in south jersey, eastern long island, if it days cold enough, you may see up wards of 4 inches of snow, that is outside chance, it the table, even if you don't have to break out your snow shovel, cold air here to stay. we'll talk about that chance, in your forecast, coming up. bill. >> don't go anywhere, on "chasing news," the story on senator al franken, his announcement on the floor today amid sexual misconduct allegations. >> nothing i have done as a senator, nothing has brought dishonor on . >> in a little bit, we'll bring that you weather forecast from meteorologist dan zarrow. i told you, 4 letter word that is right, snow. could be on the way. in our area. i want to check in with lauren plan charred. a big announcement from al franken. who amid sexual harassment and assault allegations, today, announced he will be resigning over the next couple weeks, lauren? >> today announcement means that franken's career in senate will end after 8 years, democratic senator al franken announcing he will be resigning after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. >> i know in my heart, nothin

eastern long island could see close to 6 inches of snow. it's like we haven't had any kind of taste of winter and all of a sudden we're feeling it 2,000 miles across the country. >> when you start talking about a few inches in carolina, that's enough to cripple major cities. >>> now to a major story out west. those relentless wildfires showing no signs of letting up anytime soon. thousands of firefighters are working around the clock. some not taking a break since the wildfires began. some losing their own homes in the process. firefighters trying to take advantage of calm winds before they pick up once again today. and this morning the fires have turned deadly. kristen is in hard hit ventura. good morning. >> good morning, sheinelle. take a look. hundreds of structures burned in this fire. one woman now confirmed killed. she was trying to flee. was in a car accident and was overcome by the fire. these fires in total have now burned over 260 square miles. here at the thomas fire the biggest one it is 10% contained thanks to light winds but

eastern long island, could see closer to six inches of snow. we haven't had a taste of snow and then it's everywhere. >> it's enough to cripple major cities. >> thank you, dylan. >>> now a major story out west. relent lis wiless wildfires sno signs of letting up. firefighters are working around the clock. some not taking a break since the wildfires began. some losing their own homes in the process. trying to take advantage of the calm winds before they pick back up. kristen dahlgren is in hard-hit ventura with sheinelle. hundreds of structures burned now in this fire. one woman now confirmed killed. she was trying to flee, was in a car stent aaccident and overcome fire. the fires have, in total, burned 260,000 square miles. the thomas fire is 10% contained due to the light winds but i can already feel it picking up. the window with help from mother nature is closing fast. overnight, some progress on the ground. >> it's not as dire as it looked a few nights ago, however, there is a tremendous volume of fire out there. >> reporter: the life and d

something in eastern long island right along the cape there.yeah it is coming.o -- >> conions t proud of her and all the graduates and when they asked me to be the commencement speaker i was like gee, i hope the weather is okay. i was worriede.s froe says sta the this from very pretty.us notenow not going to commence lit time and just called terror it's raining and sleeting they'll leave early because you'ing the christmas holiday with prince harry, george and charlotte and lara, what's going on upstairs. >> hello michael. we have such a great crowd right here in times square. we have another great crowd with the one, the only luke bryan. he's performing his new hit single for us live on "gma," you do not want to miss it. [ cheers and applause ] ♪♪ when food is good and clean and real it's ok to crave. and with panera catering there's more to go around. panera. food as it should be. (phone) maddie... you have everything you need right inside you. 9 out of 10 u.s. olympians grew up drinking milk. it's got natural protein and balanced nutrition to help your kids g

something in eastern long island right along the cape there. it's coming. >> yeah, it is a coming.ng the latest updates. heading to the university of southern mississippi, the golan eagles, my neve is graduating from nursing school and months ago -- >> congratulations to her. >> proud of her and all the graduates and when they asked me to be the commencement speaker i was like, gee, i hope the weather is okay. i was worried about it here, not there. people are sending and videos this is from nichol. she says i hope it states on the ground until you get here. i hope it's gone. this from sabrina. very pretty. on a serious note we're not used to know down there. if you're going to commence the take a little more time and i just called my scissor terror it's raining and sleeting they'll leave early because you're not used to those conditions but it is beautiful when it is on the ground. >>> that amazing transformation, how one couple lost almost 400 pounds combined. the old-fashioned way. their advice for anyone struggling. >> new details, how meghan markle may be spending the christma

new jersey, the majority of the snowfall on the eastern side of long island.ck mover. it will move in, move out. boston will get a little bit of snow as well. we're not going to see huge amounts. one to two inches. isolated amounts could see two to four. let's get the high temperatures today. 28 degrees in new york. should be in the mid-40s this time of year. chris? >>> so aunt alisyn said cayden is a pretty name. but it's a boy. i say it is strong. i am sending you a fish rod lighter for your fireplace. it got booted because it was seen as flammable. i guess it is because it's a lighter. it's cute. jen is a huge fisherman, conservationist. >> babies love flammable things. >> that's right. you can take the thing out of it and you'll be all right. now to an update on the cnn story that touched millions on social media. this police officer adopted an opioid addict's baby when he encountered her on the job. after the story aired, several rehab facilities across the country offered to help the baby's mother and her partner. but did they seize the opportunity to ge

atlantic city and eastern portion of long island. winter weather headlines. 15 million people in the advisories. right now crystal clear in the region. no storm on the map whatsoever. later today we see it developing. 7:00 a.m., let's fast forward. blue shows you where the storm is. right over philadelphia. back to new york. 5:00 p.m. shifts to southern new england. 11:00 p.m. it's almost completely gone. very light snow. so cold, untreated surfaces will accumulate. if you're driving home from work and you're on secondary roads or untreated roads, it will be a little slippery. here's the updated snow cast snowfall. not a lot of snow. just the timing of it right during the late afternoon into the early evening that's going to make i-95 a little bit slick. lake effect enharness ehanced s. grand rapids possibly 1-2 inches of snow. no big headlines. flights and roads. won't have any cancellations. could have problems and slowdowns. today's forecast. the cold is mostly in the great lakes. look how nice it is today for mid december. oklaho

