good to have you both with us. >> thanks, judy. >> thanks for having us on. >> woodruff: kiki mclean to you first. i could ask either one but i'll start with you. both of you have been so deeply involved in politics at opposite ends of the spectrum, why are you doing this? >> i'm doing this for a lot of reasons. i want to make my party stronger. but i also believe that it's my job in my role as a mother to a six and an eight-year-old that i can see their future. i know that that future has to be about solving problems. we can't just keep flipping elected officials around every two years hoping it will get better when we really need a culture change. we say to people, no, when you do the right thing, when you work for progress across the aisle we're going to stand behind you as opposed to punishing them when they reach out across the aisle. >> woodruff: mark mackinnon what's the dream scenario here? what would you like to have happen in. >> we'd like to provide a vehicle and a channel for the millions of americans who today don't feel like their voices are represented. they look at wa

we've watched will mclean transform himself into a soldier the past year.n order to do that, you have to begin somewhere. here's a taste of how it all started for will. >> i william mclean jr. -- >> do you understand? >> yes, drill sergeant. >> congratulations on your enlistment to the military! >> reporter: just 12 hours after taking the oath, will finds himself half way across the country at ft. leonardwood, missouri. basic training begins now. >> any and all electronic items, take them out and put them in the air. you're not allowed to have playing cards, dice, all that crap is gone! mclean! >> what do you think about this recruit? >> he looks to be a bit overweight here. he looks to be in non-physical condition and that's going to be a challenge down the road. >> extra large regular. extra large regular, have a seat. >> and you will lay those dollars dodolla collars down flat, do you un? >> yes, sir. >> i expected there to be tons of paperwork, there was, of course. i expected them to come yelling on the bus, they did. the only thing i'm surprised i hav

sylvie cachay was a native of mclean, virginia and a graduate of mary mount university in arlington. today's funeral service is taking place in vienna. >>> lawmakers have overcome the first key hurdle on a bipartisan bill to extend bush era tax breaks. the senate is moving forward and could vote on it as early as tonight. joel brown reports that democrats in the house are calling for major revisions. >> washington, d.c., december 14th. >> reporter: the senate started its debate on the bipartisan tax plan overwhelmingly approved in a test vote overnight. final passage in the senate could come later today and then it moves to the house where it faces opposition from democrats. sweeping tax cuts, put in place by president bush, will expire if nothing is done by the end of the year. the bill keeps jobless benefits running out for the long-term unemployed. >> this bill gets high marks for economic stimulus, moving us forward and out of the recession but in the spirit of season, it says god bless tiny tim and donald trump. >> reporter: many say the compromise gives too much to the wealthy.

she grew up in mclean. bruce leshan talked with some of the mourners. >> reporter: on a cold blustery day outside a funeral home in vienna scores of mourners gathered to remember the life of a young woman who succeeded in the rare world of new york fashion design. >> i think it is a horrible tragedy. i knew her since she was 12 years old and she had a very bright future in front of her and it is just a terrible end. >> reporter: police arrested her boyfriend of just five months and charged him with strangling her. staff at the important soho house hotel found her dead half clothed in an overflowing bat tub with bruises around her neck and bite mark on her ear. he is the son of joseph brooks who is accused of multiple unrelated sexual assaults. >> i want justice done but nothing will bring back my baby girl. >> reporter: friends and family are focused on a life that had been filled with joy. her mother remembers remarkable designs when silvie was just three years old. she went to madera school and mary mt. u

and then in potomac and all the way down into mclean and just about into northwest.ed if you see some snow showers tomorrow morning, even into the early afternoon and then we'll begin to clear out. let's go back to the computer and talk about the coldest air so far. we mentioned that last week. tuesday wind chills are going to hold in the teens. that is during the peek heating of the day. all right. wednesday dry and still cold. not quite as windy. and then thursday light snow is possible. that's not a huge storm but, still, we'll keep you posted. it could cause you problems for the evening compute on tuesday. here is a look at the future cast. by tomorrow you see a lot of the district, prince george's county with a little bit of snow shower activity and then we'll put this into motion. by 6:00 we clear out and we're in pretty good shape. the mountains snow continue. winter storms continue until 7:00 p.m. on tuesday. overnight then mostly cloudy, windy, very cold. a flurry or snow shower possible. lows 16-24. tomorrow morning windy and cold. got to keep the chance of

