I was actually about to say the same thing. Why dont you go first . Okay. Um. All right. I dont think i realized, um. How bad i was feeling about myself after the breakup with jareth. But. With you, i, um. I feel like myself again. So. Whatever this is or isnt, oror. Will be, i just wanted. I just wanted to thank you. Okay. Your turn. It can wait. indistinct chatter is it time . No. We still have a few minutes. But i have some news. Im afraid to ask. President sharza accepted the terms offered by the taliban, and the u. S. Has backed the deal. The military operation is officially off the table for now. And how soon before you pull your troops out and leave us to our fate . Theres a threeyear plan to make sure that the taliban hold up their end of the agreement. We wont leave if they dont. Youll have a revised constitution of moderate islamic rule. Women will still be educated, they can work, vote, control their own finances, but there is one point we couldnt move them on. Nt positions. At least. Not yet. Of course. Its a place to start. Please dont sell me on this right now. I suppose this is my last speech as minister of education. whispers uh, excuse me, madam secretary. Were ready for you. Woman and now, to introduce our keynote speaker, we bring you a very special guest and an inspiration to women everywhere. Please welcome to the women transform the world conference, secretary of state elizabeth mccord. applause continues thats you, madam secretary. Go. audience cheering i meet a lot of survivors in my work, people who have seen some of the worst this world has to offer, and the quality they all share is the ability to believe in the coming day even in the bleakest dawn. Amina salah has seen many bleak new dawns in her country, through a violent revolution, communism, soviet occupation and a brutal civil war. She had an opportunity to escape before the taliban came to power, but she stayed, earning a bachelors and then a law degree from kabul university. And as she watched a generation of girls denied access to a basic education, amina dedicated her life to giving them the same opportunity she had. In her tenure as afghanistans minister of education, shes worked tirelessly to give faith to a new generation of girls that a new day is coming, one that may feel bleak and cold now, but will one day be warm and broad and include everyone under the sun. Im reminded of a quote from one of our own keepers of the faith, susan b. Anthony. We shall someday be heeded, and everybody will think it was always so, just exactly as many young people today think all the privileges which woman now possesses always were hers. They have no idea how every single inch of ground she stands on has been gained by the hard work of some little handful of women in the past. Or, in our case, the present. Please welcome afghan minister of education and my dear friend, amina salah. applause captioning sponsored by cbs and toyota. Captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org hmmm. give a little bit give a little bit hello. Of your love to me heehee haha theres so much that we need to share so send a smile all whooo and show that you care give a little bit of my love to you and show that you care this man right here was like family at the bethesda restaurant where he worked and police say he was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Hello. Im debra alfarone. Everyone who worked at the oakville grille wine bar in bethesda is in mourning. Our Stephanie Ramirez tells us how that 56yearold man killed in last nights crash on Rockville Pike left his mark on their hearts. Reporter debra, i can tell you here the oakville grille wine bar his colleagues are absolutely still in shock. They had no idea yesterday would be the last day theyd see ross redler walk through this door. Hes been here about 2 1 2 years. Reporter for them it feels like like its not even real. Reporter Margaret Dempsey said they work so close together here theyre like a family. So much so that last week on the first day of hanukkah he is jewish he asked all of us to come and pray with him. He helped whenever he could help. He did whatever help people. A very talented musician, pianist. Reporter the man colleagues loved was killed late saturday by a dui driver according to police. Officers say redler was on a motor scooter going southbound on Rockville Pike when a 24 yearold in a bmw was trying to turn left in the opposite direction. The two collided. Police then say the 24yearold fled on foot. Officers tell us the 24year old is mark andrade, a younger driver who on maryland case search has a recent history of traffic violations, two, for hitting excessive speeds. Theres no reason for not calling a attack or using some other way to get home. Reporter redler said dempsey had left earlier yesterday, not sure if he stopped to run a errand, but he was close to home. Of course, my deepest sympathies for the family. Reporter his colleagues here tell me they believe redler leaves behind a wife and stepdaughter. In Montgomery County, stephanie so incredibly sad. Andrade faces a dui charge and police are consulting with the Montgomery CountyStates Attorneys Office about more potential charges. His family wouldnt talk because of the investigation. Were learning more tonight about the shooting in southeast washington we reported on last night. That sent a toddler to the hospital. Tonight d. C. Police say it appears children were playing with a gun when it accidentally went off. The little girl was shot in the leg saturday afternoon inside an Apartment Building on pomeroy place southeast near suitland parkway. She was taken to the hospital where doctors say she is expected to be okay. Power outage at busy atlantas heart field Jackson Airport shut hartfield Jackson Airport shut the airport