Always gives him a warm feeling to celebrate christmas with the to uses of people who gathered here. He also welcomed two Refugee Families hosted by Catholic Charities who were there for the service. He didnt identify them but said one family fled el salvador and one from the ivory coast. He talked about his christmas message god is everywhere. Its something he shared with Savannah Guthrie on the today show. There is a freshness and newness there all the time. This year i think especially because we so crave the hope and the light and the promise. Reporter Cardinal Dolan had a lot to talk about in is homily and his sermon. He also reminisced, gus, about Pope Franciss visit here just three months ago he shared an he can dote of what pope francis said when he arrived here to st. Patricks cathedral. A little bit taken aback, a little surprised when he saw the cathedral. We will tell you all that b. And great to he so the cathedral with all the scaffolding off it after so many years. We wi
It was unspeakable. The carnage that we were seeing and the furor panic on the face of those Virgin Islands that were still in need. I cant get my head around the fact that a 27yearold mother is firing off as many rounds like she is. I think the entire event doesnt make a whole lot of sense, to be honest with you. I am convinced that was a terrorist attack. The San Bernardino shooting and terrorism is dominating the talk on the president ial campaign trail. Its becoming clearer that we are dealing with an act of terrorism. Senate republicans rejected new gun control legislation, including the ability to bar suspected terrorists from buying guns. Defense secretary ash carter ordered all combat jobs be opened to women. They will be able to serve as army rangers and green berets and Everything Else that was previously open only to men. Scott weiland, best known as the frontman for the band stone his bus. A flight was delayed after they were removing luggage that caught fire. Who is going
Lets take a look at that early christmas commute. I hope you do not have to commute today, but if you are headed out the door right now we do have a closure, an overnight accident on route 28, thats shut down in both directions between route 22 and country club road, we also have the ramp closed from 22 eastbound to 28 in this area as well. I dont know where youre all going right now. We will take a live look outside, theres plenty of cars out there, but the good news is you are in for a smooth ride, what is what most of our major roadways look like and we will have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Thanks, lauren. Thousands of people started Christmas Day at st. Patricks cathedral for the annual Midnight Mass. Todays catherine xray is there with this special service. Reporter good morning to you and Merry Christmas on this warm christmas friday morning adds cardinal date of loss land put it always gives him a warm feeling when hes preaching and celebrating christmas to the tho
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Good morning. 3 here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7 day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 3 3 president obama delivered his final state of the Union Address last night laying out his agenda for what he hopes will be a busy eighth year in office. The president spoke with an upbeat tone about the current state of our union and the future. The president addressed some of the division in congress and urged members to Work Together with recent terror attacks on the president discussed how he plans to handle the growing threat of isis 3 president barack obama if this congress is serious about winning this war, and wants to send a message to our troops and the world, you should finally authorize the use of military force against isil. Take a vote. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley delivered the republican response. In it. She offers a very different perspective on how th