washington leading washington sta state. goes in easily and scores and that's another example of washington state not recognizing on defense. and ken bone talked to his players about that yesterday. he said this might be the quietest team he has ever been around. he said we have to communicate on defense. tell your teammates where you are. 6:47 to play. 74-53. coming to from you seattle, washington, bank of america arena. and the washington state cougars led by four at halftime, but it's been all huskies in the second half. >> miles: things are coming too easy for the university of washington. it's just a lay-up drill out there. they're getting in the papts anytime they want. they have 32 points in the paint tonight, 18 of them in the second half. and they're just shooting wide open lay-ups. >> steve: washington when they win it's because of defense, not offense. even though they lead the league in scoring at 81 points per game. but their defense paves the way for their offense and they limited washington state to a miserabl

randle scores 39 on thursday at washington state, and jerome with only 5 against washington. isaiah thomas. bryan-amaning, got it. >> marques: when you've got isaiah thomas that you can stick on jeremy greene, you can stick him tonight on jerome randle, now your best defensive player, justin holiday, you can play him against landry fields and theo robertson and allow him to just shut down that real crucial kind of a guy who's off the basketball. >> steve: washington with an 84-63 lead. 1:30 remaining in this game. as cal will fall to 11-6 and 3-2. washington will up their record to 12-5. back to .500 at 3-3. here's our man. brendan sherrer. he came in about this mark in the stanford game. got a rebound but did not score. >> marques: got to be greedy. get a shot up. his teammates have to help him out and look for him. he's got to make himself available because he's going to bury himself under the basket against max zhang, and it's not going to happen for him. he's just trying to be the team guy. he's not thinking about shooting. >> steve: trying to get it to him. scott suggs d

washington lead by one.fresh because they haven't played those extended minutes because they have done so well. steve: wizards by 2 with 2:15 to play. lopez great block by haywood. butler pulls it down. how do you like that block by brendan haywood. phil: he's done a really good job on lopez really kind of taken him out of rhythm. lopez scratching his head. steve: he stood his ground kept his arms up in the air and got a terrific block. now butler for jamison antwan drives lays it up and missed the layup. phil: boy, took care of the hard part. not able t . steve: again they look down low. here's roberts for humphries. drives nowhere to go and it's a 24 second violation. the 18th new jersey turn over tonight. phil: this is something we talked about in our philosophy the fact that both these teams very low on assists. when that ball stops moving, then you find yourself in trouble. humphries not really a one-on- one player consumed all time is a violation. steve: biggest possession of the game for washington ri

here comes washington.as and a foul against the cougars. >> miles: seems like washington state has been turning down good shots but making that extra pass which is positive, but little in the paint. a couple times casto has had it in the paint and not gone up strong and tried to finish up the rim. washington is taking advantage of those misses, attacking the cougar defense before it can get set. >> steve: casto got a cut in his face as he's going up for a rebound, so casto is out with three fouls. looks like they're shoving it it up under his gums, so maybe he got a tooth pushed back. thomas misses. this is a shot nearly 80% of the time he puts those down. isaiah staying on klay thompson. 1-11. >> miles: just can't find a rhythm. there's a lid on the basket for klay thompson. >> steve: a 10-0 husky run has the crowd going crazy here at bank of america arena. washington state has not made a field goal in the second half. oh, look at this place? the roof's coming off! time-out cougars. ryan-amaning. and waon

george washington. i think that is extraordinary. any one of us would have loved to have a letter signed like that by our husband. you're entire george washington. [laughter] >> guest: thank you. those are very good points there. and again, it shows how prominent these women were in the minn's -- men's lives. some cold was george washington when they married? >> guest: 27. there was a slight difference, so he was quite a spectacular looking fellow. .. elizabeth-- william franklin was married to a british woman and she was very dependent sweet woman. he really did love her and they had no children, and she persuaded him more than anything to remain loyal to the king and this really broke franklin's heart. he loved this young man so much and he saw him as possibly becoming a man second only to george washington in the history. n.t. could it then. he was a terrific speaker and the head presence and he was the loyal governor of new jersey before 50 years before the revolution. if he resigned and said i am j

