at least seven were killed across the southeastern u.s. we'll have more on that lingering threat, that's coming up in ten minutes. >>> this is a christmas eve pro tip. if you want to avoid the final countdown crowds hit the stores on this day at 3:00 a.m. we'll find out how many choices last minute shoppers have today. >> reporter: if santa ran out of gifts not to worry there are stores like kohl's and toys "r" us who have been open all night. nancy hickcock works two jobs and this is her first time to shop for anyone on her list. she says what fun it is to shop and buy when it's not as crowded. >> i feel very relaxed. i get what i got. >> reporter: the manager said they finally have some relief after attending to long lines until 3:00 this morning. retailers made their shelves stock with goods. >> i got some nice earrings for my wife. they were 43 bucks. all diamonds. >> some stuff for kids. some frozen stuff. >> i think i saw a lot of deals. just came from best buy. i'm here working on number two and then off to costco. i have a busy day

weather even down toward the south, still the chance of severe thunderstorms popping up toward the southeastern u.sward the north, windy conditions back over to quebec. we have seen temperatures surging in. it has felt almost spring-like for a lot of you. unfortunately for a lot of these ski resorts, people that depend on the snowfall across new england, that has been making for some rough weather. if you remember, last month, we actually got some early season snowfall into parts of new england. that really set up some of these resorts to start making their snow across many of these regions. you can see on the side, we have our snow makers kind of sticking up, but since temperatures have been so warm, that snow that was made just completely melted off and really that's been the case. a lot of these resorts cheerless, sitting idle for the time being. that's going to be the case for the near term. we have this coming through. that's going to bring widespread rainfall. back toward the west, that hasn't been the case we've been getting above average snow for parts of the pacific northwest. still seeing

it is in the southeastern u.s. right now. if you are traveling right now, there are a couple of storm systems, but nothing all that big that should cause huge delays across the u.s.. maybe you are heading to chicago, dallas, or up into the northwest, up toward seattle or portland -- it looks very quiet across those areas. this is what we are going to tap into. atlanta, 61 degrees. that is where we are headed for christmas eve tomorrow. we will be well above the high -- average high today. we will crush records for christmas eve set in the 1800' s. we will reach 57 tomorrow afternoon easily. in the evening, we will have some drizzle starting to get picked up. overnight, heavier rain in the area. tomorrow, starting out a little drizzle-y, a little cloudy. temperatures really get a quick boost and go up into the 60' s. as for christmas it self, it will be bright, sunny, and mild. 40' s in the northern part of the state area 51, concord. 52, manchester. even break records with temperatures in the upper 50' s. colder air into the w

new york city near record warmth. 61 degrees for high forecast temperature. 70s across southeastern u.s. and atlanta and raleigh, north carolina and places like texas and oklahoma, temperatures widespread. 60, 70s, 80s, not very december-like. we'll have another storm system moving into the plains. because it is warm out we have potential to see thunderstorms and some could producing severe weather anywhere from kansas to oklahoma and texas. the possibility of tornadoes and damaging winds from the storms will be possible. again coming up for tomorrow. let's head it over to you. nicole: thank you, maria molina, very much. cheryl: 82 in southern texas. coming up if you want online order delivered by christmas you better orderly. we'll tell you why ups is struggling to keep up with deliveries. >>> next week, if you want to make it to the red carpet premier of the new "star wars" movie you don't have to go all the way to l.a. we'll tell you how to get there with the click of a button. >>> of course want to take one more look at futures. we're losing ground we should say here within the last

. >> reporter: the storm system is causing major problems through much of the southeastern u.s.. we will show you the scene in tennessee where state officials confirmed three fatalities in perry county, rescue crews found the body of a man and woman while searching through the remains of their damaged homes. a neighbor who described what she saw when she emerged from her storm shelter. >> we didn't hear anything. opened the door and house was gone, the biggest shock of my life, took my breath away. >> reporter: local officials say a tornado damaged or destroyed 20 homes in mississippi. the storm overturned private planes at a small airport, it is opening the center to provide shelter for anyone who needs it. severe weather came through highland, arkansas damaging several homes and the church. pastor mike stanley was inside when it hit. >> looked like a small tornado. the debris that came in, knocked off a pine tree, slammed -- hope we survived this. >> reporter: coming to our live shot in atlanta, behind me high winds came through this neighborhood, snapping this tree, fell on to

