Breeze to add to wind chill factor. 22 feelslike 13 in the city. Feelslike 14 in frederick. 19 is what it feelslike in culpepper. Tonight well see increasing clouds. Dont be surprised if you see a flurry tomorrow morning. Not expecting flurries to stick. Light snow could be sticking towards the weekend. Ill talk about the snow chance and the forecast for your new years eve celebrations. We have been telling you about homeowners in our area and across the country trying to pay property taxes early. These are folks affected on a 10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions. The irs issued an advisory yesterday saying property taxes that have not been assessed are not deductible in 2017. If you dont have a bill yet, it is not going to work. This comes as americans try to understand the republican tax plan and what it tonight some charities have being concerned over losing small donors in the future. Meg oliver has more. How damaging with us the fire . Devastating. Reporter this Catholic Charity food pantry in new jersey lost everyone before the holidays. How quickly did you replenish. Within a week we had donations from the community. Small donors is your bread and butter. Absolutely. Reporter they are concerned restocking wont be as easy because of the new tax law. Millions of americans are expected to take advantage of the new standard deduction thats been doubled. Meaning fewer people will itemize deductions. Barton is worried americans wont donate because they wont benefit from the charitable tax break. Without them, do you have a backup plan . Everything that we do relies on donors and volunteers. Reporter they are not alone. Charities like the american red cross, the Salvation Army and the united way depend on small contributions. Unitedway expects to lose up to 450 million a year under the new plan. You dont think there will be less people giving to charities . I would tell you the opposite. Reporter mark is the chief tax officer for Jackson Hewitt and recalls when the Charity Deduction was scrapped in the 80s. I would say look at the 1985 tax law that took away the ability to deduct it on your tax return and donations went up. Reporter barton hopes people continue to give, not for the tax break, but for the good of humanity. Dominion energy is sending help to puerto rico. 82 restoration workers among employees helping out after hurricane maria. Deployment begins on tuesday when equipment and vehicles will be shipped to san juan. Workers will be there a month. Half of the island is still without power. Disneyland is up and running. They have power in southern california. This was the scene yesterday when a transformer cut power to a dozen rides in fantasy land. Lots of riders waited several minutes to be escorted off of the rides. No one was hurt. Most of the rides were up and running within an hour. A veteran atlanta news anchor died last night. Cbs affiliate says amanda davis suffered a stroke while waiting for a flight at ackson atlanta airport. She was planning to fly to texas for a funeral. Davis was 62 years old. For 25 years. She talked publicly about her battles with alcohol after her third dui arrest. In four days california will become the latest state to allow sales of Recreational Marijuana. California businesses will face a complicated rollout in order sell it. Carter evans reports from a medical Marijuana Dispensary in los angeles. Reporter come january 1st, anyone 21 years of age or older will be able to buy Recreational Marijuana legally in california. That is if they can find a place allowed to sell it. Some local governments are banning pot shops all together while others are still working through the permitting process. This is a process not an event. Reporter l. A. Wont begin accepting licensed applications until january 3rd. It could take weeks before stores sell Recreational Marijuana. We do not want to necessarily disrupt this market. But we need to regulate the market. Reporter medical shops face challenges in becoming recreational sellers. You have had to create new packaging . We did. Our packaging is changing. Reporter childproof packaging is part of the new rules. What is this . This is the proposed regulations by the state of california. These are the rules you have to follow . These are the rules we are following. Reporter recreational pot users will have plenty of rules, too. Smoking marijuana is not allowed in restaurants, bars and most public areas. Always off limits is your car. The california Highway Patrol wants into know about the dangers of driving while high. Did you know smoking a joint can get you a dwi . If you can y buy a joint you can afford a lyft, uber or taxi to avoid the tragedy that can follow. Reporter for california, the stakes are high with the population here approaching 40 million people, Legal Marijuana could be a 7 billion industry. Carter evans cbs news los angeles. In 2018 Recreational Marijuana sales will be legal in eight states. Trending now a robotic dog that is so popular you have to enter a lottery to get one. First date goes