kwanza means first fruit celebration. when you come out for the celebration today, it is about unity. >> other important principles include self-determination and the importance of generosity. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin is off tonight. a beautiful day. nice day around the bay area but changes are coming. >> yes, they are. we will keep the sunshine but we are going to get wind with it tomorrow that could be nasty. talking about driving in a high profile vehicle, that could be trouble for you. the upside is the system ushers in cooler, drier air that drops the dew points that makes it more difficult for fog to develop. we have low pressure to the north and west. we have high pressure to the south and the west. and as the low-pressure system which stays to the north of us starts to move, it means tonight we will be mostly clear, a few high clouds. as it slides in tomorrow, over nevada, it will help to drive gusty winds toward us here in northern california. that will be the impact. cooler temperatures and gusty wind

kwanza means first fruit celebration. so when you come out for the celebration today, it is all about unity. >> a ceremony with art, games and food is happening at the african american complex in san francisco from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. tonight. everyone is welcome and admission is free. >>> a milestone for amazon. one billion packages delivered this holiday season. >> surprised it got that big that fast. >> more on how online shopping changed habits. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth or one that's good for my teeth? now i don't have to choose! from crest 3d white the whitening therapy collection with new spearmint and peppermint oil. it gently whitens, plus it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. look for a $1 coupon in this sunday's paper. everything was so fresh in the beginning... but that plug quickly faded. luckily there's new febreze plug. it cleans away odors and freshens for 1200 hours. breathe happy with new febreze plug. >>> the holiday shopping season is still in full swing. 50% of consu

east bay congress woman barbara lee tweeted, merry christmas and happy kwanza to all.is based on seven principles, including self-determination, creativity, faith and unity. kwanza lasts seven days through january 1st. now, heads up for your new year's eve plans. transit agencies are making it easy to get around. in san francisco, muni will offer free rides from until 5:00 next morning. vta will do the same in the south bay bay and so will samtrans. caltrans is offering free rides after 8:00. the last reads at 2:00 a.m. from san francisco. riders have to pay on b.a.r.t by trees run until 3:00 in the morning. >> good info. >>> also, what the weather will be like. next, drew oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study sho

we have adorned kwanza for 13 years, and now we have 17 events this week throughout the city. so welcome, everyone, and we are going -- the village project is a nonprofit functioning out of the western edition, and in addition to doing kwanzaa, we have an afterschool program, we have a summer camp, and we do free community events. so everybody sit back pack and let's enjoy opening day of kwanzaa. i want to bring up right now, father. , one of my favorite people to open with a prayer. father. is from the episcopal diocese. >> thank you. thank you, brothers and sisters. let's take a moment to remember those who have preceded us and let them speak to us. a moment of silence, please. >> amen. >> i love it. thank you, sir,. thank you, father. we have been here in city hall from 12 of those 13 years, and we are always hosted by the mayor's office of neighborhood services. i am very pleased to introduce you to mix -- mr alex lazar. director of the mayor's office of neighborhood services. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. welcome everyone to the 13th annual kwanzaa celebration here

an event was held marking the start of kwanza last night in northwest washington. >>> 4:50 is your toe. we turn the weather. i hope that you got out and enjoyed some beautiful weather yesterday. it's not going to be that way aound here for the next couple days. today is not a bad day to be outside, but tomorrow is a lost cause. it's going to rain on friday, and it could be a lot of rain around here. somelacesing g more than an inch of rain. dulles airport, our only locals airport tha not yet set its all-time rainiest year on record, is likely to have that record broken sometime tomorrow. right now skies are mostly clear. a couple of fair weather clouds, but no rain anywhere close by to get your thursday morning started. that southwest wind will increase later in the day today. current temperatures, most of the suburbs are in th mid to upper0s. a cold and dry start to the day. plenty of sunshine coming our way, especially through about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. sun is down just before 5:00. that's when the clouds will thicken up just a bit. rain chances will hold off until after su