this one is moving off the gulf of mexico and into the southeastern u.s. looks like it's far away but this is a beeline for southern new england. we'll see some of that rain coming at us tomorrow, let's track that closely hour by hour. overnight, the breaks and the clouds are happening. the coastline but also in the valley locations especially northshore, merrimack valley, watching for dense fog there, as well. be aware you're gonna be dealing with that first thing in the morning, to see how it takes over the area and clouds coming in off the water by noontime tomorrow, as well. ahead of the next system. tonight it's 57 in boston. that's not cold at all. obviously the temperature for a normal high will be closer to 40 clouds out, there your temperature dropping to 46 overnight in boston. back here to manchester, 41, one of the cooler spots. temperatures can drop into the 30s overnight, still well above freezing though. you don't have to deal with any ice or danger with that. 51 in worcester. temperatures gonna be falling in the 40s tonight, flirting with t

southern delaware through north injuries z part of this same system is wreaking havoc in the southeastern u.sspawning a deadly outbreak of tornadoes. >> we're not expecting anything that severe here but whether you're driving tomorrow, flying or running those last minute holiday errands, this rain could cause you some delays. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. we have live team coverage tonight. fox 29's chris o'connell is live in cherry hill. but let's start with kathy orr tracking the rain and a new record tonight, kathy? >> absolutely. we've been breaking records throughout the evening, and tracking this heavy rain. a thunderstorm just blue through philadelphia moving toward the northeast at about 20 to 30 miles an hour. so this line of showers and some imbedded thunderstorms rolling right up that i-95 corridor and as we take a zoom in, you'll see on the jersey side some heavy rain along the turnpike, 295 north heading toward north jersey and new york. trenton under the gun. pemberton, evesham, mt. holly, moorestown, bensalem moving toward the north and east. as we widen out

i'm george howl, people in the southeastern part of the u.s.e hoping the rain will give them a break soon. parts of the state of mississippi were hammered with up to 25 centimeters of nearly ten inches of rain on friday and alabama, there is a state of emergency under way there. storms have killed at least 15 people in three states this week a. spokesman for the u.s.-led coalition against isis says iraqi forces are like a boa constrictor. iraq's military is closing in on one of the final compounds under isis control, succeeding would be one of the most important victories for the military since isis swept across iraq pack in 2014. the syrian rebel group confirm the death of the leader. syrian state media says this video shows the airstrike outside damascus on thursday. the government considers him a terrorist, but his rebel group has no ties to isis or al qaeda. in east china. workers were saved after a gypsum mine collapsed. authorities say rescue operations could be especially dangerous with the rick of a second collapse happening. we are get

and problems being caused by the storm system throughout the entire southeastern u.s.essee officials confirm three fatalities. in perry county, rescue crews found the body of a man and a woman while searching through the remains of their damaged homes. a neighbor describes what she saw when she merged from her storm shelter. >> we just opened that door, and the house was gone. it took my breath away. >> reporter: meanwhile, local officials say a tornado damaged or destroys, and the storm overturned private planes at an airport. providing shelter for anyone who needs it. severe weather came through highland, arkansas, pastor mike stanley was inside a church when it hit. >> it just, it looked just like a small tornado. it snapped off a pine tree by my truck, and i just slammed it on and said, lord, just let me survive this. >> reporter: and right now at our live shot in northwest atlanta, right now the issue is heavy rains, but a little after three this morning, the issue was heavy winds. it snapped this tree, toppling it on the the top of this car, causing damage there.

she campaigned in fairfield and keota in southeastern iowa today with u.s. secretary of agriculture tom vilsack. clinton's plan would fund research, expand medicare to cover care-planning, and push congress to reauthorize grants for local initiatives to protect patients who wander from their homes. 5 million americans have been diagnosed with alzheimer's and that number is expected to triple in the next 3 decades. >> this disease, the amount of deaths are going up. the other major diseases, their cause of death are actually decreasing. we need to see that happen with alzheimer's as well. this is a horrible disease with, at this no end in sight. increase funding for health research. she says she'll come up with the $2 billion by closing tax loopholes but she didn't specify which ones. funeral services will be held tomorrow for longtime madrid high school football coach randy hinkel, who died suddenly on sunday. he was 58-years-old. hinkel's visitation is tomorrow from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the madrid junior/senior high school. the funeral service immediately f

