of course police involved shootings very rare out here this this community. let's show you what's taking place out here. this happened around 3:30 this morning startling residents that live here in this community and certainly it is still, as you can see, a very active scene. now this is a picture of the gun police found inside the vehicle. it resembles a real gun, but it turns out to be a bb gun with an orange colored tip painted over. when officers encountered the suspect with that bb gun they fired into his car several times. now the back window of the camry has a massive hole in the middle. the suspect identified as 46- year-old matthew caseman of nearby maywood was rushed to hackensack university medical center with gunshot wounds to the lower extremities. it appears that caseman drove off route 17 going northbound. he came off the passaic street exit, seriously misjudging the

garden of landscaping blocks. he then pulled his car in front of the building housing bergen county social services. a guard on duty alerted the cops and who arrived a short time after and found caseman and then all of a sudden that's when the shooting occurred, and park police officers. >> they heard five to seven in a row. that was all i heard. i didn't hear any cars screeching, nothing, no yelling, nothing. that's just scary that it happened right outside your back door basically. >> it's something that we never thought would happen in our town. >> now the shooting is being investigated by the bergen county prosecutor's office. the victim is expected to survive suffering non-lethal injuries. that is the latest live from rochelle park new jersey, eyewitness news. thank you so much anthony. new at noon, two workers at a

had to be rescued this morning after soil poured into an excavation site trapping them. other workers frantically tried to dig them out. firefighters arrived, got the two men completely out of that soil. >> apparently they were doing some excavating, and the soil filled in on top of them. as high as their waist. one of them was waist high. the other one his legs were trapped. >> the two workers were not badly hurt, just trapped for a little bit. buildings next to the construction site were evacuated as inspectors take a look to make sure those buildings are safe. 1st avenue meantime on the upper east side is back for the first time since bricks came raining down on to the street and sidewalk. crews worked through the weekend to remove those remaining bricks from the building on east 64th street. 1st avenue between 61st and 64th had been closed. no one has been hurt. we want to turn now to the weather, and between the fog

been big delays at the area airports. right now there are three-hour delays at laguardia and an hour at jfk. with more on the rain let's turn to meteorologist bill evans. he has the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> that's likely to cause more delays as we go into the evening. here's a look from our camera in brooklyn to the lower east side over toward wall street right around the brooklyn bridge. you'll see we've got a lot of o'fog here. we're looking at 59 degrees. it is warm for this hour of the day. temperatures should be at about 40 degrees. we're going to run 20 degrees warmer than normal. it is the warm air creating the fog and very little wind to push it around. you see these visibilityings at the area airports, 2 miles at -- white plains airport reporting a zero visibility. bridgeport and two eastward toward new haven, a mile in islip. in some spots the visibilities are pretty good. this will get better as we get into the afternoon. as we mentioned as we get into the afternoon, we're also going

from the west. there's a dense fog advisory for the area. here comes the front with the rain. that will start sliding eastward. you'll see on our futurecast the temperatures this afternoon warm into the low 60s, over 20 degrees warmer than normal in some spots. here comes the rain for this evening, around 5:00 western new jersey. 6, 7:00 in the city. the front starts to come through around midnight. the temperatures spike up a bit, back into the mid-60s. there might be a rumble of thunder tonight with this pushing through. it's all this warm air that is coming in ahead of this front and tomorrow afternoon we're back into the low 60s. temperature departures from normal. buffalo. this is from the first of weekend. normal. 10 1/2 degrees warmer than normal over the first couple of weeks of december so far. it's going to get chilly this weekend. back to you guys, david, michelle. >> thank you so much.

