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, how low regard washington is held in. the self-governing people reminding us about the tea party, self-governing people should not have their lightbulbs taken away from them; right? [laughter] people, the government is supposedly subserve i can't to us, and it sure doesn't feel that way, and then now, they already took our toilets, now our lightbulbs. they are going for our shower heads -- [laughter] as a good conservative i say get them out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. [laughter] we're ready to take questions from the audience. we have time for a few. if you have someone to direct it to, let me know. there's a question up here in the front. yes, i saw that. oh, at the very end? excuse me, hold the microphone as close as you can, please. >> i'd like to ask a question about the mad hatters tea party that you are describing which takes place in the high levels of leadership in washington. i'd like to ask you one, if you think the entire culture in america has radically changed within the last ten years that would s

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"good morning washington" continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is 6:00 on this wednesday, december 15. great to have you along with us on this wednesday morning. dom pamela brown. >> i am greta kreuz, in for alison starling. important news for students and parents. rappahannock county, va., schools closed because of the water issue. schools in garrett county, md., and morgan county, west virginia, have two-hour delays for the schools. >>> we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. first we started to meteorologist adam caskey. today is a repeat of yesterday, though we have changes on the way. >> the cold air will stick around. gul this morning like yesterday morning, but it is not as gusty. you do feel the wind and you will notice it all day, but it will not be howling. 23 at reagan national, 23 a culprit. 20 at martinsburg. 20 in hagerstown. sunny and cool today, breezy, rise in the low '30's. increasing clouds tonight. that will lead to a few midday light snow showers tomorrow, just a trace of sn

not because he was disloyal to either washington or the nation, and he revered washington and left his country but few men in those days could afford to go in to federal public service so far from home. congressman heard less than $10 a day and had to pay their expenses and he was a farmer and part-time lawyer who need every penny he learned to support his gigantic family. as i said before, he fathered 18 children before he died, and these were not accidental births. henry loved his first wife who died after bearing six of his children and he adored his second wife who bore the rest of his children, and he absolutely and totally with all his heart and soul aboard every one of his children. he couldn't get enough of them. he loved playing with them, telling them stories, they say and danced and jumped about in circles. he taught his boys to ride, fish and hunt. he took them riding on his horse with one boy sitting behind him and another in front of him. if friends walked into his house many times and found them in the words of one lawyer on the floor with a group of little ones climbing

once again, live from washington, moderator, gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. congress tackled all the big political issues of the day this week, immigration, nuclear security, gay rights. even the normally placid harry reid was irate, though, at the lack of movement. >> what in the world do they accomplish by saying we're not going to allow you to do the start treaty, the defense authorization bill, until the tax bill is completed and spending is done. we know that before we leave here this year, we're going to have to do something to finance the government for the next year and the odds are we're going to do something on taxes. for them to have these, i repeat, artificial road blocks is foolishness. >> nothing stirred the blood like the debate that erupted after the president agreed to extend tax cuts republicans wanted to the wealthy. to the president, the deal was not a betrayal. >> i will be happy to see the republicans test whether or not i'm itching for a fight on a whole range of issues. i suspect they will find i am. and i think the american people wil

we are getting snow here in the washington area. that is separate from what they are getting out there. there is a pretty good gap between here and there where there is no snow falling. but they will get significant snowfall in western maryland, portions of west virginia and western portions of virginia. meanwhile, here is what is going on right here. take a look at hd radar. we've got snow moving across the region. tucker barnes just stepped outside and reports that we've got steady snowfall here in northwest washington. that is what the radar is showing as well. it is a rather narrow band. down to the south, it is more widespread and more significant rainfall. can we go to the heavy snow machine and check it out? there you go. some heavier snowfall. i think fredericksburg could wind up with a couple of inches of snow. that is where the heaviest snowfall is. most of us are just seeing light snowfall. now, let's get to the graphics. here is your winter weather advisory. all the counties in blue and it does include washington, d.c.,

