but having this type of performance when you get into saying augusta or u.s. open position to win, is there lingering effects of something like this and some of the other recent final rounds? nick: this is like a boxing match. they slugged it out and phil walked away. jim: how about just for tiger? nick: this was a bad day. this was dreadful. there were missed putts. there were blocked shots. he didn't like the 7-iron down the ninth. he pulls it left. he maybe feared right. his game on a sunday afternoon, he has a game good enough to get in contention but not good enough to finish it off. >> one final knockdown pitching wedge from 114. nick: middle of the green, spin it back. he is just showing off now. jim: yes, he is. nick: this is a day of perfection. this is as good as we have seen phil play for a long time. jim: it is the round of the day. in fact 67, the best score otherwise. he will have that little one for a 64. it would be the best round of the day by three. nick: the way he put it together, hit the second green in two, couple of great putts. jim: cha

augusta county, one location got ten inches of snow.hile farther to the south, southern maryland in snow. charles county up to an inch. as far north as mt. vernon, they had half an inch of snow. these are the snow totals from yesterday. a few flurries north of washington. but those heaviest snows nell that darker blue zone in the pom of your screen. and generally fredericksburg over toward charlotteville had from an inch around fredericksburg to as much as four inches around charlottesville. now, temperatures, they're cold. it's at or below freezing in loudoun, montgomery, howard, frederick counties, maryland, virginia, the panhandle of west virginia and maryland. fairfax county, low 30s. mid and upper 30s in arlington county and the district. prince george's county, mid 30s. southern maryland in the low 30s now. the view from space showing a thinning cloud cover to our west. and that's going to give us increasing sunshine as the day progresses. here's your day planner for this president's day. we'll have winds gusting, too. right now a

jim: he went to school in clemson, not far from augusta. joins yet a long list of tour winners by way of clemson. lucas glover, jonathan byrd. d.j. trahan. just to name a few. coach larry pinly. he's played at augusta, says it's his favorite course but he's never competed there. unless that ball goes into the hole from levin he'll have the invitation and his first tour win. nick: you're right. it won't be his last. if he just keeps fine-tuning things. there are still a couple of kinks in the golf swing, pulling a few wedges. once he masters that but his physical strength is impressive and his physical courage. derek mentioned his player met ribs. his medicine ball smashes and throws and split-lunge jumps. jim: he looks fit, i know that nick: he's ripped so he has an amazing ability to pound it out there. jim: first ran across him three years ago in the colonial country club ballroom when he was awarded the ben hogan award and didn't look anything like this. nick: yeah, totally different guy now. the stubble helps. jim: spencer levin had his

well, the winners of the small school category is fort descience high school in augusta county.nd the large school -- is that all right for me to do this? jefferson flores in bed forest. >> i they they both did a great job but tell us what fort defiance did. >> nine people were killed in augusta county in 2010 so they decided to show their message through that. they selected nine students to represent the nine deaths. and they were put in black attire for the entire day. their obituaries were read on the morning announcements and they were not allowed to speak for the whole day. >> it really caught students' attention didn't it? >> it did. they were asked to think about how it would be without their friends in their lives. >> there's a grand prize. tell us what that is and what they need to do to get that. >> well, in order for them to be the grand prize winner, the two schools will compete in an unannounced seat belt check conducted by individual law enforcement agencies. >> and that will be this week? >> yes. this week. >> so do tell us who wins the grand prize. >> i will. >>

ten inches fell in augusta county. charlottesville had six inches. there are below freezing. look at stanton, virginia. that's where they got some of the heaviest snow. only 22 degrees there now. closer to washington, a little below freezing in montgomery county, loudoun, howard, frederick counties, maryland, virginia, panhandle of virginia and western maryland. in fairfax, arlington, prince george's counties, a little bit of above freezing. charles county where they got that inch of snow, it's just a little above freezing there. here's the view from space. the cloud cover thinning out from the west and should be clearing out this morning. we'll have increasing sunshine throughout the day. here's your day planner. sunrise at 6:54. a blustery wind, too, as you step out early on this president's day morning. wind will settle this afternoon. highs reaching the 40s to near 50 degrees. and a look at the evening planner in ten minutes. danella has traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, still looking really good in our area. if you're traveling along i-27

