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How needy families in the south bay are getting a helping hand. Its part of an annual holiday project. Alex will tell you about that live. And the storm cleanup goes on of a recordbreaking rain. How the Stormy Weather is bringing communities together. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Good morning. Were live in walnut creek this morning covering the story everyone is talking about. Sony pictures canceling the release of the movie the interview due to threats of Violent Attacks and theaters. Coming...

Threatened movie theaters. It is not sitting well with many of tinseltowns biggest stars. Several are asking what kind of precedent does pulling the movie set. Nbcs joe frier has been following it, joins us live from los angeles. Hey, joe. It is an announcement that rocked hollywood, angering many celebrities. Some fear it could have a Chilling Effect on the industry. The movie the interview is no longer coming soon. Posters are coming down. Never seen anything like this in my tenure involving h...

Officials say the shooting death of two of its officers on saturday was an assassination. Officers ra s Raphael Ramos and wenjin liu were anas natu assassinated simply for being cops. They were assassinated. Reporter Police Commissioner William Bratton says officers wenjin liu and Raphael Ramos both sustained gunshot wounds to the head while sitting in their patrol cars. They never had the opportunity to draw their weapons. They may never have actually seen their assailant, their murderer. Repor...

Embargo wont be lifted, you need congressional approval, so thats not going to happen. it is much ado about nothing, but it is wrong to have released convicted murderer like hernandez and spies because it sets a bad precedent. >> let me bring in the rest of the panel. michelle car use oh cabrera is standing by. i saw you biting your lip there while george was talking. i assume you disagree with the sentiment. >> absolutely. i believe that in a sense, as long as we have not had diplomatic relatio...

Announcement that the united states will move close to reestablish diplomatic relations with cuba. for the first time in more than a half century, republican senator marco rubio from florida among the harshest critic. vowing to block that. george, let me start with you. you are a young boy, when you and your family fled to cuba, the year after castro took power there. you dedicated your life to the cause of freedom for the 11 million in your home land. whats your general reaction to the move to ...

Into a crowd, killing three, hurting as many as 12 others. it happened wednesday in rodondo beach. the driver was arrested for suspicion of felony dui and vehicular manslaughter. the san francisco 49ers cut defensive lineman ray mcdonald. he was accused of sexual assault. he has not been arrested, but police say the investigation is active and on-going. this is not mcdonalds first legal problem this year. the 49ers general manager said the team will no longer tolerate his poor decision making....

>> thank you. coming up, the 49ers cut ray mcdonald hours after police named him a suspect in a criminal investigation. it is just one of the stories we are following around news nation. plus this. >> someone ran a red light and bodies started flying. it was pretty horrible. >> mostly children, eight or ten-year-old. >> holiday outing turns tragic. a driver crashes into a crowd, leaving a church concert. new details on that investigation. exonerated. 70 years after a wrongful murder convic...

Let me play what the president said, get your response on the other side. >> to those who oppose the steps im announcing today, let me say that i respect your passion and share your commitment to liberty and democracy. the question is how we uphold that commitment. i do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result. >> george, it is hard to argue that our approach to cuba had been effective, that it was working, is it not? >> no, of course i can...

Venezuela is descending into chaos. had one investor in latin america says it is the future somalia of latin america. it is quite possible because of the situation in venezuela that cuba starts to lose access to that oil that they bartter for and exchange for doctors, et cetera. they need that oil. they could have felt pressure from whats happening there to do a deal, and theres an argument to be made that there could have been more pressure if they waited a little longer to strike the deal, the...

afternoon once this precipitation begins to taper off, were going to make headway on the roads. tonight again, single digit temperatures. the normal high for the day is 51 degrees in washington. the normal low is 34. we will start tomorrow at 9 and maybe, maybe get to 31 for a high. we wont even touch our normal low temperature tomorrow, so very, very cold there with whatevers melted underneath is going to cause problems. so far looks like weve gotten about three inches, but once again...