Scientists and space junkies looking forwards heaven. Happy thanksgiving , its a day to give thanks. Americans are taking time to celebrate and serve. Some places so many volunteers had to be turned away, some working in soup kitchens. A town comes together for a special dinner. Longer shopping hours mean more people have to work this holiday. First a stop at the macys parade in new york. High winds threatened to destroy the show. But the winds died down and balloons like snoopy and spongebob flew again. Macys employees call them their gentle giants, flying through the canyons of new york, making it through the skye scrapers, as traditional as having the whole family over for a turkey donor. The 97th thanksgiving day parade almost didnt make it. A messy storm passed over leaving winds. Winds higher than 23 Miles Per Hour were gusting above 34 would have kept the big boys on the ground. In the end stiff breezes did not stop the balloons taking off. 3. 5 million braved freezing temperatu
How long before the gop gets a sense of humor . Stephanie i dont know well read some Comment Section because wow there are some zingers in there. I said the turtle stephanie you were imitating john boner. What importance is context really . Stephanie we think both Mitch Mcconnell and john boner want to turn pour people into mulch. They probably do. There goes jacki hitting the pages of news busters. Stephanie here she is the incredibly biased, Jacki Schechner. Good morning, everybody. The governor has signed the law that makes gay marriage legal. Close to 54 of voters in november backed the ballot measure that reaffirmed a state law that passed earlier this year, the first offices opened at 12 01 am and in two counties they are starting to issue licenses. By 10 00 pm dozens of couples were already lined up. The state has a threeday waiting period. Samesex couples who were married in another state do not have to say their vows again. Couples in maryland also can start getting their lice
Morning. Mother nature is seriously bringing us back to a reality check. A few high clouds. High pressure in control today. We are talking mainly sunshine. Skies expected to be bright. And heres a look at our current temperatures. 35 at Reagan National airport. 26 at dulles and bwi at 30. Yesterday we were into the 50s. No such luck this morning. Dont have to deal with the winds we had yesterday. So no windchills. Into the course of today, heres a look at your planner. Much cooler conditions expected. Midday about 42 degrees. But bright skies and cold. We have changes coming up for the weekend, ill have those details later. Back to you. All right. On the roads right now, what were finding is the accident Activity Still in the clearing stages. Tractor trailer overturn losing a load of pineapple on the highway. Has to be off loaded. And they are off loading this pineapple from the truck which overturned. Sky fox is live over the scene and what you are going to find is the beltway remains
Fostered and supported a corrupt die for National Security reasons. That fostered a culture of corruption guy for National Security ppurposes. That fostered a culture of corruption. It is one of the most rich countries in minerals and resources. There is a lot potential there for a positive relationship with the u. S. Think you, i yield back. Mr. Affleck, i think you have raised a central issue, the lack of security among the population. Right now we are relying upon congolese government to provide as security. In afghanistan, weve got a questionable partner in the karzai government. That has been difficult. We have a less than credible partner in the congolese government. In afghanistan, we have gone through these stabilization operations as an alternative way to provide security at the local level with the villages, communities, whereby we have been providing some arms and training to the local population there so that they can provide their own security. Obviously, the karzai govern
Center in washington following the tragic shooting in newtown, conn. That is guncontrol. The Washington Post said a bitter fight ahead. The numbers are on your screen. We look at some of the headlines on the sunday morning beginning with the connecticut post. You can see the flag remaining at half staff outside one of the churches in newtown, conn. Following the burial of 20 children and six women killed about a week and a half ago. This is from the front page of todays New York Daily News. Finally, from the front page is this report about what is ahead in terms of the gun control fight. We heard from the nra friday. Let me read you a few sentences that was nearly 20 years ago in 1993. We will hear from that testimony in a couple of minutes. We want to get your calls and what is ahead in guncontrol. Roy is joining us from North Carolina, the independent line, good morning. Caller it could be a bitter fight but i think some drastic action needs to be taken. It should be at least as burd