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Device will hover over the crowd as partyers ring in the new year in new yorks time square. He wants to call the cops on me because im taking a phone call in the lobby. And two Hotel Workers are fired after evicting an africanamerican guest. I plan to try to seek justice and make sure this doesnt happen to anybody else. Quijano good evening, im elaine quijano. It is day nine of the partial Government Shutdown with no end in site sight, the long ter lasts the more government offices will be forced to close. The main Sticking Point is border security. The white house now says President Trump listened to ideas other than a wall along the border. Errol barnett is in washington with the details. Ive never been more encouraged, if we can get people talking, we can finds our way out of this mess. Reporter republican senator Lindsey Graham had lunch with President Trump helping to navigate out of the shutdown. The South Carolina senator is encouraging the president to bring democrats on board by pong other things providing work perrities to children of undocumented immigrants. Senator, after you outlined this to President Trump what were the first words out of his mouth. Interesting. Counsel eller to the president Kellyanne Conway says her bos hasnt spoke when democratic leadership recently and is open to other ideas. It really depends what customs and Border Patrol says they need. They said they need barriers they need the president says a wall, barriers, steel slats, technology enhancements. In speaking of the administrations aim, outgoing chief of staff john kelly tells the l. A. Times, to be honest, its not a wall, explaining quote we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. When we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. This comes as President Trump continues to tie the partial government closure to the democrats refusal to fund what he describes as a desperately needed wall. Talks of broken down between democrats and the white house just days before nancy pelosi will be sworn in as the new House Speaker over the Incoming Democratic majority. This weekend the president called it the schumer shutdown despite taking responsibility for it just a few weeks ago. I will be the one to shut it down. I am not going to blame you for it. I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. Now speaking to the White House Press today senator game said if democrats are ready to end this shutdown they can pick up the phone at any time to give President Trump a call am and we should note that our most recent cbs news polling found that almost 60 percent of americans oppose building a wall along the southern border. Elaine . Quijano and errol, general kelly will wrap up his roles achieve of staff this week in an exit interview with the l. A. Times, he is blaming former attorney general Jeff Sessions for child separations at the border. What more can you tell snus. Thats right, general kelly, in speaking to the l. A. Times, said effectively it was former attorney general Jeff Sessions who instituted the zero tolerance process surprising, apparently, the trump administration. We should note when he was saying this he was depending his protege kers jen nielsen, quellee deputy during his time leading the agency and is currently shouldering most of the blame. Errol barnett at the white house, thank you. The u. S. Fight against isis has taken a deadly toll on civilians. Since august 2014 there have brch more than 31,000 air strikes and the u. S. Military says those strikes unintentionally killed more than 1,000 civilians. But several human rights organizations say the number of civilians killed is much higher. Six people were injured after a jetway partially collapsed at Baltimore Washington International airport. Officials say there was a medical emergency on board a South West Airlines flight from the Dominican Republic and as the paramedics helped the passenger, the jet bridge gave way. The other passengers got off the plane safely 679 none of the injuries were life threatening. In california pacific gas and electric could Face Criminal Charges over the deadly camp fire. The w50eu8d fire wildfire killed at least 86 people and prosecutors believe if the utility is found responsible it could face charges as serious as manslaughter or murder. It has been nearly two months since the massive fire burned the town of paradise to the ground. Jamie yuccas spoke with one family who was still struggling to get back on their feet. I lost everything that i had. Pictures. Pictures i can never replace, i mpartf me feels really selfic selfish, but continue. Tabatha brewster and her two daughters are starting over from scramp. Their home was one of the nearly 14,000 destroyed in the camp fire. Do you have any homework. The family is using money from fema to move from mot el to mot el. There is nothing to be had, there is no place to live. Were not equipped to negotiate a disaster like this. Ed mayer is the executive director of the Housing Authority of butte county. As of the date of the crisis there might be a thousand units inbutte county that were available. All of