fantastic,king christmas eve looking wonderful, christmas day looking wonderful and even the start of kwanzaely beautiful. guys? >> thanks, lauryn.ou and thanksor joining us. that's "news4 midday." we are back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >>an you get the news any time on the nbc washington p. have a great day, everybody. we'll see you later. ♪ >>> the one, the only, cardi b! let's go. let'so. ♪ like it likehat ♪ i said i like it like that ♪ ♪ i said i like it like that >>es! ♪>> cardi-pool karaoke. this might be the best ever. >> you think? >> i think so. we have sn a lot. lady gaga, adele. she is hilarious. >>

south two hundred plus been the beaches and it wasn't restricted to turkey although turkey's looking kwanza now about the whole cloud mess again run across into the levant and through iraq received flooding recently in northeastern iraq and for the last three days in israel today this is just one picture outside tel aviv it's hard for me to date and again is a reflection of the amount of rain that fell which is about one hundred six year millimeters rather less fell further north in lebanon and i've not had reports of flooding here that it is still raining down this coast so if it more or less from gaza right up to damascus based on the coast of lebanon but that rain at least is ceasing the search if i take you had twenty four hours we have should be a quiet today tomorrow that isn't the end of it there's more gathering as you can see here and it's heading in the same direction. the weather sponsored by cats own and weighs. in countries like mine people have been killed and. we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function for this was a deal with saudi arabia things wer

we have adorned kwanza for 13 years, and now we have 17 events this week throughout the city. so welcome, everyone, and we are going -- the village project is a nonprofit functioning out of the western edition, and in addition to doing kwanzaa, we have an afterschool program, we have a summer camp, and we do free community events. so everybody sit back pack and let's enjoy opening day of kwanzaa. i want to bring up right now, father. , one of my favorite people to open with a prayer.

emanuel kwanza relations with russia are actually been very good and if you're based here in russia what you are russian perspective the idea that russia should be interfering here is ridiculous but then you go on twitter there's a guy that contributes regular gets the b.b.c. and c.n.n. has tweeted this china got strategically pace placed cameras around paris at the moment to catch everything is going on as if this is some. thought through as if we've got anything to do with it we're just a broadcast or you're working here in the mind and i think and you remember there was a twenty four a camera on the my done for months and months and months i mean i think if the b.b.c. and c.n.n. guy is wondering why ortiz got a camera and they don't you might want to get on to them being one because i mean i mean as larry king said recently c.n.n. doesn't even do journalism anymore a number of u.s. and european officials visited them to support the protesters in twenty four to talk in just now about u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland when she was handing out cookies. do you think we'll

so of us wanted a white christmas, that's not the case and dry on kwanza as well. >> thank you.re back on the air first at 4 this afternoon. >> you can get your news andup weathertes any time with the nbc washington app. go out andnjoy that sunshine while we got it. we'll see you back here in the morning. the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. already have prime? we'll cover for fios gigabit connection,sigp plus tv, plus phone, all with a 2-year price guarantee, all for just $79.99 per month with a 2-year agreement. with fios and prime, you can stream prime originals in 4k. get free games with twitch prime...and get fast, free shipping on over one hundred million items. switch to fios gigabit connection with the fastest speeds available, plus tv, and phone for just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee and a 2-year agreement. plus, get a year of prime and an echo on us. only need internet? get fios internet for $39.99 per month and get a $50 amaz

he hopes it will become anan t e today with many bay area cities holding kwanza festivities. kwanzaa is a 7-day african american tradition. kwanzaa continues through january 1st. >>> it is 5:10. >> and a possible link between back pain and mortality. a new drug taken by women with brs cancer is coming up in our health watch. >> well the sunshine continues across the bay area. i'll let you know what you can expect head to that new year's forecast. >> holiday light i'd say. a little bit of a minor trouble spot in the south bay. details on that coming up. >>> 5:13 right now. new research says a new breast cancer medicine. their spatial memory was affected. they're saying that further investigation is needed to prove effects on humans >>> rapid muscle weakening. they found that about half of children had ach fi and two or more muscle groups. >> sdpienlly researchers in boston found a higher mortality in women. better back pain management might improve and extend quality of life. >>> 14 minutes after 5:00 now and giana has a check on your traffic and not bad. >> not bad for the mo