now./// ((paula francis)) > switching gears now... the number of a-list performers committing to las vegas residencies is growing. ((dave courvoisier)) britney's and j-lo's shows are smash hits at planet hollywood. and pretty soon pitbull and lionel ritchie will be added to the lineup. 8 news now anchor paul joncich talked to the man who's been signing up the big name acts. performers to come here in the prime of their careers used to be a tough sell. but not anymore. a vegas residency is now a coveted gig. think about it, living in a penthouse suite....taking a short walk down to work everyday. it sure beats life on the road. ((paul joncich)) ((trk)) ((nat pop music)) when britney came to town, some thought it would never last. kurt melien (mehl-een) was the guy who convinced the suits at ceasars it would. and boy was he right. britney's done so well....her two year residency at planet hollywood's axis theater...has been extended to four years. and helped change the perception that artists have of performing in las vegas for an exten

((paula francis)) the cbs evening news is next. we'll see you at six. >> pelley: on the eve of super tuesday, trump clashes with black lives matter protesters. >> get 'em out. get 'em out. out, out, out, out.ls >> pelley: also tonight, a cop is gunned down on her first day on the job. the big cheese at a food company pleads guilty to selling parmesan that had no parmesan. and david martin with an american hero. >> that's five bronze stars, two purple hearts? >> that's correct. >> pelley: and now the highest military honor of all. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. no candidate will clinch the nomination tomorrow, but super tuesday may generate irreversible momentum for hillary clinton and donald they're favored many most of the 12 state primaries and caucuses. for democrats, it's a step toward certainty. for republicans, another jolt in the party's identity crisis. polls show trump leading in at least six states, but he is trailing ted cruz in cruz's

((paula francis)) and i'm paula francis. the las vegas paiute indian tribe is moving ahead with plans to build one of the largest medical marijuana facilities in nevada. ((dave courvoisier)) 8 news now anchor paul joncich says plans include at least two dispensaries and three huge greenhouses needed to grow the weed. ((paul joncich)) the paiutes are jumping into medical marijuana game with both feet. they are going big. once built, their facilities, which will include greenhouses larger than a couple of football fields, will be bigger than any medical marjuana facility in nevada, arizona or colorado. ((paul joncich)) calling it an economic development plan, the paiutes plan to open two medical marijuana dispensaries. one will be near their exisiting las vegas smoke shop on main street. the other, on the paiutes snow mountain campus in the northwest. where they'll also build three 28-thousand square foot 10-thousand squre foot warehouse and kitchen to formulate it, and a stylish dispensary to sell it. the tribe which has fewe

((paula francis)) people say they're finding it on facebook. but is it really worth your money? ((dave courvoisier)) 8 on your side consumer advocate michelle mortensen looked into the shops advertising or selling on social media... promising cheap couture... to find out. ((michelle mortensen)) cheap is right. i'm talking dresses for 10 and this stuff looks like it came right off the runway... too. < facebook isn't just pictures ... status updates .. and comment wars... anymore facebook is big business. especially in the world of fashion. ((noelle: i fell in love with the dress )) noelle sliman adored this windowpane dress that appeared on her facebook feed a quick click .. took her to rosegal.com ... revealing the fabulous frock had a fabulous price tag. ((noelle: i paid $10.63 )) more than 30 days later ... the dress ... size small ... arrived. but it didn't quite fit her size 4 frame. ((noelle: i said this is for barbie because there's no way.)) she wanted a refund ... but returning the dainty dress ... required big effort. like pictures ... her measurements ... and a lot of

francis. he's going to talk a little bit about what it means to be a missionary of mercy, his trip to rome, and how we can also continue to enter more deeply into this year of mercy. >>> welcome back to "mosaic", i am angela pollick for the archdiocese of san francisco, today we are continuing our journey through the year of mercy. with me today is father john david riva, he plays a special role in the year of mercy is a missionary mercy designated by pope francis. father john entered the order in 1990, he was born and raised in southern california area after he completed his education, he worked for the bank of america. the la police department, and the u.s. postal service. he's also served in the military. after completing formation, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1999. he served at st. lawrence and watts in la, and most recently has been working at -- as the champlin and the rector here in san francisco. welcome, father john. >> thank you. good morning >> it is so nice to have you, we

