fast forward to where we are today and we have this rink here at the jcc and with me now is mark cohn to tell us about how all this came to be. later on it's open house for anybody who wants to learn about the game and play on the surface. how did this happen? >> goods to see you again. >> you, too. >> it all came full circle. we had zoning issues in poolsville and i had to figure out a place to make it legal and i didn't want to run afoul one day to the bender jcc and i kind of asked and said, hey, i have a rink, do you want it? >> and it just so happens that susan fitcher is i believe from the boston area, a big hockey fan. it didn't take much twisting to get her to come out and see the rink and sign off on and say, yeah, let's do it. we built it a couple weeks ago, today we are having an open house from 11:00 to 4:00, people can come out, learn about it and we'd love to grow the hockey and we'd love to grow hockey in the d.c. area and be a part of it. >> excellent. the county is working with you as well because this is only going to be a temporary home, they're going to give you a

and these children at the jcc at cherry hill are getting ready for hanukkah. today kindergarten students joined seniors for a holiday lunch. they said blessings before the lighting of the candles, the first day of hanukkah is tomorrow. >>> there's no delays at philadelphia international airport. more than 1 million people in the philly area expected to head out of town for the new year. >>> now as donald trump transitions to the white house, today the president-elect played a round of golf with tiger woods. it comes after the president-elect told nbc news today that he's willing to engage in an arms race. his statements came amid promises yesterday from both mr. trump and russia's president vladimir putin to strengthen their nuclear weapons. today mr. donald trump also received a letter from vladimir put putin. trump is already weighing in on the u.n.'s decision not to help it's long time ally, israel. the united nations passed a resolution to demand israel stop building settlements on palestinian territory. trump detailed this afternoon things will be differe

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