year-old child aqualung woman was hit by a driver in queens. condition. the driver took off. police and witnesses jumped kristin thorne talked today family and picks up the story in far rockaway this noon. >> reporter: while the group tells me they had just stepped off the sidewalk here when the car just came out of nowhere. they say they all tried to jump, get out of the way but 21- have time. she is now in critical condition at jamaica hospital. >> she doesn't look good. she's not doing good. she's barely even blinking her eye. >> barbara nelson says it's hard to look the her young vibrant daughter in the hospital suffering from a leg. this white mustang struck 21- year-old urabia nelson as she crossed beach 19 street in far rockaway yesterday afternoon. nelson was going to grab some

and her sister's 5-year-old daughter before going to her shift as a cashier at nearby compare foods. >> all i hear is like, i turn around and see her flung 10 feet in the air. when i just seen my sister laying on the floor. at first i think she's just covering herself. she's not moving. i get across the street and my sister is bleeding through her mouth. >> the driver of the mustang 23- year-old denzel watson fled the scene. close behind in another car were a man and woman who apparently followed watson for several blocks giving police directions to where he was. for that nelson's mother says she's extremely grateful. >> he deserves the ultimate they can give him. >> reporter: watson is being charged with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury and aggravated vehicle. we're live at far rockaway. eyewitness news.

since the second deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. for the first time since the sandy hook elementary school massacre, the somber anniversary falls on a school day. middle and high school principals in newtown noted the day's significance over public address systems. there were also moments of silence. some parents are being offered talking points on how exactly to discuss the shootings with their children. >> dozens of people marked the anniversary of the massacrer by protesting at the nra's national headquarters in virginia. demonstrators say the lobbyist group blocks gun control laws that would help to prevent mass shootings and save lives. >> a short time from now president obama expected to speak at the pentagon on the u.s. strategy against isis. it's part of an effort to ease concerns during the holidays.

>> the fbi says tashfeen malik the mother turned murderer had extensive social media postings supporting violent jihad but still came to the u.s. last year on a fiancee visa. >> during that time period immigration officials were not allowed to use or view social media as a part of the screening process. >> john cohen is a former homeland security senior official and now an abc news consultant. last year immigration officials asked homeland security secretary jay johnson for new policies allowing them to look at applicant's social media posts but were opposed by department of civil rights and civil liberties. >> the primary concern is that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly, and there were concerns it would be embarrassing. >> so malik got her visa in just three weeks with no checks on her online messages supporting terrorism. >> have they checked out tashfeen malik a little more. maybe she wouldn't have gotten a visa.

bernardino would be alive. >> now amid calls for a wider mandatory vetting process president obama met with his national security council this morning, this as security officials in the u.s. and europe confirmed they are dealing with possible isis attacks to disrupt the christmas holidays. >> the department of homeland security tells abc news it has started pilot programs to search the social media of visa applicants. insiders say it is still not a widespread policy. i'm elizabeth hur for channel 7 eyewitness news. >> accusations of police brutality on long island, a former chief arrested and an officer cleared of assault. now two men who say they were victims are speaking out. >> talk about ruining the holiday spirit.

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dramatic video of an armed robbery in the bronx. police want your help, a man held up an auto body shop. they stormed the place with guns, forced two men into a back room and then stole $2000. though. police in westchester county have charged a scarsdale investigators say 23-year-old zachary toxin was going the wrong way when his car hit another vehicle on interstate 684 in bedford just before 6 yesterday morning. 64-year-old elena lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. toxin and his passenger were treated for their injuries. negligent homicide. a deadly police shooting in los angeles under review. some people say the video shows officers continuing to fire

the ground and was crawling away. police say 28-year-old nicholas robertson was acting erratically and firing a gun into the air. officers say he refused to put it down. at some point police fired, despite robertson firing a gun, his family wants to know why he wasn't tasered. instead police say the video shows that even after he had been shot he would not drop the gun. an explosive claim to tell you about from the prosecution during closing arguments in the trial of an officer accused of manslaughter in the death of freddie gray. the prosecutor says the baltimore police wagon in which gray suffered a broken neck was "a casket on wheels." she also said officer william porter didn't care enough to make sure gray was wearing a seat belt and that gray never received medical attention. despite russia now believing it was a terrorist act, egyptian investigators say they have found no evidence of terrorism in the plane crash

the statement issued today contradicts the belief of russian and western governments including u.s. intelligence preliminary investigations have suggested that russian air bus october and the terror group isis has claimed to have planted an explosive device on board. owners of remote controlled drones now have to register the devices with the government. the faa announced new rules today in response to increasing safety concerns. there have been hundreds of reports of the drones flying too close to planes and crashing in populated areas. owners of a drone weighing more than half a pound must register the device online within 30 days. a new crackdown on the holidays hottest gift, hoverboards have been going up in flames. we're going to tell you about the change some major retailers. >> what happens when a tiny polar bear falls asleep. there's a little spoiler alert. it is a little too adorable to believe.

