The four charges against Baltimore Police officer william porter. We have live pictures from baltimore outside the courthouse. Police in riot gear are standing by for two hours. A few moments ago the Baltimore Mayor stephanie rawlingsblake and her Police Commissioner urging calm. The Police Officer faced charges in the death of freddie gray. He was arrested in april. Officers put him into a police van. Prosecutors said officer porter did not secure gray with a seatbelt in the back of the van. And that porter didnt call for medical assistance when gray asked for it. 25yearold gray suffered a broken neck in the van and later died. The defense maintained that officer porter told his supervisor that gray needed to go to a hospital and witnesses testified he acted as any reasonable officer would. Freddie grays death set off widespread protests and vandalism in baltimore. Community leaders saying today they are disappointed by the mistrial. So this is sad for the community because the community baltimore citizens were very happy that there were some indictments. We still have five more to go through. But this makes us very much on edge. Reporter yesterday the jury sent a note to the judge saying it was deadlocked. The judge told them to keep deliberating. Officer porter the first of six officers charged in freddie grays death to go on trial again, a mistrial and again the mayor of baltimore and Police Commissioner urging calm and thats what the situation is as far as we know right now in the city of baltimore. Well stay on top of it. Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys expected to appear in Baltimore Court tomorrow morning. Back to you. In queens, three people including two children were hurt in an accident involving a cement truck. Valerie castro reports from elmhurst with the details. Reporter kristine, you can see that cement truck is still on the scene behind me. Right now, police are questioning the driver of that truck to find out exactly what happened when three people crossing the street were hit. It happened at the border of corona and elmhurst in queens. There is a nearby school and people were picking up children as school let out. Three people were injured, two children and one adult all taken to elmhurst hospital. One woman who saw it says she saw a woman hurt with a serious injury to her leg. I ran over and noticed it was a lady on the floor laying on the floor with one leg already, um, seemed like she was [ indiscernible ] and the little girl maybe two or three years old, she [ indiscernible ] and a lot of people was trying to help them out. Reporter right now its unclear if the pedestrians or the driver of that truck had the right of way. Some witnesses say that the driver did indeed have the right of way when he turned on that corner. Reporting live in elmhurst, queens, Valerie Castro cbs 2 news. Changes to the nations terror alert system were announced today aiming to better inform the public. Cbs 2s alice gainer reports. Reporter in 2011, the department of Homeland Security got rid of the color coded alert. Red as you remember was hi level, severe risk of attack, green low level. They replaced it with a different alert system to give the public more specifics but its never been activated. So now in addition to those alerts, they are adding detailed bulletins. This is an example of the alert. It was created four years ago, elevated and imminent. In order to activate either there needs to be a credible terrorist threat. But this system has never been deployed. Its time we changed the system. Reporter so the department of Homeland Security is adding a middle level with bulletins. This is a sample of a bulletin. It describes general developments or trends regarding threats of terrorism. We want to put in one place for the public to see what we are seeing concerning the homeland and what we and the public can do about it. Reporter they released the first bulletin, and it says. We are concerned about the selfradicalized actors who could strike with little or no notice. Reporter it then describes what the government is currently doing and lists how you can help be prepared and stay informed. Meantime, here in new york city, a demonstration this afternoon of the nypds newly formed antiterror unit called the Strategic Response group. Deal with hazmat situations, deal with crowd management, crowd control, disorder, a lot of the reporter earlier this morning the commissioner stood with the fbi director marking the 35th anniversary of the joint Terrorism Task force. The partnership between the nypd and fbi. Both urged the public not to live in fear of threats of isis. Comey explained how now more than ever if you see something, say something, especially with isis crowdsourcing terrorism as he puts it via social media. It is increasingly a challenge for us to see the threat somebody radicalizing consuming poison in the privacy of their own home may only show signs of radicalization to a small group of people. Reporter the San FranciscoSecurity Administration is increase the national Security Administration is increasing security. And visas are being tightened up. They will be announced publicly and on social media. Students and parents in los angeles say they are relieved and pleased with the way yesterdays school scare was handled. Students were back in class today 24 hours after an email threat prompted the nations Second Largest School System to shut down. The fbi has determined that the threat was not credible. School officials were criticized for an