knowing what he did it's disgusting. )) ((paula francis)) > that's a father's reaction... after seeing the man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted his 14 year old daughter. ((dave courvoisier)) jimmy carter kim was caught back in december... after the teen escaped his home and ran for help... she had been held captive for a month. today kim took a plea deal in the case. ((paula francis)) 8 news now anchor paul joncich breaks down what happened in court. ((paul joncich)) > 4 victims came forward today to testify against him... but in the end, the district attorney's office offered him a victims... three of which are minors... from testifying. police were first alerted to jimmy carter- kim back in early after a 14 year old girl told them she had escaped his home, where he had locked her in his bedroom for a month and forced her to have sex with him on numerous occassions. kim's father even saw the girl in his son's room but says he didn't know she was being held against her will. when she escaped, police looked for more victims, and found them. there were 83 counts against

((paula francis)) the late show with stephen colbert is next. we'll see you back here tomorrow >> jon: stephen colbert! yeah! captioning sponsored by cbs ( band playing intro music ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! thanks, everybody! thanks so much! welcome to "the late show." nice to see you. what's going on? ( cheers and applause ) thanks, everybody. thanks, so much. welcome to "the late show." i'm stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen, i don't know if you know this, but there's news coming from the some folks a little bit jittery. starbucks has announced-- it just came out-- that next year they will open their first store in italy. finally, they will have customers who know what venti means. i looked it up. it means 20, because that is the price of a venti. ( laughter ) now, this could be even bigger than when dom neoopenned in italy and introduced them to the idea of disappointment. it's delicious. it's delicious. i want to say considerations to starbucks and hope the italians enjoy-- >> excuse me. i don't want to interrupt, but whe

dennis and his brother francis are ready to sell. a hotel while hundreds more are bidding by phone and online. >> let's start now. this is our remarkable rarities auction. >> we started getting a little excited, maybe some butterflies as to what is this going to do. >> all right. >> here we go. >> here we go. >> it's a great lot right here. john f. kennedy, pt-109 letters. one-of-a-kind archive of kennedy's letters to the family of his lost crew mate. >> i got $22,000. >> all right. we're starting with a $22,000 bid on the internet. now $23,000. >> remember, the preliminary estimate for all four of dennis and francis' jfk letters was $50k. >> $45,000 on the phone now. $47,500. $55,000, now $60,000. >> they had the auction people there, and they're hoop-dee-doing and hollering and pushing. >> $90,000. $95,000. looking for $100,000. bid $100,000. looking for $100,000. yes. now $110,000. $110,000. now $120,000. $130,000. >> holy cow. >> wow. >> looking for $130,000 now. $140,000? >> but d't hmer e gal o so. e biing'not er. $14000.ow $0,

. >>> the marine killed in iraq yesterday has been identified, be lewis cardoon temecula, pope francis made his debut on instagram, just in time for palm sunday. he already has over 1.4 million followers. >> reporter: pope francis abandoned his prepared palm sunday text to compare what he called "indifference" to migrants and refugees arriving in europe to those who washed their hands of jesus ahead of his crucifixion. making use of the wider audience the special day provided is typical francis, and this weekend he embraced another way to reach out-- instagram-- a sign-up he called "beginning a new journey." he picked up one million followers in 12 hours the pope already tweets in nine languages, including latin, to more than 25 million followers. he doesn't type his own tweets, usually quotes from his speeches, but approves every one. his instagram pictures will be chosen by a senior media adviser, according to deputy vatican spokesman greg burke. >> you're not going to see pope francis with a selfie stick here saying welcome to my home. but he knows that can be important, he knows th

