State repression. Stephen the first six of some 180 people charged with rioting and destruction of property found not guilty on all counts. The government charges are ridiculous and an attempt to criminalize free speech. Stephen it protested on the right to protest the election of trump. I a certain part of me was certain that the right result would happen. Stephen the prosecutors relied on the Police Body Cam and the other video of what they characterize as a coordinated effort to riot. Frighten and inflict damage. The jury was not convinced. They found that they were exercising the First Amendment rights. Now backing up the suggestion that it would continue to pursue trials against those remaining individuals charged with the rioting, the u. S. Attorneys the Attorneys Office shows there is clear evidence to show rioting and destruction of property. Kimberly thank you. Do not miss update on the ain august race day Inauguration Day riots to get alerts sent to your phone and you can see
Approval on stopgap spending bill after lawmakers avoided a Government Shutdown reaching an agreement to keep the Government Funding till january 19th, republicans continue to celebrate the largest tax cuts in our history according to some. Vice president mike pence making surprise visit in afghanistan. I know its hard to be away from home especially, but in this season, i want you to know that you are in the hearts to have american people. Dagen details as he thanks heros this Holiday Season. The dow manage to go eke out 55point gain. We have gains across the board. In england overnight, england, france and germany, the end of the trading day. France and germany both lower at the moment. Shanghai reporting slight loss. Changing alphabet. Eric schimt plans to step down as companys chairman next month. We break down the decision thats sending shock wave through Silicon Valley. Crypto crash, bitcoin tumbling 25 in just 24 hours. Think about that. Losing a quarter of its value in a day. S
Temperatures right now 49 in philadelphia. Fortysix in allentown. Fortyfive in reading. Mount pocono close to freezing so that is an area we have to watch for ice perhaps and rain is still pretty far out there, you can see on storm scan 31st little nose of rain starting to move into West Virginia charleston West Virginia seeing rain right now we are just seeing included cover overhead and then snow to the north and that warm front activates north. That is system moves in it is bringing warm, moist air, with it and bringing rain, in the holiday. And this evening, as you are coming down to shady brooke farm or heading out and about doing last minute christmas shopping, it is pleasant 48 degrees at 7 00. Fortyseven at 9 00 and then by 11 00 p. M. Very slow cool down cloud in place will keep temperatures from dropping that rapidly 46, by 11 00 oclock. Lets talk burr Holiday Travel forecast, we will have on and off rain tomorrow, there will be breaks in the action but the rain on and off al
Soaked with few rounds of rain. Were actually experiencing another round heavy rainfall through parts of delaware coun county, philadelphia, all the way up into bucks. You can see abington, some of that yellow indicating moderate rainfall. All the way up into trenton so this is another soaking this rain is going to start to come to an end as we head through the rest of our evening. Now, this is all rain because look at these highs for today. 60 degrees in philadelphia. Well above freezing and well above average in the low 40s. And so were going to keep with mild temperatures through the night few hours and into the overnight. Were still sitting at 60 degrees. That southerly flow bringing in a lot of moisture but keeping those temperatures on the higher side. 50 degrees right now in pottstown. 58 for those of us in millville. Now for tonight, were going to stay above freezing as that rain starts to move out there could be a few slick spots with those streets really wet through the overn
With us. Nice to see you. Its the today show theme. The theme is different today. Were happy because right now, were spending the day with our families. We taped this special Christmas Show for you. And so, in our way, were getting to share it with all of you. Merry christmas. A fun christmas for all of us. But a new little baby. New little baby. It makes it extra special, doesnt it . Its a cool morning. My baby is home from college. Exactly. We want to start with a check of the top stories. Morgan radford is on duty with those. Good morning and Merry Christmas to you. Christian s around the world today are observing the christmas holiday. A time of joy and of hope. In the holy land there are fewer visitors making the pilgrimage to the birthplace of jesus. Officials say recent clashes with palestinians and Israeli Security forces are now religious tourism down. But thankfully, so far, no reports of violence today. And at the vatican, pope francis used his Christmas Eve mass to defend t