he claims the panhandler is not homeless at all and used to work for him.rranted even if the threat claims are true. >>> the second, a kentucky man is accused of burning down the house of a woman who rejected him on facebook. officers say 37-year-old james graham tried to gain the attention of joni yount through facebook. when she rebuffed his avenue advances they say he went to her home let himself in and start add fire in the bedroom. the fire damaged most of the home plus underlost christmas gifts she had bought for her toddler. >> dupont is moving its corporate headquarters outside of wilmington, delaware. the move is not expected to include any job cuts. it happens as dupont consolidates its operations. superman t-shirt and talks about his brush with death. "good morning america" has an update. karen. >> 2.5-mile visibility at philadelphia international airport. we drop down to a mile and a half in trenton, half a mile mount pocono. leses than 2 miles in lancaster. we're going to talk about the rain and the day ahead when "action news" comes right back

he claims the panhandler is not homeless at all and used to work for him.er pan handlers say the attack was not warranted even if the theft claims are true. >>> also brand new a kentucky man is accused of burning down the house of a woman who rejected him on facebook. officers say 37-year-old james graham tried to gain the attention of joni yount through facebook. when she rebuffed his advances they say he went to her house let himself in and start add fire in bedroom. the fire damaged most of the home. plus yount lost christmas gifts she had bought for her toddler. >> internet services back up and running in north korea after sweeping internet outages and break downs and the u.s. is staying mum about whether or not we're responsible. internet analysts are saying that the problems in north korea began over the weekend and have gotten progressively worse to the point of the country's internet was totally down. last friday president obama promised the u.s. would find a way to respond to the hacking of sony entertainment. >>> a delta airlines baggage handler a

there may be a light accumulation on grassy areas, frederick, washington, panhandle of west vir two hovering near 4. your drive time forecast for today, well, rain and maybe a little bit of sleet north and west. mostly rain. so a wet commute through the morning and then during the afternoon only in the upper 30s to near 40 with another round of showers coming through during the afternoon. rain by them. up next, weather and traffic on the 1s. the hour by hour breakdown. melissa, how are the roads? pr moe'll be talking about the for sure. megan mcgrath will be tweeting. so will i. southbou 123 and spout run from a sinkhole f. you're on g.w. parkway they'll push you off 123. work your way over it to the spout run if you're trying to get down to the airport. taking a look here other spots in virginia 66, 95 looking good. no problems there. george's county moving right along, no construction in the way at this point this morning. that is good as we take a look at these wet roads. this i of fos as you head out. you at least need an umbrella. >> melissa, thank you. >>> it's now 4. . 33. an a univer

panhandler is attacked.he beating was captured on video and the attacker is explaining why he did it. >> a woman hundreds a man's advances on facebook. what police say he did next landed him in jail and caused the woman to lose her home. karen. >> storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have some showers through the region. going to be some drizzle through the day today. details on that seven-day forecast coming up. >> ♪ ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪ ♪7 powerball tickets ♪6 match 6 chances ♪5 cash 5s ♪4 big 4s ♪3 daily numbers ♪2 mega millions (joe) happy holidays, rita. (rita) thanks, joe! (man) what a great gift! (announcer) pennsylvania lottery tickets make great gifts, like the new $1 million peppermint payout. (joe) happy holidays! ♪and best wishes from the lottery♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here down the shore into atlantic city. right now it's 4:43. definitely feeling warmer out there this morning. 47 degrees. >> yeah. >> just heard in my ear here santa cla

this large pine tree fell right on the pedestrian and bicycle path that runs through the panhandle near golden gate park. crews from the department of recreation and parks worked quickly to cut it down and feed the branches through the woodch woodchiper. on the other side of town, telegraph hill had another rock slide, small this time. joe crowley parked his truck a few feet from where the rocks landed. >> i'm surprised and happy nothing happened. >> reporter: work started last week. a spokesperson for the department of public works said the project had nothing to do with today's slide. >> typically when there's lots of rain, rocks will come down. if there's not a lot of vegetation to hold it up, it might be. prone to more slides. >> reporter: today there were only a handful of clogged drains. >> the city is cleaning out catch basins and making sure the water can drain. e we didn't get as many reports of flooding in the last couple days. >> reporter: drivers avoided this one, except for that one driver who wasn't very friendly to our photographer. in a very wet san francisco, lyanne mel

