New cabinet positions picking aa fight with a union boss and heading to ohio state. Ste well have the latest from the countdown to inauguration day. And later, going rogue. Rog. We are just about one week away from the new star wars spin offo and this morning, the cast telll us why theyre not worried itori wont live up to the hype. Yp good day at 9a starts now. Welcome to the loft on this thursday. It is indeed our house and we we love when youre in it with us. U good day d. C. Just aftert aft 9 00 oclock on thursday,n thrs, december 8th. De im holly morris alongside off maureen, steve and wisdom. Wisdm all right. Countdown officially underway right now. Offici now were down to just a few hours. S less than 14 at this point forif the National Harbor mgm grand opening. What this morning we are givingn it will be exciting. Excit first know at 9 00 lets talk t about this weather. Eather. It will start feeling a lot more like christmasel. Kehristmas just in time for the weekend. Eed for details Tucker Barnes back c with first check of thehef th forecast. Ng. D morning. Good morning. Yeah, we got lots of cold air on the way. Theay. In fact, coldest air of the t season around here hard freeze z later tonight and were makingrn that transition a little laterat today. Y. Cool temp over night here. Here. This is not the coldest of the t air. Ill show you the front shoyou h moe mentarily. 45 now in washington. N wangt 30s dulles. 39 degrees see 39 in leonardtown as well. Sw cloud cover out here early. A few snowflakes i didnt actually get verified reports op any of that touching the ground we have had a few sprinkles kicc up here south and east of down n crossing the bay this is allhisa associated with our act arc tucc boundary off to the west. Temperatures in places likeces k denver this morning, minus ninen out in casper wyoming minus,in current temperature in casper ii minus 28 you getted idea. De modified by the time it getss however, we will be looking atln temperatures about 10 degrees0 e cooler than todays high by tomorrow. Tomoow 50 today. Winds will start to pick up astk that colder air works in. I. Out of the north and west at 100 to 15 but a dry afternoon againa ill have the weekend forecastoc which features a lot of cold. Cd it will start feeling like theft holidays around here by tomorrow. Details coming up, guys. Guys. Back to you. You all right, tucker appreciatep it. Thank you very much. Time right now is 9 03. New inforanmak ti ronight this g about the man that police say walked into d. C. Pizzeria onriao sunday and started shootingin assault rival because because o Edgar Madison welch had problemm weeks before this incident inn october welch struck a teenager, teenage pedestrian with his carr he was also dropped from therome volunteer fire department. Artmen now, welch is due back in courtt today here in d. C. But firstut f hes talking about why he did h what he did. Fox5s bob barnard is at theat t courthouse this morning ins rnin northwest with more. Reporter well g morningmorn from d. C. Superior court where e at this hour Edgar Madison welcl name Madison Welch will be in court here for a preliminary hearing. This means hell go before a a judge, and well fine out his os bond status. Tu hes currently being heldurrentg without bond. But per happen the judge will release welch so that he can goc home to North Carolina pending trial. Ia. The 28yearold from salsbury,al North Carolina, was arrestedrrte sunday on connecticut avenue. You see the photograph there. Te charged with firing a gun inside comet pingpong. Ng. Thats a pizza r connecticut Avenue Northwest washington. Welch says he was investigatingn fake news reports about an alleged child sex principle runr from the restaurant connected to hillary clinton. Now in an interview with the nen york times reporter yesterday,a, Madison Welch said this quotingi here i just wanted to do someom good and went about it the wrong way. He said the intel on thiss wasnt 100 . And later saying i regret how i handled the situation. This hour this comes as theres r are these new reports from new york city that a popular woodaro fire pizza restaurant inurant brooklyn call robertos is suffering the same fake news allegations about this alleged d child sex ring and that employees there have also ao received telephone threats. Tts. Were at d. C. Superior court. Ct well bring you the latest whent we get word from the court. Cou all right, bob. Ht,ob. Sounds good. Undsood we will look for that. In the meantime trump in the midst of y battle going after a union Union Official who questioned his jobb claims and this comes some of s the president elections cabinet picks could touch off skirmish with democrats in congress. Gres foxs doug luzader has those tse details. Reporter this is one ofs iso the tweets in question thisnhi morning. Donald trump going after a guy named chuck jones who is thewhoe local president of unitedd Steelworkers Union saying hein h done a terrible job representinn workers no wonder trump saysay we want boeing Donald Trumps appearancesppc since the election have beeneen largely fleeting with that wit twitter account he keepst hps stirring the pot. He pot his latest target Union President chuck jones whoent claimed on fox business thatch a trump is exaggerating the jobss that were saved at carrier airconditioning. Donald trump and governoroveo pence are taking credit for 3500 jobs that are research andearch Development Jobs that were staying here in annapolis fromof the start. Reporter among otherngth union should spend more timeime working less time talking, and lower dues. Another