Appearance right here in d. C. Good day at 9a starts right now. . . And good day dc. D dc it is 901 on this wednesday wedd morning december 7th is theths date. Im holly morris alongsideisngsi maureen, steve and wisdom. Is all right. Also ahead, this morning, manassas eighth grader getting t very lucky middle schooler just awarded 25,000. 2500 thats not luck. That is skill. When it comes to science. Within ago national scienceence etmpetition. Bob barnard just talked with her and well check in with himithim coming up. U first at 9 00 lets talk about the weather because were going to get a little warmup wmu before temperatures drop again. N the good news, the rain is overe for details now Tucker Barnes be back with a check of thechec the forecast. Hey, tuck. I didnt win so manyan competitions when i was kid. Heni im not surprised by that. Shocker. Fame surprise. Prise 45 in washington. Hito 40 up in new york. Or th guys. Uys. Chicago 24. Yes, we got the colder air out o to the west. The w the reason i mention it thatsts on the way not so much today but by tomorrow and friday, saturday look out. Ut. As this will feel like winter l around here. Cloud cover this morning theis r rain from yesterday out of herer off to the north and east pickic up about an inch of much needede rain across the area. A and you can see some clearinglen skies starting to break out to the west and that will build inn later this afternoon it will be breezy, and cool but it shouldtu be partly to mostly sunny by afternoon with winds north and d west here at 10 to 20. 20. Day. Day. Lots and lots to talk about. Tat we got cold air maybe some wintry precip on that seven dayy as well. El when will that arrive . If it f arrives at all. Arri ill have the details and wevee got santa, mrs. Claus. Wow ow lovove it. 9 30. You can get much bigger thanchg that. Thanks, tuck. Thanks, t welcome back. Thank you. Thank he is not president yet butb donald trump is time magaziness brand new person of the year. Ea the magazine making thatg tha announcement just about 90ut minutes ago. A. Every year time editors select a influenced the news and theews t world in the past year. Heast the president elect beat out 100 on the finalists including his democratic rival Hillary Clinton for that top spot. St. Clinton meantime was declaredece times runner up. The president elect acceptep times honor from the road wheree he is continuing his thank youny tour of battleground states that helped him push ahead of hillarl clinton in last months mons election. Last night trump made headlinesn when he introducing his pick fok secretary of defense. General James Mad Dog Mattis too the nation. General mattis g cheers and said he looks forwara to serving the military oncenc again though this time in a suit. Im grateful for the t opportunity to return to ourur troops, our families, the the civilians of the department of defense, because i know how i kw committed they are and devoted t they are to the defense of ourfr country, the defense of our constitution and with our allies strengthened, with our country t strengthened i look forward to i being the civilian l leader so o the waiver and the senate votesv the consent. Thank you very much. Very much. Republicans added that waiver language that mattis mentionedon to a much past budget bill upl u for vote on friday. The law currently said formerr military officers must bes muste retired from service for sevenvi years before becoming secretarye of defense. General mattis has been out for three years. Three years. President elect trump told thehe military audience that withith mattis at the top the defense Dn Department will be bigger and bd stronger than ever before. Hopefully they can addully t Everything Else they need to gey to the n must pass bill all done in one fell swoop. Wo it does show you how they hoe slide things in. De this i sure does. You know what i mean . What people dont likwheat. Its happened for years. The rules say seven years and now theyre trying to change the rules. Ru yup. Even though hes been out for three. Heh. H. That blows my mind. Im dumb founded by that. B f seven years is on the books. But now the rule needs to be changed the victor goes the spoils i what i say. I mean i guess n guess change the rules every time . Possibly. Im so confused by this. O co younf can always propose tops change them. Yeah. Eah all right. Ig. Whatever. Guess he thinks hes thehine best person for the job. J who knows . Happening todayng ty attorneys and active visitse vis holding News Conference torence discuss what they claim are