half and half. no sugar. >> or regular milk. >> watch that sugar content. >> i just go black. >> black is the best. i agree. >> once have you it black, you don't want to have it any other way. officer darren wilson quits the ferguson police force but the move appears to do little to calm those angry over michael brown's death. we're live on the ground in ferguson. also the grand jury may have to decided not to bring charges but a lot of legal avenues do remain open. we'll ask our legal panel what comes next. president obama's third defense secretary, chuck hagel, is out, resigning under pressure from his boss. now the big question -- given the friction between the white house and the pentagon, who will replace him and what will that mean for u.s. military strategy. we'll talk to republican senator. the lame duck congress goes back to work tomorrow. it has one final shot to clean up two years' worth of leftover

business in just two weeks. item one on the agenda -- avoiding a government slutdohut. we'll have a live report. america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. we begin this hour with a fox news exclusive. a court in doha, qatar, overturning a ruling against an american couple who had been accused of starving their daughter to death there. the ruling clearing matthew and grace hong to leave the country. but immigration officials confiscating their passports now trapping them at the airport in doha as we speak. matthew hong joins us live by phone from the airport. matthew, how long have you been at the airport, tell us how long you have been held here. >> we've been at the airport for the last nine hours. this morning the court declared us my wife and i for the first time innocent of all charges and allowed us to go -- declared that we're permitted to go home

to the united states. we're looking forward to going home to being with our son. however, as we came to the airport we were not permitted to go through immigration and we are stuck at the airport. >> are you being closely watched by authorities there as you speak to me? >> at this point we're waiting. we're waiting for the u.s. to step in. we don't understand how -- why the u.s. government cannot take an innocent u.s. citizen and allow us to leave the country of qatar after two years of waiting and waiting and waiting. we're tired. we're tired of waiting. >> i understand that. let's go into the background a little bit of your daughter. i understand that your daughter died, unfortunately, in that country. she's an adopted daughter from sub-saharan africa. correct? you adopted her with a disease that kept her from eating

properly. correct? >> we adopted our daughter, gloria, from ghana. she was a beautiful young girl and she died suddenly. there was no sign of sickness and she was doing very well and she died suddenly. we took her to the hospital. we took her to the emergency room. they did cpr on her for about 40 minutes and she died. then we were arrested at the hospital. >> you have now been cleared of all charges but not allowed to leave. do you have any idea -- has anybody told you why you are not being allowed to leave? >> we do not know why we have not been -- we why are not allowed to leave. >> have you been work being with the state department? >> yes. we have been -- our team has been in discussions with the state department. >> any progress there? >> well, we don't understand why the state u.s. embassy, why the

state department cannot get the qatar government to allow us to leave the country and that we remain stuck here. >> i see. have you been in contact with the white house at all? has anybody at the white house been helpful to you? >> we're requesting president obama to step in and call the amir to clear us of the situation. >> well, we hope the best for you and your family. i know you are eager to get back to the united states. please stay in touch with us through your representatives here in the united states so we can continue to follow this. michael huong, we'll be in touch with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. police officer darren wilson's attorney today says the 28-year-old resigned after his chief told him the department had received death threats and he wanted to protect his fellow cops. steve harrigan is on the ground in missouri. hi, steve. >> reporter:. just about 200 protesters out overnight. we've seen the number of street

protesters decline dramatically since last monday's violence but there does seem to be a hard core of 200 who are out night after night. just two arrested made by police overnight. people are beginning to rebuild. this cell phone store behind me was one of the first we saw looted. people smashing windows on monday night, busting in and ransacking that store. the owner says he is disgusted by what happened but he is determined to come back. many of the people in this strip mall making the same decision. it will be a lot tougher for some of these other businesses, like the one across the street that's been turned down to the ground. it is a real test for business owners in ferguson because they faced unrest in august and faced it again this month. it is going to be a question of whether they can rebuild financially after being hit twice and also for many of the owners, one of fear, too. some saying they are scared to work in a place where there's now been unrest twice in just four months. doug, back to you. >> steve harrigan in ferguson, missouri, thank you. a little bit later on our legal panel will break down all

the possible civil lawsuits in the federal investigation that's now under way. tomorrow will mark a week since chuck hagel resigned as president obama's secretary of defense. the guessing game is intensifying in washington on who might be on the short list to replace him. whoever that person might be, they will have to hit the ground running as the u.s. fight against islam sick extremism grinds on. joining us now, republican senator mark kirk. tell me who is going to be repla replacing. several names in the mix, among them jay johnson, secretary of dhs, bob work, the current deputy secretary of defense, ray mabis, representative adam smith, goes on and on. you have one pick in that hat? >> i would say john mccain would probably be the name most respected in the senate as a defense expert.