garrison keillor: born in augusta, maine, dorianne laux worked as a cook, a gas station manager, a maid and a doughnut holer before receiving a b.a. in english. the author of four books of poems, she now lives with her husband, poet joseph millar, in raleigh, north carolina, where she teaches at north carolina state university. her book facts about the moon was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. "dust." someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. just a few words, but i recognized it. i knew i should make myself get up, write it down, but it was late, and i was exhausted from working all day in the garden, moving rocks. now, i remember only the flavor-- not like food, sweet or sharp. more like a fine powder, like dust. and i wasn't elated or frightened, but simply rapt, aware. that's how it is sometimes-- god comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you're just too tired to open it. (applause)

i teach at augusta state university. as soon as i heard about it, i made plans to drive down i-20 to be part of it. my question is for dr. jelks. a number of the of the inner circle, particularly jesse jackson and james lawson say dr. king made little secret of one day seceding dr. mays of morehouse college. it seemed that at one point, dr. king thought he could be the president of morehouse college. we know that didn't happen. i'm curious based on your een ds say anything specific about the possibility of a future role for dr. king on the morehouse campus? >> i think mays absolutely saw king as a spiritual son. i think he hoped that someone of king's statue would be able to succeed him. he had a trustee board and we don't know what they thought. he certainly hoped that martin -- say had the montgomery movement stopped right there. martin would have been the perfect candidate to become president of morehouse college.

the atlanta-based southern company will build and operate the plants in eastern georgia near augusta. they're projected to come online in 2016. the last approval for a nuclear plant in this country came just before the meltdown at three mile island in pennsylvania. that event, of course, brought approvals to a stop for an entire generation. >>> america's women in uniform may soon have new roles on the battlefield. the pentagon today changed its rules to give women jobs in more forward positions. closer to the front lines, still not in the combat infantry, but as we've seen in iraq and afghanistan, despite the official ban on women serving in combat, in reality, many have been right there in the fight and they paid a heavy price. more than 140 women in the u.s. military have been killed, another 860 wounded. >>> on the presidential campaign trail today, the issue of contraception and the catholic church took center stage once again in this fight that is becoming more and more heated. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports for us tonight from tulsa. >> reporter: on the christian campus of oral r

i teach history at augusta state university and as soon as i heard about this panel and the dynamics on it, i made plans to drive down i-20 and be a part of it, so thank you for hosting this. my question is especially for dr. jelks. dr. jelks, a number of former martin luther king, jr.s said he made a decision to one day proceed the president of morehouse college. at one time dr. king thought he could become the president of morehouse college and maintain his position as the spokesman of the civil rights movement. of course, that didn't happen. i'm just curious about your research. did you hear dr. maize say anything about a future for dr. king on the morehouse campus? >> i think maize absolutely saw king at a spiritual son, and i think he hoped that someone of king's stature would be able to succeed him. now, of course, he had a trustee board, and we don't know what they thought, but he certainly hoped that martin -- say had the montgomery movement stopped right there, martin would have been a perfect candidate to become the president of morehouse college. but as king himself said,

charlotteville, virginia, 2 inches. 5 in parts of augusta county and waynesboro 5 inches. these places are within the advisory and the warning areas. let's take a look at radar. we will give you a closer look closer to home. you can see just to the west of manassas, we have a rain-snow line mix and light snow that pushed its way across areas of the west through parts of virginia and to the south. this will continue to move across. as far as d.c. metro is concerned, we have a little bit here and there. not a whole lot major happening. there is a dry air slot that kept it from coming in earlier today. it's going to stop it from going too far north as well. that will be a little help in terms of all this precipitation. let's go back to the weather maps. we have warnings and advisories to tell you about. winter storm warning and advisory is in effect until the early morning hours of monday. these are the areas here. charlottesville is under the win -- winter weather advisory. waynesville five inches where the warning is. none of that is in effect for the metro region. it will