we only got about an inch in mclean. it was enough to paralyze some drivers. kind of't drive in this weather. [sniffle] i have to pick up my little girl after school. i can't drive. >> a steady december snow has turned our roads, especially this hill, into mission impossible. >> i can be the grinch or santa claus. >> he said waiting for a break in the traffic to try his luck. >> i will have a shot to get up there. >> after watching car after car slip and slide near old dominino ion fairfax. >> iv''ve slid out twice. >> fairfax county schools closed early. >> i will try to get home somehow. struggles onkup roads. >> the stranded mother got to her four year-old, although she had to do it on foot. >> as for brian, there is a happy ending. he gets to play santa claus today. his big white sleigh delivered him to the top. it was not easy. >> applaud came through late this afternoon and treated -- a plow came through late this afternoon. now we worry about ice. >> like a commercial for pickup trucks. brad bell caught up with some folks. >> we have not seen anything q

pretty impressive for a high- school junior who combines up to eight shows per week with class's in mcleanumming english three, and film directing. >> she also runs track. june discovered the theater as a fifth grader. this led to class's at arena where she came to the attention of mali's met all to the surprise of her mother. -- attention of molly smith. >> she was awakening into her sexuality in figuring out boys. >> june hold her own with a seasoned professionals. her parents worked in film and television and the los angeles but moved here to live a normal life. >> i stepped up to the plate. >> watch out, broadway. june is following her dream. her big break has come in the right show. the unofficial word is broadway scouts have come to stop the possibility of bringing the arena production to new york. we knew her when. we hope she remembers her in the future. her parents moved out of california to get away from show business. >> it was just meant to be. coming up next on abc7 news at 5:00, this secret between model lisa's eyes that could lead to her new identity. >> have you ever tried

sylviesylvie cachay s was a resident of mclean. a gallery removed a video from an exhibit depicting the suffering of the artist who died from aids. the catholic league complained about the video that shows ants crawling on a crews pick. now the andy warhol foundation says it will withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars from the smithsonian unless the video is returned to the exhibit. >>> it appears all americans maybe closer to keeping the tax cuts next year a compromise cleared a hurdle in the senate on monday and could come up for a vote before heading to the house. >> yeas are 83 were are the senate on track to approve the tax deal as early as tonight, president obama is urging house democrats to get on board. >> if there is one thing we can agree on it's the urgent work of protecting middle-class families, removing uncertainty for american businesses and getting our economy a boost. >> reporter: he turned up the pressure after the senate overwhelmingly decided to move ahead with a final vote either late today or tomorrow. the

stricken friends and family today celebrated the life of the 33 year old who grew up right here in the mclean area. new at 5:30 p.m. bruce leshan talks to system of the mourners. >> reporter: on a cold blustery day outside a funeral home in vienna mourners gathered to remember a woman in the fashion design. >> she had a very bright future in front of her. it is just a terrible end. >> reporter: police arrested silvi's boyfriend of just five month and charged him with strangling her. staff at the important hotel found her dead half closed in an overflowing bathtub. nicholas foots is the son of academy award winning director and songwriter joseph brooks who is accused of multiple unrelated sexual assaults. my heart is so broken, my life is so destroyed that i cannot think. i cannot think. i want justice done. but nothing will bring back my baby girl. >> reporter: friends and family are focused now on a life that had been filled with joy. her mother remembers remarkable designs when silvi was just three years old. she went to school and university. she designed for mark jacobs and brought out he

randy shorter, latrisha rose and mclean, continuing to make sacrifices every day.ned in this one-hour documentary. >> will mclean, i remember his family and the weight he lost, the struggles he went through. >> i can't wait for you to see how things turned out for will. and i know -- >> you had to feel for her. first of all, the emotion of trying to say good-bye to her 2-year-old who didn't understand. and she sort of had the husband who was supposed to, you know, pull his own weight. and he had some struggles. >> and we got the most mail, actually, about latrisha rose about the three of them. but again, all of their stories -- >> we want to know how it all ends. and cnn's going to be airing this one-hour documentary airs saturday, december 18th, tomorrow night, 8:00, and sunday, december 19th, 8:00 p.m. eastern. we'll be right back. 57 minutes after the hour. have an old 401k? no matter how the market changes, your retirement savings need care and attention from year to year. open a t.rowe price smartchoice rollover ira, and let our professionals manage it for you