overreaction. They are defending their decision, however. They say there will be increased security at l. A. Schools for the rest of the week. New york city Public Schools received a similar threat via email and determined early on it was a hoax. Some new information tonight in an incident at a Long Island High School that sickened nearly 3 dozen students. Investigators say two students sprayed pepper spray in the hallway at west Babylon High School yesterday. Emergency crews rushed to the school after 34 students fell ill. The School Evacuated classrooms and canceled afternoon activities. The district says the students and the nypd is still searching for an armed robber who stole tens of thousands of the bronx. The holdup led to a wild shootout and now investigators have new details on the suspect and his possible ties to another holdup. From soundview. Reporter you cant miss the damage inside the money in soundview. Bullets hit the walls at 9 30 yesterday morning during a shootout outside the business. Workers narrowly missed getting shot. They get down, you know, and, you know, try to be safe. Reporter police say an armed robber dressed in a suit and tie held up a carrier with an Armored Car Service as soon as he left this money order outlet with bags of cash. Suspect put a gun to him neck and stole 78,000. Surveillance video shows the perpetrator race across the street while he shot at the victim who fired back. The bullets went flying across his block also hitting several parked cars. We talked to a witness who doesnt want to show his face. Were bullets flying in your direction . Um, i dont know where they were flying. I just ducked and tried to take cover. I didnt know if it was going to hit me or not. Reporter police say the robber took off in this four door red honda accord with tinted windows last seen on colgate avenue. Some witnesses tell us he had an accomplice in the vehicle who told him to keep shooting and he did. No one got hurt during the incident. This is part of a pattern we believe right now. Reporter police also say this crime is linked to another Armed Robbery at chase bank just three blocks away on december 4. An ar more car guard had just an armored car guard had just left the building when he was held at gunpoint. Two other perpetrators grabbed the bag with nearly 300 in coins and ran off. Police are looking through Surveillance Video from area businesses to get a better idea of who this suspect could be. New have any information, they are if you have any information, they are urging you to come forward. In the bronx, ilana gold, cbs 2 news. It was a deadly accident on the van wyck expressway in queens that happened around 5 a. M. This morning in the southbound lanes. Police say 45yearold tareek williamson slacked his acura into the back of a tractor trailer at a high rate of speed. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A chill in the air compared to yesterday. But where are we headed next . Lonnie . We are first going to deal with weather thats going to get here with the colder air as well but overall we are going to look at the trend because we were still above average today but my forecast comes up in just a bit. And the weather may not be frightful but some stores say their sales are. Why they are blaming the forecast. And an odd show on a brand any bridge. How fire trucks are supposed to convince drivers that this bridge is safe. And unhappy with their new neighbors why police cannot evict a growing group of homeless from a public park. Hello barbie, goodbye to privacy. How some hightech toys popping up on Christmas Wish childrens security. Im not a fan of putting my personal info in these Online Shopping forms. Hellloooo . . . I dont have time to be filling out my address, i need to be buying a dress. Thats why i use masterpass. Less typing, more dancing. Sfx tango music como te llamas . Yo soy camarones. Dip me. The easier way to shop online. Masterpass from mastercard and your bank. Its the shortcut to priceless. Im not a fan of putting my personal info in these Online Shopping forms. Hellloooo . . . I dont have time to be filling out my address, i need to be buying a dress. Thats why i use masterpass. Less typing, more dancing. Sfx tango music como te llamas . Yo soy camarones. Dip me. The easier way to shop online. Masterpass from mastercard and your bank. Tyke fire trucks were testing the strength of a new temporary bridge today. Some city island resident are concerned about the safety of the bridge which is being built to connect the ill to the bronx. Cbs 2s meg baker was there. Reporter there is no fire so these fire trucks are moving slowly because they are being used to test the Structural Integrity of the temporary bridge. This after that very same bridge failed before. This temporary bridge is not going to be substantial enough or shaped properly to handled the kind of traffic common on city island. 