he misses everybody at wrc. >> can't wait to see the show. we will have more of the coverage of the national christmas tree lighting. several roads are closed tonight. 15th street will be closed to traffic between e street and pennsylvania avenue and constitution avenue. and all roads should be open again around 7:00 this evening. >>> turning to the weather, very important news. sunny and chilly out there right now. tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. is the weather going to hold for tonight? >> it will. it should be clear and it should be cold, but thankfully it looks like the winds will be diminishing. right now doesn't take much wind to cut right through you. and we cleared out overnight and how high pressure is holding and we have a clear sky from new england to the carolinas, and this high pressure will be here today, tonight and into the weekend bringing more, chilly, dry weather. and temperatures are now climbing into the mid and upper 40s at reagan national. now in the mid-40s in principles joernlgz and montgomery and arling

sources tell wrc that the federal government is looking at thomas's use of $300,000 of city money to fund a youth sports program. he returned the money but admitted no wrong doing. >> i'm hopeful it comes to an end quickly and the council can move on. >> i'm sad that it has reached this point. and my feelings i have been thinking about council member thomas and his mother and his family. and how terribly impactful this must be for them. >> reporter: the d.c. council was scheduled to meet on this matter to discuss it today. it was postponed until monday. jim and doreen, back to you. >> thank you, jackie. >>> herman cain is expected to announce tomorrow whether he will continue his presidential campaign. earlier this week cain was reassessing his campaign after an atlanta woman came forward. cain says he will speak with his wife before announcing his final decision. donald trump is set to moderate a presidential debate in iowa. "news max" will host the debate a week before the iowa caucuses. all g.o.p. contenders have been invited to participate. he has been critical of president obama

this is kermit's home, specifically wrc television studios is where you got your start. >> i did.o meet up with a fellow named jim henson. i was only a friend, i wasn't sam. that's how unknown i was. i was barely a frog. >> you have come a long way. >> yeah. >> reporter: you look a lot different. you have changed. >> i donned my pointy collar that was fashionable in the '60s. i dropped my tail and grew legs. worked out great. >> reporter: tell me, i have to know. i'm into celebrity gossip. how are things between you and miss piggy these days? >> i don't want to get too personal. she is not here in washington. she is in nashville about to do a country music special. >> reporter: oh, wow. >> it's a big deal for her. like any long term relationship, it's nice for her to be there and me to be here. we will be together for the holidays. >> reporter: good. >> if i can talk her into coming to the swamp. >> reporter: so many hollywood couples have a hard time keeping it together but you keep the magic going. >> we try. lots of patience. we reached and understanding about our relationship

listening to bob hope or shirley temple or local programming like here in washington on quiz kids on wrc and things like that. that night they were going to movies and seeing "meet john doe" and "the maltese falcon," "citizen kane." maybe a movie starring ronald reagan. but america was looking forward to a somewhat prosperous christmas for the first time in years. unemployment had recently dipped to about 10% which was the lowest it had been during the administration of franklin roosevelt. they were not thinking about war, not in the context of american men and women getting involved in a war. world war i had left a very bad taste in americans' mouths. um, the war to end all wars, the war to make the world safe for democracy had done just the opposite and given rise to very undemocratic institutions in italy and germany and other places. we were walled off, we believed, from war by two giant oceans, um, and after world war i there was a saying going on in america that the only thing we got was death and debt and george m. cohen. so we were distinctly isolationists. in fact, neutrality ac