down leaving hundreds of passengers in the dark. The power outage started this afternoon and it may have been due to at this hour power has been returned to one concourse and utility crews are hopeful theyll get electricity restored to the rest of the airport in maybe the next half hour. Flights and travelers across the country were impacted including those here in the washington area. I was standing in a tsa line. So i was halfway through and i didnt make it yet, but they turned off the lights. A few times they went off. Finally they completely shut off. Theres not a backup system or something to put in place . I mean you would think in a big airport like this there would be something thats a backup. You know with all the terrorism thats been going on around the world, it kind of occurred to me that Something Like that was going on, everything shut down. We got out of our uber and a gal said take your time. All the power is out. An airport spokesperson said some flights were diverted to other airports, but the power outage impacted all scheduled incoming and departing flights out of atlanta. Lets turn to our weather now because looking like tuesday, that might be the here to explain, first alert meteorologist howard bernstein. Are you scheduled tuesday . I am off tuesday actually. No, its not going to be. If you have a day to burn before the end of the year, a lose it or lose it type situation, tuesday will be great. In fact, tomorrow looks pretty good, too. A couple light sprinkles have come through this afternoon and evening, but as we look at it on first alert doppler, theres not much there. Im not sure its reaching the ground. This will pull away. Well see skies go partly cloudy looking at futurecast overnight in toward monday morning with lows in the 30s mostly, might even hold above 40 in town. It depends if we can clear out or not. Im thinking upper 30s for the lows for most of us. Monday looks better. Well see more sunshine than today. Even by 11 30 were talking mid to upper 40s in most spots with highs mid50s, some low 50s hanging out across northern maryland, upper shenandoah valley, but mid50s to few upper 50s south. Going into tuesday it looks even milder here. Our average high is now around 46. Well be there Tuesday Morning early as temperatures tuesday rise upper 50s, if not low 60s. Thats why im saying tuesday if you can play hooky or take it off legitimately, do it. Well come back in a few minutes, talk about the rest of the week and what im thinking about christmas as well. Looking at your monday tonight, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are making last ditch pitches as a tax cut vote approaches. Republicans are saying theres no downside to the plan to decrease personal taxes and shrink the Corporate Tax rate, but democrats and independents point out the tax breaks that benefit the middle class will expire in 2025. This is something thats designed to be able to energize the economy. It should work. This is good news for the american people. Were going to get the economy roaring back agai because the benefits for the middle class are temporary while the Corporate Benefits are permanent. At the end of the decade over half of the middle class will be paying more in taxes. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said he has no doubt the gop led congress will pass the bill this week. Most americans will see their takehome pay grow by early next year. The house is expected to vote first, followed by the senate and the bill could be on the president s desk by the end of the year. Republican senator john mccain will not participate in that Crucial Senate vote on the gop tax package. According to mccains office, the 81yearold senator will undergo physical therapy and rehabilitation at mayo clinic in arizona after being treated several days at Walter Reed National military Medical Center in maryland. Mccain was treated at walter reed for a viral infection. He was already undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer. Check out. In arizona robbers driving their car through the front window into a game stop, yeah. Once inside they started grabbing items. Police say thats when the suspects were confronted by a group of people who tried to stop them. One man was assaulted by the robbers before they took off. At this point we dont know whether the people who tried to stop that crime worked at the store. I love this story. Saving veterans lives and saving shelter dogs, it is a win win and we want you to hear one veterans heartfelt story, but first that veteran was honored tonight and i want you to take a listen. And ever ever praise me hes come at last hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. What if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. Its been reported that 20 veterans take their lives every day and every year hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs are put to sleep. So a new program is matching veterans who need help with shelter dogs who become their service dogs. Its from american humane and tonight many people celebrated americas vets and pets in a special reception, but i want to give you an inside look of a story of a marine corps specialist and a dog he says saved his life. I coped with it myself. I went down a long spiral over the six years after i got out of the marine corps, while i was in the army, did a lot of drinking, a lot of anger issues with no help from anybody to get me through it. It ruined my family type thing, marriage, divorce, everything like that. Reporter it was one of the darkest days in american hist gerula to sign up for the marine corps. He went straight to iraq. We were getting hit 20, 30 times a day with rockets, ieds, indirect fire. Reporter gerula says he suffers from a traumatic brain injury and ptsd. He