>> they moved their families to washington. i cannot call him a socialist if i have to eat dinner with his wife the next night. that is a huge cultural disconnect. >> they talk about getting disconnected from your vors back home. in three weeks, i feel there is a disconnect. i felt like i had to go home. i went home this last weekend. you start -- the best politics isood government. what we ran it was a retail government. identify your customer. the government does not know who its customer is. they do not have to react to the bottom line. most of t people that are in legislature have never been a in a business where they had to get a loan. they did not know the pressures. [applause] >> david, is and what we assault this week giving the customers what they want? >> -- isn't what we saw this week giving e customers what they want? >> i think that what has ppened is that the generation -- we lost a lo of that civic culture that was there. to me, you the question is not only what the folks in washington do. the real question is wh

heavier's to the south of washington. if you are down towards fredericksburg, richmond, the snow amounts will be heavier. lighter as you get up to the pennsylvania border. generally 1 to 3 inches. about 1 inch here in washington. here is your forecast for today. no problems for the morning commute. just cold out there. we will warm up to 28, light snow developing by noon. it will continue for the evening rush and that would be the most likely problem, drive time i would expect. >> hopefully, we can get through the morning rush without too much trouble. early this morning, julie is taking a look at the roads. night lot of traffic out there yet. >> not yet. we are concerned about this evening's rush as tucker just mentioned. waking up to dry pavement. that is a good start to your commute. apparently, there is construction out there in your way. you want to keep an eye out for that. no incidents along southbound 270. this is the ramp here at montrose road. keep in mind as you travel throughout the day, the bridges, ramps and

he helped washington win the war. it was henry who discovered the scandal behind the food shortages at valley forge. it was henry that helped uncover and thwart the group of vicious officers to overthrow washington as chief and reconciliate with britain. it was henry that sent troops into the west to seize the illinois territory, along with kentucky, ohio, and indiana. that was not the continental army, that was henry's force. and it was henry who sent virginia militiamen into north carolina and helped drive the british out of north carolina. he never fired the weapon himself, he was one the great heros of the american revolution, along with washington, lafayette, green, and knox. the hit -- the historians all but ignore the greatest of the american patriots. which is why i wrote line of liberty to restore patrick henry to his rightful place on one of the greatest of the founding fathers. in some ways, henry was actually a more notable founding father than even washington. washington fathered no children, henry father

itself primarily the western portions of washington but all of washington will be getting it shortly as the snow showers come through. there is the district. there is the beltway. so it is d.c., northwest d.c., southwest d.c., points out to the west as you are driving out to the beltway, george washington parkway, down to alexandria, 359 and 95 down towards fredericksburg. not much happening in the eastern parts of the city. but as you travel farther out east, you will see a few more snow showers down there. we expect light accumulations anywhere from a dusting to a half inch for most people. maybe an inch or more an inch down in fredericksburg where it is a little heavier. these advisories have been expanded a little bit now. winter weather advisory in effect for washington, d.c. and all of these surrounding counties. they've now added charles county and stafford county. fredericksburg, you are under this winter weather advisory. waldorf is now included in this. this is because light snow that is moving through the area. it could add to slippery conditions on the roads and again, so

it is washington your way. the c-span network is now available in over 1 million homes -- in over 100 million homes. >> now bill kristol, kate o"b'bierne. this even from friday is held by the hudson institute. >> i would like to welcome our audience at home watching on c- span and our viewers at hudson .org. we are pleased to have hudson alexander here today. lamar alexander needs no introduction. he is a senior senator from the set of tennessee. he served as governor of tennessee, as president of the university of tennessee, as u.s. secretary of education, as a businessman, and also as a hudson institute fellow. for a few hundred votes in the new hampshire primary, he would've been the republican nominee in 1986. the senator has treated his signature red flannel shirt for the more muted suit of it u.s. senate. he is a leader who takes ideas seriously. in recent years, we have worked with him on numerous issues, including the assimilation of immigrants. he and his colleagues will tell you the same. he is one of

