Too. Routes in maryland distraction, too. Routes in maryland, you have normal delays. Thank you, beverly. A grand jury decision to clear a new York City Police officer in the death of an unarmed black man who died after being put in a chokehold is being met with strong reactions across the country. From new york city to baltimore, right here in washington, d. C. , protesters took to the streets demanding justice. Nikki burdine is live in the newsroom with more on the local protests. Nikki . Reporter as you can imagine as the decision came down not to indict the Police Officer in new york city, especially just after the ferguson decision, protests erupted across the country. First lets take a look at new york city. Demonstrations in new york, chicago, seattle, st. Louis, and d. C. Took place last night after a grand jury decided not to indict a new York City Police officer. Officer danielle pantaleo in the Daniel Pantaleo. The incident and the death were all caught on camera. The officer released a statement saying he would keep garner and his family in his prayers. Meanwhile garners mother responded to that. Theres nothing that he says or anything else will make me feel any different. No, i dont accept an apology. Reporter correction, that was his wife. Protests have been a common thing the past few days with the grand jury not indicting Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown in missouri. Attorney general eric holder said the Justice Department will conduct a federal civil rights investigation. Thank you. Some disturbing figures are expected to come out about the number of sexual assaults reported by the military service members. The Associated Press reports assaults increased 8 this year. There were more than 5400 assaults reported as of the d of 2014. The wire service says a new survey suggests that victims are becoming far more willing now to report soughts and also seek help rather than they were in years passed. An Anonymous Survey was conducted by the rand corporation. Two are being held without bail accused of raping a 16 yearold girl at A John Hopkins fraternity party. Theyre ages 19 and 20 and both from the baltimore area. They are not hopkins students and they are not members of the take sterns. The men have been linked fraternity. The men have been linked to an attack just a few blocks from campus. Police say this happened early tuesday morning. New details are out this morning about due out this morning about the case of an area substitute teacher charged with sex Crimes Involving students. Jose paneto is accuse pineda is accused of inappropriately touching four students at school. It happened at ridge view and forest oak middle schools in gaithersburg. Pineda subbed at about 20 schools over the last two year. Another substitute teacher in our area is also facing charges this morning in a case involving a 14yearold boy he met online. Christopher fox is a substitute teacher in how water county public schools. He has pleaded guilty to several counts of child pornography possession and child sex abuse. The 14yearold Victim Told Police he thought he was chatting with a 16yearold online. It turned out to be this 36 yearold teacher. Today washington, d. C. Will begin the process of saying goodbye to former mayor and ward 8 councilman marion barry. Starting at 9 00 this morning, his body will lie in repose at the Wilson Building. Delia goncalves is live there with more on the proceedings. Delia, good morning. Reporter good morning, mike, andrea. I just talked to Marion Barrys former press person, spokesperson and she said, its going to abtough day. Im getting very emotional. Its been a really roller coaster ride for her and no doubt today will be very difficult for those who loved marion barry and there are a lot of residents in d. C. Who loved the man and will be here to pay their final respects. His body is expected to rife here at to arrive here at the womenson building at 8 306789 the family will have 8 30. The family will have some private time and the public can begin to pay their respects beginning at 9 00 a. M. Lots of folks did head to the Wilson Building a week or so ago to sign a condolence book they had in the foyer. Lots of folks remembering the 78yearold for his charisma and a commitment to the people, really a champion for the people. Residents of ward 8 say they credit him for giving them jobs. Lots of politicians we talked to over the past few weeks say that he gave them his first break. Now, again, heres a very long list of celebratory events that are happening beginning today obviously here. The body will lie in repose from 9 00 until midnight here at the Wilson Building and again tomorrow morning and then the body will head over to southeast for a Church Service and Community Service. And