gun lobby prepares for battle as obama p president obama tries to bring in stronger control measures.strongercontcrr control measures. chinese stock markets of plunged as much as 8% and trading has been stopped for the day. ininvestmentors reacted to the latest signs of economic slow down in china by selling off shares. those worries appear to have spread to other markets. the prices in market and hong kong has also fallen. our correspondent in beijing. why do we think, then, that this plunge has occurred in the chinese market? >> reporter: well, most analysts you speak to say that they believe it's more poor factory activity data. in other words, china is making stuff the rest of the world seems to no longer wants. manufacturing output has continued to contract for the fifth consecutive month. also the chinese currency is continuing to weaken. it is the symbolism of it all today that really matters because this was the full day of trading in 2016. the government had put in place a new sort of circumstance breaker system that would-- circuit-breaker system that would halt the blue chip index if it d

pyou ain't michelle obama. p>> she played the original aunt pviv on the fresh prince of bel pair. pthe issue is a lack of diversity pthere's not a single person of pcolor. p>> more actors are coming pforward. p>> woman: straight out of pcompton got one nomination. pno samuel l jackson. p>> reporter: criticism for phaving all white acting nominees pfor the second year in a row. p>> man: will smith for pconcussion and beast of no pnation. pi thought they would get pnominated. pboth black actors and neither pone of them made it so that pdoesn't look great. p>> reporter: each announced pthey will not attend the oscars pthis year and now academy resident issued a statement romising more inclusion and pswift action. psaying "we will conduct a preview of our membership precruitment in order to bring pthis is actor is calling on the pentertainment industry to do pmore. p>> man: i'm asking the tv and pfilm industry to think outside pthe box. pin fact, get out of the box and pforget it. p>> reporter: meantime african pamerican civil rights advocates pare launching a national pcampaign trying

in fact since you are asking more about it, it is a masterful work on the part of president obama to bring the p-5, russia, china into the fold. they have never voted with us in the u.n. on any sanctions in the

p>>> coming up at 4:00, it's the pdress that has everyone talking. pmichelle obama's state of the pbut what color was it? pwe have the answer straight pahead. p>>> and new video as two browns layers are cuffed. pthe story behind this right p. p>>> welcome back. plet's take a look at our top pstories now. pa home explosion in summit pcounty has been ruled arson. pit happened in north field pcenter township on monday night. pa family of four was found dead. p>>> it's the day millions of pdreaming about. pthe record setting jackpot for ptonight's drawing. pnow up to $1.5 billion. pa single winner could take home pa cash payout of 930 million. ptune in tonight at 11:00 on pcleveland 19 for the winner. p>>> and it looks like the browns phave a coach. pthey have named hue jackson the phead coach. pjackson was the bengals poffensive coordinator. pbrowns news. punfortunately we have our hands pon new dash-cam video this p>> romona: scott taylor broke pthe story of the arrest of two pbrowns players and the dash-cam pis revealing a lot more. p>> reporter: troopers tell me pthey

pit's the final one that we will phear from president obama. p>> and fox 13 doug luzader is pstanding by at the white house pthis morning with a bit of a review. pyou know doug, it's late for us. pbut i may stay up for this one. pjust because i want to see how pit plays. pyou know? p>> yeah, well you may have to pstay up late this thing is robably going pretty long robably going to inth extended papplause breaks. pbecause this is the president plast speech. pit will probably a longer than pusual walk down the aisle before pthis thing begins. pand then, longer than usual walk pout. pso everything about this may be pon an a little bit of a pdifferent scale than we've seen pin previous addresses. pfrom what we've able to gather pgoing into this maybe not your ptraditional typical state of punion speech p>> well, that's what the white phouse is saying anyway. pand in part that makes sense. pi mean you look at the fact this punion address. phe doesn't have much time left pin office. pthere's only so much of an pagenda you can layout in this pkind of a

ian: compared to obama, p has a serious foreign-policy.hat has to annoy the white house to know and thing. -- to know end. the fact that putin could turn up in syria, could change the nation of the ballgame because he is the one to actually put the military and play, and then force obama to meet him on his terms. god, if i am the president of the world's largest economy and military, that has to really upset me. obama is a pretty cool guy. that would relieve me up at night. charlie: did you hear his response to that? they are playing a weak hand. -- that'st he's dead what he said to steve kroft on 60 minutes. ian: they are playing a weak hand extremely real, -- extremely well, and the united states is sitting on their hands. putin has been able to score a bunch of points. 18 this bad should not be putting points on the board, and they are, and it is because they have not shown up to play. it's like we are the cavaliers and we are sitting lebron until the fourth quarter. we are probably still going to win, but why? 2016,e: do you think in w