for will mclean, the very young recruit, 18 years old, from a small town. he wanted out.ew opportunities. he saw this as a way of serving his country and getting out of a small town. forerandy shorter, different again. hisser in a was a military man. a little tradition that was involved as well. so i think there could be very different reasons for why people ultimately get involved. as you know more than anyone else, we're at a time of war. so the strikes so much higher now when these folks get involved and join up. when they do it, they're dedicated and i think that was the thing again that was most surprising to me to see. >> they sure are. whenever i see them shipping out at the airport, i wonder if they had i'm staring at them for any particular reason. i'm staring at them to see if i can figure out what their motivations are, what drives them. we enjoy the work you've done on this. thank you very much. be sure to watch the one-hour documentary. tracking these retruth every step of the way. you learn things you didn't know. "a soldier's story" at 8:00 p.m. eastern bot

kik mclean has more comment from the world of social media. >> we hear from mary from yhuri, pennsylvaniaiews on both sides. our problems are not insurmountable if we find middle ground. we used to your extremist views only during election cycles. now that campaigning seems to be a never ending, the posturing is never ending. it cannot continue like this." >> thank you, kiki. our next speaker has battle longtime fixture in the world of virginia politics having represented the 11th district for many, many terms. today, he is the president and ceo of the republican main street partnership which gives a voice to pragmatic republicans who are seeking to put aside labels and work together. would you please welcome congressman tom davis? [applause] >> thank you, all, for being here today. i retired from congress undefeated and unindicted two years ago. i'm very proud i have been a committee chairman of the government reform committee. i am proud of our record, but we see where labels are getting in the way of getting things done. members terrified to move, knowing better, but terrified to move

kiki mclean as more reaction from social media. >> brenda from little rock, arkansas.the energy and money we spend fighting against one another causes damage to the people within our country and the mets are ability to help on global issues. let us find common ground, let us stop the stagnation and politics and then broke -- build momentum toward the betterment of our country and the world. [applause] >> please welcome our next speaker, a tireless advocate for the empire state, united states senator kirsten gillibrand. senator? >> well, as the senator from new york, and what all. to our great city, our great university. i welcome all the students that are part of this conversation. i can't think you enough for the efforts you are undertaking what this conference. it could not have come in a more important time in our nation's history and at a time of extraordinary crisis. not only do we have unemployment rate touching nearly 10%, we have a massive debt, a massive deficit, two wars and in national security crisis at every border. it is a huge time of enormous importance

kik mclean has more comment from the world of social media. >> we hear from mary from yhuri, pennsylvaniaiews on both sides. our problems are not insurmountable if we find middle ground. we used to your extremist views only during election cycles. now that campaigning seems to be a never ending, the posturing is never ending. it cannot continue like this." >> thank you, kiki. our next speaker has battle longtime fixture in the world of virginia politics having represented the 11th district for many, many terms. today, he is the president and ceo of the republican main street partnership which gives a voice to pragmatic republicans who are seeking to put aside labels and work together. would you please welcome congressman tom davis? [applause] >> thank you, all, for being here today. i retired from congress undefeated and unindicted two years ago. i'm very proud i have been a committee chairman of the government reform committee. i am proud of our record, but we see where labels are getting in the way of getting things done. members terrified to move, knowing better, but terrified to move

the next zero call is from mclean, virginia. fred, independent line. caller: i think the way you frame the question and i think the way a lot of people are commenting misses the cynicism of the opinion article that you read. i think it was really more to the effect, do you need to be a trying year later -- triang ulator. it really manipulating both sides against its other and dangled just enough carrots for americans to do not want to give up anything so their representatives can get reelected in our continuous election cycle. host: let me read a little bit more from the piece in "the new york times." the users, go byrne -- thomas coburn as an example of someone who sticks to his conviction yet can govern. what did you think about that? caller: i guess he is a counter to the larger point i was making and maybe he does stand out as an out liar then pared -- allied air -- outlier then. i am not as familiar with his electors. but in the larger case, but congress house members, they did not have the freedom to stand their ground unless they play the middle