then to the convention center. Well post all of this on our website in case you missed any of that. You can log on to our website and check out the app for more information. Back to you. Thank you, delia. Again, we want to remind you that Marion Barrys casket will be moved to the temple of praise church in southeast. That will take place at 9 00 tomorrow morning. There will be a music Video Tribute followed by a Community Memorial service there. Then on saturday, thousands are expected to attend a celebration of barrys life at the convention center. A Community Activist a. J. Cooper is also being remembered today. He was hoping to replace Muriel Bowser on the d. C. Council representing ward 4 when she becomes mayor. Shockingly cooper died yesterday after heart attack. He was just 34 years old. His family says he was complaining of chest pains after eating breakfast yesterday at his parents home in northwest d. C. The d. C. Activist just got engaged on thanksgiving, too. Hes the nephew of d. C. Community leader and noted philanthropist peggy cooper. A special election is set for april 28, the same day voters in ward 8 will pick a new representative to fill Marion Barrys term. Protests erupt over the latest nonindictment in the Police Killing of an unarmed black man. This time it is over a chokehold in the death of a new york man. Coming up, a closer look at reaction that is pouring in now from around the country. Well be right back. Some say your health is the luck of the draw. But inovas groundbreaking Genomic Research is working to change that. Were studying the genetic makeup of infants to detect if, when and how disease may occur, so we can learn to tailor the best care for each patient. Providing individualized healthcare. Anticipating and preventing illness thats predictive medicine. Inova. Join the future of health. Were looking pretty good today. Its a cold day but its december. Its supposed to be cold. Well be dry. Thats a key as well. Partly to mostly cloudy. Moresun this morning, more clouds this afternoon. Ill have the sevenday forecast for you in five minutes. Beverly farm he, good morning farmer, good morning. Reporter good morning. A crash trying to get into newington. Northbound between newington and springfield, it was blocking the left lane. Just moved to the Left Shoulder. Delays are coming out of woodbridge. Sky 9 has been checking out the trip on virginia 95. Also the hov lanes another fender bender managed to move over toward the Left Shoulder. Still got to deal with those delays in virginia on 95. Check out the ride for the outer loop of the beltway heading west into Silver Spring past colesville road. The volume here and downtown Silver Spring they are were checking for a crash at colesville and 16th street. Northbound 3015 out of waldorf to brandywine, a crash before the split left side of the roadway. Back to you. Tank you, beverly. Within seconds of the grand jurys decision being announced, social media went crazy with reaction in the eric garner case. Nick giovanni is here with a look at some posts and celebrities across the country all weighing in. Reporter were just now seeing numbers from overnight. They speak volumes. According to the wall street journal more than 69,000 tweets were being sent per hour with the hashtag eric garner. 16,000 per hour read, i cant breathe. A significant traction were oughtorred by celebrity authored by celebrities from across the country. From the moment the grand jurys decision was announced wednesday night in the case of eric garner, everyone from singers and song writers, actors to activists have taken to twitter to voice their take on an officer not being indicted over the chokehold death of garner. Minutes after learning the verdict, grammy Award Winning john legend wrote, i am stunned by the failure to indict eric garners killer. Ellen pompeii crow went with this series of hash tags. I cant breathe. Enough is enough. We are fed up. Wrapper big boy added so much for body cameras. Gabriel union had this Gabrielle Union had this to say. I have no words left. Rip eric garner, rip humanity, rip compassion. May the lord have mercy. Russell simmons called on the department of justice to step n. Attorney general eric holder says he will in fact conduct a federal civil rights investigation. Well continue to follow that. Lets turn our lets turn our focus to something a little lighter. Later today a groundbreaking ceremony will be held at the kennedy center. It marks the start of a multimillion dollar expansion. The lead architects will present their plans for the new areas of the center and Vice President joe biden will join the key donors to deliver some remarks. It is 6 13. Heres another look at our question of the morning. A survey finds 37 of men say theyll continue