pope francis going viral faster than you can say holy hashtag. >> pictures of pope francis go viral, so it's a match made in heaven you could say. >> reporter: instagram's ceo there for the big launch. >> the power of an image was that it could transcend culture or language and it can speak to anyone anywhere in the world. the sky's really the limit for him. >> reporter: new traditions for an old institution. this pope, already perfecting the photo-op. from the first family, to little kristupas. during his u.s. visit last year, i even got in on the action. #selfiegoals. pope francis might already be the coolest pope of all, but if he is praying for true instagram success, he'll have to step up his selfie game. >> a million followers and counting already. >>> "good morning america" and "this week" in the morning. we'll see you right here tomorrow with david's special broadcast from cuba. >> announcer: this program is a paid presentation for omega xl and is brought to you by great healthworks. >> welcome. i'm larry king, and i'm here today to report on a significant health-related inve

pope francis going viral faster than you can say holy hashtag. >> pictures of pope francis go viral, so, it's a match made in heaven you could say. >> reporter: instagram's ceo there for the big launch. >> the power of an image was that it could transcend culture or language and it can speak to the sky's really the limit for him. >> reporter:ew traditions for an old institution. this pope, already perfecting the oto-op. from the first family, to little kristupas. during his u.s. visit last year, i even got in on the action. #selfiegoals. pope francis might already be the coololt pope of all, but if he's praying for true instagram success, he'll have to step up his selfie game. thank you for joining us on this from sony picture studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, pat sajak and vanna white. here we come! marching into your living room. are you marching? thank you, jim. "thank you, folks. have a good show. see you later. pat: hey, how you doing? well, this is it. there's no turning back now. our first "toss up," it'

. >> pope francis made his debut on instagram just in time for palm sunday. his new account already has over 1.4 million followers. here is allen pizzey. >> reporter: pope francis abandoned his prepared palm sunday text to compare what he called refugees arriving in europe to those who washed their hands of jesus ahead of his crucifixion. making use of the wider audience the special day provided is typical pope francis. this weekend he embraced a way to reach out instagram. a sign he called beginning is a new journey. he picked up 1 million followers in 12 hours. the pope tweets in nine languages including latin to more than 25 million followers. he doesn't type his own tweets. usually quotes from his speeches. but approves every one. his instagram pictures will be chosen by a senior media adviser according to deputy vatican spokesman greg burke. >> you are not going to see, pope francis with a selfie stick here saying, "welcome to my home." but he knows how that can be important. he knows the importance of getting the image out. >> reporter: pope francis the

pope francis made his debut on instagram just in time for palm sunday. allen pizzey reports. >> reporter: pope francis abandoned his prepared palm sunday text to compare what he called indifference to migrants and refugees arriving in europe to those who washed their hands of jesus ahead of his crucifixion. making use of the wider audience the special day provided is typical francis. and this weekend he embraced another way to reach out, instagram. a sign-up he called beginning a new journey. he picked up 1 million followers in 12 hours. the pope already tweets in nine languages, including latin, to more than 25 million followers. he doesn't type his own tweets. usually quotes in his speeches but approves every one. his instagram pictures will be chosen by a senior media adviser according to deputy vatican spokesman greg burke. >> you're not going to see pope francis with a selfie stick here saying welcome to my home. but he knows how that can be important. he knows the importance of getting the image out. >> pope francis is the second most followed worl