rain's on the way. meteorologist bill evans times out the storm for us. forecast is next. >> but before we go to the break, here's a message from a member of the military from our area who couldn't make it home for the holidays. >> hi my name is -- i'm from the 106 rescue wing from new york, happy holidays to my

have you seen rose, abc7 and your tri-state ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. >> well you know who would have known that this weather's going to be causing this kind of problems for the airports. snow or ice this time of year. >> it's just super warm air. we're in an el nino season. if you look at the whole pattern, in an el nino season the west gets so much snow, you know, and that's what they're getting, snow and rain out west. we get the warm air and here's evidence of that. this warm air right over us here, around the rock aways here. kristin thorne shot this, and you can see far rockaway, queens, i believe that's i think she said seagirt avenue. particularly near the east there. toward jamaica bay, it's warm air surged up over the cooler here. >> it, loo like london. >> doesn't it? >> if we had a big clock on the water with a bridge, we'd be in

you know, it's just that, and there's no wind to really push it around, and there is, that comes tonight. so that will knock all of this down. >> and we kind of clear out overnight. don't worry, the ferries run back and forth, and they got radars on those boats and they can see everything just fine if you're taking a ferry back and forth for the evening commute, staten island ferry and all bit. minutes. 59 degrees right now. the humidity is high. the winds are calm. if the wind would push this around, you know, you would get it out of the way and the pressure continues to fall. so the fog will dissipate and rain will come on in this evening. got a great day tomorrow and wednesday. temperatures still above normal. it's going to be brisk and chillier over the weekend. let's look at that one more time. brisk and chillier over the weekend. so get ready for that. that will feel a little more seasonal. the temperatures will be at normal on saturday and sunday.

jfk57. been out. parts of the area get sun. parts of the area get fog, and actually some parts may get a shower. look at that flow of a light southerly wind coming in. it's not doing a whole lot to help move that fog around. a mile and a half visibility at jfk, a mile at laguardia. zero visibility at white plains, so this does slow down things at area airports. so a tenth of a mile visibility in morristown. zero in monticello. it's coming and going. there's pockets of gear where the sun is out down toward trenton and down toward philly catskills. that comes in this evening and that will bring the rain in here tonight. about 5, 6:00, it starts west in the city. into the city 7, 8:00, the front itself comes in after midnight, and there might be a rumble of thunder with that. cloudy weather this afternoon, still warm, 63. a little drizzle.

even a thunderstorm around midnight or afterward. a rumble of thunder. going to have gusty breezes tomorrow at 62. it's not as mild on wednesday but it is still above normal average temperatures at 54. thursday we've got some rain and maybe we get very close to a record high, and then there's the cooldown for saturday and sunday. those are actually the normal cold. >> all right. because we're spoiled now. >> caught on camera, see what happens after a hot air balloon comes crashing down in the middle of a neighborhood. and a programming reminder, holy cow, tonight you can catch the giants play the dolphins on monday night football right here on channel 7. our coverage

holiday griffins hit a balloon scare and a snoozing polar bear just some of the stories that were caught on camera and caught our attention. we're going to begin new jersey. crooks wanted holiday decorations. surveillance videos show thieves snatching decorations township. these are not just any decorations.