p>> that was story time with pbarack obama. pi've read more true fiction pbooks to my kids putting them to pbed at night than he gave in pthat speech last night. p>> meeting for first time in the pnew year with balloting in iowa pand new hampshire weeks away, pthe candidates cast off their pgloves for bare knuckle pengagement. pfront-runner donald trump again pquestioned the citizenship pstatus and eligibility for the residency of his closest rival, psenator ted cruz of texas born p>> you have to have certainty pand can't have a question. pi can agree with you or not. pyou can't have a question over pyour head. p>> i've spent my entire life pdefending the constitution pbefore the u.s. supreme court, pand i'm not going to take legal padvice from donald truch. p>> senator cruz will appear on p"fox news sunday" with chris pwallace, who will also talk with phouse speaker paul ryan about pthe state of the union and the pgop agenda moving forward. pthen there's this week's power layer. ptrump's campaign manager, cory plowendowski. pja

p>> anjuli: president obama psigns an executive action to try pand curb gun crimes. p>> alcides: a look back at this pweek in politics in "the pwashington report." lus. p>> anjuli: some american heroes pare on the move biking from pmiami to the keys. pan inside look at the wounded pwarrior ride coming up next. p>> lindsay: at 6:10, very muggy pout the door this morning. pwe are warm. pthis morning is probably the pwarm point of the day for us. pcooler temps knocking on our pdoorstep. phere's a live look over downtown ptampa. pyou notice that visibility may pdeteriorate in spots this pmorning. pit's 70 degrees, a few showers pwell as manatee counties, but pthat's it in the rain pdepartment. plow rain chances after the pmorning commute. phighs near where we are right pnow in the low 70s and by ptomorrow low 60s if we're lucky pnovrt north of the bay. pwe'll talk about how long the pcooler weather will last and prain totals for our saturday pevening coming up. you get a cold. you can't breathe through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbreather. a mouthbreather! how can

p>> that was storytime with pbarack obama. pi read more true fiction books pto my kids putting them to bed pat night than he gave in the pspeech last night. p>> meeting for the first time in pthe new year with ballots in piowa and new hampshire weeks paway, they cast off their gloves pfor bare-knuckle engagement. pfront-runner donald trump again pquestioned the citizenship pstatus and eligibility for the residency of his closest rival, psenator ted cruz in text born to pan american mother in canada. p>> the democrats are going to pbring a lawsuit, and you have to phave certainty. pyou can't have a question. pi can agree with you or not, but pyou can't have a question over pyour head. p>> listen, i've spent my entire plife defending the constitution pbefore the u.s. supreme court, pand i'll tell you, i'm not going pto take legal advice from donald ptrump. p>> senator cruz will appear on p"fox news sunday" with chris pwallace who will also talk with pforward. pthen there's this week's power layer. ptrump campaign manager cory plo

p>>> president obama faces the pnation, the big moments from his pfinal state of the union paddress. p>>> and power ball fever psweeping the nation. phow scammers, though, are pcashing in on this frenzy. p>>> good evening, everybody, and pwelcome, i'm kelly ring. p>> i'm mark wilson. pdeveloping right now, the death enalty. pflorida's law is punconstitutional. pthe juries are giving the judge pflorida's system violates the psixth amendment which guarantees pa right to a jury trial. pso what happens to the other 93 pdeath penalty inmates right now? p>> reporter: the ruling came on pthe first day of the legislative psession. pbackers on the death penalty say pthey're going to draw up a fix. pwho this ruling applies to is pstill in question and lawyers pacross the state will likely pdraw up appear force their death prow clients. pthe high court spoke, the pscramble began. p>> woman: we haven't had time pto read it. pmy attorneys are working on it pright now. pand i'm headed back upstair toss pdo. p>> reporter: in an 8-1 pdecision, the supreme court pinvalidated florida's system of unishm