washington skating five on four.et's it fly right to the gut of price. >> craig: that's a real good save by carey price. another face-off here. another good opportunity. >> joe: new jersey behind a couple from patrick on top of dallas. toronto has a 3-2 lead over florida. green snaps is right to the glove of carey price. pittsburgh beating atlanta trying to snap out of a skid. that's the score we were telling you about with boston in front of atwa. atwan with a on the way to dc thursday night. these two teams top of the heap on the power play. >> craig: flyers right up there all over 21%. these two the best in the nhl. >> joe: gionta to the outside. two good stops from neuvirth with markov on the doorstep. >> craig: markov and the caps, beware of them shorthanded. >> joe: tomas fleischmann, one of the goal scorers this evening. scott gomez is keyed. somehow caught at the outside of the cage. >> craig: the red light is going on and that's why the fans are up in armstrong. three saves on this penalty kill from montreal

washington and tampa bay tied. the nhl on comcast sports along with craig lock land and i'm joe bentona. we say things to all of the men and women in the crew for their efforts. and tampa bay delayed penalty call against washington. six attackers on and then the whistle. craig: some pushing and shoving. there's brooks and off to the box. it will be the second time that brooks has went to the box. stephanie veilleux he tripped up. joe: here is the deal if you have been throughout are with us throughout the night. this washington team race tog 60 points and the stats complement of the american service center. craig: pass the 80 cap game and one more game. joe: brooks laich gone for tripping and 347 to go in the middle stanza and hall bern and stephanie veilleux and downnie and andrej meszaros with foster. stephanie veilleux hoists it wide. both of the teams power play perfect tonight. backstrom walking out of his own zone. halpern without his lid. backstrom got it on the back check. a long one that almost fulled ante

but then washington, he looked to washington hoping to get a positive response and a little smile played across washington's face and said he is right. host koza you talk about the 1877 letter which was also interesting about that is nobody seemed to be interested in it. it sold for very little money. >> guest: i suspect that probably was there was a very strong rumor that jpmorgan had bought the literal thinking he was doing something patriotic but we don't know that for sure so that is at best an interesting rumor but the auctioneer announced it had sold for $13 which was ridiculous so it was a cover-up all the way and the man thought washington's reputation had been damaged by this letter but when we get deeper into the whole story of course you find out that is simply not the case. >> host: his reputation seems to have changed with history. he was an icon right after his death with of the space nation particularly as jackson became president and american shaunna painting became quite popular. washington was shown in these sometimes apocryphal seems of interior as a family after the c

>> guest: washington wrote after his marriage to martha to the english merchants, richard washington, his name was that washington is now believed fixed up his seat, mount vernon, was an agreeable concert for life and hope you find more happiness in retirement than i ever experienced in a wide and bustling world. sounds like a pretty happy man to me. >> guest: yes, happy. but again, an agreeable consort. it doesn't suggest the grand passion or deep, deep love. this is a problem that washington not for the rest of his life. a lot of people thought that his marriage to martha was a marriage of convenience. she was the richest widow in virginia and she was looking for somebody to manage this magnificent estate that she inherited from a late husband. and washington of course is a man of affairs. he had been a colonel and commander of the troops and the french and indian war and he was just about perfect in every way and incidentally she was pursued by some of the richest men in virginia before she decided to marry washington. they were the same age. but the more you think about it, the mo

washington's lead is three. the man last on the scoreboard for new york, kyle okposo camped out in the slot. the rookie taveras finds him and it's high fives all the way around. runogervais. on turn your back, you're looking for trouble. look at him turn away from the puck thats ch joitd. came back the -- >> joe: this fi eamish. >> craig: no, hould ing co sav or m carance : dorliels p a iddl dle ♪ or m carance :chhaw yot p a iddl : ge5 micoul % oron cinsuget hou he3 o hingat? ow t som een g toyou. you lo--utte so c i .. i lo i .. otheer l- i' one ank -ou le taoffbeermuch you e grlsnee trips b er l taste grs. you're gorgeous, look at you, i loooov y >> joe: let's dig in gand. caps don't have to face those great islanders and the raptors. they're facing the present day islanders and beating them by four after two periods of play. this is the latest in the season the capabilities have led their conference and they're tried trying to add to that lead tonight. six goals on the board. amazingly, none from alex ovechki