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." > ((paula francis)) > thanks for joining us, i'm paula francis. ((dave courvoisier)) and i'm dave courvoisier. metro police are investigating a stabbing in downtown las vegas. ((paula francis)) we want to get straight to vanessa murphy who is live near eastern and fremont. vanessa? ((vanessa murphy)) metro police tell me this all started as a disturbance call. officers got to the area and found a woman who had been stabbed. she's been taken to umc and police say she is in critical condition. metro also says they have arrested one person. no word yet on what may have started this. we'll continue to follow this and bring you the latest updates as they become available. for now reporting live near downtown.. vanessa murphy.. 8 news now./// (( (( disgusting looking at him. knowing what he did it's disgusting. )) ((paula francis)) > that's a father's reaction... after seeing the man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted his 14 year old daughter. ((dave courvoisier)) jimmy carter kim was caught back in december... after the teen escaped his home and ran

pope francis going viral faster than you can say holy hash tag. >> the pictures a pope francis, it is a match made in heaven you could say. >> the ceo there for the big launch. >> it transcends culture or language they can speak to world. institution. this pope already perfecting the photo op from the first family to little chris davis during his us visit last year. i even got on the action. hash tag sell the goals. pope francis may be the coolest purple ball but if he is praying for true instagram success he will have to step up his cell the game. hash tag blessed. saw a lot of rain yesterday. a lot of plans yesterday. are we in for round 2. bill logan has answers to that >>> a tampa police officer was almost hit by a wrong way driver onto 75. the officer was heading north near fowler and saw the officer -- car cramming near him. we will update this story to the next newscast. >>> we have a cloudy day but then clearing and cooler with a high of 75 before the temperatures tumble this afternoon. >>> see you in an hour. >>> good morning, america. new over night. fists fly. violence brea

the 75 year old said francis was the fourth pope he had the tore tune of meeting. he was able to sing for the previous three, and he said he would be thrilled to sing for pope francis one day. we would all love that. still ahead, we all know we're supposed to eat our vegtables, they're good for us, right? now finds out how the cost might factor into the importance in our diet. >> of course talking about it now, snow on the horizon for us. i'm going to tell were you it gets here, what kind of accumulations we're talking about, is there a commute that might be most affected, the answer in short is yes. i'll tell you which once coming up. your body is a finely tuned instrument. diarrhea can throw it out of rhythm. imodium multi symptom relief combines two powerful ingredients to relieve diarrhea faster and ease gas, cramps and bloating. restore rhythm with imodium. >> fruits and vegtables can cost a lot, but, they say cheaper fruit and developing tables subsequently greater access could lower the death rate from heart disease and stroke. listen to there is if the cost

they want to go straight to pope francis. pope francis is being known as a more radical figure in the catholic church than his predecessors. could he prove to be a reformist in terms of cover-ups of child sex abuse? >> he sure has the power and he has the right time in history to be able to do something. however, if the past is a predictor of the future, roman pontiffs have said many things but have acted and done absolutely nothing. if pope francis starts to fire bishops and remove bishops beginning with cardinal pell and various others, then possibly we'll have some hope, but until there are real severe consequences for bishops, they're going to continue to make the same decisions on not calling police and not children. anchor: thank you for giving us your time, talking about the new allegations of clergy sex abuse of children in the united states. a humanitarian disaster is brewing on the border of greece and macedonia, that's according to the head of amnesty international in greece. more than 11,000 people are now gathere

this is the second for ray into social media for francis. he also has a twitter account. you may know that. perhaps. maybe. >> he skipped facebook. he went right to twitter. >> you haven't noticed the decrease in usage? >> facebook was everything when i was in college and now you're telling me it's dying -- >> that's hard to believe. >> i don't think it will ever go away completely. >> zuckerberg is in china did you hear this story. >> i think the way they changed they're all go rhythms people don't see their posts as much. >> interesting. >> you really don't notice? >> no. this is news to me. >> we'll chat later. >> i don't pay attention to the social media. i mean i'm on it twitter facebook but to me i believe twitter and facebook are still equal but they're not. >> i don't think so, no. that could just be my opinion but i think that that's the general consensus that things are moving away from that. >> i think proof is in the together and going right to twitter and instagram. >> proof is in the front active. >> that was a good one. >> our producer is saying weather. >>

