finn: uh -- sean: candy? finn: yeah. sean: folks, that is it. this is the grape version here you can also do a candy something to everybody? can we say happy holidays? all: happy holidays! hayley: incredibly warm temperatures today. we will get into the upper 40' s, low 50' heavy downpours overnight. it will be dreary and wet to start christmas eve, and with some sun in the afternoon, temperatures go above record highs. it will still be mild on christmas, too, with sunshine. erin: shattering those records. hayley: yeah, by 10 degrees or more. erin: it will almost feel like we' re saluting christmas down south. starting tonight at 5:00, with christmas, we' ve got great snow up to the north country for some and, judges in europe say no minimum alcohol prices in scotland. why europe' s high court k on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own

finn thompson, pete winthrop and thatcher bell.m my last midterm and everybody in the house was freaking out. one of the guys recognized the painting from the house when he was reading secrets on miafina. ryan: what happened then? carter: finn made us all swear to keep our mouths shut. look, those guys are headed for the olympics. a rape charge would... ruin their lives. (shelby sobbing) stop, please! please, stop! (shelby sobbing) all t!righ pete winthrop. finn thompson. thatcher bell. stay. everybody else, get out. stand up. hands out to your sides. in case you've forgotten, officer, you're not allowed to look at our phones. mundo: it's "agent," and you're under arrest for the aggravated sexual abuse of shelby lockhart. with all due respect, agent, we're the paxton crew team. we don't have to rape anyone. ryan: rape isn't about sex. it's about power. and as a team, you operate as a pack. this campus is your hunting ground. sorry, those a little tight? krumitz: bad news. none of their phones i.d. them as sot515. what? are you sure

in valley park, missouri, matt finn, fox news. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 50 degrees. north thursday afternoon are expected to decrease overnight through new year's eve as we ring in 2016. new year's day will feature north breezes to 15 mph in the afternoon. we'll see more clouds on sunday with slight rain chances monday into on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that time. we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 50 degrees. north breezes to 20 mph on thursday afternoon are expected to decrease overnight through new year's eve as we ring in 2016. new year's day will feature north breezes to 15 mph in see more clouds on sunday with slight rain chances monday into tuesday then again on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that time. we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 5

. >> finn. what's yours? >> reporter: an ex-storm trooper named finn and rey. >> she's really cool. fy had a little sister i would be so pleased for her to see the character. >> are we really doing this? heroes for this new generation, played by two fresh-faced 23-year-olds from the uk. john boyega and dazely ridley. >> i'm shaking, this is insane. >> reporter: boyega looked at original "star wars" auditions. >> you're on your own, i'll let your own, i'll let you off on the nearest system. >> you can't. we've come this far, we must find them. >> you talk about "star wars" acting. >> in a normal movie if you were am a ship, it was about to crash, the characters would call their family and tell them they love them and cry. in star wars it's like, whoo-hoo! we've done a lot of that. >> reporter: taking her own approach, ridley, for her first major film role made the choice not to pore over the earlier films at the outset. know it that well because i didn't feel like i was trying to fit into anything. i was just trying to do a good job. >> reporter: joined by adam driver playing dark si

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he plays finn, a disillusioned storm trooper. >> finn: i've got nothing to fight for. >> whitaker: your by race? >> abrams: mm-hmm. >> whitaker: what do you think the impact of that is going to be? >> abrams: when we started casting the movie, it felt incredibly important to me that the movie look like the world in which this movie is being released. >> whitaker: abrams didn't just direct the movie; he wrote it with lawrence kasdan, who wrote two of the original "star wars" with lucas. abrams knew from the start he would tell a story that blended the new with the old. taking his cue from the first trilogy, he made authenticity paramount, shooting in far-flung locales, like this desert in abu dhabi. the sets were built from scratch; the explosions were real. were there times when you stepped back from being the director and you were just the fan on the set? >> abrams: it was very hard to be in the 125-degree heat in abu dhabi with actual storm troopers running through this village that we had built, and not have moments constantly of "holy... what the...?" you know, "i can't believe i'm