he ended up in a hospital in washington. he got a case of german measles which killed many service members on both sides of the war. he developed peritonitis from this measles infection and died in the washington hospital across the potomac river at arlington, the first military burial. things were so desperate at that time in the civil war, so many people dying that there wasn't much time for ceremony or ritual at arlington. they would bring people for burial day after day after day and they went into the ground with no flags flying, no bugles' playing, often not a chaplain to give them a sendoff. basically just trying to keep up with the carnage from the civil war when arlington began. during the war things were so desperate that there wasn't any time for tombstones. they had head boards made of pine or walnuts, painted white with black lettering. those had to be maintained or they fell apart so that in years after the civil war as we began to clean up we began to make sense of things. sit someone came up with the design i

particularly these days -- a presence in washington where you can monitor activity in washington. defend against bad legislation and potentially look for opportunities to take advantage of other legislative or regulatory situation. -- situations. okay, speak in your own voice separate from an industry trade association. it's very common. you may have heard from someone from a trade association. they play an important roles of a company like ours. we are a member of a number of trade associations and they help -- trade associations help companies speak in a broader voice. but there are going to be times when an issue is just company-specific or there are going to be times when you may have members of trade associations who are on different sides of issues and they're going to have to speak in their own voice. and so albeit if you're a fortune 1,000 company and you just don't have a budget to have both a government relations office in washington, d.c., or a government -- a dedicated person to handle these issues plus pay trade associations dues, you may opt to be part of a trade ass

you quote from the letter washington wrote after his marriage to march but to the richard washington merchant comment that washington is fixed up the seat of the mount vernon, with an agreeable life and hopes to find more happiness in retirement than i ever found in a wise and bustling world. it sounds like a happy man. >> guest: yes. happy. but agreeable does not suggest grand passion or a deep love. this is the problem washington had for the rest of his life. a lot of people thought marriage martha was convenience. she was the richest and widow and virginia and she was looking for somebody to manage this magnificent the states and washington was a colonel and commander of the troops of the french and indian war and was just about perfect in every way. incidentally she was pursued by some of the richest men in virginia before she decided to marry watching 10. they were the same age, but the more you think about it if you watch what happened after words, you realize there was definitely an attraction there. and the most surprising thing i found was more than a decade very happy marri

that set washington on its ear. a new book claim bing by mark halpern and john hidealman reports that during the campaign last year senate majority harry reid was telling people privately that barack obama's campaign would be helped because he was, quote, a light-skinned african- american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one." reed spent all day yesterday

in washington was really a hospital city at that time. there was as many as 50,000 soldiersnd sailors in the hospitals of washington, temporary hospital set up all over town. and of course, those people started dying and they had to be buried. so earlier in the war, the national cemeteries were established at alexandria, virginia and at the old soldiers home in northwest washington. they were planned to accommodate all of those who died in the washington area hospitals. what happened was that the war went on much longer and was much bloodier than anybody expect it so that we pretty soon filled up the graveyards, the national cemeteries in alexandria and at the old soldiers home in washington and needed new imperial space. so the quartermaster's office of the union army looked across the river and found this place, arlington, and thought it would be a good place to begin burying people. arlington happened to be the home of robert e. lee, the confederate general. so not only was it a convenient place to begin military burials for the civil

washington would go on to win. in d krfrment, 94-91. >> phil: what a shot that was. >> steve: we are tied for the 14th time, 68 apiece. steve buckhantz, phil chenier and our comcast sportsnet crew. that was not an easy shot, is it, phil? 689 no, it's not. he had andray blatche tracking him down but could not get a reach to get a piece that have. had some reverse english on that ball. >> steve: he has made five in a rowand has 19 points. randy foye answers. >> phil: you know, he realizes that brad miller not one of those shot blockers that has this team no. 1. >> steve: tied at 70, 2:07 to play, 10 points for randy foye. blatche guarding miller. rose hesitates, puts it up, knocked out of bounds by foye with four seconds to shoot. good defensive play 689 yeah, like i said, i think this is a good match-up and certainly good for foye, who continues to get better, continues to get more confidence, equally strong and that time gets the block on derrick rose. >> steve: hinrich penetrates, will not count. >> phil: he had t

>> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on the chris matthews show, the president says we're still very much in danger of an al qaeda attack. today we have four reporters who cover national security and we'll get the details. just how great is the threat today and what form might it take? and that attack on our cia officers in afghanistan, what does that tell us about how threatening al qaeda is over there? >>> plus, is barack obama enough of a commander in chief and leading our military and intel services? that's all coming up here at 10:00. for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. >> thanks, chris. good morning, kimberly. coming up, a special edition of "meet the press" from los angeles. majority leader harry reid apologizing this weekend for some just-reported controversial remarks an then-candidate obama. plus, three key democrats announced their retirements this week. what does it mean for the 2010 race? the chairman of both parties join us, democrat tim kaine and rep

washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solut

a 12-0 washington play. trailing as many as 22. >> steve: first points in the game for smith. 12-2 in the last three minutes for washington. started the game just 2-14. smith lost it off his foot. and stevenson comes the other way looking for help. travel. reset with foye. here is jamison back out to foye for a long three-point shot that's good. randy foye with 12 points in the game on five of eight shooting. he is so productive in that starting role. >> phil: he really has been. wizards cut it to 8. >> steve: joe johnson's launch is no good. washington can climb even closer. wizards will have tomorrow off. leave tonight. fly up to chicago. play the bulls friday night. first time this season against chicago. foye again. and he hits another one. this one a two-point field goal. randy foye has been outstanding. six of nine from the field. 15 points. wizards cut it to 6. smith turns on haywood. short jumper no good. jamison the rebound. foye. jamison baseline. backing in. had it knock out by williams and out-of

george washington defeats howard 81-63 improving to 10-3. the buy son 1-13. the one other local score, american beats brown 76-68. tomorrow afternoon marks the end of the of season for the redskins. changes are expected around redskins park following the season finale tomorrow. players like jason campbell, carlos rogers, may be wearing the burgundy and gold for the tienl time along with jim zorn. it's hard not to think about the future. >> you can't control it so i'm not going to stress myself about it. if it's meant for me to be here, i'll be here, if it's not, then i won't. all you can do is, you put good stuff out there on sunday. >> a lot of guys haven't been talking that much about it. a lot of guys are like okay, let's get to san diego and play as hard as we can and wherever the chips fall after that, there are sure to be a lot of quick decisions coming up soon. >> reporter: a couple other notes, mississippi beats oklahoma state 21-7 in the cotton bowl and wizards in action against the spurs tonight. will, sarah? >> thanks, lindsay. one more look at the

this morning on "the washington journal." we want to get your thoughts on the culture in washington. does it need to change bailout for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for independents, 202-628-0205. -- does it need to change? we begin this morning with this article, "washington culture leaves little hope for change." when asked this week, "70% believe that the government was unhealthy or in need of large reform. that is up from 43% just after the election of george w. bush. to the degree that they could send a message out of massachusetts, it was not a message to obama, it was a message about what is going on in washington. the better answer lies in the culture of the capital, where every problem is seen less as an issue to be resolved and more as a tool for a political position, where every position is automatically a failed by the other side's 24/7 political attack machine. with lawmakers failing to meet a compromise, they are failing their own party activists. this culture makes a retreat to partis

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here comes washington. isaiah thomas and a foul against the cougars. >> miles: seems like washington state has been turning down good shots but making that extra pass which is positive, but little in the paint. a couple times casto has had it in the paint and not gone up strong and tried to finish up the rim. washington is taking advantage

washington -- i think that washington will change obama. disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solution.