((paula francis)) > country cooking... coming to las vegas. the plan cracker barrel is putting in place... as the chain plots a las vegas expansion./// < ((voice over: "now, nevada's first choice for news. this is 8 news now at 5.")) > ((paula francis)) > 350 construction workers walking off the job at the tesla gigafactory construction site near reno. thanks for joining us... i'm paula francis. ((dave courvoisier)) i'm dave courvoisier. the workers are trade members... concerned about the use of cheaper... out-of-state laborers working on site with them. patrick walker is here to help ((patrick walker)) on the surface... there is something behind the concern the workers are bringing up. remember... there are local labor requirements in deals like this one... and faraday future out at apex. so we dug into state reports... to see if there is any merit behind the complaints. < ((patrick walker)) work on tesla's five-billion dollar gigafactory... grinding to a halt. local construction workers walking out... as a contractor brings in non- union wo

the new account @francis cuss, latin for francis, attracting more than 100,000 followers per hour. pope francis going viral faster than you can say holy hash tag. >> pictures of pope francis go viral. you could say. >> instagram's ceo there for the big launch. >> the power of an image was that it could transcend end culture or language. it can speak to anyone anywhere in the world. the sky's really the limit for him. >> reporter: new traditions for an old institution. this pope already perfecting the photo op from the first family to little chris. during his visit last year, i even got in on the action. #selfie goals. pope francis might already be the coolest pope of all, but if he praying for true instagram success, he'll have to step up his selfie game. #blessed. cecilia vega, abc news, new york. very cute. you know i predict he's going to get a lot more instagram followers. he has close to 9 million on twitter. >> his last photo posted about 11 hours ago. already got 178,000 likes. >> a lot of likes. that's the news for this half hour. >>> this morning on "world news now," makin

this is one of the two fiats donated by a car company that pope francis used in his famous visit. in the visit last september the pope received attention riding around d.c. in the humble fiat while the others cars. the archdiocese plans to use the car to promote the various events around the city. it is using the #drivewithfrancis. this is one of eight that the car company donated and brought for the pope's use. the two others were given the organizations. among those who took a look at today was the cardinal of washington. >> we hope it reminds everybody of the visit he had here and the great time for us in washington. >> the blessing to the holy oil will be used throughout the city throughout the year and the fiat will be here for another hour. but it will be promoting various causes that the catholic church has. reporting live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc7 news. you know you are big if the car you rode in one time turns into a celebrity. maureen: and it's valuable. a cool weekend. it has not affected the cherry blossoms. doug: no. cold. nasty. but didn't do any dama

to give our very own paula francis.. some big recognition (( your heart is with the community of southern nevada and the state of nevada )) ((brian loftus)) the tribute the clark county of commission.. made to paula.. at today's meeting./// our very own paula francis.. was honored by the clark county board of comissioners. commisioner steve sisolak gave her the key to the las vegas strip.. and proclamation recognizing her for her outstanding career in journalism. ((steve sisolak/clark co. commissioner: 30:11 paula's career as a broadcast journalist in our community has spanned 31 years, she's not old enough, but it's been 31 years. making her one of the most talented and respected and we've ever had in las vegas)) ((brian loftus)) but the commission isn't the only organization honoring paula. the city council just announced tomorrow, mayor carolyn goodman will proclaim may 2nd "paula francis day."/// ((brian loftus)) > that's all for 8 news now live at noon.. remember that 8 news now is always available at las vegas now

. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight, pope francis also took part in the easter vigil. we will take you to the vatican for his message. >>> also coming up democratic voters in three states cast their ballots the in their ballot for their nomination. which cap date walked away with the most delegates today. >>> walter, we are tracking cloud that will roll in throughout the overnight hours and a cloudy start for our easter sunday. we have details coming up with your full and inclusive accu weather forecast. >>> and ducis rodgers has sports when "action news" comes right back. >>> bernie sanders campaign opened its first official sights in south philadelphia today. the supporters gathered a at the office on the 1900 block of east passyunk avenue. volunteers also stopped by to find out how they can get involved in the campaign. >>> and with that said, democrats in alaska, hawaii and washington state went to the polls today. so far bernie sanders is the winner in two of those contests. sanders came out on top in both a last contact and washington state. we are a waiting word

francis condemned what he called indifference to my grant and refugees arriving in europe. francis a abandoned his traditional homily, and he led a procession to saint peter square to ush usher in holy week. >>> big changes, the the alabama city is joining panama city in banning alcohol sales on the beaches during spring break. city leaders say there's too many concerns about public drunkenness and damage to the beaches, panama city banned alcohol last year, and many with -- a good time with children are happy about the decision. >> i think it's food, there's too many kids and families wanting to have a good time. when you see 20 or 30 kids having cases of beers, is what with are we getting our selves into. >>> and many college kids say they will try other beaches. >>> two boys are recovering from a scare, they fell into a 32-foot deep hole at a parking lot of a mcdonald in maryland. the boys told their family they felt the ground jumping to they jumped. it may have been an old well that was covered with mulch and mold. >>> apple is rumored to unveil three new devices. appl

she received help after she met pope francis. the 12 year old was blessed on the tarmac back in september. for nearly a year, she's l -- battled a mystery illness -- mystery illness. >> but since meeting the pope, her life has changed. reporter: julia was blessed by the pope during the darkest days of her illness. just 12 years old, she would lie in bed and wonder if she would live there the works in mysterious ways, the nuns used to tell us. >> the pope was like truly, like the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me. the pope changed everything. reporter: for julia and her parents, every day is say gift that they think is delivered by the pope himself. >> since the pope's visit, its been a wonderful blessing. reporter: you may remember julia, she was a normal preteen girl before she started getting sick. >> i was scared for my life. you know, doctors were just shrugging their shoulders they didn't know what to do. reporter: soon she couldn't walk and no one could figure out what was wrong. >> it was scary. i would go to b

pope francis first photo showedd him with his head bowed. you can see it right there kneeling in prayer with the caption pray for me in nine ni different languages. if you want to follow him, pope francis' instagram account is fran cyst cuss. he's on twitter, also. that was quick.as i remember when they did that. well, you know what. everybody has to be on social s media these days. > a lot of people will be checking social media for the weather. especially tomorrow, right? >> right. at again what fox fox5 d.c.c. tomorrow morning is going to be a little bit tricky. right now it's moving the afternoon, though, we are ar talking about a lieutenant oft o heavy rainfall that is going to head in. we're going to watch tomorrow carefully with that rain tomorrow, by tomorrow night that's my concern when the temperatures are expected to drop right near the freezing point and then by monday intonto the early morning hours we might see of that actually become a about it of a problem. p we're going to nail it for you once we get p into the morning hours

francis says: "..god weeps for the sexual abuse of children." (voice of translator) (on cam tag) pope francis set up a commission on sex abuse in twenty fourteen. that commission had a private screening of "spotlight" earlier this month. in rome, amy kellogg, fox news. the cardinal - george pell - is not under investigation or suspicion himself... but has come under fire for what critics have described as a systematic cover-up by the church's hierarchy to protect criminal priests. the oscars faced another controversial topic last night.... diversity in hollywood. host chris rock was expected to address the issue... after only white people were nominated - in every single acting category. "it's the 88th nominees thing happened at least 71 other times... black people did not had real things to protest at the time." chris rock was announced as host before the nominees were announced. he went through with it - despite calls for him to pull out of the broadcast amid boycotts - due to the lack of diversity. "he told an anecdote about being with barack