those units are spoken for now. California was already facing a housing shortage of almost a million and a half units. With the loss of tens of thousands of homes to wildfires, the state is simply unable to absorb new homeowners. The mayer says this disaster could triple the number of Homeless People in his county to 6,000. Were playing Musical Chairs it it takes someone to move out of a unit for someone to secure a unit. So everyone is just waiting. What do you do in a situation like this . Well, the deficit is, is finding viable alternatives. Bringing in fema manufacture erred housing units, finding family or friends to live with. Fema has approved roughly 27 million in housing grants for camp fire survivors. And plans to bring if 1300 temporary homes. But mayer says rebuilding paradise will likely take ten to 20 years. An unthinkable time line for brewster and her daughters. I think that every child needs a little bit of stability, and i feel like a failure that i couldnt find something fases enough. I cant live in mot hell forever. Im hoping something coming to. Jaim yea yuccas, chico, california. The massive manhunt for an escaped prisoner is over in california. Authorities say 21 year 08d shall om mendoza was caught in a Fast Food Restaurant in san will youist obispo. On wednesday he reportedly fled a minimum security job at san quentin prison and is suspected of stealing a vehicle from a female driver. Mendoza had been serving five years for car jacking. A ldker was killed after a lion wildlife conserve tore in burlington, north carolina. This is video of the lion from earlier this year. Officials say a team was cleaning out the lions enclosure when it left the area and attacked 22 year old woman who had been working as an intern for the conserve tore. The lion was shot and killed. Its unclear how it got out. The countdown to 2019 is under way. In new yorks time square officials tested the giant crystal ball that will drop down at midnight on new years eve. Officials say two million revelers are expected to be there. Security will be very tight. Tony dokoupil takes a look athom s to bte low a perhaps with good reason. The nypd began preparing for new years eve security almost as soon as the last new years eve is over. And what is new this year is aerial drones which accord tolling john miller, the nypd Deputy Commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism will be used to supplement what is already thousands of cameras in the area. It really gives us a couple of things. It gives us flexibility, visibility, and ajility that you wouldnt have agility that you wouldnt have with another device. But there is no replacing officers on patrol. Thousands of them spread over about two dozen block, much of it closed to vehicle traffic. Every person with wants to get close to the ball drop will pass through rings of security including metal detectors and dog teams sniffing for explosives. Heavy weapons teams with long guns will patrol the north 57bd sound end of the square and complete mobile n named herk you will es will stand by for a spofnlts after a series of vehicle attacks around the world the nypd added blocking trucks and other barriers to harden the area and after the Las Vegas Shooting last year, every hotel is carefully cased for unusual activity. Now elaine the nypd is quick to point out there are no sperveg Credible Threats to the celebration but st not only about security. The department of sanitation is also preparing, pleeping to clean up about 3,000 pounds of confetti and some 57 tons of other debris, hopefully by about noon on new years day. All right, tony, thank you. Meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez joins frus our miemee station wfor. What is the weather going to be like on new years eve. Good evening. We have two systems that will bring unsettled with to much of the u. S. As we get ready to ring in the new year. The first is across the Northern Tier will be dealing with winter precipitation overnight into tomorrow morni, andhe thi low pressure system down in the gulf will continue to bring heavy rain through parts of the south and into the Tennessee River valley as we head into overnight tonight into tomorrow. And look at this mess. Will there be the potential for strong to severe storms for parts of lust louis, mississippi, tennessee and kentucky as these two systems will merge and continue to slide to the east so check it out. Some of the heaviest rain will push into the northeast as we head into tomorrow evening and it could be a very soggy new years eve for the northeast. Snow on the back side across the great lakes and also for the four corners region. That is not all. Look at the bitter cold air in the wake of this front. Were talking one below in billings, two in denver, six in salt lake city, three in minneapolis, teens in kansas city, all we ker quee, 40s in california, upper 50s in new orleans and atlanta. The warm spot, 72 in miami, however at least it will be mild for the northeast with a low to mid 40s in new york city as we kick off 2019. Happy new year elaine. Happy new year. Thank you very much, lissette. Coming up next, alleges of racial profiling