that includes the florida panhandle alabama, mississippi.e are watching out for the fires and storms to fire up. it is busy out there this morning. we have one area of pressure across the portions of the northern plains. back tiside of the system acros nebraska and energy spinning into the rockies that will help put all of them to the with the storm system bringing weather tomorrow through all of that. eventually just in time for christmas day you are looking at quieter weather across portions of the northeast out there. we are looking at some rainfall accumulations potentially exceeding half a foot. flash flooding will be a concern from today into tomorrow. we will continue to track the storm system. i am sure some are happy the storm system isn't bringing too much snow to hinder travel across the east. i was hoping for a white christmas in new york city. doesn't look like we are going to get it. >> thanks maria. we will see how it goes. new surveillance video showing the cop killer hours before he guns down two nypd officers. a bag believe

the bulk of the precipitation still waiting to the end of the weekend for georgia and florida panhandle. a lot of chatter of a christmas eve storm. this will be a rainmaker. some snow on the back side of the storm and lots of wind across the great lakes. good news for the drought conditions across central and northern california. improving statistics for the central and northern parts. much-needed rainfall. 4 to 6 inches for that region. wet weather and snow for the cascades and rockies. back to you. >>> thank you. let's get an early start on your money with cristina alesci. huge moves now? >> it is incredible. the rally is finally here. i'm thinking it will be a strong end to the week this week. we have seen the dow and nasdaq and s&p all higher. yesterday, just to put this in context, the dow had its best day in more than three years. it climbed 421 points or 2.4%. now in the past two days, the dow has added 709 points total. that is the best two-day gain since november of 2008. it is a huge reversal from the past two weeks when stocks were sliding and everybody was talking about a po

we could see a six to eight inches of rain across the panhandle. in the northeast, could see one to two inches through wednesday. one to three in northern new england. snow not all that impressive how are if you are waking up in chicago, marquette, could see a white christmas for you. that will be something to enjoy. look at these winds. we are going to see the possibility of winds reaching about 30 miles per hour as we go through the day on tuesday into wednesday. look at atlanta, 25 miles per hour winds. then that's going to climb up the east coast. wednesday, 30 miles per hour winds in philly. 23 in new york. the rain combined with wind is going to make for a mess if folks are traveling tomorrow and wednesday. >> yeah i don't like the looks of your map there jennifer, at all. hopefully it will improve. thank you very much. >> yeah. >> appreciate it. >>> still to come, oklahoma and nebraska suing colorado for legalizing pot. did the angry neighbors really have a case, or will their fight go up in smoke? . >>> recreational marijuana has been legal

this air is plummeting its way south ward, so on its way, single digit wind chills into the panhandle of texas. >>> thank you very much. >> one day after darren wilson resigned from the police force of ferguson, missouri, protesters say his departure changes nothing. vladimir duthier has the story. >> phone call from ferguson's police chief according to neil brvment brufntrager. >> suggesting there will be some targets at the time ferguson police department. and the moment he heard that, he also indicated he thought his resignation would help alleviate some of those threats. >> when you say targets what do you mean? >> we don't know much more than that. they had some intel that said there was some of violent nature. >> wilson referred the that unknown threat. it is my hope to continue in police work but the safety of police officers and the community is of paramount importance to me. overnight, news of the resignation did little to quiet the smaller but still vocal group of protesters outside the ferguson police department. >> when you take somebody's life they take your job. you can

and in the case of the panhandle of florida, a tornado watch is in effect down there, so they're getting nasty thunderstorms, always like to tell you where it could be worse. just zoom in little bit, and see there is some heavy rain in the pockets. you see where the darker green is, where the yellow; where we are getting heavier downpours, we expect those to continue throughout the morning. so chester county, montgomery county, bucks county, berks, and part of lancaster, delco getting some heavy rain, looks like it is particularly heavy right around lewes, delaware, bethany beach getting steady rain, and here in the city, we're getting our share, as well as you just saw in the picture, so, don't want to leave the house without that rain gear this morning, 48 degrees, temperatures haven't moved much at all since yesterday, because of all of the clouds and the rain we did a gretta break from the rain a little bit but it is back, easterly winds, and just 3 miles visibility right now at philadelphia international. clock 20 your sunrise time, and some more temperatures are all well above free