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p>>> president obama is putting pthe finishing touches on his pstate of the union speech. p>> romona: it is his last one pin office. pweijia jiang is in dc with what p>> reporter: president obama is pjust hours away from his final pstate of the union address which paids say will focus on the pfuture of america for pgenerations to come. pcbs news political director john pdickerson says the president has pcontemplate ing his legacy and can puse tonight's speech to phighlight his accomplishments. p>> when historians start to look pback, if there's something in pthe speech that frames the obama pyears, that's probably his best pchance of doing something useful ptonight. p>> reporter: during an pinterview on nbc's today show, pthe president says he regrets pthe divisive nature of politics. p>> and if we can get our olitics right, it turns out pthat we're not as divided on the pideological spectrum as people pmake us out to be. pevident in the president's papproval ratings, which a new pcbs news new york times poll is psplit with 46% approving and 47% pdisapproving. pweijia jiang

zealand, and southeast asia also fell. 3 a health care repeal bill is now awaiting president obama's veto.the g-o-p led house passed the effort to dismantle obama's signature health care law yesterday.it would also bar any money for planned parenthood.while it's no surprise that the president will reject the bill, it's the first time such legislation has passed both the house and senate. 3 janet jackson isn't saying what illness caused her to postpone her concert tour, only that she doesn't have cancer.jackson tweeted that she's recovering, but isn't giving details.she says doctors have approved her scheduled concerts in europe in march.online reports came out this week saying jackson has throat cancer.. but she says it's not true. 3 new this morning ...students at some colleges across the country are being told to leave their hoverboards at home.at least 20 universities have banned or restricted saying they are unsafe.along with the risk of falls, federal authorities are warning that some have caught fire.thieves are also going after hoverboards ...in one instance, a 16-year-old girl was actually

in fact since you are asking more about it, it is a masterful work on the part of president obama to bring the p-5, russia, china into the fold. they have never voted with us in the u.n. on any sanctions in the past. so from diplomatic standpoint to get us to this place was mast masterful. from a scientific place we were served by our secretary and his master ships there. and one of the republicans, a former advisor to bush presidencies, maybe both of them has said he probably knows more about this subject than anyone else in the world. >> the proof -- >> so we know what diplomatly we were success frfl the standpoint of substance. we had superior noj. >> the proof will be in the performance and essential we know what the intentions are. they are premature in terms of what actually happens. we'll wait and see. we get to the speech last night. president obama ends, talking to the american people. his main tone was you people have to remain better to stop the rancor in here. what do crow see at the future? >> i hope that is not correct. i hope we can get some things done. we did in the course of th

p>>laura: president obama is pheading out today on a posted pstate of the union tour. phis address was relatively short pin length but long on vision. paccording to the white house. p>>russell: doug has reaction pfrom washington. p>>reporter: the word the white phouse kept using, non ptraditional. pand in fact, the to-do list the resident offered was relatively peveryone in congress shared his pvision. pit was a slow walk down the paisle for president obama. plast time he could do this but phe made it clear he still has pwork to do. p>> equal pay for equal work. aid leave, raising the minimum pwage. p>>reporter: the reality here is pthat congress and the president pare not quite seeing eye to eye pthis year. p>> the president acknowledged pthere were some hopeful psuccesses for his job in the paudience and he seemed to prespond to republican candidates pin particular. p>> let me tell you something. pthe united states of america is pthe most powerful nation on pearth. eriod. eriod. p>>reporter: he spent almost pwasted no time talking about gun pcontrol. phe touted succes

gun lobby prepares for battle as p obama plans to bring in stronger control measures. first chinese stock markets have plunged by as much as 8% automatically triggering a suspension in trading. investigators reacted to these latest signs of economic slow down in china by selling off shares. those concerns have begun to spread globally and have already dragged european stocks sharply lower. going to adrian brown our correspondent. this mechanism is meant to prevent the panic from spreading, but it doesn't seem to be working because the european market are sharply down as well. >> reporter: absolutely right. it has been a big day for the blue chip index here in china, in shenzhen and shanghai but for all the wrong reasons. the shanghai index felling by 4%. that was enough for the mechanism to kick in. it brought a halt and then it continued. it then felt by 7% so that was enough for the market to shet down for the rest-- shut down for the rest of the day. the mechanism was brought in to try to contain market volatility but it appears to have the reverse effect. why is th