republicans would really follow him on whatever decisions that he made. that would really help us build a bipartisan defense policy against isis. >> seems whoever occupies that position would have to be an absolute obama loyalist. would you agree? >> i would be. i think hagel got fired because he was too strong in the world war on terror. the president wanted to be real weak. i understand in a recent visit that i did to gitmo secretary hagel was a bit slow in approving the release of terrorists from gitmo than the president wanted. that made me admire hagel more. >> what does this portends for a confirmation here. i assume that won't happen in the lame duck. >> jack reed and michelle flora have probably taken them out of consideration because they feel the president would be too weak

on national security policy. >> the iranian deadline talks on iran's nuclear capability extended until march 1st with an ultimate deadline four months after that. it doebts take a rocket scientisig scientist to figure out this allows iran more time to work towards its nuclear capability. would you agree? >> one thing the iranians need is time. the president's now give the iranians 219 extra days to finish their atomic bomb program. once they complete will objective the middle east will be an extremely dangerous place especially for american military personnel. >> what about the sanctions. last january the western powers lifted some of the sanctions in light of some sign of progress on the part of iran. i know that you are one of those people who has criticized that. >> right. right. the best way to solve this problem is without a war. are we going to solve this problem without a war using menendez-kirk sanctions that

already passed the senate 100-0. 60 senators are with me already, including 17 democrats. it is a good bipartisan issue for us to take up early in the republican senate. >> in fact just last week you wrote in a statement, now more than ever it is critical that congress enacts sanctions that gives iran's mullahs no choice but to dismantle their nuclear program and allow the iaea full access to ensure the international community's security. in response, representative jim mcdermott of washington, a democrat, said additional sanctions would be a slap in the face to the negotiating process. your reaction to his comments. >> actually, jim's wrong on this point. the president of the united states actually says that the sanctions were the only reason why iran came to the table. the original menendez-kirk sanctions cut the value of iran's currency by 74% and that was the only reason why they came to the table. they actually diplomacy

that can lead to a good result for u.s. security. >> what about israel? how are they likely to react to this extension of the negotiations? >> they would think that now the iranians have the time that they need to complete an atomic bomb. i would say the current policy now does the unfortunate thing of transferring to our allies and israel the tough job of containing this threat. >> do you expect an attack by israel off iraq? >> we should -- if israel takes that action, we should allow israel to stalls defend herself. country should always be able to take action to make sure that she survives the 21st century. >> but given the years that iran has now had to hide this nuclear capability, one would assume it's a long, long shot to put an end to it. >> the problem is when you're an islamo-fascist state you can't recruit the scientists and engineers you need to build an

atom tick program. senator, we appreciate your thoughts. coalition forces are pounding isis positions in their strongloeldz of raqqa, syria's sixth-largest city. up to 30 air strikes overnight also target an airbase that the militants seized early this year. this comes as a new pentagon report obtained by foxnews.com finds that since august 8, u.s. fighter planes and drones have conducted 819 strikes compared to 157 from the ten other countries in the coalition. that's 85% of all the missions conducted there. fox news military analyst lieutenant general tom mcinerney joins us now with his perspective. 819 strikes by the united states. what do you make of that? is it enough to do the job? >> it's piddly. it ought to be 15,000 a month. we've only done since 8 august to 28 november, day before

yesterday, less than a thousand. that shows the lack of intensity we have. we know where the targets are. it is not quite as clear as it is sometimes, but because of our intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets and more that we could put in, doug, we could be much more effective and eliminate that threat if we would do it very aggressively like we did in desert storm and iraqi freedom. >> critics say that the risk of collateral damage of civilian casualties is too great. what's your response? >> there is some risk to that. but fact is, if it is over at 30 to 40 or 60 days, then what difference does it make? there will be chollateral damag. no question. the fact is isis will be defeated. >> just within the last 48 hours there have been reports of this suicide bombing in the city of cho kobani coming from the turkish side. that would be a first. i know the turkish are disputing

