guadag guadagno. >> i kim guadagno. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of new jersey. >> and the constitution of the state of new jersey. >> and that i will bear true faith. >> and that i will bear true faith. >> allegiance to the same. >> allegiance to the same. >> and to the governments established in the united states. >> established in the united states. >> and in this state. >> in this state. >> under the authority of the people. >> under the authority of the people. >> and that i will faithfully. >> faithfully. >> impartially. >> impartially. >> and justly. >> and justly. >> perform all of the duties. >> of the office of lieutenant governor. >> of the office of lieutenant governor. >> according to the best of my

ability. >> according to the best of my ability. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the 55th governor of the state of new jersey, governor chris christie! [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you.

thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you. thank you all very much. lieutenant governor guadagno, senate president sweepny,

speaker prieto, all of the former governors and members of the supreme court, members of our congressional delegation, members of the new jersey state legislature, members of my cabinet, family and friends, today once again, the people of new jersey have given me the opportunity to serve. [ applause ] >> and i thank each and every citizen for that honor. i have taken an oath where i have sworn to promote the peace and pro pert of our great state and its citizens and a long oath it is chief, a long one. it is an oath i've lived by for the last four years and it is the oath i will live by for every day i'm privileged to call

myself your governor. [ applause ] the oath is just a symbol of the bond we have created with each other over the last four years. we have endured the worst economic recession of our lifetimes and begun to triumph over it. we have confronted entrenched interest and their endless stream of money that previously stood in the way of physical sanity for our state and excellence for our children. we have pushed the interests back and put our children's future first. we have survived the worst natural disaster in our state's history and worked together to restore, renew and rebuild the state that we love. [ applause ]

each one of these challenges have been met by a new unified force in public life, a new jersey setting the tone for an entire nation, a tough new jersey, a resilient new jersey and proud new jersey. [ applause ] a new jersey that has put aside political partisanship on the important issues to our people to take advantage of the opportunities each of these challenges has presented us with every day. a new jersey that has brought pride to our people and leadership to our nation. and finally, this past november, new jersey has had the chance to decide if the bonds we have formed were strong enough to endure the heat of today's political campaigns.

would our elections confirm the change we have set arrived four years ago truly be beneficial for all of our citizens because you see, elections are about more than tv ads and debates and rallies. each vote cast is an act of faith and trust. faith in the strength of the bonds we have built, trust in the hope that tomorrow will bring a better job for our people, better education for our children and better day for all of our citizens. the people -- [ applause ] now the people have definitively set the course for the next four years. they have affirmed the decision to take on the big problems. they have validated the idea

that our answers to our problems must be bold. they have rewarded the principle that we must tell the truth about the depths of our challenges and the difficulty of real solutions. and it wasn't just some of our people who affirmed this course. it was not a vocal parralty like four years ago. no, this time it was the largest and loudest voice of affirmation that the people of our state have given to any direction in three decades. [ applause ] >> suburbanites and city dwellers and african-americans and latinos and women and men, doctors andctory workers and tradesmen. republicans and democrats and independents together, they have

demanded that we stay the course. they have helped set, to stand up for what is right. [ applause ] to fight the fights worth fighting and most of all, to work together to make government work for each and every one of those voices of affirmation, for each and every one of our people. you see, the people of this state know the only way forward is if we are all willing to take on what is politically unpopular. if we're all willing to share in the sacrifice if we're all willing to be in this together. now we have no moral option in my view but to heed the voice of the voters and that is exactly what i intend to do.

[ applause ] today i thank all of those who have once again placed their faith and trust in me and i make this promise. i will not let up. i will insist we work together. and i will make this government truly work for those who pay for it. you see, i do not believe that new jerseyans what more expensive government and gives the pittance left to a few in new jersey. what new jerseyans want is a way to succeed in the way they define success. they want an equal chance at the starting line, not a government guaranteed result. why? because through hard work and being rewarded for that hard

work, they know that they are part of their own success. we should make sure that government pursues policies that believe in the effort, the talent and the optimism of new jerseyans, not in the power of almighty government to fix any problem, real or imagined. [ applause ] so, let's be different than our neighbors. let's put more money in the pockets of our middle class by not taking it out of their pockets in the first place. [ applause ] one of the lessons i've learned most acutely over the last four years is that new jersey can really be one state. now this election has taught us that the ways we divide each other by race, by class, by