down to the south, a mess, and that's where the strong thunderstorms are may few tornados in the panhandle of florida any time you see yellow on the ultimate doppler, southern delaware, delco getting heavy downpours, coastal flood advisory throughout the rest of the morning, 48 degrees, at the moment. that's a view of philly international. but you can't see beyond 4 miles there. sunrise 7:00, to high temperature this christmas eve unbelievable 62 degrees. but your trade off of course is the wind and the rain and the possible thunderstorm. more details coming up as we get ready for the rest of christmas eve. bob kelly, what a mess on the vine street expressway. >> almost 03:00 this christmas eve morning. dealing with delays already because of overturned truck, that's blocking the ramps from the vine street expressway to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. it is basically that sharp ramp, that connect to you either 30th street station or philadelphia international. 6:00 the magic win hour, traffic just starts to pop. there is only one lane open, the far lane open all traffic forced west out

the florida panhandle, drempbling rain caused flash floods. tallahassee residents saw three inches an hour, the wettest day ever for december. we are turned around now. you can see the family i was talking about behind me in what's left of a home. on the other side there was another building. the story is seven people were inside and the tornado came so fast they had no time to leave. they hunkered in a bathroom. all survived. at least 50 a people have been or are being treated at a nearby hospital in the deadliest december tornado in a half century. back to you. >> so tough the day before christmasment jacob rascon live in column yarks mississippi. thank you very much. >>> now for a check on the weather across the country. here is dominica davis. how are things looking. >> the severe weather threat has shifted to the east. we have a tornado watch until 2:00 this afternoon for the florida panhandle. just the southeastern part of georgia and just the southern tip of south carolina. that's until 2:00. we have seen thunderstorm warnings and actua

you can panhandle just as much as it is not aggressive begging. following people on mountain asking for money. >> reporter: union square is also a no-smoking zone. yes i am talking to you occurred you know you cannot smoke here. lobar you cannot park for ever you want. and the drivers cannot black who blocked the back skirret only directions and maps from officials city section places. remember we need to make this a pleasant shopping experience. >> catherine: after the break a gop aide called it quits after she posted a criticism of president obamas borders on facebook the controversial comments next. ♪ with kaiser permanente, you'll connect with your doctor any time, anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >> catherine: per comments picked up a lot of steam on social media with many calling them inappropriate. she apologized today and quit her job. >> catherine: and sports jim harbaugh tries to inform on his future with the forty- niners. sports ne

slight risk of some tornadoes popping up from new orleans all the way off to the western florida panhandle down the east coast it's wednesday where you'll see that i-95 corridor will become treacherous with wind driven rain. it's going to cause a lot of delays but look at these temperatures for the east coast. we are looking at very -- not that one. we're looking at very mild temperatures. they'll be in the low 60s for philly and d.c. thomas tomorrow. ignore that arctic air because we won't see any of that. but 60s tomorrow. can you believe that? >> 60s, no. that's amazing for this time of the year but we have to all prepare for the rain and take that into account. thank you so much. coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe we'll speak with a former official about north korea going off line. was it retaliation from the u.s. for sony pictures hacking. and the math isn't adding up. the wife of one cuban spy released from custody last week is expected to give birth to their child in just two weeks. okay? yeah it's like something from dynasty. the secret arrangement from the cuba deal y

storm system struck across the region bringing damage and destruction from louisiana to the florida panhandle. tornadoes flipped cars and tore into homes and businesses. thousands of customers without power this morning. a twister ripped into a gas station and commercial complex in marion county, mississippi. >> the front is gone. the restaurant that he leases sustained damage so both of them were out of commission. >> lightning struck a building near hattiesburg. omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: these homes in louisiana didn't stand a chance against a powerful line of storms tuesday. about two dozen were damaged or destroyed as the tornadoes raked across the south. >> a lot of people say it sounds like a train. it's a huge roar that doesn't let up. the wind just keeps going. i prayed it wasn't my time. >> reporter: the roof was torn off one building, another collapsed. the powerful winds blew this ambulance on its side. at least four deaths are blamed on the storm. the state's governor declared an emergency for two counties and more bad weather is possible. >> watching this area in ora