to do this during the winter months. Is it a, barbecue, b, go without a coat, or c, go golf something. Good morning, tony king, one of our facebook regulars. She says it is b. They are so strong, they dont need a coat le unss the temps are in the minus area. Well have more of your responses and the correct answer i here are some things in the news right now. A newly released video from al qaeda shows an american hostage being held in yemen. Al qaeda is threatening to kill 33yearold luke summers in three days if president obama meet their demands. Summer was kidnapped in the yemeni capital in september 2013. Honda is voluntarily expanding a recall of cars with takata driver side airbags. Takata insists the maker of those airbags at a nationwide recall is not necessary. At a congressional hearing takata executives says the recall should be limited to high humidity areas and that did not sit well with federal safety officials. When it comes to driver side airbags, we have to follow the evidence and the evidence is clear that the problem is not limited to areas of very high absolute humidity. Defective airbags are linked to several deaths in the United States as well as dozens of injuries, too. The Baltimore Ravens are denying allegations made by janay rice, the wife of ray rice. In an interview with nbc, she said the ravens provided her with a script where she would apologize for her role in a domestic dispute with her husband. But a Spokesman Says at no time did the ravens, quote, recommend or suggest to ray or janay that she apologize in any way. People in california are dealing with two days of torrential rains. Major damage has been averted despite the huge amount of rainfall. Flooding brought relief to depleted reservoirs and parched crops but also prompted evacuations. We have a little bit of relief for some ugly, dreary weather but not a whole lot. Its not drizzly. Its not lousy. Its just normal cold for december. So well take that. We do have some clouds around. This morning well see some sun with those clouds and this afternoon the include will thicken up. It will mean not the prettiest day. Our day planner is showing you as we look at our michael son weather camera, showing a little bit of a break in the cloud cover. Sunrise 50 minutes from now coming up there at 7 10 this morning. Setting at 4 46. Some sun mixing with the clouds through midday. Then thicker clouds this afternoon. Highs only in the mid40s. Yesterday we got to 55 late in the afternoon once we burned off a lot of the low clouds. This morning were down in the upper 20s in culpeper and the mountains of westminster. Most spots low to mid30s. La plata is up to 29 with joint base andrews at an even 30 degrees. You see some of the mostly cloudy skies this morning. Boy, thats a pretty shot on our michael son weather camera. Temperature 38 in town. Winds are light, southwesterly at 5 miles an hour. I dont expect a lot of wind today. So these high clouds with us through midday. Theyre going to thicken up late this afternoon. Well look to the west because a little bit of moisture in the tennessee valley, thats going to ride toward us tonight. Some of the potomac highlands could briefly have a wintry mix but doesnt look like anything substantial. Here we are at 10 00 p. M. So d. C. West toward harrisonburg dealing with some of those showers. Youll notice tomorrow morning an isolated shower to the west but looks like most of the shower activity holds off till friday night and saturday. Saturday not the pretty day. 47 today. Tonight a few showers 38. Tomorrow 48 with late showers. Tomorrow night more likely to see showers into saturday. Yellow alert day. Sunday looks better, becoming partly sunny, 50 and still mainly dry on monday. Beverly . 95 virginia, the big sore spot, the longstanding crash between newington and springfield out of the way for northbound 95 drivers. But the delays, first of all the volume delays out of stafford trying to make it out of quantico out of dumfries to woodbridge with a crash in the hov lanes moved to the shoulder. Then the wreck in newington now moved to the Left Shoulder but delays pretty much out of woodbridge headed toward springfield and the crash. Sky 9 had been watching that and the delays. Other trouble spots northbound 301 corridor trying to get out of waldorf into brandywine right before the split. Northbound 5, 301, the crash is in the left lane. Youre already jammed out of pinefield. 