carl. >> nbc's kristen welker in honolulu. kristen, thanks. >>> in cuba today the president of that communist country was talking about the new and improved relationship with the united states announced by president obama this week. cuba's hoping it will have a positive impact on the economy including its growing tourism industry. our report tonight from nbc's mark potter in havana. >> reporter: president raul castro went before the cuban parliament to explain the country's new relationship with the united states. on stage with him the so-called cuban five released from u.s. prison after serving time on spy charges. also, elian gonzalez, now an adult who made worldwide news as a child arriving by raft in florida in 1999. in his speech, castro said despite efforts to normalize relations with the u.s., no one should expect cuba to give up its socialist principles. he also said improving the state-controlled economy is job one. as castro spoke today, cuban musicians and vendors in historic old havana were working hard to attract

honolulu actually hosted the honolulu marathon sunday morning under rainy and windy conditions.tarting monday, sunny weather will return with seasonably high temperatures. honolulu up to 28 degrees for the high on tuesday with windy conditions. now from hawaii, we have some fun video. take a look. most people associate santa claus with the chilly weather of the north pole. but this weekend, the jolly elf was found relaxing in hawaii. he was spotted on waikiki beach padalling in a canoe and singing hawaiian christmas songs. dancing hull la girls greeted saint nick as he came onshore and he was also given a full welcome with sfesivities. all right here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. first, to sydney, australia, where the hostage situation is still underway. authorities say they are negotiating with the gunman who has been holding people in the cafÉ in sydney for over 12 hours now. police were quick to seal off and evacuate the area. five hostages ran out of the building earlier today, but it is still unclear how many are ins

. >> hawaiian airlines passengers headed to honolulu are arriving sever hours late as their plane diverted to the bay area. this is the boeing 767 landing in the airport this morning. flight 19 took off from san francisco around 9:30 this morning headed for honolulu, but there was a mechanical problem in the cockpit and they decided to divert to oakland. the plane circled over the ocean a few times before finally landing at oakland. the passengers are expected to arrive in honolulu in about one hour. >>> and bad behavior by state employees is costing you money. >> it is called the wishing tree. we will show you how wishes are filling hearts and minds on this holiday season. >> and we just got an update on santa. we heard he is making his way toward canada now. he is going around us it seems. but he is on his way. we will have an update coming up soon. >> new at 6:00, the final state audit of 2014 shows several wrong doings in state agencies. embezzlement and mismanaged money. the employment development department was one of the departments. a manager did not designate headquarters so they

the information was picked up right here in honolulu.ine, long-distance, and guess who? ralph. he didn't say so in so many words. but we had a little code fixed up. and he's been transferred to a cruiser, and is leaving on friday for iceland. imagine, ralph in a cold country like that. he's a regular old beach boys. the poor darling will probably freeze to death. word to a single soul, i really shouldn't have told you. it's a military secret. >> it certainly was a military secret. unfortunately, we didn't get the cruiser. but we did get one of the destroyers. >> my congratulations. >> you will be more than congratulations. surely you are not forgetting the fine work we are doing, telling the world what incompetent, stupid little children of the orient you japanese are. you have been playing around too much with the officers, stop it. they are too smart for you. where,ur stories out beauty shops, card games, civilian workers, talk to the public. >> yes, carl. >> this officer told me he came back, heere on the way says the reason they're s

joining us by phone from honolulu hawaii is cnn white house correspondent michelle kinzski. she's traveling with the u.s. president who has been briefed on this plane. michelle what more can you tell us. >> well the president has been spending a lot of time with family. he's out to dinner with family and friends. he's not in a position to give a formal statement or go before cameras. we don't think that the president actually will do that until a little time passes until there's a little more information on what exactly this situation is. generally when something important happens in the world, true, the president is briefed right away but his staff. we know this did happen. the white house didn't give a lot of information about who did the briefing. how much information the president has right now. it's likely to be a little more time passing before the white house makes that formal statement offers condolences, if necessary. or gives any more information on what the u.s.'s role will be. one of the guests earlier was talk being how the u.s. often offers assistance at the nt

