>> juliet: president obama going on prime time to address the nation and resuring americans that the safety and security is of high priority. >> there is a person arrested for arson in queens. >> let the celebrating begin. it is hanukkah entering the first full day and we bring you high lights. >> happy hanukkah. >> good morning. >> it is 4:30. monday, pearl harbor day, december 7th.

>> did you have a nice weekend? >> i did. i'm trying to think what we did. >> that's what happens when you get old. >> you worked yesterday. >> i did. it was entertaining. i am here now. good morning, michael. mike: good morning. july ju you can't wear a shirt because of the cast? mike: yes. it is casual for a while. ben: are you in pain and are you on medications? >> well, only tylenol.

the well wishes. the weekend wasn't bad at all. the highs up well into the 50s. 45 degrees for you here at central park. 27 in sussex. 28 monticello. 37 islip. 4el in montauk. so the temps are on the milder side. the visibilities numbers there are a few spots reporting fog, mainly to the east on long island and some up to the north as well. looks like fine in the city and four miles visability up to the north. a little change coming through. nothing to kick up the showers at this point in time. it is looking like the jet

we are looking at a mostly sunny day. up to 54 in the city. partly cloudy for you tonight. lows 27 to 40. there's the five day forecast. a little drop in the temps there. quiet throughout the week. there you go. easy week all together. t-shirt weather, why not. we are bringing in ines rosales. ines: here's what is going on with the commute. problems in westchester. new jersey commute doing fine. no issues. the l.i.e. by south oyster bay road things are moving for. the trains are running on or close.

>> for a rare move, president obama addressing the people from the oval office. ben: it is meant to reassure was on our safety with the fight against terrorists. >> ben, juliet, good morning to you, this is a card that the president doesn't play prime time address on sunday evening from the oval office. he didn't break policy ground but did seek to reassure americans. republicans greeted his words with immediate scorn. >> in a rare appearance, president obama delivered a 13 minute address on the growing threat of isis. >> the athlete is real, but we are going to overcome it and

>> isis taking responsibility for the attacks in paris and tashfeen malik that carried out the shooting in california pledged allegiance to isis before the shooting. >> it is a real problem that muslims must confront without excuse. >> president obama calling for tougher gun laws, including making it harder to buy assault weapons. he says he doesn't favor a ground war in syria. >> i have ordered the homeland

waivers and visas. >> is that all there is donald trump tweeted. we need a new president fast. >> nothing that happened in the speem tonight is going to disswatd the people's fears. >> peter king saying not one proposal would have prevented california's attacks. >> >> the president has little chance of getting congress to pay any gun control legislation. so we are going to hear the back and forth fights that really don't go any way. >> same ole same ole.

workers are returning to work today. the county department had shutdown except for the essential services. they are looking at whether tashfeen malik radicalized her american born husband. there appears to be in the husband's history implicating him as the driver behind the attack. >> special tribute to the victims of the deadly terror attacks in paris last night. >> u2 and pattie smith performed on stage. bono spoke to the audience and saying we are all parisians tonight.

prayer is to be useful to you for the evening and what an honor and privilege to serve you this evening. we are yourer is sants this evening. >> billboard hard reported that the eagles of deaf metal would join them but that didn't happen. >> they have said they want to first show to be at the concert center. >> police need your help in queens. >> they have been hitting the construction sites 7 times. we have newly released video that they hope leads to an arrest. >> take a look at the surveillance video, the man is casing the construction site in forest hills. the police and fire say he's the guy torching homes knowned by

7 times since october 20th, large homes under construction going up in flames. why remains unclear. >> it is a very involved investigation with both departments. i don't want to talk about the specifics of it, but we are confident that we are going to find the person behind it and find them soon. >> the latest incident on sunday morning on 69th road. this time they succeeded to turning it to ash. it took 150 firefighters to choke the flames. site. >> we have the investigators and everyone working on the issue. >> we are going to get the person responsible. >> when the night time comes we

>> residents are hoping that's the case. >> thank you, teresa. >> today is the first full day of hanukkah, the jewish festival of lights. singing and dancing started the hollywood last night in midtown and the lighting. it is rededication of the holy temple. it was kept lit for 8 day straights. >> keeping on with the mild weather. >> there is a lot of time left in december. it is only the 7th. >> it is going to be warm all week. that brings us to about the 15th.

