And why this officers fate may be changing. News4 midday starts right now. We start off with breaking news. The u. S. Justice department is now investigating the Chicago Police department, specifically its use of force. The civil rights probe will look at policies and practices and study complaints against Chicago Police and discipline taken against its rank and file. Attorney general Loretta Lynch made the announcement within the hour. She said the federal government decided they had to step in after a preliminary review. We will examine a number of issues related to the Chicago Police departments use of force including its use of deadly force, racial, ethnic and other disparities in its use of force and its accountsibility mechanisms, such as disciplinary actions and handling of allegations of misconduct. A Chicago Police officer is charged with murder after shooting teenager Laquan Mcdonald 16 times. There is no timeline for the Justice Department review. Rahm emanuel now says the city will release video of another shooting of a black man by police. Back to you. The department of Homeland Security says it is creating a new system to better inform the public about terror threats. The National Threat advisory system replaced the color coded Threat System. This morning Homeland Security secretary jay johnson said the Department Plans to roll out a new system sometime soon. He made that announcement at the defense and National Security conference in northwest washington. Johnson also talked about gun control. Gun control is not an all or nothing proposition. I think that there responsible measures that can be taken and should be taken. Johnson also said its important to focus on any kind of terrorinspired action including shootings that are not related to terror groups. Dozens of peoples are back in work in San Bernardino. The county shut down much of its services after the shooting at the inland regional center. The focus on the investigation is whether Tashfeen Malik radicalized her husband. President obama is defending the current strategy to fight isis using an international coalition. The president cautioned against a ground war in iraq and syria. He called on congress to authorize more gun laws. The fact is our intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies, no matter how effective they are, cannot identify every wouldbe mass shooter. President obama also cautioned the American People against antimuslim rhetoric and urged muslims themselves to fight extremism. Right now a big change on the jury in the freddie gray case. Just this morning a black female juror was dismissed for a medical emergency. She was replaced by an alternate who was a white male. William porter is on trial accused of manslaughter, assault, Reckless Endangerment and misconduct. Chris gordon is in the courtroom right now keeping us up to speed. Make sure you have the nbc washington app for any developments. Back to you. Turning into a delightful december day. Heres a live view from the storm team 4 National Harbor camera, prince georges county. Theres the capital wheel. Look at the potomac. All calm, turquoise coloring reflecting a sunny sky. Lots of sunshine pouring down but later today, well begin to see a change. Right now we have no rain. The wider view showing a couple areas of rain. We have some coming into West Virginia and some out of the carolinas and into southeastern virginia. This one off to our west likely will track to the south. The one south and east of us will likely track the Northern Neck, maybe far Southern Maryland, lower part of the Eastern Shore by this afternoon. I have the hour by hour timing coming up. Jesse matthew jr. Should be in a courtroom in less than an hour. He is the man who faces murder and abduction charges in the death of uva sophomore hannah graham. A Pretrial Hearing is set for noon. Youre looking at video of Previous Court appearances. Look for an alert on our nbc washington app if anything significant develops. Traffic lights are working again at south Arlington Ridge road and 23rd street. A bad crash overnight knocked out the lights and hurt three people. At least one person was thrown from the car in the collision. The passenger has lifethreatening injuries. Police told our crew at scene that the vehicles were going as fast as 55 Miles Per Hour when they collided. In a few hours, the Wilson High School student accused of bringing a gun to school will face a judge. Officials are trying to find out how the student got the gun past metal detectors and security. The student is being charged as a juvenile. He may face suspension or expulsion from school. All d. C. Public schools are reviewing security procedures. Were counting down to the big game tonight between the skins and the cowboys. People are already tailgating at fedex field. Theyre hoping for a redskins win tonight which would put d. C. All alone in first place. However fsh however, if the cowboys win there will be a threeway tie for first place in the division. Well talk to molette green in about ten minutes about what you need to know if youre going out to the game tonight. A bizarre kidnapping scheme. The scary situation for two college students. And how you can get a closer look at some big changes coming to Union Station. Four people coulding charge could be charged with kidnapping two college students. The two are from rochester, new york. They went missing on saturday. Last night a