. >> big ones, like gloria stephane, l.l. cool jay. it's the kennedy center honors. >> tommy mcfly will be inside the red carpet to get you all the action. >> more on the noticeable pair that will not be there. >> yep. so, this year the president and first lady will not be attending. now, this has been going on for 40 years, the kennedy center honors. only happened a couple times. it was announced august the president would not be coming. several honorees would not be going if the president was there, so only on news4, i spoke with the president of the kennedy center. deborah rudder, about the unusual options. -- unusual absence. >> we are sorry he isn't completely understand all of the reasons and all of the activities that caused this to have taken place. it is still ultimately about art, and art is what brings us together. >> who will be sitting in the box that is normally the president's box or will we not have that this year? >> we will be having all the honorees sitting in that box. it's perfect. there will be center stage. >> wh

gloria stephane, norman lear, l.l. cool jay, carmen and lionel richie were honored.notable absences, president trump and the first lady melania became the first presidential couple to skip the gala. the white house said they wanted to avoid any political distraction. >> florida teenage girl who went miss ing with her high school soccer coach has been found safe. 17-year-old caitlyn f risin i returned home to her family saturday after police found her with her 27-year-old coach over a thousand miles way in syracuse, new york. the teen had gone missing to air week after allegedly sneaking out of her home and running off with the coach. he is now under arrest and has a court appearance today. nbc's mia rodery guess has more. >> reporter: back home after a week on the run, 17-year-old caitlyn f risin i and her parents returning to florida after the teenager disa peert last saturday night with 27-year-old ryan rodriguez who had been a soccer coach at her school. the family not answering questions, but in a statement saying they were tired and worn out. in syracuse new yor

forty-ninth annual celebration took place last night and few or honoraries including lionel richie and gloriaes stephanuban american, to win the prestige as you ward. >>> up next in the hot minis mariah carrie who need an award for this video, the singer has internet very confused after this clip, went viral. now you might say what is big deal? one fan, asked the question, how is she sitting on a invisible chair. take a look at video again, i don't know fit that is dress, to tie keeping her up, maybe some type of sourcery but those tram strings are impressive. >>> finally it is your monday pick me up video of the day that has been shared more than 110,000 times, and this video will put biggest smile on your face. three month-old grayson might ing pint sized but he has already found his best friend. meet oliver, who according to mom allison, just wants to sit by grayson all day long. two were born just six days apart and something tells me that they will be best budd for a very long time. and that mom, definitely will have her hands full. that is your hot minute i'm be x from today's 96.5. >> and they c

. >> that is what happened, gloriaes stephan, her husband, and is there norman lear. had hat on. >> you were surprised, talking about this in the news room, he doesn't have it already. >> i was, i mean he has so many accolade. >> who determines who gets kennedy center honors? is there a board probably. >> i'm sure there is, we should know that. let's look that up. arts commission in d.c. or something in d.c. >> i'll look it up. >> cookies? >> time for more cookies. >> my gosh. >> time for more cookies,. >> i mean i love cookies. what i want to know is i have been invited to do a cooking swap which i didn't know what it was. it sounded dirty. but it is not this woman right here. >> hi. >> hi. >> welcome to good day. >> she will make us how to make cookies, decorate cookies and in the just putting a stripe on the candy kaine. these are fancy. >> fancy won. >> okay. >>> do you think i can decorate candy kane like this one. >> i don't think so, no. >> i'll prove you wrong, fish face. >> sue's not jealous. she has bagels, pizza, lots of fun, high schools. >> oh, yeah, just

among this year's recipients, choreographer, carmen, music super stars gloria he stephane, and lionel rich i. hip star l.l. cool yea and long-time tv writer and producer norman lear. >> what looks like baltimore but tastes like gingerbread? the gingerbread village now on display at the maryland science center. oh, my gosh, how delectable that is. it features 500 houses, stores, an ice rink and care sell. it took 2070 pounds of gingerbread dough, 900 pounds of icing and 700 candy canes to make it happen. center through january 191. >> i have a sweet tooth now. some local christmas tree farms expect tomorrow to be their busiest day. but what about that christmas tree shortage we've been hearing about? we did some digging and chances are you won't have any trouble finding a tree in our area. still, as news4's kristin wright reports, it may cost you more. frazier fir. i think it's 9 feet tall and it's very heavy and very full. >> reporter: charlie and mary murphy say the christmas tree farm is a special place for them and their children now grown. >> all that stuff when they were little,

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gloria aave more with stephan, ll cool j, and lionel richie, coming up. autria: cool. this weekend, vegas strong. 2800 runners coming out in remember and so the las vegas shooting victims. one of those runners, a man who worked in the hospital where hundreds of people were treated. >> you realize how fragile their bodies are and how strong the people are. >> the memories of the victims lived on this weekend, each runner carrying the name someone who lost their life. a bizarre smell led to an emergency landing. someone saw something burning in the cabin. the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to lax. everyone was ok. technicians are still trying to figure out exactly what the odor was. autria: a pilot being honored for quick thinking that saved lives this weekend. >> averting catastrophe. autria: captain jonathan morgan, the man in the cockpit when an f-16 jet crashed in clinton just after takeoff from joint base andrews. he said he felt the jet accelerate uncontrollably before the engine just stopped. >> a start tight -- i started trying to troubleshoot. woodedt