Barbara coin was a well known woman in the south boston community. Her horrific death shot many. Good afternoon thank you for being here with us. Im now the killer will spend his entire life in jail. Reporter his family was in court today, and of course the victims family was there. Both were very emotional. But as the judge said there were no winners in this case. It was april of 2012 a 67year old grandmother was murdered in her boston home. She was able to give her suspect. And she fought until her death. The dna of the suspect was found in her fingernails. Coins tearful family addressed the court. Its the Little Things that i miss when i wake up. Going down the house every morning, sitting with her and having coffee and talking. Ive come to realize, it wasnt the coffee, because god knows it wasnt the best coffee in the world. But it was the best part of my day and thats been taken away from me forever. Your honor, he does not belong in society. He is far too dangerous to everyone. I
Pope francis touches down in the u. S. , already rewriting the history books during what is certain to be a week full of firsts. Good evening, im jacqueline london, some of that history could unfold right here in philadelphia. As pope francis prepares to visit the world meeting of families which is already underway. He arrives in philly on saturday, but tonight this is where hes sleeping. T that is the vaticans equivalent of an embassy. While the pope sleeps in washington tonight, thousands of his followers are now in our area preparing for his visit. The world meeting of families conference began today and for the thousands in attendance its been a long time coming. George spencer was at the world meetings this evening. Hes live tonight at the Pennsylvania Convention center in center city. The anticipation is over the world meeting of families is now underway. I talked tonight to one woman who had been planning her trip to philadelphia for eight full mont months. And the impact of the
Hundreds of thousands in las vegas filled the streets. More than a million others crowded into new yorks times square for watch the ball drop at midnight. Other cities around the world marked the new year under a terror threat. Don champion is here in new york with more on that. Reporter good morning. Places like germany and belgium, the threat of terrorism led to cancelled events and even warnings for people to avoid large gather is. German germans ushered in 2016 under close watch. In munich, a different story. People there were told to stay away from two of the citys train stations because of a serious and emimminent threat by isis bombers. In brussels the official party of two men suspected of planning holiday attacks. Some thought it was an overreaction. I think its backing down to the threat of terrorism. I think we should stand up and just make everything happen. Reporter in paris, a city that saw two attacks from isis in 2015, celebrations were scaled back. Frances defense mini
Heres a look outside. Our temps are in the 20sour winds are a bit breezy from the west satellite and radar shows some clouds in eastern iowa. Partly sunny skies today, some clouds tonight and some clouds tomorrow. Historic flooding continues to ravage parts of missouri and illinois, leaving more than 20 dead and hundreds of families with out their homes. David begnaud has the latest. Latest. Narr 1 just southwest of st. Louis towns are under water. Roadways look like rivers. And homes have been swallowed by water. sot jon belmar, st. Louis Police Department were still at a flood stage of 42. 31 feet, so its going to go down, but thats a lot of water the levees holding right now. narr 2 in arnold, missouri hundreds of people find themselves this new years day without a home and temperatures are now dropping below freezing. sot kelli hoofman, flood victim until come and check our homes and live in them, so were going to be out of a place to stay for a couple of weeks at least. sot linda
Evening of fun and music and the dropping of the crystal ball. There is celebration but also deep concern in citits around the world as wesher in 2016. A massive fire broke out in a high rise hotel in dubai, hours before the midnight fireworks, which went on as scheduled. Police in munich, germany evacuated two train stations after receiving what they called a serious imminent threat of a terror attack. Brussels canceled its party as arrests were made i a terror plot. Security is tighter than ever in new yorks times square, which is jammed with a million people. We have a team of correspondents covering this. Rst, h hly williams who has been following the fire in dubai. The fire broke out on the 20th floor of hotel, engulfing the 63 story luxury hotel and apartment building. The fire apparently began at around 9 30 p. M. Local time. You casee the entire skyscraper lit up. Now, the dubai Authorities Say that they now have the fire under control, and they also say that only one person wa