s. W. A. T. Team raided this house and they were recovered. One of the students was shot. He is recovering at the hospital right now. Were working on finding out how a man is doing after colliding with this wall here surrounding the Air Force Memorial on columbia pike. Is he in the hospital with life threatening injuries. So you can get a new look at the plans to give Union Station a makeover today. Amtrak and a Redevelopment Team are planning to improve, update and expand the station. The project will cost billions of dollars. Organizers are holding an open house today to show you the latest update on those plans. It starts at 4 00 this afternoon at Union Station and wraps up at 8 00 tonight. When we come back a pivotal day in our nations history still so memorable decades later. The special ceremony in washington that it is turning into a delight the december day. Already in the low 50s. The average high this time of year, 49. Already above that. Prince georges, montgomery counties, near 50s. Out in the mountains, some locations in the 30s. Across much of Northern Virginia near 50. We have this rain advancing into southeastern virginia out of the carolinas. A few other sprinkles here in southern West Virginia. Most of these will pass away from the metro area. Heres the hour by hour timing. 3 00 this afternoon, some of that right rain may be in parts of the Northern Neck. Showers coming out of West Virginia into the central southern Shenandoah Valley between 4 00 p. M. To 6 00, 7 00 p. M. Into the evening hours we dry out. Pearl harbor is one of the top trending topics in our area right now japanese planes bombed pearl harbor exactly 74 years ago today. That bombing pushed the u. S. Into world war ii. Veterans of the war will be at the world war ii memorial on the national mall. They will hold a moment of silence shortly before 2 00 this afternoon. A different kind of memorial is happening up the east coast now. Volunteers are laying wreaths at Fallen Soldiers graves. You are look at volunteers for Wreaths Across America in maine. Theyre working their way down the coast in order to reach Arlington National cemetery this weekend where they will lay down about 40,000 wreaths. Big concerns for thousands of parents. Why an already big issue at dozens of local schools may be bigger than we thought. And dont forget, we are on the air even when youre on the go. Open up the nbc washington app, tap watch live tv now and stream news4 midday. Im derrick ward outside Montgomery CountyPublic School headquarters. Im also probably absorbing some ray don radon. It is all around us in minute amounts. There are concentrations in buildings, it comes from Building Materials as well. Thats why theres a bit of concern about a Testing Program here at the Montgomery County schools, theyre seeking to get peoples confidence back up about the Testing Program. The Montgomery CountyPublic School system has already begun taking care of some of the elevat elevated raddon levels found in some School Buildings. Starting tomorrow they will retest some buildings where radon were found. We had tested previously, results were not followed up promptly. Reporter that news left parents with some concerns. It could affect our childrens health. Reporter our senses cannot detect the presence of radon. The epa recommends any readings over a certain amount is dangerous for humans. People should not be in those spaces. The levels in Montgomery County fell on the low end of the range. The range is a little over 4, some as high as around 10. Reporter its a highly technical measure but equals some worry where kids are concerned. I would like for them when at school to be in a safe environment. Reporter we want to reassure parents that schools are safe. Parents will be kept abreast of testing and any remediation that will be done. The test process will go on for the next few months. This process can go on while school is going on. Its not people Walking Around with geiggar counters. Its just a sampling of the air. They promise to keep parents apprised of the levels and whats being done. Barbara, back to you. A stabbing at a london metro station is being investigated as a terrorist incident. Two people were hurt in saturdays attack. One of them was badly injured. Police tased and arrested the man. A witness says the suspect said this is for syria. The suspects name has not been released. The stabbing comes days after the British Government approved air strikes targeting isis in syri syria. Sunny, around 50 in the metro area. We have light rain to moderate rain from norfolk done to eastern maryland. This area in southeastern virginia should stay maybe passing through the Northern Neck, lower part of the Eastern Shore, far Southern Maryland by later this afternoon. Over the next 12 hours, upper 50s. By around 2 00 this afternoon, under a mostly sunny sky, just a few clouds coming through. By 6 00 p. M. , back down to the low 50s. Partly cloudy and mostly clear by late evening. Rather chilly. Dipping back down into the upper 40s by late this evening. Warming trend for the end of the week coming up. Good morning, im molette green live near fedex field in prince georges county. In hours football fans bring predictions and game time traffic to see old rivals go at it. 12 hours before game time at fedex field its going to be 420. Reporter washington football fans trash talk. Dallas cowgirls will lose. Reporter a Dallas Cowboys fan on the