taking on terror, the 39 addresses 9 nation from the oval office, his critics are firing back. and a lawrence man now head to go court accused of a bomb hoax that shut down part of plus trying to find a killer four years after a couple was but alley murdered, police taking new steps to stir up new information in the investigation, what they are looking for from you. close call of the coastal storms, trend is our friend, how high the temperatures could

the threat from terrorism is real. but we will overcome it. >> the president making a rare address to the american people from the oval office calling last week's california shooting an act of terrorism. the president asked americans not to given to fear but to not make any chances in the u.s. policy attacking isis. good afternoon, i'm chris mckinnon, president obama's speech is being blasted by aisle. >> good evening. >> president obama tried to assure anxious americans that the government will do everything it can to stop terrorist attacks by people inspired by isis. >> the threat from terrorism is real. >> . but we will overcome it, we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. >> but critics attacked the president saying he didn't layout new strategies to protect america. >> we are at war with islamic

need to have a strategy, he needed to persuade people that our fears will subside when we engage actively in the destruction of isis. >> even as republicans piled on the criticism, president obama. >> we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined between war in america and islam. >> claiming america is fighting islam and a friend of sayed farook told cbs this morning farook he didn't like living in america. >> campaign taxes was helping the united states support basically a war on islam, the war on muslims. >> still, a majority of americans say the u.s. needs to do more to take on terrorist with a new poll showing 68% say the u.s. military is not aggressive enough in the battle against isis. craig boswell cbs news the white house.

controversy with its cover this morning, it shows puppies and other animals with the headline calling out those offended by hearing about the mass shootings, saying everything is awesome. stay with cbs news and wbz on the latest on the terror investigation. lorretta lynch just announced a skill rights probe into the chicago police department. the justice department will look into the patterns and practices of the officers, this comes two weeks after chicago police released video showing an officer shooting a black teenager 16 times. he is the man police say set off this massive response in boston, a suitcase thought to be a bomb left in the middle of atlanta ave behind a security car, that man in

derepentigny. >> reporter: chris, authorities says james derepentigny was seen on multiple surveillance cameras in boston friday, when they released his photo, many people called in saying they recognized him even though they say they saw him get on a lawrence bus with that suspicious bag. james derepentigny facing charges, he is the man behind a friday morning bomb hoax that shut down the financial district when a homeland security officer found the suitcase. >> went into the facility, videotapes confirmed the individual mall had approached that vehicle, placed the bag, looked around and then proceeded to leave the area in a hurried pace. >> reporter: derepentigny has run afoul of the law before. he was in a lawrence courtroom

members an friends saw the photo released by authorities friday calls poured in. >> they were also family members who contacted the boston police indicating that it was the person who was suspected of this incident. >> reporter: new from court monday the lawrence man admitted the suspicion bag was his, he told investigators he had good reason for leaving it there. >> he indicated he did place it at that location to in his words help homeland security. >> reporter: in the ended bag police say contained wires and a power source was detonated and deemed safe, his attorney telling the court scares across the country don't apply here. >> this is not [ inaudible ] with a client in this country right now. >> reporter: derepentigny was held on $50,000 bail, he is due

wbz news. right now andover police turning to the public hoping to find new clues in a four-year- old cold case murder, who shot and killed a couple in their home just days before christmas 2011, susie steimle reach where police just reached out to the public. >> reporter: police still don't have a motive or any suspects in a murders of john around geraldine mcgee, hoping today's press conference will jog somebody's memory. it's been four years since john and geraldine mcgee were murdered inside their mansion, today police have little in the way of answers. >> someone out there knows something. your memory and conscience, pick up the phone and call us. >> reporter: their daughter holly found her parents shot to death, she was about to drop her kids off and go christmas