fox news's matt finn is in the windy city with the latest. matt, this situation seems to be escalating? reporter: yeah, good afternoon, guys. it does. i'm walking along chicago's famed michigan avenue in middle of this intersection. there should be a lot of cars, buses tax sis, we're able to walk through because the protesters effectively shut michigan avenue down. the protests in chicago have been relatively peaceful and highly organized. just about an hour ago if not hundreds, a thousand of protesters tried to storm michigan avenue, police tried a show of force to keep them from running into traffic. at that point, these protesters and police, protesters started to do butt heads with police. it did get physical and heated that the is first time recent weeks escalated to the extent you thought there might be some fights here. fortunately police let them through michigan avenue. we're walking along. they're chanting, no just no profit. they want to hit chicago where it hurts in its pocketbook. here they are along michigan avenue, trying to ma

reporter matt finn is outside st. louis, missouri with more. midwestern states inundated with deadly flooding could this entire home slowing down the river in missouri. other houses and structure staying at getting completely saturated for this man and his dog being rescued from a roof. the man falling in us. he tried to get the dog into the boat. rivers and streams reaching levels not seen in the area for more than two decades. the mayor orders mandatory evacuations for the flooding is expected to break records. this area resident is unable to get home. >> there is one way in and one way out of our subdivision and that water has covered the road and it's getting so deep you can't take cars through it. >>reporter: disasters declared in illinois, where volunteers set up sandbags. flooding, forcing hundreds of roads and highways to close. the missouri gov. calling up the national guard to keep people off of waterlogged streets.>>you have a bunch of friends and a lot of businesses down there and it could get more serious than we think. >>reporter:

at finn sisu in st. papal, business is a bit slower than usual. and for high school ski teams, practice is nearly impossible. (paavo taipale/ski coach) "we can't practice the ski movements, the ski motions that are really critical tobeing good once we do get snow." with multiple races already canceled, coach paavo taipale is just hoping for the best... (paavo taipale/ski coach) "best case scenario -- if we get snow, skiable snow in the immediate future." >> that was molly rosenblatt reporting from minneapolis. the national weather service is calling for snow and sleet tonight for minneapolis -- but not much of it. ben's back to wrap the forecast.. after this. forecast. thanks for joining us. have a great afternoon! have your next burger with a side of awesome. the one-of-a-kind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. miracle whip and proud of it. at kraft we start with quality ingredients. all expertly blended to make our mayo. so you can take whatever you're making

john boyega: "finn is a storm trooper, who doesn't uh feel like the path of the first order is his to take, so he escapes and meets rey and bb-8. and, they all embark on a journey unwillingly together." (nat: "i'm no one.") daisy ridley - "she starts off alone on the desert planet jakku, and she gets kind of unwittingly swept into this journey with finn and she, she goes on this adventure she never could have imagined and sees incredible things and ends the film in uplifting, wonderful emotional story." (nat: "give it everything you've got!") oscar isaac - "i play poe dameron, who is a pilot. he believes in the force completely. he is committed to the resistance in fighting the first order. he comes from a long line of rebel fighters, and he has a problem with authority and he has a bit of a mouth on him that gets him into trouble sometimes." (nat) gwendoline christie - "captain phasma is the captain of the storm troopers and she is a member of the first order. that is pretty much all i can tell you. but what i can tell you is she is a boba fett style character, so in this film she is

your comments in favor of huck finn. tom says they did this a few years ago.ure was important. why ban this book? >> peggy says american literature is a good way to look at your past. kids should read the books to enrich their understanding of a world that wasn't always like the one they're born into. >> dustin says this is a great american classic that stimulates curiosity in our students. thank you for joining us. it's great to see you. "fox and friends" starts right now. >>> good morning, it is tuesday, december 15th. imt heather childers in for elisabeth hasselbeck. the feds did not look at the extreme social media posting of the terrorists bfr letting her into the u.s. have you heardis? apparently the reason. because they didn't want to offend anyone. the shocking policy claims ahead. >>> the stage is set in sin city las vegas as republicans prepare to face off in their final debate of this calendar year. donald trump jumps to his largest lead yet in the polls. >> the other candidates should be thankful because i'm giving