told me it was tough to get help. He wanted a service dog, but the wait and the cost was too much. Then came a program from american humane called shelter to service. Oliver. Give me a hug. Give me a hug. Good boy, good boy. Thats how john got oliver. The pup was in a high kill shelter. John says they saved each others lives. There are thousands of veterans that dont have the assistance that im getting right now. 22 veterans kill themselves a day by suicide because they arent getting the help they need. If american humane can give 20 of them veterans that arent going to commit suicide. The program doesnt cost a veteran anything. American humane payments for it. They rely on donations. If you want to support our vets and our pets, well have a link on our website. Always watching, always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. Quite a pleasure yesterday. You said howard, you got to come in and meet this dog. That dog was great, rubbing anywhere, kissing. That dog was such a sweet, sweet animal, so well behaved, came into the studio and i think we all were just like wow, play with the dog and whatnot. Good job. Hey, you felt less stress after playing with the dog. Less stress this week. I think the warmth will through Christmas Day and then well have to see toward the end of the year how cold it does get because theres some cold lurking up in canada. Want to start with the 3degree guarantee. Topper went to 50 a couple days sunday. I lowered it to 48. Should have listened to topper. We hit 50. Good job, top. Im still in there, though, still correct with the 2degree difference. Tomorrow, though, 55 is what im forecasting for the 3 degree guarantee. It will be a warmer day. One thing weve seen today with the clouds, the bark is worse than the bite on the rain. We had some isolated sprinkles, but things are moving out west to east. Thats important because when theyre moving from the northwest, thats cold air coming in. West to east is milder air. Thats what well see this week as temperatures warm up monday. Tuesday, the pick of the week, 60. We go down toward 50ish wednesday and thursday, back in the mid50s friday and saturday depending on when some rain moves in, that thats a little up in the air, but it will be all liquid whatever falls saturday. 30s in the cold spots, winchester, frederick 37, manassas 39, 45 in town now. Its 41 in waldorf and joint base andrews and westminster 38, wasnt a bad day in spite of the clouds. Feels like 45 now, no wind, humidity at 65 . Well stay above freezing just about everywhere tonight and tomorrow looks good. Well see some clearing, not complete, but some clearing overnight and toward tomorrow morning. Well start 30s to low 40s, 51 by lunchtime with mid50s in the afternoon, a few more clouds tomorrow night, but this mild pattern will be with us because of the change in the jet stream, taking a big dip out west. Remember that big ridge out west and we had the dip over us. When the jet stream dips in the west, it rises in the east and the southwesterly flow. That allows not just some rain in the clouds across texas moving off to the northeast, but its bringing in milder air. As we look at futurecast, it shows not just the mild air, not much in the way of precip is going to be around here the next couple days, snow showers north and a system wednesday passing off to our south. We may get some cloudiness out of that. Lounge ranges well look at the upper long ranges well look at the upper level temps by 4 or 5,000 feet anyway. The arctic air is up here tuesday. Were okay. It sort of brushes us and boom, look at this shot coming down here by saturday morning in toward the plains. Were still mild. Then well see it lurking here sunday into Christmas Day. Boy, it is going to be a very cold christmas up across the northern plains, could be maybe some below zero highs. Were in the 30s to around 40 tonight, becoming partly cloudy. Tomorrow morning partly sunny, 30s and 40s to start, nice afternoon, highs 52 to 57 south, mix of sun and clouds, comfortable day. Threeday forecast, tuesday delightful at 60 clouds, 51. As we head toward thursday, 50 degrees and look at that. I think saturday is looking went, near 60. Should be okay for the burgundy and gold next sunday. Its the season to be jolly and also the season to be extra vigilant forepeaking your presents out of sight and away from because everyone likes easy. Sure do. Because everyone is on the go. Because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. Reaching up. Ssssh because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. Introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, nest thermostat e. E is for everyone. Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. 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Police tell us burglaries happen more in the summertime when most families are on vacation making it open season for thieves, but Stafford CountyPolice Confirm they have actually see an uptick in thieves burglarizing businesses this Holiday Season. So yes, there are still some grinches that strike during the Holiday Season, but we can verify false, the primetime for burglaries, its not the holidays. Its those dog days of summer. So if youve got something you want verified, let our team of researchers get to the bottom of it. You can find them on facebook, twitter or email them. We are absolutely loving your responseo with a partners at Childrens National for our give hope. Were working to get gifts to children who will spend the holidays in the hospital. Your part, its all online. Visit www. Wusa9. Com givehope that. Takes you to an amazon wish list. Choose your gift, check out and well work with children to get the toys wrapped and delivered where they need to be. 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