p>> in his final state union paddress, president obama called pfor greater civility backed by pstrength. p>> the united states of america pis the most powerful nation on pearth his isis comments that phave people talking. p>> they pose an enormous danger pto civilians they have to be pstopped. pnational existence. ptoday republican presidential pcandidates are pouncing on that pstatement. p>> that story time with barack pobama, i've, i've read more true pyou know fiction books to my pkids putting them to bed at pnight than he gave in that pspeech last night. pwithout naming names, president pobama took some shots at prepublican presidential pcandidates. pfirst contrasting his response pto isis to ted cruz's. pthe world will look to us to phelp solve these problems. pand our answer needs to be more pthan tough talk. pmore calls to carpet bomb pcivilians. pthen he went after donald ptrump's proposal to band muslims pfrom entering the u.s. p>> we need to reject any olitics any politics that ptargets people because of race por religion. ptrump responded to that this pmorning telling fox tha

.@ the discussion came about@ after a 71-year-old was@ attacked and killed by a@ p>> romona: president obama@ delivered his final state of@ the union address tonight.@ he focused on accomplishments@ and laid out the challenges@ facing our nation including@ the on going fight against@ terror.@ >> isil will learn the same@ them.@ if you doubt america's@ commitment or mine to see that@ justice is done, just ask@ osama bin laden.@ if you come after americans we@ go after you.@ it may take time, but we have@ reach has no limits.@ p>> romona: they are launching@ an initiative to cure cancer@ which will be lead by vice@ his son to the disease last@ year.@ p>> denise: and moments after@ president obama finished his@ speech, nikki haley gave the@ official republican response.@ tonight we are getting local@ reaction to the address from@ the ohio congressman bob@ gibbs.@ >> i was disappinted.@ they don't have confidence in@ the economy and they are@ trying to make eppedz meet.@ he is trying to paint paint --@ paint a picture that the@ economy is growing.@ they are fearful of the@ opportunities they wil

. >> p-td president obama will recognize her as a small business owner. during his speech. especially since. >> i'm a republican. >> rice knows political affiliations have nothing to do with it. it took a lot o of hard work. >> and everything to do with the growth of her honey. over 90 years and five generations. growing from humble beginnings of door to door sales. to operations over seas. >> >> i just want to watch my mom's face. and watch her and see what she does when she gets to meet michelle. and mr. obama. an experience. about as sweet as it gets. >> . i have known nothing but the honey business. that's all i have ever known. to be honored hraoeublg like this. it's awesome. >> . quite the experience. you can catch the president's final state of union speech. right here on fox. 7 p.m. we'll see if he calls out her name. as a personal story for his policy proposal. >> suspected drunk driver in custody tonight. when officers say they heard 3 gunshots. that's when a truck flew by the officer. saved this man. israel. was driving. investigators say he started making commen

. >>> and p rnow president obama's a nontraditional message with an optimistic tone. and tracie, any specific word on what we're expected to hear? >> reporter: what the white house has said w is that the president wants to focuses on the big picture, some of his accomplishments and also taking a look forward at where we need go as a nation, not specifically wut what we need to do this year but he did say there are things he hopes congress can accomplish, being criminal justice reform and approve that transpacific trade partnership but the bulk of tonightul will be the big picture and he has another video, preview talking about that. here's what he says. >> i want us to be able to, when we walk out this door, to say we didn't shye away from a challenge because it was hard; that we weren't timed idor got tired. there is no next thing. this is it. and never in our lives again will we have a chance to do as much good as we will now. >> reporter: a bit of difference with the black and white and the church organ music going on behind. andbe we're going to hear from south ca

. >> reporter: p psident obama did not mention any gop presidential candidates by name, but he warned against rhetoric over islam. >> when politicians insult muslims, whether abroad or our fellow citizens, it's just yang. governor nikki haley gave the president's response and echoing for the president to calm the anti-muslim rhetoric. >> no one to work hard and abide by our laws and should ever feel unwelcome in this country. >> reporter: the republican governor -- >> we are feeling a national crushing death and insurance plan making insurance let affordable and doctors less availablbl >> reporter: reaction to the state ofofhe union from the campaign trail was swift with republican presidential front-runner donald trump taking to twitter, calling the president's speech here in washington boring, slow, and lethargic. texas senator ted cruz, who opted to skip the speech washings in new hampshire. >> it was more of the same. it was sadly, i think it was less a state of ththunion than it was a state of nial. >> reporter: today, president obama will head to omaha to push the major themes o