the teen and friends would hide behind trees and bushes in the panhandle, buy cyclists would ride by, they'd pop up, hit something over the head with a stick, they would steal the bikes and valuables. >>> today, san jose, the mayor, is going to break new ground on a new wing of santana road. don't expect to see more high end stores moving in. the area will be use the as office space, leaders hoping companies will move headquarters to the structure. the building will come with shut toll help workers get from the peninsula to santana row. hoping the location will draw more companies to silicon valley. >>> google finding a pilot program to help mountain view get greener. the city rolling out five lech trek buses to take people from neighborhoods to popular areas. the tech giant will pay for the shuttles for the next two years. following that, mountain view has to decide if it wants to keep the program running and, if so, how to pay for it. comes with a bike rack, standard operating procedure wi-fi. >> of course, everywhere around here. >>> warrior fans, quite a run but now it's over. the

. >>> as the massive system marched eastward, it brought torrential rain to the panhandle of florida. more than 6 inches fell in tallahassee. and, as the front moves to the north and east, it's promising to make christmas eve travel a nightmare. on tuesday, the flight aware misery map showed growing problems at airports in many cities, delays at those airports are only expected to get worses athe storm moves through. as much as 6 inches of snow is expected in chicago for christmas eve. adding the windy city to the list of those expecting a white christmas this year. but getting where you are going the day before by air or road may prove slow-going. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> speaking of the weather outside, let's go right to meteorologist, dominica davis to see how the forecast is shaping up for this christmas eve. please tell us good news. >> the good news is, this is the last day of all this terrible weather. we can finally stop talking about it. >> i am going to start with those storm reports. yesterday, severe weather was concentrated down from louisiana to georgia. that's where

in terms of severe threat, around the gulf coast, new orleans eastward to the florida panhandle could see tornadoes on tuesday. certainly a lot of heavy rainfall. this is a very warm storm. if you like a white christmas in the east cannot what you want to see. wind and rain. and an upside down system, and rain well up north into canada. but snow on christmas eve not mountains in north carolina. >> eric fisher, thank you. >> wikileaks has struck again this time releasing what it says is the secret cia handbook on how to get around security systems at international airports. our senior national security analyst juan zarate joins me to talk about this. juan, how dangerous is it that this information has been released. >> anne marie, this is problematic because it obviously reveals cia trade craft and gives america's enemies a road map as to how the cia thinks about these vulnerabilities. but more importantly, it gives terrorists and those who are trying to evade security at airports a road map as well to try to infiltrate and to do harmful things to the traveling public so this si danger

what a panhandler did with $100 that paid off unexpectedly. ,,,,,,,,,,,, them loaded... were smuggled aboard at least more than a dozen commercial flights from atl to new york. police say a >> more than 150 guns were smuggled over a dozen commercial flights from atlanta to new york. delta airlines employees took the bags into secure areas not screened by the tsa. investigators say a second man passed the guns to an employee and restrooms. the operation was busted after eight months when 18 guns were found on a flight to new york earlier this month. >>> it is already a very merry christmas for wall street. stock markets are breaking records as strong reports of economic reports are driving a year in rally. the dow jones closed at an all- time high. the s&p also closed at a record high. >>> christmas gifts are showing up a few days early in fresno county. one thought he would give back this holiday season and pick up the tab for severals. jose got a visit from the secret santa. >> when i see you folks buying children's clothes, and toys an things, i feel like, i would just

the panhandle of west virginia. and the shenandoah valley. this is a three-hour loop. the first batch is just about done but more rain is waiting in the wings. you can see the changeover happening in the cincinnati area. not a lot of changeover so far. the higher elevations will see a lot more of the wintery precipitation. this is what you need to know as you're heading out the door tomorrow morning. we'll just have wet ground and it's because of how warm the ground is right now with the rain falling. it's hitting temperatures in the 70s. so we don't have the worry for any of this freezing to take place overnight tonight. the much colder air will encounter that warm ground so the sleet and snow that falls in the higher elevations could stick around but in the immediate metro area, everything is going to melt when it hits the ground. overnight tonight, scattered showers continue but it will get much cooler. 32 to 38 degrees turning breezy as well so you'll want the winter coat tomorrow. we'll time out the arrival of the sleet and when everything moves out in 9 futurecas