the ver asraveracity of that re. >> i think the turks are making it very, very easy for isis. he's supporting hamas, hezbollah, other radical islamic groups in addition to isis. i think nato and the united states should call the turks out on it. >> we know that many of the westerners who have been fighting with isis and coming from western countries, including united states and great britain, have traveled to syria and iraq from turkey. that's how they get there. >> that's how they get there. right. so we know that route is being used by them. and it is extremely important, i believe, that we elevate this and even with the pope there this week, he called out, we need to create a different environment against isis, against christians that's going on. and so with the pope doing it, i think the united states and our

nato allies ought to pile on. >> we've also learned just in the past few hours that the pentagon has made a decision now to send thousands of chemical warfare suits to kurdish fighters and also to iraqi soldier in expectation isis will turn to a greater use of chemicals weapons. what do you make of that. >> well, it is kind of interesting and they are putting a lot of money in it, because isis has captured areas where there were former iraqi chemical weapons, et cetera, as well as syrian. so there is a concern on it. you have to be very, very skilled to use chemical weapons so they don't blow back on you and that. but i can understand if they're taking preparations. so i think that's noteworthy. >> earlier we had reports that many of the weapons supplied by the united states were not getting through to kurdish fighters simply because the iraqi government through which they were being provided was slow to act. not providing weapons. have corrections been made in that regard? >> no, not really. we ought to be going directly into erbil. their capital has a magnificent

airhead there we could use, land, c-5s, c-17s, and bring the equipment they need. we should robustly reinforce the kurds because they are our most ally over there next to the israelis. >> one more question for you. we know this battle for kobani along the turkish border has been simmering for the better part of two months. little progress. different sources are saying different things, but some are saying we're holding our own, others say we are pushing isis back. chaes your sense of it and why is it taking longer than two months for such a tiny little city? >> i think they are holding their own but they're not getting the reinforcements, the ammunition, the weapons and we're not putting in your air power. though most of our air power in syria is going into co-bafully. that's enabled them to survive. without that, they would have long disappeared. that's keeping them in the game. but it isn't enough and intense enough so that they can drive them away. >> general

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are likely in the works. joining us to answer those questions, former prosecutor peter odom and criminal defense and trial attorney, rebecca, thanks for joining us. first, your reaction. no more money, no severance for officer wilson. >> i'm, frankly, surprised about that. the grand jury exonerated him. he was a police officer in good standing when these things happened. so something is going on behind the scenes that we don't know about. >> rebecca, your thoughts. >> i agree. this case is a tragedy but it is not the case for police brutality or repression in race. he was exonerated and this should not be happening. >> isn't there a formal requirement if you resign, if you aren't pushed out the door but if you resign on your own volition you are not owed any severance. >> that would normally be the case. that's why i say there is probably something going on behind the scenes that we'll learn about in short order,

doug. >> there really shouldn't be any more cases. gone. it is over. >> we're likely to see a rash of civil suits here. in a civil trial, correct me if i am wrong, the level of evidence is the same as in the grand jury proceeding, a preponderance of evidence which is 50% or more of the evidence. correct? >> correct. one of the lawsuits that's sort of out there in the offing is a federal lawsuit, civil rights lawsuit. the standard there though is somewhat higher than a criminal case because in that case, the government would have to prove that officer wilson was trying to violate the victim's civil lights when he sh-- rights when shot. >> given the political pressure that's bearing down -- >> that's not going to matter because we couldn't even get 9 people out of 12 to show that he did anything wrong with the lowest burden there is. this whole case is premised on lies. all of the evidence was shown. they didn't hide anything.

so the lies that we had were disputed with real evidence. that's the problem when you get politics in here. you get the al sharptons in here. you get the president making comments beforehand and you have holder, the number one law position in the entire country, saying we want an indictment. let me go stand next to the browns. you can't do that. this is not a football game. you don't get to pick sides. you don't get to say this is what must happen. it's law. there's evidence. the grand jury looked at it. the whole world can look at it. they're not hiding it. >> we can say this is all we want until the cows come home but it won't change the protesters' minds out there who have a preconceived notion of police brutality, police overaggressiveness. it is a perception. like it or not. >> it is a perception and protesters that are out there, these are people that have really deep-seeded beliefs about racism in ferguson and in the country in general. their feelings an their actions really are separate from the legal realities of this case.