the might before the mcgee's truck was found burning on prince street, police say throughout the investigation everything they've heard about this couple was positive. their construction business checked out, they didn't have any criminal history and well liked by family and friends. despite the lack of new information, police insist the case isn't cold. >> we will not let this case go cold, we will continue to work perpetrators involved. >> reporter: the mcgee family did release this statement today, we miss jerry and jack very much, not a day goes by without thinking how blessed we were to have them in their lives, they need to be brought to jus is it, please help us to solve this crime. call andover police. susie steimle. new at noon, the trial of the danvers teen accused of

end, that is word moments ago. two psychiatrists took the stand to talk about the mental health of philip cism raping and killing his math teacher. well we are starting the work week off on the right foot or left depeppedding which one is your favorite foot. live look over the city of boston where the sun is shining out there, a couple clouds though, it is kind of warm, danielle is in now and we are talking we are in the -- going into the second week of december and it's still warm. it feels like november, it's beautiful. i'm loving it and i know some people are waiting for cooler temperatures. we are going to talk about the temperature coming up, it is 52 degrees right now, the dewpoint is 30, the area is dry, wind is 5 miles per hour, calm over the course of the day. 49 in nashua, notice it's

keehn, had a little bit of fog, lower connecticut river valley, that has been burning off and lifting, temperatures will respond, 54 in tauton, and right around 50, beautiful on the cape. there are highs, thin clouds still out there in eastern massachusetts, we have clouds that will continue to move over out into the ocean. later on this afternoon, had 9:00-5:00 additional clouds that come back in. no additional weather related issues. we stay dry overnight tonight, here is the map tomorrow morning so 6:00 a.m. we are going to be grazed by a coastal storm tomorrow, most of it is going to pass out to sea. bristol county, plymouth county, cape and islands, scattered showers, pockets of light rain, 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, notice it's generally light. there is a low probability that one or two sprinkles could make it up into the city of boston late morning, we are cloudy and

the 40s, via big warming trend, i will have that for you in the seven day. >> thank you very much, looking forward to it. patriots fans dealing with last night's loss, the pats looking for a win against houston next week to avoid a three game losing streak which hadn't happened in over a decade. yesterday's loss 35-28 was due in part to a poor special team play. block punt was returned for a touchdown just before the end of the first half and tied the game at had. the eagles scoring 35 consecutive points including this 83-yard punt return by darren sproles for a touchdown after the game tom brady says he needs to raise his level of play. >> i'm person that throws it the most, i gotta make the turn the ball over twice, i don't think we are going to have a chance to win many games much the big plays really helped them out. 9999 whatever -- hundred yard

quarterback. >> patriots head south to texas looking to turn things around. kickoff between the pats and texans at 11:30. wbz is the only place to see the post game press conferences. now at noon, a hartford man is due in a connecticut courtroom accused of stealing skeletal remains from a wooster cemetery, 32-year-old amador medina told police he planned to use the remains in the practice of his religion, the remains were taken from the cemetery in wooster, hope cemetery, officers say medina has cooperate weekend them, even taking them to his remains. the anonymous tip officer reporting threats against several cambridge schools may be the person making the threats, that is what police told a packed meeting according to the globe.

violence were made against the schools last week, police upped patrols at the five schools and there was also increased security at those schools today. today marks the .799 anniversary of the pearl harbor attack, a service is taking place on uss cassin young, world war ii era destroyer. the surprise attack by japan killed about 2400 americans. thanks for staying with us, coming up, jimmy carter makes and announcement about his battle with cancer. also ahead, the new questions for the green line, will the expansion really move forward, what we are set to learn this week. and still ahead, hunt for a hacker, how a patriot's super