gateway to the stadium. Pack your patience for game time traffic on this road and others leading to the stadium. Residents can easily find a parking space because gameday is not a big problem anymore. Actually they used to park their cars right here. Parking enforcement now, they park in the stadium or they have places to park in the lots and everything like that. For the last five games, its been less raffic. Yo reporter this is the biggest rivalry for the burgundy and gold now tied with new york for the nfc east as fans of both teams make predictions. This is a rivalry game. I know it will be close. I think well win by three. Reporter getting here calls for a good strategy. Prince georges police will offer realtime traffic information via twitter, and they ask drivers to tweet what they see on the roads. The tight security tonight wil be there in light of the heightened security in the country. Angie, back to you. The Fourth DistrictPolice Station in the district is back open this morning after someone brought a grenade inside. D. C. Officers closed roads and evacuated several businesses including a walmart. The person found that grenade inside their house. Police say the device was inert and there was never a danger. If you ever find an explosive in your house, call police do not bring it to the station. One of the women in this video caught groping and dancing up against a man in a d. C. Gas station will be sentenced today. She faces up to six months in jail for sexual abuse charges. Knight and another woman were caught on camera at the shell station on new york avenue northeast assaulting the man back in october. The other woman in the video has never been arrested. Oscar pistorius is expected to apply for bail in south africa today. An Appeals Court overturned his manslaughter conviction and found him guilty of murder. He spent a year in jail for killing his girlfriend, riva steenmp. The minimum sentence for murder in south africa is 15 years. With time served, he could get a lower sentence. A holiday coke commercial has a lot of people talking. And viral video, the gift waiting under the tree thats getting emotional reaction. Heres whats trending this midday. A lot of people upset over this cocacola ad. It basically depicts a bunch of white millennium types showing up to a town in new mexico bearing the gift of soda to the Indigenous People who live there. Coke said the ad was supposed to convey unity and joy. Others said it was racist and insensitive. Coke pulled the ad on december 1st. A new strain of disease is threatening a goto fruit. We found this trending on washingtonpost. Com. The disease is called tropical race forrest it is affecting the middle east and australia. It has not made it to latin america yet where most bananas come from. And this is great. Santas got competition this year. The stork. When courtneys newly adopted son came into her life, she surprised her daughters by putting him under the tree and saying they had an early christmas present. Thats your new baby brother. Ky touch him . Ill get him out. Is it a boy . Its a boy. Oh, my. More than 2,200 people have already liked the facebook post. Thats whats great afternoon for tailgating at fedex field as dallas takes on washington. Kickoff at 8 30. Great football weather. Hopefully well see some great football. Temperatures back down into the 40s. You need to layer up. It will be chilly. A few clouds aid round by kickoff team. Upper 40s. Around halftime or so, mid 40s. By the end of the game, back down to the low 40s under a mostly clear sky. So, great weather for the game tonight at fedex field. Tomorrow, mid 50s after we reach that this afternoon. Its going to be another gorgeous day. And milder towards the end of the week. Thursday, friday, saturday, sunday may make it to the low and mid 60s. Next chance of rain late on sunday. Today is the first day of hanukkah. The holiday started at sundown last night and you are looking at the lighting of the National Hanukkah menorah on the ellipse. Hanukkah celebrates the jewish battle victory in ancient jerusalem and it last for eight days. Some masters of entertainment and performance have another honor they can point to. The Kennedy Center honored five career artists last night. They included rita moreno, sicily tyson along with filmmaker and star wars creator, george lucas, conductor ozawa was also honored, as was carol king. Theres a part of me who feels, y i work very hard. I also just did what i did, to be honored for it is great. Wonderful show last night. The rock band the eagles was also chosen to be honored, but the lead singer is ill and the band could not be there. The time right now is 11 27. On midday, the nations top attorney opens a big investigation into one of the countrys Biggest Police forces. And that wont be the departments only new problem today. Plus tis the season for a crime on your front porch. You what can do to make sure your gifts dont end up in im chris bosh. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto®. Hey guys hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. Xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. Xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. For people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, theres limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. 