fox news correspondent matt finn in valley park, missouri with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. i'm standing at the intersection of interstate 44 and route 141. our team has watched as the water has rapidly rised creating a very dangerous situation to give you an idea of the magnitude of the flooding. you can see how the water has inched up closer and closer to the top of the light poles and to the left can you see a few feet shy of the underbas at interstate 44. can you imagine the travel nightmare that is creating. in valley park, missouri, a mandatory evacuation, hundreds evacuated. the national guard is here, closely tracking over 19 levees at risk. this is shaping up to be the worst flood since 1993, considered a once in 500 year event. police monitoring the unfortunate side effect, that is looting, tom? tom: sad news. matt finn, thank you very much in missouri. >>> tv icon bill cosby charged with drugs and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. this is the first criminal charge against cosby who has faced similar allegations by upwards of 50 women. prosecuto

fox news correspondent matt finn in valley park, missouri with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. i'm standing at the intersection of interstate 44 and route 141. our team has watched as the water has rapidly rised creating a very dangerous situation to give you an idea of the magnitude of the flooding. you can see how the water has inched up closer and closer to the top of the light poles and to the left can you see a few feet shy of the underbas at interstate 44. can you imagine the travel nightmare that is creating. in valley park, missouri, a mandatory evacuation, hundreds evacuated. the national guard is here, closely tracking over 19 levees at risk. this is shaping up to be the worst flood since 1993, considered a once in 500 year event. police monitoring the unfortunate side effect, that is looting, tom? tom: sad news. matt finn, thank you very much in missouri. >>> tv icon bill cosby charged with drugs and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. this is the first criminal charge against cosby who has faced similar allegations by upwards of 50 women. prosecuto

in europe, it's the finns who drink the most coffee. people drink some 1.6 billion cups of coffee every day around the world some 80% of the world's coffee is produced by around 25 million smallholders. and, international coffee sales totaled over $70 billion u.s. in 2011 so there's plenty of money to be made for big firms exporting coffee but small-scale farmers receive only a fraction of the retail price. still, for many in the world's youngest nation, this may be a pretty good deal. >> the coffee harvest season has begun in south sudan. these farmers near the border with the democratic republic of congo are the first generation of south sudanese coffee exporters. until now, they produced coffee for the local market. many welcome the opportunity to sell abroad. >> it's much better to harvest the coffee for export. here we just take it to the wet mill and get our receipt, that's it. it's much easier than drying the coffee on your own and then having to look for a market here in south sudan. >> south sudan is the world's youngest nation

. >> reporter: john boyega was cast as the ex-storm trooper finn. >> are we really doing this?while daisy ridley was the choice for rae. >> when she came in and read you just know. and literally i had to not giggle from behind the camera becauses i was amazed at what she was doing. >> abrams hoping this film will have the same emotional punch as the 1977 one had on him as a child. >> the thing i felt when i was a kid when i left the tater was the world was huge and to have people, especially kids go to see the movie and see themselves in it and feel like i'm capable of something extraordinary, that would be the greatest gift of all. >> reporter: for "nightline" -- >> we're home. >> reporter: -- i'm chris connelly in los angeles. >> it's excellent, basically. we don't want to ruin anything. but it takes itself seriously in a good way. there are some good one-liners in there, but it takes the emotional element seriously. and i hope this doesn't give anything away but it also uses as the old one did the emotional trigger was built around a father-son relationship. and let's just s

valley park missouri, matt finn, fox news. >>> occurred -- encouraging news as officials complete the first manual snow survey of the season. this morning survey so -- shows the snowpack is at 136% of average for this time of year despite the ongoing drought. but they say they're still waiting for the true impact of el niÑo to kick in and boost the state's water supply. with all the snow this holiday weekend it's busy in the sierras. ski resorts and chops say their businesses are booming. some storeowners say they're seeing a huge run on rentals for skis, snowboards and all the equipment that goes along with them and while this is good for business and means that many people were heading to ski resorts may have trouble finding equipment to rent. >> at this very moment we are rented out. if you look in the back shop there is nothing there. if you have reservations in the mountains, if you want to get your equipment down in the flatlands, you have to do it now. >> store owner say the best time for finding rental equipment available is in the afternoon when people are returning the gear

at finn sisu in st. paul, business is a bit slower than usual. and for high school ski teams, practice is nearly impossible. "we can't practice the ski movements, the ski motions that are really critical to being good once we do get already canceled, coach paavo taipale is just hoping for the best... "best case scenario -- if we get snow, skiable snow in the immediate future." while the hoverboard may be popular on many christmas wish be getting one from mrs. obama... first lady michelle obama reviled today what she is getting the president this year... alright press don't tell him. he's going to get some workout stuff. it's not going to be very interesting this year honey. sorry. the flooding will continue as waters rise through the next several hours,,,but little rain is in the forecast. there is a slight chance for showers late tomorrow night into wednesday. there will be a chance for light snow/rain mix in nw ia. the rest of the week is dry...but much cooler. highs will drop to the 30s and lows in the dear future, sailed through that diaper s