display with some 68,000 lights all set up each year by shane mccary. he says he isn't the only person affected by the loss. can i change. what can i move around. it a's year-long process. >> to bring the magic. >> to bring the magic, yes. >> mccary has filed a police report to try and recover the items. he says in the christmas spirit an apology would be nice as well. a camera was rolling as residents in one california neighborhood joined forces to save nearly a dozen people balloon. after the balloon drifted it began coming down near a group of homes. that's when the pilot threw down a rope. bystanders grabbed it and pulled the balloon safely to the ground. >> and finally a baby polar bear doing what all of us would like to be doing. the columbus zoo and aquarium in ohio showing off its

sleeping next to a stuffed animal and making purring noises the whole time. still hasn't been named. so young she can't completely open her eyes yet. how cute is that. >> that's cute. >> that's what i look like at 2:00 in the morning waking up. >> i >> that's awesome. >> so cute. thank you david. >> you got it. >> allegations of police brutality on long island, a former chief charged and an officer just acquitted of assault. two men now opening up about the abuse they say they suffered. new crackdown on hoverboards over concerns about fires. we're going to tell you what some of the biggest retailers are now doing. >> and the story behind this military dog and his purple heart. >> and you're taking a live look right now at the pentagon.

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you're watching new york's number 1 news channel 7 eyewitness news at noon with david novarro, shirleen allicot, and meteorologist bill evans. now eyewitness news continues. >> our top stories this afternoon, president obama is expected to speak from the pentagon about the u.s. strategy against isis. part of an effort to ease concerns during the holidays. that news conference should start soon, as soon as it does we will bring you mr. obama's comments live. >> a man was shot by two police officers overnight outside a business in rochelle park new jersey. not clear why the officers fired at the man, but they say a bb gun was recovered at the scene. the officers were not hurt, but

>> a woman is in critical condition right now following a hit and run crash in forrock away queens. urbania nelson was crossing the street with a 5-year-old yesterday when she was hit. the driver was stopped and arrested after good samaritans followed him after the crash. hello, i'm michelle is off. >> i'm david novarro. new this half hour, allegations island. two men now opening up about their alleged experiences. >> the claims involve a former suffolk county police chief who now faces charges and a nassau acquitted. eyewitness news reporter n. j. uniondale. >> that's right. a hotel here in uniondale where a news conference wrapped up about an hour ago. two high profile alleged victims of police brutality. kyle howell an african-american young man, a motorist who was

civil rights were violated and christopher lowe who claims he was beaten while under interrogation by james burke. kyle howell and his attorney want the justice department to investigate his case, a beating on surveillance video. despite howell's injuries and his vision may be permanently impaired the county court judge found the officer in howell's case not guilty insisting howell refused to comply with police commands. both young men took questions from reporters this morning. although they had not met before they insisted that their cases are powerful examples of police brutality that local prosecutors are either unwilling or unable to prosecute fairly. >> the police beat me, and now it seems that they're going to get away with it. that is not right. i hope the federal prosecutor will investigate my case just like they inventoried chris'.

and kyle, they can beat anyone. punishment for minor crimes is chief of police. >> former suffolk county police chief james burke is being held without bail on those charges. the officer in the nassau county case was acquitted at a friday. no word from the federal government as to whether they howell case. live in uniondale long island, n. j. burkett channel 7 eyewitness news. today a suspect in a long headed to court. daniel greenspan is set to be arraigned in suffolk county. he's charged with the shooting death of a man in west babylon in january of 2009. greenspan was arrested yesterday in manhattan. another man is already serving a ten-year sentence. greenspan's girlfriend is awaiting trial. police in westchester county say a school banned teacher who was facing child pornography charges has died in an apparent hiking accident.