270 south thankfully your delays just volume headed into hyattstown. Getting busier in germantown right now as well. Thanks for joining us this morning. Wusa9 news, traffic, weather continue right after this. Its only for a couple nights ok. Yep. Its my parents rules. Baby. Can i help you . No, uhhh i just brought a card. sarcastically for me . Shell love it. Thanks. In the morning. Yep. Welcome back to wusa9 at 6 23. Heres a look at some of the things you may have missed. Two more women claim bill cosby sexually abused them. They were joined yesterday by a third woman who took part in the 2005 lawsuit against cosby which was settled out of court. An attorney for all three women is pushing bill cosby to waive his rights of the statue of limitations defense. Defense. Bigad shaban was there. Reporter the three women were in tears as each revealed how Comedian Bill Cosby allegedly abused her. This woman who didnt want to give her last name claims she was just 17 when cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her. I couldnt open my eyes. I couldnt move or say anything. Reporter beth farrier claimed the actor also drugged her in the mid80s. I woke up in the back of my car alone. My clothes were a mess. My bra was undone. Reporter her accusations were listed in a 2005 lawsuit against cosby. The suit later settled out of court but she said she received nothing. Helen hayes broke her silence after more than 40 years. She said cosby groped her in a Northern California restaurant. He approached me from behind and reached over my shoulder and grabbed my right breast. Reporter attorney gloria alabama read represent Gloria Allred represents all three women. She says the statue of limitations is keeping cosby from facing most ough shes calling on cosby to waive the statue of limitations in order to let a jury and judge weigh in. The 77yearold actor has repeatedly declined to talk about the allegations. His attorneys have previously called the claims of sexual abuse absurd. Bigad shaban, cbs news, los angeles. Cosbys attorneys have not yet commented on the new lawsuits or the new allegation. He has a scheduled weekend perform nantz performance north of new york city. Thats canceled now. Actress upham died october 5 of Blunt Force Injuries. The medical examiner says she suffered Blunt Force Injuries to her head and torso. Americans apparently are watching Less Television and streaming more instead. The finding is a new nielson report. It found americans are watching more shows and movies on on Services Like netflix, hulu and amazon. The survey found that 45 of americans stream tv shows at least once a month. 6 25. You might soon be able to do more than just catch a train at the metro station. The Washington Post reports you might also be able to pick up your groceries as you exit metro. Thats kind of cool. The Transit Agency is negotiating a deal with giant food which would allow its pea pod Delivery Service to set up distribution areas near metro stations. Stops being discussed include glenmont and van dorn street. Starbucks is offering 14 lucky customers a Golden Ticket of sortsz. Free of sorts. Free coffee for life. Ten u. S. Customers as well as three in canada and one in the u. K. Will winch the ultimate starbucks card. The cards are made of 10k arat hammered gold and will have the winners names engraved on them. It entails one food or beverage item for free every day for 30 years. Its worth about 54,000. While i would love free coffee for the next 30 years because its technically winning a prize the winner will have to pay taxes on the total prize annual value. So you have your cutoff point there. Yes. Its 6 27. Lets take a look outside. A little cooler than yesterday but its supposed to be drier as well for most of the day. What a spectacular sunrise this morning. Allyson rae is on the weather terrace with more on what you should expect for later today. That sight is beautiful. We have a gorgeous sky and its cold. No denying that. 34 degrees in arlington. 32 chevy chase. As you head to rockville 33 degrees. Damascus at 34. Germantown still into the 20s. But look at that sky. Well look at it again. Just a few clouds hanging around. Enjoy the sunshine. Well see the clouds roll on this this afternoon as early as 3 00 to 4 00. Well stay into the 40s today. Could even see a stray shower. So mainly just west of the d. C. Area. Most areas will be dry. Howard will be up a little bit layer talking about rain headed our way for the weekend. Now lets go to beverly with traffic. The good news is long standing crash northbound 95 in newington cleared completely. No longer even on the shoulder. Of course the slow traffic is going to remain coming out of dale city on northbound 95. Hov lanes incident just north of the occoquan over on the Left Shoulder. Now we have a crash on 395. Its going to be northbound between duke and seminary. Thats been along the left side of the roadway. Beltway colesville volume for you and northbound 3015, tieup for you is going to be trying to get out of waldorf to brandywine with a crash before the split blocking the left lane. Mike, andrea, back