ethnicity and wealth and yes by political party, is neither permanent nor necessary. you see our dreams are the same, a good job. a great education for our children. safe streets in our neighborhood and core values which give lives real meaning. those dreams are not unique to any one group in our state. and while government has a role in ensuring the opportunity to accomplish these dreams, we have now learned that we have an even bigger role to play as individual citizens. we have to be willing to play outside the red and blue boxes that the media pundits put us in. we have to be willing to reach out to others who look or speak differently than us. we have to be willing to personally reach out a helping hand to a neighbor or a friend suffering from drug addiction or

depression or the dignity stripping loss of a job. [ applause ] new jersey came together as one community when it mattered most and now we must stay together. people of every background and belief, the government and our people to help our fellow citizens reach their dreams, there are times when we need to get along and get things done. as pastor joe carter said just this morning at the new hope baptist church, all of us may be one yes away from our miracle. now, that's true for each of us as individuals, for our state, and for our nation. just one yes away from our own miracle for the fact is that every one of god's creations has

value. every person, no matter what challenge they are facing in their lives must believe that they have inside of them all of the god given ability needed to be happy. they will not believe that if all they hear from us is that life is unfair and that only government can fix that unfairness. they must first believe that self-worth comes from inside each of god's beings. [ applause [ applause ] government cannot solve every one of these problems. government can only be one part of the solution. the unity our people have felt in the last year plus, as we have confronted tragedy and challenge must be a unity we build on to give every person a

chance to reach their dreams. now, those dreams begin for everyone with a growing economy. this growth will not happen by following the path that some of our neighbors seem prepared to pursue. for those who prefer economic growth and opportunity, to government redistribution and higher taxes, i have this to say to you today, come to new jersey. you will be welcome here. [ applause ] in addition to a growing economy, here's how our government, our government, our government will lead the effort to create opportunity in new jersey. we will make it our priority to have every child in new jersey have a chance to get a good education. no matter what adult we have to offend, no matter where you came

from, no matter what sacred cow we must sleigh or how much we have to change the conventional thinking, we will no longer stand for the achievement gap that exists between our best and least educated children. [ applause ] this government, our government, we will end the failed war on drugs that believes that incarceration is the cure of every ill caused by drug abuse. we will make drug treatment available to as many of our nonviolent offenders as we can and partner with our citizens to create a society that understands this simple truth. every life has value and no life is disposable.

[ applause ] this government, our government, we will fight to continue to change so that we value our differences and we honor the strength of our diversity because we cannot fall victim to the attitude of washington, d.c. the attitude that says, i am always right and you are always wrong. the attitude that puts everyone into a box that they are not permitted to leave. the attitude that puts political victories ahead of policy agreements. the belief that compromise is a dirty word. you see as we saw in december regarding the dream act, we can put the future of our state ahead of the partisans who would rather demonize than compromise. as your governor, i will always

be willing to listen as long as that listening ends in decisive action for the people who are counting on us to do our job. [ applause ] >> you see in the end, i have no greater honor in my life than having twice been elected by my fellow citizens to be the governor of the state where i was born and raised. with that honor, comes solemn obligations to make the hard decisions, to raise the uncomfortable topics, to require responsibility and accountability. to be willing to stand hard when principles are being violated and to be willing to compromise to find common ground with all of our people.

to work every day night and day to make new jersey all it can be, in short, to be the governor. [ applause ] >> to my fellow new jerseyans, we started this journey together in a dark and foreboding time in a history when hope was at a premium and trust had been squandered by government that had been unwilling to tell you the truth. today we enter the final leg of our journey together with more hope than we have had in years and with the trust that comes from partners who have shared with each other the hard truths that come from decisive action. we are at the dawn of a new age

of pride and growth in our state and its people. let us move forward with the strength that comes from the belief that we have in each other. i believe in you, new jersey. and i always, always will. [ applause ] it's only fitting that in this administration with more hurricanes and snowstorms, flooding and disaster of the natural sort, that of any administration i can remember in my lifetime, that we begin the second term in the same way. [ applause ]