>> that's this case. now we're not saying that there is not a problem throughout the entire country with police abuse. but there are many cases where people are hurt, are killed by police, that did not do anything wrong. many, many cases. >> the nobel prize winning conservative/libertarian economist milton friedman, widely respected across all boundaries here, said back in the 1980s that a lot of this misperception of the police or anger against the police comes from the war on drugs, the kind of raids we see where s.w.a.t. teams and militarized police departments showed up on the scene. he said in the '80s, "if you were to legalize drugs, i see an america with half the number of prisons, half the number of prisoners, with 10,000 fewer homicides a year and an inner city where there is chance for these poor people to live without being afraid for their lives." >> certainly sentencing

disparities between blacks and whites in drug cases have certainly raised the consciousness that our legal system has a racist. component to it. but i don't see this case as having its heart there. i see this case as -- 92% of the police officers in ferguson are white. 75% of the city is black. and the city government is almost all white in a majority black city. there is a lot of racial tension that has boiled over in the wake of a shooting. now this is a shooting that the grand jury has said is justified. nonetheless, it has just made the racial tensions boil over. >> i'll let you finish up on this note. is there any evidence that you see lower crime rates, that you see lower animosity between police and the citizenry in those places where the police departments are headed up by african-americans. >> i see a problem with police no matter what everywhere. what you just said about the drugs, 100% correct.

they pull over four kids in a car, take them all out of the car, search them all illegally. the s.w.a.t.'s going into homes throughout the entire country, doesn't matter if you're accountants or doctors. your kid sold pot, you are correct. it has to change throughout the entire country. i have many cases. white, asian, japanese, latino, they are destroying the fabric of this country with brutality. >> i'll let you respond to that. this is the wrong case. >> i have worked with police my whole career and i respectfully disagree with my learned colleague. i think 90% -- 99% of police officers are people who going into the job to do the right thing. >> former prosecutor peter odom and criminal defense and trial attorney rebecca nitkin. thank you very much, very spirited discussion. staring down another possible government shutdown. plus, the slew of unfinished

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now is the time for the city of ferguson to begin its healing process. >> there you hear an attorney for the city saying there will be no severance for officer wilson. that's certainly bound to be controversial. perhaps the fuel for another lawsuit. it is cram time in congress. there are just two weeks left in the session and legislators have plenty of business on their plates. first priority, trying to avoid a government shutdown. at least that's the priority for a number of people. >> the current session of congress is in its final days. they have a lot of responsibility because if they cannot agree on a spending bill worth more than a trillion dollars to fund the government, then there will be a shutdown. again. some republicans are concerned that a prolonged fight over funding will diminish whatever the new republican congress has on their to-do list come january. >> right now all authorization

for spending expires on december 11th. i don't think it is good for the congress, or the republican party or good for the people for us to be bogged down in an endless budget debate between now and the end of next year and into next year with the republican house and the republican senate. >> that's not all. before going home for the holidays, electing representatives must also decide whether or not to pass the defense authorization bill which is passed every year for decades but is disliked by some because of spending levels for benefits. there are also fights ahead about president obama's request for more money to fight ebola. $6.2 billion to combat isis in iraq, $5 billion, and to take care of unaccompanied minors who crossed the border this year. $3.7 billion. now looking even further ahead, some newly minted democratic senators say they know that they're going to have to work with the gop in january. >> we have to. i think that certainly was the clear message thatby g bwe got

this last election was about people coming together to find that middle ground to deal with the very tough problems we face as a country. >> reporter: then there is the issue of expired tax breaks. democrats and republicans are working on a deal that would renew some tax breaks for things like sales taxes and research. but the white house is threatening a veto because they think numbers being discussed by both parties favor businesses over working families. >> so they will be burning the midnight oil up there. i guess so will you, as well. so will anger over president obama's executive action force another shutdown? former chief of staff to the senate republican conference ron bon jean and richard foul lwler here for a fair and balanced debate. >> there shouldn't be a shut down. cooler heads should prevail at the end of the day and democrats and republicans should come together to keep the government funded. i understand why republicans are