king in washington.e would march on his birthday and it was amazing that ambassadors from other countries would come on that day. usually it was cold, snowy, wintry, and they were all amazed because in many of their country's, and they were already celebrating dr. king as an authentic international hero, and they could not wonder why we were protesting to get his birthday as a national holiday. as a jazz enthusiast, and of course, stevie wonder was from detroit, so it was easy for me to get him involved, and he wrote this fabulous sum -- "happy birthday, dr. kaine." it was one the popular. -- fabulous sum ong -- "happy birthday, dr. king." everybody was there, cheering, and there was someone i recognized immediately, and dizzy gillespie -- immediately, dizzy gillespie. we invited him up to the stage and he was playing "blues alley ." we all got together, during one of the years after, and there was a call from the white house that came to stevie wonder. and they wanted him to come to the white house to t

let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them out, they couldn't do it. they called me, i couldn't get anywhere. then we saw the haitian ambassador being interviewed on cnn. so i called into the station and said, can you get a message from me to ambassador joseph? they did, the ambassador called me, he started the ball rolling. then we got great cooperation from the department of homeland security, immigration, the state department, the military was terrific. we got on a plane yesterday morning, monday morning, at 11:30 from pittsburgh. we reached the port-au-prince at a

new style of politics in washington. and the style he has brought has been far more of the backroom, if you will, bribery type of arrangement that we've seen in many, many years. >> greta: why? why has he made those promises about having it open and everybody have a seat at the table for instance? why since you don't think he has kept those promises didn't he or hasn't he? >> i can't guess to his motivation other than the fact has been unsuccessful in his first year. has not been able to accomplish virtually anything. as a result he's pinning all of his hopes on seeing something happen with health care what has occurred of course he's created a monster. this health care bill this being fashioned by the two houses doesn't make any sense and it ought to be jammed and they ought to start over again. but he's got to get some success so he's pushing so hard. he doesn't want people to see how ugly the process is and how bad this bill is. >> greta: in 2006 when were you governor in massachusetts they passed the health care that

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covering washington like no other. "washington journal" continues. host: our guest now is victoria mcgrane who has this piece today on the fed chairman. the headline says that the bernanke vote may roil market. guest: it looks as though he will have the vote, but it is still unclear how tight it could be. some analysts say the bruising and a really tight vote could send a certain signals to the market that the fed, its independence is under question. there will be a lot of scrutiny from congress going forward. that always tends to make the market skittish. host: what does this say about the political year? guest: there's a lot of anger out there and everyone is looking for a scapegoat. part of the pitch democratic leaders are making to members is that this is not the only chance you have to show voters you are angry also. we have the jobs bill, the other reform -- this vote dire consequences. there will file for cloture as early as today which would set a vote for no later than thursday or friday. senators do not like to stick around for a friday vot

the washington wizards star is under investigation. he and a teammate are accused of pulling guns in the locker room. richard reeve is live at the verizon center. >> he spoke briefly with reporters after the game, saying essentially he could have used better judgment. the team owners also spoke out tonight. they felt that guns had no work place -- had no place in the workplace environment. filbert arenas had his share of red hot moments against the spurs tonight. after the game, he came close to an apology for bringing guns to the verizon center. >> i could have shows better judgment. >> fans are asking pointed questions. >> why were they in the locker room? >> him as a role model and everything, he h to do better than that. >> the u.s. attorney's office and d.c. police are investigating after the new york post reported that arenas and a teammate drew guns on each other during a recent locker room to speak. >> it is an ongoing investigation. >> arenas and wizards have acknowledged he kept one or more unloaded guns in his locker. it ton

this was led by harold washington. he would labiate lead -- later become the first mayor of the city of chicago. the states of massachusetts adopted the legislation. new jersey followed in 1975. by the time the legislation passed at the federal level, there were a number of states that already had state holidays in honor of dr. king. what were some of the arguments made in opposition by senators and representatives and others? one of the first documents was that no other american besides george washington had ever received such an honor. why did we have the audacity to think that king was on the same level as george washington. i would need to spend a lot of time talking about what people felt like he deserved that honor, many people felt that king was as important a figure in history as george washington. he helped to save this country by bringing us together across racial lines. his contribution was beyond saying that we were going to honor the birthday of a man. senator jesse helms, the senator from north carolina,

