yourself at WFMZ.com. >>>Time now for today's complete forecast with wfmz Meteorologist Mark Shanaberger who's in for Matt Broderick. >>> jaciel cordoba: An automaker has failed to listen to government recommendations about its airbags.>>> eve tannery: Still ahead.. what's next for Takata.. and why Congress will be involved. >>> jaciel cordoba: Plus.. more signs the Christmas season is here.. Which popular tree is being lit tonight, coming up. >>> eve tannery: Stocks closed higher yesterday..thanks to gains in energy companies. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 102 points, closing at 17-thousand-879. The s&p 500 index rose 13 points, to close at two-thousand-66. And the Nasdaq composite went up 28 points.. ending at four- thousand-755.>>> jaciel cordoba: An auto parts supplier defied regulators.. and ignored a midnight deadline to expand its recall of faulty airbags.>> eve tannery: That's setting up a potentially contentious meeting in Congress this morning. Correspondent Andrew Spencer has more.REGULATORS in the u-s want a nationwide recall, but the manufacturer of the faulty airbags has refused. ( Koji Endo; Auto Industry Analyst ) "Physically, Takata might not be able to meet that requirement -- partly because Takata doesn't really have enough capacity at this point." when the flawed airbags expand, the metal-encased inflater can burst, sending shrapnel into the driver or ripping a hole in the airbag. at least four deaths in the u-s are believed to be linked to the problem. japan-based supplier takata has recalled millions of airbags in the united states, but only in areas of high humidity, such as florida, where the defect seems to be more problematic. the company says it's focusing its resources. ( Koji Endo; Auto Industry Analyst ) "They have to have kind of priority, so to speak, by area -- which area they should first recall their airbags." the national highway traffic safety administration issued a statement, tuesday night, saying, "takata shares responsibility for keeping drivers safe and we believe anything short of a national recall does not live up to that responsibility." i'm andrew spencer, reporting cordoba: Car sales are at their highest levels since 2001. Chrysler and General Motors reported huge sales in November while Ford sales fell only slightly. Automakers also got in on the Black Friday sale frenzy and it paid off. Analysts say lower fuel prices are suspected of driving up sales as well. >>> eve tannery: Hershey is looking at replacing the high- fructose corn syrup in some of its products with sugar. The company released a statement saying it's exploring'' the replacement of high fructose corn syrup. a representative for Hershey cited "Take 5" and "Fif Avenue" candy bars and York peppermint patties as examples of products that use corn syrup. He also said classic Hershey bars are made with sugar. >>>>>> jaciel cordoba: Our nation's capitol is ready for Christmas. The Capitol Christmas tree was lit last night in a special ceremony. House Speaker John Boehner lit it up. The tree came from the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota.with ornaments created by school children.>>> eve tannery: The heart of Manhattan will soon be lit up with 45-thousand l-e-d lights covering an 85-foot-tall Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center. Tonight's nationwide live broadcast will include the voices of Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Mariah Carey, Cyndi Lauper and other stars. Tens of thousands of people are expected to stand by to watch the annual spectacle starting at 8pm. The Norway spruce from central Pennsylvania will be on display through January 7th. >>> jaciel cordoba: Let's get you your first full look at today's forecast with Mark, in today for Matt.>>>>> eve tannery: Coming up on 69 News at Sunrise... a fire company avoids a bad case of deja vu after an eerily similar truck crash..>>> jaciel cordoba: Michael Brown's stepfather is being investigated after comments he made when the grand jury decision was announced in Ferguson.>>> eve tannery: Plus.. Bill Cosby is now facing a lawsuit.. stemming from abuse allegations..>>> eve tannery: Good morning.. I'm Eve Tannery.>> jaciel cordoba: And I'm Jaciel Cordoba. We'll have today's top stories and more.. in a moment.>> eve tannery: First.. let's go to WFMZ's Rick Edwards for a look at the roads. >>> jaciel cordoba: It was a case of deju vu for a truck driver.. and a local Northampton County fire company.>> eve tannery: An accident yesterday almost had the same turnout as a similar one from 2012 at the Leithsville Volunteer Fire Company. Take a look.. this is the crash from two years ago.. in the same spot..when a garbage truck lost its brakes and slammed into the fire house.. destroying it. It turns out, the driver yesterday remembered that crash and was determined to not repeat history. Here's how things looked yesterday. The garbage truck snapped a telephone pole in half and crushed a parked vehicle at the fire company. Thankfully no one was severely injured. >> nathaniel griffin "We got real lucky this time and i give props to the driver he did a really good time you know making it a little incident, it could have been a lot worse.>> eve tannery: Officials say the hill leading to the fire station can be troublesome.. causing vehicles to pick up speed. They're just happy this time.. the damage was kept to a minimum. >>> jaciel cordoba: Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli will release more information about a police pursuit that ended in a man's death. He's holding a meeting with the state police and coroner on Monday to discuss Richard Scheuermann's death. Police say he was involved in a chase in October that began in Palmer Township and ended in Easton. That's where authorities say he crashed his truck into a utility pole.. and rammed a police cruiser twice. Officers then opened fire. It's still not clear how Scheuermann died.. but Morganelli has said he was shot, and also suffered a self- inflicted knife-wound to his neck. >>> eve tannery: underway in Chester County for a man police say accidentally shot an eight-year-old boy on his bicycle.is on trial for assault. Police say he accidentally fired his gun on the porch of his North Coventry Township home back in May. The bullet struck a boy, who was riding his bike nearby, in the leg.