Approaching storm system that will bring us showers and then much colder air arrives. Good evening. Im jan jeffcoat. And im debra alfarone. Eloquent, unwavering is how many will remember former three term new york governor mario cuomo who died at age 82 tonight. Reporter he was new yorks liberal lion, the states longest serving democratic governor in modern history, but mario cuomo came from humble beginnings, the son of poor italian immigrants. He had hopes of a baseball career but gave it up after one season in the minor leagues. He headed instead to st. Johns law school where he graduated at the top of his class. He and his wife matilda had five children before he launched his political career losing to ed koch in new yorks 1997 mayoral primary. And i will faithfully perform the duties of office. Reporter he was elected governor in 1983 and served three terms balancing 12 consecutive budgets and leading new york through two recessions. Cuomo emerged on the National Stage in 1984 at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco delivering the keynote address. He highlighted the failures of the reagan presidency. There is despair, mr. President , in the faces that you dont see, in the places that you dont visit in your shining city. Reporter cuomo liked to as he put it campaign in poetry and his eloquence earned him a reputation as one of the democratic partys most respected thinker. Peace is better than war because life is better than death. Reporter as a Roman Catholic he was personally opposed to abortion but supported a womans right to choose and he was against the Death Penalty which became a major focus of the 1994 race where he lost to republican george pataki. Ive surely made mistakes as governor, but im as proud as i can be of what we have accomplished together. Reporter he agonized for years over whether to run for president , a hesitation that led to the nickname ham licked on the hudson. He said he opted out because he never believed he was the most qualified candidate. After leaving the Governors Mansion cuomo headed into private practice, but 16 years later he was back in albany to see his son andrew sworn in as governor. He looked frail at the 2014 election and days later entered the hospital with a heart condition but first he celebrated his sons reelection where the younger cuomo declared him the father of the modern democratic party. Marley hall, cbs news, new york. Tonight president obama offered his condolences and called cuomo an unflinching voice for tolerance, fairness and opportunity. An air France Flight on its way to dulles made an Emergency Landing today. The full flight was diverted to montreal after reports of smoke in the business section. Some passengers say the smoke was coming from a seat or tv monitor. There were no reports of any injuries and tonight that plane is returning to d. C. D. C. s mayor vincent gray leaves office tomorrow amid scandal in his administration going to hand over the helm to incoming mayor democrat Muriel Bowser. Our jim osman is live at the Convention Center where she will be sworn in. What are the expectations for bowser . Reporter there are High Expectations indeed. Good evening. Muriel bowser will become d. C. s seventh elected mayor. There is a lot of hope. The question is what will the change mean . Ladies and gentlemen, once again put your hands together for the next mayor of washington d. C. , Muriel Bowser reporter Muriel Bowser takes over for mayor vincent gray in farther because d. C. Voters wanted to move past a scandal marred gray administration. Bowser presents a fresh new face, but her ascension includes appointing officials from d. C. s past including allies to former mayor adrian fenty. She may have changes included to the School Boundary plan drafted by mayor gray implemented in 2015 barring major shifts from bowser. You dont think she should pull up the carpet right to use an old phrase . No. Were Ebony Rose Thompson helped reporter Ebony Rose Thompson helped draft mayor grays School Boundaries plan, boundaries which havent changed in decades. Those boundaries are older than i am, so i think it should be visited five years, maybe 10 years from now. Reporter thompson served on bowsers Transition Committee and helps the new mayor make minor tweaks to the boundary plan, yet tomorrow wont be for that. It will be forebearser to reflect for bowser to reflect, take the oath and party. Bowser is aware voters have High Expectations of her administration. They want to have a government that is efficient, honest and ethical and that delivers for them. Reporter shes got a lot of work lady and has the ear of a city ahead and has the ear of a city waiting. I think most people are open. I think that were all looking to see what she has to say. Reporter Muriel Bowser beat mayor gray in the democratic primary and beat two independent candidates in the general election. Of course, count on us for the most complete coverage tomorrow. Reporting live from downtown d. C. Jim osman, wusa9 news. In honoring a fallen cyclist hundreds of bikers and residents gathered for a tribute to thomas palermo, an avid cyclist struck and killed in baltimore last week. Police say local Episcopal ChurchBishop Heather cook was at the wheel. At least 700 bikers participated in a memorial ride to remember palermo. Many of them never met the victim, but all were touched by this tragedy. This feels personal. It