p psident obama is rereigniting an age old battle with congress. in anng emotional white house speech heou called out law makers for their inaction but conservative saids are hitting back. >> reporter: president obama unable to hold back tears. as he remembered 20 children murdered at sandy hook elementary. >> every timeen i think about those kids it gets me mad. and by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. >> reporter: in the three years since new town he's failed to get anyto sweeping new gun laws the frustration and emotion surfaced. >>su so, the gun lobby may be holding congress hostage right now butig they cannot hold america hostage. >> reporter: he was surrounded byd victims and their families including this man whose 7-year-old son was killed at new town. >>>> even at the very least it's going towards raising awareness. >> reporter: the most talked about t provision is pushing more gun m sellers to get licenses and more gun buyers background checks. >>>> despite all the hype in advance, the president simply restated what

3 3 as president barack obama prepares for his p>>laura: as president obama repares for his final state of pthe union address, we'll take a plook how he did on keeping the roms he -- promises he made plast year. p>>russell: some florida puniversities are telling pstudents to leave the hover pboards home. p>>laura: and powerball fever has ptaken over america. psomeone out there is just six plittle numbers away from making pa fortune. pa billion dollars. pare the odds in your favor? p>>dave: 36 degrees in crystal priver as we speak. pwe're down to 34 in brooksville. pthat's chilly stuff. p45 in tampa, brandon, even spots pin the 50s yesterday to the psouth are in the upper 40s. pgrab the jackets. pyou'll need them. pand how about the sprinkles? parcadia over to lake placid, pshowing us a little light rain pthis morning. pit's not going to go any further pknot and it should be out of phere soon enough. artly cloudy to mostly sunny, pseasonably cool with high ptemperatures in the lower 60s. p>>russell: a major shift for ptraffic on i-275. pthe latest phase of the massive pinterstate project

the g-o-p presidential candidate said tensions with north korea have been brewing for *multiple* presidencies... and can't just be blamed on president obama. other g-o-p candidates have blasted the president for not taking strong enough action against north korea. pouring pappy van winkle down the drain.that's what might happen to 28 bottles that were meant to be auctioned off. a franklin county sheriff says the bottles were part of a theft ring.at first... they wanted to auction off the bottles, with the proceeds going to charitable causes.but grandson of julian "pappy" van winkle senior... says the rare and costly bourbon needs to be destroyed.he says it may have been tampered with or contaminated.a judge will decide the fate of the contents once the theft case is completed. happening today.for the first time...madtree's rubus cacoa will be available in cans. cans.the rasberry chocolate stout was first released last february, but only on draft. today at noon at the company's taproom in the findlay market the first cans will be sold. throughout the week the cans will start showing up at local restaurants and bars.the catch-a-fire pizza c

lined up for a couple of hours tonight--president barack obama will deliver his final state of the union address. and it won't be like years' p obama will deliver his final state of the union address. it won't be like years past. what the president wants to focus on in his speech. the latest technology, state-of- the-art equipment, and it it's all in the training facility in northern colorado. we'll take you inside to show you the future of first responder training. >>> are you united in orange? well, if so, you need one of these magnets. we'll tell you when and where to get them, but you better act fast, coming up. >> man, those folks have been lined up sense -- since about 4:00 this morning. amelia is in the traffic center. marty is out in the backyard. marty, things pretty nice today, mild for the next few days. >> we have a chinook wind rolling down the hills. it's calm on the east side of town. get west of wadsworth boulevard, it starts picking up fast. 30, 40 miles per hour. 93 between golden and boulder this morning. top gusts i've seen so far has been 55 at bertha pass. here we are. this is the web cam still. there's

defeat this threat, and i hope that he will deliver " you can see president obama's state of the union address tonight at eight p-m right here on t-v nine. then after obama's speech, south carolina governor nikki haley will give the republican's rebuttal. let's turn now to joe winters on this frigidly cold january day. joe how far did those temperatures fall today? the cold is short lived as we see a rebound in temperatures already tonight. overnight we will remain steady and then slowly rise after midnight with more clouds building from west to east. scattered flurries are in our forecast on wednesday, but should not cause any major issues. we are keeping our eye on the track of a storm system for the later in the week that precipitation to eastern iowa. tonight: partly cloudy low: -3-3 winds: sw 5-15tomorrow: m/cloudy, sct. flurries high: 22-28 winds: s 5-15 bruce and beth... a linn county supervisor wants the rest of the board of supervisors to consider raising the county's minimum wage. brent oleson is planning to present an iowa policy project study on linn county's minimum wage to the rest of the superviso