. >> well, i -- i took augusta just so y'all won't think i made this up. he was an officer in the civil war. he was trained in canada, and he came here to be a doctor in what started out to be a clinic at a contraband camp and later became the basis of a hospital. he was a real person. now, there's one thing that takes place when somebody in new uniform, somebody in a confederate uniform, but somebody, an african-american civil war and a union uniform with a lapel. and so actually when i was calling, i said, well, you know, we've got to find a way to put another angle on this. we deliberately go to many of these places, including gettysburg, for the last eight or ten years, we march in the parade because this is just -- these things become a sorority fight, fraternity fight. going about their business again until we show up and remind people thais

sculpted by james earl fraser, the protege of augusta st. gardens, hamilton wears a slightly quizzical look. perhaps he is trying to recognize his surroundings. after all, it was his famous deal with congressional supporters of thomas jefferson that led to the assumption of the states debts to an entirely new city or the built on the banks of the potomac. the pedestal on which he stands makes no reference to hamilton's real estate transactions. it pays tribute instead to his financial genius. he smoked the rock of the natural resources that reads an abundant streams of revenue gusts forth. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend american history tv, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and join in the conversation on the social media sites. >>> brown university history professor gordon wood

the nrc approved a request for two reactors near augusta, georgia. the vote clears the way for officials to issue an operating license for those reactors and they could begin operating as soon as 2016 and 2017. >>> syria's violent crackdown on anti-government protestors continues to escalate. forces loyal to the president al-assad have surrounded the city, the center of the 11 month uprising, for nearly a week the army has been trying to crush pockets of violent resistance there. groups say more than 60 people were killed on thursday alone. >>> our time coming up on 4:35. at 4:40. a $25 billion settlement which will help homeowners who are in trouble reduce their debt. jessica will break down the mortgage deal in your -- money. >>> new hope for a possible cure. a new drug for cancer may also help alzheimer's patients. >>> we're back with your weather first in two minutes. you are watching 9news now. >>> 4:37 on this friday morning. and we are looking at some sunshine to start the day but increasing clouds. we're going to have some snow showers and ra

farther to the south and west, augusta county had up to ten inches of snow.l, now this morning, we're dealing with just cold temperatures in the wake of that snowstorm that came through. right now to the north and west, breezy and cold. near freezing in montgomery county, fairfax, prince george's county. a little above freezing there. reagan national at 38. where that snow fell in charles county, over toward fredericksburg, charlottesville, many areas there are right near or a little below freezing.exitw lingering flurries north and west, trying to reach the ground. still cloudy. sunrise at 6:56. by 9:00, sun breaking out, a blustery wind. sunny this afternoon, 40s to near 50 degrees. it will be chillier, though, where the snow fell. then overnight tonight, clear and getting cold. down to the upper 30s by midnight. and then by dawn tomorrow, into the 20s to low 30s. then we'll have a partly cloudy day on tuesday. tomorrow afternoon, again into the 40s to near 50. then mild air moves in wednesday and thursday. up around 60 or so both days. as well as on friday

as well as german augusta production coming. out some numbers on the market. look at those numbers as a reflection of who economy is improving the implication of that is also to be in the in the euro zone if we can get a soft landing in china i'm not stephanie someone who drives russian markets or numbers you could expect he's still names in particular to run. the other you sell rosol the world's largest ahman miner by output may sell forty percent in an i.p.o. that's according to commerce on daily we're says the flotation worth over one billion dollars may take part in the second half of the year. in germany beer lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy a new brand of their favorite beverage and that's because russia's six largest brewer i chalk a lot has decided to set up production in the european country the company plans to increase its presence in the german market ten fold this year by brewing five million liters of beer and the talk of us says it's forced to expand abroad increasing register of pressure on russia's beer market. and that's how bus

this is in a caustic, georgia -- this is an augusta, georgia. you may recall back in 1979 a partial meltdown of the three mile island nuclear plant in pennsylvania. >> 10 states are not exempt from it no child left behind education law. the president said he is acting because congress failed to update the law. the states exempt include colorado, georgia, kentucky, massachusetts, new jersey, and tennessee. the president is scheduled to sign a special bill into law today. it gives law-enforcement greater authority to combat illegal drug trafficking between the u.s. and mexico. gabrielle giffords was injured in a deadly shooting rampage last year. run barber will be on the ballot -- ron barber. he was also injured in the deadly shooting last year. the gop campaign rolls into washington, d.c., today. >> kate amara has more. good morning. >> the candidates are coming here to d.c. today because that is where the conservatives are. three of the four republican candidates will be in washington, d.c., today at the annual conservative political action con