year-old jeffrey whalen was pronounced dead at the bottom of a cliff in the hudson valley on saturday. whalen was on administrative school. hospital. it happened last night at bayonne at the intersection of avenue c and west 5th street. the car that struck him remained on the scene. the accident under investigation. a priest accused of skimming church collection plates to fund a drug-fueled sex life has stepped down. father peter mckelly was a no show for yesterday's mass at in the bronx. his parishioners sued him claiming he stole nearly $1 million from st. frances and his prior church. one woman says she has e-mails proving he used the money for a home in jersey and a love affair with his alleged

they're terrible. now when i read them about three months ago it it was she's saying this is what i'm telling you. i have photographs. >> i'm so disgusted because i've heard him over and over more generous. >> the archdiocese of new york was also named in the same lawsuit. their information has yet to detect signs of embezzlement. hunters in new jersey will get a second shot at heading into the woods. state officials announcing a second bear hunt will take through sunday. the decision coming after goals fell short. in six day 472 bears were tagged. new jersey relies on hunting to population. while many of us enjoyed the warm weekend, the above average temperatures also accompanied powerful storms in other parts of the country from a possible tornado in texas to

abc's carla bargarena has more. >> it's a morning of heavy lifting and cleanup after a heavy punch from mother nature. >> that's a tornado. >> at least four confirmed tornadoes over the weekend in texas alone. >> tornado on the ground. in lynndale at least 50 homes were destroyed. >> just a white wall of stuff flying everywhere. >> this bird's eye view is just a glimpse of the path of destruction including the devastating damage to jennifer skinner's home who was out christmas shopping when twister struck. >> i'm thankful we weren't home. i think the lord sent us away and he spared us. >> further south in lufkin heavy wins picking up and tossing a long line of freight cars. >> we had some really heavy winds. it hit these cars, lifted them up, and flipped them over. >> winds and rain also causing destruction out west. trees tumbling down in san francisco and causing concern for one alaska airlines crew at

>> describe it best as i can, the winds came across the runway and just about pushed us off the runway. >> in kansas, it was the snow and the blizzard-like conditions causing chaos on the roads. while in the east millions still enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures, the traditional white christmas at this point a long shot. >> and the december warmth here in the east is expected to continue today as dozens of daily record highs are expected another day across the eastern third of the country. channel 7 eyewitness news. is. let's quickly check in again with meteorologist bill evans. he has the after school accuweather forecast. >> the fog is going to hang in here for a couple more hours too as we go toward that evening commute. here are the temperatures over the next few hours. 60 by the time we get to 2:00, 62 at 4. we probably might see a 63 pop up in there. that's 20 degrees warmer. 60s through the evening

after school kids, the temperatures are very mild. there. might be a spritz or a sprinkle as we get on towards 5:00. west of the city, 6, 7:00 in the city tonight. we'll talk more about that and a break gets chilly this weekend in your accuweather seven-day forecast. that coming up next. dave and michelle back to you. thank you bill. you may want to have a book or an ipad handy because today is the busiest day in the holiday season, more than 640 million cards, letters, packages, expected to be handled at the postal service today alone. by new year's eve the united states post office will have delivered more than 15 billion pieces of mail. did you get your pictures out to everybody yet? >> i haven't even gotten them in my house yet. and i wait until i get the cards and then i have the address. if you send me i get one. if i don't have it in my stash. >> shush, i don't want to talk about it. >> a hoverboard crackdown.

some of the changes major retailers are making over concerns about one of the season's hottest gifts.

firefighters in ohio are on the scene of a massive fire at a warehouse. flames shooting more than 100 feet in the air and small explosions could be heard as

facility in columbus this morning. water guns that spray 1500- gallons of water a minute helped put out the flames. no one has been hurt. now there's a crackdown on one of the hottest gift this is holiday season. hoverboards and it's all over concerns they may burst into flames. a government agency is investigating ten hoverboard fires across nine states that have sent some riders to the emergency room. there are questions about whether a low quality lithium ion batteries are causing them to overheat. custom agents have seized 164 hoverboards with fake batteries or other counterfeit marks. >> be cautious about purchasing them from over the internet. >> for no apparent reason it just exploded. >> amazon halted hoverboards until manufacturers can choose they meet safety standards. however, overstock.com has

several airlines are also banning hoverboards. >> can't take them on the plane. more than 1,000 people including 350 babies may have been exposed to gush low tuberculosis. a nurse in the maternity wing was diagnosed with an active case last month. now health officials are tracking down the hundreds of patients who could have been in contact with her. they are treating them all with antibiotics as a precaution. roger goodell is in hot water again, this time for laughing at a light hearted joke about concussions. hall of fame quarterback roger staubach joked that he had a chance to sit next to pete roussel at the national football foundation. goodell approved the joke but some think the joke is insensitive considering the can concussion scandal around the league.