pope francis washed and kiz ssed the feet of 12 refugees in rome. originally it's only involved catholic men and priest but since pope francis, women and noncatholics have been called to participate. >>> let's look at the weather on this good friday. and a lot of people wanting to get those easter egg hunts in this weekends. so, hopefully you have good news. >> a few exceptions out there though here for the weekend. i am tracking a few showers to the northeast this morning. showers moving through areas of upstate new york through central pennsylvania. bring your umnt brel brella for the morning commute. showers and storms across the state of florida right now. and showers and storms, meanwhile, heat in the southwest. a beautiful easter weekend for many parts of the country. that's a look at your national forecast, now here's your local forecast. we're looking at showers and storms across the east here. have the umbrella through the midafternoon hours, d.c. through new york and heat and thunderstorms with temperatures in the 80s in the southeast. ove

the pope francis wrote him back saying he was praying for. he said it gave him the will to live. >>> boeing invented a self cleaning airplane, can they bring it to my house. they are designed so they can bathed in an ultraviolet light killing 99.99% germs. they have a toilet seat that opens and closes automatically and soap and hand drier. >>> it does everything but take your pants off. >> reporter: that's extra. let's go outside and check on i-95 at cottman, here's the accident scene we've been showing you, blocking the right lane, we have a different shot giving you the idea, just beyond the curve, penndot on the scene of the accident i-95 southbound at cottman it was blocking all lanes, now we can see the right lane is blocked. i want to take you to the vine street expressway here, crews are working on the light at this point, on the vine past 8th street. you can see emergency workers on the scene trying to fix the problem with the lights. in this area, dave you can see how the roads are just wet. >> reporter: looking like it's wet roads e

that radiance carried into the church of pope francis. the three days after death marking his resurrection. here at home timothy cardinal dolan led a mass at st. patrick's cathedral speaking about what is at the heart of this easter celebration. >> let us listen to the quiet hearts of god. let us meditate how god, in times past, saved his people. >> i blessed easter baskets. christians will congregate to reflect on sacrifice, forgiveness and rebirth while celebrating the resurrection of jesus christ. easter. and there will be a eight masses held here at st. patrick's cathedral today and, of course, the traditional easter bonnet parade. want to be if you'd like to check that out. live in front of st. patrick's cathedral. >>> a new jersey family is in mourning after two grandparents were killed in a horrific head-on crash. now a 23-year-old driver is under arrest. brian coneybeare reports. >> i couldn't believe two such good people on good friday. >> reporter: friends stunned by what happened to frank and audrey corso in reddington township

in rome, amy kellogg fox news. >> pope francis is once again break new ground. he now has an instagram account. social media, making a shift from previous popes. pope francis previously made headlines when he opened a twitter account, where he last 25 million followers. the instagram account is if you @francis cus. yeah, that's right. deal diva coming through. you see all my bogos, my weekly ad. just wait till you see my savings. and brace yourself. the digital coupons are coming next. look at her, you saved quite a bit today go ahead. say it. cha-ching! thank you the weekly ad, bogos and coupons. three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. publix. where shopping ((aaron vo _ all 62 people on board a commercial airliner...were killed when it went down over russia. >> all 62 people on board a commercial airliner were killed when it went down over russia. the conditions in the area were gusty at the time. >> it was a fly dubai airliner, carrying 52 passengers and seven crew. the plane was in a holding pattern and it tried to land and wrong. explode

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hope francis post a pic hope francis post a pic pope popes francis posted pictures of with followers on the way to god's mercy and the account already has 250,000 followers and growing. he also has a twitter account. >>> here is sometw news for many twitter users. n it is twitter user and they will appreciate it. it looks like twitter will be keeping it brief. they areing sticking to their 140140 character limit after reports emerged recently that twitter was considering a featureat that would allow for longer tweets. many users spoke out about against this possible change and everyone brings a sigh of relief. spring is finally here. her the season officially began just after midnight. that happens when the sun's rays are directly overr the equator but went there won't be going away quietly. it's like a guest that won't leave. snowstorms could hit portions of the mid-atlantic and northeastws today and as much as a foot offo snow is possible in some areas there are really bracing because those last storms are sometimes really bad ones up their. >> you get the ice and snow and wind and