based southern company will soon begin its project to build two nuclear reactors at its site south of augusta ga i spoke earlier with jim cavanaugh the managing editor for reason dot com about all of this here's his take. i think it's so there's a need for the energy and i don't understand why the nuclear energy industry still needs to be subsidized when the one thing nobody argues about a nuclear plant is that it doesn't produce a lot of energy this is a valuable stuff it produces a lot of energy which unfortunately it's looking more and more like a lot of the alternative resources really don't produce what we need so there is a need for this energy and that sort of wins the argument whether it's. green or not green is probably another question but let's talk about you know here in washington we're always sort of talking about different ways in which this government spends its money i know energy is certainly one area that a lot of people sort of keep their eyes i know you're one of those people talk a little bit about the energy budget and what you see laid out in there as good and what you

in augusta, maine, 39 degrees. this system comes through was just rain and severe thunderstorms and a spring-like air from dallas to new orleans. a storm here in nevada is one to watch for the weekend. the potential is cold air will be slipping south and east and it may be catching up with the storm. right now, just outside chance of wintry weather saturday night into sunday morning. we will have to see if any colder can work its way in. we will have to worry about what weather in cincinnati. we will see rain tomorrow, off and on throughout the day and showery weather and and it clears out and friday features sunny skies. as the wet weather is departing, the wind behind it will be brisk. even though it will be a sunny and mild friday, it will be on the windy side. you will see the high end thin clouds in advance of the next system approaching with the potential of winter weather trying to move in. cloudy skies with showers likely tomorrow. highs of 45 degrees. sunrise at 6:58. a small craft advisory with winds gust

they will be located near augusta, georgia.e expected to begin operating as soon as 2016 and 2017. the nuclear accord commission approved two new reactors in south carolina and that could happen in the next few months -- could approved two new reactors in south carolina. >> a social worker who sanaa josh powell moments before he killed himself and his two children in a fiery explosion is now speaking out. >> she shrugged his shoulders and then slammed the door. i thought that was an accident, that he did not mean to knock me out. and so, i knocked and knocked and rang the doorbell and i started yelling, let me in. i never saw any suicidal indicators from him. he did not look like a monster. he did not look like somebody was going to kill list children. it's in the moments before the analysts exploded, that woman elizabeth said she overheard him telling chris 7-year-old and 5- year-old that he had a big surprise for them and then she said she smelled gas and called 911. >> a montgomery county teacher accused of sexually abusing

seven down around augusta maine. 20 atbwi marshall.n charlotte, temperatures were in the teens this morning. now, with a decent warmup for the afternoon, tempters managed to get well above normal. steven zell -- stephensville is 43 degrees. western maryland has several inches of snow on the ground. that keeps temperatures near freezing. overnight tonight, we will see clouds increasing. with the blanket of cloudiness, it will not be that cold tonight. low temperatures will hold in the upper-20's-low-30's for most areas. we might get a brief snow shower west of baltimore in advance of the next system that is out in the middle of the country right now. it is showing signs of weakening as it approaches us, but weather advisories cover good parts of the mississippi river valley and western ohio valley, even in two parts of georgia were some precipitation is moving in. rain is mixed with sleet or freezing rain. all of this slowly inching to east. it will cut through our region tomorrow, but again, this area of low pressure is already spinnin

it clears the way for the construction of two nuclear reactors near augusta, georgia.he nrc hasn't approved a new plant since the partial meltdown of the harbor plant in pennsylvania. an aide to gabrielle giffords is running for her seat in a special election. ron barber was among those shot when a gunman opened fire in a tucson grocery store last year. barber said gabrielle giffords asked him to run for the democratic nomination. a cruise returning to fort lauderdale early after another virus at sea. nearly 200 members on board the ship became ill with the noro virus. this is the third time this has happened in the past few weeks. go to foxnews.com for more headliance. >> greta: caught on camera, shocking kidnapping attempt. it happened right in the middle of a georgia walmart store. it shows britney walking around the store and man appears and tries to carry her off. she fights back and kicks and screams and man suddenly let's her go. police are calling the seven-year-old girl a hero for getting away. she says she did what she learned in school. they are talking abou