impending holiday deadlines focused a legislative mind in washington. remember the christmas eve health care vote? this year is no different. so now with any number of critical issues still hanging fire, every victory is one that can be universally claimed. >> candidly speak, there are some elements of this legislation i don't like. there's some el lts that members of my party don't like. there's some elements that republicans here today don't like. that's the nature of compromise. >> we want to stop all of the tax hikes for at least the next two years, and secondly, that we ought to have the funding bill through september 30 at 2008 levels before the stimulus and before the bailouts and all the other nonsense that's gone on here. gwen: all the other nonsense. you see, this time last week, janet, we were talking about the liberal revolt in the house floor and even on the senate floor. what happened? >> well, over the course of the last week, which was consumed by talk about this tax bill, two things had. at least two things happened among liberals. a lo

>> tom: washington puts the finishing touches on extending the bush tax cuts. that's so real life businesses can start making real life plans. >> we're committed to putting another salesperson out next year. so knowing, we believe, that they're going to leave taxes where they are makes us feel better about that decision. >> suzanne: but that business owner says if the tax cut plan stalls, his hiring goal could be put on hold. you're watching "nightly business report" for wednesday, december 8. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. i'm joined by suzanne pratt. both mastercard and visa's corporate websites were down today, but not by choice. supporters of the controversial website wikileaks claimed responsibility for a series of cyber attacks. >> suzanne: tom, hackers flooded the sites with traf

. >> muy buenos días desde washington dc, les saluda josé díaz ballard bienvenidos a esta edición de enfoque, hoy diciembre 26, muchas felicidades espero que hayan podido pasar con familia y seres queridos, vamos a haar del futuro de una reforma migratoria vimos que el sábado pasado murió el dream act,nemos a maribel de american voice, con nosotros, muchas gracias por estar con nosotros, tú eribistre un artículo extraordinario sobre nr ringconnect 1200 >> los republicanos dijeron que no a una reforma migratoria. >> pero sabemos que esto hay que resolverlo, porque no podemos hablar de seguridad nacional, así que se necesita que la administración invierta más de cara a los comicios del 2012, también tienes al partido republicano que también va de cara al 2012, para que demuestre que también va cona esta retórica. >> creo que el partido republicano, a ellos le conviene estar en contra de los indocumentados, políticamente, í quno veo cómo presionar a un partido político cuando su beneficio es estar en contra de los indocumentados. >> pero también necesitan a votantes lati

from washington university. our second speaker, bill shambla, director of the bradley center for philanthropy and civic renewal. he was director of programs for the bradley foundation in milwaukee. he served as speech writer for attorney general edwin meeks and director of the office of personnel management connie horner and secretary of health and human services lewis sullvn and he was co-director of a.e.i.'s constitution, he served on the committee for records and he served on the board of directors for the corporation for national and community service. bill crystal is editor of "the weekly standard" which he co-founded in 1995. he frequently appears on fox news sunday and the fox news channel. before starting the "weekly standard" he led the project for republican future and served as chief of staff to vice president dan quayle and secretary of education william bennett. he taught politics at the university of pennsylvania and finally, senator alexander's coed tore is joining us, checker finn is president of

cnbc, washington. college debt crisis" tonight at 9:00 eastern time on cnbc. >>> up next, the increasing talk on broadway that a show about a spider might be a snakepit. >>> the show did not go on last night on broadway, though some of the people in the audience, for spiderman on broadway thought what happened was part of the show. amateur video shows the stunt man spiderman falling 30 feet into the pit after a tether broke. the broadway extravaganza has been plagued by problems from the start, eight years in the making at a cost of $65 million. the biggest production ever staged. the show includes 27 aerial stunts. government safety inspectors ordered some changes today. tomorrow's matinee has been postponed but the producers say tomorrow night's show will go on. >>> did you set your alarm to drag yourself or a loved one outside to see the total lunar eclipse? turns out a lot of people did including a viewer of ours in brisbane, australia, who captured the image as an aircraft streaked across the sky.

