I feel he loved her and just couldnt see her suffer anymore. Reporter neighbors say prayers for the loving couple that was once inseparable but now 72yearold Joanne Canfield is dead and her husband also 72 is in jail charged with murder. It is very sad. Very, very sad. Shes gone. But he is still suffering. Reporter investigators say jc turned himself in at the Police Department and confessed to a mercy killing. He told us he decided to kill her because to end her suffering. Reporter and that was something they had arranged . Something they had spoken about, yes. Reporter neighbors said she had advanced dementia and kept hurting herself around the house. Her recent stay in a nursing home was shortlived. She was running from monsters like from the dementia. So he put her in the nursing home and he was really happy to bring her home. We saw her in a wheelchair, though. He helped her up the stairs and the next day, i guess, he did what he did. Reporter neighbors say jc is also very ill. To
Its to allow aid to civilians in gaza but israel said they would not hesitate to attack if they launch missiles during the break. Since it began 221 people have been killed. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Good morning, susan. Good morning, annemarie. The fighting stopped about an hour ago, but it lasted right up until the deadline, including according to the Israeli Military 13 who crossed through a tunnel only to be met by a bomb through an israeli aircraft. Smoke filled the sky over gaza this Morning Hours before the scheduled start of a fivehour ceasefire. Israel and hamas militants agreed to pause in fighting to allow humanitarian aid. The United Nations requested the recess so palestinians could restock supplies like food and water. They struck dozens of targets including homes of top hamas leaders. One of the explosions hit this beach, killing four young boys. Hamas answered back, firing rockets into israel. In washington, president obama showed support for both israelis and pa
City Council Member sam liccardo has a lead of about 2 right now over santa clara supervisor dave cortese. That small gap has been pretty steady since the earliest results were released last night. But with a lot of provisional ballots still to be county, the race is too close to call. The winner will replace chuck reed who couldnt run again because of term limits. Voters in two bay area cities decided to raise the minimum wage. In San Francisco, they approved proposition j, it passed by a 7723 margin. It needed a simple majority to pass. The minimum wage in San Francisco will gradually increase to 15 an hour by 2018. Its currently 10. 74. It will go up to 11. 05 on january 1. A similar ballot measure in oakland got even wider support. 81 of voters approved measure ff. That will raise oaklands minimum wage from 9 to 12. 25 starting in march. The most expensive statewide race was for superintendent of public instruction. Both candidates are democrats. And they spent 30 million on the ca
Already over. A Palestinian Leader says israel opened fire on the gaza strip killing four people. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. We do have early reports within just about an hour of the ceasefire going into effect, it may be ore. We do have that gaza official saying four palestinians were killed after the ceasefire took affect by israeli tank fire. We also have a cbs producer on the border who says there is border. Shes told by the idf, Israeli Defense forces, coming from gaza. So this is going to be very disappointing news if it all turns out to be true for people who had so much hope laid on this ceasefire. Heres the gist of the deal that was put forth through the United States by secretary of state john kerry and also through the united nations. Both sides agreed to put down their weapons. This is for three days. And to attempt to forge a path to piece. Secretary of state john kerry calling this an opportunity, not a solution. They we
Up to another 3 inches of floodproducing rain is possible. The storm made its way through the southeast yesterday. There were flash floods in north carolina, stranding motorists and flooding homes. By the time the Severe Weather reached massachusetts, the powerful wind was taking down trees and power lines. Some smashed into homes. Others blocked roads. It was a violent storm, i knew that. I looked out my side window and i saw my maple tree, which is huge, going in all different directions. At that point my wife and i went down in the cellar because we didnt know what was going to happen. There was also extensive damage in new jersey and flooding in new york. Meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz is tracking the weather system. Weve been tracking Stormy Weather the last few days and the cool air coming down from canada, you can see it on the satellite radar picture because it clears everything on. Not much going on. Mainly for today were watching right along the coastline