1901. Elephant were brought on the bridge via the access road to prove to residents it was safe to cross. Now the city Island Bridge will be knocked down for replacement. But until then, a temporary already theres been one collapse and we are worried that it might happen again. Reporter in late september the steel on the side of the bridge buckled from weight as an asphalt truck was paving. People, they are skeptical given whats happened with the bridge in the past and the recent failure but we just did the tests and, you know, hopefully put some peoples minds at ease. And again, we have to move forward because eventually we are going to need a new bridge. You dont know whats going to happen. And, you know, there doesnt seem to be or at least we dont know of any contingency plans. Reporter if you dont own a boat theres only one way on and off the city island and so resident are particularly concerned about the summer months when cars sit in traffic on the bridge. There was a pavement truck that caused the bridge to fail in the first place. A lot more confidence that thats what they put up here this time. Reporter the department of transportation didnt have a spokesman on site to speak to residents but said the it he is was satisfactory but pounds. A long way from those yes. Amazing photographs. Meantime for the first time in almost a decade, the Interest Rates the central bank raised its key Interest Rate today by a quarter of a percentage point. It had been near zero since december 2008. The increase will impact new home loans, credit cards add the stock market. This is the feds first rate increase since june 2006. This action marks the end of an extraordinary 7year period during which the federal funds rate was held near zero to support the recovery of the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the great depression. And higher Interest Rates mean it will be more expensive to get loans and mortgages and it will also mean that saver also finally slowly start to actually earn some interest. Its also expected to make the u. S. Dollar stronger and stocks, well, they bounced higher on the news of this rate hike. The dow was up about 224. Nasdaq rose 75. The s p was up 29. Well, the recent warm weather has retailers feeling the chill this holiday season. Jennifer mclogan reports from long island. Reporter the extraordinarily warm december is melting away hopes of some retailers, even affecting shoppers holiday moods. Its nice to shop when its cold and its more of that christmas spirit. I see you coat is hanging on your arm. Its ridiculous. I cant walk around here with this fur on. Reporter some stores are saddled with racks of coats and heavier Winter Clothes among the biggest engines of the crucial Holiday Retail season. So warm outside we dont know what to wear. Its like a cool spring day. Reporter valerie boyd of hempstead is balking at tradition gifts. Cheese instead of boots, regular pants instead of snow pants or winter pants. Now all we need is snow. We promise its going to snow. Reporter with ski and snowboard enthusiasm less than stellar, neils snow house of long island is offering a First Time Ever deal this week to lure cold weather junkies. We are going to give a warm weather discount for anybody. Reporter they are making up with yuletide promotions to build foot traffic at stores. I got a sale on uggs that my daughter wanted for christmas. And im really happy. Sweaters. Just bought some nice jeans from lucky brand and they were 50 off everything in the store. So getting some good deals. Reporter hofstra business professor joel evans. Lagging because of the weather and the fact that retailers anticipated that the consumers were going to be in a better frame of mind. Still really fearful about the economy. And with some of the world events going on, they are not thinking as much about shopping. Reporter no time to panic the weather is supposed to get colder. The countdown to christmas is on. From garden city, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Colder but maybe not winter like. Right . I know. Lonnie is talking about a warm christmas . Hm. Which is just out of control. Whats going on . Look, we are going to be bouncing back and forth. For those of you looking intord to that chill for this time of the year for those of you looking forward to that chill for this time of the year, we were talking about it just a moment ago, cold air by the weekend. A little below average. Not going to be off the chart but below average. Right now 49 degrees partly cloudy. High temperature this year 43. Somewhere around that. Around lunchtime 10 degrees above average. As you take a look at whats coming down from the sky overhead nothing right now. Just the talk of rain getting here. We currently see some clouds out there. And a little bit of break in the clouds places like, you know, say queens, nassau county. Bigger picture will show you where the rain is. Still off to our west. 24 big low pressure system up around minneapolis this big low pressure system system up around minneapolis is a snowmaker going north of us. Not for us. South of that youll find the area that im watching. This is coming to our area. So have an umbrella as a make your way out. Late tonight a slight chance for showers or drizzle late. 47 your overnight low. Its more likely a wet weather day on tap for tomorrow. 58. So look, it may have felt coolerout there today. Its going to be milder tomorrow. The weekend forecast is going to have colder air. Back to you. Thank you. Coming up next, they have been sitting in a warehouse since just after 9 11. Now these unusual artifacts are getting a brandnew home with one condition. I dont want anyone to ever forget rafael ramos. Plus, the new honor a slain detectives widow is planning to honor her husbands memory. First, though, dana tyler has a look at whats coming up at 6 00. Reporter an emotional day in a brooklyn courtroom two men convicted of a deadly fire 30 years ago exonerated. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez will have that at 6 00 tonight. Hazel. The brooklyn d. A. s office was encouraged to take a second look at this case and not only did they find that these men werent guilty, but that what they were accused of wasnt even a crime. Their reaction, incredible. They talk about what they have missed over the years and also how they feel about the woman who wrongly accused them. Thats at 6 00. Also tonight, one of the nypds officers playing santa. This man here you will find see you at 6 00. Youd be surprised how easy it is to get a good lowcost health plan you might even get help paying for it go to nystateofhealth. Ny. Gov or call 18553555777 hope for 9 11 first responders. Congress has agreed to extend the zadroga acted as part of the year end spending bill passing later this week. It would guarantee federal Health Benefit through 2090. The program is expected to cost about 3. 5 billion over the next decade. A new chapter for the last artifacts from 9 11. 14 years later they are getting new homes. Chris wragge reports they will serve as memorials far from lower manhattan. Reporter this subway car used to take commuters to the world trade center. When i first saw it inside the hangar behind us, it it it it felt like i was opening a tomb. Reporter now, it will be taking visitors back in town as remnants from the 9 11 attacks find new homes. The train car was in a tunnel as the twin towers collapsed above it. It will become an exhibit at the Trolley Museum of new york. Its a way for people who arent old enough to remember september 11th as it recedes into the past to keep their hands on something that was actually there and this way we can never forget the tragedy that was all those people that died that day. Reporter the Port Authority of new york and new jersey has been giving away everything still scored in an 80,000squarefoot hangar at Kennedy Airport set for demolition. The remaining artifacts from the tragic this morning 14 years ago include these damaged police cars, a huge elevator motor your a victorias secret mannequin, a display of clothing, shirts still folded and this broadcast antenna that used to sit atop the north tower. I wrote a letter to Port Authority requesting a piece and this is what i got. Reporter now it will become part of an outdoor installation at Fulton MontgomeryCommunity College in upstate new york. Its going to be set up for the future for students to come and study and actually see a piece of the world trade center. Reporter the last remnants will be distributed to various organizations on condition they be accessible to the public. Im chris wragge, cbs 2 news. And the Port Authority plans to distribute the rest of the artifacts by march, then it will demolish the hangar. Its so striking to see our citys life just frozen in time there 14 years later. Exactly the way it was. Right. But its so important to keep that history in everyones mind. Future generations. Coming up next, left to die on a long island street. Who does that . You know . We need to you come forward and say something. The plea from family and friends to the driver who took off after a crash. And rummaging through a familys home with no idea he is being watched. The video that could crack a burglary case. Im sergeant rue buffalo lonk. Shoutout to my wife and two boys. Im wishing them happy holidays, merry christmas, happy new years. See you soon. Heartbreak on long island afternoon a father was hit and killed by a driver. A hitandrun driver. Good evening, im maurice dubois. Welcome back to the broadcast. Im kristine johnson. Police say that the driver they are looking for was in a stolen vehicle. Cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff talked with the victims family new at 5 30. Our daughter lost her father today. And a mother lost her son. And a brother lost their brothers. So its a tragedy. Reporter the family of reggie devastated. The 32yearold auto mechanic killed tuesday night at this North Amityville intersection. Police say the suv that crashed into his car was stolen and the driver fled leaving him to die. At least he could have stood there you know . He probably could have still been with us if he would have gotten enough help on time. Reporter witnesses say the suv was speeding through a stop sign. He went so fast. Reporter this man stopped to help and didnt see the driver run off. He didnt Pay Attention about the drive. He paid attention about what was going on if he was okay. He was checking his pulse. Reporter nearby residents on edge as Police Searched for a black male around 20 years old, 57 to 58, slim build, cleanshaven, jeans, black hooded sweatshirt and wool hat. They had the roads taped off all around. There were Police Officers all walking, you know, around the streets looking. I said somebody ran away from this terrible accident. Reporter the Police Search turned up nothing. Two miles away reggies mother was waiting for her son to come take her out for dinner. Came to take my mom out. And i guess he fell asleep. Reporter his family now with a plea to the hitandrun driver. Who does that . You know . We need you to come forward and say something. Reporter police say the suv a chevy trailblazer was reported stolen on december 8. The driver quickly ditched it an act reggies family calls inhumane. In North Amityville, long island, Carolyn Gusoff, cbs 2 news. Prosecutors on long island continue to fight for stiffer penalties for leaving the scene of a fatal crash. They are seeking to more than double the sentence from 7 to 15 years. Caught on camera. A daring burglar breaks into a home in a quiet long island town. The security video shows the suspect rummaging through the house on hilltop lane in levittown around 