washington, d.c. after 1 to 2 inches of snow yesterday, it's a cold morning, but 34 degrees and sunshine this afternoon should begin to melt most of that. lynn, more details on that weekend forecast, come. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> also coming up, upbeat economic data. sizzling stock markets and the feel-good auction of the year. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, it was a cool concept back in the early 80s, but will film audiences go for it today? >>> coming up, vincent jackson leads the charge against the 9ers. the corrects continue their december to remember and quite possibly the dunk of the year. we're running out of time, so it ought to happen soon. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. president obama says the u.s. is make significant progress in its goal of dismantling the taliban in afghanistan. that awaits a long awaited report on the war and a news

>> we had snow beginning in washington an hour ago. it is picking up in intensity as olympic as you look at the radar, you can see, it is a broad area of snow, covering virginia and west virginia, and continuing to advance through the east. this is a fast-moving storm, otherwise we would be talking about a major winter storm. there is the view, looking down on nebraska avenue there. off in the distanc american university, lost in the snow. the visibility has dropped. it has changed to rain in southwestern virginia, sleet as well. the closer view of the radar, where the darker colors are where it i coming down harder in charles county that is the zone that will likely get the heaviest snow. nortrn montgomery, northern loudo u.n. and stafford and prince william. it is cold. 22 in washington. this is light, fluffy snow that will stick and going to stay. all coming from low pressure that is traveling wes to east and rapidly moving through the area. for the afternoon, snow, light to moderate at mes, highs reaching the upper 20s. accumulatio

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be inhibited from leaving washington -- >> sean: wait a minute. the laws are now -- >> to say he's not a chicago want he represented chick being in the house of representatives -- -- i'm not an expert on chicago law. >> sean: he has to have lived in chicago for a full year prior to the election. he doesn't make it. [ talking over each other ] >> sean: he admitted himself he's a part-time resident. when this comes up he amends his tax return. >> does law say fulltime resident? >> sean: you have to live in the city for a full year. >> every holiday he goes -- >> i was involved in mounting a campaign against him that. law is clear about fulltime resident. the only exemption is armed services. >> sean: why did your guy pull out? >> he had a lot of kids. his 3-year-old was

right around washington, might pick up an inch or two. as we get in next week, a chance of snow on wednesday. jerry, how is traffic? >> tom, breaking traffic news that will definitely affect your commute. live pictures chopper 4 over the capital beltway in maryland. multicar crash, inner loop between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. quick check elsewhere, 395 looks okay to t 14th street bridge. out to the rails, no worries right now. metro, vre, one delay. manassas, 322. marc looking good. joe, eun. >> not a good start to the morning commute. big mess on the beltway already. >> thanks, jerry. >> 6:23, 27 degrees. a lot of women confused this morning. >> a group of students goes to the hospital after eating brownies. why police are now investigating. >>> the end of an era. the king has left the studio. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate excitincars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebratthis holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or

even to learn from the independent institute in washington thank you for your views on r.t. tonight. thank you. russian football fans of finding themselves cold in the middle of extreme nationalists notoriety these days it's after ethnic riots was sparked by the death of a spotter. thought to have been killed by a caucasus man earlier this month prime minister vladimir putin's been meeting the leading football fan clubs calling on them to resist the influence of the far right . history lesson for an unlikely audience talking to football fans still fuming after the recent clashes with ethnic minorities let me put in carefully navigated between giving a pep talk and showing yellow cards but from which the throughout its history russia has always had a strong immunity to nationalism and xenophobia but now it seems this immunity has started to slacken and you can see that in the activities of the fan movement to nationalistic calls are sometimes heard of the stadiums like the killing of a football fan in moscow allegedly by a caucasus man and he set sequent rallies by seemingly