severe weather that will extend from new orleans all the way -- all the way over to the western panhandlehis afternoon we could see some strong thunderstorms start to break out right around early to mid afternoon. here's a look at tuesday's weather. it's wet up and down the east coast. severe storms stay to the south. snow stays out through the middle part of the country. kansas city looking at a little bit of snow as well as minneapolis, chicago it's a rain-snow mix but that season will lead to very heavy rain and very mild temperatures for the east coast tomorrow. that's the latest look at your tuesday weather. betty. >> break out the umbrellas. thank you. well, just last month he was easily reelected to congress. now though emotions battled republican congressman is about to plaed guilty to one count of tax fraud. he'll appear in federal court in new york later today. in april he was indicted on 20 charges stemming from a federal investigation of a restaurant he once owned. >> the man that opened fire on a texas meteorologist in the parking lot of nbc's waco aphiladelphia yacht wednesd

in the panhandle. bicyclists would ride by. pop up. hit riders over the head or stick somethingen between their bike spokes. the group would steal the bikes and valuables bike cell phones. one teenager is facing charges. >> your tv spot, your investigative reporting resulted in some of the agencies being made aware of fact that there is a problem here. >> and the problem, law enforcement, dropping the ball. failing to appear in court. after the break, we fact you inside the numbers. including one agency missing, court 20% of the time. >> a serious threat, investigated against u.s. movie theaters. details of a movie release being scaled back now. off awe what really happens when you lose that fat? you might be surprised of where it goes? >> good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. few hours of showers lingering right now. two more storm systems over three days. the full time line come offing of in just a few minutes. >> they're paid to serve, protect and show up in court. we have uncovered more problems with local police officers,

as the massive system marched eastward it brought torrential rain to the panhandle of florida. more than six inches fell in tallahassee and as the front moves to the north and east, it's promising to make christmas eve travel a nightmare. on tuesday the flight aware misery map showed growing problems at airports in many cities. delays at those airports are only expected to get worse as the storm moves through. as much as 6 inches of snow is expected in chicago for christmas eve adding the windy city to the list of those expecting a white christmas this year. but getting where you're going the day before by air or road may prove slow going. kirk gregory, nbc news. . we are awaiting a news conference hours after another 18-year-old black teen was shot and killed by a police officer in that area. it happened in berkeley, a town just outside of ferguson. a spokesman for the st. louis police department said the officer approached the teen and another male during a routine check near a gas station. that's when police say the teen pulled out and pointed a handgun at the officer. polic

our next system most of the energy still well to the west right now moving toward the panhandle of texasnd oklahoma. and that will be arriving at as we move toward friday afternoon and evening, and pretty much the entire day on saturday but there will be some breaks we'll talk about it coming up. current conditions right now is 41 degrees at the philadelphia international airport. we're dry, humidity at 49%. winds are out of the north at 6 miles an hour. the high made the up to 45 degrees today. the normal for this time of year is in the upper 40s but look at the record. it was 73 degrees on today's date back in 1998. it's chilly already. we're looking at 30 in the pocono mountains upper 30s right now in allentown. 37 in lancaster. 37 as well in wilmington. 41 in wildwood and 40 degrees currently in atlantic city as well as wrightstown. so as we go hour by hour, starting the clock tomorrow morning, dry conditions, but once again cloudy and chilly. by 5:00 o'clock, you can see north and west we're looking at some of that green moving out of the central part of the state into the lehigh va