could have been any of us and i didnt know him, but i feel this has an element of shock. Fellow cyclists organized a 3mile ride followed by a vigil meant to send a message about respecting their rights to share the road with cars. The crash does remain under investigation and so far no charges have been filed against bishop cook. Westfield wheaton Shopping Mall dozens of demonstrators staged a diein to call attention to acts of alleged police brutality. They filed through the mall, some holding up their hands, others carrying signs that read black lives matter. Organizers had given mall management notice. Police say a Splinter Group was disturbing the peace using a megaphone. Streetcar projects in the area had a rough year in 2014. In the district the projects saw setback after setback. In arlington the county council decided to ditch that plan altogether. So now what . Thats what we are asking mola lenghi and thats what hes asking tonight. We find him on columbia pike in arlington where that streetcar route was planned. Reporter you asked it, now what . What is plan b . That is the question for Arlington County. The columbia streetcar project was scrapped, but there is still an obvious need here. Arlington streetcars were recently derailed. The project might be gone, but the demand for new transportation is still here. Right now the burden is on the opponents to provide plan b, to show us how we can significantly expand transit in the corridor and make it work. The biggest problem was cost. Reporter opponents like bob dunfy say bus Rapid Transit brt is the way forward. Its to return to a superior level of bus service that we havent really seen in this era. Its faster, more reliable and it will deliver really all of the same services that streetcar would have done and meet the needs of the cars. Reporter dunnfy says brt would be efficient by doing away with fare cars or on bus payments. Customers would utilize off bus fare payments. To avoid traffic delays and frequent stopping bus drivers could safely override traffic lights and current bus stops would be consolidated. The virginia d. O. T. Refused to convert an existing columbia pike traffic lane into a dedicated transit lane made just for buses. Without a dedicated lane you cant do bus Rapid Transit. So what do we do without a bus dedicated lane to move people through the corridor . Reporter what do you do . Thats why i think the option of the streetcar might come back. It was about a different way to grow. Its transit and transit oriented communities. Reporter while schwartz says its about smart growth, dunnfy says its about a smart ride. It turns out it moves about the same speed as a bus and functions about the same speed as a bus, so it might as well be a bus. Reporter obviously the project has been scrapped, but in speaking to some Arlington CountyCouncil Members who oppose project, they do admit that it might one day get new life. Live in Arlington County im mola lenghi for wusa9. The sun we have saw today is not going to be sticking around. Clouds are moving in and so is the rain just in time for the weekend, erica. Thats right. But then behind that rain will come much colder temperatures. Right now its 40 degrees in Downtown Washington which is not that bad. You see some 20s on the map up into the great lakes region, but as we head out west, look at these temperatures. Its 16 now in salt lake city, phoenix 41, only 50 in l. A. , 10 in boise now, albuquerque 18 degrees, some of that colder air going to advance toward us heading into next workweek, but before then a storm system that is kind of hard to see right now because the map is showing a stark contrast in temperatures during the day, but then as we head into the evening, that contrast kind of diminishes a little bit, but this is where our next area of low pressure is making its way toward from. Its the southern stream storm. That will head toward us as we head into the weekend. So that rain moves in and it will just be rain in the immediate metro, but icy spots are likely in the mountains. As we head through the rest of the weekend, the rain continues, so unfortunately not the best weather to be outside this weekend. Well track the approaching rain with 9 futurecast and also look at that arctic blast on the way in the first alert sevenday, back to you. The flu is getting a pass start on 2015. Its now widespread in 36 states much earlier than in years past. At least 15 children have died so far. 1 reason . Scientists discovered the most common strain of the flu virus mutated soon after this years flu vaccine was produced, so its only effective 1 3 of the time. Hospitalizations for the flu are double what they were this time last year. A white house bid by jeb bush looks more likely. Bush has resigned from all his board memberships for both nonprofit and business. The former Florida Governor does remain a partner in jeb bush and associates, a consulting company. Last month bush announced his intentions to actively explore a run for the white house. He is the son of one president , the brother of another and is seen currently as an early favorite of the republican party. The wife of a Georgia Police cliff is in Critical Condition tonight after chief is in Critical Condition tonight after being shot if i her husband. Chief William Mccollom call 911 this morning to say he accidentally shot his wife twice with a service weapon. The first