6 00 on saturday evening. Police say the suspect broke into the house through a side door and took off with jewelry and personal papers. The homeowners were not home at the time. And there were no injuries. The widow of an nypd detective is speaking out for the First Time Since her husband was killed in the line of duty. Nearly a year after his death, mrs. Ramos says she is keeping her husbands memory alive by creating the detective rafael ramos foundation. He and his partner detective wenjian liu were executed in their patrol car in brooklyn last december. The foundations goal is to help build a better relationship between the police and community. Pretty much to keep my husbands memory alive, um, i dont want ever i dont want anyone to ever forget who rafael ramos was. The family will hold a Memorial Service this weekend to mark the oneyear anniversary of detectives ramos and li you. Has sprung up in one of the citys most popular gathering places, washington scare park. They had been staying in union square. Cbs 2s dave carlin shows us what made them move. Anything can happen if they want to take it out on you. Reporter elsa gilbert demands the city do something about this growing homeless encampment in Washington Square park. Wheres the enforcement and wheres the outreach . Its getting worse. Reporter in this exclusive smartphone video, we see nypd officers arrive around 9 a. M. And tell the homeless they cannot sleep on the lawn of the here you see the homeless moving their belongings to the edge of a narrow walkway but they were not forced out. Im not going to leave unless im in a police car. [ music ] reporter joe is a homeless artist from boston a decade ago saying he was doing well as a drywall installer and tattoo artist but after a friend died he said he went into a deep depression spiraled into homelessness and doesnt speak to his parents much. He says for about eight month he and his friends lived about 10 blocks north in union square. But he says it was recent holiday activity that squeezed them out. Here in union square take a look at just how jampacked it is with the Farmers Market and tents over there to the Holiday Market and shops prompting the homeless to move. I can see the concern on the part of the residents. Reporter former department of Homeless ServicesDeputy Commissioner robert says as the encampment grows at Washington Square park police can and should break this up. Its blocking access. Theres a Public Health issue depending on whats going on there. Reporter he says the public needs to get more involved by calling 311 and reporting problems to keep up the pressure on police and outreach agencies to get action. In greenwich village, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. And todays Police Activity at Washington Square park comes one day after mayor de blasio announced the departure of the Homeless Services commissioner. With appendicitis you would think that surgery was a must but maybe not. A new study saying antibiotics could replace the operating room. Also, a secret santa shows tremendous generosity wiping out thousands of dollars in strangers holiday debt. And today in history, in 1985, Paul Castellano the head of the gambino crime family was shot to Death Outside city. The hit was thought to be boss. With the help of Comfort Keepers, im keeping my mom healthy im keeping dad on schedule. Im keeping my mom happy Comfort Keepers inhome professional caregivers can provide meal planning and preparation, health and Wellness Services and personal Care Services through custom care plans that can change as needs change, so your aging loved ones can picture this. Your child suddenly develops stomach pain, fever and vomiting. Doctors say at the emergency room that its appendicitis so your child needs immediate surgery, right . Well cbs 2s dr. Max gomez here now with a new study that says not so fast. Doctor. Reporter thats right. You know, every year kids undergo 70,000 appendectomies about 200 a day. Emergency appendectomy is expensive, of course, and theres the risks involved with any surgery. But some adult studies suggested that all that surgery may not be necessary. Maybe all kids need is boats boat. Is antibiotics. Reporter it was during the holiday break a couple of years that the Gibson Family plans nearly fell apart. Aereo was set to star in a school play and her parents booked a surprise trip to disney when she was suddenly rushed to the hospital. They checked her out and did an ultrasound and told us she had appendicitis. Reporter normally that means emergency surgery within hours and weeks of recovery. Luckily she was at nationwide Childrens Hospital where doctors conduct the first study in the u. S. To see if they could skip surgery and treat appendicitis using only antibiotics. At least at the end of the year we know that over 3 out of 4, more than 75 of kids who chose antibiotics didnt have to have surge. Reporter the antibiotics cases of simple appendicitis with no complications. Patient were given iv antibiotics at the hospital and pills later. The medicationfirst showed a savings of healthcare costs of 20 . If they dont have to have surgery, if they dont have to be in pain, if they dont have to have surgery orance their yeah, it was worth a try. Reporter its been two years since she had append sight. She may be too young to appreciate the novel approach but the family shares the result. She was able to do her musical and we were able to go problems. I feel great. Theres nothing i havent experienced anything else. I havent it