after an africanamerican guest is thrown out of his hotel. Quijano a hotel in oregon faces a lawsuit after an africanamerican guest was escorted by police off the premises, the hotel has apologized and fired two employees. Ileana diaz explains what happened. Police will be here in a minute. Thank you, im waiting. Okay. They coming why . Why are they coming to escort you off the property. Because why . And im staying here . And a week after Jermaine Massey was kicked off the property of this Doubletree Hotel in portland, oregon, management has taken action and fired two employees. Massee was in the lobby on the phone with his mother when he was approached by security. According to him, the white guests were not questionedment. How am i loitering in an area that is public. You are stning here. This area is off limits. Only if are you a guest. Mi a guest. Massee showed the manager his key and he was told he was a Security Threat before being escorted off. He was humiliated, shocked, he had Portland Police walk him out of a hotel in front of a bunch of other guests. He has never been treated like this in his entire life. His attorney, Jason Kafoury is demanding answers from doubletree and wants to know dwr massee was approached. If it was because of his race, then were going to need to do a lot of investigation as to what the policy is there at hilton about how you treat people in your lobby especially when they are customers. The doubletree tweeted a statement confirm theg fired the two employees voferred in the miss treatment of mr. Masey. This is the latest of alleged racial profiling incidents incin year. Police in philadelphia arrested two brack men at a starbucks after a call from a manager and a black man was kicked out of a frozen yogurt shop in seattle after employees say they felt uncomfortable. Masey attorney tells us is he filing a Racial Discrimination lawsuit and received several complaints of similars across the country. The Hilton Corporation says they are reinforcing their diversity training to make sure it does not happen again. Thanks, ileana. Up next a look inside delta new passenger prendly plane, largest seats and a loo with a view. Quijano next month delta will debut a brand new plane that has a lot of features passengers crave, like wider to avoid turbulence. Kris van cleave dpot a first hand look. You could say the airbus a220 was slow to take off. It started as a plane no one seemed to want but now delta is betting its the jet youre going to want to fly on. The reason passengers should care about the a220 are three magical words, wider coach seats. You dont hear airlines introducing planes that are actually much more comfortable for us as travelers, especially in coach. Seat size is a common complaint with flyers, the 18. 6 inch wide seats are the largest economy seats if deltas fleet, the 109 seat a220 bos bigger overhead bins so your bag will fit, larger window, in seat power and tv screens and the only airliner we know of that has a loo with a view, y emp, that is a window in the bathroom. At 35,000 feet t has a shade but with a view. The flight deck is stateoftheart and includes an app to avoid tush lent. It 5eu78s to show pilots where the smooth air is by crowd sourcing data from 5u8 of delta aircraft. Trying to find smooth air, can i look at this and say st right there, i know exactly where. St a focus on the inside is comfort, out here it is about efficiency. The plane is made of composite material so it is lighter and those engines are new and advanced making the plane 20 more fuel efficient. Basically it flies farther for cheaper. The a220s with designed by bombardier but struggled to win orders and prompted a trade dispute with boeing until airbus bought the plane and planned to move some pruks to the u. S. Delta ordered 75 and jetblue another 60. Which will have the new plane flying high over the u. S. For year totion come. Kris van cleave,bsews, lant q tots with their eyes all a glow thanks to the kindness of stranger. Quijano at a Childrens Hospital in michin the the holei brightly. Even on the darkest of nights. James brown has the story. No matter how kind the nurses and doctors, a hospital can be a scary place for a child and a lonely place to spend the holidays. We literally brought christmas here yesterday. Margie oconnors daughter theresa is finishing a round of chem therapy for leukemia. She will be at beaumont Childrens Hospital in suburban detroit for another month. I actually Mission Going to school, like the social part of it. And just like seeing outside, sorry. Night times are the hardest for the 17 year old. Night time i feel like, like theres not as many people here. And it justeeng sad, i guess. Ls jin bells. To brighten spirit this Holiday Season the hospital launched moonbeams for sweet dreams, armed with flash lights and smiles, hundreds have turned up to send a message of comfort in the form of light beams. It gives kids a connection to anybody outside of the hospital and it also gives them with this sense of hope because they know that random people are coming and shining the lights for them. Message received, and returned. St just an acknowledgment, i think