p>> anjuli: president obama's pfinal state of the union address pis this week. p>> we're going to be talking at pthe top of the hour with donald ptrump but with the president's pwhite house chief of staff. pthat is dennis mcdonough. pwhat we keep hearing anjuli is pit's a nontraditional speech, pand by that they mean normally pthe state of the union is a plegislative laundry list. pwe want this program, we want pthat program. pamong other things, he's a lame pduck. pthey also know that he's not pgoing to get along with this prepublican-controlled congress. pwe'll talk to dennis mcdonough pabout this. pmore aspirational. pwhere we've taken the country pand where we want to country pboth in the remainder of the pobama presidency and in the pfuture beyond that. pwe'll talk some issues as well. pone of the things i want to ask phim about with the arrest of the pdrug king pin el chapo, there's pa question whether or not the pu.s. can extradite him into this pcountry. phe's escaped twice from mexican risons. pthat at the top of the hour. p>> alcides: sounds like a busy

obama. other g-o-p candidates have blasted the president for not taking strong enough action against north korea. this morning the dog, a local animal rescue organization, was named after, is being remembered. remembered.the german shepard named joseph died yesterday.he was the namesake of "joseph's legacy" -- an animal rescue organization in middletown. you'll remember -- he was pulled from a home more than two years ago... found mistreated and tied to a tree. organizers think joseph may have suffered from a brain tumor. amazon is opening a new pick-up location today.it's located at "u square near the university of cincinnati campus" campus"and it means good deals for a lot of you..if you're a student or an amazon prime member you will get free choose shipping before noon-- at the location " amazon at cincinnati".it opens later this morning. pouring pappy van winkle down the drain.that's what might happen to 28 bottles that were meant to be auctioned off. a franklin county sheriff says the bottles were part of a theft ring.at first... they wanted to auction off the bottles, with the proceeds go

hihis oval office meeting with p president obama days after the president seemed to tip hisis hand in favor of hillary clinton. >>> deadly shootout. federal agents and a dramatic confrontation with government protesters. the group'p's leader arrested, the siege still not over. >>> and walmart controversy. the world's largest retailer a about to shutter overr 150 neigighborhoods across 15 s states fresh out of luck for food. "nightly news" begins right now. >>>> announcer: t this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonightht f from washinington. >>> g good evening. inin a presidential election year that's takenn some pretty o odd directionsns, add this one to the list. now f five days before republicican front-runner donalald trump has a abruptly dropped out of tomorrow nighght's debate in ann apparent huff,, a decision apparently not rooted in any shrewd political strtrategy but ratherer in a a spat between trurump and fox news which iss carrying ththe debate. forr any other candidate, it would be a highly riskyky move, but a as katy tur reports, for this candidate no one

also p psident obama says the state will have $80 million in federal funds by next week. flint has started a chemical process that it hopes will eventually stop the lead thatt has poisoned its water. at least 100 children show elevated lead in their blood, which can cause damage to the adriana diaz has been looking into how t ts happenednd how the city intends to get the lead out. >> i had to put in a shower filter. >> reporter: the outrage continues for flint resident desiree dwell. she's a single mother trapped in a home she can't sell because of the lead emergency. >> how do you deal with knowingly poisoning yourself because that's all there is to drink? >> reporter: flint is like many american cities with lead pipes in their water system. usually harmless chemicals are added to the water that protect the pipes from corrosion, but in 2014, flint tried to save money by switching from detroit's water system to drawing water from the flint river. the city did not add the protective chemicals, so the lead pipes started coming apart. >> water filter! >> reporter: state offi