. >> tell me about finn. >> finn is a storm trooper who doesn't feel like the part of the first ordereets ray and bba. >> are we really doing this? >> bba, hold on. >> they will embark on a journey unwillingly together than to, you get to see how they interact with the old generation and how they play their part in this fight between good and evil. >> what can you tell us about ray? she goes on this event she never could have imagined. so open to meeting new people, so hopeful as to what might be. meets like four different incredible relationships and sees incredible things and ends the film in a very dirnfferent place than she had begun. >> it's good to have a faith in your costars and to work closely with them and it felt like an organic collaboration, especially between finn and han, their relationship is quite significant. >> are you sure you're up for this? >> every day things would come up, we would have conversations. something would happen and we would be like, this feels right, this feels right. it was just a progression the whole way through. >> what's going to surprise view

fox news' matt finn reports on the tension between police -- and those they are sworn to protect. two police shootings on christmas are adding to the rising tension in chicago. cooksey says: "something just need to be done. i used to watch the news daily and i would grieve for other mothers, other family grieving myself. when do it come to an end?" police responded to a domestic distrubance call made by the legrier. officers say when they arrived to the apartment complex legrier was swinging a bat and became combative. police shot and killed the teen. in the process-officers 55-year- old mother of five bettie jones -- a neighbor -- who lived on the 1st floor. cole says: "she should not have to come outside, open the door and be shot down by a chicago police officer." mayor rahm emanuel vacationing in cuba, released a statement, in part saying: "there are serious questions about yesterday's shootings that must be answered in full by the independent police review authority's investigation and it is clear changes are needed to how officers respond to mental health crises." there are

david finn: we got a call one day that an engineer had identified one of the sites as being in immediate risk based on the configuration of the building and the initial review. jessica: the classroom was a kindergarten located on the bottom floor of a building used for other parish purposes. it's permanently closed. david: the school was closed by the end of the day, that particular site, and the children removed. jessica: the archdiocese evaluated all of its schools ahead of the deadline. and it's not the only private school entity already correcting deficiencies. the fixes are voluntary. schools are not required to retrofit. the law simply doesn't go that far. patrick: to come up with a uniform standard, a way to retrofit this, it's not fair because some schools would be very cheap to retrofit given their construction type, other ones might be very expensive. jessica: but experts say if the law spurs action, it's an important first step. simin: putting our head in the sand and ignoring the risk isn't going to help us. but knowing what our vulnerabilities are, addressing them and mitiga

juli: and commissioner and chief joe finn said it's really amazing that the close homes on either side of this house were not damaged. the first firefighters to arrive here ordered those additional alarms quickly getting more help fast. live in dorchester tonight, i'm juli mcdonald. wcvb newscenter 5. bob: and there's more breaking news in dorchester. boston police say a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg tonight. it happened on stratton street. he was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation. but is expected to be ok. k-9 units searched the area for a suspect last seen heading toward blue hill avenue. and there's breaking news from the town of upton. police report that a hunter discovered human remains in a wooded area off mendon street. the situation is being investigated as an unattended death. attorney office is now involved. the skeletal remains will be taken to the state state medical examiner's offense. the deadly storms plaguing large portions of the country tonight. in texas reports of five dead after a tornado touched down near dallas. flooding is the other devastating issu

one finn nish man jumped out ofa hot air balloon without a parachute. he's sane.an the survive a dive to without a chute? watch. >> i'm stepping out without a parachute. it would be funny if his friend covered him in vaseline so he couldn't handle him. he was inspired by the home movies of this 90s daredevil. >> you jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. how do you feel about that? utah, give me two. topic number three. you know how much we love music. we are always look for inspirational stories like mark gothany. he was born without arms. but he compensates with heart, rhythm and toes. he plays the guitar with his feet. so plucky. those are some cute foot jewelry. i'll bet that guy can hurd a hackie sack. pardon me, snobs, i mean foot bag. topic number four. have you heard of mr. santa? he has thick glasses and a man gun. then he ride his bike. he's a lumber sexual from way up north. there he is on his turquoise sofa. he's from portland, oregon. if you put a little cream cheese on that man bun it makes it twice as delicious. i'll bet he also plays banjo. topic