hasnt hurt or anything. Reporter the kids who werent candidates for antibiotics had other problems. If their symptoms didnt get better within 24 hours, they went on to have surgery. But the doctors stress its a matter of personal choice which path you choose. You might still be better off individual parents might say i want to have it done with and whatever. Ill choose the surgery because its done laproscopically and its an easy approach. Good to have the option though. Absolutely. If you can avoid it. Thank you. Numbers show distracted driving is only getting worse. Emails, texts, social media. A new tool could cut all access to them off. But no one has it. Why . Ready for his closeup, the National Zoos baby pannedda, look at him, hitting a new milestone, the baby panda. Hold that picture. Dana tyler has a look at whats coming up at 6 00. I cant compete with throws big paws they are so cute thanks so much, kristine and maurice. Tonight at 6 00 a scam that seems so real, a westchester grandmother handed over 300,000 thinking she was helping her grandson. Police say the suspects came up with a new twist the so called granny scam and police fearing there could be more victims out there. Also, relief for rail commuters. Lawmakers give the thumbs up transit. And will he stay or go . The announcement about bartolo colons future with the mets. Otis livingston has that. At 6 00. Im not a fan of putting my personal info in these Online Shopping forms. Hellloooo . . . I dont have time to be filling out my address, i need to be buying a dress. Thats why i use masterpass. Less typing, more dancing. Sfx tango music como te llamas . Yo soy camarones. Dip me. The easier way to shop online. Masterpass from mastercard and your bank. Most people know texting and email behind the wheel is dangerous but as cbs 2s meg baker reports, a growing number do it anyway. Reporter steph learning how to walk all over again. Thats where this he cut it. Reporter her leg was injured and amputated after she crashed her car. She was reaching for her ringing cell phone. I reached down to grab it on thefloor board just that quick. Reporter even though many drivers recognize how distracting cell phones are behind the wheel and support measures to crackdown on using them, new data shows that the problem is only getting worse. If you know this to be distracting, why are you doing it . These additional activities are troubling. Reporter a new state farm survey found the number of people texting while driving has remained relatively stable since 2009. But it shows more than twice as many drives surf the internet. Reading emails and checking social media accounts while driving are also up. It goes in like this. Could stop the problem. Its called the groove. A small box that plugs into almost any modern car. Connect the car to the cloud. Reporter effectively blocking the drivers phone from sending or receiving any data. Phone calls go through but no media. The system doesnt deliver off. Im just enjoying the drive. Reporter the mobile networks need to cooperate, something that despite years of successful testing and demonstrations hasnt happened. You cannot imagine how frustrating it has been. I cant watch the Public Service announcements because were standing on something that could stop that. Its hard to watch them and youre in the middle of something and you want it to be out there. Being a parent i cannot imagine getting a phone call that says theres been a accident. Reporter while mobile Companies May be hesitant to work with the device, it creator says it works with any phone and any car made after 1996. Meg baker, cbs 2 news. And groove does not require an app. More about that survey, to get more specific, 98 of drivers believe that texting while driving is dangerous and 66 admit to doing it. Mmhm. What happened to the other 2 . A little silent on it . Everybody does it . Okay. Lets talk weather now. Lonnie is here. We are looking ahead past the weekend into next week and youre talking warm. Right back to the warm weather. So look, youre going to get a little bit of everything in this particular forecast for the next seven days. If you want the winter chill its going to be here. Im not serving up any snow but lets check what we have as far as temperatures out there. I saw a 47 and 47 comes into us from george in atlantic highlands. Were around that mark right now in new york city. Taking a peek at what the skyline is looking like, its all lit up and the temperature comes in at 49, partly cloudy skies overhead. Right now the winds are around 8 Miles Per Hour but the headlines, this addresses everything that maurice and kristine, and i were just talking about. Coldest air yet of this particular season will be here for saturday. But the warm weather comes right back by the time you get to the next workweek and, in fact, we could be dealing with the warmest december ever. And i talked to you yesterday. We have already had the warmest september ever. The warmest november ever. Taking a break with october. December is on track. Right now our temperature is 12. 1 degrees above average for this time of the year. If you are wondering where do we stack up with the warmest december ever, well, the warmest one ever had a record afternoon High Temperature average of 44. 