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to contradictory notes in the sheila dixon trout. they return for their seventh day of deliberation. details are next. eight years into the war in afghanistan. president obama unveiled his war strategy. that story coming up. a family is asking for your help in finding a missing daughter. hear what they think happened. the wintry weather is not far behind. the forecast is coming up. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org good morning. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. tony pann joins us now with the forecast. let me wish you a happy first day for winter. . we just declare winter whenever we want. it feels like winter. no snow to talk about. let s take a look at the numbers. clear skies and temperatures in the 30 s. mostly sunny skies today. around 52 degrees this afternoon. we have some rain and snow to talk about. let s say good morning to sarah. i am excited about ....
the first lesson is pay attention. any time you get a notice on anything, read it. reporter: many are heeding that advice. the national retail federation expects credit card usage to fall 10% this holiday season. many people are really coming to the stores with the amount of money they have in their wallet and they re saying this is all i have to spend. and that s going to affect the impulse buy. reporter: that could make it a tougher holiday for borrowers and retailers both. katie? couric: anthony, what can you do if you get one of these letters raising your interest rates? anything? you do have the right to opt out. which basically means you can pay off the balance at the old rate, but you have to give up the card and that could affect your credit rating. couric: anthony mason, happy holidays, right? now the latest on tiger woods and his s.u.v. crash last friday morning. a notoriously private superstar, he s had very little to say about it. and today h ....
after seven days, the jury decided the fate of mayor dixon and found her guilty of one of the five counts against her. it has been a long few weeks with deliberations lasting longer than the trial. breen keebler has been there since the very beginning. brian? reporter: the mayor was found guilty on one of the charges against her. it took some 40 hours to return a verdict that would dramatically change this city. after being found guilty of the fraudulent misproption of the fraudulent gift cards, mayor sheila dixon visibly fought back tears before addressing the crowd. what i would say to the city of baltimore is that the city will continue to move forward. we will continue to stay very focused. reporter: under whom, her attorneys did not answer, saying only all things are up for discussion. it is a sad day for the city. reporter: the prosecutor says this proves you can get a fair trial no mat other the defendant. i think the message is that there s nobody ab ....
which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? signed, sealed, only the speech not yet delivered. the orders given by the president for more troops to afghanistan. tied, we learned, to a drawdown to begin as early as next july. because without an aggressive push now, the president fears the light at the end of the tunnel would be pushed further away. you can be assured that the president will talk about the fact that this is not an open-ended commitment. trusting the president is one thing, but when was the last commitment by our pentagon not an open-ended commitment, no matter what they said at the time? and why after its endless lies about iraq and his endless lies about pat tillman, why are we trusting general mcchrystal and the pentagon? a special comment. afghanistan as the newest republican excuse to gut health care reform. can we trim up the health care bill and other big-ticket items to pay for a war that we can t afford to lose? well, no, ....
they closed their investigation with a car crash involving tiger woods. baltimore mayor sheila dixon was found guilty today for taking gift cards intended for the city s poor. in a speech that is one of the most important of is presidency, barack obama will lay out for the american people his rationale for increasing u.s. forces in afghanistan. good evening, i m doreen gentzler. i m jim vance. officials say the president has ordered about 30,000 more u.s. troops to be sent to the war zone. steve handelsman is at the u.s. military academy in west point, new york, now with more on this. thanks. here at west point today i spoke to a pair of military police, mps who served in afghanistan. they like the new obama plan. the commander in chief is counting on a lot of support of soldiers to be seen here tonight. as president obama polishes his pivotal speech to explain yes is escalating the war in afghanistan, west point is preparing for his primetime telecast. most of ....