from the kids t is a way it bounce the light off of one another. Quijano a beautiful gesture, that was james brown reporting. When we return, one boys Million Dollar mission to help his sister. Quijano and finally this evening, a teenage boy is very close to reaching his goal, raising one mm dollars to help his older sister who suffers from a rare disease. Omar villafranca has his story. Garland benson say little man on a big mission. Im trying to raise 4 million in 24 months within the austin, texas, 14 year old is trying to help save his big sister crist yane. My cities her has a nair and fatal dill cease. The 16 year old christiane was diagnosed when she was five, the rare neur lodge dal disorder degrades brain function and can cause blindness and seizures. There is no cure, only experimental treatments that may slow the disease. The family started a foundation to raise the 6 million for an fda approved Clinical Trial for christiane. Garland promised to raise the last million by himself. He is almost there and needs less than 0,00 du wille able to get it. Yeah. My plan is to get 100,000 people to give 10 each. Thank you guys so much for donating. So he has turned to social media for help, from college athlete. I play quarterback for the university of texas, here with my buddy garland. To julie designer kendra scott and staged fundraising races and sold lemonade, char lot and craig benson are garlands parents. I think in some ways it has almost made him the big brother. The bensons dont say if but when the Million Dollar goal is met, the reward will be watching their daughter start treatment. Thinking about sorry, the moment that we can actually begin treatment for her is for all of us to be there together is going to be a very special moment for sure. A Hotel Workers<\/a> are fired after evicting an africanamerican guest. I plan to try to seek justice and make sure this doesnt happen to anybody else. Quijano good evening, im elaine quijano. It is day nine of the partial Government Shutdown<\/a> with no end in site sight, the long ter lasts the more government offices will be forced to close. The main Sticking Point<\/a> is border security. The white house now says President Trump<\/a> listened to ideas other than a wall along the border. Errol barnett is in washington with the details. Ive never been more encouraged, if we can get people talking, we can finds our way out of this mess. Reporter republican senator Lindsey Graham<\/a> had lunch with President Trump<\/a> helping to navigate out of the shutdown. The South Carolina<\/a> senator is encouraging the president to bring democrats on board by pong other things providing work perrities to children of undocumented immigrants. Senator, after you outlined this to President Trump<\/a> what were the first words out of his mouth. Interesting. Counsel eller to the president Kellyanne Conway<\/a> says her bos hasnt spoke when democratic leadership recently and is open to other ideas. It really depends what customs and Border Patrol<\/a> says they need. They said they need barriers they need the president says a wall, barriers, steel slats, technology enhancements. In speaking of the administrations aim, outgoing chief of staff john kelly tells the l. A. Times, to be honest, its not a wall, explaining quote we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. When we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. This comes as President Trump<\/a> continues to tie the partial government closure to the democrats refusal to fund what he describes as a desperately needed wall. Talks of broken down between democrats and the white house just days before nancy pelosi will be sworn in as the new House Speaker<\/a> over the Incoming Democratic<\/a> majority. This weekend the president called it the schumer shutdown despite taking responsibility for it just a few weeks ago. I will be the one to shut it down. I am not going to blame you for it. I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. Now speaking to the White House Press<\/a> today senator game said if democrats are ready to end this shutdown they can pick up the phone at any time to give President Trump<\/a> a call am and we should note that our most recent cbs news polling found that almost 60 percent of americans oppose building a wall along the southern border. Elaine . Quijano and errol, general kelly will wrap up his roles achieve of staff this week in an exit interview with the l. A. Times, he is blaming former attorney general Jeff Sessions<\/a> for child separations at the border. What more can you tell snus. Thats right, general kelly, in speaking to the l. A. Times, said effectively it was former attorney general Jeff Sessions<\/a> who instituted the zero tolerance process surprising, apparently, the trump administration. We should note when he was saying this he was depending his protege kers jen nielsen, quellee deputy during his time leading the agency and is currently shouldering most of the blame. Errol barnett at the white house, thank you. The u. S. Fight against isis has taken a deadly toll on civilians. Since august 2014 there have brch more than 31,000 air strikes and the