unconstitutional efforts by Thee National park service to blockoo protests during the inauguration next month. Next now, the demonstrators say theye should have access to several sr critical locations in d. C. Too protest and their lawyers planln to announce how they will ty w respond to the blockage. Ag. Well date infamy. Today we mark the 75th mark e anniversary of the attack onttan pearl harbor that drew therehe United States into world war ii. Somber memorials are being heldl from hawaii to the world war ii memorial here in d. C. Foxs doud luzader has more. As reporter the world war ii memorial here in washington innn compasses the full scope of thet war but for the United States is all really began 75 years ago today. It was a surprise attack thathat would alter the course ofrse history. Pacific lapping on the shores oo hawaii. Wa a far cry from the images hereer 75 years ago today. Tod the japanese attack on pearlpear harbor led to americas entry into world war ii ushering in a new age. December 7th, 1941, a date d that which will live in infamy. Reporter living survivors between now but for some, like lauren bruner, the images are still zeroing. Il if i do talk about it i cannot sleep. Leep reporter he was on boardwasa the uss arizona that day which exploded after a japanese bomb b blew up its magazine killing nearly 1200 officers and crew. Today the arizona memorial is a somber reminder for those born r long after the war. Has been slowly bleeding out oil for three quarters of a centuryy now. . . Reporter hawaii naive emma zero who was in grade school sch back in 1941 remembers the attack vividly. Id we could see the bomb the airplane flying and bombing, you know,. Know and the black smoke. Ckmoke black smoke, yeah and the firess reporter war two voteswo v have been arr recent days to commemorate the anniversary but the first hand d accounts of those who livedhoiv through the attack are growingrg more and more quiet with each year. Sights at pell harbor to the world wore twenty two memorialtt here in washington veterans andv those who beneanfited from theim sacrifice renew a vow today tooy never forget. Later today there will be a ceremony we can still hearea you doug much. Hes just talking about the l different ceremonies 9 07 is our time f youreou crazy about cards, roulette or slots, your time is almost here. Mgm grand hotel and casino oneie day away now from opening fromnm National Harbor the casino casin features more than 3,000 slot,0o machines visitors can alsoits ca expect nightclubs, lounges lng plenty of shopping and fine f dining. Keeping things running on the roads nearby hasings r some ress concerned. Prince georges county executive Rushern Baker joi u talk about the traffic turmoil o the new casino to cause. We prepared for it. Or i weve been working for the lastt two years preparing for whats going to happen with the opening. Residents and people out there who want to come, oned pe, packu patience. The other you can go to mgmm traffic and it will give you tht county website you can get textt alerts and email alerts aboutau the best way to get around aroud traffic in that area. A. And so were doing everything we can one to make sure people are safe and the other is to make while theyre there. Mr. Baker also joked that tht casino will keep people frome fo driving through the countye cout without spending any money. Ey good strategy. Eg Montgomery County police theo do have a warniunng for parents this morning it comes after aer attempted kidnapping situationps that happened to student whilele she was on her way to school. S. This morning they wanty wan parents and students to be on high alert. Fox5s annie yu is live inli i gaithersburg with more on whonho police are looking for thisor ti morning. Morn annie . Reporter good morning toornt all of you. Just rea were talking about a teenagedee girl in high school. Soo she was a student at watkinswatk Mill High School this happenedhs on monday around 7 00 oclock. And being out here all morning r long, we saw people out here ase early as 5 00 oclock thiskhi morning Walking Around, walkingi their dogs and this right here h is a main access road along long knife court excuse me. M and this is the cidar mill ml apartments. Aparents so you have lake forest mall. A lot of people Walking Around lkg ar but this did happen around 7 00 oclock. Oclo this young girl was waiting forf her bus. Hebus and she says that a manan approached her from behind andda he told her to shut up and hee put a big bag over her head. She yelled really loud screamedm brought attention to