especially true across parts of eastern u.s., places like new york city you could be in 60s same for southeastern u.semperatures expected to reach the 70s. warm across texas and parts of oklahoma with highs expected to reach the 70s and 80s across this area. it will pretty much stay like this as we head into this weekend out here. look at saturday's forecast. 64 degrees for forecast high in new york city. as we head into sunday off more of the same with warm temperatures. cold air sinks down and impacts part of the western u.s. sunday and a lot will spread eastward on sunday. overall weather pattern for the warmth to continue across plains and eastern u.s. through the end of the month. we're expecting above average temperatures to continue. get out there and enjoy it. possible second half of winter could be different out there especially the eastern half of the u.s. we'll keep close eye. across the western is we have had days and days of storm system and storm system pummeling this region with a lot of heavy rain and mountain snow. we're talking about feet of snow across places like california sierra

temperatures you could see forecast to be 55 in new york city, you'll be in the 60s across parts of the southeastern u.sr this week we're expecting for christmas eve potential record-setting warm temperatures across the eastern u.s. >> woo hoo! >> i don't think some of you will be seeing a white christmas but nonetheless, get out and enjoy it with the mild temperatures in store for you. let's head back inside. >> thank you, maria. >>> if you're still struggling to find the perfect gift for the handyman or the miss fix-it in your life stick around for this. >> that's right. host of "catch a contractor" joins us with do-it-yourself essenti essentials. to catch the perfect gift is essential. >> thanks so much, guys. great gift ideas for all the diyers. watch how cool this is from dewalt. it has so many compartments and spaces, roll it back in, once you have all of your tools and best part is, no pulling the back. you roll your tools where you got to go. and $94. this is unbelievable. it's one of the best gifts out there. >> it sure is. >> this is our 20 volts drill driver set dewalt. drill, impact driver a

if you are traveling by air, there may be issues into chicago and the southeastern part of the u.s. and out in the rockies. the really are not any storm systems across the u.s.. 51 degrees will be the high temperature today. we get a huge boost. today, we will have lots of in the afternoon, some drizzle will start to form. heavier rain showers overnight. earlier tomorrow morning, it will be a little gloomy. that is we will see temperatures s. clear skies for santa' s arrival overnight. on christmas morning, bright and sunny. today, it will be cloudy with some p.m. drizzle and rain. the heaviest rain comes in after dark. then, we will have lingering showers on christmas morning before we clear out. christmas looks good. we will have sunshine, temperatures in the 50' s. over the weekend, in the 40' s. incredible the next two days. erin: 60' s. crazy. you almost don' t need a jacket. rudolph, the reindeer' his eyes actually change color. we now know that thanks to the curious daughter of a dartmouth college professor, unlike most of mammals, reindeer can see ultraviolet light. they als

u.s. in recent days. police in southeasternurkey have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters. people took to the streets of the mainly kurdish city, calling for an end to the curfews. some parts of the region have been subject to it 24 hour lockdown since mid-december. the world health organization says the ebola outbreak in guinea is over. note new cases have been declared in 42 days, which is twice the incubation. of the virus. around 2000 people in any died during the worst outbreak of the disease in decades. a court here in germany has sent estate rwanda and man to life in prison for his part in the countries genocide. he was the mayor of a town where 400 and 6 -- ethnic tutees were massacred on the grounds of a church. he was found to be one who ordered the killings. >> he was sentenced to life in prison for his per tatian -- participation in the rwandan genocide. no mass murder or anyone who committed crimes against humanity should be permitted to live in germany. this is one of several memori

southeastern turkey. that was opened up in the summer to the u.s. military, allowed the turks after a lot of arm twisting, pressure, allowing u.s. military to use that base to launch airstrikes on isil targets in syria about that what ash carter wants is repeating a call from the u.s. administration that turkey and the gulf states particularly do more in the fight against isil. , turkey says opened another base, but most of turkish airstrikes have been aimed at separatist p.k.k. targets, not isil. the u.s. wants turkey to do more in the fight against isil. in the gulf, there are navy and air bases, but it wants the states to use their own militaries, using their own resource he is. he's pushing that message that he wants the gulf and turkey to do more. >> bernard, this is a controversial topic here in the u.s. does accelerating the campaign mean more of the same or is there something new about the u.s. approach? >> i think we're hearing from washington from the white house that the u.s. recognizes that it needs to step up its campaign against isil.