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look how it really cranks in eastern pennsylvania, jersey, areas towards southern new england and long island before pulling away here this evening. and the three-day forecast, today, again, some snow. 34 might be optimistic. it'll be clearing tonight. yellow weather alert today, chilly tomorrow, 46. and then milder sunday, 50. now, as we head toward next week, a couple of mild days, monday and tuesday. right now i'm thinking tuesday there's a threat of showers south of town, fredricksburg, richmond, and then a cold wednesday before a milder thursday. we've got more coming up right after this. >>> christmas is right around the corner. you're planning a feast and you want the best for your family. but many of you are asking is frozen produce as nutritious as fresh. our verify desk has the answers for you, and to get those answers, the verify team checked with the american council on exercise and with dietician jan ropp. and straight up we can verify that frozen fruit and vegetables have nutritional value similar to fresh produce. that's good to know. mineral and fiber content remain pretty muc

i represent the first congressional district of new york, on eastern end of long island, for my constituentspersonal income side there were issues needed to get addressed unfortunately correctly addressed. unfortunately i still have to be a no. neil: even double the deduction, more generous tax cut for the upper income, your district has a little bit of everybody, but, it is still a no? >> and, there are some, some good aspects going from the house bill, version that passed previously to this new bill coming out of conference. you point out that that top rate does go down to 37 which is an improvement as it relates to state and local tax deduction. i will say for middle income itemizers, people who own homes, they are, when you have a $10,000 state and local tax deduction cap, that's a big difference than if you have a 20 or $25,000 cap that could be a difference between whether or not they're coming ahead as a winner with this bill versus a loser. i would, while i support maintaining state and local tax deduction, if you're going to make a change, a better policy would have been instead of

long island. ok? there was a movement years ago to split the eastern district in two, we have a courthouse iceland.in central there are two things you can see from the moon, the great wall of china and that courthouse. there is only one thing you want to see from the noon and it is not the central iceland courthouse. for the obvious reasons of powers that be decided not to make the eastern district two district because you would have wound up with a situation where giving segregated housing matters. you would have had very different juries in criminal cases. slip than innd brooklyn. we have people who live in brooklyn who complain about having to go out to their for jury duty. and people live the end of nassau suffolk county have to go into downtown brooklyn to serve on juries in criminal cases. ,hat was decided by the judges not by judges, but by political forces -- not by judges, but by political forces. what is your source of information in the eastern district for assembling the list of jurors? is it the voter registration? use it voter registrations. we use drivers licenses we use utility bills.

long island. okay? move many years ago to split the eastern two.rict into we have a courthouse facility in central iceland. two things you can see from the moon on earth. the reat wall of china and courthouse in islip. there is only one thing you want to see from the moon and it is islip central courthouse. but it's big. though, for the, obvious reasons, the powers of not to make the eastern district two districts because you would have wound up where giving on segregated housing patterns, you have had very different jury in criminal cases, in you have in than brooklyn. so a long winded answer. he bottom line is, we have people who live in brooklyn who omplain about having to go to islip for jury duty and people who live at the end of suffolk way y have to come all the into on juries and criminal cases. that was decided by the judges but by the political forces within -- that they do not want to have an exasperated problem. that is the answer. >> what is your source of information in the eastern district for disseminating. registration, we use drivers license, we use a utility bill. we are very aggressive

long island. agoe was a movement years to split the eastern district in two. we have a courthouse facility in isolate. -- in central islip. the powers that be decided not to make the eastern district two districts because he would have wound up with a situation where given segregated housing patterns, you would've had very segregated juries in criminal cases in brooklyn. the bottom line is, we have people who live in brooklyn who complain about having to go to central islip for jury duty, and in nassau to come all the way to brooklyn to serve on juries. that was decided not by the judges, but the political forces who did not want to have an exacerbated problem. so that is the answer. is your source of information in the eastern district for assembling the list of jurors? judge kuntz: we use voter registration, drivers license, a utility bill. we are very aggressive about pulling people in, and we are very stingy about granting exemptions. lawyers serve, people who have small businesses serve. we are very inclusive, we don't let people out -- and by the way the

island dogon reports now from palo in central philippines. this is what's happened to the town of the valley in eastern japan the pains that so many communities here it was long had to pack my property in natural disasters but tropical storm has made life even more typical now at least forty people were killed when it struck eastern for the police last thursday a majority of those who died from here buried alive in their homes after boulders and mud down from the hills that includes members of the but easter family. but they say they've come to accept the risks of disasters like this but that might mean we can't do anything because it's all up to god we are all headed back to him all of us in the end will have to face her maker. but security experts believe this is such a mindset in many communities must be changed that deaths in disasters like this one should be seen as preventable while we are a lets see if you consider us a very faithful faithful community. we lay everything to god we failed to internalize that we have to do something us people debatable to prevent those things from happening local government only when they're. an emergency and the would b

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