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You know xarelto® is the 1 prescribed blood thinner in its class. Thats a big win. It is for me. With xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring and no known dietary restrictions. Treatment with xarelto®. Was the right move for us. Ask your doctor about xarelto®. The fact is that when youre dealing with terrorist inspired attacks, you have to work with communities. Secretary of Homeland Security jeh johnson addressed security this morning. The National Threat advisory system replaced the color coded Threat System before that. Johnson made the announcement in northwest washington. Its the first day back at work for thousands of employees in San Bernardino. The county shut down much of the services after the shooting at the inland regional center. The investigation now focuses on whether Tashfeen Malik radicalized her husband, syed farook. Malik posted a message of support for an isis leader on facebook moments after the attack. Multiple major stories developing out in chicago. We start with an investigation into another Police Shooting of a black man. In about a half hour, prosecutors will announce the results of their investigation into Ronald Johnsons death last year. Police say johnson pointed a gun at officers, his family said he was unarmed. Rahm emanuel said a video of johnsons killing will be released this week. The Justice Department is investigating Chicago Police. Loretta lynch made the announcement just hours ago. Former Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged in Laquan Mcdonalds murder. Look at this smoke and flames. This is a jet on fire on a runway. This fire started coming from the engine, then this happened. The plane exploded kill two people on board. We are working to get you an update on a mulch fire out in Montgomery County. Fire crews are at the aspen Landscaping Company to make sure it stays under control. The fire started saturday night. Fire crews say theyre letting it burn itself out. Theres no threat to the people in Silver Spring area right now. No problems driving around weatherwise for the rest of the afternoon and evening rush hour and for tomorrow mornings rush hour as well. Well have dry weather here, just later today a slight chance of a few sprinkles maybe in Southern Maryland, Northern NeckEastern Shore. Temperatures in the 50s. 40s in Shenandoah Valley. Out in the mountains, low 40s. The metro area in the low to mid 50s over the afternoon hours and maybe upper 50s in washington by mid to late afternoon. Thats 10 degrees above the average high this time of year no rain here now. Watching this area of rain southeastern virginia and out in West Virginia, both these areas will be passing south and southeast of us this afternoon and early evening hours. Hillary clinton is in maryland today raising money for her campaign. Clinton will be at a fundraiser at Wayne Rodgers home in owings mills. He is the form er head of the Democratic Party in maryland. People in northwest china are assessing damage from a powerful 4. 0 earthquake. The quake last ford about a minute and a half early this morning. About a half hour later a stronger quick hit near tajikistan. No deaths were reported. Neighbors tell us theyre frustrated as they tried to alert the city of problems at a house that caught fire over the weekend. They say squatters may have been using the home to keep warm. One man tells us he regularly sees people coming and going from that vacant house. Nobody would even acknowledge my calling. We saw people people were coming and using the back area do drugs in. Investigate others do not no how the fire started yesterday morning, but no one was hurt. If you are waiting for a package today, heres why it may take a while. Today is one of fedexs busiest delivery days of the year. They are dealing with more than double the average daily number of deliveries. From now until christmas eve, fedex expects to deliver 317 million packages. Fedex hired 350,000 Seasonal Workers to keep up. It is the season of giving, but that will not stop thieving from stealing off your doorstep. This time of year is prime for the picking. Reporter they have become as brazen as the season is bright. Porch pirates as theyre called, stealing packages outside your front door and with it a bit of holiday cheer. In the video, hes nonchalant, casual, takes it. Reporter 23 million americans have had their packages stolen before they could open them. A number expected to rise this christmas. We got Record Online shopping. Were likely to have record numbers of packages delivered in december. Reporter laura adams at insurancequotes. Com says though homeowners have tried everything from security cameras to security guards, the technique of the thieves has not changed. Unfortunately many thieves are following delivery trucks around and simply waiting and watching for packages to see if theyre received by the owner. Reporter if the owner is gone, soon the package will be, too. The guy has got to get out of his car on my street, compton my property, and take something that belongs to me in broad day light. Reporter which is why experts say this year especially follow the advice of having packages delivered to work, to a neighbor who will be home, or only when youre home. Chris clackum, nbc news. Sales on cybermonday are up 16 this year. A lot of those packages are just now being delivered. So experts warn now is the time to be careful. One of the best known schools in our area gets ready to make a big announcement. Plus why a