says itsition party plans to boycott thailand's general election. it boycotted an election in 2006 that help to stabilize the government and paved the way for a military coup. protesters have flocked into bangkok for another mass rally. their aim is to increase pressure on the prime minister to step down. they are politically allied with the protest movement that crunched the country into the current political crisis. typhoons since a devastated the philippines, many survivors still do not have access to food and water. you and secretary general traveled to the country and they u.n.ut -- secretary-general, ban ki-moon, traveled to the country and talked about the situation. millions were left homeless when the typhoon hit the philippines last month. u.s. president barack obama says he will consider a possible overhaul of national security agency's controversial surveillance practices in an attempt to restore people's trust. he made the comments during a white house press conference, which came shortly after a panel that looked into how the nsa colle

. >> itsit's a good time of year. we're -- it's a good time of year. a much colder christmas eve. gone. although this afternoon, you have a passing rain or snow shower, don't are surprised. with the winds out of the northwest, we're going to gust at times 20, 25 miles an hour. it will feel more like it's in the 30s with the wind chills. i think the best time will be early to mid afternoon. then we're back down to 40 by 5:00 going into the 20s tonight. still raining in parts of southeastern virginia, the delmarva, the coastal areas and down in the outer banks toward cape cod and nantucket. with the colder air we have snow returning to the picture. it's that little disturbance we'll watch this afternoon. temperatures much, much, much colder than this time yesterday morning running in some spots more than 30 degrees colder. 31 colder in gaithersburg, culpeper and orange. we're down 24 from yesterday morning with the actual temps now down to 31 in winchester. 30 -- martinsburg, rather, excuse me. 29 hagerstown. easton at 39. we're still dropping off a few more degrees for the overnigh

the military primarily takes and itsits troops families.t you serve 20 years in the military, you get to retire after 20 years. and you get a significant pension. congress has overtime increased the health care benefits for those people. health care has gotten really expensive. this is a good health care deal. inmiums have not gone up over a decade. >> are those the tri-care benefits? >> yes. exactly. army, near -- air force, and navy marine corps. it is basically the military's hmo and ppo. has kept expanding those benefits. there is good reason. but, health care costs are going up fast for all employers and not just the defense department. are a hugebilities deal for all employers, not just the defense department. because of the politics, when the pentagon says, please allow us to raise the monthly fee on our insurance program, or, to reduceow us retirement benefits for people now coming in, there are very powerful lobbies and it has to store we hit a brick wall. juste budget deal that passed, behind closed doors, away from these lobbying