>> i just checked and it is 64 in halle -- in honolulu. it is like 7:00 in the morning there. well into the 70's this afternoon. they're still in california. i just checked conditions in las vegas. they are finally seeing flurries. less than an inch and the first time in four years that that happens. let's talk about some numbers as we are on our last day. some trivia here. the hottest day of 2014 was july 3. the coldest day was on january 7. single digits with only six degrees. and it's been almost a year since we had single digits. the biggest snow we had in 2014 was six inches in 2013. so far this season, not early last year, but so far this season, we have had none, so we are down to the wettest day on the counter was april 30. rainfall totals for the year almost 45 inches, way above average, and it will go down to be one of our wetter years. conditions through the morning what a beautiful sunrise we have had. skies will be clear and will allow for a chilly start across the region. another shot here of where we got temperatures up to 30. 34 degrees in frederick, 30 in gait

breaking news this noon, a flight from honolulu diverted. it circled off the coast dumped fuel and it will land any minute. there is some kind of mechanical problem but it's not an emergency. chopper 5 is on the way to the scene. more information when we get it right here at noon. >>> now to holiday shopping. if you are going to the mall good luck. it's christmas eve and people are still shopping. so much so, the macy's at san francisco's union square has been open around the clock and kpix 5's anne makovec is there live with the last-minute shopping update. anne, i bet it's nuts there. >> reporter: it's been steady here all morning but over the last couple of hours things have really picked up. the sidewalks are crowded and shoppers only have a few hours left. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the bells are ringing, the clock is ticking. >> last-minute christmas shopping on christmas eve. >> reporter: there's even snow falling in union square. but the heat is on. >> this is my last chance so it's today or never. >> reporter: why did you wait until th

lester. >> jansing in honolulu for us. thank you. >>> former president george h.w. bush remains in a houston hospital tonight where he's being treated after experiencing shortness of breath earlier in the week. a spokesman for the former president says the 90-year-old's condition has improved to the point doctors are discussing dates for his discharge. however, he will remain hospitalized through the weekend. >>> it's become a welcomed sight for drivers, gas prices are now at their lowest level in more than four years with the average price of a gallon of regular at just $2.31. and in a growing number of cities you can now fill up for under $2 a gallon. we get more tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it's a scenario few people would have predicted just a few years ago when the talk was of $5 a gallon gas. >> we found a bargain for you tonight, $4.35 a gallon. >> reporter: what a difference three years makes. in 33 states at least one station is selling gas below $2 a gallon. gasbuddy.com reports the cheapest cities include dallas at $1.99, tulsa at $1.95 a

joining us now from honolulu. what is the president doing today.e said he hoped to relax or at least have some calm moments in his fourth quarter. >> right. he seemed really ready for a vacation. look at this place. good morning from waikiki beach. the secret service prepared for his arrival. the family arrived pretty much in the middle of the night. we expect today to be full of relaxation. you're right. he made -- he gave this address yesterday, his end of the year press conference, a long list of the administration's accomplishments and we've been hearing that. almost every time he makes an announcement he kind of gives the good news first, sort of the state of things, almost sounded like a mini state of the union address. he said when you look at virtually any metric america is better off now than before he took office. listen. >> meanwhile around the world america is leading. we're leading the collings to degrade and ultimately destroy isil, a collings that includes arab partners. we're leading the international community to check russian aggr

prosecutions. >> sreenivasan: all right, carol lee of the "wall street journal" joining us from honolulu. thanks so much. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: and now to our signature segment. according to a.a.a, a record 99 million americans are on the move this holiday season, travel that comes with the usual frustrations including traffic jams and flight delays and cancellations. tonight, newshour special correspondent john larson offers us a different take on air travel. his series, "flying coach," details the stories of people he encounters while traveling to report other stories. tonight's story actually began with an upgrade. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm going to take the trip in the good old ship ♪ >> reporter: we begin on the road, on a rural highway with the story of a journey. ♪ and before its over, i hope you see why we traveled hundreds of miles across arkansas, louisiana and texas to tell you about a woman who sat next to me on an airplane. ♪ when you've flown more than two million miles in coach, you sometimes get a chance to sit in first class. you wait for your name to wor

