. >> i'm jim hanley. it is sunday, november 20th. >> the efforts to reduce the federal deficit will come up short. the 12 members must reach a deal by midnight monday even though the deadline is midnight wednesday, the agreement must be made public 48 hours before a vote. if the group fails to come up with a plan to cutmore than a trillion dollars, it will trigger automatic cuts to defense and social services that go into place starting january 2013. be sure to tune in to "meet the press" today. that's coming up on meet the press 10:30, nbc 4. >>> meanwhile today, hundreds are gathered for a super vigil. it is set for 3:00 at lafayette park. they will pray and urge super committee members to strike a deal. they're calling for a budget that preserves what they say is vital, domestic and international assistance. >> all right. well, chuck is here with the weather. going to round out a nice november weekend once again. >> i hope so. >> yeah? >> i hope so. >> oh, no. >> yeah. it's supposed to be dry at least

i'm jim hanley. this is your news 4 upday.rrested 11 protesters who tried to occupy the franklin building in northwest d.c. the free franklin movement were calling attention to the lack of housing for the homeless here. the building was once a homeless shelter. those arrested have been charged with unlawful entry, a miss demeanor. >>> this morning fairfax county police are looking for a stolen car after it was car jacked yesterday afternoon n parking lot of neimann marcus, tie sons corner. fairfax county police tell us a woman was approached by another woman who said she was out of gas, then scar jacked the good samaritan at knife point. police tell us the 2003 silver acura had virginia tags with the license plate number xek-8095. the victim was not seriously hurt. . >>> and we'll be right back with >>> the big question today, when will the rain end? chuck has your sunday phoerbg. >>> most of the day, cloudy, mild and dry. no more than a quick drop or two. but after the sun goes down, steadier rain showers will be moving in. i

i'm jim hanley. >> i'm angie goff. it's sunday, november 20th, 2011. to be needing that umbrella today, but just some sprinkles. >> right. >> this is the sign of what is yet to come. >> unfortunately, yes. our beautiful weather yesterday was sunny, dry, crisp outside. today it's cloudy but really has a little hint of moisture in the air, no doubt about it. and eventually these clouds will lead to rain drops. most of your sunday will be dry as advertised. now, that being said, there could be one or two quick little sprinkles. that's going to be just about it. most of your daylight hours should be just fine. by november standards, plenty mild out there. temperatures are already in the middle and upper 50s around town. fredericksburg, theburg at 61 degrees. hagerstown, 52. here on doppler, the showers, echoes you see in montgomery county not reach the ground. the ones apart from west virginia are making it. eventually these will lead to rain chances for usment a lot of rain across kentucky and tennessee late tonight, early tomorrow. cloudy. nothing more t

i'm jim hanley.ting national adoption month and talk about how adopting makes such a tremendous difference in young lives and what it takes to adopt a child. joining sus director of foundation programs at the freddie mac foundation and the washington council of governments and anthony hall, an adoptive parent. welcome to you all. welcome back to viewpoint we should say. we want to share one story from barbara harrison's wednesday's child. it's how anthony adopted three siblings. take a look. >> meet the hall family. jasmine, malik, deme trius and dad anthony. they were on wednesday's children. a sibling group hoping to find a loving family to embrace them all in a forever home. a year and a half later we're back and this time with their brand-new dad who they are thrilled to have. and they loved hearing him introduce them as -- >> my children. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> in the past, anthony hall had done temporary foster care for more than 50 kids. he had adopted one who is now grown up. an

i'm jim hanley. today we're all about giving. an exciting new opportunity for nonprofits in our community to reach out and partner with you in some trying times with an ambitious online effort to raise money to better serve those in need in our region. it's called give to the max day. and joining us to tell us all about it and just how it works is bill han bury of united way national capital area. we have with us in the studio terry freeman, president community foundation for the national capital region, and ceo of razu.com. we've been airing the promos throughout the weekend. a lot of our viewers may have seen them at home. this is an intensive 24-hour-period we're talking about. leslie, tell us how this works. >> sure. give to the max of greater washington is 24-hour online fund-raising event serving the nonprofits of our region, basically any nonprofit that themselves serve residents of the greater washington area can participate. and on november 9th, we're challenging them to raise as much money as they can and to bring in as

hanley here? we talked about the initial broadcast and, you know, i love jim. i have known him for years. there was something missing. >> i know. i was at the beach. but, you know, i was thinking of both of you. mostly about you. >> thanks, we launched despite your inattention and lack of participation. >> i know. >> tonight is going to be huge. we have just a number of things. if you look away for a moment, i think it will be to your detriment. we have dr. nancy snyderman. the federal government was able to sterilize citizens. they had cover for it and their own reasons, it happened. we have richard engel. we have all got to care about what went down in greece and what might be about to happen in italy. we have harry smith who came out of the box with that report on where the jobs are. the discovery of oil shale and this boom town in north dakota. we had a number of questions and comment that is came out of that. we are having him back to talk about it. on our couch tonight will be tina fey. probably the leading woman right now in the entertainment business in terms of television and in