. >> the washington region is gripped in a deep freeze. bitterly cold tempratures are causing problems around the area. people are trying to cope with the cold without heat or electricity. the deep freeze will affect some school tomorrow. frederick county schools will operate on a one-hour delay. our meteorologist joins us now with a look at ho cold it is going to get >> is going to get cold tonight, but the good news is finally starting to diminish a little bit -- the wind advisory has been cancelled and we're looking at wins out of the north that -- northwest around 20 miles an hour. in the weather center, it feels like one degree above zero in germantown. 11 in silver spring. anyway you look at it, it is cold out there. for tonight, we will call for colder, breezy conditions and not as wendy as earlier. temperatures falling into the mid to upper teens. coming up, we will look at the forecast. are you ready? we could be looking at more snow. i'll tell you when and a few moments. >> it is coming and the deep freeze hit some local people e

so you're very familiar with washington. can you name the federal program you like most and then tell us, if you would whether you would push to end or nullify any specific federal program. >> first of all, it is our military that is my favorite program. and i serve on the military committee, and have been chairman and now ranking member of our military construction and veterans affairs. i think our military does a great job, and that is the key thing we ought to be doing right in congress. but i do want to say, shelly, that yes, i have been in congress. i am fighting against the government takeover of health care. i am fighting depens the government encroachment in so many parts of our lives. fighting against new tax increases on energy. i -- this cap and trade bill that's coming after health care reform is a terrible encroachment. do i want to differ with the governor in one respect, that is in highway funding. when i came to the united states senate we did get 76 cents back for every dollar we stonet washington. i fought

plenty of sunshine here in washington.t didn't help our temperatures warming into the mid-30s like i suggested. what i'm going to show you is our forecast track over the next couple of days. go through the clouds and show you these breezy conditions will start to let up a little bit. breezes from the northwest are starting to die down. that very frigid air moving in from the northwest starts to warm up ever so slightly. not so frigid, it's still cold out there. at least this is the beginning. i do think of our slow warmup the next couple of days before we really feel the big warmup coming a little bit later. we still have to get through a pretty cold day before the warmer temperatures. around the beltway, forecast morning wind chills in single digits to upper single digits in many cases. afternoon wind chills we only recover back into the mid-20s. upper 20s in some cases. now, i want to show you our zone forecast. let's head out west. we have a lot of virus out there, too. giving you afternoon high temperature forecast. it

>> bitterly cold temperatures leave washington in a deep freeze. some people are struggling to cope with the cold without heat or electricity. plus, terrorist threats from security changes at airports. important information travelers need to know. rescuers ramble, trying to get a man trapped in an overturned car in rock creek. the d.c. region is in a deep freeze tonight. the effects are being felt all over that area. thousands of people are without electricity tonight. some schools will open one hour late tomorrow. in west virginia, berkeley, jefferson, and morgan county schools are delayed by two hours. steve joins us with the very latest conditions. >> improving conditions in terms of the wind, especially around the immediate metro area. we are looking at wednesday at about 15 in d.c., ocean city 18 miles per hour winds. just a moment ago we talked about the school delays in garrett county and western maryland. there is a winter weather advisory until 6:00 in the evening tomorrow. they could pick up 4 to 5 inches of snow. there is a win -- when j