so to the folks who could not make it down the new jersey turnpike to be with us this morning, i understand. to the hearty souls who are here, you have my thanks. and i end by saying what comes directly from my heart. god bless you. god bless america and god bless the great state of new jersey. [ applause ] >> with an 18-minute inaugural speech, chris christie at a crossroads at what had seemed to be a political career on an upward trajectory, of course that stopped in its tracks by

two ongoing investigations. two questions, two scandals, one involving the shutdown of the george washington bridge and other about the distribution of funds related to super storm sandy. it was in many ways a stock speech, the governor talking about themes he talked on before, bipartisanship, something that earned him a 22-point victory in his re-election campaign, talking about support for the middle class, smaller, more effective government, but no outward sign that he was going to say anything and he did not, about either of these scandals. perhaps the only obvious illusion to it at the beginning when he said about the oath, which includes things like impartiality and justice and executing the office, he said it's an oath i've lived by for the past four years. joining me to talk about the

inauguration speech and where chris christie stands right now, steve kornacki, the host of "up" here on msnbc. columnist and author bob ingell and jonathan capehart. this was a speech that arguably could have been written a month ago. >> it sounded like it was. i was thinking of listening to this was the victory speech on election night, very much scripted it seems to be a part of this 2016 rollout for chris christie, a new jersey audience but aware the rest of the country is looking. and in watching and that's what this sounded like. it sounded like last week when he had to give a state of the state speech. there was no way of getting around, addressing all of the controversies and no way of getting around addressing the investigations. he did and they didn't want that to be part of this here. interesting also to watch him at the end of the speech. i noticed the line of hands he was shaking, tells the story of the moment. he shook tom keane's hand on the

stand. this is chris christie's mentor and there's all sorts of friction now. he said publicly looking at the actions of the christie administration, is this somebody you want as president? i believe i saw jim mcgreevey and christie shook his hand. christie was investigating the administration of jim mcgreevey, and now it's his. interesting history on the scene. >> it is worth pointing out. this is someone -- this has gotten lost over the last week so of formidable political skills, did win re-election by a landslide and won over women and minorities. it was a broad cross section of support, democrats, impressive numbers and those are the reasons why when news organizations were putting out money for polls on the 2016

presidential race, it was a head to head match-up between christie and hillary clinton. this is someone who as i said before was on a complete upward trajectory. look, as somebody who has covered him for a long time and wrote a book about him, literally. are you surprised he didn't take that on, didn't mention either of those things, even if not more directly, a little more owe bleakley, if he didn't give reference to the troubles he's in. i guess you would say disaster of the natural sort was a little aside -- >> i think saying natural sort i think as close as he's going to get. he wants to put this behind him. i'm not surprised at all that he didn't. it sounded like the speeches that he used to give where he was a different kind of politician. he had something in there that conservative people could appreciate and something in there that more liberal people could appreciate. he knocked washington, d.c. he had a little something in

there for everybody. it really got back to that theme i'm not your usual politician. >> we have two people here, jonathan, who are kind of new jersey insiders as i said, bob, who wrote the book and steve who covered new jersey politics for so many years. give me your observations from your post in washington. >> well, keep in mind, i'm a new jersey born and raised. so i have a new jersey connection too. listen, leave aside bridgegate, let's pretend that never happened. the thing i found fascinating about governor christie's speech is he's continuing the same message that makes him -- renders him suspicious to the republican party base. he's talking about compromise and talking about reaching across the aisle and working together, working with democrats to get things done in new jersey. he talked specifically about reaching out to african-americans and latinos. folks in the city, folks in the suburbs. these are all things that the

gop autopsy talked about, that political pundits both hear in washington and across the country on both sides of the aisle are talking about. for what the republican party needs to do if it wants to be a national governing party again. and so the fact that chris christie is still hammering away at this message despite his problems and despite the fact that the base of the party clearly doesn't want to hear it and doesn't want to move in that direction, i think is pretty extraordinary. and again, we're two years out from the -- from the presidential race. so perhaps a calculation is by the time he has to make a decision to run for president, for the 2016 republican nomination, that the ground, the difficult situation that he's in, the dark cloud, the seriously dark cloud that's over his head, especially after the great steve kornacki's show on saturday. perhaps the clouds will have dissipated by then. as we all know, two years is an

infinite amount of time in the political universe. >> it is indeed. jonathan capehart, thank you. bob ingle and steve kornacki, who has logged so many hours on msnbc over the last couple of weeks. thanks to all of you. that does it for me, i'm chris jansing as we continue to watch the post inaugural address by chris christie. because of the huge snowstorm and that's something the governor will have to deal with on a practical level. his big party tonight has been canceled. we'll take a break and be back with more news after this. you're saying i can get at&t's network with a data plan and unlimited talk and text for as low as $45 a month? $45 a month. wow...no annual contract. no annual contract. no long-term agreement. no long-term agreement. really? really.

