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>> the mayor said he pushed the ban because obesity kills 5,000 new yorkers a year. he says more than 57% of new yorkers are overweight. and says obesity runs up $4 billion in medical costs. shep? >> shepard: eric shawn live in new york city tonight. eric, thank you. a new warning on drug-resistant super bugs. this is serious. the united kingdoms chief medical officer is now calling for world leaders to take serious action against antibiotic resistant bacteria which she claims pose a catastrophi...

The prosecutors. it sounds like oscar pistorius is looking to sell the house where that shooting happened. >> yeah, but the problem is, shep, right now he is not allowed inside that house which is why his lawyers are asking a judge to allow access to the house so he can get in and fix it up and sell it to help pay upcoming legal bills. he has been forced to sell investments including his race horses. on top of all of that he has very little income after losing lucrative deals with nike and oakle...

All of that makes it a very dangerous time on the korean peninsula. shep? >> shepard: a dangerous time and it appears the united states is reacting and sharply to all of this. >> yeah. these are military exercises that the u.s. is involved in with the south koreans right now where obviously planned long before the latest crisis. but neither the south koreans nor the u.s. are obviously disappointed that they are happening just a month after the north koreans carried out that underground nuclear t...

House arrest. he is forced to live with his uncle. he gets visits from corrective officers once at least every week and he is also not allowed alcohol or banned substances so his lawyers say on top of getting his house back they would also like for him to be allowed outside the country they will not say why he needs to leave a country. there is no word if the judge will actually allow him a bail hearing. the next hearing in this case is set for june 4th. the trial probably later this year, shep....

Of snow, wet, heavy snow in some areas, including omaha, nebraska. first alert forecasters say out when conditions are possible and that the storm could turn into a 50 mile-per-hour blizzard south and west of chicago. roads and highways are closed all over the place and some 400,000 homes are already without power. just in time for santa. farther south in alabama, the storm may have caused several tornadoes this morning. they are talking cars flipped, trees down. shredded roofs, you name it, in ...

Was unraveling and that they needed extra help. shep? >> shepard: catherine herridge, thank you. >> you are welcome. >> shepard: today vice president joe biden met with his task force on gun violence. it was their first meeting. president obama has given the group until next month to come up with proposals to try to prevent mass shootings like the shooting spree at sandy hook elementary. today met with law enforcement across the country. he said this is one washington tax force that will get res...

We watched the rain turn to snow and it hasnt let up since. i want to go right through-to-some cancellations for people traveling by air. chicago ohare international airport reporting 300 cancellations with delays up to 90 minutes. and midway airport reporting 150 cancellations with delays of at least 30 minutes. just to get a good idea of how much is coming down and how fast you can see the snow coming down in our headlight here, we are in lake zurk, about 30 miles northwest suburbs. this is th...

Commercial airliners and unregistered cargo planes seen here offloading syrias military airports. now western intelligence sources confirm the planes are flying back to iran loaded with the sa 17s. current plans by israel and the townhouse attack irans nuclear facilities count on using electronic counter measures to defeat irans relatively outdated air defense system. if deployed around irans facility the sa 17 would vastly increase their protection. now in addition to the missiles iran gets fro...

Make it much harder for the west or israel to launch an air attack on irans nuclear sites. leland vittert with the news in our middle east bureau this morning. leland? >> shep, this definitely changes the strategic map of the middle east. not only for iran vs. israel but also iran vs. united states. these systems are enough any plans they have to attack irans nuclear facilities. >> designed by russia to protect its citys military bases and icbm by attack by the united states. the sa 17 is among ...

Eric cantor and speaker boehner tonight. they had guaranteed they would have the votes to pass so-called plan b the tax portion but just raising taxes over a million dollars a year. that picture you showed about recess subject to the call of the chair thats washington speak for they dont have the votes to pass that plan shep. so right now they are behind the scenes breaking arms trying to get enough republicans to pass. this they may or may not be able to do that tonight. if they dont it, will s...