u. S. Military says those strikes unintentionally killed more than 1,000 civilians. But several human rights organizations say the number of civilians killed is much higher. Six people were injured after a jetway partially collapsed at Baltimore Washington International<\/a> airport. Officials say there was a medical emergency on board a South West Airlines<\/a> flight from the Dominican Republic<\/a> and as the paramedics helped the passenger, the jet bridge gave way. The other passengers got off the plane safely 679 none of the injuries were life threatening. In california pacific gas and electric could Face Criminal Charges<\/a> over the deadly camp fire. The w50eu8d fire wildfire killed at least 86 people and prosecutors believe if the utility is found responsible it could face charges as serious as manslaughter or murder. It has been nearly two months since the massive fire burned the town of paradise to the ground. Jamie yuccas spoke with one family who was still struggling to get back on their feet. I lost everything that i had. Pictures. Pictures i can never replace, i mpartf me feels really selfic selfish, but continue. Tabatha brewster and her two daughters are starting over from scramp. Their home was one of the nearly 14,000 destroyed in the camp fire. Do you have any homework. The family is using money from fema to move from mot el to mot el. There is nothing to be had, there is no place to live. Were not equipped to negotiate a disaster like this. Ed mayer is the executive director of the Housing Authority<\/a> of butte county. As of the date of the crisis there might be a thousand units inbutte county that were available. All of those units are spoken for now. California was already facing a housing shortage of almost a million and a half units. With the loss of tens of thousands of homes to wildfires, the state is simply unable to absorb new homeowners. The mayer says this disaster could triple the number of Homeless People<\/a> in his county to 6,000. Were playing Musical Chairs<\/a> it it takes someone to move out of a unit for someone to secure a unit. So everyone is just waiting. What do you do in a situation like this . Well, the deficit is, is finding viable alternatives. Bringing in fema manufacture erred housing units, finding family or friends to live with. Fema has approved roughly 27 million in housing grants for camp fire survivors. And plans to bring if 1300 temporary homes. But mayer says rebuilding paradise will likely take ten to 20 years. An unthinkable time line for brewster and her daughters. I think that every child needs a little bit of stability, and i feel like a failure that i couldnt find something fases enough. I cant live in mot hell forever. Im hoping something coming to. Jaim yea yuccas, chico, california. The massive manhunt for an escaped prisoner is over in california. Authorities say 21 year 08d shall om mendoza was caught in a Fast Food Restaurant<\/a> in san will youist obispo. On wednesday he reportedly fled a minimum security job at san quentin prison and is suspected of stealing a vehicle from a female driver. Mendoza had been serving five years for car jacking. A ldker was killed after a lion wildlife conserve tore in burlington, north carolina. This is video of the lion from earlier this year. Officials say a team was cleaning out the lions enclosure when it left the area and attacked 22 year old woman who had been working as an intern for the conserve tore. The lion was shot and killed. Its unclear how it got out. The countdown to 2019 is under way. In new yorks time square officials tested the giant crystal ball that will drop down at midnight on new years eve. Officials say two million revelers are expected to be there. Security will be very tight. Tony dokoupil takes a look athom s to bte low a perhaps with good reason. The nypd began preparing for new years eve security almost as soon as the last new years eve is over. And what is new this year is aerial drones which accord tolling john miller, the nypd Deputy Commissioner<\/a> of intelligence and counterterrorism will be used to supplement what is already thousands of cameras in the area. It really gives us a couple of things. It gives us flexibility, visibility, and ajility that you wouldnt have agility that you wouldnt have with another device. But there is no replacing officers on patrol. Thousands of them spread over about two dozen block, much of it closed to vehicle traffic. Every person with wants to get close to the ball drop will pass through rings of security including metal detectors and dog teams sniffing for explosives. Heavy weapons teams with long guns will patrol the north 57bd sound end of the square and complete mobile n named herk you will es will stand by for a spofnlts after a series of vehicle attacks around the world the nypd added blocking trucks and other barriers to harden the area and after the Las Vegas Shooting<\/a> last year, every hotel is carefully cased for unusual activity. Now elaine the nypd is quick to point out there are no sperveg Credible Threats<\/a> to the celebration but st not only about security. The department of sanitation is also preparing, pleeping to clean up