con ustedes desde washington dc josé díaz-balart. >>> muy buenas tardes desde washington dc. en donde hace solo minutos y tras una ardua batalla, el dream act superó su primera prueba de fuego. en la cámara baja da propuesta. y 1 1e89 votos. solo 8 republicanos votaron que sí a la medida 208 demócratas que sí. 38 demócratas que no. 160 republicanos votaron que no. ahora ¿que kaquiere decir esto? ¿cual es el significado de este voto? histórico sin lugar a dudas. ahora la pelota está en la cancha del senado de los estados unidos. que se espera que mañana, líder de la mayoría en el senado harry reid, traiga al pleno del senado, el primer paso, que es simplemente votar si o no, se permite debatir el tema del dream act en el senado. vamos con estas imágenes que están ocurriendo en estos momentos aquí en washington dc. conferencia de prensa de distintos representantes demócratas hispanos en el congreso. todos votaron a favor del dream act. y esto, es una victoria. en una batalla muy ardua. y quiero ser muy claro con ustedes. lo más fácil, era aprobar el dream act

if you're in the washington d.c. metro area code con please visit us to explore our new exhibit ie the documents we hold upstairs,i the charters of freedom. thank you all for coming. th of. stahr will be available in the lobby to sign copies of his book. thank you all. [applause] >> this program first aired in 2005. to see more events from petitti's archives, visit otb.org. >> were here at the national press club talking with marine beasley about her new book, "eleanor roosevelt" transformative first lady. can you tell us what aspect of her life you concentrated on? >> yes, this book concentrates on the way owner roosevelt wrote the script for first lady. now, every first lady since eleanor has either follow the script or hasn't all described, but at least they had she read the script. they've had to know about it. there are lots of books on oliver roosevelt. but what this book does is tell what she did in the white house to make the job of first lady more than just that of a hostess or somebody who is interested per

"good morning washington" begins right now. >> welcome back. good morning, washington. i'm pamela brown. >> i'm scott thurman. closed, culpepper, fauquier, king george county, prince william county, rappahannock, spotsylvania as well. >> the federal government is open today for those of you wondering and don't forget there is a complete list at the top of your screen all morning long. >> let's check in with jim in just a minute but first a busy day for adam. >> yes, yesterday was a bit busy. the snowfall averaged an inch and a half across the region, i would say, on average. some areas 2.5 pushing 3 inches but i measured about 1.6 at my house in arlington. let's talk temperatures outside. it will be slow getting out of the neighborhood. it is doable but some snow cover and slick spots. 25 now at reagan national. 12 in martinsburg. 19 in frederick. we'll be in the mid 30's today. above freezing, which will help melt things down a bit. possibly some icy refreezing spots on the roads tonight. mostly cloudy tomorrow. we'll talk more about the weekend and snow chances coming

"washington journal" continues. host: a veteran of washington, d.c. politics. this report has been delayed, why? guest: the whole process has been mismanaged. we had many months to do this report. we were supposed to get a draft of the report in april. we did not get in the draft until late november. the piece is about 450 printed pages. it is complex stuff. we, the republicans, have not to an opportunity with review its -- an opportunity to review it. we have not seen the whole report except in the last few days. it makes it almost impossible for us to have a reply to the position that the majority is taking here. host: one of the many stories of what happened is that the competing narrative of the republicans and the democrats made it difficult to have bipartisanship on this. can there be bipartisanship on what happened on wall street or are there competing narrative? guest: there are competing narratives. these are important questions because they determine how the government will react to things in the future or whether there will be another financial crisi

washington still use them as illegitimate. it also does not mean the obama administration has given up on peace in the middle east. in fact, the israeli and palestinian negotiators will be going to washington in the coming week. hillary clinton will be making a speech about peace on friday. american officials also said that they will be discussing how to move forward but but the israelis and palestinians, but it is a little bit unclear what that really means. >> that for us from washington. a week after ireland applied for help from the imf, its finance minister has made plans to take 6 billion euros. >> the scale of this adjustment is demanding, but it demonstrates the seriousness of our intent. a gap between government receipts and spending is on as 19 billion euros this year. that gap must be closed. >> the european union finance ministers have decided not to provide extra money for the bailout fund for european countries in financial trouble. the international monetary fund has concern at that spain, portugal, and possibly

