He made the comments from the pentagon today, where he met with his National Security council. The president said isis has lost 40 of the land that it has had, but he acknowledges progress has been slow going. More people are seeing isil for the thugs and killers that they arewe have seen instances of fighters defecting, others trying to escape and have been executed, and their rain of brutality helps to fuel the refugee crisis. Reed his visit is meant to show how serious his administration approaches the strategy. Ma the department of Homeland Security is coming unde on to program set up to track terrorists on american soil. Reed two former employees with dhs have expressed concern about and we hear often, if you see something, say something. In 2012, philip 80 was a highly specialized counterterrorism expert with the department of Homeland Security. After he connected dots to a fundamentalist group in california, he told his bosses at dhs. He would go on to have ties to the same group that he had on his radar years earlier. They close the case because of concerns about civil rights and ci he says his findings could have potentially put him on a nofly list, and the visa that was given to tashfeen malik, could have been denied, have dhs and the department of justice not pulled the plug on his investigation. The department of Homeland Security responded to his ths statement, saying in part, the office for allegations ofviolations and makes policy recommendations to ensure the detuition and hour laws. Dhs added personnel are not permitted to create terrorist related lookouts in a database. But he is not the only one going public in recent days. John cowan, a former undersecretary at dhs told abc news Homeland Security barred experts from reviewing social a messages of all foreigners applying for u. S. Visas, preventing experts and seeking out messages in support of terror groups. He told abc it was primarily a question of optics, that there were concerns from a privacy and Civil Liberties perspective. We are being very politically correct and we are sacrificing the ability to learn about people coming to this country because of that kind of reticence. Doubt Islamist Groups will be teaching exploit weaknesses in american policy. Reed we reached out to the american Civil Liberties union d comment. Marie today marks three years since the shooting at sandy hook elementary schooecthat day, 26 people were killed, 20 of them children, and six educators. This is the First Anniversary in which students will be in school. The Connecticut Governor has requested flags in the state to be lowered at half staff. There is an Interfaith Prayer Service this afternoon. Adam lanza killed himself and his mother before driving to the screed a verdict would be coming soon in the first of the freddie gray manslaughter trial. Libes underway after closing arguments ended today for officer williathe jury is expected to make a freddie gray suffered a neck injury in the police wagon and died. Officer porter testified he did not call a medic because gray did not appear to be injured, although the video shows him to be very limp as he is put in the e van. Marie the case against former uw Bowe Bergdahl continues. The taliban captured him in 2009 after he walked off his army post. His release came after a controversial exchange in may. A preliminary hearing officer recommended against court actual and charges of devolution and misbehavior but a higher ranking officer dismissed the recommendation, sending the case onto a generala bombshell from bill cosby. He is countersuing seven of his accusers. His attorneys say they never dropped or assaulted women cosbys lawyers state that the false opportunistic accusations have caused cosby to suffer a loss of jobs and mortification. Reed another paul, another leave for donald trump. Republicans and replied group in leaving voters showed trump with a 41 lead. Ted cruz incident second. Marco rubio is in third. That poll also finds that gop voters other than trump or ted cruz feel the front runner does not have the right temperamentif Hillary Clinton faced Republican Donald Trump in a hypothetical head on had in the general election, printing would win big, according to a new wall street journal poll. She would be trump 50 to 40 . Marie americans are hitting the road over the next holiday reed and it looks like it could stay cheap for quite a while. Americans are already giving a Little Something extra igas prices are now at the lowest in years. At the pump, the National Average is now 2. 01 a gallon. Kansas has the cheapest gas, one dollar 77, while california plays the most. Even a small Starbucks Coffee is more expensive. On an inflationadjusted basis, some of the cheapest gas prices since the early 1970s. Since last year, prices are down . 55. The highest National Average was gallon. The top reasons for the plan, and is swimming in oil, now producing more than it imports. Pumping more. Cheap gas is good news for car sales, roughly 16 million new vehicles have rolled up dealer lots this year. 59 of them are like trucks and suvs. People will consider bigger vehicles more so. That is what brought her into by and this uv. Now gas is two dollars, so that is pretty good. Marie gas prices are expected to go even lower in the comingweeks but most experts say we are likely to be around a two dollars gallon level for several yereed heating oil is also done more than a dollar a gallon from last wwhenever winter decides to show up, the cost to heat your home than last year. Office, everyone says to expect long lines. Today is the busiest day of the year to ship packages, letters, and cards. 15. 5 billion pieces of mail will be sent by the Postal Service this week. They are urging people to ship sooner rather thmarie one of the hottest gifts this season is apparently too hot to he as retailers put the gift on the brakes over safety concerns. That is quite the site. Recent reports of fires associated with boards prompted their website. They are asking sellers for documentation demonstrating that all hoverboards are compliant with applicable safety standards. Reed drivers for uber can now unionize in seattle. Would allow drivers to earn a living wage and receive benefits like healtuvber and Similar Companies consider their employees contractors who do not get insurance. Marie tonight is the finalist on the voice. Reed coming up, a sneak peek of what you can expect. Marie around the country, Childhood Obesity is a growing epidemic. The story of a local woman helping our children fight obesity. Chloe it will be very cold over the next couple of days. Temperatures in the 30s and reed Childhood Obesity is a growing epidemic and here in nevada, the Childrens Advocacy Alliance study found 32 of ch between 10 and 17 years marie one woman is hoping to make some changes by exposing younger children to a healthy lifestyle. You will not need a green thumb here. This garden will turn yours into one. How many salads can you get from this . Colorful concrete slabs overflowing with green. If you need fresh vegetables and fruit, you get a healthy braiwhat does that affect in the classroom . At the