victim from air asia flight 8501 to be positively identified and returned to family members was laid to rest today. More bodies from the flight were returned to indonesia for identification. Searchers have now recovered nine of the 162 people on board. Singapores navy sent in an unmanned underwater vehicle capable of surveying the seabed to try and help pinpoint the wreckage and those black boxes. As if gm didnt have enough trouble, more cars are being recalled. Find out if your car is on the list. And meet the new babies of the new year. More recall trouble for gm. The automaker is now recalling 92,000 trucks and suvs because of a defect in the ignition lock system. If the ignition is stuck in start, it can suddenly snap back into the accessory position. That can knock out the engine, braking and steering. Youll find a full list of the recalled vehicles on the wusa9 app. A new year means new lives. So meet some of the first babies of 2015. At shady grove adventist hospital. Its really surreal right now. Reporter meet krista and joshua kaiser. Micah, hes big. 10 pounds. Were thinking he would come on new years eve or he would come faster, but it took him a lot longer to get down there because hes pretty big. Honestly i didnt even realize he was the first baby. We know hes born after new years, but you dont realize how close is he and one of the nurses came in and brought us a really nice gift basket. The baby nurses all gathered together and theyre like you have the first baby and were like yeah, its new years, completely forgot. Reporter and in the district another first. Nice yawn, buddy. Reporter meet sawyer, 7 poundpounds 14 ounces 7 pounds, 14 ounces. So whats in a name . Plenty. The popular baby name website has the hottest trends of 2015, first the big picture defining names topped the list like royal, titan and rogue. Popular name endings for girls, bella like arabella and isabelle ett for boys like everett and alexis, courtney and tracy are now all for him. Names inspired by the south are hitting it big, months like june or august and Southern States like georgia and foodies,ed trendiest new food name goes to cale. Always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. Ill have a 2015 baby. Im not going to talk about any names right now. Nice timing. Its not kale . Maybe. I dont know. Cauliflower, broccoli. I dont know. Broccoli is a winner. Well see a slight milder trend as we head into the end of this workweek. I know for a lot of people it wasnt a workweek, but the weekend unfortunately is going to be a little bit wet and messy. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam. Oh, actually we have 9 futurecast. We dont want to skip righto that. Temperatures now are very variable depending on what part of the metro area you live in. Were at about 40 degrees downtown in d. C. , but here we go with the michael and son weather cam looking at Reagan National airport, 40 degrees downtown in d. C. , but some spots have already dipped into the 20s, not just the 30s, but the 20s. We just have a light breeze out of the southwest now at 6 miles per hour. In our weather headlines, a few clouds. Were still dry overnight tonight and seasonably cold tonight, seasonably chilly tomorrow, still looking at a dry day, less sunshine, though. That cloud cover is going to increase during the day on friday. The rain doesnt arrive in the metro until saturday, though. Youll see it on 9 futurecast. More showers will arrive on sunday and sunday is the mildest day in our first alert sevenday. As you can see here on satellite and radar plenty of cloud cover arriving and it will take a while before that shower activity fully moves into the metro area. On 9 futurecast this is tomorrow at noon still looking at spotty cloud cover and temperatures popped into the 40s for just about everybody. Tomorrow will be a little bit milder than average, but the leading edge of rain moves two us before sunrise saturday, plenty of clouds in place, but showers have started to move toward the metro. Most of the rain doesnt arrive until around 9, though. You can see those scattered showers pushing through right around the lunchtime hour on saturday. I want you also to notice theres some pink showing up in the mountains every once in a while. Temperatures will be at or below freezing in the mountains as that initial rainfall arrives. That means we could see freezing rain in the mountains but not in the immediate metro area. The cold front arrives as we head into sunday, maybe a rumble of thunder. Overnight becoming partly cloudy, 22 to 30 for your overnight lows. So it will be seasonably cold tomorrow and in morning still in the 20s and 30s with partly cloudy skies, High Temperature between 45 and 50, west winds 5 to 10 miles per hour, so not looking at that wind chill like during the day thursday. Over the next three days saturday i might have to upgrade to a yellow alert, scattered showers moving through. Sunday milder with more showers and a high of 55 and in the first alert sevenday forecast that cold air arrives just in time for the workweek. Look at that, guys. Temperatures in the 30s for highs all of next workweek. Its mostly dry, but it is going to be bone chilling cold compared to that 55 well have on sunday. Get ready to bundle up. Hope it will warm up before the big polar vortex type temperature comes. Its a banned word now. I know. Winter classic, Beautiful Day for it