>> now abc 7 news at noon on your side. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] jummy: the war on terror is heating up this new as president obama promises to destroy isis. he spoke last night in a rare primetime address from the oval office and it's already being met with criticism from some republican presidential candidates. it is a new phase for global

terrorism, one that is inspired and carried out on u.s. soil. >> the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. are expecting to get more details from homeland security on a new national alert system the day after president obama sat in the oval office to talk about the terrorist attack in san bernardino. our intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, no matter how effective they are, cannot identify every would-be thatshooter, whether individual is motivated by isil are some other hateful ideology. do ise can do and must make it harder for them to kill. reporter: president obama vowed to destroy isis. an address to calm fears, but only riled up republicans who want to replace him. donald trump tweeted, "we need a new president fast." ted cruz said it's all partisan talk as they call for more tighter gun control laws.

dr. ben carson on "good morning america -- >> the american people are frustrated. the reason they are frustrated is because he won't even use the word islamic terrorists. >> president obama urged americans not to demonize muslims in the u.s. >> we cannot turn against one another by leading this fight be defined by a war between america and islam. >> the present has been working to tighten security in the visa program that brought one of the san bernardino attackers to the u.s.. this week, the house is expected to vote on that measure. kenneth mouton, abc seven news. jummy: thousands of employees in san bernardino county are back to work today five days after the deadly attack. investigators are looking into whether she radicalized her husband could she made in the driving force in the plot to sheck his coworkers could have pledged allegiance to the

islamic state group on a facebook post at the same time she and farouk carried out the attacks that killed 14 people coul. an apparentsted for loan wolf attack in london has been charged with murder. authorities say that he stabbed to people in a london tube station. one victim was seriously hurt, but the injuries are not life-threatening. the other had minor injuries. witnesses say he yelled "this is for syria" during the attack. authorities are calling this an act of terror. this comes at a time of high alert after a string of arrest days after the british parliament voted to launch airstrikes against isis in syria. abc sure to stay with us on seven news.com for up-to-the-minute coverage on developments on the war on terror. you can check for updates on her social media platforms as well. another sign of the holiday season is underway.

on sunday, the national menorah was lit to mark the first night of hanukkah. ennis mcdonough got to honor by lighting the menorah this you year. one additional candle will be lit each night of the eight-day jewish holiday. let us which gears and take a live look outside right now at the nation's capital. pretty cold start to the week, but let's get to doug hill for a first look at the forecast. up quickly warming on this monday. a few high clouds and we will see more that. we had cloudless skies. still, this outside the weather center. looking at the rockville campus. temperatures right around 50 degrees. elsewhere around the area, temperatures as high as 57. 55 in baltimore and leesburg. 48 right now in frederick could there is . there's a little heavy rain in the outer banks.

the rain and trust in charleston, west virginia area will pretty much watc washout. pretty much bottoming out. today's forecast is mostly sunny with a few strands of high clouds. 55-60 degrees. overnight, mostly clear and we will drop to the 30's to near lower 40's. we will look at the next seven days for you coming up in just a couple of minutes. first, let us figure out how are midday monday track is going with jamie sullivan. with thewant to begin traffic approaching the 14th street bridge. you get a good idea of the activity on the ramp to get to the gw parkway. you cannot do that. there are crews with an accident. let us talk about the back up to get a better idea of how slow you are traveling and where it begins. right near the pentagon is where you start to see some of that volume and you are in the single

digits. we are seeing that the lay heading southbound on 395. that is because of an accident right at cleveland. ane is blocked with it and you are seeing delays. a little bit of volume working your way and found as you get closer to the d.c. maryland line. watch out for some of that slowing on the outer loop, closer towards georgia avenue because of debris in the road. definitely quite a few things happening right now. for the most part, we are in the green as you can see. back to you. jummy: good news there. to other news now, one person was rushed to hospital after a serious crash in arlington. sup 23rdles crashed at street, sending one of them into a utility pole. one person was thrown from their car and is treated for serious but nonlife threatening injuries. two additional people were treated for minor injuries.