finns could receive tax free payouts of $900 a month.roposal for a national basic income would replace other payments. right now, analysts are not sure where the country would come up with the money to make the payments, however. >>> thanksgiving week proved to be disappointing for some school districts. students supposed to attend before the holiday but some parents chose to take them out early, costing districts a lot of money. abc7 news reporter lyanne explains. >> when only 87% of the children showed up, the school district had a problem, some families decided to take the week off. >> it's a problem, over two and a half days we lose about $10,000. >> the district only has two elementary schools and an elementary school. the average daily attendance is a funding formula used by the state f a student doesn't show up for school, then, the district loses out on the funding. another district also experienced a drop in the number of students during that week. >> they'll be traveling. >> other districts learned from experience it doesn't pa

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finns could receive tax free payouts of $900 a month.posal for a national basic income would replace other payments. right now, analysts are not sure where the country would come up with the money to make the payments, however. >>> thanksgiving week proved to be disappointing for some school districts. students supposed to attend before the holiday but some parents chose to take them out early, costing districts a lot of money. abc7 news reporter lyanne explains. >> when only 87% of the children showed up, the school district had a problem, some families decided to take the week off. >> it's a problem, over two and a half days we lose about $10,000. >> the district only has two elementary schools and an elementary school. the average daily attendance is a funding formula used by the state f a student doesn't show up for school, then, the district loses out on the funding. another district also experienced a drop in the number of students during that week. >> they'll be traveling. >> other districts learned from experience it doesn't pay

finns are and the nervous.ver we appear weak, on the other side, he appears menacing and strong. but i don't think we should panic. i think we need to take action to make it clear that we are not going tolerate this kind of activity in central europe. and in terms of what i believe in the middle east, as you know, i believe we should have a coalition to destroy isis and i've been saying that since last february. you've been making the argument that you are the best national security candidate. some of your colleagues have been making that argument. where are the divisions within the party on policy on national security? don't think it's just on policy. i think there is an element of the need to reform the pentagon. i spent 18 years of my career understanding, but it's a little different than i'm going to go here or there. the situation is that that building needs to be significantly reform. part of the reason why it is not reform is because president don't look across the river and demand that it get fixed. if

one would be for example taking n-word out of huckleberry finn. to me to untenable position, because we are who we are. if we don't take honestly, take seriously and confront honestly who we are, we can never imagine ourselves honestly differently in some ways, right? i don't want to say that removing woodrow wilson's name from the building of our public policy school is equivalent to pupcting the n-word from fin. what i want to say is that the symbols we choose are important nn.from huck fi think about the fall of the berlin wall or the collapse of the soviet union and what it to destroy thee , to destroynin representations of east roman rule, to destroy reputations of sodom hussein. that iconography, though symbols represent a particular era and way of imagining the nation. to attack though symbols is not just simply a kind of image or act to erase history. it is instead an insistence that we represent the best of our collective aspirations. that is different than just ridding ourselves of the ugliness of who we are. we need to keep those two th

we're talking about if i finn, , hans solo. these guys look mean. featuring these interviews as we prepare for the release of stars wars the force awakens on "action news" all mornings. >> i will be debriefing him. >> reporter: tam wanted it to be a dual team effort. i-95 we have a problem coming in an accident involving a truck, the truck just left the scene, you can see the right lane is blocked with another vehicle, look at how quickly you're jamming up. i-95 southbound at cottman as you head toward center city you're dealing with the accident off to the right. doesn't look like police are at the scene. that's creating an extra problem here. the truck left, but the vehicle in the right lane blocking things and creating a jam from academy to cottman. fog northbound traffic i-95 here, no big problem between the delaware state line and the airport, dave. >> reporter: cold enough for coats, temperatures in the 30 30s. this afternoon it will be mild. we're in the 30s and 20s in some neighborhoods with patchy fog around. 39 degrees by 9:00 a.m. it migh