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each vote cast is an act of faith and trust. >> that was chris christie moments ago, 18 minutes in his remarks as he was sworn in for the second time as governor of new jersey. with me right now to give us perspective on what he said and what this might mean for the future as well as what's happening on the grount ground, casey hunt and craig melvin live in trenton where the snow is coming down steadily. let's talk about what the governor said, also this so-called super committee and you've got some developments on that. >> reporter: yeah, with regards to the speech, richard, i think we heard what we expected to hear. he talked compromise and bipartisanship and mentioned sandy. we did not have a hat tip or nod to the investigation or should i say investigations. he did not acknowledge those. but we really didn't expect him to.

there were a couple of not so veiled jabs at new york, which i did find a tad odd. 90 minutes before the governor took the stage here behind me at the war memorial, there was a bipartisan group of legislators who came together to announce the creation of this so-called super committee. they use that word by the way as well. it's going to be made up of 12 new jersey legislators and eight of them will be from the assembly. four of them will be from the senate. eight of them will be democrats and four of them will be republicans. they retained subpoena power, which means they do not have to reissue those 20 subpoenas that we expect information from during the first week of february. the creation of the super committee is going to require a vote by the new jersey legislature. they do not expect that to be much of an issue. the first order of business though, they said is going to be to sort of figure out the scope,

the scope of this super committee. one of the co-chairs, john wisniewski talked specifically about whether the recent claims made by dawn zimmer, whether those claims will be included in the scope of the committee. this was his response. take a listen. >> clearly she raises a lot much allegations and there's a lot of facts swirling about. the first order of business for this committee is to follow the information that we had to date where we have somebody in the governor's office abusing power and we see an attempt to cover up the abuse of power. we'll follow that trail but we're not going to switch gears and start following another investigation. >> reporter: follow the trail whatever it leads. we should also note in terms of the timing, first of all, that news conference, again, as the actual inauguration ceremonies were underway, i did ask, why not wait until after the inauguration or tomorrow, they

said this was the result of intense behind the scenes negotiations and as soon as they hammered out the debates, they wanted to make them public. they said there was -- this was not meant to be seen as some sort of thumb in the eye too the governor on his big day. also, richard, with regards to where it goes from here, like the immediate next step they are anticipating some sort of meeting of the super committee here in the next couple of days. >> craig melvin, thank you so much. watching what happened there on the ground with chris christie, now being sworn in for the second term as new jersey governor. with us is nbc's casey hunt, great to have you here and you've been following the story. as you saw chris christie and his demeanor, his confidence and tone, we can't help but look at some of the new data coming out from quinn pea yak as well as what this together means for 2016. everybody continues to put it within that context. >> the new poll just out, the q

poll shows that there's been a little bit of a switch and christie is trailing hillary clinton 46-38. that's a switch from in december when the numbers were 42-41. the number is deeper in the poll are more interesting. he lost the most ground among independents according to the survey and 73% of americans have heard something about the scandal. that shows the saturation. while we're still two years out from the primaries or the kickoff of 2016, it's still early, but this is the kind of thing that bakes into what voters consider when they make those decisions and to have this much media coverage at this stage is still a problem for him. and as far as his speech broadly, if you listen to steve kornacki was saying earlier, sounds like a speech he could have written before this happened. he hit on very broad themes. it could apply not just to new jersey but also to someone who is looking at having national ambitions. he hit on major themes, new

jersey was a model for the nation as far as how they handled sandy response. he is clearly making a bet on the dream act and reaching out to latino voters -- >> which is somewhat of a risk. >> did he have in any eventually a risk in a gop primary but a strong play if you're thinking how the republican party should position itself in the future. he also talked about the growing economy and also addressed income inequality in a way that republicans could use as a model as that comes to the forefront of our national conversation. everyone deserves an equal chance at the starting line. so i think he really touched on a lot of themes that could easily lay the foundation for him over the course of the next two years as he campaigns for governor as the head of the rga if he does still focus on these national ambitions. >> what did you think, subdued, confident? >> he certainly toned down the brash chris christie we've seen in the press conference over the years. he's clearly taking a humble approach to all of this.