developing now, one person is dead and two others critically hurt and a house fire in maryland. heavy smoke was seen coming from that building on west main street when crews arrived around 10:00 this morning. one of the injured was taken by state police helicopter to the nearby national fire academy the fire is now out and investigators are trying to determine how that fire started. the woman convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse in connection with the now infamous twerking video is getting out of jail. night pleaded guilty. she did not realize the pain she inflicted on the videotape. she served 30 days and got six months probation and is going to california to live with her mother. night was one of two women wanted in that assaulted the other suspect seen in the video has not yet been found. the department of justice announcing it will launch a civil rights investigation into the practices of the chicago police department.

the doj is already investigating the department in connection with the shooting death of laquan mcdonald i a police officer. a second probe will focus on whether any civil rights by lay-ins occurred. baltimore, then first full week of testimony is underway in the trial of a police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. ,uring friday's proceedings jurors heard take interviews from officer william porter could in the video, porter said he did not believe great was injured when he asked for medical attention in the basket that police man. porter is the first of six officers to go on trial for charges related to gray's death. right now, accused murderer jesse matthew is in and out tomorrow county courtroom for a motions hearing. matthew is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. he is accused of killing a junior tight morgan harrington in 2009 and university of virginia student hannah graham last year. earlier this year, matthew received three live sentences for the rate inattentive murder of a woman and fairfax.

and murder of a woman and fairfax. is nowool district working to eliminate radon found at 28 locations, including wetland middle school. livette reyes is for the reaction is now underway. we are getting news that the interim superintendent will go above and beyond to make sure that your children are safe. all that is detailed in the slinky ris lengthy report relea4 hours ago. 28 schools with radon levels be retested, but all 205 schools will also be retested. in a statement, larry bowers says in part, "this retesting should have already occurred based on our testing protocols. i regret that in certain cases that it did not. " abc 7 told you about a report schools with a

colorless odorless gas known to cause lung cancer. once registered almost three times the recommended limit by the epa. a good newl give us baseline set of data going forward so that we can establish a comprehensive radon mitigation program. jeanette: officials say results of those tests will be posted on the district's website in the coming months. reporting in montgomery county, jeannette reyes. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, a date which will live in infamy. we take a look back and remember the attacks on pearl harbor. are you ready for some football? the washington redskins taking on the biggest rival, the dallas cowboys, tonight i. how fans are getting pumped. what the weather will be like for take off.

jummy: today marks the 74th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. president franklin roosevelt called it, a day which will live in infamy." it was december 7, 1941 when japan launched a surprise attack on the navy pacific fleet in pearl harbor, hawaii. more than 2400 americans were killed. half of the u.s. fleet was lost and eight battleships were damaged or destroyed. congress immediately declared war on japan and nazi germany and then declared war on the united states. several vents will take place across the d.c. region. >> they do not find any cancer at all. so i've good news. [applause] jummy: former president jimmy

carter announcing he is cancer free for months after revealing his diagnosis. the 91-year-old said recent test showed no signs of melanoma cancer in his brain and liver. he willt carter says continue taking doses of the recently approved autoimmune drug to help find potential cancer cells and his body. during his treatment, he remained active attending church and volunteering with his wife that you see right there. good news that. turning to sports now. it is a big night for the burgundy and gold as your redskins get ready to take on the dallas cowboys at home. monday night football, our john gonzalez is live at landover with how redskins fans are getting pumped up for the big game. john: we are already tailgating here at fedex field for this big one. we want dallas. we have london and the washington redskins cheerleaders. they are tailgating with us this morning along with the marching band. take a look at this is the

official washington redskins marching band. are you grilling? >> hotdogs and bacons. john: he's got his redskins tight and his chef hat on. these guys do not need to get pumped up for redskins game. how big of a game? >> the biggest. john: tell me about your history with the band and the team. this is a big rivalry. >> i've been with the band 33 years almost half my life. i've been the director for 18 and i've enjoyed every minute of it. a lifelong redskins fan. john: take another look at the band and the cheerleaders here. it's the redskins in the cowboys. they have played 110 times. the redskins have 143 of those meetings. everyone is ready to go this morning as the redskins get

ready to host the cowboys tonight on monday night football. are 5-6 and first in the east. if they win tonight, they can extend that lead. back to you inside. jummy: credit to johnny g. he got that whole have really put together at 5:00 this morning. doug: he is having fun. that was good. we'll find out tonight. jummy: good weather for all that tailgating. people will probably get there at 4:00 when the gates open. doug: there'll be a few clouds around, but who cares? there will be no rain and it will cool down to the 40's for the game. dress appropriately. for december, that's a good deal. the hd weatherbug camera at great falls, virginia at this is the way it looked at riverbend the morning with some far and some frost in areas. that quickly went away as the sky started to lift up and we saw bright sunshine. you may see in this image a few