they will be built south of augusta and could begin operating as soon as 2016 and 2017.as the first such approval since 1978. in our solyndra update moments ago i said the bankrupt solar panel company received $500 billion in government loan guarantees. it meant $500 million. just wanted to correct that. the 2012 race and con seventives here in washington. we'll talk about that with the fox all-stars when we come back. i remember last time around, john mccain lost 19 states on his way to getting the nomination. you have don't win them all. and so i expect i'll lose a number of states before we get to a point i get the 1150 delegates i need. >> romney campaign is about tearing down -- [ inaudible ] not offering some visual. he is not going out to talk about his record. people can say i want a newt gingrich kind of big solution approach. where i know we will stop the problems rather than timidity that both romney and santorum represent. >> bret: sound from three of the four .ial candidates. ron paul was not on the trail and didn't hold any events today or yesterday. this i

to start construction on a nuclear based from an atlanta based power company 40 minutes south of augustageorgia, but a regulator who opposed this said the new reactors may not meet certain safety standards that went interest effect after the disaster at the plant in japan. the last time they approved any license to built a reactor was in 1978 a year before the partial meltdown at three mile island. and now, live in new york city. >>reporter: after all these years it is interesting that they got the approval to do this expansion but this are so many people who are against it as you mentioned but not president obama. he has pledged $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees toward the georgia nuclear reactor expansion, and the cost of the two new reactors at the site is $14 billion. now, westinghouse electric, a manufacturer of the reactor, they say this and other expansions they have planned could support up to 35,000 workers and it sounds like this is a win-win but the company who owns the site is already defending the plant over safety concerns after fears of the three mile island disaster

the nuclear regulatory commission approved two new actors in -- reactors in augusta, georgia. >>> and an aide to former congresswoman gabrielle giffords is running for her old job. democrat don barber made the announcement thursday. he said that he has giffords' best support. she resigned from congress last month one yore after surviving an assassination attempt. >>> first lady michelle obama unveiled the first changes to military food in 20 years. the goal is to improve nutritional standards. mrs. obama announced those changes at little rock air force base in arkansas. >>> and former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky will be back in court today. he's asking for a fewer restrictions to his house arrest. >>> sandusky is free on bail but is facing charges of sexually abusing children. we have approve. >> reporter: former penn state coach jerry sandusky is trying to change the conditions of his bail. he's been on house arrest since december on charges he sexually assaulted young boys. sandusky's attorney filed a motion asking that sandusky be allowed to see his grandchil

in charlottesville, virginia, 4 inches, in waynesboro augusta county 7 inches.own there. some of our neighbors seeing a fair amount and as i said, these numbers are areas that are encompassed in our winter weather advisory region which as you can see here through richmond in the south and through the winter storm warning area to areas of the west. these are still in effect through until the early morning hours as well, but here's a look at satellite and radar. you can see we've got a swath of rain, snow, a little mix, just a whole mixture of all this as this system continues to push through. here's a little closer look. you can see the confiding lines clearly as where the rain -- the dividing lines clearly as where the rain is versus the snow as well. we're getting a little light snowfall into the d.c. airport. let's look radar for a little different perspective. now the grayer parts is where the very lighter snow is and the whiter you see it, the little heavier the snow is here. we're getting light snow pushing its way now heading through the north, northeast a

madison gained 3 inches and right there in augusta county where you see the dark blue down in virginia, 10 inches of snow. but a lot of it melting today. here in washington we're up to 50 degrees. 43 with the snow cover down in richmond and 48 degrees roanoke. i cannot believe they've gotten up to 48 degrees. here is one of the images of a couple inches down from orange, virginia. the snow from the weekend. they got about 5 to 6 inches of snow there. we have another image to show you, too, where folks have been indeed making snowmen and throwing the snowballs around. your forecast for the evening, we'll see our temperatures dip down from where we are right now with 50 degrees and sunshine. we'll head down into the 40s, upper 30s by 9:00 with a clearing sky. we'll talk more about what's next for us the next couple days with your seven-day forecast. jim? >>> all right. veronica, thanks. what's next for republicans is michigan in the race for the white house. big showdown there. it is a battleground state. mitt romney grew up in michigan and his father was governor. rick san form had been

