worst year of his presidency?

>> live from the abc 7 news center, this is washington news. perez shows us the ice. sheets of ice and flying off a roof of an outdoor mall in oklahoma city. miraculously, no one was hurt. suve people died when an tumbled into a rain swollen river. >> it was extremely slippery. it was moving rapidly downstream. >> floodwaters threaten every charming home. firefighters rescued people by

riverboat and took them to safety. grandmother and my cousin. >> this view shows the extent of the widespread flooding. snapping tree limbs. in other places, a wonderland. >> i cannot get into my gas tank. it is frozen. >> power lines are down and the power is out of the south to the midwest. falling ice is coming dangerously close to this reporter. it is been called one of the worst storms to hit toronto. >> i'm in a rush today to get out of here. seaboard,he eastern it was downright balmy. record-breaking temperatures. even busting out summerlike outfits. theecember this time of year, you do not have that kind of day.

we are out here. it is beautiful. >> it is great for the golfers. >> diana perez, it abc 7 news, new york. president obama held his final press conference of the year. some call it the worst year of his presidency. >> he did not necessarily go as far as to say that or designation. he reported there were ups and downs. if you take a look back over the last year of president obama's tenure, there have been a number of pretty prominent things over -- before him. >> one of the weaker performances were the president, what did he accomplish? talked about specifically

what did not so well. issues ranging from gun-control measures to the rollout of his health care law. there were a number of things. yet knowledge them several times. acknowledge them several times. perhaps it did not go as well. he said he took the responsibility. >> and his agenda for 2014? >> immigration and moving ahead on economic issues and opportunities for several of those measures that are there. whether he accomplishes that remains to be seen. >> you wrote an article for senator ron paul. he was the first republican senator to speak at howard university. that was all part of a campaign,

would you say? >> it is interesting to take a look at senator rand paul has recently inpecially the wake of the election. thatnt to communities typically do not vote republican, whether that is young members, he has been trying to be present there. i saw him over the summer at a libertarian leaning conference. he talked about his collegial expanses, maybe drinking alcohol. the republican party is trying to find new ways to reach voters. modern republican, rand paul. thank you. >> thank you. >> since 9/11, there have been several securities put in place to protect the district from future attacks. we recently got exclusive access to one of them. >> it is a view rarely seen --

d.c. monuments and buildings from the air and close up. a few aircraft get to fly this close and this low to the capital. >> not unless you have the security to be there. >> when an aircraft is not have clearance, a franklin -- brent sequence of events plays out. [nohorns blare] >> the alarm at the coast guard station gives a signal and triggers this intense spots. -- response. >> check. when the alarm goes off, they are in the air. we joined the coast guard crew

on a training mission for something that happens in reality more often than you think. about 2-3 times a week. in this case, his helicopter has crossed restricted airspace. >> let's go after it. >> 12:00. >> that tiny object in the racinge is a" helicopter to intercept us. an extremem maneuver to catch up with us. >> they want to get alongside the plane as fast as they can. once they do, the message is clear. >> your aircraft may be fired upon. >> they try to get the aircraft to turn away. >> it is an internationally recognized interceptor. they tell us we are not in the right place. >> it does not just an exercise.

these greens do this in real this in realdo life. they are the first line of defense to protect the capital. they also deal with incidents like a crash of a small plane into the white house. the majority are lost or disoriented. know what that aircraft is. it could be someone with ill content or someone lost. we do not know that at the time. we have to take every case seriously. >> these daily exercises in the heart of the capital show how serious these crews take possible threats. >> it is a tremendous amount of effort that goes into this. >> the coast guard has permission to do these sorts of aircraft intercepts for big events like the super bowl as well as conventions. need this week, police

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astronauts will take part in a second spacewalk at the international space station. the first spacewalk took place yesterday. they were fixing a broken cooling system. the massive repair job could stretch into christmas day. >> on thursday, the man accused of killing a security guard at the los angeles international airport is set to be arraigned. he is charged with first-degree murder of hernandez on november 1. three other people were injured. investigators say he had written in a note that he wanted to kill tsa agents. executor say they have yet to decide what punishment they would seek for him if convicted. forecast.up, the steve

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see your local chevy dealer today. rain, justite the imagine if overtures were below 32 degrees. this would be crazy. snow will probably be flurries. we are not having anything like that. >> exactly. >> heavy rain on the way later on tonight. the rain is on the back doorstep. now be reaching us within the next hour now and half. whether above freezing. we tied the record with reagan national airport early in the day.

winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. the average for this time of the year is 45 degrees. we are not close to that. 62 in ashburn. half an inch of rain. they will add more to that as we move through the overnight hours. e,gh temperature of 71 in bowi maryland. 63 in fredericksburg. 65 at lexington. rebounding a little bit as he moved through the late day hours into the early morning hours. if we keep these temperatures past midnight, the rain will begin. that will cool us down. 66 in norfolk. there is a cold front. 20's and 30's. single digits in indianapolis. 9 degrees. the temperature change -- we are now 8 degrees colder.

shifting. this will go our way for the overnight hours. 1-3 interest not out of the question. areas to the east of interstate 95, you can see upwards of 3-4 inches of rain over a short period of time. this is the doppler. showers are from the beltway and the district. not amounting to a whole lot. this will arrive over the next hour or two. there is a strip of heavy rain to the east of d.c. this is where it is located. those are the areas that will likely see the heaviest amounts. closer to home, we will look for the heavy rain to begin i will be around 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. this is our futurecast shaded in

orange and yellow. look at the temperatures. following during daytime hours. once we get this out of here, skies begin to clear a bit. on tuesday, christmas eve, temperatures will be around 40 degrees. even colder on christmas day. tomorrow are dropping into the 50's and 60's. dry air christmas eve and christmas day. we have a storm free week ahead. >> nice roller coaster ride we have been on. thank you. rising costs are forcing some families to get rid of cable. we take a look

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>> a consumer alert. an increasing number of people are ditching their cable for other less expensive options. a consumer report shows us those options. ♪ love their tv? so much to watch. the dramas. and sports all at your fingertips. those choices are costing you and me. here is a copy of my recent cable and internet bill. almost 190 dollars a month. i'm not the only one spending a lot.

>> how much do you spend? >> $110 a month. these hefty bills are causing people to ditch regular cable tv. this couples switch to digital media players that stream video and audio on their tv. on cable to spend $120 tv. now they spend about $57 a month for internet service and hulu. >> costs is the biggest concern for us. convenience was the other factor. you pay so much and what you really only watch 10 channels. tv connector ale wi-fi connection to watch your favorite shows and cartoons. [laughter] roku costa one-time payment of $50. comcast has another option for