to you. Thank you, beverly. Three days, thats how long washingtonians will have to say goodbye to former mayor and ward 8 Council Member marion barry. Starting at 9 00 this morning, his body will lie in repose at the Wilson Building. Delia goncalves is live at the building in the office he occupied for four terms. Good morning, delia. Reporter thats right. An office in a building he knew very well and those who worked alongside him will pay their final respects. Those who loved the mayor for life they called marion barry will be here and no doubt will be an emotional day for the. Again the body expect for them. Again, the body expected to arrive at 8 30 and the public invited to pay their final respects as the lies in repose beginning at 9 00 a. M. The hopping farewell began when resident the long farewell began when residents came to sign the book of condolence. They are remembering the 78 yearldz for his charisma 778 yearold for his chris 78 yearold for his charisma and commitment to residents. The body will lie in repose from 9 00 a. M. To midnight today and again tomorrow morning before a motorcade over to a church in southeast, thats the temple of praise where there will be another Community Service for the residents of ward 8. Then a final farewell, the city of d. C. Can say goodbye one last time at a d. C. Convention center. That happens on saturday followed by a private burial. I put all the information and the entire schedule on our website so you can check that out and log on to our app for more information. Back to you in the studio. All right, delia. Its on our app. Heres a quick recap of the Funeral Plans for marion barry. His casket will be moved from the Wilson Building to the temple of praise Southeast Church tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. There will be a Video Tribute there followed by a Community Memorial service. Then on saturday thousands are expected to join the celebration of barrys life at the convention center. In other news this morning, the nation is still reacting to the grand jury decision in the eric garner case. The 43yearold died in july after he was put in a chokehold by a new york Police Officer. Under nypd code, chokeholds are unlawful. The fatal encounter was caught on a cell phone camera. The grand jury decided not to indict the white officer involved in garners death. The Justice Department is now looking into whether garners civil rights were violated. This is the second time in as many weeks that a grand jury has decided not to indict a white Police Officer who killed an unarmed black man. The circumstances, though, in the cases are vastly different. [ no audio ] Nikki Burdine is live in our newsroom with more on that. Reporter protesters last night demonstrated in seattle, new york and in d. C. , all upset with the grand jurys decision not to indict a new York City Police officer in the death of eric garner. First, take a look at d. C. Last night. What do we want . Justice. Reporter our cameras captured those protesters as well as upset drs iveras they were blocked in by protesters in dupont circle. D. C. Police stepped in to help and protesters moved on stopping at other parts of the city and the white house. Demonstrators marched in the streets in new york upset there was no indictment for new york Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of eric garner. The officer put him in a chokehold to subdue him during an arrest. It was all caught on camera and garner later died. This on the heels of the decision in ferguson not to indict the officer in the death of Michael Brown. People caught up in the protests last night reacted to us. All these things [indiscernible] im stuck here. I have something to do, too. I care about everything that is going on, but, you know, i have to go i have to be some place right now. Reporter d. C. Police say there were no arhees last night from those protests. They say the demonstrators later moved on to other spots throughout the city. Meanwhile new York City Police are not expecting a repeat of ferguson but the Department Says they are prepared in case there is trouble. The officer does face a departmental review which is standard procedure. And u. S. Attorney general eric holder announced the Justice Department will conduct a federal civil rights investigation. More protests are planned throughout the day here in d. C. Back to you. Nikki, thank you. A rockville woman accused of killing her roommate has a documented history of mental illness. 