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two reactors near augusta, georgia, could be operating as soon as 2016. the lone vote against licensing came from the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission who wanted more safety assurances in the wake of last year's disaster in japan. >>> britain's investigation into phone hacking by newspaper reporters brought out another familiar face. heather mills, paul mccartney's ex-wife said the former baelteas voicemails to her were hacked. michelle kosinski has more. >> reporter: for an ongoing government hearing the testimony continues to be gripping and contentio contentious. heather mills tells how she realized other ears were listening to her personal voicemails. at least one big name journalist admits to listening, but denies doing anything illegal. back in 2001 when heather mills and sir paul mccartney were dating heather says they had a fight and that's when she realized something strange was going on. >> turned my phone off because he kept calling all the time. it was very stressful. in the morning when i woke up there were many messages but they

based power company made the request to build them at an existing site about 40 minutes south of augustageorgia. the vote was four to one in favor. the one regulator who opposed said these reactors may not meet certain safety requirements which went into effect after last year's fukushima power plant disaster in japan. president obama has pushed for greater alliance on nuclear energy. pledging more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees for this project. the last time federal officials approved any license to build a nuclear reactor was way back in 1978, one year before the partial meltdown at pennsylvania's three mile island plant. no child left behind is the education law of the land. but the president today gave 10 states the power to do things their own way. now some republicans are saying the president is overstepping his authority. that's coming up. a google home entertainment system for your living room. google. it's just announced and we will tell you how a google home entertainment center will work. that's all ahead as fox reports live tonight. that penetrate deep to relax,

can hardly wait to augusta. we'll see you there next. jim nantz, nick faldo saying so long. long. haas the winner in los angeles. captioning funded by cbs and ford-- built for the road ahead. >> inside, you feel like a part of you has been ripped out from losing a job. >> pelley: one third of the unemployed have been out of work for more than a year. it's been hard on them and the economy. but we found an experiment in retraining... >> the resume very soon will become an obsolete tool in the job search process. >> pelley: ...that may just offer a way back. you just got a new job. >> yes, i did. brings a smile to my face. >> pelley: i see that. >> stahl: harvard's irving kirsch has thrown a bomb into the medical establishment. his research challenges the effectiveness of antidepressants, which are taken by 17 million americans, which he says don't work, for most people, any better than a sugar pill. but people are getting better taking anti-depressants. i know them. >> oh, yes. >> stahl: we all know them. >> people get better when they take the drug. but it's not the chemical ingre

it's rare to have original master's artifacts not at augusta. >> reporter: in addition to historicalieces, brandenburg also had exact replicas of the four major championship trophies built. >> you can put them side by side with the originals. i don't think you can tell the difference until lee brought it in i have never seen the masters trophy and playing golf a long time. something they don't show tv when they present to the winner. they were happy we commissioned to have these built. >> yeah. great stuff if you have the chance to go down there. >>> tiger woods has been a boon to the monterey peninsula economy this week. ticket sales are up over 30% for his first trip to pebble in 10 years. but his popularity has not extended as far as it once did. tiger is at the top of a poll of the most disliked athletes in america. eagles quarterback michael vick finished with a 60% dislike vote. he wins the tie because woods received fewer dislike a lot votes than vick. the rest of the top five: plaxico burress and others. e former pal tate champion has 53 >>> on the other hand, knicks guard je

harley has also made itself leaner, shutting down or shutting off extraneous brands like the augusta.a result, once the restructuring is completed this year, harley should see up to $325 million in annual savings. harley-davidson is a leaner, meaner, more profitable motorcycle making machine. plus the company is doing a significant job of managing the inventory. they're going in to 2012 with relatively low inventories. now the only real constraint on how many bikes harley can sell is how many they can make. meanwhile, they have expanded the number of products they offered to 34 models, up from 24 in 2000. don't forget the dealers also have a phenomenal resale market as older harleys do keep their value. used harley buyers now can get their own financing. that became a problem during the recession as a lot of bikers sold their hogs. speaking of dealerships, we owe a big thank you to costco harley-davidson in new jersey for hooking it up. you thought it was my stuff. i understand that. plus, and this is really cool. harley has taken a page from domino's pizza, another one of our favorit

so there's been a hard shift to the right in augusta and now in state politics. >> we tend to think obviously of the maine republican party as represented by the two senators from maine, who are both quite moderate, probably at the left-most spectrum of the gop members of the senate. it sounds to me as if the state-level of politics that are happening don't necessarily reflect that political profile. >> it's a complete break with the history of the republican party in maine. it used to be nobody for this kind of new england moderatism and now it's really changed. there's a lot of ron paul momentum going on as well. >> you've had a very contentious battle over the issue of same-day voter registration. one of the reasons i want to have you on was to talk viewers through that. it's a window into larger fights that are happening all over the country about access to the ballot and the way access to the ballot is going to be regulated or excessively tightened. what happened in maine with respect to same-day voter registration? >> well when republicans came into office, one of the things they went a