i was in my new house in mclean. i was chopping up salary for the thanksgiving stuffing.i had the tv on and what did i see? i saw hotels ablaze in mumbai. recalled the incident, recall the scene. it was bad in and of itself in its own right it was bad. was tragic but beyond that in terms of my professional decided to human suffering, i had a deep and great concern in my professional purse on on the. this was a very high impact attack that was conducted against a major metropolitan and commercial area by about a dozen folks with automatic weapons and cell phones. almost immediately after the attack we began talking in the cia about al qaeda going to school on mumbai and frankly i think they have. if you look at the press coverage, about three to seven weeks ago when we thought something was going to happen and europe, recall that? do you recall how they describe it? mumbai-style attacks is how we all kind of slipped into the commentary. alright, so from a franchise, a little threshold, now walk with me into times square last april. where we have a naturalized american citi

the next zero call is from mclean, virginia. fred, independent line. caller: i think the way you frame the question and i think the way a lot of people are commenting misses the cynicism of the opinion article that you read. i think it was really more to the effect, do you need to be a trying year later -- triang ulator. it really manipulating both sides against its other and dangled just enough carrots for americans to do not want to give up anything so their representatives can get reelected in our continuous election cycle. host: let me read a little bit more from the piece in "the new york times." the users, go byrne -- thomas coburn as an example of someone who sticks to his conviction yet can govern. what did you think about that? caller: i guess he is a counter to the larger point i was making and maybe he does stand out as an out liar then pared -- allied air -- outlier then. i am not as familiar with his electors. but in the larger case, but congress house members, they did not have the freedom to stand their ground unless they play the middle

i was in my new house in mclean. i was shopping up celery for the thanksgiving stuffing. i had the tv on and what did i see? i saw hotels ablazing in mumbai. do you recall the incident? recall the scene? it was bad. it was bad in and of itself. you know, in it's own right, it was bad. it was tragic. but beyond that, in terms of my professional aim, besides the human suffering that was obviously visible, i had a deep and great concern in my professional persona. . .. >> all right, so franchise, low threshold. now walk with me into times square last april when we have a naturalized american citizen, self radicalized, attempting to set off an improvised explosive device in a major american metropolitan area. self radicalized. and think if they goes on in fort hood into that same mix. so we have franchises now, not al qaeda, lower threshold attacks, self radicalized individual. secretary napolitano has described this. these are my words, not hers, but i think i'm catching what is it she's trying to say. in the future it is far more likely under these, never impossible but now

reading and promotion of books and earlier you talked about the book all the devils are here by bethany mclean, and one of my concerns is that we are just going through this great recession and i was really surprised that bouck didn't appear on the reader list were often and the second point i would like to say is i just returned from seattle. i was there in the early part of december and was on the way back to help casseaux with somebody that had a kindle, and what she had pointed out is that she got all these books and her husband had put a hold she could only by free looks as a result of having this kindle because she found she was born in more books as a result so what is your comment? >> guest: actually we have seen some studies that seem to suggest that people have the kindle and ipad and nook are billion more because it is so easy. think about amazon marketing campaign. almost every week and you look at "the new york times" book review next to the best-seller list what you see is an ad that says in less than half 30 seconds you can be reading this book. so our people volume more books b

reading and promotion of books and earlier you talked about the book all the devils are here by bethany mclean, and one of my concerns is that we are just going through this great recession and i was really surprised that bouck didn't appear on the reader list were often and the second point i would like to say is i just returned from seattle. i was there in the early part of december and was on the way back to help casseaux with somebody that had a kindle, and what she had pointed out is that she got all these books and her husband had put a hold she could only by free looks as a result of having this kindle because she found she was born in more books as a result so what is your comment? >> guest: actually we have seen some studies that seem to suggest that people have the kindle and ipad and nook are billion more because it is so easy. think about amazon marketing campaign. almost every week and you look at "the new york times" book review next to the best-seller list what you see is an ad that says in less than half 30 seconds you can be reading this book. so our people volume more books b