tracking severe weather for 24 hours across the deep south and continues to roll role into georgia, and panhandle of florida at this hour. a lot have this moisture needs to roll rel through our area before we are in the clear from this very large storm. how much rain are we really talking about here. considering this is about a 24 hour event, about an inch, plus, is all we will end up with. so there will be rain all day, it will come through in ways with the heaviest but if we're only talking about an inch in a lot of spots here it could be so much worse. the that is over a 24 hour period. in flood watches, warnings, an ad rise wrist are posted anywhere which is good news. looking at current wind speeds thinks a feature more so as the day progresses. the wind is light. generally on shore. because that wind is light that is how you get that if you go to form. so much moisture in the atmosphere combined with that currently very light wind. we have fog issues but rain is main story here today and how warm. 62 degrees. we will drop down to 50 overnight and a then are stormed could be out there for sa

the i-10 corridor, and the florida panhandle. a slight chance, enhanced chance to see more in the way of damaging winds and always lated tornadoes through the evening. tornado watches remain in effect until midnight tonight. the storm system as a whole moves off to the north and east. heavy rain from atlanta tomorrow morning and pushing up the i-95 corridor through philly, boston and new york. it's going to be a dangerous and at times slow come mute for i-95. and a little bit of snow along the back side of this. snow and rain across the pacific northwest. winter storm watches just issued for chicago. dangerous travel there. but it could be a white chris has. >> all right, rob, thank you. those holiday storms causing trouble for holiday travelers. dangerous roads, as we showed you. and these images coming in from laguardia airport right here in new york. one passenger snapping this picture through the window. the tip of that southwest plane gone. you can see the airline employee carrying the missing piece of the plane after the tw

of where we have cca treated word and in particular the playgrounds that are highlighted in red, panhandle playground, golden gate heights, richmond, washington square -- these sites have basically unaccept levels of cca within the wood that again made it a high priority for the task force. we also looked at the evaluations that had been prepared by the san francisco parks alliance over the past few years. the parks alliance produces an annual -- i think biannual failing playgrounds report card and gone out with volunteers from the recreation and park department staff and volunteers from the community groups to evaluate playgrounds so when we look at that universe of 55 playgrounds not all of those are failing. in fact there are a number of "a" 's and b's and the task force looked at the feedback from the volunteer and the condition of the playgrounds. so that was the context. those are some of the major data sources. we looked at demographic data as well as part of the process and you will see that as we go through and in that context the task force focused on the work looking at the 55 p

. >> dramatic video here surfaces on facebook showing a man throwing punches at a panhandler. >> accuweathervel a bit tough in parts of the country. >> good morning, it's 5:30 on this tuesday? >> uh-huh. >> day before christmas eve. let's go karen rogers filling in for david and matt pelman. good morning. >> good morning. time to get that day started. we told you it was going to be a damp one and it certainly is. satellite 6 and action radar showing you that right now. we have clouds and place and showers as well. let's take a closer look with storm tracker 6 live double scan the best way to see exactly where the showers are happening right now. we can see all along the i-95 corridor. the thing about today, though is it's light, it's showery its a little bit of drizzle, not really a big deal but enough to give you a headache as you're trying head out to work or doing your last minute shopping so this is the way it's going to look with showers here or there through the morning. 48 degrees currently in philadelphia. we are really on the mild side.

and then the wind chill advisories extending from wisconsin down to parts of oklahoma and texas panhandle up to great falls. and that cold air, it just keeps pushing east. look at the freezing line. it's represented there in that white in between the blue so dallas gets close, new york as the ball drops, in the 20s. los angeles, even. no one escaping all right jim erginger thank you. >>> and new video of the tornado that hit colombia mississippi, tuesday. five people were killed as the twister pummeled two counties. winding hitting 165 miles an hour. homes and businesses destroyed. the man who shot the video dropped his phone running for cover. he found it in the debris and saw the camera still recording. >>> well now to the rising tensions across america between some police departments a communities they serve. police on awlert after attacks in los angeles and florida on sunday less than two weeks after two officers were ambushed and killed in new york. those emotions still raw. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: right here in los angeles, a massive manhunt underway for an alleged gun