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lynn, the fire marshal wants anyone who took video of friday's fire on bruce place to contact them. the three family home was severely damaged, the four victims were members of one family, the three are expected to are buried in dominican republic. this week we could learn the fate of the green line expansion project, through summerville and medford but the t says it costs too much and budget. t officials are meeting on wednesday, they could either scale back the project or scrap it altogether. an incredible sight in the sky last night, this is video from couldn't couldn't with the moon with a bright light, it >> uh-huh. >> pretty cool. >> and there is a pretty cool sight that is going to happen

as you are driving. will you figure it out, look towards the sun and to the right of it, so whether is actually venus, the moon is crossing it, you are going to see it right along the rim. >> very cool. >> it's called an oscultation. >> can you spell that for me. >> yes, i can, actually. coming up here that is the only reason why, pretty much. it is a cool sight it's mild out there. 50s, not bad. there is how you spell it. >> occlcation. in the next 15 minutes you can see the moon and venus in there, too, you can see the little dot just what it would probably look like here. we are talking about just a beautiful stretch out there, we have a few high clouds out there during the day today, those clouds will thin out, sunshine, just a fantastic

the 50s, mainly dry week as well, seasonably mild, brushed by a coastal storm during the day tomorrow. most of the moisture is going to be out to sea. a little bit of rain on cape cod. snow making the snow guns blasting in northern new ec land. 48 in jaffrey, 39 in keehn. so we have fog in southwest new hampshire, once the wind picks up we'll start to see the temperatures respond, 52 in concord, same in boston, 52 in mashville, 5 had in taunton. we should be in the mid 40s at this time of year, just a fantastic in cape cod, high general that is, cape cod, so notice clearing has been coming in from the northwest, we still have high thin clouds, and we'll get a few more. here is that developing area of low pressure, we get rain, heavy rain at that.

little piece of energy diving into west virginia. consolidating out over the ocean. so rest of today just fine. no weather related issues for evening drive either, we cool through the 40s this evening, 30s overnight tonight, tomorrow a lot of clouds, so don't expect 50s, 40s for highs which is normal for this time of the year. how the wet weather gear, south shore may sneak into a few shower, late morning, tomorrow, we get skirted most of it going to pass out over the ocean, the rest of us staying dry tomorrow, as we head into tuesday evening and night, the storm pulled away a weak area, high pressure builds in. a quiet stretch through the middle part of the week. next disturbance is a weak cold front, so we may get an isolated shower wednesday night into the first part of thursday.

boston, surrounding suburbs skip into up before 207s. back up through southern new hampshire, bus stop tomorrow fall jacket type of day. sunrise 7:00 a.m. cape showers. high temperatures climbing into couple degrees below average, winds out of the north and northeast, maybe a little bit gusty on the cape tomorrow, that will be 45-50 degrees, accuweather forecast, look at that, 55-60s for the upcoming weekend. >> i love that on a monday afternoon we are talking about the weekend already. you know how i roll. i know you are excited about this, winter around the corner u our weather team putting together a preview of the season, saturday night at 7:30 to find out what we can expect this winter, let's hope it's not as bad as last year. good news from former president jimmy carter, doctors have found no evidence of can

diagnose weekend a cancerous brain tumor, he will continue a drug treatment every few week. people around the world are celebrating hanukkah, festival of lights lasts for eight days, elizabeth warren, joe kennedy and others joined marty walsh for lighting of the menorah. lighting ever a menorah. the governor will help light a statehouse. still ahead, in the name of love how the rock group u 27 made good on a canceled concert

welcome back, a special tribute from the band u2 in paris, the irish rock group unveiled a new song for paris. projecting the names of the victims in the attack, they had to reschool the concert which was slated the day after the tar wrist attacks. ken strike lamar is leading

1 awards -- 11 a wards. the -- trainor. will remcginnis has a role, the patriots hall of famer will be a guest star on drama scorpion, mcginnis who is playing himself on the episode, you can see it right here tonight at 9:00. coming up next, a wanted elf, why this creature is in massachusetts, we'll tell

welcome back, the police department has a new addition to their most wanted list, they posted this on facebook calling santa's magical helper a wanted person for a string of ginger house invasions, the elf is known to spread christmas cheer and specialist in covert surveillance. officers warn you shouldn't approach or touch the elf that is known to take away his magical abilities, to report back to his jolly kingpin santa clause. >> don't touch the elf. >> a lot of kids are going to be looking for that help. >> she just pops up.

beautiful today, tomorrow a couple shower are showers and then another warming trend, be sure to join us at 5:00.