battle ahead for trump, nominating Oklahoma Attorney general scott pruett to head the environmental protect agency. General pruett has great qualifications and good record ag in oklahoma and there were tw number of qualified candidatesds for that position that theositit president elect interviewed and settled on attorney general genl pruett we look forward to theart confirmation hearing. Nf reporter pruett airs hmaasn could get ugly. With one environmental groupntag its like putting arsonist inisi charge of fighting forest fires. It could be in keeping with w trumps promise to reduceed regulations. Laons. Something that already may bethy having an impact o mnay wall ste where stocks have been soaring i this week. Week another expected cabinet pick, retired general john kelly toelt head the department of hope lanl security. Tasked with implementing trumps plan to expand border borde enforcements. Ent one of the issues that democrata may raise through confirmationro hearin generals that trump is turning to and in the cabinet that would include Homeland Security anditd the department of defense. Ense in washington, doug luzaderr fox news. 90 00s d. C. Council expected toe confirm the appointment of theef citys newest school chancellor. Mauer mur yoel bowser nominating Antwan Wilson to fill thehe position. Wilson was in town yesterdayestd greeting students and familiesd at Tubman Elementary School inln northwest. California where he was thehere superintendent of Public Schools in oakland. Nd. Also today, well the wait ishe w finally over. Nay ov tonight at 11 00 oclock you can finally step foot inside the nen national mgm. To be clear thats lohse p. M. E it opens to the public in allll casino. A process to get here. Ere. A long one. Lets go back right now. Ght n lets take quick look at thek ae journey from first ground breake to tonights big reveal. . . Ill go and ill sit in thet traffic, too. Oo [ laughter ] i would come just for thejus atmosphere and the excitement. E. . . D. C. National harbor is proud will you come . You c yes, i will. Why . Because i want to spend my money. Mo . . Theres a lot to offer inside mgm National Harbor. . . You saw a quick shot of the restaurant fish in there knewnew joe say andres restaurant. Taur annie had a chance to talk withh the chef and some other Celebrity Chefs shes been outst there all morning. Ere l mo whats been i guess the most out. Out. Casino mgm you think big. Ig whats the biggest thing thatng stood out to you, annie . Reporter everything steve. Ve i mean good morning everybody. Ry everything has stood out to me. E and its amazing. G. They bill this thing in two years. I know the Ground Breaking andad talks of it started a couple coe years before that, but we basically scene this being buils over the last few years and imi super impressed by everything. Th you have artwork its call the heritage art collectionleio surrounding the walls aroundd this facility. Ty. You have 30 artist that is havee basically put their work in here. Youve got Celebrity Chefs allha the amazing restaurants. Taurants 15 restaurants to choose from. F youve got entertainment weree already seeing the line up. Boys two men, bruno mars, cher,e sting a bunch of people headlining. But the big big thing, guys, ofo course the casino openingpeni tonight at 11 00 oclock. Olo the doors are going open to alll of you. Ou theyre expecting thousands ofns to you come out. Ome o encouraging you all to do the ride sharing option and so so theyre encouraging you to takee uber, you know, it will bringill you right up to the door front here. This has really been the talk ol the town. A lot of have you been asking us to do these personal previews on inside youre seeing the inside of it now. Se w. What youre looking at right now is the glass ceiling, and its magnificent. You can get a clear view oicf te 24story luxury hotel. Hot they have more than 300 rooms rs and sweets here. He. So just a stunningie theyve got seasonal dee core rere. Youre going to be greet greeteg with the mgm placard same as tht one billagio in las vegas but b the thing about it, what reallyl sets this apart, i guess thishi answers your question, steve, s, too. Too. Is that you know they really put a lot of tlc into this thing. They thought about how can wee keep the local love and soo theyve inn cormed the local artists. Artists the local Celebrity Chefs. He. The local chefs and its just its amazing to me. O m how it plays off of the monuments and Potomac River it shaped like a boat a ship. S. I mean they put lot of thought t into this and so i know the the designers are local as well. Wel so i am impressed by that. Tha how much love they gaff to the dmv. Back to you in the studio. You is really amazing. Tu r had the chance to check it out t last week when things were notee quiet finish. Iet finish i know theyve been working upou to the end. To the but boy it will be something toi see. E did you win any money, steve . Well, you know, you have toat play in moderation. Ease night. [ laughter ] that would be no. Would no. 9 12 is the time. Im hey speaking of bets Washington Nationals theyre hedging theirg bets this morning the teams more taking a gamble tamrading away p prospects on player they hopey h will be the key to world seriesr win. Well have the details on that coming up a littlehe d bit late. First more proof affordablea housing in d. C. Is in hot ndmand. Dozens of people spending a cooc night outside on purpose. Purpo. Hoping just to get a shot an ann apartment. Tm well take you live for this t report much thats coming uph as next. . . Stronger is blasting her tumors. Without risking her bones. Stronger is less pain, more fight. 