controversial new airport is in two places at on today Sidwell Friends School will show parents plans for an expansion product. They purchased an assisted living next door to its d. C. Campus. Sidwell wants to move the lower school from bethesda to northwest washington. Tonight the head of school along with the project Development Team will outline plans to parents. That meeting is at 7 00 p. M. On campus. Tw two, one. Astronauts on board the International Space station are getting ready to receives this rocket. It is carrying supplies. Weather problems held up the launch for three straight days. It will arrive later this week. The u. S. And mexico are about to share more than a border. On wednesday an airport will open that straddles the two countries. An Investor Group built a sleep terminal in san diego with atij. Passengers still arriving in t. J. Will have to still cross a land crossing. Working the holidays away . Why more of you could be spending part of the Holiday Season at work and not at home. Ing. Weight watchers is launching an app, new online tools and revamping today. The company says the move is in response to customers who are more interested in good health than dieting. The launch comes after Oprah Winfrey bought a stake in Weight Watchers and it has struggled through four years of declining profits. Right now we have a lot of sunshine, temperatures around 50. Hour by hour later today, by 2 00, much of the region should be in the mid to upper 50s. Then some clouds close in by late this afternoon, back down to the low 50s by 6 00 p. M. Late this evening, chilly, dipping back down into the 40s. Rain passing to the south and east. You can track that on the storm team 4 radar with the nbc washington app. Right now its around norfolk, eastern part of carolina and a few scattered sprinkles in West Virginia that will stay well to the south. The hour by hour timing, 3 00, it may be in parts of the Northern Neck. The furthest north it may get st. Marys county. Other sprinkles in the central southern Shenandoah Valley between 4 00 and 6 00 p. M. After that, breaks up. We have a clearing sky overnight tonight. Turns out many of you plan to ring in the new year by working. We understand. Most of you apparently plan to work the last week of december. A new survey found 59 of people plan on work the week after christmas. Of those working, 79 will be productive. For those of you planning some time off, 60 say youll check in at least once or twice at the office. Can you imagine saying im going to work with, but not be productive . Thats impressive. So many people do work on the actual holiday itself, on thanksgiving, on christmas. We know that well. Millions do that, its not just retail jobs, talking Law Enforcement, healthcare, travel. A lot of hard workers out there. An emotional return to the stage after those attacks in paris. And the big announcement from a former president on his health. Employees of San Bernardino county are going back to work today. May be arriving to the office right now. People who worked at the site of last weeks deadly shooting are still recovering. In San Bernardino, jay gray says some are now ready to talk about what happened. Good morning. We expect to hear from some survivors today of the attack that killed 14, wounded 21 others, that as colleagues return to work for the First Time Since that attack. We are also expecting an update today from the fbi. Telling us more about what is happening in their investigation. Something they characterize at this point as an act of terror. So they continue to look into that. We heard from the president last night who said that the u. S. Will defeat isis, calling on help from those in local communities to watch whats going on, and also calling for stricter gun laws, something he has been doing for the last several months in the wake of several mass shootings. We expect to hear from victims of the attack today and the fbi agents sharing more about their investigation. Im jay gray, nbc news. The president of Liberty University is clarifying his continroversial comments on terrorism. Jerry falwell jr. Said more students should have more carry permits. Falwell also said to end those muslims. He claims those comments were taken out of context. Of course i was referring to what happened just in San Bernardino, to those muslims, not to muslims in general. Im not backing off anything. Im just saying the last part of my sentence was drowned out by cheers and applause. Falwells comments on gun control and terrorism set off a heated debate in the community and online. New information from the trial in baltimore. Officer William Porter is on trial for freddie grays death. He is charged with manslaughter. Gray died of severe spinal injury while in Police Custody in a van earlier this year. Chris gordon tells us a medical examiner testified today saying that porter told the driver of that van that gray needed serious medical help. However the driver did not go to the hospital. The driver is charged with murder and will be tried in a separate case. Concerns over chemicals are prompting action at more than two dozen area schools. Tomorrow Montgomery County officials will be testing for elevating levels of radon in 28 School Buildings that previous tested high for that chemical. Our senses cant detect the presence of radon. Some studies link exposure to los angeles. The Testing Process will play out over the next few months. Right