laughing matter, specifically concussions. >> this is inappropriate anytime but especially now. our interest and concerned is heightened about this issue and the nfl commissioner is laughing about that joke. >> goodell defended himself saying he has approved 39 rule changes over the last ten years to make the game safer. during this nfl season there have reportedly been more than 154 concussions most getting immediate attention because of the new protocols. >> you may have heard about tech neck, but what about mobile mood. could your cell phone -- called all of our cell phones change the way we feel. >> plus if you can't make it to

abc7 and your tri-state ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. >> it's 12:46 right now. you're looking live at the pentagon. president obama expected to

as soon as that happens we'll bring it to you live. >> we went and go our tree wearing shorts. kind of messed up our picture. >> sounds like it should be a punch line at the end of that, >> like hello. >> the flannel shirt, the here we go. at noontime. we've got fog, and we've got a lot of it. this will continue to lift. the weather service dropped the dense fog advisory. this our camera around astoria, and we'll be looking at this fog for the afternoon. so we're going to give it back to david and michelle. the president is about to speak. >> let's listen in. >> today the united states continue to lead the global coalition in our mission to destroy the terrorist group isil. as i outlined in my speech to the nation last weekend, our strategy is moving forward with the great sense of urgency on four fronts. hunting down and taking out these terrorists, training and equipping iraqi and syrian

ground, stopping isil's operations by disrupting the recruiting, financing, and propaganda, and finally persistent diplomacy to end the syrian civil war so that everyone can focus on destroying isil. i just had a chance to meet with my national security council as part of our regular effort to review and constantly strengthen our efforts and i want to thank secretary carter, chairman dunford and vice chairman silva for hosting us and for their leadership of our men we heard from general austin who is leading the military campaign region as well as general votel whose special operations forces are playing a vital role in this fight. i want to provide all of you a brief update on our progress against the isil core in syria and iraq because as we squeeze its heart, we'll make it harder for isil to pump its terror and propaganda to the rest of the world. this fall even before the revolting attacks in paris and

actions to intensify our war against isil. these actions including more fire power and special operations forces are well underway. this continues to be a difficult fight. as i said before, isil has dug in including in urban areas and they hide behind civilians using defenseless men, women, and children as human shields. so even as we're relentless, we have to be smart targeting isil surgically with precision. at the same time our partners on the ground are rooting isil out town by town, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. that is what this campaign is doing. we are hitting isil harder than ever. coalition aircraft our fighters, bombers, and drones have been increasing the pace of air strikes, nearly 9,000 as of today. last month in november we dropped more bombs on isil targets than any other months since this campaign started. we're also taking out isil

one by one. since this spring we've rheumed ab u syif, isil's second in command, husain, a top online recruiter, mohammed emwazi who brutally murdered americans and others and in recent weeks, finance chief, senior extortionist and weapons trafficker al too nisi. the list goes on. we're going after isil from their stronghold right in downtown raqqa to libya where we took out abi nabil. isil leaders cannot hide and our next message to them is simple. you are next. every day we destroy as well more of isil's forces. their fighting positions, bunkers and staging areas, their heavy weapons, bomb making factories compounds and training camps. many places isil's lost its

they know if they masked their forces we will wipe them out. in fact, since this summer, isil has not had a single successful major offensive operation on the ground in either syria or iraq. in recent weeks we've unleashed new wave of strikes on their lifeline, their oil infrastructure, destroying hundreds of their tanker trucks, wells, and refineries and we're going to keep on hammering those. isil also continues to lose territory in iraq. isil had already lost and at tikrit, isil lost at sinjar losing a strategic highway. isil last at baji with its oil refinery. we saw during the daring raids supported by our special forces which rescued dozens of prisoners from isil and which master sergeant joshua wheeler

isil has lost about 40% of the populated areas it once controlled in iraq. it will lose more. iraqi forces are fighting their way deeper into ramadi. they're working to circle fa lucia. these are urban areas where isil is entrenched. our partners on the ground face a very tough fight ahead. and we're going to continue to back them up with the support that they need to ultimately clear isil from iraq. isil also continues to lose territory in syria. we continue to step up our air support and supplies to local forces. syrian kurds, arabs are having success. they've pushed isil back from almost across the entire border region with turkey and we're working with turkey to seal the rest. isil's lost thousands of square miles of territory it once controlled in syria and it will lose more.