p>> and ending the wage gap pbetween men and women. pwhite house is getting involved. pwhat president obama is doing ptoday. p>> good friday morning i'm jen pepstein laura has day off i'm prussell rhodes. plet's get to dave and talk about pweather. pgreat outside. pwe've gotten back out 40s into pthe 50s p tampa international pshowing 54 degrees here p9:00 a.m. hour. psame for brandon, bradenton, psarasota, venice, 54 as popular pnumber here a 9 o'clock. p50 degrees even crystal river. pname a few. pwe're going to get some decent psunshine out of this deal today. phighs should make this way back pinto the mid 60s. pwhich technically gentlemen pbelow normal. pbut as you get into tomorrow, pand gasparilla forecast, it's preal nice. phigh temperatures there flirting pwith 70 degrees. pgood morning vanessa. pgood morning. pand oldsmar we still have lane pclosures from an earlier crash. pif you're just joining us a pstill shot from when skyfox flew pover state road 5580 near bay pview boulevard. pwe saw some eastbound lane pblockage, along 580 as well as pwe're getting tweets from pviewers saying bay view is pcom

unlike last year, officials with the obama administration say there won't p any extension this time around. mugles expected for the harry potter convention. they are expecting gusts to take part in 25 activities including q and a with cast members. the festive tis finish up on sunday. looks like a fun time. >> just in time. the rain is drying out. let's go to troy bridges in the weather center. >> let's hear it! >> hey! >> that was good. >> i have to warm up. >> you get what you get at this hour, right? we are happy to report we are drying out finally. you can see downtown orlando, a few cars out and about, a few people hitting the roads at the amway. we need the jacket. you'll turn the heat on in the car. we are at 56. here's the important part, winds coming in out of the northwest at 14 miles an hour hour, bringing in more dry, cool air. 48 in ocala. 51 at palm coast. the bus stop looks like this, the kids will need a jacket, no rain gear. we are at 53 at 7:00 this morning. this afternoon, only getting up we'll take you through the weekend and talk about a warmup. let's check on the road

leader mitch mcconnell announced tuesday afternoon governor haley will deliver the g-o-p's response to president obama's state of the union address. the governor says she plans to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing our immediately followed by haley's speech airs next tuesday. a new company is creating almost 60 new jobs in bamberg county. black water barrels makes barrels for aging bourbon and other spirits. it's investing 3 point 6 million dollars into a new facility. they'll start hiring in april and plan to be fully operational late this year. clear and very cold this morning with temperatures in the lower 20s with a few areas in the teens! look for a mostly sunny day with a few clouds by mid-afternoon highs upper 40s. due to a few more clouds and winds turning to the southwest, not as cold tonight, lows middle 30s. increasing clouds thursday, much warmer, high in the upper 50s. morning with temperatures in the lower 20s with a few areas in the teens! look for a mostly sunny day with a few clouds by mid-afternoon highs upper 40s. due to a few more clouds and winds turning to the south

p>>laura: president obama is articipating in a live town phall on cnn. phe'll discuss his plan to reduce pgun violence in america. pearlier this week he announced a pset of new executive actions, pincluding one requiring more pbackground checks on potential pgun buyers. pnational rifle association for pits part turned down an pinvitation to the forum. pit begins tonight. p>>russell: the legislation would palso strict federal funding, lanned parenthood and the resident said he will veto it pand the republicans have already pscheduled a veto override vote pjanuary 22. p>>laura: more than 100,000 pasking president obama to pardon pthe man by the name of steven pavery. phe's the focus of a very popular pnetflix documentary. pit's called serving a murderer. phe served 18 years for a sexual passault he did not commit. psoon after he and his nephew pwere arrested, later convicted pof murdering a photographer at a pwisconsin home and some believe phe has been wrongfully convicted pagain. pthere's a catch here. resident obama does not have pthe power to pardon av

p>>russell: president obama pdelivers his final state of the punion address tomorrow night. pfox news chief political preporter is with us this pmorning. p>> hi, russell. pgood morning. p>>russell: we're told this will robably be an unconventional ptype state of the union address. pwhat are we expecting? p>> well, understand that state pof the union addresses to pcongress usually are a laundry plist of things presidents want pto do and a list of what they're ptrying to get through congress pto work with both sides of the paisle. pthat's not the case this time. pthis is the president's last go pat this address and he's been pstymied by congress and most of pthe things he's doing if he's pgetting anything across the pfinish line is by executive paction. pand those executive actions, pthere's executive orders, are pso we're told that this is going pto be more about broad speaking, pwhere the country is, where it's pgoing and laying out some pmarkers really for 2016 which pwill be interesting to see pwhether hillary clinton, for pexample, bernie sanders embraces pthem as the lead