obviously this scandal has very much affected the way he approaches it and obviously they canceled that event they were set to hold on ellis island because of weather. it's certainly overall the event itself is much more toned down than it could have been. this was supposed to be a coronation for the front-runner and we got something different today. >> great to have you here. casey hunt. >> talking about the weather case where brought up, snow hitting the sneest two weeks after they suffered the crushing snow and freezing temperatures of the polar vortex as it was called. millions preparing to brace themself as another storm works its way into the northeast just this afternoon. take a look at the pictures here. snow piling up in indiana, parts of the midwest, philadelphia preparing for 9 to 16 inches. temperatures could feel like 10 degrees below. washington, d.c., deciding this morning to close their federal offices for the day and in

anticipation of what could be the most snow to hit the area in years. with the worst of the storm expected to make its way to new york city around rush hour. that's a perfect time. commuters are preparing for a difficult journey home and long one. all right, 2,572 flights canceled nationwide with an additional 958 delays. expectations of the millions who could be affected, some would rather be safe than sorry and others are simply hoping for the best here. >> i'm going to always prepare for the worst. >> we'll probably get what we normally get, a little dusting. i got an all wheel drive so i don't worry about it. >> since everything that happens seems to have a link to governor christie, why should this be any different? due to weather he canceled the inauguration party scheduled to take place on ellis island. let's go to ron mott watching this in new york. >> reporter: hey, there,

richard. we're out here on long island. they are expected to get pretty hard by this storm. when this snow stops falling in the pre-dawn hours, we're expecting from 8 to 14 inches or 15 inches of snow. we're outside oyster bay where the trucks are loading up to try to treat these roads. if you push in a little bit, this is the l.i.e., the long island expressway, this is westbound traffic going into new york city here. eastbound coming the other way from the city. and it's starting to pick up traffic in both directions as this snow is really starting to pick up and starting to accumulate here in the last hour. as you said, richard, most of the snow is expected to fall right around rush hour, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 in the afternoon which is why some of the school districts in this area have just started to let the kids home for the day. they wanted to work a half day school and those parents will be coming out to meet their kids. if you can get out early, get

out early. the snow is going serious here 5:00, 6:00. >> that verticality of snow, my friend, looks like it's picking up. thank you so much. >> reporter: it is. >> a live look at the white house in capitol hill. snow is starting to come down on washington, d.c., somewhat surprising after yesterday's almost spring like temperatures but it's 2014. for more on what's happening in washington, let's check in the weather channel's kate parker. >> reporter: thanks, richard. it's cold out here and getting colder. the temperatures dropping through the afternoon. the winds increasing through the afternoon. overnight tonight you can expect windchills below zero in the nation's capital. the nation's capitol tough to see right now. the snow is starting to increase. we've seen a little bit larger flakes, they've been various vary, it started at 9:30 we started to see the first flakes. it's really got going now and starting to see accumulation on grassy surfaces.

we're not seeing slick spots on the roads. they seem to be pretty well treated with a briny mixture and they've been putting salt down on the sidewalks as well. some people out and about but most things are closed today here in the nation's capital. if you do have to get out and about, it is ill advised and later on this evening along the i-95 corridor it is going to be just treacherous. high winds, icing roads and overpasses, really dangerous road conditions expected. we could see 5 to 8 inches in d.c. and that continues right up into new england. some significant snowfall totals expected. you combine that with cold temperatures and that's life threatening conditions. back to you, richard. >> thank you so much. >> we have pictures coming out of d.c. in one of the armt airports, is this dulles or reagan national? it is national. and you can't tell. that's why i'm asking my executive producer here. it is coming down strong in