upset. they feel as though the president's executive action went too far but i understand also where the president is coming from. you've seen no action from congress on immigration reform. it is going to do what we've been trying to do for the past eight years, get comprehensive immigration reform done. >> i don't expect a shutdown. that's the last thing republicans want right now, especially the republican leadership, is a government shutdown. it wouldn't serve them well. it didn't serve them well when they tried to shut down the government over obamacare. the republicans are upset about the president's executive action, they think it was way out of bounds, that it superseded the congress, did an end run around them. it really doesn't bode well for immigration reform during the next congress, though i think it would serve the republicans well to do something about it. >> there is talk of separating spending into what they are calling a crumb-nibus spending

bill. >> the republicans are going to meet on tuesday to solidify the strategy. i think the republican leadership will present this, too, to the republican colleagues. then they'll figure it out. is it doable? yes, it is doable from capitol hill. is it doable for president obama? that's a whole other question. the last thing we want to do is get into these high stakes over the christmas holiday season, get flu a back-and-forth. but i think this is a plan that the leadership would like to pursue. >> what lever account democraca pull to blame the republicans for the government shutdown? >> i think that nobody wants to see the government shutdown, especially not around christmas time. i think the lever the president has to pull is either one, say he'll veto and stand firm and say there is a bipartisan immigration bill that exists right now that even marco rubio voted for that you guys can get done. come to the table. you want border security?

okay. talk about bort border security. but at the same time let's take those 11 million people living in the shadows out of the shadows. it doesn't have to be amnesty. the line can be as long as you wants it to be. republicans are going to have to govern. people want them to govern. people voted for them so they want them to govern. they also have to work with the president to get that done. >> the speaker has a lot more wiggle room than he did in the last congress since the vote -- at least he has a lot more members there. the right wing faction of the republican party, the tea party wing, has a lot less power. there are more moderates this time around. >> republicans do want to get bipartisan consensus next year. they want to pass bills right away. voters vote against gridlock. they vote against democrats, they vote against the white house that represented gridlock in washington. they're not for president obama vetoing a government funding bill that lands on his desk

before the christmas break. but republicans will need to rack up these wins pretty quickly early next year to show why they're different from regular washington. >> what does it portend for the 2016 battle, the whole issue of immigration and how the republicans handle it? they have to walk a real tight rope here. >> they do have to walk a tight rope. for republicans to win the 2016 election you need 40% of latinos to vote for them. they have to do something that works for the latino community. 80% of latinos indicated they like the president's action. republicans have some ground to make up, whether the viewers like it or not. congress, john boehner, mitch mcconnell have to try to make a deal. i think there is room here. a lot of deals can be made in the upcoming congress if people are willing to work together. that's what people at home and in washington want to see. >> the challenge is when the president made his executive order he basically did sour the

environment. that's going to make it difficult for republicans to come to terms with things like immigration. although they need to get something done on it. >> gentlemen, i'm flat out of time. i'd love to hear the rest of that thought. thank you both so much. a missing 13-year-old has been found. you won't believe where he was found. we'll bring you the details on that. and a thanksgiving story that will warm your heart. meet the people who answered this call. >> two mean the world to me if somebody took me in. just for that one day. couple hours. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm... amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy.

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visit. the child and his mother were ultimately reunited at police headquarters. happy reunion you see there. a thanksgiving wish come true. this man has been living in a homeless shelter for more than a year now. while he is grateful for the roof over his head he says his greatest wish is a family. >> i am lonely like 365 days a year. but christmas and thanksgiving are like two of the worst days. i really miss having some kind of a family atmosphere. >> that's hard for a lot of people to admit. so he reached out to a local tv news station on facebook asking for someone to take him in for at least a couple of hours. newport news virginia answered the call. ashley joins me along with neil. how did it go? how was thanksgiving dinner? >> it was wonderful. we had a lot of friends there and way too much food.

