get in through the chimney. firefighters used a rope to hoist him out after the man s wife, who was waiting outside, eventually called 911. one kentucky man is lucky to be alive this morning after powerful storms knocked a massive tree right into his mobile home monday. the homeowner says the tree landed just two feet away from where he was sitting in his living room at the time. farther south, nasty weather is making it look a lot like winter in parts of tennessee. snow piled up outside of memphis, making for treacherous travel. and wa winter weather advisory s still in effect throughout areas this morning. finally, there was no snow in washington, d.c., yesterday, but the arrival of the capitol tree makes it look a lot like christmas there. the 65-foot-tall, 118-year-old sierra white fur traveled all the way from california. the annual tree-lighting ceremony will take place one week from today. yes, it is that time of year, as much as we try to fight it.
military. you are kind of a big cheese in washington. yeah. what are the i don t know about all that. what are the parties like? well, yeah, i haven t been to the obama white house, but i was there under george w. bush and clinton it is pretty amazing, gets nut holiday spirit, great food, great flowers, the president and the first lady sort of endure this endless receiving line. you get their pictures taken with the guests. i wouldn t want to be them because they must shake an awful lot of hands this time of year. i know. say hand washing but i m sure the guests really appreciate it. and it is also getting pretty festive in d.c. today, i know, because aren t they lighting like three christmas trees being on display in d.c. and is it the national tree getting the lights flipped on tonight? yeah. right. that is the the pageant of peace tree, the white house tree, the capitol tree, but the one that is with getting lit is the national tree. crews have basically been pre