. >> when did you get to washington? >> '99. >> january of '99. literally my first day in the united states senator i was sworn in as a juror in the impeachment of a president. and believe it or not, i thinks have kind of gotten worse since then. >> mark, you've been a democrat, you've been a republican. it is interesting that we look back in the '90s which were pretty rush and tumble and clinton survivors, and we talk, hey, we got things done back then. i remember being shocked hearing tom brokaw and pat buchanan saying things were nastier now than in 1968 when cities were on fire. >> that's right. >> how can that be? >> we can talk about how we got there. there's a lot of reasons. recreating districts where you have people from the far left and the far right who don't represent america. that's a big part of the problem. we're going to be talking about election reforms that have no labels. the primary system is partly to blame. i like what california did, opening up that process. we'll be talking about that as well. we

washington has now dropped its seventh straight game. this time in an overtime loss to the anaheim ducks. washington peppered anaheim goalie jonas hiller with 32 shots but only ended up with one score. the caps now head to boston for game with the uins on saturday night. >> more tough losses for more of our teams. >> they're going through a tough time now. >> we've got to trn things around. >> all right, tom, tell us about the forecast. let me tell you about a couple of schools closing, calvert and charles county and king george county closed. >> closed because of the snow that's moving in? >> it already hit those areas? >> no, it has not hit those areas yet but they're anticipating that it will. it certainly is snowing now across parts of virginia and west virginia. you can see it's advancing quickly to the east. rit now getting light snow, potomac hihlands of we virginia, as well as farther south now in the shenandoah valley and south and east of there from charlottesville to nearrichmond. it is continuing to advance to the north and e

"washington journal" is next. host: this is video from about 18 hours ago in central london, video from yesterday's street protest over the tax increases and kurdish government budget cuts. could it happen here? could such violent protests have been here over a potential budget cutbacks -- budget cutbacks? the numbers are on the screen. we want to hear from you. we set aside our fourth point for you this morning on the "washington journal" to get your view of if such violent protests could happen here for college students. 628-0104 and you can also send us a tweet. or an e-mail. this is from the "new york times" in london. a little bit more from the story -- other violence continued into the night with demonstrators trying to smash their way into the treasury building at the heart of the white hall government district with makeshift france and shouting "-- with makeshift rams and shouting "we want our money back!" of that is a little bit from john burns in the "new york times" this morning. could such violent prot

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: the vote was 83-15 in the senate. rarely do you see that type of support from both democrats and republicans here in washington. it was a test vote, but it could very well foreshadow what we'll see when the real vote actually happens possibly as early as later on today. democrats and republicans alike say they held their nose and voted for this compromise, but democrats much more so because they opposed that 35% estate tax that would have been 20% higher without this deal, but both sides say they had to move forward. so in moving forward after the final senate vote which could happen again as early as today this deal moves on to the house of representatives where there is not as much support. house members say they want to make an issue especially democrats of that estate tax but leaders say even though there are some who will vote against this deal, it's not the majority they expect to be debating it by the end of the week. president obama in reacti

there is still many in washington who believe otherwise. they believe government spending is what spurs our economy and creates prosperity. beginning on january 5, the american people will watch their congress do something differently. , at least in one house. beginning in january, the house will become the outpost in washington for the american people and their desire for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. the president's agenda may be the agenda of washington, but beginning january 5, the agenda of this house will be the agenda of the american people the people's priorities will be our priorities. we have laid the groundwork for action and in the 45 days since the election, under leadership of our transition committee ourgreg walton and others, we have banned earmarks, a raised to have cameras installed in the rules committee, we have reduced the size of committees so they can work more effectively and do a better job of oversight. we have also instituted reforms like cut as you go which makes it harder to increase s