now a lot of sunshine showing up. Our tower camera showing some haze in the air, cloudiness coming in from the west. Thats part of an upper level disturbance coming through. Well have some sunshine through those high clouds. For the afternoon rush hour should not have travel problems as well as into the evening. Heading out to fedex field this evening, looking great. By dawn tomorrow, good weather as well. Dry conditions around the region for tuesday. For the next 12 hours, for the afternoon, beautiful in the upper 50s. Back down to the low 50s by 6 00 p. M. A few clouds coming through by late evening. A chill in the air tonight. When i went this week, they didnt find any cancer at all. I have good news. Incredible news. Former president jimmy carter says he is cancer free. During church in georgia yesterday he announced his mri results came back clean. He will still have go in for treatments and checkups every three weeks. President carter first revealed he was getting treatment for cancer in his brain over the summe summer. Seems like the whole world is in pass. Tonight we are all parisians. 20,000 people cheered as the band u2 paid respects to the victims of the paris attacks. The band played on the east side of paris not far from one of the shooting sites. U2 was in town the night of the attack and postponed two schedule concerts until last night. New today, Kendrick Lamar is the king of the grammys nominations. The rapper leads the pack for the 2016 awards with 11 including album of the year for to pimp a butterfly. Also nominated is taylor swifts 1989. Beauty behind the madness, traveler, and alabama shakes album. Song of the year include alright, blank space, see you again, ed sheerans thinking out loud, and little big towns girl crush all nominated. Five newcomers will face off for best new artist, courtney barnett, james bay, sam hunt, tori kelly and meghan trainor. If you are planning on leaving out milk and cookies for cookie, listen to this. Most people think santa would prefer cash. 47 think they can leave a credit card. 37 say milk and cookies will satisfy him. What could help you spot your uber driver faster. Well tell you about it in 30 cant afford to let heartburn get in the way . Try nexium 24hr, now the 1 selling brand for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection with the new leader in frequent heartburn. Thats nexium level protection. Iits just a cough. Ur cough, youd see how often you cough all day and so would everyone else. New robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to twelve hours. New robitussin 12 hour cough relief. Because its never just a cough. Heres whats trending this midday. Uber says a new feature could guarantee you always get the ride you requested. Its testing spot in seattle. The Washington Post has an article out about it this morning. Heres how spot works. A driver attaches a sort of l. E. D. Wand to their windshield. You choose a color inside the app, while you wait for your ride, the car arrives glowing up either red, yellow, green, et cetera. You hold your phone up and the car should glow the same color. The 2015 person of the year ranges from black lives 5 ivi activists to caitlyn jenner. And you can now buy a barbie hoerni honoring the selma director. Fans love the doll so much that they asked mattel to mass produce it. She is the first africanamerican woman nominated for best picture oscar. Thats whats trending. Back to you. Buyer beware, just in time for the holidays. Mmhmm. Why some of the things you buy online may not exactly be what you think. We have that story coming up. The bargains might be good but the products could be fake. A new survey finds almost one quarter of Online Shoppers have bought something online that turned out to be counterfeit. The products range from Designer Clothing to electronics. If you shop online its usually safer to buy through a familiar retailer. Some of you already tailgating. Fans are getting ready for the redskins big game against the cowboys tonight. If you are planning on going, it starts at 8 30. Metro is staying open an extra half hour for people heading home. There are 16 players on d. C. s injury report. The cowboys have just four, but that includes quarterback tony romo. If the redskins win tonight, theyre all alone in first place. Thats how we want it. If they lose, its a threeway tie. We need some good football weathe weather. Well have some good football. Heres the forecast for the game tonight. Kickoff at 8 30. By then, upper 40s. Clouds coming through. By 10 00, mid 40s. Then back down to the low 40s by the end of the game. We should have a clearing sky, light wind. After we reach the mid 50s, down to the upper 30s by dawn on tuesday. 50s again on wednesday. A warming trend thursday all the way into the weekend. Highs each day generally in the low 60s with morning lows in the 40s. Our next chance of any rain appears to be maybe late next sunday. So, quite a dry pattern here for the next several days. Good time to put up christmas decorations. We may need to find our flipflops. That will do it for news4 midday. Thank you very much for joining us. Were back on the air this afternoon at today on the Meredith Vieira show. President obama address everybody from the oval office about what is on everyones mind. Some say he didnt do enough. And the buffet proof blanket parents can baechlt and popular montgomery and revealing the surprising link in wood wood