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the air force band 2 and up -- the air force band tunes up. holiday furlough time with the wolves game. paul byron nelson home. -- nails it home. you guys route for the bears. >> it will happen. >> i like the bears. i'm not so sure of the game. >> we will be watching. that will do it for us on this saturday night. >> thank you for watching. we will see you back here tomorrow night.

i would like to extend a special thank you to the united states air force band under the direction ofiard and created this great and festive holiday mood. and gentlemen. [applause] -- let's give them a hand, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> and behind me stands the u.s. capitol's christmas tree, a majestic 73-foot spruce from colorado's white river national forest. [cheers and applause] >> and in keeping with tradition, the speaker of the house, the honorable john boehner, will extend his holiday greetings to you and officially light this remarkable tree in a few moments. but before we get to that big moment, i'd like to welcome members of congress and distinguished guests, our capitol hill neighbors and those of you who are visiting our nation's capital. thank you for joining us this evening. i would like to acknowledge members of the colorado delegation in attendance this evening including senator mark udall, senator michael bennett, congressman scott tipton as well as former senator ben nighthorse campbell. [cheers and applause] >> and senator campbell, of course, drove that tre

united states air force band and for all of us of this year's lighting of the u.s. capitol tree.y christmas and a good night. [cheers and applause] captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ [joy to the world] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> here is what is coming of this christmas day -- next it is the national christmas tree lighting ceremony and today's edition of "washington journal." we will take a look at the biggest policy events from the past year. after that, first lady michelle obama shows the children the white house holiday decorations. >> the time i was 9 years old, i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy and when i was 10, made a big decision and broke with the democratic party and went to work for john lindsay who was running for mayor of new york but i would not work for him as a republican. i went down to the liberal party. i was handing out leaflets on a street corner in new york and some woman thought this was really cute, this little boy handing out leaflets and she asked me why and i made the case for john

air force band is also going to be there and today's event is free. fyi.ut you need tickets to attend and you can get the tickets by going to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search natural menorah. >> hopefully the weather won't be too bad. >> fingers crossed but you better take an umbrella. >>> coming up, why doctors say what's making the flu bug spread earlier than usual this year. >>> also backlash over the that canceled new york marathon. why some runners are saying, race organizers are sending some mixed messages. >>> plus, a coach interrupted. see what stopped his press conferencetwitter, he we do it all here. "news 4 today" on social media. >>> a deadly typhoon is expected to make a second landfall in the philippines. it has already killed nearly 600 people in the southern part of that country. the storm went out to sea but made a u-turn and forcing the country's northwest. it could bring heavy rains, strong winds and possible landslides in the mountains. >>> a popular website is coming under fire for reselling tickets to the sold out 12-12-12 c

air force band will also be there.s free but you need tickets to attend to go to our website for that. >>> and weather is the big story this morning. we have lots of fog and light rain. if you're headed out, please be careful. many streets are slick, which can make driving conditions pretty treacherous. we'll see you back here in a few more minutes for your sunday forecast in about 15 minutes to be exact. >>> welcome back to "viewpoint" talking to maryland onbar-- mar barry. we were about to talk about st. elizabeth in southeast washington, the old psychiatric hospital grounds. huge grounds. one on the west side has been taken over by feds who will put up buildings like coast guard and homeland security. but the east side of st. elizabeth along martin luther king avenue up to alabama avenue up to -- what's the cross street? anyway, it's a big plot of land. the mayor wants to develop it. you're saying not rental property but homeownership. >> i want to give a little history. when senator offered both the east side and w

i would like to extend a special thank you to the united states air force band under the direction ofiard and created this great and festive holiday mood. let's give them a hand, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> and behind me stands the u.s. capitol's christmas tree, a majestic 73-foot spruce from colorado's white river national forest. [cheers and applause] >> and in keeping with tradition, the speaker of the house, the honorable john boehner, will extend his holiday greetings to you and officially light this remarkable tree in a few moments. but before we get to that big moment, i'd like to welcome members of congress and capitol hill neighbors and those of you who are visiting our nation's capital. thank you for joining us this evening. i would like to acknowledge members of the colorado delegation in attendance this evening including senator mark udall, senator michael bennett, congressman scott tipton as well as former senator ben nighthorse campbell. [cheers and applause] >> and senator campbell, of course, drove that tree 5,500 miles to washington dis-- d.c. [cheers and appl

here is the scene live on the west front lawn where the magnificent united states air force band is providing. it is a most welcome christmas tradition and we hope he enjoys it because there's been very precious little christmas cheer for speaker boehner over the last 224 hou4 hours. last night he had to remove four republicans from house committee positions. although they say they're just sticking to their conservative principles. earlier today senator jim demint issued a statement via his website hammering the speaker's counteroffer to the president as they tried to avoid a fiscal cliff crisis at the end of this year. quote, speaker boehner's $800 billion tax hike will destroy american jobs. this is why republicans must oppose tax increases. but both senator demint and those four ousted congressmen, excuse me, i'm going to have to take a drink. i'm so sorry. and those ousted congressmen should reconsider their kris simples of speaker boehner because while his plan does not raise taxes on the rich, it does contain at least three evil spirits that will visit the working poor and the middle cl

air force band played on christmas tree another holiday classics.he tree is an infamous prison comes from colorado's white river national forest and has been outfitted with 10,000 lights and ornaments. it will be lit each night until the day after christmas. >> will take a break and be back with more on the kron 4 morning news here is a look at the adjacent freeway. we have wet roadways may be somewhat of being kicked up by some of the cars. we have more rain for your morning commute will update you on your weather and traffic in just a minute. we are back at the time is 4:30. a live look from our roof cam looking towards san francisco downtown. too much cloud cover and rain. it is starting to come down now. we will continue our weather watch this morning especially in the north bay where they are cleaning up from sunday's rain. kron fours jackie sissel is live in marin county. >> jackie work in i on river levels. >> i am at the creek and see the rain coming down not real hard to james but it is coming down at the creek you can see the water rushing

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