on the southern as of that, that is a line of thunderstorms from now north carolina into mississippi. beverly hit 70 degrees today. many places hit xe nine, including -- 69, including bradley airport in connecticut. both of these broke existing records by eight degrees. we did not just break it, we shattered it. look at this. 66 degrees. it' s not only the warmth. the dew point is that the summer level also. that is the borderline of a little human. imagine that. a little humid and it is christmas. where you see the brighter white areas, new hampshire, coastal maine, cape cod, the islands, those are areas of low visibility and fog. right now the general visibility is good, but they dropped tomorrow by half a mile in nantucket. but the temperatures are incredible. we are well past suns that -- sunset. it is still christmas eve. through. the cool air behind it is only slightly cooler. it will only be a little cooler tonight and during christmas day. additional moisture should stay to the south. notice how a little rain flirts with nantucket. during the course of christmas day, there may

to the interior and into the mississippi valley and into mississippi, louisiana, once you have that second little package -- passage, laser being taken to places like north carolina and being moved to the -- slaves are being taken to places like north carolina and being moved to places like louisiana. it meant like places in the seaport south, there was a predominance of women, children, and the elderly in the slave community. the other thing i would save about -- say about slavery in north carolina is that even though there were not large plantations, there were ways that slaveholders were trying to make system of slavery make dividends for them, even though, there was kind of a whole system of slavery moving westward. in north carolina, they were having slaves hire themselves out, they were letting slaves by their own freedom, so i think you're getting a sense of some flexibility, perhaps, for the slaves who lived around harriet jacob, at least compared to slaves living further to the west. so. further points out that she was aware she was a slave when she was six or's old, i think that was right after her mother died. i think she was 11 -- six euros old -- six

into a bridge. >>jay: hmm. >>holly: look at that. >>jay: looks like what we saw here earlier this week. >>holly: 6:156789 north carolina state wolf pack taking on mississippi state. the wolf pack the game. >>stan: good morning, everyone. in sports, the north carolina state wolf pack in the belt bowl taking on mississippi state. a terrible weather day in charlotte and the packs play early was like the weather: messy. bank of america stadium, purr set last game as the wolfpack quarterback, terrible game, pressure and there is the kick off by jerry green, the pack crumbled. qb press cot was terrific. little frank of the screen to ross, gets the block and into the end zone, 7-0 mississippi state. purr set, back to pass again and with a great interception by brandon bryant, nothing to do about that. 21-0 in the second, when north carolina state gets something done, they go one way, across the other way, it's wide open speed, 82 yards, 6, 21-7, pack cutting into the lead. purr set cuts it to 10 on the quarterback and that was it. no stopping the mvp for the belt report, 380 yards and 4 tds, thepack falls 51-28. >> duke saturday boston college, their final agains

mississippi. but remember, there's also plenty of flooding into arkansas, texas, south and north carolina. at widespread area impacted by all this rain. so here it is. this is the latest information. the current level of the mississippi river in st. louis as of this morning is just on the verge of cresting. 42.6, and the forecast crest is 42.5. really it will happen today. and obviously that is well above major flood stage. chester, we're looking at a crest on friday and saturday in cape jugirardeau. i mentioned that we're looking at heavy rain working its way into florida right now. some of the rainfall totals are pretty impressive. another two inches. but we could see locally, richard, three to five inches. that's for right now. the good thing in missouri, the rain has stopped, but the floods are really ramping up straight into the middle of january. >> bonnie schneider with the latest, thank you. >>> as the world rings in the new year, security are officials are on high alert. officials in paris have canceled the annual fireworks display and have upped security in the wake of last month

into gulfport, mississippi and mobile. be careful if you're driving out there. many of you are traveling because we're looking at substantial rainfall. 17 million people at risk for flooding in georgia and north carolina. this is not including what we're expecting along the mississippi river, with the flood crest there. but watch out for heavy rain across parts of the southeast. temperatures are finally getting colder. even in chicago, we'll look for a high of 30 degrees, and that cold air plunging from the northern plains, keeping temperatures in the 20s. one place, though, it's still very warm is florida. tampa, six consecutive days of record highs. i think today you might hit it again with 85 degrees. that is warm even for tampa. and then for the last day of the year, we're looking at the cold getting even colder for the great lakes but still pretty comfortable in new york with 49 for the high. 27 for chicago. and 53 for dallas. so, the weather looks a little calmer, which is some good news, dara. >> bonnie, thanks so much for that. >>> now to florida where thats are searching for a man caught on surveillance video stealing an 84-year-old woman's purse while she was praying in church. the purse was