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, senator marco rubio, spent most of his debate time hammering away at president obama's policies rather than on his g-o-p rivals. rubio says: "i think the bigger issue is the challenges before america and the damage barack obama has done to this country and the damage hillary clinton will continue to do." tenney says (oncam tag): "on the democratic side, hillary clinton, her chief rival bernie sanders, and martin o'malley will meet on the debate stage in south carolina on sunday. in washington, garrett tenney, fox news." one of the republican candidates will be coming back to southern nevada this weekend. carly fiorina will campaign here first .. she is holding a public rally at the siena community center on sunday. doors open at 9:30 in the morning .. with the rally starting at 11. then monday morning .. she will be at the peppermill fireside lounge on the north end of the strip for coffee and conversation. chipotle will temporarily close all of its restaurants next month -- to hold staff meetings about food safety. the chicago-based company has more than 19-hundred restaurants, including 17 outside the

p>>> we're a day away from resident obama's final state of pthe union address. pso what can we expect to hear? pas fox garrett tenney reports pthe biggest clue could be the pguest list. p>>> white house officials are pbilling president obama's final pstate of union address as unlike pany other he's delivered. ptraditionally president use the paddress before a nationwide paudience victory lap to list off ptheir accomplishments from the revious year and layout their pagenda for the year ahead. pwhile they are certainly going pto be a lot of that officials psay obama plans to focus on the pbroader more long-term issues pfacing country long after he's pleft office. p>> what the presidentist going pto layout is a picture of pcountry moving forward. pfocused on future not afraid of pit. pand very optimistic about our pfuture. pthis country white house haven't poffered specific he'll recover precovering economy in penvironmental issues and war on pterror have been constant themes pthrough obama term we can get pideas of what he'll discuss by plooking at the guest he's p

obama. i'm going to defend p psident obama. >> she referenced president obama 13 times, trying to tap into his popularity with the democratic race. clinton making a big push for africacaamerican voters, supporting black lives matter and addressing that water crisis in flint, michigan. >> i think every single american should be outraged. we've had a city in the united states of america where the population, which is poor in many ways and majority african-american, has beeee drinking and bathing in led-contaminated water. >> reporter: sanders coming down issue, wall street's hold on washington. >> secretary clclton, you'ree not the only one, i don't mean to point the figure at you, you've received over $600,000 from in speaking fees from goldman sachs in one year. >> promising not to throw any personal attacks. >> that question annoys me, i cannot walk down the street, secretary clinton knono is, without being told how much i have to attack secretary clinton. we've been through this, yes, his behavior was deplorable, have i ever once said a word about that, no i have not. i'm going to debate on

p-m today. president obama is expected to touch on gun control in his final "state of the union" address today. and he's promising a much different type of speech. abc's stephanie ramos has more on what you can expect. script: obama sot: i have no more campaigns to run. my only won both of them. that was president obama at last year's state of the union address...... now...in his final year in office he'll speak before congress for the last time .... but instead of trying to persuade the joint session to work with him in 2016 ..with the president is expected to deliver a speech...with a slightly different tone compared to years past. in a video released by the white house.......mr. obama previews what he'll say tonight? sot from video "what i want to focus on in this state of the union is not just the remarkable progress we've made, not just what i want to get done in the year ahead, but what we all need to do together in the years to com. " the president's speech will try to frame the choice facing americans as they select the next president he'll tout the economy's recovery nat sot: seven yea

leader mitch mcconnell announced tuesday afternoon governor haley will deliver the g-o-p's response to president obama's state of the union address. the governor says she plans to talk about the challenges and opportunities facing our country. the state of the union immediately followed by haley's speech air next tuesday. a new mixed-use development did not get the final vote needed to move forward in west council members delayed that vote after hearing a lot of public scrutiny. the development is known as "brookland," and if approved, would be built in the now vacant piece of land at the intersection of state and meeting streets. council had already delayed a final vote on the project, and last night, they delayed the vote again until they get more specifics from the developer. "i think there's a lot of things that can be addressed through tightening their language up, which will not harm the developer and what they want to build, and, at the same time, will take out the something much greater than what they truly want to build, which will go a long way in securing the folks who live around there that