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byron york of the washington examiner.hris hayes we welcome our audience watching overseas and the radio audience of xm channel 130 and our c-span audience as well. good morning. caller: good morning. as a republican, i certainly didn't support barack obama during the election but i understand and was hopeful about the message he talked about - the potent for reform and especially within the healthcare environment. represented some opportunity to improve things greatly, and fact of the matter is that in the last year we've had to move from hope to reality. i'm kind of shocked that mr. hayes has said this is a center right plan. the public perception of a 2000 page bill is we do here about the louis vuit louisiana bills excessive focus on public and government run option components to this plan. and this is an environment that's spending trillions of dollars on numerous other politically motivated and - i think that congressional leadership has been able to spend the money of the people on these other important but extremel

forecast for washington for today looks like this.e are dealing with a couple of different things. number one, a lot of clouds around today. number two, the winds, i think that will be your most significant weather factor because you team that up with the low temperatures or the high temperatures in the low 30s. that will give you wind chills in the 20s. that will feel pretty rough today. winds gusting to 30. again, those flurries here and there during the course of the day. five-day forecast, below normal all week long. thursday night, a chance of snow into friday. we could see some accumulations with that. but there are a left question marks about that storm system. we'll let you know more later in the week. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. back to you now. >> all right. thank you so much, tony. >>> with the new year comes a new year in politics as well and looming on the horizon is health care. we want to get the latest on this right now. happy new year, emily. >> happy new year. >> it seems like the last time

to take your questions about the campaign and the impact on washington policy. >> "washington journalashington journal," correspondent for "the new york times." what is the role of the cia in afghanistan and pakistan? guest: a couple of things. in afghanistan right now,ç they do a number of things, including collectçó intelligence, analyze intelligence, and also to ground operations against taliban forces, militant networks. in pakistan, something we report a lot about, the drone strikes that the cia has been doing for several years now, and in the last year-and-a-half or two years has increased the intensity. to the extent that there is sometimes one or two a week. these are predator and drone aircraft piloted by ci -- out of cia headquarters in virginia. but it is usually in the pakistani tribal region in the mountains. host: is that a traditional role of the cia? guest:ç they are really a post- 9/11 phenomenon. they had them before september 11. after 9/11, it is something that i have been using quite extensively. the cia c-span.o-- and that thee been using quite extensively. the

good morning, washington. >>> welcome back to "good morning washington." would have some major news on the traffic front. lisa baden will get to that in just a second. >> we're looking forward to a little bit of a warm-up. >> we were at4 yesterday. we will be close to 50 today. 31 downtown. milder there. 15 in stephens city. the wind is fairly coalm. upper 40's. it should be a gorgeous afternoon. a major situation 270 happening situation 270. >> we have a live picture of a fire that has been burning for almost an hour. this is on montrose road over 270. this was a fuel tanker that turns over perk is on known as to the amount of fuel. you see 270 has been set free. the have reopened southbound 270. the backup is huge and expensive. northbound is going to be closed. this fire is on montrose road on the east side. it is on the side over 270 north, which is what they feel safe to let southbound travel to get through. all the red is northbound where there will be forced off before you get to tuchman lakerman lan you can get down to the beltway. >> at least sout

the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, could i inquire of my friend, the distinguished chairman, if he has any more speakers on this bill? mr. rahall: i'm prepared to close, mr. speaker. mr. hastings: is he prepared to close? mr. rahall: i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: i yield myself the balance of the time. mr. speaker, i know that mr. mcclintock says he's not going to offer his amendment. so with that i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i think that we've made it -- hopefully we've made it very clear in this debate that the agreement and the settlement of the claims is preferable to litigation when fair resolutions are met. i think most people would agree with that. we certainly do on this side of the aisle. that is better for those to be worked out at the local level rather than going to lawyer fees and years fighting in court. yet, we as r

washington obviously is the most important figure of the period. in the 1790s, without him the nation would have fallen apart. he was the embodiment of the union. people had no loyalty to the united states. it is comparable to europe today. they're trying to build loyalty to something called europe. is very difficult. people are loyal to germany, france, ireland but this thing called europe, that is the problem they faced. how can you wean them from their royalty? citizens of massachusetts for 120 years or so, how can you wean them from that loyalty to of virginia or massachusetts? and turn them to the union? washington stood for the unions so they could look up to him as a clause i mark. they had been under a monarch's their whole lives so it was likely to look to someone like washington who stood for the united states, the country itself couldn't attract that kind of loyalty. that is his claim to fame. he had an enormous amount of charisma. he had a standing with the people that no president, no subsequent president had. he was the only president

>> well, i'd never been to washington before. >> ever? >> no, not ever. so i really -- i had my own opinions about how things were getting done. i still have those opinions but it's been nice to talk to people who live here. >> give us an idea of opinions you had before you got here about this town. >> i didn't mean necessarily about the town but more the people in it. there was a quote that gene alperlt said on the first day -- 65 area miles of washington, surrounded by reality. that was my mentality going in but i think it makes a lot more sense now, the world that this is in. >> why? >> this is the center of everything. like -- i have that opinion now and it's not something they understood before. it's not a place that you can come and take in opinions from outside and ignore the fact that this is the place where you have to engage with the system of government as it exists, not necessarily as you picture it. >> how do you get your information about this town where you live? >> i get my news from cnn. i guess comedy central too, a lot of the center. --

brown goes to washington. guest: the real question is, now that they have arrived, what can they accomplish? what we hear from voters time and again it is what can they do? how will you work together to get these things done, on drums, the economy, health care, -- jobs, the economy, health care, global warming? host: next phone call. caller: i could not believe with senator kennedy being sick, the democrat party did not look forward and see the position they were in. this is a senator who championed a lot of wonderful things for the people. i feel as if republicans got on top of this right away. they did a great job getting the word out. they have a nice looking guy, he talks well. that is the way the health care bill is right now. this democratic party could have done a wonderful thing for the country. even the president had not been up front delivering a good mission -- message to the people. host: amy walter? guest: all good points. fundamentally, this will be the issue for the 2010 campaign. democrats need

in washington. if he turns out to be one of the "politics as usual" kind of politicians, we're going to turn away from him. and that's exactly what happened. i think they are frustrated by the fact that they've been duped thought they were voting for something in 2008 and find not only are things still the same old-same old bickering in washington but seems to have gotten worse. >> ifill: and perhaps focused on the wrong thing. ceci everybody wants to know will happen with health care reform. as of tonight, where does that sand? >> well, gwen, the results in massachusetts are a real blow to the prospects for health care reform legislation, and i think i would describe the blow as somewhere between debilitating and fatal, to be honest. here we are exactly one year from obama being sworn in, and we knew from one year ago that time was going to be the enemy of health care reform, and in case democrats had forgotten that, alex capatziano put out a memo saying to republicans we can kill this by delay. an

wind chill 13 degrees in washington now.gusts are 20 to 25 and that will be the story the rest of the day with a few clouds racing through, maybe a few flurries flying through the air. still a blustery wind tuesday and wednesday. light snow on thursday. how is the traffic now? >> american legion bridge, both inner loop and outer loop moving along nicely. let's head over and see the progress on the accident, 95 northbound at the prince william parkway everybody is now to the shoulder but it has jammed things up as you head north out of dumfries this morning. a quick check along 95 are a the accident scene, lanes are open headed on up to the capital beltway. a lot of brake lights headed up. >>> 24 degrees. coming up the delays you'll see on metro today and the rest of this week. >>> new rules for international travellers coming into the u.s. >>> news out of redskins park >>> as we've been talking about all morning long, it's going to be another very cold, frigid day out there with a wind chill that will feel like 10 degrees, s

in washington, d.c. it is the largest conservative synagogue in our nation's capital and one of the oldest. it also has the reputation for outreach to young families in washington, d.c.. we have been members for more than 30 years. rabbi steinlauf cave to adas israel in 2008 to serve as the senior rabbi. he made his mark as a charismatic, dynamic spiritual leader. it's a great pleasure to get to know him and his family. originally from jericho, new york, rabbi steinlauf was ordained in 1998 at the jewish theological seminary in new york. he graduated from princeton in 1991 with honors and also studied in jerusalem and the university of judaism now known as the american jewish university which is located in my district in los angeles. rabbi steinlauf is joined by his wife and his children, his parents, some of his extended family and a proud delegation of adas israel. thank you, rabbi steinlauf, for your inspirational words. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 additional one minutes on each sid