u.s. air force plane with one man aboard went missing today not far from the soviet border in the rugged mountains in southeasternkey. >> to a stunned and startled audience, khrushchev announced that an american u-2 spy plane was shot down over the soviet union. >> khrushchev made the wreckage a public exhibition. to the soviet union, this wreckage was a national cause. national outrage over the violation of soviet boundaries. >> and so, out comes the cover story. >> the department has been informed by the nasa. a u-2 weather research plane piloted by a civilian has been missing since may 1. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap by khrushchev. >> the soviet leader was able to show not only that they shot down the plane but they had the pilot. >> francis gary powers, an ordinary man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances and in a way magnified by them. >> i realize that i have committed a grave crime and i realize that i must be punished for it. >> the evidence of espionage, currency, presumably for the spy to buy his way to freedom. and the spy's la

southeastern conference where he has served since 2013. prior to joining the s.e.c., he served as the assistant united states attorney in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york where he was a deputy chief appellate attorney and a member of the securities and commodities task force in the major crimes unit. as a prosecutor he handled numerous white collar criminal investigations, trial and appeals, including matters related to securities fraud, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering. he is a graduate of columbia college and yale law school. mr. steven cook is president of the national association of assistant u.s. attorneys. he currently serves as the chief of staff of the criminal division of the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of tennessee. he has been an assistant u.s. attorney for 29 years. in this capacity, he has worked in the organized crime, drug enforcement task force and the general crime section where he handled white collar crime, fraud and public corruption. he also served as the deputy criminal chief in the narcotics and violent crime section. prior to joining the u.s. at

u.s. are going to change and become slightly more normal. they are coming down, but not completely. you can see the area of crowd here across the southeasternparts. that's still the border between the very cold air towards the west and very mild air in the east. now, it is calming down, though, these are the storm reports that we had on wednesday. the blues, well those are the wind damage that we saw, the greens is the large hailstones that we saw in the reds, those are the damaging tornadoes, so lots of them on wednesday, but if we go into thursday, you can see there aren't so many of them, just a handful in the south. definitely improving, not calming down altogether, because this system is staying put. it's going to stay very warm towards the southeast but cold up towards the west and the central parts of the u.s., so in the middle, where those two air masses meet, there we have the explosive weather and still the risk of seeing some more damaging winds as we head through the next few days, so friday, there could even be more tornadoes. while all that is happening out towards the east and it's looking pretty miserable, we've got snow. th

u.s. >>> and manchester city get ready to face lester in the english premiere league. ♪ >>> four people have died in a landslide triggered by the heavy rain in brazil. it happened in the southeastern of sao paulo. among those rescued a one year old girl. >>> flooding have forced thousands of people in four south american countries to make shelter. the argentina president says climate change is partly to blame. >> reporter: the situation is stable now, that those needed to be rescued in this city are already located in safe areas, however, it continues to rain here, and that could cause the water to rise up once again. still there are entire areas of this city completely under water. there are shelters scattered all around concordia where people are being given food, water, medication, we have seen lots of very poor children in terrible situations here in concordia. right now authorities are trying to cope what could come after all of this. this is the summertime in this part of the continent. it is very, very hot and humid, lots of mosquitos and we're told lots of snakes. >> and those images reflected across the region, because it's not just where you are. it's brazil, paraguay, a

southeastern asia center for the national defense university. our third witness will be jodi vittori at global witness who has served in the u.s.military in afghanistan. we thank you for that service. and encountering corruptionbÃan defense security sector which i no he is a big job. we thank you all for being here. we think this is a very distinguished panel. if you could keep your comments to around five minutes, without objection your written testimony will be entered into the record. ambassador cunningham? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good to see you again, senator cardin, members of the committee. i'm honored to testify today on u.s. strategy in afghanistan and i appreciate this opportunity to address why continued u.s. engagement this afghanistan is so important and to place our efforts there in the context of the challenge we face from the islamic ideology that threatens our way of life. rather than submit a statement to the record i would refer to you the paper on afghanistan and u.s. security of which i was the principle author. co--signed by 28 former senior government officials of both parties and prominent