53yearold Rita Sanders Campfield is being held without bond. She and the victim 67yearold chong park lived together through a program called housing unlimited. It houses people with psychiatric disabilities. A decision is expected on an issue that has caused a storm of controversy, whether to overhaul regulations of abortion providers. Opponents say the current rules are needed to ensure the of women. Abortion rights activists say sorules are too strict and threat ton close many of the states remaining clinics. Emory hospital in atlanta is going to monitor possibly another ebola patient. Its an American Health care worker who may have been exposed to the virus in west africa. Emory treated the first two cases in the United States. Both were americans who contracted the virus while working there. The hospital has successfully treated a total of four ebola patients. The results are in for giving tuesday. Americans gave more. Online charitable donations rose 36 tuesday amounting to more than 26 million. Giving tuesday is meant for giving back after the shopping and deals of black friday and cyber monday. Speaking of cyber monday, it reached another milestone. Americans spending during the Online Shopping holiday jumped 17 to more than 2 billion nationwide making it the biggest Online Shopping day ever and the first to pass the 2 billion mark. In total Online Shoppers have spent 26. 7 billion so far this holiday season. Thats up 16 from this time last year. I think theyre making it up because they have less time to shop for the holiday. Its 6 35. We want to congratulation this mornings wusa9 facebook fan of the day. Shes ruby price of the district. Ruby says, i spent all of my adult life watching wusa9 news in the morning, at noon and in the evening. We love that. Thank you, lubey. Ruby ruby. Ruby wins a pair of tickets to see five guys named moe at arena stage. Its easy to win. Go to our facebook page, fill out the form and attach a photo. Good luck. Well 6 38 this morning. Were about a halfhour till sunrise. This is the time of morning i love so much because the colors, especially when you have broken clouds can be stunning and spectacular. Once again Mother Nature treating us to a show in the east, southeast sky this morning. Beautiful colors. We have broken clouds. Theyll thicken up later on. Temperatures in the 30s this morning and with the clouds thickening up, well limit the sunshine. It will be dry through the day with highs mid40s. Tonight a few showers around. Best channels of that will be west and southwest of washington. Maybe a little mix in parts of the potomac highlands and then as we head into the weekend, more rain is in the forecast. Im tell you which day looks better and which doesnt coming up in about five minutes. Right now beverly and timesaver traffic. Getting busier out there this morning. Northbound side of 3015, ill tell you the good news. The accident in brandywine before the split to go north on 301 toward Upper Marlboro or north on 5 toward jownts base Andrews Joint base andrews, the crash has been moved to the shoulder. Northbound 95 tied up by the crash between newington and springfield. Moved to the shoulder. The lineups out of dale city and Prince William parkway northbound on 95 accident in the backup in the hov lanes is over on the shoulder. 395 crash northbound between seminary over on the Left Shoulder. The focal point of delays coming in from the beltway. Beltway trying to make your way west of college park into sches, its been volume Silver Spring, its been volume slowdowns. Heading into leesburg new crash eastbound on route 7 at white gate place. Southbound 15 theres an accident, too, heading toward lucketz. Police says that lucketts. Police say thats on the shoulder. Thats a look at timesaver traffic. Back to you. Thanks, beverly. The nations hopes of carrying humans to mars are headed for orbit this morning. In just a few minutes at 7 00, the orion spacecraft is said to lift off from cape canaveral, florida. Case Craig Boswell has more. Reporter americas newest sleek ride is headed for the launch pad. Its history in the making. Tomorrow is a giant day. Reporter the orion is the first spaceship since the Apollo Moon Missions more than 40 years ago designed to carry humans into deep space. This time mars is the ultimate destination. Weather permitting the orion will launch from cape a canaveral thursday morning for its first test flight. We havent had this feeling in a while since the end of the Shuttle Program launching an american spacecraft from american soil beginning something new. Reporter the test flight will not carry a crew so the mission team can see if everything works without worrying about loss of life. The entire flight will last just four and a half hours. In that time, nasa will evaluate the orion systems, everything from the parachutes to the heat shield. After soaring to an orbit 3600 miles above earth, the capsule will descend through temperatures nearing 4,000 degrees fahrenheit before splashing down off the coast of san diego. Nasas administrator says