>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, washington. it is a clock on this tuesday, december 14. great to have you with us. i'm powerball brown. pamelagreta kreuz -- i'm brown. >> i'm greta kreuz. allison starling has the day off. garrett county schools are closed today once again. there are delays -- frederick county, maryland, morgan county, virginia -- morgantown, west virginia, and page county, virginia. >>> we start with meteorologist at caskey. it's not even officially winter yet, but it sort does feel like it -- is assured us feel like it. >> that is why we categorize winter as december 1, january, and february. at a sevena look radar. laurel, maryland, is where we have light snow showers. there is still residual snow and slick spots on the roads. much of montgomery county, frederick county, and prince george's county as the snow shower clicks -- clips parts of laurel and bowie. shown in blue on your screen, wind chills, down in the single digits. it even feels like for below zero right now in front royal. scattered showstoppers

while washington has been busy doing what's best for washington things have gotten worse, not better for families and small businesses. with unemployment still rising, the number one thing our family-owned small businesses need right now is certainty. they need to know that the government is not going to come in and do anything to jeopardize their ability to keep their doors open. so it's certainly encouraging to see that president obama has proposed a potential agreement to stop all the tax hikes scheduled to take effect on january 1st. failing to stop all the tax hikes would mean taxes would go up for small businesses all across this country, destroying more jobs. the american people want to see all the tax hikes stopped, and they won't tolerate games that might get in the way. they won't put up with any celebrating and back-slapping, either. putting the games aside and doing the right thing for the people shouldn't be the exception it should be the rule. while stopping all the tax hikes would be a good first step, this alone won't eliminate the job- killing uncertainty hanging ove

and washington lends itself in hot water after a new leak exposes its true colors opinions of a so-called corrupt raso raise questions over u.s. politicians and their stereotypical new. life from moscow if you're watching r t with me and he said no way it's four pm here in the russian capital two pm in zurich where voting on who will host the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two football world cups has just kicked off in switzerland while russia's red for the first competition is believed to be a hot ticket well know who nets the world's top sporting events and billions of dollars of investment in about two hours let's not cross live to our correspondent paul. andrew farmer is for us sarah firth and you're in st petersburg and the city is of course that would host games. where let's go to andrew for us of course has made the final presentation of its bed how did it go and. yeah that's right so well as you said the tension is building here because voting will start shortly but i think personally russia and england will be feeling quietly confident after their presentations in front of the

the visually impaired rely on metropolitan washington readers to get their information read to them. >> the service could be ending. >> good evening. >> reporter: kathy is one of the people who read radio broadcasts broadcasts. 900 live in dc. david is one of themful he's the director of economic analysis at the state department. >> blind people can feel disengaged and i suppose i did at a certain level because they are not taking in as much information as other people and when i used dial in news i felt a liberating feeling. >> reporter: the "washington post" is read live op the radio every morning from 9:00 to 11:00. in listeners want more indepth coverage of the paper they can dial in to the service. >> reporter: the service, which has been reading to the blind since 1974 could soon end in dc. washington is the latest victim of budget cuts in its place the district is considering contracting with the national federation of the blind's news line which uses computerized voices that's not what blind people are using. >> you have taken aa part of my civil rights when i really ought to

en washington dc del otro lado. aquí en washington dc. y nos hemos reunido para per de alguna manera concientizar a los políticos. a los hombres que están dirigiendo esta nación. de que estos jenes que tenemos aquí. lo único que piden es solamente una oportunidad de terminar sus estudios. porque estos muchachos están prácticamente en un limbo. ellos no pertenecen a guatemala o el salvador. o a perú. si regresan a s país de doe eran pequeños no pueden desarrollar las habilidades que están aquí. y nosotros estamos que bill deaned día atrás día. en los pasillos en las oficinas de los senadores los dipudos andamos por todos lados. solo que son personas que quieren trajar y quieren depositar lo que han recibido estados unidos. ilia que ayudarlos no por política. ¿verdad? amén por los políticos y en este caso. tenemos que habl que es un caso moral. no podemos dejarlos en el limbo. estamos prácticamente quitando lo que. y estos muchachos comenzaron a hablar en inglés. estudiaron en inglés. y ahora, si nosotros mandamos a su