live in honolulu where president obama is on vacation is being believed on the situation. dan?g. shortly after that airasia flight disappeared, the white house issued a statement saying basically the president has been briefed and he's monitoring the situation. as for foreign policy and the big issues in 2015, the biggest has to be isis. on that issue, at least, the gop-controlled congress and the president seemed to mostly be in agreement. both sides see a stable and unified iraq is critical. mr. obama authorized air strikes and 3,000 troops to help the iraqi army. senator john mccain, who will chair the armed services committee, have said air strikes can continue but more boots on the ground will be needed to defeat the islamic state. there will likely be less aagreement between the president and gop leaders in iran. in second round of nuclear negotiations with iran. a deal on the table would allow iran to continue enriching uranium opposed by republicans. another major foreign policy story to watch russia. an increasingly agreeses ive vladimir putin. economic sanctions levyi

she is in honolulu.ichelle, this was obviously a feel-good visit that the president pays every year to troops there in hawaii. but the president said as well, afghanistan is not going to be the source of terrorist attacks again. but 2014 was the bloodiest year in the war. you had a high civilian casualty count. how will they shift away from this leading role to a supporting one? >> reporter: it's shocking to see that statement, that it was the bloodiest year. these are civilian casualties. when you look at the kinds of attacks happening there on a weekly basis, including in the capital, attacks on convoys. those would include contractors and law enforcement. there's an attack on a french school not long ago. these continue and that's going to continue to be a problem but it's considered to be more of a problem for the afghan government. what the u.s. has tried to do is cement the relationship with the incoming afghan government. they signed the bilateral security agreement only weeks ago. that was a big

airport officials say the boeing 767 took off from sacramento airport headed for honolulu. the plane should be headed back to hawaii soon. we are learning it just landed safely. >>> protestors marched through san francisco this morning calling for an end to police violence. they marched with black lives matter as their message. there were more than 100 demonstrators from the lesbian, gay and transgender society. they held a moment of silence for minorities. >> it is imperative we all unite and take a stand against police brutality. >> the deaths of michael brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner are the spark of the protest. >>> an open letter calling for constructionive dialogue over minorities and police officers, protests have evolved from an expression of abuse to violence. >>> another fire storm in the late. rick leventhal say the suspect was armed. >> there are no winners here. >> another fatal police shooting sparking clashes. a gas station in berkeley, two men confronted him and one was armed. >> he produced a pistol pointed at the officer. >> the officer fired

. >>> one place where the weather will be nice at midnight, honolulu honolulu, where president obama and the first family are spending another holiday in the sun. that is where we find nbc senior white house correspondent and my colleague and friend chris jansing, joining me now from the aloha state. happy new year's eve to you, my friend. how is the president planning to spend new year's eve? >> kristen, you know as well as i do nothing on his public schedule. he never has exactly been one to do a big blowout on new year's eve. you also know there's a small group of journalists who travel with the president, they call them the pool when he leaves his vacation home. at some point we'll figure out what he's doing today. last year he went snorkeling with his family and got shave ice. in 2012, remember he had to go back to d.c. and give a speech on the fiscal cliff negotiations. it was a really exciting new year's eve in 2010. he played golf and went to the gym. this is kind of typical of the stuff that he does. he's actually been spending a lot of time with three of his friends that we

>> dan springer tonight in h honolu honolulu. >>> an iraqi official says that isis has returned to a -- forced president obama to reverse course on his pullout from iraq. that means more americans will be heading back in, national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the latest tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: for the ninth time since 2003 the new year will be marked by a deployment of new forces to iraq. the pentagon says the deployment will include 3,700 troops mostly from the 32 and combat troop based at ft. bragg, north carolina. >> their mission will be train, advice and assist iraqi security forces, this deployment is part of the additional 1,500 troops that the president authorized in november. >> reporter: there are currently 1,860 troops in iraq. the new deployment will nearly double that number and u.s. involvement will not end any time soon according to the u.s. general overseeing the mission. >> i think you're at least talking three years. >> reporter: the current strategy reelys on air strikes like this one that targeted an ied never mt. sin jar. >> they ne