ordered to syria have gun supporting the local forces they pushed south, cut off supply lines and tightened the squeeze on raqqa. meanwhile, more people are seeing isil for the thugs and the thieves and the killers that they are. we've seen instances of isil fighters defecting, others who have tried to escape have been executing and isil's reign of brutality and extortion continues to rappel local populations. so many people are migrating said one syrian refugee. isil will end up all alone. all this said we recognize that progress needs to keep coming faster. no one knows that more than the countless syrians and iraqis living every day under isil's terror as well as the families in san bernardino and paris and elsewhere who are grieving the loss of their loved ones. just as the united states is doing more in this fight, just

and the united kingdom, australia and italy are doing more, so must others. that's why i've asked secretary carter to go to the middle east. he'll depart after this press briefing are to work with our coalition partners on securing more military contributions to this fight. secretary kerry will be in russia tomorrow as we work to end the syrian civil war. meanwhile here at home the department of homeland security is updating its alert system to help the american people stay vigilant and safe and as always our extraordinary men and women in uniform continue to put their lives on the line. in this campaign and around the world to keep the rest of us safe. this holiday season many of our troops are once again far from their families, and as your commander in chief on behalf of the american people we want to say thank you. we are grateful and we are proud for everything that you do. because of you the america that we know and love and cherish is

because of you i am confident that we are going to prevail. thank you very much everybody. >> you have been listening to the president brief the public after a meeting with the pentagon in his latest strategy with isis talking about how he's moving forward on several fronts, directly dealing with the terrorism group, stopping recruiting and also working on a diplomatic chapter of it. he's talking about getting key leaders out one by one. all of this to reassure the public during this holiday season. >> and going after their money and oil refineries. let's go back to bill with the weather. >> you'll need your rain gear in our seven-day forecast you'll see that we've got a warm afternoon, showers will be here in the afternoon and then we're going to be looking at breaks of sunshine tomorrow. as we go into wednesday we look at more sunshine. as we see thursday, thursday is

back in 2000. we're going to get close to that as we go into the afternoon and evening hours. then you'll see as we go into the rest of the evening we're going to be looking at skies that are going to be partly cloudy, just to give you an idea what's happening here. i'll show you satellite pictures. you can see the fog is still around. there's some breaks of sun too. as we go into the afternoon we're going to be looking at degrees. rather cloudy, still warm, a sprinkle in a few places. this fog around. the rain will knock that down tonight. we could get a quarter to a half inch of rain tonight. we're going to be looking at what may be a thunderstorm, a rumble of thunder might wake you up after midnight tonight to around 2 a.m. then tomorrow is really a nice mild day again. 62 is still running 20 degrees warmer this time of the year. it will be a really windy day tomorrow as well, and then look at that weekend, saturday and sunday, 42 and 44. that's right at normal for this time of the year.

>> we've had three weeks of 60- degree weather. >> there will be complaining. >> now i've got to find that heavier coat. >> you're really putting know work here. >> there will be weeping, wailing and gnashing of >> that's what happens. thank you bill. >> that's going to do it for this edition of eyewitness news. i'm david novarro. charlesworth. make sure you're back this afternoon for eyewitness news first at 4. have a beautiful afternoon. >> we should leave you with a little shot outside, give you an idea of the fog that's still out there right now. there have been delays at some of the airports. call ahead if you've got to catch a meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call now. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. the wifi in this house is amazing. so is my guacamole. hi grandma and grandpa!

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