from bad to awful and then it ends up in front of a judge. Thats not good. This dad becomes internet famous after this hoover board go cart fail. We have all had bad dates. Sometimes first dates go bad. This one went really off the rails. This story is getting a ton of clicks on our facebook page. It started when wendy went out with prominent houston attorney here. She had too much to drink twice. Instead of leaving she went on a rampage inside his house and tore down two original paintings estimated at 500,000 each. She was out on 300,000 bond. And hopefully going to therapy. Now we are heading to madison, wisconsin. A hair cut went from bad to worse and then that is criminal. Exhibit a, this photo of the customers scalp. The barber got angry at the customer for moving. He ran the clippers down the middle of the mans head. Then he snipped the mans ear. It gets worse. Police charged the barber with mayhem and dis orderly conduct while armed. At least this didnt on fire. A san antonio woman posted this video of her husband trying out his new toy. The caption reads santa trying out the hover board go cart. Warning, you will pee yourself. At least the tree stood. He didnt knock the tree down. He took a ride around the living room. Watch this again. Cant stop. Wont stop. Let me back up. Nope. This video has been seen more than 20 million times. He gets to relive it over and over and over again. There is only a few weeks left to win a chance to adopt sonys new robotic dog. The Artificial Intelligence wags its tail and gives high fives. In order get one you have to sign up on sonys join a lottery by j anuary 14th. You can adopt the robot dog for 1700. You may a yearly fee of 800. Man, these fees are out of control. Sony, come on man christmas list for next year . No. Why is this man cooling his coffee and why is it a big deal . Well explain in sports coming up. Right after the break, from natural disasters to epic social movements, we look at the biggest stories from 2017. Reporter 2017 was the costliest Hurricane Season on record. In late august Hurricane Harvey made landfall twice bringing record flooding to parts of texas and louisiana. Then Hurricane Irma slammed into florida causing wide spread destruction and outages. Asked for americas prayers. Reporter hurricane reporter maria ravished puerto rico. Out west wildfires killed 40 people and wiped out entire communities in northern california, including several wineries. In december wildfires burned southern californias hillside destroying hundreds of homes and buildings. We have an active shooter. Reporter the deadlyist mass shooting in u. S. History happened october 1st in las vegas. Steven paddock opened fire at the mandalay bay hotel. 26 adults and children were killed inside a church in sutherland spring, texas. Suspected serial killer Howell Donaldson was arrested in tampa, florida. He was charged of first degree murder. Charlestonville, virginia a group of White Nationalists clashed with counter demonstrators during a rally. 20yearold james field jr. A suspected White Nationalist drove his car into a crowd. The violence in virginia sparked calls to remove all confederate monuments. 1500 confederate statues across the country were taken down while others were covered up. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct caused major famous people to lose their jobs. A pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial in the Sexual Assault case against comedian bill cosby. Chastised for taking a knee during the national anthem. They wanted to bring attention to the Racial Injustice in the africanamerican community. O. J. Simpson was released from prison after serving nine years after armed robbery. All eyes looked towards the sky for the total eclipse of the sun. It wont happen here again until 2024. Kenneth craig cbs news. That eclipse was the coolest thing ever this year. Something youll remember for years and years and years. What you will not want to think about is how cold it will be for the next week. We are expecting temperatures each afternoon in the 20s and 30s for seven days and low temperatures in the teens and 20s. Right now 22 degrees. Feelslike 13. We have wind coming in from the north and west. It is cold again on friday. We will crack the 30degree mark. Most of us make it up to the low 30s. A few places could squeeze in the mid 30s in central virginia. A shot of light snow on saturday. Doesnt look like much. It is enough for very light accumulations. Which, with this cold of temperatures in place right now, means untreated roadways could have slick spots and tricky travel conditions on saturday morning. High temperatures only in the 20s for new years eve and also for new years day. Tomorrow morning well start off with more cloud cover than what you saw outside through the day today. Low temperatures tonight make it in the teens. By tomorrow morning, with the added clouds, well rise up in the 20s quickly. 