pope francis has said so -- a genocide. pope francis has said so. presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle have said so. and now the how it's of representatives -- house of representatives has declared it o as well. i live in lincoln, nebraska, and i am privileged to represent the largest yazidi community in america. and it's not a community that i've gotten to know just recently because of all of the difficulties that they've had. we've worked with them for many, many years. many of these yazidi families were translators for the united states army during the height of the iraq war. and because of that, this body, by law, we gave them special to live ip options for here in america. and many settled in lincoln, nebraska. about a year and a half ago, a number of young men in the yazidi community came to see me. they were on the verge of tears . they spoke passionately, even angrily, and i don't blame them for being angry, congressman, do something, our mothers, our sisters, our families, they're trapped in sinjar. and isis is coming for them

aetro s pope francis, guess where he is likefferent languages. we said, he made it this morning. in the three years that pope francis has been on twitter by the way, he's attracted 25 million followers. the vatican saying earlier this week, he decided to join instagram after meeting with the how are we going to do >> a little girl and killed outside a station. >> three brothers in jail facing were g shooting death of offija colson, special attention has to be paid to where and how they are incarcerated. in order to preserve the integrity of the trial all three brothers have been sent to three separate maryland facilities. michael ford is held in isolation in the prince george's medical unit. his two brothers are in two separate unnamed facilities. >> with inmates with a high profile case like this, it's unprecedented, we have to make sure not only they are well mentally but physically. and that requires our medical staff and we have one medical unit. it would be nearly impossible to headquarters. look at these folks. that, after it cha saws. >>> right now, getting a chilly light

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health officials are taking actions to contain the spread. 3 pope francis is known for reaching out to the younger generations-- always stopping to take a selfie. well now... he officialy has his own instagram account. you'll find the pointiff under the name "franciscus". however... he won't be taking the time to add all those filters and hashtags-- vatican staff will be posting photos for him. pope francis already has facebook and twitter accounts. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 the bagpipes were out in full force at this street festival in dunedin yesterday... aside from shortage of irish step dancers, traditional irish food... and of course, green beer. according to wallet-hub... tampa bay is one of the best areas to celebrate st. patrick's day... 3 also on that list... was new york city. yesterday... thousands of people lined the streets of fifth avenue for its annual st. patrick's day parade. for the first time ever... some gay and lesbian groups were allowed to march. the parade honors the centennial of ireland's easter rising against british rule. this parade is considered to be the nation's old

use the hashtag drive with francis -- hashtag drive with francis to give updates. >>> and warmer temperatures coming, folks. spring will finally be here. or feel like it's here anyway. >> if you have a convertible, put it down on wednesday and thursday. >> will tomorrow and a cold start but then low 70s wednesday and thursday. showers -- on thursday. and then we look ahead to easter, nice and near 70. for crash survival, subaru has developed ours most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. not toyota. not ford or any other brand. subaru eyesight. an extra set of eyes, every time you drive. >> jon: stephen colbert! captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ ♪ ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to "the late show." thanks, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) thanks, everyb

people are encouraged to come out as they were when pope francis was here. we feel the difference. you see the difference in the lack of propaganda posters here. it is all very real. let's get perspective from someone who covered this for a long time on different levels. jim acosta and also ed is on the rainy streets of old havana. it is a beautiful moment to witness history, always when it is a supposed step this the right direction. but these guys have cuban roots and it makes it more significant. >> you are on the streets all alone. not just your popularity but something else. set the mood for us. >> we're not that alone, chris. moments ago, the presidential motorcade came by here. you see this family right up here that we have been talking to them throughout the day. they let us on the roof a while ago and we were told by security agents to get off the roof and come down here. a short while ago, the president's motorcade drove by 20 feet here and got a close up glimpse of what exactly cubans live like, what they have to deal with and this is the -- these are the -- a lot of peo