why increase the number of politicians in washington when washington is so dysfunctional? so i don't think we will see that happening anytime soon. massachusetts is going to be a thorny state. democrats have all 10 seats in massachusetts, including the 10th disistrict where >> the house was in session and recessed shortly after passing the defense off addition bill that sets pentagon programs and policies for the next year and includes military pay raise and it goes to the president for his signature. the house is waiting for the senate to send over a bill to create a funds for 9/11 and emergency personnel. we will have live coverage when the house returns here on c- span. on c-span2 you can save lives senate debate on the start arms treaty with russian. several senators want to amend the treaty. russia's farm ministers said it will not accept changes. a vote on final ratification is expected later today. president obama signed a stopgap spending bill into law keeping the federal government opened through and of next year -- the end of the year. republicans will have to co

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mid-30s in washington. 34 in leonardtown. we are not expecting any precip today so that is good news. we'll take a look at at possible storm on sunday, coming up in a couple of minutes. >> tell me again who is closed. charles county schools are closed today. >> roads are slick out there. >> we'll continue to update any delays and closings. >> let's check in with julie and see how the roads are. >> i usually see will thomas before i'm going to bed tonight. now i'm seeing him this morning. >> i walked in and gurvir says i have some gourmet coffee for you and i took her up on it. >> maybe she should have offered that to tucker and he would be a little nicer this morning. >>> crews have been working overnight and trying to spread out the chemical for you. as you work your way southbound towards the capital beltway, you are likely to find a crew already treating the highway. not many people out there just yet so it will take a while for the chemicals to work into the pavement. it is the left and right turn lanes that we're concern

visita keepoceansclean.org. ♪ >> continuamos en al punto, aquÍ en washington. alguien que conoce a amÉrica latina es julio, tanto que ha ha ayudado a siete candidatos a llegar al poder, ha ayudado a funcionarios y presidentes de manejos de crisis y por supuesto hicimos un repaso de lo mÁs importante en toda amÉrica latina pero julio vino al programa para hablarnos de su esposa elizabeth quien hace poco muriÓ de cÁncer, y que antes de morir escribiÓ un libro que se llama "maÑana vivirÉ" esta es la conversaciÓn. >> julio gracias por estar con nosotros. >> gracias jorge. >> antes de entrar al libro quisiera que nos ayudes a tratar de entender lo que estÁ ocurriendo en estos momentos, wikileaks, ha puesto a la defensiva al gobierno de barack obama y muchos otros gobiernos de latinoamÉrica, si tu asesorarÁ a barack obama, buen presidente calderÓn o a cristina kirchner ¿quÉ le dirÍas? >> hay que entender que es un fenÓmeno producto del avance tecnolÓgico, producto de que los cÓdigos de seguridad, los candados no habÍan sido colocados oportunamente

winter weather advisory here in downtown washington. and down toward richmond where there is snow as well this morning. all in a winter weather advisory until 9:00 a.m. as we watch the band of snow lift to the east. and a winter storm warning, 10- 15 inches of snow? western maryland and in west virginia as the lake effect snow machine gets going. there is your satellite radar. a little little vestages of precip but breaks in the clouds out toast and we'll see some sunshine filter through the course of the day. and the winds have shifted out of the north and gusting to about 30 miles per hour and our high temperature of 37 we've already done that. in the low 30s for the remainder of the afternoon so very cold. 34 right now at reagan national. 34 at baltimore. 30 at dollars -- at dulles and frederick. and the winter weather advisory i mentioned, partly sunny and cold this afternoon, temperatures in the low 30s with winds out of the north and west at 20-30 miles per hour. gusty winds. check out the cold five-day forecast. tomorrow's daytim