dentally trampling free speech. many troops are station the in hawaii away from families. president obama took time to thank them in person. mike emanuel is there live in hawaii. he called on americans to support the troops and he and the first lady did that as well. reporter: that s right. taking time away from family time and going to spread cheer to united states marines and their families on a nearby marine base. something of a christmas tradition for the obamas. the third christmas in a row they have gone to say thank you to the marines. shake hands, give hugs, pose for photos and express appreciation of the nation from the commander in chief and the first lady to them for all that they do for our country. some have been out on deployment to afghanistan or iraq. some may be heading out on deployments in the coming weeks and months. is a chance to express the
vacation visiting troops yesterday. the first couple visited base in hawaii and met for an hour with the troops. two firefighters died after batting a fire on vacant building on the south side of the city. they died wednesday when the roof of the building they were inside collapsed. christmas may be over but shopping continues on to. americans are expected to ceremony for post holiday markdown and gift card. shoppers on the east coast might want to rethink retail plan. region is bracing for the massive snowstorm. those are the top story. i haven t looked out the window. is it snowing here yet? we have some snow. i want to ask about the shopping thing. people going out today have to be hard core. are you wading out there? me? not me, not until i have to go hope. i ll call you if i don t get there. shannon: four-wheel drive.
route. one of the things that is important to me is the reduction in the use of foreign petroleum. francis a working to establish a nationwide network of charging stations. nissan expects that people will have a second car on hand. they are capitalizing on the fact that americans tend to own multiple vehicles. nissan is investing around $6 billion to bring the leaf to market on the assumption that american consumers are ready to begin severing ties with the gas pump. in atlanta, johnathan serrie, fox news. one military family got a special frosty surprise just in time for christmas. all i wanted for my birthday and christmas is for him to be here. we re going to tell you how this happened, up next. [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morng begins with arthritis pain. that s a coffee and two pills. the afternoon to begins with more pain and more pills.
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is a sin. can they say that? what would it affect what the pastors say from the pull pit? the pagity of americans support getting rid of don t ask don t tell. well, the military personnel they are not overwhelmingly supporting it. you talk to the army personnel and for mat reason corps they are overwhelmingly afraid of what it will mean for them. you are using the marine corps and with the entire military. it is not the same thing. say if you want to dismiss the rest of the military. no, i m just saying that the people. [ overlapping speakers ] are seriously concerned about this and about the military. excuse me, you are taking out the marines but they are not representative. regardless, what are we going to do about housing and about transgender people? did they throw it out one part of their entire coalition which