high thin clouds. that is what we will see. most will be sunshine through the day, but a few clouds at times. we do not see a chance of rain in our area atomic sunday afternoon or evening at the earliest. the holidayre in spirit at no extra charge, we throw in a warming trend just for you. on the campus of northeast college park, 54. 53 in dale city and temperatures will continue to rise. reagan international i-57 right now. cool air behind an upper-level low coming through west virginia. 40's and 30's when you get across the lower legs. on the other side, mild temperatures to the south. charlotte is 62 degrees with sunshine. pretty system, a energetic one has been in the process of building and the outer banks. that will move offshore. there is the upper air disturbance. the rain will dissipate as it comes across the central appellations. some of the cloudiness will come for the area tonight.

we may have a few more clouds this week. temperatures expected to remain dry along that warming trend developing as well. our futurecast watches out that storm system. tomorrow has a patch of cloudiness to the west of the appellations. that will wash out as well. getting to wednesday, it looks like a little disturbance will move through. what not have much of an effect on us. till hehave to wait more substantial front sunday night to give us anything. here's is what we have for the next seven days. mostly sunny skies and partly to mostly sunny. look at the temperatures as we move toward the end of the week. it'll 50's and upper 50's. -- middle 50's and upper 50's. sunday, we will call it partly cloudy and 64 with just a chance maybe, possibly, could be, might a shower late in the day. jummy: imagine if all december look that good, doug. doug: i would not mind of it.

if you threw in a few 70's, that would be my christmas present. jummy: i like the way you think. coming up on abc 7 news at noon, it could be the perfect if. howard rosenthal will join us with a new look at

jummy: if you have ever wonder what it's like to be behind the scenes of " wheel of fortune" especially the craft services table, here's your chance to find out. fortune" has released a collectible could book. -- cookbook. howard rosenthal joins us.

thank's for coming in for abc 7 news at noon. howard: this is so much fun. we spent about a year working pat, vana, andf the craft services. we have come up with great recipes. ofall watch "wheel fortune" and have dinner. we took recipes from pat and famine and had a viewer recipe contest. we reach out to thousands of people and put the best of the best recipes in the book as well. the book is for anybody who loose to cook -- loves to cook or loves the show. you do not even have to love to cook because there's so much of the book that is behind-the-scenes photos that you would never expect. what is really cool is that every recipe is set up like the puzzle board. the recipe titles are just like the puzzle board. there are over 350 photos of behind-the-scenes and things that you have never seen before. we got to spend time with van a white and her grandmother was a great cook. she is from south carolina and her banana pudding is

outrageous. if you get a chance, that is probably one of the first recipe is everyone goes to. they asked, are they really as nice as they are on tv? the answer is no, they are so much nicer. pat has a recipe in here for homemade pizza. no pepperoni, lots of sausage and mustard. really crispy. all the stories behind what makes the game what it is today. it is really fun. jummy: where can we get the recipe? for folks at home who are like, i need this, where can we get it? howard: wheel of fortune.com. the book is right there. we have plenty in time for christmas. if you know somebody who loves watching, what a great little stocking stuffer. everyone will say it is so good. this is a caramel apple tart. this needs a little extra caramel on it because you can never have too much. jummy: we have got to go to break, but i have to take a bite

and i will let you know how delicious this is coming up after the break. we will be right back.

jummy: "time" magazine has announced that short list for the 2015 person of the year. leaders are an isa's leader, black lives matter activist, caitlyn jenner, the uber ceo, angela merkel, russian president vladimir putin, the

iranian president, and republican presidential candidate donald trump. the time person of the year is the person that time editors believe has the greatest impact on world events. who do you think should be named person of the year from this list? tell us on abc seven facebook page or twitter. interesting list, doug. doug: i will say. temperatures today in the 50's. let us take a look at what is coming in the mix seven days. sunshine today and sunshine tomorrow. we will cool off wednesday, but thursday we warm up and stay delightful with 60 degree temperatures and delightful through the weekend. jummy: we will see you at 4:00. thanks for joining us. ♪

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