>> way too much food. >> ashley, it strikes me that if i saw the advertisement like that on somebody's facebook page, i would be a little bit hesitant, a little bit skeptical. let's be honest about this. to let an absolute stranger into your home. >> you know, the quote "i'm lonely 365 days a year" was what really resonated with me. it kind of broke my heart and so there was no hesitation there. my feelings, socioeconomic wise, it doesn't really matter where you come from, there are good and bad people from all walks of life. and if we don't take those chances to meet new people then we are really crippling ourselves. >> did your husband put up any argument? >> not at all. >> neil, how did you feel. >> oh, ply gosh, as soon as ashley called me, we connected

on the phone. her and corey have been like so awesome. corey came and picked me up from the shelter. it was like an instant connection with me and him. it was a 30 to 40-minute ride back to newport news. we had a good time just sharing and talking on the way back. they just really blessed me that day. it was really awesome. >> i get a sneaking suspicion that this is going to just beyond a few hours over thanksgiving meal. >> absolutely. i think that we're going to end up being friends and family for life. when he left the other night, corey got back to the house and i said, i miss neil. i wish he was here right now. >> you feel the same way, neil? >> yes. yes, sir. yes, sir. you don't know how much i love these people and how much they just really mean -- i mean they're like instant family. i love them so much. everybody that was there. there was two other couples there. we all bonded. we just had a good time around

the dinner table. talking and sharing. the best mac and cheese in the world. oh, my gosh. there is a funny story behind that, but it is a long story. >> it's got to beat the homeless shelter. right? >> what -- oh, yes, sir, it sure does. it sure does. >> ashley, i think one of the things which helped lead you to this decision is your own experience serving in a military family, being away from home. right? >> yes. we have been military. my husband is now retired from the military but we very much know what it feels like to be away from family on the holidays and have to sit at a table where flo nobody's around the table with you. and it is a lonely feeling. so i think that's part of what resonated with me, is i know what that feels like. so if i could make his day a little better, then it was worth it. >> neil, if tim's prying too

much, please tell me so. you don't have to divulge any private information, but can you tell me why you are in a homeless shelter and where your family is. again, you don't have -- if it is too personal, don't answer. that's fine. >> well, i have a couple of sisters. one's kind of close but we're kind of distant in our relationship. the other one, she's -- she had cerebral palsy and she lives in fayetteville, north carolina. it's really not that close. she's like the sweetest person you want to meet. she was really wanting me to come there but there's just no way i could get there and stuff. i miss her and hopefully maybe some time over holidays i can see her and stuff. but it's been a blessing. you know. my circumstances just -- i just had some rough times. i'm one of these people that never thought i would be in a

shelter. i had -- it was really humbling for me to come in to the shelter. >> i think people really appreciate your honesty and really appreciate your reaching out. it's turned out to be a really good thing. if you'd like to do that kind of thing, of reaching out, there is the website on our screen right there, unionministries.org. please contact them, especially with the holidays coming up. you got room at your table for christmas, ashley? >> absolutely. christmas, next weekend. any time he wants to come. >> good to see you both. >> i think we're going to lunch after this. >> good to hear. congratulations to both of you and best of luck to you during the holiday season. today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. what kind of weather can we expect for that? janice dean joins us now with some answers. janice? prev ent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease-

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police and volunteers are searching for a missing ohio state university football player, who has not been seen since early wednesday. and yesterday's buckeyes game a police poster asking for information appeared on the scoreboard. his mother told authorities her son has several concussions and that he texted her about those

concussions the morning he disappeared. also missing, a pennsylvania college student who disappeared right before thanksgiving. he met up with friends at a crowded philadelphia bar friday night. he became separate from them and was kicked out of the bar for stumbling on a stool. no one has seen the 21-year-old since. his family is offering a $10,000 reward. millions of americans are in trains, planes and automobiles today coming home from thanksgiving holiday. so is another nature cooperating? janis dean at the fox weather center. how is it looking for everybody out there traveling? >> much better than wednesday, which was the busiest travel day of the year. the only big thing we've got really going on is the cold temperatures. an arctic front is moving southward. can you see the difference in temperature in kansas city. we're getting a 24, 48-hour warm-up across the eastern third of the country. the cold front on is the move. the other big story after we see

the temperatures drop over the next couple of days, is the moisture that's going to stream into the west coast. we have a system here that's going to bring unsettled weather to northern and central california. but the good news, as we head into next week, moisture for southern california where they really need it. safe travels. back to you. >> when was the last time it rained out there. a long, long time. >> it's been a long time but this is their wet season so this is welcomed news. coming up next, what weighs 542 tons, as tall as a 0-story building and floats? we'll tell you how one city is kicking off the christmas season in a very big way.

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