the commission okayed the building of two nuclear reactors near augusta, georgia. operation could begin as early as 2016. now, only the chairman of the commission voted no, saying lessons still need to be learned from japan's fukushima nuclear disaster. and those are just some of your national headlines. >> big decision. thank you, janelle. >>> of the 2 million california homeowners with underwater mortgages will soon get help. today, a landmark settlement with five of the nation's biggest banks. those banks will spend big dollars, $18 billion in our state, to help people stay in their homes. >> this issue has never been about anything other than allowing homeowners, hard-working people, to be able to stay in their homes and we were very determined to make sure that california, the hardest hit in the country, would receive its fair share. >> the attorney general kamala harris. >>> bring in jodi hernandez, joining us from contra costa county, a huge boost and a relief for a lot of people here in the bay area. how does are work? >> reporter: a big relief, raj, seems

the nrc approved the request for two reactors near augusta. georgia. the vote clears the way for officials to issue an operating license for the reactors and they could begin operating as soon as 2016 and 2017. >>> syria's violent crackdown continues to escalate on anti- government protestors. protestors loyal to bashar al- assad have surrounded the city. for nearly a week the army has been trying to crush pockets of violent resistance there. human rights groups say more than 60 people were killed on thursday alone. >>> some local parents got a brutal wakeup call when they found their daughter was close to death. >> coming up at 5:19. what they say nearly killed her and what they want other participants the learn from their ex-- parents to learn from their experience. achoo! the seasons change, but we still may suffer from nasal allergy symptoms. they can hit you year round... indoors or out. achoo! oh to have relief. prescription nasonex is clinically proven to help relieve nasal allergy symptoms... including congestion, runny and itchy nose and sneez

our republicans in augusta did as they promised they would do. [ applause ] and american needs that same leadership in washington. so won't you please, please send two republican house members to serve with olympia in may? [ applause ] my friends, 150 years ago in the dark days of 1862, our nation was on the brink. in that perilous time, president abraham lincoln drafted the emancipation proclamation, making it clear that the armies he led as commander in chief were the vanguard of freedom. his state of the union message that year was brief and powerful. its words came from his heart. not a teleprompter. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> arthel: that is republican senator susan collins addressing the crowd there, as we await the results of maine's caucuses. very exciting. today's a game of political ping-pong, i'd like to say, bringing in now to discuss what's happening, democratic national committee member debbie dingell, and phyllomesser, president of the new frontier and former director of the republican governor's association. i want to say welcome to both of you. phil, i'm going to start

that's the zone right in augusta county. that is just to the south of stanton, virginia. they got ten inches. meanwhile charlottesville got six inches of snow and then over towards the fredericksburg they got one to two inches there and dusting to about an inch in the light blue zone. about an inch of snow fell in charles county. half-inch fell around mt. vernon and at reagan national, they had a trace of snow there last night. but areas to the north, just a few flurries. right now we are climbing into the upper 30s to near 40. 41 now at reagan national. later today it will continue to climb and as we look at the view from space over the last 12 hours, those clouds from that storm have quickly exited to the east and as a result we've got a blue sky with bright sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures climbing into the 40s to around 50 degrees. still a bit of a blustery wind out of the north and west. details on the rest of the week and weekend in just a couple of minutes. >> doesn't feel like the middle of february, does it? >> it won't in a couple of days eit

the vote today endorsed a plan to build two new reactors south of augusta, georgia. the last time the commission approved construction of a nuclear plant was in 1978-- a year before the partial meltdown at three mile island in pennsylvania. labor rights protesters called on tech giant apple today to improve conditions at chinese factories run by apple suppliers. in washington, the ethical iphone group delivered nearly 200,000 petition signatures. there were similar events in a half dozen other cities around the world. apple has come under renewed pressure over reports of cramped working conditions, long hours and high injury rates at chinese factories. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to ray. >> suarez: and to the battle over contraception coverage. it's been nearly three weeks since the obama administration announced new regulations, but the stakes are higher as both sides harden their positions. from the capitol to the white house, the political heat has been rising all week over a new federal mandate on birth control. under the rule, religious