biggest threats severe flash flood watches and stretching east towards the florida panhandle.ated tornado cannot be ruled out. through the afternoon and into christmas eve, areas of rain through the mid-atlantic and the northeast with a strip of snow in the upper midwest. the northeast, megalopolis, it becomes slippery for travel on christmas eve. then areas on snow on the backside of the storm producing several inches. the wind will be a factor as well. it means gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour. that will disrupt air travel especially christmas eve night and early christmas morning. it's go being to be mild in new york city on christmas day. >>> the price of gasoline fell again overnight, extending a record-breaking streak. aaa says drivers now pay an average of $2.37 a gallon. that's 88 cents lower than a year ago. and the lowest average since may 2009. gas prices have dropped 89 days in a row. they're expected to go even lower before the end of the year. >>> two men are under arrest this morning accused of smuggling loaded guns on commercial flights. the elaborate gun traffick

when they got to the other buildings they asked how much you give the panhandler they asked his wife or girlfriend how attractive do you find him and they found a correlation, the more money you give the panhandler the more your wife like you sell it turns out people are healthier, happier and even more handsome when they get to charity. >> host: we should give to panhandler. >> political extremists. you write that they are happier on average but you also write there is evidence people with extreme views of fact everybody adversely because they are less compassionate than average, less honest and less concern for others. >> host: the thing about political extremism that i wrote about in the new york times, people with extreme political views are not troubled by the idea that somebody else might be right. it is hard to be secure in your deck of view when there's a possibility your philosophy is wrong. political extremists never entertain that possibility. they are more secure and tend to be happier. the problem is if you are not willing to entertain the possibility you might be wrong

could see anywhere from six to eight inches right around the panhandle.also looking at 30 miles per hour winds across the mid atlantic and the northeast by tomorrow and wednesday. >> all right. we'll keep an eye on that jennifer. thanks so much. >>> the massive hack at sony making it clear how vulnerable companies are to cyber attacks. why has the bill stalled in congress? we'll speak to one of the sponsors of that bill. >>> new york city is in mourning today as a deranged killer guns down two police officers. is it right to blame the current mayor and rhetoric for the senseless act? we have rudy giuliani here with his take on the situation for you. ♪ ♪ just in time for the holidays. t-mobile introduces america's only unlimited 4g lte family plan. get two lines of unlimited 4g lte data for just 100 bucks a month. with any smart phone. including the samsung galaxy note 4, for $0 down. add more family members for just 40 bucks a pop. think the other guys have a family plan like this? think again. only t-mobile has an unlimited 4g lte plan for the whole fami

meanwhile here is the storm, very large one, here at the core of it, but the extent down to the panhandlell need few more hours before it completely clears. eventually it will do that and even right now, we can see the very back edge of it. so it is starting to see the skies actually clear up little bit back through the mountains here in central pennsylvania, there are obviously still some rain showers to track at this point. but, if you pretty much have seen things wind down, just say you're done with it at this point. i would give you another maybe hour and a half before it is all completely out of here, meantime we look at the difference in the temperatures, very stark contrast from raleigh, back toward nashville, even atlanta here, where you can tell the front already crossed through, skies have cleared in the spots, but the blue contour do not lie. cold air has also gun to set until. meanwhile, future weather, i want to take you through, that really the next two hours, if, that before we're pretty much done with this storm, 8:00 a.m., maybe still showers across new jersey, 9:00 a.m.,

. >>> investigators in the florida panhandle are trying to figure out what caused this freight train to derail. 23 cars went off the track. the impact folded one tanker car in half. no leaks despite several cars carrying acid. a major roadway will be closed for days. >>> mark we were's car hit another competitor and hit straight into a wall going 190 miles an hour. neither driver was injured. this is an apparently unfriendly turn for weber. he crashed there on the same bend 11 years ago. >>> for the first time in nearly a century of tempting us with cooki cookies, the girl scouts are going online. scouts will be able to sell those famous good disthrough a personalized website or a mobile app. >>> you thought the potholes in your town were bad, check out this sinkhole in china. it swaled up a car. the driver and the passenger managed to escape before the car fell all the way into the sinkhole and flipped over like that. the driver thought he hit something until he felt the car sinking. i will never complain on the fdr again. >> not after seeing that. thank you, amy. >>> now the nfl an

