who is already without kimmo timonen, nik grossman and steve mason. coburn took a puck to his left foot blocking a shot last night. it is same foot he broke earlier this season when he in missed 12 games. coburn out and carlo will be called up against washington capitals tomorrow. he has been a healthy scratch for the the last two months. >> the coaches and the team have been keeping my mentally and physically focused. everyone understands how hard the process was but i'm not here to make any excuses, i'm here just to play the game of hockey and do what i can do h

she's in critical condition at an atlanta hospital. the chief is on administrative leave. >>> emergency rooms and walk-in clinics across the country are overwhelmed by all the flu cases. the outbreak is reported in 36 states. some hospitals are restricting visitation to control the virus. those are some of our top stories on this friday, january 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday morning to you. we begin with a slow search for answers about that airasia crash. >> although more than a dozen bodies have been recovered, dozens more have not. no big pieces of wreckage have been found either. abc's muhammad lila has more. >> reporter: in a race against time, more bodies pulled from the water. and the first victim returned to her family. her name is hayati lutfiah hamid, identified through her fingerprints and laid to rest in a simple coffin with a simple ceremony. her family devastated. three more of their relatives among the 153 still missing since airasia flight 8501 disappeared from radar saturday

i want to bring in bleacher reports cory weir former linebacker and safety for the atlanta falcons and buffalo bills. cory thanks for being with us. your reaction off the top to this very impromptu unplanneded press conference from the head coach. >> that's right, upon poppy. very unlike bell belichick. he avoids the media at all costs. for him to come out with a very strong p.r. move to deny the any fault in this matter was the main cause obviously. what he did do was he explained how their footballs possibly had become deflated. but what he didn't do is explain then why did the colts who were playing in the same game why were their footballs not deflated? at the beginning of the game -- before the game i should say, all 24 footballs, 12 for new england, 12 for indianapolis all registered correctly. they met regulation. then at halftime the report is that 11 of the patriots footballs were two pounds under the per square ininch regulation while the colts were just fine. the patriots balls were back to regulation at the end of the game. all 24 footballs, the colts and patriots were test

. >> serious threat leads to evacuation they landed in atlanta moment apart. >> catching a brief break tomorrow with some sunshine, thin tracking more snow on the way for the start of the work week i'm have the details. >> then the stars are shining at the nhl all-star skills competition. see how a flyer stole the show that's coming up when leslie van a >> one storm down, another to go. meteorologist justin drabick is tracking a snowstorm that could make a mess out of your monday morning commute. the forecast moments away. stay with us. >> a setback today at the crash site of airasia flight 8501 almost able to lift the fuselage from the java sea just as it reached the water surface, the balloons deflated and it sang back down. it is believed many other victims are still in the fuselage. >> also now bomb threats were made against two planes at atlanta airport this afternoon. southwest airlines flight 2492 from milwaukee also, delta airasia lines flight 1156 from portland, oregon landed safely in atlanta. all of the passengers were taken off. the planes were searched. no devices were eve

and i'm the ceo of the city of atlanta. >> cochrane said he did get permission to write the book, but the internal book states in part, ethics officer hixon did not approve publication of the book and had no authority to grant such approval. she told him he would need to get the mayor's permission as well as a formal opinion on the board of ethics. the controversy is not a secret in the land of georgia politics that mayor reid has his eye on statewide office. since taking office in 2010, reid has done a pretty good job of charting a pretty noncontroversial path. often reaching across the aisle to work with the governor nathan deal. now with outrage beating at his door, reid to his credit is not backing down. >> i got elected to this job. i certainly take my share of criticism and heat. but i've got a wife and a daughter at home. crazy people keep calling my house, hanging up the phone, calling my the anti-christ, saying i'm some form of muslim. while i respect muslims and other faiths, i'm not. and these people are just taking it a bit too far. let me tell you something. if calvin coc

but there were unionists underground cells, if you were, in places like atlanta and richmond. now, why such a focus on southern unionism if they are small minority? wwell, it was at the heart of the 1864 presidential campaign as the most prominent of all southern unionists, andrew johnson, was chosen to be lincoln's running mate. there has been much debate among scholars of how active a rolling can played. unless he be tempted to think that this was a low stakes decision, wwe should remind ourselves that twice in the previous generation, president had died in office and had been replaced by their vice presidents. in both instances, these vice presidents had departed dramatically from their policies of their predecessors, who revealed faultlines within the ruling political party. these precedents, not so distant from the vantage point of 1864, were very much on the minds of americans in 1864. as a campaign broadside for links and in johnson __ lincoln and joints and __ the vice president is almost as important as the president. in case the latter dies, they rely upon the former

but there were unionist undergrounds, cells, in confederate strongholds like atlanta and richmond. now why such a focus on southern unionism if these white southern unionists are a small minority of white southerners. well, southern unionism was at the heart of the 1864 presidential campaign as the most prominent of all southern unionists andrew johnson of tennessee was chosen to be lincoln's running mate. there's been much debate among scholars about how active a role lincoln played in this choice of johnson and of what motivated the choice. unless we be tempted to think this was a low-stakes decision we should remind ourselves that twice in the previous generation presidents had died in office and been replaced by their vice presidents, william henry harrison was replaced by john tyler in 1840. zachary taylor by millard filmore in 1850. in both instances these vice presidents departed dramatically from the policies of their predecessors and revealed faultlines within the ruleing political party. these precedents not so different from the election of 1864 were not far from the min

so much rain in atlanta this tree fell over. just missing a house. >> you could hear a loud boom and that's when i jumped up. >> reporter: and not just rain. by the time it hit the carolinas, some of that rain was freezing. nearly one in six americans will be touched by this storm, with most hoping to avoid what vanessa lowe went through. >> target's out at 3 o'clock. >> roger. >> reporter: the 39-year-old woman from near austin, stranded in a washed out road. >> we're pretty confident we can execute a hoist, extract her from that spot. >> reporter: she's holding onto a tree. >> directly over the target. >> reporter: a rescue worker suspended from the helicopter cable. >> patient's out of the water. >> reporter: minor injuries, and she refused to go to the hospital. authorities want to know if she drove around a road closed barricade. as the snow and ice hit the northeast tonight, the worry is that road conditions could result in something like this -- a big rig unable to stop. slamming through a median. on the new jersey turnpi