>>> jaciel cordoba: Police in St. Louis County are investigating angry comments made by Michael Brown's stepfather. After a grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson, video surfaced of Louis Head screaming at protesters to burn things down in Ferguson. Some say Head was inciting a riot. They're looking into it as part of the investigation into the violence last week. a family lawyer has said the comments were "raw emotion," but also called them "completely inappropriate.">> jaciel cordoba: Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is talking about his newly appointed role from President Obama. Ramsey is co-chair of the president's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. He says police will have to build trust in communities by building relationships with people who live there. Ramsey also wants officers to be educated to make sure they legally engage with people. The task force was created in response to the situation in Ferguson.>>> eve tannery: Some civilian workers in the federal prison system's most violent institutions are now being armed with pepper spray. It comes after a fatal attack by an inmate on an unarmed officer in Pennsylvania nearly two years ago. Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey is behind the program. Civilian workers at all 18 high-security federal prisons are now part of the pilot pepper spray program...which only covered high-security correctional officers before. >>> jaciel cordoba: Bill Cosby is being sued by a California woman who claims he molested her when she was 15-years-old. Judy Huth claims it happened in the Playboy Mansion around 1974. She filed a suit against Cosby for sexual battery, and is the latest to claim the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her. Cosby's attorney has not responded, but has denied accusations by other accusers.>>> jaciel cordoba: Wal Mart says its not stalling a federal lawsuit filed by Tracy Morgan over a fatal highway crash in New Jersey last summer. On Monday, Morgan's attorneys opposed a filing by Wal-Mart driver Kevin Roper to intervene in the case. Morgan's attorneys say Wal- Mart is stalling to avoid having to disclose its safety practices. Roper isn't named as a defendant, but is facing criminal charges in New Jersey for slamming into Morgan's limo bus.. and causing the deadly crash. The company says it is not behind Roper's motion. >>> eve tannery: The faculty union at Kutztown University has concerns about its search for a new president. Paul Quinn, the union president, tells us that, during the search, a firm used different criteria to narrow the applicants from 50 to 12. He feels the process is tainted...so he gathered the union together for a vote of no-confidence. He hopes that with this vote, they can start the search from scratch. >>paul quinn: "What concerns me is here we have a new president we want to elect to take us forward in the future, and i am very concerned that that process being tainted, hurts the future before we've even gotten that leader.">> eve tannery: The state's system of higher education tells us it reviewed the concerns -- but found no basis to interrupt or delay the search. So. as it stands now...the process will continue. >>> jaciel cordoba: Let's get you your first full look at today's forecast with Mark Shanaberger in today for Matt. >>>>> jaciel cordoba: Authorities in Delaware are searching for an arsonist.>> eve TANNERY:tell you what type of buildings police say are being targeted.>>> "When families have a child with cancer, it turns their world upside down. >> jaciel cordoba: where one group is helping families when they need it most, next in Life Lessons.>>> eve tannery: Plus..preventing meltdowns and anxiety for your little ones this holiday season... We'll tell you how to avoid present and people overload when today's guest joins us live. >>> eve tannery: Studies show this year more than 15-thousand kids in the us will be diagnosed with cancer which can devastate a family in more ways than one. >> jaciel cordoba: But there is help.WFMZs Nancy Werteen explains in Life Lessons. >>Nancy: a diagnosis turns the lives of thousands of families upside down. Many dont have the money or resources they need during such a difficult time.But one woman is working to make a difference. >>nancy: five months ago, jennifer maille?s (MAY-lee) life changed forever when her 10- year-old daughter mckenna was diagnosed with leukemia. >>Jennifer Maille "From the beginning, we knew that it wasnt a good prognosis." (:04) >>nancy: mckenna fought hard but just one month after being diagnosed, the aggressive cancer killed her. >>Jennifer Maille "She had just turned 11.We went in on her birthday.I mean it was just so unexpected." (:05) >>nat sound (playing ping pong) (:02) >>nancy: stella and her son william know that feeling too.william was also diagnosed with leukemia a year and a half ago. >>Stella Pegan "i started screaming and crying and begging God.I thought this cant happen to kids.Kids dont get cancer." (:08) >>nancy: but each year, cancer kills almost two-thousand kids in the u-s. one in five children with cancer will die. >>Ellie Hite Founder and Director AngelWorks "When somebody loses a child, it breaks them somehow, and it breaks them in a way that they can get better, but theyre always broken." (:08) >>nancy: thats why ellie hite started angelworks - a nonprofit that helps families of kids with cancer.they pay for meds, funeral costs, bills, fun events, and even gifts at christmas.ellie doesnt take a salary .100 percent of the money she raises goes to the families. >> "Ellie Hite "i dont know how to explain it Its my passion, so its not something that i get paid for because its bigger than that." (:09) >>nancy: angelworks paid for william to see the ohio state buckeyes, his favorite college football team, in action. >>William Lockhart "i still have the two dollar bill that the mayor gave me!" (:03) >>nancy: .and they helped his mom with a seven-thousand dollar medication cost. >>Stella Pegan "i was trying to keep my job and trying to take care of my kids and trying to pay my bills.It was hard." (:07) >>nancy: the organization also provided food and financial help for mckennas funeral. >>Jennifer Maille "It was such a weight off of us that we didnt have, i didnt have to think of a single thing.I dont think i could have thought of a single thing." (:09) >>nancy: its support for families during the most difficult time of their lives. ----- --- >>Nancy: Angelworks gets its funding primarily from corporate sponsors and
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