good morning. i m kendis gibson. i m tai hernandez. good morning. i m kendis gibson. i m tai hernandez. here are some of the top stories we re following. hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of new york city ignoring pleas to stay calm until two murdered police officers are laid to rest. all the developments in a moment. rain, snow, fog, you name it. it s coming to the midwest and the east as millions of people travel for the holidays. the severe weather has brought tragedy to the deep south. going to check in with accuweather just ahead. despite pleading guilty to federal tax evasion, new york republican michael grimm says he intends to hold on to his congressional seat but this pressure from democrats for grimm to step down before he s sentenced in june. and movie fans will be able to see the interview at select theaters starting tomorrow. sony reversed course and decided
lying under oath and obstructing federal officials. tom foreman has the latest. hey, christine, congressman grimm came out of the court chastened and defiant. chastened in saying i did help run a restaurant and falsifying records, including hiring people illegally. basically trying to hide a lot of money from the tax man. he said that he did do that and he was wrong. but he was defiant in this sense in that once again, he s oakcoooakco echoed a theme that he s raised all along which is a political witch hunt for people out to get him. listen. i know that some people are going to use this to demonize me. they re going to use this for political purposes like they ve done for the last three years. and for every person that s made a negative comment there have
from republicans that actually oppose a convicted felon representing their party in congress? right now, it is probably largely because they are just not in session right now. grimm probably negotiated when he was going to get indicted, when he was going to plead and negotiated it for the week of christmas. that was a smart thing on his part. the fact is that most members of congress aren t in washington, d.c. so reporters can t walk up to them and ask them, do you think michael grimm should re-sign? i guarantee you, quite a few would say yes. it is the holiday. thanks for joining us on christmas eve. yep. good to be on. happy holidays to you z. now, for some entertainment news. forbes has released the top ten most overpaid actors in hollywood. topping the list for a second year in a row is, drum roll, please, adam sandler. johnny depp, ben stiller, rounding out the top five, ryan reynolds and tom hanks.
at one point the driver got out of her car, banging what looked like a sheriff s badge on the sheriff s window. an officer came to the rescue, look at that, she was arrested. mr. michael grimm stay in office or will he be forced to resign?
under indictment. but this is his delighted to be here texas mug shot. and if he does run while the charges are still pending or while he has to interrupt his campaign trail trip in order to go on trial, that will be a rather amazing spectacle and something we have never done before as a country. and now, in addition to that prospect, consider the case of congressman michael grimm. he has himself been under felony indictment. he was indictment for 20 felonies last april. that did not stop him from winning reelection to his house seat this fall. but now, the new york daily news reports that he is due to plead guilty to at least win of those felonies the day after tomorrow. congressman grimm himself is not commenting, neither is the u.s. attorney s office that charged him. but if he does plead guilty, that s going to create a really interesting dilemma for house