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and generally this meaning you have warmer temperatures in the area. that is what is happening. we have 31 in pine brook. berkeley heights 27. and hoboken 45 degrees. all right, so there are clouds rolling across the tristate. most of this is probably high and mid level clouds in the area. the fog is not a huge problem for us here. high pressure is in control. here is the trough singing by to the north of us and dragging up a few additional clouds. in terms of additional clouds, the chance of showers is no. we have a mainly clear sky on the futurecast, that is telling us we have a lot of sunshine coming to us today.

pulling by to the south of us and bringing up to clouds. just increasing of the clouds for a little while and partly cloudy do mainly clear skies for a couple of days. winds are not an event. 48 tomorrow, partly cloudy. sunny on wednesday. we are dry through the upcoming weekend. daily and hourly forecast, i know almost 60 this time of the year. we do need rain. now to ines rosales and what's going on stepping out the door. >> we have problems in westchester 684 by exit 2 an accident.

southbound approaching ashford avenue. things are fine in new jersey. if you are travelling on the fdr, to the camera shot, moving fine headed southbound to the 59th street bridge. northbound is looking good. for the george washington bridge, driving into new jersey, great shape. >> thank you. >> today is 74 years since japan attacked pearl harbor in hawaii and killing more than 2,000 people and pushed the united states into the second world war. there is a memorial this morning. 3,000 people are expected to attend. >> thank you very much, ben. joining us now no the studio is curtis sliwa. good morning.

i have revenge for my hummus summit. >> tell us about this. >> you trendoids didn't attend. >> you were not invited. >> tfts not in a trend location. i was in the heart of it and held a hummus summit to debunk your guy, donald trump, claiming he saw hundreds of muslims dancing in streets on 9/11. that never happened. so i called him out and had a professor there that fully researched it. >> it is a small summit, actually. >> wait a second. you know, you are like kid sarcastic.

>> there are a lot of muslims there. >> were they part of the summit? >> hey, we are coming and chowing down. we discussed what happened in south patterson. a dozen teenagers celebrating. >> this is interesting what are the people saying there? >> a lot of people come there because they like the food. one of my cog colleagues, he hadn't gone since 9/11. he thought there were celebrations in the street. that used to be his favorite restaurant. donald trump stirs the pot. first it is let me hate mexicans and now muslims. i guess he's figuring out who is

he won't apologize. particularly to me. he took the remarks on mtv and edited them and making it look i was supporting him. instead of saying, well, you know, i had nothing to do with that. never stops tweeting. >> more importantly your fight with donald trump is interesting to you and others, too, but i am interested in the people are saying about what is happening right now. about what is happening now in the united states? >> muslims are being looked as if they are terrorists. who do you think is listening to isis and al qaeda and translating what they are saying.

it is arabic speaking, all americans who serve america every day. >> let me say this, i was interviewing a guy yesterday on fox news, he's a terrorism expert and he was saying more often than not the people going in, and exposing these bad guys within the community are muslims. >> yes, because you don't know to lingo. you need someone with the dialect. they are the ones dropping it. they are risking their life in their own community and donald

in syed farook's family they were honored. >> did you know that he's trademarked the name central park. >> excuse me, does he own central park? >> well -- >> a park owned by the people of the city of new york. >> trademarked the name to use on merchandise. furniture, channed leers and key changes. >> does the city of new york receive any of the money? >> a don't believe so. >> how does that happen? >> i don't know. >> why not tweet your friend donald trump and ask him how to trade park the name of central park. >> it is brilliant for him.

>> like when declaring bankruptcy four times. he's a businessman. >> if i declared chapter 11 it is all over the front pages. if he does it, it is the american way. come on. you are putting a spin on everything. tell him to apologize to me. next time i will invite you. i paid for everyone. and $15 to come over the bridge. highway robbery. >> overtime thriller for the jets and giants.

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the radar and the satellite, but it is not, it is not producing rain. still keeping it warm in this december when we could use the rain and snow. low to mid 50s throughout the week and it is dry. >> 56. toasty. >> thank you. >> dike is in later this morning. we have the sports for you. >> overtime thriller to meadowlands and the game about the big plays. blowing past the jets defender. 72 yard touchdown. the giants are up 17-10. the giants at the four yard line. deciding to go for it. and manning is picked off.

there and making them pay. tied the score at 20. in overtime after the jets took the lead, the giants kicks it and missed it. >> his face looked like, oh. >> jets win for them. the first time the jets have beaten the giants since 1993. >> i went for it on 4th and two and thinking it would give after the long time and thinking tft the play at that time, i still do. >> we didn't get it down. we learned some things. >> always a great belief in the huddle, a great belief on the sideline we could come back and take this thing.

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