the mission is building on the apollo legacy. Whether Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon and came back, he admitted theres another play to go and thats mars. Reporter nasa expects that to happen sometime after the year 2030 at which point the agency hopes to turn Science Fiction into fact. Craig boswell, cbs news, cape canaveral, florida. Hefty price tag comes with this mornings launch. Its estimated to cost about 370 million. Thats it . Thats it. The orions next test is not expected before 2018. The Virginia Space Flight Authority says repairs to the launch pad at Wallops Island will take up to a year and could cost as much as 20 million. The damage happened when an unmanned rocket exploded during takeoff october 28. The commercial flight was headed to the International Space station with supplies. 6 42. Time to answer the question of the morning. Here it is again. 37 of men say theyll continue to do this during the winter months. Is it a, barbecue, b, go without a coat, or c, go golfing. Good morning, terry moen. You wouldnt find me outside doing a barbecue. I am going with a this morning. Youre right. The answer is a, a barbecue. Time to see what our partners are covering this morning at cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is in new york this morning to tell us all about that. Good morning, norah. Hey, good morning you to mike and andrea. Ahead, thousands protested a grand jurys decision not to indict new york Police Officer involved in the chokehold death of eric garner. Garners family is going to join us in studio 57 with more on the protest theyre planning in d. C. On december 13. Only on cbs this morning designer christian louboutini will take us around his studio and reveal the story behind those iconic red soles. I dont want to speak for my husband but i think he would barbecue probably outside still in the cold. They love barbecue year round. Have in just a few days lawmakers on capitol hill will leave for the christmas break. Virginia senator jim kaine joins us in the studio. Welcome. The biggest concern about isis, weve read in recent reports is the ambiguity of whats going to happen s. That your biggest concern . Isis dispose a very serious threat. The beheadings, the humanitarian violations, persecution of religious authorities. The president began a war on isis on the 8th of august. Congress still has not debated or voted whether we should be in the war. I support the president S Military Mission against isis but the president should have sent an thorpeization for it to authorization for it to congress. We should be debating and voting on it. I cant imagine why we would adjourn and go home for the holidays when we have men and women risking their lives. Three have already died in support of the operation. Congress isnt even having a debate and vote. Im doing all i can to Push Congress to have a debate before we adjourn for the holidays. You introduced a law talking about unleashing military force against isis, but you are not for putting boots on the ground. Right. What would this look like . I introduced a resolution in september basically saying lets do four things. The four things are what the president said. Humanitarian relief to refugees. Thats easy. We all agree on that. Air strike campaign. Were engaged in that right now with coalition partners. I visited the air budget in cutter where the air strikes are being organized in october. Counterterrorism operations necessary to take out ice sis leadership and supporting ground forces, the regional ground forces, the iraqi army, moderate opposition elements in syria. But just as the president told the American Public on the night of september 10, theres no a. U. S. Ground troops no amount of u. S. Ground troops that can battle extremism that wont battle its own extremism. If theyll stand up to t we ought to support them. The u. S. Ground troops are not going to beat extremism in a region that wont police itself. Speaker boehner said look, we need boots on the ground. Air strikes arent going to be much. What does the leadership on your side of the aisle say. Senator rild is saying look were senator reid is saying look were going to hold off till january . Why i dont know why the white house hasnt sent an authorization for it. In the past when a president says were going to warks that always means a to war, that always means an authorization is sent to congress. The constitution says its up to congress to declare war. You cant be in a war without a declaration of congress. So were going theres a couple of different options. We have a Foreign Relations Committee Meeting today where were going to bring this up. We could forward it to the floor an authorization. We could attach an authorization to another piece of legislation. Were going to have a vote next week on the defense authorizing bill and also on the budget. Theres a number of different options. Bottom line, we shouldnt leave, adjourn and go home on this without taking our responsibility seriously. Senator tim kaine, thank you very much for being here with us. Absolutely. You think Ashton Carter will be approved as the next yes, i do think he will be approved. Happy holidays to you. And to you. Lets go to howard with the forecast. A beautiful looking morning, everybody. Check this out. Some clouds out there. A lot of breaks in the clouds. High thin clouds through midday. Some sun. Chilly, though. 