look at the windchill advisories from northern michigan and wisconsin, down into the panhandle of oklahomand texas. we are worried about idaho southern wyoming. west nebraska and west kansas. 19 below, north platte. it's not stopping there. midnight temperatures into the teens in the great lakes, new york city 20s. >> you know you seem to be enjoying the low temperatures too much. just for the record. >> i'm not, i promise you. >> she's promising a january warmup. i made that up. don't let me forecast the weather. thank you. >>> and move to health news. new and worrying numbers about the flu. the cdc says there's a big jump in flu activity. 22 states with high up from 13 the week before. dr. richard besser is here. is part of the reason that the vaccine is a poor match strain of the flu out there? >> i don't think that's what's going on. but there's something unusual with the flu. for the past four years it's peaking at the end of december. it used to be that flu didn't have the rise until february or early march. but it's been coming earlier and earlier and hitting during the holiday seas

the more money you give panhandler, the more your wife likes you. so it turns out people are healthier, happier and even more handsome when they give to charity. >> host: so we should give to panhandlers. >> guest: absolutely. on the way home, and your wife will like you more. >> host: political extremists. you write that they are happier on average, but you also write that there is evidence that people with extreme views affect everybody adversely. because they are less compassionate than average, less honest and less concerned for others. >> guest: yeah. the thing about political extremism, i wrote about this in "the new york times" a couple of years ago, as a matter of fact. people with extreme political views are not troubled by the idea that somebody else might be right. i mean, it's -- it's actually, it's hard to be secure in your point of view when there's a possibility that your philosophy is wrong. political extremists never entertain that possibility, and so the result is they're more secure and they tend to be happier. the problem is if y

wet snow mixing in in the shenandoah valley, in the panhandle of west virginia. much of that will stay to our north. just some light rain around the metro area. as we get into the evening hours, after 5:00 p.m., a lot of it will begin to taper. leaving in its wake maybe a light glaze, light dusting in this light blue zone, fairfax, loudoun, montgomery, northwest washington. further west, shenandoah valley, many mountain locations could get an inch with some light glaze of icing on tree limbs and power lines. i took this picture of all these con trails filling the sky. you can post your pics on twitter, instagram and facebook. as we get into this tomorrow morning, through much of the day, a moderate impact. wet roads. a bit of a mix north and west of the metro area. maybe some slow traffic in the morning. as we get into tuesday, we'll have temperatures hovering in the 30s throughout that day. then back up near 60 on wednesday. chanc of rain on friday, saturday and sunday with highs near 50. barbara. >> all right, thank you, tom. >>> we have some more breaking news

those of you well west of the area washington county and maryland panhandle of west virginia maybe wetxes in. not looking at much in the way of accumulation. warmer temperatu sunday with a high of 52. chan showers espe early in the day. on monday it's cold breezy. high temperature of 39 degrees. for tuesday, melissa, a high temper 41. right now you're tracking a disabled vehicle. >> new area in the district. the ramp to . things build here this morning. mattawoman beantown road shut down at poplar. not much traffic building there right now. wide look at things overall, no major problems into and out of town. g ae i loop and outer loop. 66 into and out of town. and 95. 95 still having a slowdown. day nord as we typically . 270 at montgomery village is flowing quite nicely. camden north and south, no service on any lines thursday. tomorrow cam and south are shut down as well. remember to follow us on firs4 c for all this stuff and more. i'm back in 10 minutes. >>> a long-time grocery store is loudoun coun leesburg sho will close i. it's been op the company store won't closing. the same c

suspended numerous times for various reasons, pretty much throughout the state of florida, from the panhandle. >> reckless driving charges, drunk driving charges, speeding tickets. i mean, you can expect for a teenager to get a speeding ticket, but the list was horrifying for a man that's 22 years old. >> the only thing that i know about chris ponce is that his parents were successful dentists. >> christopher went to an expensive private school. the one thing that you could definitely say was that chris was very lucky financially to be born into the family that he is. >> chris loves expensive watches, flashy clothes, fast cars. he used to laugh when people called him reckless. i think he took it as a compliment. the accident didn't really surprise me. he had been caught drinking and driving before. his lifestyle didn't really seem to change. >> without a doubt, this is not an accident. this was a deadly, troubled, alcoholic time bomb waiting to blow up. >> our investigators arrived at the hospital when we knew that christopher ponce would be released once his treatment concluded. he had a bro