jim avila in honolulu, hawaii with the president.been going on since the 1980s. >> without incident. given the recent incidents, this seems like another black eye and something that could possibly be corrected ed corrected. who knew? >> you can't even see through the window. you never think, who is driving that vehicle? you just think it's an official in a suit. >>> coming up an all-time high. at least the marijuana advocates are. >> you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world new ♪ >>> this weekend, president obama ended the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan, formally finishing the longest war in american history. there's another unofficial war that still continues. the war on drugs. we're seeing fewer battles. here's abc's david wright. >> do you want to get high? >> reporter: remember cheech and chong? those stoners from the era of up in smoke? 40 years later they finally arrived. tommy chong on abc's "dancing with the stars." talk about a game changer. america's war on drugs is not over yet. but over the past few year

this is what his son said it was like when his father was fou foufoun found 60 miles south of honolulu >> the coast guard told me they were calling off the search. i broke down and started crying. i was thinking of an image of somebody, you know, floating in the water. i said did you find the sailboat, too. he said we found your dad and the sailboat. he's alive. >> somehow is he alive? he survived by catching and eating fish and joked it wasn't as good as a sushi bar. >> what an amazing story. happy for that family. >>> "time" magazine named the person of the year. they chose the care givers of the workerss on the frontlines f ebola. the editor says the ebola fighters were chosen for the tireless acts of courage and mercy. very deserving. >>> nfl owners come out in full force to support a new personal conduct policy for the league, but not everyone is celebrating on or off the field. it is andy scholes. we have andy back. andy with the bleacher report next. oducing the citi ® double cash card. it earns you cash back now and cash back later. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay with t

>> dan springer live in honolulu honolulu, happy new year to you and our crew out there. >> happy new year. >>> it's hard to say what would bring together israel and the palestinians for a peace deal. they have tried in vain for decades. one move that most certainly will not help trying to soothe the other side for war crimes. correspondent john hutty explains. >> reporter: it's being called a defiant move. president achmed signed what's called the loan statute today. if so it would put the palestinians in a position to file a war crimes case against israel. this coming a day after the u.n. security council rejected a resolution calling for israel's withdrawal from palestinian territory. abah said the security council hazlet them down on their right to have a palestinian state. several european countries have supported that right including sweden and france. and other countries voted in favor of the resolution tuesday night, including china, russia and luxembourg. but the document failed to garner the necessary nine-vote majority. the u.s. and australia voted against it. a state depar

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joins us live now from honolulu. dan? >> reporter: yeah, heywe're still little more than a week away from the new congress being sworn in and already president obama is throwing down the gauntlet threatening to veto bills he doesn't like. he made the comment to national public radio before coming to vacation here in hawaii. >> they're are going to be some areas where we disagree and you know, i haven't used the veto pen very often since i've been in office partly because legislation that i objected to was particularly blocked in the senate even after the house took over republicans tooked over the house. i suspect there will be times where i have to pull that pen out. >> reporter: in his first six years in office president obama vetoed just two bills. he is threatening to veto legislation that quote unravels exhibiting laws and legislation. exhibit b could be any roll backs to obama care now that the republicans control the house and senate. in response to veto talk we heard from incoming senate majority leader mitch mcco

officials say flight number 19 took off from san francisco around 9:30 this morning headed for honolulu, but the cockpit crew had a mechanical issue and the captain diverted to oakland. a screen shot from flightaware.com shows the plane circled over the pacific a few times before landing in oakland. passengers got on their way and they are expected to arrive in honolulu in about two hours. >>> protesters call for an end to police violence in san francisco. they marched with the message black lives matter. >> there were more than 100 of the lgbt community that held a die-in at the castro street intersection and the octavia boulevard off ramp from highway 101 and held a moment of silence from authorities who were killed by police officers. >> the solid front to apply the pressure. it could be an immediate end to police brutality. >> it follows the decisions of grand juries not to indict police officers for the death of michael brown in missouri and in new york. >>> christian kafton is in union city where volunteers are working to make a christmas miracle for the deserving kids. >> reporte

air force one touching down overnight in honolulu, hawaii.st family, they all landed for christmas vacation. the president and first lady did skip the formalities this year. they requested that no one be there to greet them as they got off the plan. in year's past the governor and the mayor and senators and representatives have been waiting to shake hands with the first family. >>> our chief meteorologist is here with that microclimate forecast. >> we have the latest on that forecast. let's check in with the delays. you can see no delays due to weather across the east coast to midwest. in san francisco, we did have two-hour delays yesterday. currently running delay-free. we still have a few spotty showers just as expected right near the coastline. mill valley to san francisco maybe towards san mateo over the next 45 minutes may get some of this activity. then also back here towards the east bay spotty showers near livermore and pleasanton. we want to bring you the next area of concern and that is waves 10 to 14 feet high. and king tides are g