washington, d.c. tom niziol, a flash of him there from the weather channel, been watching this storm as it has been arriving into the northeast. tom niziol, when you look at this, one of the differences, if i can say this, it looks to be a wee bit warmer than the last one, only because the last one was so, so chilly. >> this one is a little bit warmer now but the temperatures will drop throughout the day. the winds will pick up. and that combination of snow, wind and rapidly falling temperatures are going to produce the really rough travel conditions. the good news about the system, it's fast moving and hard hitting but fast moving. we get a 12 to 14 hour period of snow and then it's off the coast. that will keep down the total snowfall. instead of seeing historic snowfall totals we're looking -- i show on a map, snowfall totals more in the range of 8 to 12 inches in the sweet spot that runs from philadelphia up to just south of new york, central jersey, the island is going to be very impacted tonight as well. in particular long island because they are in an open area

on the coast there. the combination of wind and snow, the l.i.e. will be a mess this evening. blizzard conditions in effect now for cape cod. once again, richard, the good news, hunker down through tonight. by tomorrow this system has moved itself well off the coast. we're only going to be under arctic conditions and the snow will hang around for a while too because of cold temperatures. >> only under arctic conditions. >> thank you so much, my friend. i'll talk to you throughout the next couple of days. >> we're watching this, breaking news out of indiana as we get this video of these shots. a shooting has been reported at purdue university, these live aerials from wthr and their chopper cam. their twitter account saying it happened at the electrical engineering building at the west lafayette campus. in their tweets it's telling people to be sheltered in place. we don't know if anyone was hit

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so-called black widow terror suspects that could strike at the olympics. russian authorities believe that women are planning suicide bombings and may even strike the olympic torch procession in the next three days. michelle kosinski is live in london. we do understand one is a 21-year-old woman that may have infiltrated sochi where the olympics will be. what do we know about who the other names are and why these women are doing this? >> first we saw this mug shot of the first one you mentioned distributed to hotels with officials believing she may be plotting a suicide attack and may already be within sochi. it was kind of a be on the lookout to employees of hotels in the area. that was shocking as it was but some analysts were saying, i'll bet there are others that security forces are also going to be looking at and sure enough, here comes another compilation of photos of other possible suspects that russian

officials are looking for. three women and two men believed to possibly be planning attacks on the torch relay, which is happening other the next few days, starting today. so far there hasn't been an incident but that's what officials and people around the world are worried about right now. >> michelle ckosinski. >> an update on breaking news out of indiana, one person is in custody after a reported shooting at purdue university. these are live aerials from wthr. it happened at the electrical engineering building. the building cleared and police searching the area and again, we understand we have again, one suspect in custody. we'll continue to follow this story for you as we get more information. we don't know again, what was actually -- what has happened and if anybody was hit by a bullet. l congestion, you may be muddling through allergies.

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today a black teenager executed by the state of north carolina gets another day in court. in 1944, ab all white jury took ten minutes to convict george steny jr., less than three months later he was sent to the electric chair, the youngest person executed in the united states in the last 100 years. mark potter is live in south carolina. you've been following this story for months now. today there's a hearing prompted by what they are saying, these attorneys, new evidence in this 70-year-old case here. what's the evidence that they are saying they have and what might this hearing consist of? >> reporter: well, what -- the basics of the hearing involve a claim by the family of george steny jr. and their lawyers that this was a travesty of justice,

he was convicted of something he probably didn't do and he was executed shortly afterward without even an appeal. and so that is the core argument and they are asking for this case to be thrown out in essence and for his name to be cleared and so toward that end, they are putting witnesses on the stand who claim that they have evidence that they are not allowed to give at the time because his family was run out of town. on the stand right now is his sister, katherine steny robinson, age 79, who was a child back then in 1944 who claims she saw -- she saw her brother and his little sister talking to the little while girls who were murdered of which he was charged with killing, but that they walked away and george came home. he had no blood on his clothing or anything like that. so that's the first set of witnesses that we're going to have coming up today. >> thank you so much.

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attitude of washington, d.c., that says i am always right and you are always wrong. in russia, the hunt is on for four so-called black widow terror suspects, four women who security officials believe may be targting the final stages of the olympic torch relay. we'll have a live report from richard engel with the latest. >> reporter: police worried the torch relay could be attacked over the next three days. >> disinvited on the night of the peace talks, word leaders are arriving with one notable absence, iran, could a shocking war crimes report that points fingers at the assad regime derail negotiations. as much as 10 inches expected to fall here in the nation's capital. it's a different kind of government shutdown in d.c. the latest winter blast has other major cities along the east coast