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mitt romney's opponents are something to find stick. -- bainanies like bgain capital our culture capitalism. this is a fatal flaw, it needs to be talked about. theith time running out, attack ads are unrelenting. even newt gingrich laughed about latest ad attacking mitt romney. >> he speaks french, too. governed like has a massachusetts politician. he is much closer to dukakis and kerry then he is to ronald reagan. >> let's talk about the big political news.

jon huntsman pulls out tonight. i am surprised by this. you would have thought he would new pulled out after hampshire. endorsement today. >> he finished a distant third hampshire primaries. prospects in south carolina very strong. he did get a single newspaper but he wanted to leave with some dignity. why stick around if you know you in the? going to stay >> would it be any surprise that he will endorse mitt romney? that a surprise? >> they fit a similar profile. jon huntsman was one of the leading critics of mitt romney months.ral it shows geopolitics makes for strange bedfellows. >> jon huntsman put all of his

eggs and the new hampshire basket. out of their race. where does that leave their race? >> it may not be far off. if you look at the other alternatives, newt gingrich, perry, rick santorum, none to be gaining sell of attraction in south carolina. newt gingrich is close to mitt romney in the polls. he does not have the resources down to florida and beyond. this is a pretty good set of news for mitt romney. >> it sounds like it will be up by the end of this month. the republicans change the rules around.e they wanted a little bit more of a drawn-out selection process. it seems to me that it is early, and it is a

repeat of 2008. >> it is ironic. the republicans changed the of we would not have a situation like this. what often happens is that i would not be at the voting next of they to see a couple candidates. we could end up with a two- between mitt romney and ron paul. ron paul has just enough support could drag this out for months. >> at 76, it is his last campaign. has nothing to lose. >> he is not looking for a political position. --if it does turn out to be a you see the possibility of third-party candidate? is always possible. the closer we get to november,

is to get on ballots. possible if you have a lot resources, but you have to have time and money. >> tomorrow, we pause to celebrate dr. martin luther king jr. birthday. be a number of events his legacy. here is a partial list. at 8:00, a ceremony will be held at the stone of hope at the end came memorial. at 11:00, the nl tape parade will get under way. -- intel k. parade to get under way. get under way.o >> on tuesday, 1 million people capitol hill to take part in the occupy congress demonstration. protesters may not of the headline making, the tactics is. of working against the

system, organizers will be working within it. protesters have reportedly set up meetings with lawmakers and to push specific legislative priorities. celebration of the new year does not start until later this month. the event will feature a 40-foot dragon. it kicks off at 6:00. >> we will take all look at headlines in the week ahead, including a new announcement by apple. >> how is impacting some homeowners. >> the family of a former president asks for a halt to the to building a memorial. believe this has been the seventh mildest winter so

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medical center. >> here is a look at the week ahead. the capitals are home on .uesday wednesday, the team heads north on the montreal. south for a game against the carolina hurricanes. the wizards are at home all week. the wizards take on the oklahoma city wednesday. >> there is a bit -- the over a memorial for president dwight d. eisenhower. >> here is a rendering of the park. his family says the part is not would want to be remembered. toit is a new opportunity that this great american experiment works. >> anticipation continue to build for the proposed memorial.

it has attracted unexpected critics, the eisenhower family. the former president's granddaughter asked to halt the process. the family thinks that the is too much on his childhood. current design does very to depict the reason he is being honored. >> it is not a barefoot boy. but the executive architect says memorial has three main parts. a statue of eisenhower as a but two blocks with photographs. addressing the troops the day before d-day. the other one of them as president. the family has objected to a set of tapestries. the commission access they and not aetting focus. >> the memorial commission has

plans to halt the process. it says will break ground this year and dedicate in 2015. >> it is not just a grandfather father we are memorializing. he was a great historical figure. near theoposed site is on and space museum independence avenue. >> still to come, metro's purple line, it is it's still on track? really cold right now. 29, really cold. now. 29, really cold.

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>> a very cold night on tap. >> 29 degrees is too cold. >> wait until you wake up tomorrow morning. it is gone to be very chilly outside. the winds are beginning to diminish and skies will remain clear. chill, it will not be much of a problem. the clouds will arrived and they deliver a wintry mex. -- winter amex. 36 degrees, that is the high at reagan national airport. look how cold it gets. four degrees back in 1886. temperature right now, 28 degrees.

27 degrees at children's hospital. it did not even hit the freezing mark. if you are looking for that cold out to frostburg state university. temperatures are cooling off quickly. frederick, gaithersburg, 19 degrees. fredericksburg, 23. the cold there is off to the north and east of us. so cold outside, temperatures the overnight hours. bit of a warming trend is on the way. is not going to last very long. high pressure slowly moves to the east. a cold front will arrive late on the day on tuesday. that will bring as a better chance for rain. this is what one model spells

next 48 hours. tomorrow night, a little bit of a wintry mex. that is what this -- a wintry nexmix. this poles temperatures of bit milder. i expect more rain across our area, mixing with a little bit sleet off to the west. no travel problems. here is our forecast for the overnight hours. a 13 to 25 degrees. tomorrow, 40 to 45 degrees. it is going to become breezy afternoon.e tuesday.on the cold front will bring in air on wednesday. by friday and saturday, back

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