that ripped through sophia s family home sunday night. started around 10:30.when fire crews responded.sophia rhodes was the only one of the 9 people living there still in the burning house.21:00:16they thought they had gotten her out when they got outside and realized that she was not out. 3 3 3 3 20:59:24she was located between the couch and a wall..she was unconscious and was revived by honea path fire ems.taken to the augusta burn center for severe smoke inhalation, sophia fought for her life.but a relative today posted on facebook. sophias heart and lungs may hold up but her brain cells wont. she is brain dead. 10:29:45it s been very overwhelming..i m feeling pretty much numb right now. it comes in waves, what we experienced last night with the family, but we will make it through this. overby, whose husband is the pastor at the neighboring first assembly of god.is working to get donations for the family. 10:31:51the biggest help is donations or gift cards.as friends of
in des moines november 14th. it ll be moderated by c - b - s john dickerson. 3 iowa governor terry branstad was getting asked some questions. about the effort to privatize iowa s medicaid program.critics want to know about how much money might be saved. how contracts have been awarded. and how the plan will affect patients. later today. a legislative oversight committee will hold the first of two hearings to go over these privatization plans. the governor says the move will mean more streamlined service at a lower cost. and iowa is doing the same thing that half the states in the u - s have already done. 3 the dept of human services has shared with me the spreadsheet and the citeria and the approach that they used. i think that we acted in an appropriate way. and we feel confident. and just as 25 other states have been able to move forward with 3 this.iowa s medicaid program gives care to poor children. families. disabled people. and low - income adults. it s paid for with
pam: pedro cortes accused of striking a man with ford pickup truck tuesday morning the man in his 60s not identified he died at the scene cortes a book on felony hit-and-run charges crash happens in your north white road florence avenue the truck was a founding cortes later turned himself and investigators failed connect cortes to the crash and the security video at a nearby bakery sells a searching for answers this evening in the wake of a deadly shoot straight race lead of three young people dead and lone survivor of that crash still in the hospital tonight. police still have not on the other car involved in the race. rob flood of boat reports the mayor says the solution to call trustee racing starts with keeping kids from dropping out of school. . reporter: the accident that claimed three young lives during the street race continues to draw mourners to the scene of the tragedy also attracted the attention of city hall ultra street racing getting the blame some of tho
3 president obama is encouraging all americananto remain hopeful and embrace change after he gave his final state of the union address. 3 president obama spoke more directly to the american people rather than congress tuesday night.he tried to calm fears about national security and pushed for criminal justice reform.president obama also urgegeamericans to not play into the fear that politicians send out during an election year. 3 3 3 i can promise that a year from now, when i no longer hold this office, i ll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and visisi, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped america travel so far. know. that s the country we love. clear-eyed. big- hearted. optimistic that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. a greenwood woman was invited to join the first lady for president obama s address.edith childs is credited with providing one of the unofficial slogans of president oba
fallen comrats. reporter: that looks neat. don t you wish you could do that? i couldn t do that on a bike, a regular bike. i couldn t do that standing up. [laughter]. let s talk about the weather, looks like a fabulous weekend around the delaware valley. the dry streak continues. the next chance of precipitation arrives tomorrow night. that s slim at best. there s the view in atlantic city, a little bit cloud cover down there. temperature are fairly cool, 54 degrees if quakertown, somewhat milder than yesterday at this time. manners creek 56. 54 in warrington, coatsville, 54 and fleetwood 54. terms are pretty much in the mid 50s south and east. glassboro, 54. ham top, 352. woodbine 59 and smyrna, 56 degrees. satellite and radar composite just like last weekend we ll start out on a nice, quiet note. a couple of clouds hanging around. that s about it. we have high pressure moving in from the west. that will provide us with a nice comfortable day today. we ll see highs w