herself,lf, and then she was able to scare r off the attacker and thats what police are giving kudos for. F they say any time you are attacked, like this, you shouldd obviously scream as loud as youu can. She reported the incident toncit teachers once school and they were able to abt call police. Olic then the school sent home a a letter asking parents to talk to their children about these types of incidents being alert, onrt,o high alert and also keeping kng those headphones out of theirf e ears if theyre Walking Around. They tell us right now thatha theyre looking for a one suspect a blackmale mid to late 30s, 5foot five, medium build, he was wearing all blacka at the time. Theyre asking anyoneat with wh information to give them a callc meantime, they definitely havelh stepped up the presence here ine the area. Thats the very latest here from gaithersburg. Hers annie yu, fox5 local news. New annie, thank you for thatha update. Te local eighth grader 25,000 richer this morning. Morng. Its all because of science. Bob bar far joining us next witn all those detailsh. S later jim lokay is zaria frasers hot seat. Seat. What he toll her about his h journey to d. C. And the moment n that changed his family forever. 9 11 is our time right now. Now youre watching good . . . . . . . . Just press clean and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. Roomba navigates your entire home. Cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. Which means your floors are always clean. You and roomba, from irobot. Better. Together. Smooth dark chocolate outside. Exotic fruit flavor inside. Brookside. For all your sides. . . 9 14 is your time. Very special honor today for a local middle School Student or shall we say genius. She got 25k 1al hle sshal. Eleanor won a national middlel School Science competition and she got 25k as in 25,000 for fr her efforts in school assemblyll this morning. Is mor bob barnard at fenton mill school to check it all out. Out he got a chance talk to thealtot young lady. Ly i assume shes pretty happy this morning. We havent had chance to tale to her right n to ow shes speak to her classmatesin. Thisly nor. Isly well speak to her right afterft this she was just presented witw this check for 25,000. Speaking to her classmates about this competition that she won. Te it was a national competition. She beat out Something Like 6,000 other middle schoolers for this national scienceational scc competition. Her project was called rocket,t nozzles and thrusts, oh, my and we spoke earlier with theith superintendent of public schoolh here in Prince William county dr. Steve waltz. Tz. Here he is while youre speakiny youll see a pictureou of eleann working on her project. This is awesome middle schools and other private schools can compete for this asa well. So to have the national winnerir is an amazing accomplish many. Reporter heres a photograph of eleanor winningean competition back in objection aa the National Geographic societyr in washington. Ngn. Again, she gets a 25,000 cash prize. Pre her Science Teacher here and there come back live you seee check here. Ch the teacher here her science see teacher also gets a thousand dollars as does the schooll itself. So a lot of monitey going arounn showing what middle schoolerse can do if they put their hearts and minds into something, and again, dr. Waltz up there withpr the audience mention to do uso o earlier a lot of times a lot of attention is focused on eighth i graders. Grad its a transitioning time forime them, and often things dont go well, and that gets notoriety. Here for a middle schooler doind something really cool, guys, and getting 25,000 for her efforts. Remarkable. Emkable. Bob, maybe you shall try toae talk to her parents. Yher pants. Theyre probably like, over thet moon saying lets put that inhat education fun. Un do you it now by the time shh goss to college youre in goodg shape. You got it covered. T cove. Thanks, bob what great accomplishment. Accomp love it, love it, love it. Good luck to her. 9 16. Comet pizza reopens. North dakota taking a direct hit from old man winter two for one deal at lose that has nothing tg do with the sales actually wevw got a check of what else ist els making headlines coming up nextn later more family drama for the carryings. Why they are trying to stopey an their sisterinlaw from using their famous name. N going to talk about it when wehw come back. Sing along to a sesame street beat sesame street live elmo makes music clap along when elmo makes music playing eaglebank arena december 1618 . . 