even though it was a little chilly. The winter classic a success this afternoon in d. C. , hear from the guys about their big win coming up plus plenty of yes . Shed like to speak at the conference. Fresh thinking is kinda my thing. I designed this chaise at havertys. What are you presenting . My ideas on design and personal style. This is a conference for visionaries. Thats her. Innovators. Thats me. Oh. Youll fit right in with the nobel prize winners. Thats what i was saying. A new year deserves a new look with everything on sale at havertys. Plus enjoy 36month, no interest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. Now wusa9 game on sports with Kristen Berset brought to you by xfinity. The Washington Capitals got the 2015 year and d. C. Sports started off on the right foot on a Beautiful Day in the national spotlight. The capitals dug in their skates and fought till the very end beating one of the best teams in the nhl. One of the coolest moments, one the players like the most, is emerging from the miniature replica from the Capitol Building onto the reflecting pool. Caps took an early lead, but the Chicago Blackhawks tied it up in the 2nd period. With seconds left in the game the caps fought to pull out a victory, troy brouwer playing against his former team notches the go ahead goal to give the caps the 32 victory. The entire lead up to this has been a lot of fun and the finish couldnt have worked out any better for us as a team and me personally. In the past if we have a two goal lead and we lose it, sometime we would wilt and i didnt see any of that. I didnt feel any lack of confidence from anyone on the team and i thought we were the better team today and we does everybodied the two points. The n we deserved the two points. The nfl playoffs begins this weekend starting in the steel city for the ravens against their hated rival. The ravens and steelers have met three times in the post season, all the heinz field all won by pittsburgh. The ravens want to change that. In the regular season both games were won by 20 points, but the last outing sticks in their mind, Ben Roethlisberger having a career night torching the ravens for six touchdowns. That has kept trash talking to a minimum this time around. Well, its a little bit more attention to detail because if you think about it, you are only as good as your last game and the last game they kind of got one up on us so to say. But hey round 3. The first ever College Football semifinal games provided plenty of excitement and water cooler conversation. The top four teams in the country in a playoff to see who will compete in the national championship. The first game, a matchup of two Heisman Trophy winners including one of the most polarizing in College Football. Theyre not having a good night, Florida State versus oregon. The ducks took advantage of a plethora of Florida State mistakes. The ducks scored six straight time in the 2nd half blowing the door wide open. Fsu scored once in the 2nd half turning the ball over a season high five times. Oregon wins 5920, the highest number of points ever scored in the rose bowl. Ohio state and top seeded alabama in the sugar bowl, alabama scored temperatures early on, 1st quarter all alabama. Off the play action cooper and 146. The divide receiver with a pass to another receiver, Michael Thomas wide receive are with a pass to another receiver, great pass. Ohio state up 2721, that game ongoing. Robert griffin, iii checking out his alma mater today baylor taking on Michigan State in the cotton bowl. Check out this touchdown pass. Look at the big boy, 390 pounds backup guard wide open for the touchdown, puts the bears up by 20 points. Michigan state who has a habit of coming back in bowl games did it again and scored 21 unanswered points. They win the cot top bowl 42 cotton bowl, 4221. Im really rooting for urban meyer, though. Its hard. Im from florida and hes a former coach, but then its alabama, so i dont know who to root for. Florida the Holiday Season is here, which means its time for the volkswagen signthendrive event. For practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a germanengineered volkswagen. Like the sporty, advanced new jetta. And the 2015 motor trend car of the year allnew golf. If youre wishing for a new volkswagen this season. Just about all you need is a finely tuned. Pen. Hurry in to the sign then drive event and get a fivehundred dollar new years bonus on select new volkswagen models. Offer ends january 2nd. Its the time of year for making lists. At chevrolet, weve made it onto a few lists ourselves. In fact this year, weve been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. Now during the chevy year end event put us on yours. Choose a cruze in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. Thats over four thousand two hundred fifty dollars on this cruze lt. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. So a bit of a warmup before a wet weekend. Right. Temperatures will be in the 50s sunday but then 30s for your High Temperatures during the workweek. Thats wusa9 band playing late show theme from the World Headquarters of cbs television, throughout the solar system and beyond, its the late show with David Letterman. Tonight. Plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. Im alan kalter. And now, intergalactic lothario, David Letterman captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs