. >>> and, the dave ramsey way. his personal finance for the common man, inspired by a faith in god and informed by his own business failures. in his seven simple rules keep you out of debt? >>> plus, a snow hurricane? that's what they're calling the latest winter blast, an unprecedented storm with high winds, blooding for some. feet of snow for others. why this old man winter just won't let up. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," february 24th, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight in a place typically filled with spectator applause, replaced today by gasps of horror when a 22 foot killer whale fatality attacked his seaworld trainer. the park, a few hours ago identified dawn brancheau as the victim, confirming she was pulled into the water by the giant predator. it's just the latest example of a wild animal in captivity lashing out with deadly consequences, and tonight, we know it's not the first time till

. >> my cell and doug ramsey. >>who is doug ramsey?>> he is a businessman who lives in seattle, washington. >> who is kirby wilbur and how did you get into your board? >> i inherited the board. >> they're still there? >> yes. >> he is to be a talk-show host. >> yes. he was one of the top conservative talk-show hosts in the country. guest hosts for people like sean hannity. he is one of the cream talk-show host in the country and a conservative leader. >> young america's foundation owns the reagan ranch. >> yes, they do. they turned that into an incredible site. they built a museum in santa barbara near the ranch. it is in honor of the president. >> how does john bliss get into all this? >> he is the only one i did not inherit. he is a constitutional scholar. back in 1992, i have known him for 18 years or 20 years. he was the chief counsel for the senate judiciary committee's constitution sub-committee. he was the top constitutional lawyer. he is a tremendous guy. >> brian berry. >> i have known him the longest of the mall. i inherited

tomorrow, gordon ramsey, from "big love," ginnifer goodwin, and music from vv brown.lease welcome andy garcia. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i apologize for the fist bump. i don't want to make you sick, you know? >> i hear you. >> jimmy: how is everything? >> everything is great, i feel fantastic. >> jimmy: this morning you were in phoenix playing in a golf tournament. >> i was playing with george lopez at the waste management open. >> jimmy: the waste management open. that's -- they should work on the title of that one. and were you playing in filth, in garbage? >> it was beautiful. i got there and the media is there, so, you forget, we're going to go play golf but you are going, other there's press there. >> jimmy: it's different. >> what do you think about playing in the waste management open. >> well, i'm properly wasted, thank you very much. >> jimmy: well, you have to be. it a requirement. >> it is. we came prepared. >> jimmy: you won that pebble beach celebrity tournament. >> many years ago, yes. >> jimmy: who is the biggest cheat of all the celebrity golfers? i hear

. >> thank you very much, and lieutenant governor ramsey in speaker williams, speaker pro tiem deberrymbers of the general of the 106 general assembly justices and constitutional officers and friends and guests and my fellow tennesseans. once again, i stand before you tonight to report on the state of our state and to present and recommend a budget prepared in accordance with the requirements of our constitution. as we begin i want to once again recognize the men and women of our state who are serving our country abroad this evening. as we gather here about 1200 members of the tennessee national guard are deployed in iraq and afghanistan. this coming friday we will see off more than 3,000 members of the 278 armored cavalry regiment redeployed to iraq. most of these men and women spent 2005 there and now five years later are returning again, and included among the soldiers returning to iraq is a member of this body, lieutenant colonel john mark windle. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> sense 9/11, nearly 20,000 tennessee national guard soldiers and airmen have deployed to iraq and afg

ian ramsey is our director for development. and these conversation could not happen without them.o thanks for coming and please join us for cookies and coffee. >> consider yourself twittered. [applause] >> "washington journal" starts at the top of the hour. >> this morning, president obama delivers remarks on the economy on the one-year anniversary of the signing of the economic stimulus bill. live coverage begins at 10:25 a.m. eastern. later in the day, from the national archives, a panel discussion on the achievements of the tuskegee airmen. live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> the peterson pw commission is holding a budget on reform. >> i'm a practicing roman catholic. so the answer to the question is do we need a fiscal goal is the answer to the following question. is the pope catholic? the answer is yes. we don't just need a fiscal goal, frankly, we need a strategic plan. this country has been in existence in 1789 and it's never had a strategic planning framework that is future focused and results oriented and we need key outcome. social, environmental, to help under

we'll also have dave ramsey. give us one, final cheer. >> who dat?e got icy problems out interest there. in anne arundel county, the bulk of the accidents. glen burnie and ritchie highway 31 degrees, still slick spots. switching to doppler, highlighting a band of snow, one more snowshower of flurries on the north side. not done traveling north on 83 through central pennsylvania, heavy snow back near pittsburgh. for us the early snowshower, we're going for partly sunny afternoon sky. temperature gets up to 39 degrees. we'll assist in some snow melt today but a refreeze overnight as temperatures drop to around 24. we'll have more on the forecast coming up on good morning maryland at 9:00. after a dry day tomorrow, a bigger storm on the way with snow and ice on saturday. >> we've been free on the beltway. northeast corner, harford read all lanes open. anne arundel county, eastbound lanes at route 100 at ritchie highway are blocked. we have an injury crash at new cut road, another at route 32 eastbound at 97. baltimore county, you'll see falls road close

we'll also have dave ramsey. give us one, final cheer. >> who dat?is an abc 7 news update. >>> good morning. i am doug moe cohen. let's get a look at traffic and the weather. -- i am doug mcelway. >> this is the first traffic backup of the morning leaving 270 to have across the american legion bridge because of an accident on the other side. outer loop of the beltway slowing before river road. we will change cameras to show fog they will dip under. the accident is on the other side before the dulles toll road and blocking one of the lanes. in virginia, nothing to report as far as traffic and problem spurred a brief delay at landmark at 395 and another across the 14th street bridge. >> it is gorgeous outside. you can sit a little bit of fog in our area. lots of sunshine this afternoon. we're in the low 30's in downtown. chantilly at 38. bowie, 30. one system pegs the spirit we will look for a milder temperatures today. milder again tomorrow -- 1 system exits and we will look for milder temperatures today. the system will gather moisture from the gulf.

for years, like dave ramsey says on the fox news business network, we have bought things that we couldn'tth money we didn't have to impress people we don't even like. to me, that is the bottom line. amen. host: audrey is calling on the democrats' line from illinois. caller:xd hi, thank you for takg my call. i have been watching you guys for so long and this is the first time i have never -- anyway, all this time i have been trying to get a modification from wells fargo and everytime i would call in i they do not know what is going on. çi keep calling in did they tel me,çw3 ok, we will call you bak and never call you back and when they do they call you on a holiday. anyway, i went on the web site to find out what are their real qualifications for a modification through the servicers and i got through to freddie mac. they have this on line stating that any of the servicers, if they tried to go to the process of modification they will get $1,000. any of those who actually complete the modification, they get -- what goes on it is they will turn down and then they send a letter saying, i'm w

we're having lieutenant tom ramsey come here for a meet and greet. he wants to meet you.or go. -- for governor. this i is how we get to note character of the person who's running. please join us if you have time 1:00 upstairs. i would encourage you to get to know these people. i had the fortune early on of meeting george w. the first time i saw him was at a fundraiser in nashville, tennessee over at the wild horse saloon down on -- what street is that? >> it's on second avenue. >> thank you. and he did a fundraiser. and i loved it. in fact i was so interested to hear him. and it was personal. and he shook hands. and you know when you touch someone? when you touch someone that actually shares an immediate bond -- i don't mean touching in a negative sense, ok? there's been enough of that going on lately. but in the sense that, you know, you look a person in the eye and you ask them a question. and do not ever, ever believe that you are below anybody in elected office. you are equal in every sense of our constitution and the law. [cheers and applause] >> one other thing on t