9 19 is our time right now. Allisoour n itis back in the loh a check of the other storieser i making headlines this morning. Ng hey,. Good morning holly and good g morning to all of you. Y travel comes to standstill in north dakota due to the first tr blizzard of the season. Heavy snowfall whipped up by hide winds forced closure of the airport. Rp low visibility and treacherousro conditions also forced the stata police to shut down i94 and i29 forcing truckers to hunker downd at truck stops for the night. Comet pingpong bringing itn back here to the district backgt in business. Usin the doors opened last night just about 48 hours after a gunmanun entered the restaurant firingt n shots. Sh the owner of the comet pingpono says hes thankful for thel support of the community andni a looks forward to serving svi customers for many years to come. The suspect 28yearold edgar welch was apparently motivate by what is a false news storyor i can see the circumstance ic which id run but what ive i learned a long long time ago,go steven s to to never sayay never. Ve you dont know what is going tog happen. I mean, hell, donald trump is going to be 74, ill be 77 in better shape. [ laughter ] all right. There you have it. Th so thats the vicepresident joj biden of course reluctant to say for sure whether he will run for president in 2020. 2 not counting it o Stephen Colbert come a day aftea he told a reporter that hee planned a bid in four years. Finding the perfect job is a challenge but for facebook workers they apparently have hiv the jackpot. The social giant is at the top of best places to work amongk ao Tech Companies in the United States. St Facebook Says it focuses ons itn taking care of its workers who enjoy flexibility and say itss not about how much time you spend in the office. Offic and finally, two for one deal da the store hired disable veteran clay, he cant work without his service dog charlotte. Rlot so the store hired charlotte, too. He says that he was looking forr job after his time in the airir force and he, hooks won mind hih service dog tagging along . . Thats what he put on his applications and shall hot hasna become a customer favorite asave you can imagine in her job. Shes been there for two monthsn when i saw this post, man, i m, wish i lived in that part of texas. I know. Such a cutie. Tie love to see them. Love ee charlotte get a paycheck,eck, too. She should. She should,e s right. Maybe all the pets and hugs is payment enough. Nt enough. That is very cool. Good job for lose, too. Absolutely. 9 22. It is the season of wishes andhe coming up next well show youhou how one little girl got to livel out her dream of becoming a popp star and how you can make sureas other kids fighting for thinkori lives get the same experience. Plus christmas now 18 days8s away. Away they need your help, too. T Tucker Barnes will have all thel details and a check of theheck e forecast coming up a little bitb later. La fresh at 10a were spilling l some secrets from the zest t z empire. Stars taraji p. Henson and tayet diggs are talking about the lasl two episodes before the showeho takes us to winter break. Do you not want to miss this. S i time right now 9 23. 9 2 more good day dc after thehe eaeak. . . . . Good afternoon. With the 29th infantry diviission. Sth t id like to wisdih eviverybody o merry christmas, happy holidays. Like to give shout out to my t girlfriend nicky and myy daughters loralie and amrina. Mr. . . Fox5 d. C. Cares is partnering with make a wish midm atlantic for its season ofts sen wishes campaign. Ampan we have been sharing stories ofi local kids and their wishes andw we hope that the stories willesl inspire you to give or get involved. Well this morning we meet addy. D shes eight years old. She beat cancer. Cer but before that, she recorded. R watch and see what we mean. . . Own music video. My name is addy flint. . . Ed dee a tumor that gross ofs the top of the kidneys. Kneys. So then from there it can reread. Its kind of her breaking itt stops your world for sure fororr little while. Hi shes a calm, happy child, and they when she was ill, that light was gone and so for us we focused a lot on that light come back. Ac so for us, make a wish becamm kind of that bright spot through her treatment. Ment . . It was awesome. It was so fun. So f i can barely even explain it. Addy did her video to theo te katie perry roar and that song follows me everywhere. Verywhere. Every time i hear that song it brings a smile to my face. . . I got the eye of the tiger . . We watch the video all thellt time. And it really, even after the video dropped into