cnn's michelle kosinski joins us now from honolulu where the president is spending the holidays.en a longstanding goal of obama's. how is he planning to accomplish it before he leaves office? >> well, it's not a definite that it is going to be closed. the president has made it very clear just last week in an interview with candy crowley. he said he would like to do everything he can to close it, but there is opposition, not only from leadership within the pentagon but also from congress because the question becomes what do you do with some of these people there? especially the higher level ones. not that they've necessarily been charged with a crime even after being held there for more than ten years, but there's controversy about bringing them back to the u.s. and trying them, controversy about possibly setting up a military tribunal for them. so the problems continue. what president obama has been trying to do is steadily release the noncontroversial ones. we saw four released just a week ago back to afghanistan, people who again have not been charged with a crime. and were con

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we've re-established contact with dan springer live from honolulu with the very latest. >> reporter: president obama, of course, is on vacation but keeping tabs on the hand over in afghanistan. and today he issued a statement in which he thanked the troops for their sacrifice over the last 13 years and what a killed in what s been. has been the country's longest war and today it's officially over. in a ceremony in kabul they lowered the international security assistance force flag. now turns the job over to the afghan government. its president was there. along with the u.s. commander army general john campbell. >> today marks the end of an era, the beginning of a new one. today nato completes its combat mission, a 13 year era of significance achievements. >> reporter: on christmas day president obama greeted marines here in hawaii. he essentially declared mission accomplished when he said afghanistan would never again be a place where an attack on the u.s. is launched. the president's statement today said quote we're safer and our nation is more secure because of their service. our c

and you are going to be seeing more snowfall on your christmas eve, and also in honolulu, a little bit of that rainfall. it will be tapering off for your christmas day, though. and looking quite favorable, too. this is the pineapple express that we always have been talking about through this time of the year. it is flowing all that moisture and the atmospheric river to the pacific northwest. that's why it's creating that coastal flooding rainfall as well as widespread snowfall across the cascades, the sierras and northern rockies. we may see about 40 centimeters of snowfall in the higher elevations here. and down towards the four corners, covering much of the area creating as much as 60 centimeters into friday. we already have a lot of that snowfall across the western great lakes region, and that's pulling into the east, and the potential of the low pressure system will then create severe weather across the east. it's already looking very messy with the traveling across the deep south. and we actually have at least four fatalities due to the tornado touchdowns in mississippi. in and ar

dan springer from honolulu. what was the president's reaction? >> well, as you can imagine it was shock and disbelief. president obama has not done anything on camera here in hawaii in his second day of vacation. but he did issue a statement within hours of the cop killings in new york condemning the attack and saying there's no justification and spoke more broadly saying that the officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every day and deserve our respect and gratitude every day. tonight i ask people to reject violence and turn to words that heal. president obama was playing golf yesterday. we understand he is again playing golf but is being briefed by officials on the situation in new york. meantime, his attorney general called the attack an act of barberism. the statement from eric holder reads this cowardly attack underscores the danesers faced. as a nation we must not forget as we discussed the events of the recent past. those events include ferguson, missouri and in new york where grand juries did not indi

. >> with all due respect to the president in honolulu, we don't get time off for the holidays. >> ho, ho ho. ♪ >> bill de blasio is in a corner, chris christie is a performer and kim jong-un is on hold at time warner. here are the headlines out this morning. the economy grew in the last quarter in its fastest pace in more than a decade. that led to the dow closing at a new high today. even matt drudge tipped his hat to the president on his website. a bonus gift for the white house -- 64 million people have joined up for obamacare. joining me now is al hunt. are these economic numbers finally so good that the president will finally get credit? >> to some extent, depends on him. this economy has been good for a wild but it seems conflicted. it is doing well and the people are doing fine. he needs to take a leap from harry truman. this president has to get that message. just imagine if it were bill clinton. we are back. we are number one. obama needs to capture some of that. >> even bill clinton was frustrated that by the end of his administration he didn't get enough credit. who does h

