"After pressure from Veterans Affairs, the White House finally agreed to lower its flag to half staff. And speaking of lowering things to half staff, here's Mary with the weather."

No, they are not. It's the next in the legendary "Daily Bad" series.

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Are these for real?

"Unfortunately, he was found too late, and the emaciated dog had to be put down at a local veterinary office. Well, it was a bad day for that dog, and looks like we're having some dog days of our own here, aren't we, Jeff?"

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Well, it was related to television..and it DID have a news story in it.

On the other hand there was no weather segue and you asked if it was a funny bit.

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"...and that was where the victim was found murdered in cold blood. Speaking of cold blood, looks like we'll have to get our jackets out of the closets this weekend!"