43 at noon. On our way only to the mid40s today. Clouds thicken up. We could even see a few showers in spots tonight, mainly west of d. C. A few in the upper 20s like culpeper right now, westminster 2. 2 in la plate ta. A lot of folks in the la plata. A lot of folks in the low to mid30s. A pretty morning nonetheless. Right now 38 at national. Light westerly winds. No too much of a windchill. You can see the satellite radar shows the clouds west to east. We have some showers moving toward the tennessee and ohio valley from st. Louis and indianapolis. Thats the shower threat for tonight. As we get into the weekend, though, the shower threat goes late tomorrow, especially west of the blue ridge, but saturday its likely getting to be a wet day across the region. 47 today, chilly. More clouds this afternoon than this morning. Tonight 38. A few showers. Mostly west of us. Potomac highlands might get a wintry mix for a little while. Tomorrow well see clouds and upper 40s. A late shower west of the blue ridge. So if your travels take you out west in western maryland, shenandoah valley, likely seeing some showers. Everybody looks wet on saturday with a high in low 50s, yellow alert day. Better on sunday and still okay monday and tuesday. Beverly . Were trying to recover virginia 95. The wreck we had in newington, one in the mof lanes in wood bridge hov lanes in woodbridge did the damage. On 395 there had been a crash at seminary road. Thats been cleared from the roadway but the northbound 3 5 delays pretty much leaving the beltway 395 delays pretty much leaving the beltway. A brand new crash southbound on 270 at montrose road. Initially tying up the left side of the roadway. Now were just getting word after crash on the outer loop between New Hampshire avenue and university boulevard in Silver Spring. Police and fire rescue on the way to that more timesaver traffic, news, weather, join meeting this morning, wusa9. Well be right back. Welcome back to wusa9. It is 6 55. Mark your calendars if youre a nats fan. Theyre holding nats fest saturday, december 13 from 11 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. At the d. C. Convention center. More than 20 nationals players and Team Personnel are all expected to attend. There will be Photo Opportunities with the players anded team mascots which is and the team mascots which is a lot of fun and special games for children. Its officially the Christmas Season here in the nations capital. This afternoon celebrities will join the first family on the ellipse for the lighting of the National Christmas tree. Actor tom hanks and his wife, actress rita wilson, will serve as hosts for this event. President obama will light the tree right around 5 45. Its a star studded event. Performers will include Patti Labelle and neyo. Thage lighting started in 1923 with president calvin coolidge. Were looking at clouds thickening up. Nice skies this morning but a chilly day with highs in the mid40s. A few upper 40s. Tomorrow even tonight we have a chance of a shower. Tomorrow late showers west. Then showers everywhere saturday, 52. But better looking on sunday. Southbound side of 270 a crash trying to make your way toward montrose road. That is blocking the left side of the roadway so jammed up leaving rockville to head south on 270. Outer loop crash between New Hampshire and University Just reported. 95 and 395, still trying to recover from an earlier incident getting past seminary road. Orion is a no go. Were very disappointed. Cbs this morning is next with a discussion about the red soles which have graced the red carpets around the globe. Ive got mine on but theyre not so fancy. Cbs is going to speak with the world designer christian louboutini. Well be back in 25 minutes to update your weather and traffic. For news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day. Get it on our wusa9 app. Have a great day, everybody. Goodbye. Make the most of your weekend before its gone. Be a weekender and book your stay at hampton. Good morning. It is thursday december 4th 2014. Welcome to cbs this morning. Fury and frustration. 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