traveling with the president he joins us live from honolulu, hawaii. >> in this statement, the president once again thanked the troops for their immense sacrifice over the past 13 years. 2,224 u.s. soldiers were killed in the war in afghanistan. the country's longest war and today, it is officially over. in a ceremony in kabul, they lowered the isaf flag, the international security assistance force now turns the job over to the afghan government. its president was there at the ceremony along with the u.s. commander army general. >> complete the combat mission -- >> on christmas day, president obama greeted marines here in hawaii. he essentially declared mission accomplished when he said afghanistan would never again be a place where an attack against the u.s. would be launched. the president's statement today said we are safer and our nation is more secure because of their services. our courageous military helped the afghan people reclaim their community, but then a more sobering reality. afghanistan, heb, remains a dangerous place and the afghan people and their security forces continue

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by and large we're told the obama family license soaking up the sun at a beach front home in honolulud parents learned about the meaning of kwanzaa today in germantown. they were i been varietied to the celebration organized by the students of imani charter school. each class created a station with hand craft gifts called one of the seven symbols of kwanzaa. >>> some deserving children are getting an early christmas surprise today, deptford township police department in new jersey brought more than 600 gifts to patients at children's hospital in philadelphia fire trucks and police cars, arrived this afternoon this drive has now become an eight year tradition to the deptford township police force. >>> police in philadelphia dipping in the holiday spirit, officers from the 26th district brought gifts and hot meal to families at ame church on north seventh street today. their kindness brought smiles to the face of a whole bunch of needy children there. >>> update to the eagles game is next tonight. plus, villanova takes on syracuse and college hoops. jeff skversky has highlights when "ac

and in college hoops, gw wins its first in-season tournament to win the diamond head classic in honolulu0-54. lots to celebrate there. >>> it's been ten years since southeast asia was hit by a devastating tsunami. we're going to show you how the victims are being remembered. >>> an alarming crash caught on camera. you don't want to miss this. you're watching "first look." >>> well, good morning. welcome back to "first look." we're tracking still some snow that's coming out of the rockies. they got big amounts of snow, over 13 inches in parts of idaho. that snow system is dying out moving off to the east. today we'll see light snow showers through the upper midwest and then that will eventually start to move into the middle part of the country and translate into some rain in the central gulf coast. we have the light snow from denver to minneapolis. and then by later today, toward the evening, we'll start to get some of those gulf showers. that's the latest on the forecast. >>> well, some stories that are making news today across southeast asia, tributes are being held to honor the 230,000

dan springer live from honolulu, hawaii with more. we have a bit of a satellite freeze if you will.we'll try to get back to dan as soon as we can. meantime our coverage of the breaking news of that missing airasia jetliner continues. daylight approaching in indonesia and teams hoping to resume search-and-rescue operations in just a matter of hours. >>> as of this time they are lost. speculation saying they found the plane. as of this time it's not true. as of this time we're still searching for the plane. >>> weather, aircraft systems, possible ice crystals or something el.

. >>> to honolulu for the hawaii bowl. rice took on fresno state.ous lead in the fourth quarter. they put their smallest player in the ball game, we're talking about 4'9" running back jay carter, who weighs just 140 pounds. look at him. he only got one carry, but he sure did make it count. rice wins it 30-16. >>> tcu's gary patterson has been named the associated press college football coach of the year. it is the second time patterson has won the honor. congratulations to him. >>> 38-year-old star quarterback peyton manning squashed rumors yesterday telling reporters he plans to be back with the broncos next season. >> i've not thought about those circumstances at all. so i certainly, you know, plan on being back if the broncos will have me. >>> and one seahawks fan received a special gift from robert turban. after meeting his girlfriend, she promised the fan a meet and greet that never happened. but found a way to make up for it. >> read it. >> it says, hi, alex. i'm sorry you weren't able to meet rob after the first chiefs game back in november.

in honolulu you will just see some wet weather. a lot of it wednesday through friday. so you'll be wet through christmas day. but on the higher peaks we're going to see the possibility of some snow on wednesday, transitioning over into more of a rain-type forecast for christmas day and windy conditions coming up on friday. meanwhile, a very different story when it comes to the weather in the deep south of the united states. we're talking about very strong storms that produce tornadoes. and i want to take you to one location down over in mississippi wrr a series of tornadoes ripped through the ruz gulf coast tuesday leaving four people dead and numerous people injured. one of the hardest-hit areas was in columbia, mississippi, where this video was taken. the entire commercial district of the town was damaged. the governor of mississippi has issued a state of emergency. expediting the inflow of the resources towards recovery. so, here's what we're looking at as we go in to the next day. as we go into christmas eve, the focus of seeing the severe weather will shift toward

they visited the marines and their family at the base in honolulu.y thanked them for their service. >>> happening today san francisco is holding the annual chipping of the trees event to let people know when and how they can recycle their christmas trees. the event outside city hall includes this giant woodchipper so people can see how their trees will be turned into woodchips that will be used to generate electricity. >> i've been out there for that event and the smell of the pine is really strong. it smells really nice. sad to see the christmas trees. >> yeah. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 a christmas day attack. after the break the way hackers targeted gamers and pulled the plug on their holiday fun. >> ready, set, shop. it's another big day to hit the stores. coming up we are live at an east bay hot spot with a look at the rush and the reason shoppers can wait to get back into action. walnut creek where the postholiday sales are in full swing.

. >> kristin welker in honolulu tonight. thanks. >>> and now to california where they are deeping with the worst whooping cough in decades. some worry it might spread to other states but that is not the only concern across the country. here is hally jackson. >> a mother terrified as she was forced to listen to her daughter gasp for air. >> reporter: the doctor treated the 9 month old and wants to express the importance of treating against the illness with anti-biotics. >> the parents don't see the disease and they assume it doesn't exist and when they assume it doesn't exist, it can come back with avengence. >> reporter: close to 10,000 cases have been reported this year with worries it could spread. >> there is no predicting it could go, but i assure you it could set up shop in anyplace in this country. >> reporter: and many are watching what could be a rough flu season since this year's vaccine prevent against the virus. and now it is widespread in 29 states. >> the season is not over. it is just beginning. >> reporter: mu

. >>> in the honolulu bowl rice took on fresno state.enerous lead late in the fourth quarter. they put their smallest player in the ball game, 4'9" running back jay carter who weighs just 140 pounds. he only got one carry, but made it count. rice wins it, 30-6. >> tcu's gary patterson has been named the associated press college football coach of the year, the second time he's won that honor. >>> 38-year-old star quarterback peyton manning squashed potential retirement rumors yesterday telling reporters he plans to be back with the broncos next season. >> i have not thought about those circumstances at all. so i certainly plan on being back if the broncos will have me. >>> one seahawks fan received a special gift from robert turbin. after meeting turbin's girlfriend when the seahawks played in kansas city, she promised the fan a meet-and-greet that never happened but found a way to make up for it. >> read it. >> it says, hi alex. i'm sorry you weren't able to meet rob back in november. to make up for it, rob was generous enough to get the

devin dwyer, abc news traveling with the president in honolulu. >> and there are about a hundred of thoseite. very nice. >> i'd love to trade jobs with pete souza for a week. just to be a fly on the wall. my pictures would not be that good. >> stay with us for "good morning america." >> and a happy, happy new year >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. we're following breaking details over. and the search for air asia 8501. what reports say they have located overnight. >> an armed man holds up a local convenience store making off with some loot. >> police plan extra patrols to keep people safe as they ring in the new year. >> good morning it is wednesday, december 31st. >> happy new year's everyone. as we barrel toward our big holiday evening w

he join says me now to skype from honolulu on the u.s. island of hawaii.the last known contact from the plane was 42 minutes in to the flight. take us through what would have cause the plane to have lost communication. >> well, okay, let's stay with the scenario of flight path deviation that's the only information we can work with now. in this case, you know, the pilots do have on board advanced weather radar so they do have a mean to his project ahead to look for turbulent weather that they are going to be flying towards. and so we would have to assume that if they requested a deviation from the flight path to climb to higher altitude, they were anticipating even more turbulent weather. so that -- given that scenario, then the pilots would have put the flight crew and passengers on alert that they are going to experience turbulence for a lot of us experienced flyers that's not uncommon. and so they would start the procedures. now, what we don't have is the exact or precise information of what the location of the aircraft from what the aircraft diswatch co