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Of you can see down here they t started handing out the numberss because theyre only going to give invitations to fill out o applications to 200 people andpa see the ladies there in the its kind of hard to see kind oo here in the jackets. Ac theyre kind of theyreki of getting down to the end of theie ticks here only 200 are going tg people will be able to go in ana get on waiting list to fill outt app application for affordablebl housing here in the city. Cit now, we talk to number of peopll who say that this is absolutelyl evidence that the city needs to do more for Affordable Housingin here in the district. Ict. A lot of people pointing outg o that theyre seeing these half h Million Dollar condos going upng all over the city, and at the ae same time Affordable House is shrinking. Sh mayor Muriel Bowser has h effort to try to keep the rentaa companies and developers who have Affordable Housing to try t to keep them in the affordablee housing business. Ess. Also, offering money foron property assistance in case they need help doing repairs andep those sort of things reallyll trying to do what they can to cn bolster Affordable Housing in hu the city. As you can see obviously there e isnt enough. Nt gh. 42,000 people on the waiting wti list with Dc Housing Authority i just to try to get some help and folks here saying that even if i they do get their name on the theres no guarantee that theyhy will will be accepted, and somes of them may not get thehe apartments of their choice. Very very tough competitionti here, and you know, that is ones of the reasons also why theyvee got security here as well. Just so yesterday apparently there were some altercationsar f people in line. We also talk to sopome folks fol online this morning about whatha this would mean to them. The right now im current until t homeless shelter so im tryingmy to find my own spot. So what do you think . You thint youll make it . Hiake i i got out here at 5 00 oclock this morning. I was makthing sure i got out o here. Reporter what would that mean to you if you finally getrf through the process and get the application and get a place . God is good. Gd. God is great. G you know, im just going to bene very happy, you know, that its actually, upping, an opportunity for me to get my own place. Pce im glad they have stuff likeik this. Reporter what would it mean to you to be able tote gr t your own place . It would mean a place for mem and my son. Can afford, too. Yes. Es. Very much. Muc reporter it looks like you l have a pretty good shot at it. How you feeling . . Its cold. Ol but i feel good. Oo i feel good. Reporter and so thoseho folks we talk to indeed did receive their numbers and so a s theyll be able to go inside i again and do an plick. P a lot of folks we talk to said i this is a process they have to v do over and over again becauseeu if they dont get it the first f time, they have to come back foc so that is the latest from herer in southeast. In s back to you guys. Im just curious, i donti do know if you know the answer tokw this, why havent the people whw own the Apartment Building or the Apartment Company why dontt they do this another way instea of having people come and sleepp outside, give them thehe applications, do somethingns, m online, its just seems a little extreme to have them sleep sle outside to get applications foro those apartments . Rtme reporter i really donty dt know wisdom. Wism it seems this is the procedure e that the company goes through. They put notices o i they let folks know which apartment complexes theyre opening the Affordable Housingai waiting lists for and when, and folks obviously Pay Attention tt those and come out for it. Wow. I you we were talking about thii the position between and then tn the over top opulence of mgm is just so so striking. Ing. Clearly illustrates a needese that is there. A real need. Absolutely. A real need. 9 igight now. Cominght up we have a new warniw safety ratings and why so few sf made the cut plus bad news for f anyone hoping to get that 85 rock for christmas. Do not even tell me those are sol out. L ou weve got a check of what elsels is making headlines coming upup next. Ne cheheck ebay. Later well show you how toho deck the halls and trim the tree with a modern flare and twist. T well be right back. Somebody is already busy workini . . . . . . . . . . Nine can he. Allison is back in the loft with a check of the on the stories making headlines on this thursday. Hey,. Good morning to all of you. First up in headlines, officials in oakland, californiaack of thh ay. Rninhead want tot if you have 10 up smoke alarm a regulation after a deadly dea warehouse fire that killed k arthritic people. Officials believe the firearals started on the first floor of o the warehouse blocking the second floor where the dance d party was being held. Was beg he right now investigators arestig trying to figure out what causeu the fire but authorities believe a refrigerator may have caused it. More emotional testimonyesmy expected today in the federal fd Death Penalty trial of dylan roof. Of he is charged with shooting to death nine people at historically black church in chn charleston, South Carolina aftea he had been invite the to join j their bible study. E udy. One survivor choke back tears as happening today, the surgeoe general had release a report onn the dangers of e cigarettes thes report is expected to focus onn the importance of keeping theeet devices away from young people,l an