Warm weather continues into the Christmas weekend.  Temps are pushing 80 degrees today and again tomorrow but it'll be mostly cloudy.  A chance of rain Saturday and Sunday.

Today's interview lineup:

At 7:40 hear Fox's Rich Johnson explain why House Republicans are not concerned about hurting the party by refusing to accept a short-term extension of the payroll tax cut.

At 8:23 hear Alison Burns at our Washington Bureau explain how long the President is going to delay his Hawaiian vacation because of the payroll tax cut fight.

Our Top Local Story:  Allegations of wasteful government spending at the JEDC.  A new report by the city auditor's office is damaging to the department's credibility.  It finds not enough review or oversight of how millions of your tax dollars were being spent.  Four check totaling $50,000 were lost, some could be gone for good.  Read the full report at WOKV.COM.

Sounds like a fake abduction in Palm Coast.  Two teenagers go missing, prompting an Amber Alert.  Danielle Annis and Amanda Hunt sent a text message they were abducted in a parking lot last evening.   Just after midnight we learned the girls were found in Clay County and they had left on their own will.  Cops are not saying if the teens will face any charges. 

Disgusting allegations against a former group home manager.  Nicole Hankerson is accused of stealing money from about a dozen disabled residents in Palatka.  Hankerson was fired after an audit showed the money missing.

A family in Murray Hill gets a visit from the grinch just days before Santa is due to show up.  Thieves break into his daughter's home and steal Christmas gifts right out from under the tree. 

New information in the close call for three Jacksonville cops who were shot at in Arlington.  20 year-old Fred Childs is locked up, accused of popping off nine rounds at an unmarked police car as it drove by Tall Pine Lane in Arlington. Police say the officers could have been seriously hurt. 

A big change in leadership at the Times Union.   Longtime general manager Bobby Martin is retiring after a 43 year career at the paper.  He started in the advertising department and rose to the top of the leadership rung in 1990. 

Our Top National Story is the standoff over a looming tax hike.  House Speaker John Boehner is refusing to budge from a one-year extension.  President Obama is urging House Republicans to just pass a two month extension and stop the political games.  If this thing isn't settled by the first of the year your taxes will go up an average of $1,000. 

Bank of America agrees to pay $335 million after its Countrywide mortgage unit allegedly discriminated against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers. It's believed to be the biggest fair lending settlement ever.

WalMart pulls a batch of powdered infant formula from stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy died of a suspected infection.  No government recall has been ordered for the 12.5-ounce cans of Enfamil Newborn powder with the lot number Z-P-1-J-7-G.  The formula's manufacturer says the batch Wal-Mart pulled tested negative for the bacterium.

Military families will be listening closely today to find out how Arlington National Cemetary is handling burial sites.  Congress ordered the report following revelations that some people had been buried in the wrong place or in misidentified grave sites.