about 3,000 pounds of confetti and some 57 tons of other debris, hopefully by about noon on new years day. All right, tony, thank you. Meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez<\/a> joins frus our miemee station wfor. What is the weather going to be like on new years eve. Good evening. We have two systems that will bring unsettled with to much of the u. S. As we get ready to ring in the new year. The first is across the Northern Tier<\/a> will be dealing with winter precipitation overnight into tomorrow morni, andhe thi low pressure system down in the gulf will continue to bring heavy rain through parts of the south and into the Tennessee River<\/a> valley as we head into overnight tonight into tomorrow. And look at this mess. Will there be the potential for strong to severe storms for parts of lust louis, mississippi, tennessee and kentucky as these two systems will merge and continue to slide to the east so check it out. Some of the heaviest rain will push into the northeast as we head into tomorrow evening and it could be a very soggy new years eve for the northeast. Snow on the back side across the great lakes and also for the four corners region. That is not all. Look at the bitter cold air in the wake of this front. Were talking one below in billings, two in denver, six in salt lake city, three in minneapolis, teens in kansas city, all we ker quee, 40s in california, upper 50s in new orleans and atlanta. The warm spot, 72 in miami, however at least it will be mild for the northeast with a low to mid 40s in new york city as we kick off 2019. Happy new year elaine. Happy new year. Thank you very much, lissette. Coming up next, alleges of racial profiling after an africanamerican guest is thrown out of his hotel. Quijano a hotel in oregon faces a lawsuit after an africanamerican guest was escorted by police off the premises, the hotel has apologized and fired two employees. Ileana diaz explains what happened. Police will be here in a minute. Thank you, im waiting. Okay. They coming why . Why are they coming to escort you off the property. Because why . And im staying here . And a week after Jermaine Massey<\/a> was kicked off the property of this Doubletree Hotel<\/a> in portland, oregon, management has taken action and fired two employees. Massee was in the lobby on the phone with his mother when he was approached by security. According to him, the white guests were not questionedment. How am i loitering in an area that is public. You are stning here. This area is off limits. Only if are you a guest. Mi a guest. Massee showed the manager his key and he was told he was a Security Threat<\/a> before being escorted off. He was humiliated, shocked, he had Portland Police<\/a> walk him out of a hotel in front of a bunch of other guests. He has never been treated like this in his entire life. His attorney, Jason Kafoury<\/a> is demanding answers from doubletree and wants to know dwr massee was approached. If it was because of his race, then were going to need to do a lot of investigation as to what the policy is there at hilton about how you treat people in your lobby especially when they are customers. The doubletree tweeted a statement confirm theg fired the two employees voferred in the miss treatment of mr. Masey. This is the latest of alleged racial profiling incidents incin year. Police in philadelphia arrested two brack men at a starbucks after a call from a manager and a black man was kicked out of a frozen yogurt shop in seattle after employees say they felt uncomfortable. Masey attorney tells us is he filing a Racial Discrimination<\/a> lawsuit and received several complaints of similars across the country. The Hilton Corporation<\/a> says they are reinforcing their diversity training to make sure it does not happen again. Thanks, ileana. Up next a look inside delta new passenger prendly plane, largest seats and a loo with a view. Quijano next month delta will debut a brand new plane that has a lot of features passengers crave, like wider to avoid turbulence. Kris van cleave dpot a first hand look. You could say the airbus a220 was slow to take off. It started as a plane no one seemed to want but now delta is betting its the jet youre going to want to fly on. The reason passengers should care about the a220 are three magical words, wider coach seats. You dont hear airlines introducing planes that are actually much more comfortable for us as travelers, especially in coach. Seat size is a common complaint with flyers, the 18. 