30 at noontime tomorrow with sunshine and clouds. Most of us make it up into the 30s tomorrow afternoon. I want to take tomorrow evening. Thats when we see a snow maker arriving in our area. It will bring clouds around tomorrow morning. Well be dry for friday evening. Early saturday morning, 4 00 a. M. , a little bit of light snow starting to push in the area. It will start to accumulate early saturday morning, primarily between 4 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. On saturday morning. This is 7 00 a. M. Showing light snow from gaithersburg to fredricksburg. Things pull out saturday afternoon. Could see some places that make it up to an inch accumulation with isolated higher amounts near the pennsylvania border. Doesnt look like much. It will be enough to cause untreated roads to have slick spots. New years eve weekend it will be cold. New years day will likely be as cold as today, if not colder. 24 on monday. We have another chance of light snow showers for wednesday and thursday. Zach abby rushed for five touchdowns. He didnt start. 462yards on the ground. Navy didnt even complete a pass. So many bowl games to couldnt and so count and so many eyerolling press conferences. Then there is this guy. Washington state coach mike leech who is not talking but stealing the show nonetheless by cooling out. Last night they go through their last practice. A lot of them posted stuff about how emotional that was. What was that like for this class and what they meant to the program . Any time you take your jersey off for the last time or practice with your teammates you start to go through emotions. You have to get closure. We try to make that special for them at the end of practice a li it becomes an emotional experience. The coffee cup was protected there as leech is winning the internet again. He will forever be a meme with the cooling of the coffee. Maryland basketball dealt a blow today losing Justin Jackson for the rest of the season. Uphill battle for the terps without the sophomore, who is the teams most talented player. We have been falling francis from college park. He is in orlando now getting ready for the australian open. Francis is rocking the john wall uniform in practice. Tennis is strict with the outfits. Francis likes to break the mold. Lets hope he does that at the australian open. Havertys furniture helps even when life isnt. T [sfx doorbell] can somebody get that . Uh uh, not me baby [sfx doorbell] homework its mommy time its daddy time i told you not to marry her. [sfx doorbell] seriously . alright. Whos next . Find year end specials now at havertys. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Pure shock and joy from a mother. They find out their High School Senior got in the college of his dreams. His surprise video is going viral. Tens of thousands of people across the country are watching, retweeting and sharing this. Jennifer introduces us to the family and the story behind this special moment. December 25th i have presents for both of you. Reporter it was a holiday surprise cooked up by 17yearold barington lincoln. Im pleased to inform you college in atlanta. It was exciting. I realized i then had to start saving up for my surprise. Reporter a surprise for his mother and his aunt. That means i got in. [cheers and applause] they are the most important women in my life. I wanted to cherish this moment with them. Reporter a moment made even sweeter after a few years of great challenges for this teen. Around thanksgiving time of 2014 my 2014 father was diagnosed with leukemia. His father passed away in 2015. I struggled with school. And life in general, dealing with the loss of a father. Reporter it was a devastating loss that pushed this teen into on grades, School Involvement and work. Anything worth having is worth working for. I love the fact i was able to share that with the world and bring a smile to people faces. Looks like hell do great. He is his senior class president. He graduates in may of this year. That video has been picked up by National Media outlets and by strangers around the world. Right now account 5, it at 6 00, it is a dangerously cold start to the new year. Temperatures only reached the mid 20s in d. C. Today. They are not going to get much warmer through the holiday weekend. Melissa is tracking the cold air in the cold air. Reporter in the cold air, yes. It is very cold you can lucky you get to stay outside. Guess what . Dulles airport only made it to 23 degrees today. That is a new daily record. The old record was 24 from 1993. Right now in d. C. It is 22. There is not that much wind but it is barely enough to create that wind chill factor out there. Making it just bitterly cold outside. Feelslike 13 right now. Some places in the country the actual temperature got to 20 below last night. Right now we have 22 degrees out there. Tomorrow morning well start off with cloud cover. Then breaks in clouds. More sunshine appearing for afternoon. It is cold but not as cold as it was today. We should crack 30 degrees by 3 00. Well run 30 to 35 degrees. For the weekend, we not only have highs in the 20s for new years eve a
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