1 degrees. This year so far, we have been averaging 52 degrees. Way above that. And i know we are only halfway through the month and i know those numbers are going to drop down by the time you finish up with sunday but by monday they start bouncing up again and i see some big warmth coming in here. Here we see a front coming through the area. Its going to drag in some southeast moisture, as well. So rain is in the forecast, could start up a little bit late tonight. I think its more so for your day tomorrow. Let me show you how i see things working out. Put the futurecast into motion. 11 p. M. Tonight. A little bit tonight. None of this is very heavy, very spotty, but you see some wet weather later tonight. Tomorrow morning 8 a. M. Not heavy. Heavy rain at 3 p. M. So your evening commute could be more problematic. Again with some of this real big heavy rain thats offshore, lets just say that shifts 50 miles inland, these could be some impressive rainfall totals. Right now the rainfall totals look like they would be between half and inch for most people. Then you get to friday. Now, friday the system is offshore, but this is a little too close for my Comfort Level so im going to cope a rain chance in on friday because i think some of that could retrograde. I put a slight rain chance in for friday, as well. Tomorrow 58, have an umbrella for tomorrow. 52 on friday. Winds up to 25 Miles Per Hour gusts. So its going to feel like you never get out of the 30s. In fact its feeling like you start in the 20s even for new york city. Plenty of folks will and its going to be a Cold Saturday and sunday. But im telling you, george and i back in the weather office, we just looked at the model for christmas thats now going 69. What . really . Santa is going with water skis this year. Nice florida shirt on. You wont need that big red coat, will he . Ill keep an eye on it. 2015 was the year of the athlete. Google has unveiled the top five searches for the year and former nba star lamar odom came in at number one. The husband of Khloe Kardashian was found unconscious at a brothel in las vegas back in october. The movies Jurassic World and american sniper second and third and Caitlyn Jenner bruce and ronda rousey was number 5. A fourmonthold panda cub at Washingtons National suing is proving he is comfortable in front of the camera. The panda made his debut today. Thousands have been following him online since his birth in august. Like all newborns, he spends most of his time napping and hanging out with mom. He will eventually be moved to china, where the hope is he will mate to help preserve the population. Look at that little face. First things first. Lets just chill out. So cuddly. So cute when theyre babies, arent they . Just like children. When theyre babies. All right. Christmas came early for some shoppers in cleveland after they found out that a Good Samaritan had shelled out more than 107,000 to pay for their items on layaway. The secret santa walked into two walmarts and made the layaway items range from a pair of socks to a 70 television. A mother of four was stunned when she found out that the bed for her daughter was paid off. She had only put 10 towards it. Thats a blessing to know that there are still people out there that care. Its like santa. Its like a real santa to me. Its amazing that someone would have this much compassion during the Christmas Season to be able to help us. And the layaway angel secret santa cleared away the debts for more than 200 shoppers. So many families that will have happy holidays. Santa is real. Yes, he is. A wifi warning up next for the holidays. How the hightech toys under the tree could compromise your childrens security. Then at 6 00, a Christmas Carol conflict. Over again. From tablet to mart phones electronic devise are hot. But they could put your information at risk. A wifi warning tonight before you go shopping. Cbs 2s emily smith explains. What chloriding habit are you going to wear. Reporter its one of the hottest gift this season, the talking doll hello barbie. Its part of a new generation of toys, tablets and ipads popular Holiday Gifts that are wifienabled. But there can be a downside. That means they can be hacked. The danger . The toys send information to the manufacturers server where its stored leaving your information at the mercy of their security. One single attack vector lets you in and, for example, this device might be now a recording device thats in your home thats hanging out with your child all day uploading that information to who knows where. Reporter already this year, hackers exposed a major data breach with the vtech tablet. They were able to access photos and chat logs. Nothing happened to the device but server was attacked and there was a treasuretrove of data. Reporter theres much you can do to prevent trouble before wrapping the gift. Go through the user manual and look for Parental Controls to be able to set up that specific device. Reporter in addition to using Parental Controls, experts say theres an Old Fashioned nontech way to protect your kids. Online. Activity mode. Reporter as hightech toys and tablets are more in demand, vigilance needs to be on every parents holiday to do list. Somebody hacking into her personal toys to get to our family information its just really crazy. Reporter some internet and wireless providers also have parental control programs that are free with your service. Emily smith, cbs 2 news. What about the good Old Fashioned legos . What about that, huh . Or even that little bake oven thing with the light bulb in it . Remember that . Easybake. I loved that. Thats our life right now. There you have it. Thats it for us here at 5 00. See you again at 11 00. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. 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