6 inch wide seats are the largest economy seats if deltas fleet, the 109 seat a220 bos bigger overhead bins so your bag will fit, larger window, in seat power and tv screens and the only airliner we know of that has a loo with a view, y emp, that is a window in the bathroom. At 35,000 feet t has a shade but with a view. The flight deck is stateoftheart and includes an app to avoid tush lent. It 5eu78s to show pilots where the smooth air is by crowd sourcing data from 5u8 of delta aircraft. Trying to find smooth air, can i look at this and say st right there, i know exactly where. St a focus on the inside is comfort, out here it is about efficiency. The plane is made of composite material so it is lighter and those engines are new and advanced making the plane 20 more fuel efficient. Basically it flies farther for cheaper. The a220s with designed by bombardier but struggled to win orders and prompted a trade dispute with boeing until airbus bought the plane and planned to move some pruks to the u. S. Delta ordered 75 and jetblue another 60. Which will have the new plane flying high over the u. S. For year totion come. Kris van cleave,bsews, lant q tots with their eyes all a glow thanks to the kindness of stranger. Quijano at a Childrens Hospital<\/a> in michin the the holei brightly. Even on the darkest of nights. James brown has the story. No matter how kind the nurses and doctors, a hospital can be a scary place for a child and a lonely place to spend the holidays. We literally brought christmas here yesterday. Margie oconnors daughter theresa is finishing a round of chem therapy for leukemia. She will be at beaumont Childrens Hospital<\/a> in suburban detroit for another month. I actually Mission Going<\/a> to school, like the social part of it. And just like seeing outside, sorry. Night times are the hardest for the 17 year old. Night time i feel like, like theres not as many people here. And it justeeng sad, i guess. Ls jin bells. To brighten spirit this Holiday Season<\/a> the hospital launched moonbeams for sweet dreams, armed with flash lights and smiles, hundreds have turned up to send a message of comfort in the form of light beams. It gives kids a connection to anybody outside of the hospital and it also gives them with this sense of hope because they know that random people are coming and shining the lights for them. Message received, and returned. St just an acknowledgment, i think from the kids t is a way it bounce the light off of one another. Quijano a beautiful gesture, that was james brown reporting. When we return, one boys Million Dollar<\/a> mission to help his sister. Quijano and finally this evening, a teenage boy is very close to reaching his goal, raising one mm dollars to help his older sister who suffers from a rare disease. Omar villafranca has his story. Garland benson say little man on a big mission. Im trying to raise 4 million in 24 months within the austin, texas, 14 year old is trying to help save his big sister crist yane. My cities her has a nair and fatal dill cease. The 16 year old christiane was diagnosed when she was five, the rare neur lodge dal disorder degrades brain function and can cause blindness and seizures. There is no cure, only experimental treatments that may slow the disease. The family started a foundation to raise the 6 million for an fda approved Clinical Trial<\/a> for christiane. Garland promised to raise the last million by himself. He is almost there and needs less than 0,00 du wille able to get it. Yeah. My plan is to get 100,000 people to give 10 each. Thank you guys so much for donating. So he has turned to social media for help, from college athlete. I play quarterback for the university of texas, here with my buddy garland. To julie designer kendra scott and staged fundraising races and sold lemonade, char lot and craig benson are garlands parents. I think in some ways it has almost made him the big brother. The bensons dont say if but when the Million Dollar<\/a> goal is met, the reward will be watching their daughter start treatment. Thinking about sorry, the moment that we can actually begin treatment for her is for all of us to be there together is going to be a very special moment for sure. A Million Dollar<\/a> moment with a priceless payoff. Omar villafranca, cbs news, austin. That is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. Later on cbs, 60 minutes. For more news any time go to cbsn cbs news. Com. Or download the cbs news app. Now at 6 00, it was a recipe for disaster, a bucket of hot ashes set a house ablaze in the east bay. First, an arrest in a brazen beating and robbery near union square. Good evening, im andrea nakano. And im brian hackney. Police caught up with the suspect tonight where he worked over the holidays, kpix 5s sharon chin joins us live from sfpd with the assist police had been tracking him down. Sharon . Reporter yeah, they got help from an eyewitness, someone who saw something, then shared something. Are they for real . Reporter jenny, jenny shao was walking friday afternoon when she countered this fight. She recorded it. One man repeatedly stomping and beating another. Before robbing and leaving the victim for dead. Its too graphic to show the hopefully deal. But jenny says she made sure to share it with San Francisco<\/a> police who used it to disseminate still photos of the suspect, 25yearold Melton Earl Kelly<\/a> of oakland. I managed to help in getting the attackers information out there. Reporter the suspect faces 11 felonies including robbery, mayhem and narcotics. We told jenny the Tenderloin Task<\/a> force arrested the suspect rerning th blel now . Yes. Yes, yes, yes. One last violent person off our streets. Reporter since jenny posted her video online and on social media, shes got backlash from hundreds of critics. 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