root of the program is candace knobloch. It is time to give a hoot about the next generation. Her Group Adopted 13 at risk students over the past years to teach them how to start a i learned how to grow carrots and radish. The kids can get their hands dirty. They watched as the seeds they plant grow into food. These are going to be green beans. They learn where fresh vegetables really come from. I thought they came from the grocery store. They also learn patience and leadership skills by working in the garden. I want them to have a sense of self accomplishment, that they were able to do something take a look at their faces. Look at all of those carrots and you see them opening up to healthy eating. What you saw here today is what develops within the pride, the cooperation, talking about eating healthy. Vegetables to their parents. This is radish. She hopes her work will inspire others to give back. We are trying to make a difference, it is very exciting to see the kids. Each object teaching the importance of food, nutrition, and a healthy lifestyle. Reed i cannot even grow basil in my backyard. Marie i have seen similar programs where the kids not only for the vegetables, but they sell them to their neia little bit about business and entrepreneurship. Reed it would be cool to connect them with our restaurants around area, so maybe they could source thee vegetables. Marie they will be delivering more than 3500 pounds of food to reed in celebration of the cause, we have some bike donations. In addition to 780 bucks, helmets, the group is also giving a check for 98,500. Marie the gifts are ready to be packed up and deliver to organizations in o community. They will be getting toys to 3000 families this year. Time to take a look at what is coming up at 5 00. Reed its been a big story all day. And on the woman shot down after barricading herself inside a building near Nellis Air Force base. Reed debate preview. Republican candidates take the stage tomorrow night. Who you will see in the preliminary debate and who willtake the main stage. Those stories and your full reed wintry weather leaves parts of the high sierra covered in snow this was the scene yesterday at soda springs north of lake tahoe, where the weather made travel really difficult. Tow trucks stayed busy rescuing drivers stuck. The storm is good news for area skiers. 20 inches of snow fell over sugar bowl ski resort while the daughter pass aerosol a foot of snow. I am glad we do not have to report any accidents or injuries. It is treacherous. Marie the weather forecasters are doing a great morning people of what is coming. Where my parents are, they are appreciating all the rain. Reed we have a Weather Authority in chloe beardsley. She will be talking about everything cold and frigid. Chloe if you thought last night was cold, the next two days, Colder Weather headed our way. Breezy in the valley. Bennett elementary, currently at 58 degrees. Wind gusts at 18 Miles Per Hour. Charleston launch. Wind gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour. Those northwest winds. El dorado, 25 Miles Per Hour wind, gusting up to 30 Miles Per Hour in most neighborhoods. Temperatures outside mostly in the upper 40s to low 50s. 51 in southeast. We will continue to see the cool down over the next few hours. Outside the valley, temperatures in the mid40s. Upper 40s in boulder city. Prominent in many areas. As we take a look regionally, cold weather conditions outside. As we look at tomorrow, most areas will be a little bit colder. Northwest flow continues over the region, bringing us cold weather conditions. We will get closer and you can see some radar echoes shown some precipitation. As we get closer to the las vegas area, mostly dry weather from our doppler. We will stay like that of the most part as the wind stays pretty strong. Here is a look at the sustained win over the next few hours. When gusts reaching 30 Miles Per Hour. Cool and breezy conditions expected to continue throughout thtemperature dropping into the low 40s by 9 00. Still hanging onto low clouds. Overnight temperatures are also going to be very cold. Temperatures below our normal. 35 degrees overnight. Tonight, around the region, cold weather conditions. 33 in overton. In the 20s in pahrump and mesquite. A very chilly night. Even expected to continue into tomorrow. These are our highs by the afternoon. Mid40s in mesquite. 41 in us. Upper 20s in charleston. The cool weather will stick around for a little while beforewe actually have a warm up headed our way. 48 degrees for the projected high. Temperatures below normal for the las vegas area. We are expecting a light breeze with mostly sunny skies. As we take a look at the next few days, chilly weather conditions, highs in the 40s, lows in the low 30s. Some neighborhoods may even drop down into the 20s. We have a warm up on the way as we get closer to friday. Into the upper 50s, near 60. By saturday, like chance of showers as the system passes through. Moderate weather expected into the next work week. Marie what a difference compared to how cold it is now. Every degree counts. Chloe just keep it all out. Reed [inaudible] we want you to show off your holiday lights. You can upload them to our facebook or twitter pages. They will be on display for all the world to see. Marie you can tweet us or find us on facebook. By the way, these are some of the photos that you have swhile youre on our facebook page, be sure to like us. Reed tonight is the moment of truth for the finalists on nbcs the journey started months ago with blind auditions. When i think about that, that makes my head explode. Against all, i am here. He took a detour from Teaching High School in ar emily is still in high school in tennessee. If someone would have told me a year ago that i would be stage without a guitar, Walking Around on stage, i would have told them they were crazy. Jeffrey was not even pursuing music prior to the voice. The only pressure we have is to show the best version of ourselves for america. Make sure that we are being the showstopper might be the best description for jordan slast weeks show was his second number one performance of the season. I have been surrounded by incredible artist. This creative atmosphere really promotes that success for uits been a special season. One that will end with the winners tuesday night. Marie Something Else to note, following the first night of the finale, nbc will air adele live in new york city. It was taken last week. The show will include songs from her new album and the monster hit hello. The entire inspiration happened in new york. That is the biggest thing that york, i turned 21 in new york. I played in there for my 21st birthday. I guess it all circles around 21. Marie adele live in new york airs at 10 00. Reed babies dressed as santa claus were off to the races inukraine. Marie parents lined up with their babies and let them go. The fun im chris bosh. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto. Hey guys hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. Xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. 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