inside to the big man, chris cooper. left-handed hook. 71-41.he longest losing streak in history, now at 38 straight games. we can use the word a little too loosely -- were commitment a little too loosely, but for c.j. williams, the work commitment fits perfectly. he has chosen to attend navy. he posted his announcement on his facebook page. he played running back and linebacker. the lack of deep sighs to attract a scholarship attention. but paterson high basketball phenomenon has started to arrive. here is this we's addition of sports illustrated. the one metro player of the year last season. he still has another season after this one before he graduates in school. stick around, tom tasselmyer with the afc championship in seven day forecast straight ahead. the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. >> the weekend looks dicey. quite some snow up new england way. it looks like it will be

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i want to acknowledge four of our storm tested hard-working mayors, thomas from, chris from mary cooperearlier, please come stand so that we can acknowledge your service to vermont. thank you so much. [applause] i also want to acknowledge an outstanding legal mind and a pioneer in civil rights who made history this year by joining the the vermont supreme court. justice robinson, thank you for your service to justice and vermont. [applause] today i report to you on a state of the greatest state in the nation, one that has demonstrated over the course of the past year what it means to the united as one community to overcome tragedy. in the wake of a deep recession, the two storms in the tropical storm that devastated our infrastructure and exacted on an unimaginable toll on the lives of thousands of vermonters, i can tell you without reservation or exaggeration the state of our state is strong, vermont strong peery [applause] from halifax to hartford, wilmington to waterbury, roxbury to richmond, to the individual actions of bravery and courage in the days and months after irene will be f

i want to acknowledge four of our storm tested hard-working mayors, thomas from, chris from mary coopercome stand so that we can acknowledge your service to vermont. thank you so much. [applause] i also want to acknowledge an outstanding legal mind and a pioneer in civil rights who made history this year by joining the the vermont supreme court. justice robinson, thank you for your service to justice and vermont. [applause] today i report to you on a state of the greatest state in the nation, one that has demonstrated over the course of the past year what it means to the united as one community to overcome tragedy. in the wake of a deep recession, the two storms in the tropical storm that devastated our infrastructure and exacted on an unimaginable toll on the lives of thousands of vermonters, i can tell you without reservation or exaggeration the state of our state is strong, vermont strong peery [applause] from halifax to hartford, wilmington to waterbury, roxbury to richmond, to the individual actions of bravery and courage in the days and months after irene will be forever etched in

economy back together if there is any cooperation with the two. >> chris: and ryan who is the chairmanommittee is going to put out a republican budget in a couple of weeks made it clear he doesn't think there were any specifics. he thought the state of the union was all about politics. nothing there the two sides will agree on. it sounds terrible but it made it sound like it will basically be a lot of year. said we will do something to extend the payroll tax cut but in terms of tax reform, major deficit reform, something to get the ten plus million americans back to work i don't think he thinks anything will get done and kept talking again and again about electing a republican president, electing a republican controlled senate, keeping the house because he doesn't think that the split government is going to get much done. >> shannon: tough to get anything done in washington especially in an election year. >> chris: you bet. >> shannon: thanks, chris. and catch chris wallace's one on one interviews primarily with presidential candidate newt gingrich but also house budget committee chair

completely cooperative allowing the bentonville bomb squad to cut the device off her leg before being taken to the fayetteville police department for questioning. now as for businesses nearby, chrisers of game exchange says folks came into his store talking about the scene. >> they saw some lady standing outside in front of the bank. she had something strapped to her leg, something large and that she was crying. they didn't know what was going on. they said there were a lot of officers all over the place and she looked pretty distraught of. reporter: inside h&r block protection of patrons and employees were paramount. >> we locked our front door to safeguard the people in here client and ourselves of. reporter: but their thoughts quickly turned to others. >> of course, we were concerned for individuals that might still be inside the bank since we didn't really know what was going on. reporter: no one inside the bank was injured. >> tonight investigators say the device strapped to the woman's leg was not explosive. >>> at home commuter improvements in northern virginia plus google is personalizing your searches. shawn yancy has your fox 5 top five. >> we're starting off with good

. >> chris christie accused president obama of running a reelection campaign based on cynicism and anger. abc 7 is your election station. gordon peterson and rebecca cooper are in new hampshire for primary. look for continued coverage on air and online at wjla.com. >>> new this morning, hundreds of people in northwest washington padded without power several hours. >> be added overnight affected 900 customers. pepco is looking into the cause. power has been restored to all but 160 customers in the last couple >>> hours . >>> northern virginia police conducted background checks on 320,000 gun transactions last year. more than 42,000 transactions in december alone. not all of them represent gun sales. neither the fbi or state police would offer a theory on why gun sales are rising in the commonwealth. >>> it's 35 degrees. >> still ahead, u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords remembers the tragedy that changed her life a year ago. we will have more from yesterday's tribute to the victims of the mass shooting in tucson. >> a big week for gadget lovers. a preview of this year's consumer electronics show. >> first traffic and weather. we >>> the virginia state

chris welch live for us in manchester >>> 7:48. a new hampshire man was tased and arrested at sacramento's airport after investigators say he did not cooperate security agents. 26-year-old edwin barton is being held on two misdemeanor charges in connection with yesterday's incident. investigators say barton tried to re-enter a security area after he realized he left something on a plane. security would not let him go through again without being rescreened. authorities say that's when he got frustrated and tried to just run through the security check point. >> our deputy attempted to restrain him. the individual broke free from our deputy's grasp and attempted to go toward the secure area. at that point, our deputy deployed a taser. >> no flight were delayed due to the interruption. >>> time is now 7:49. oakland police are investigating the city's second homicide of the year. police say a man was shot just after 9:00 last night on foothill boulevard. when these paramedics arrived, he was pronounced dead at the scene. so far, police have not released any information about a suspect >>> now, oakland's interim police chief, howard jordan, is rol

you've been following syria, anderson cooper's phenomenal work on covering syria, those crackdowns continue. and who knows if we're going to get involved in that. our chris lawrence, crack reporter at the pentagon, joins us live, getting up for an "early start." chris, the reason i want to talk to you about this, you've been working at the pentagon for a number of years, i've followed you in your work. you walk those halls on a regular basis and you've got sources and you talk to the generals and on down. there must be grumbling if they're talking about massive cuts. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, ashleigh. you're not going to get agreement on something this big. some people say, well, look, you know, this is sort of like, you know, trying to buy health insurance for the diseases you think you're going to get instead of having a comprehensive plan that will cover you in any regard. some of the other people i talk to say, look, it still allows us to fight one ground war and deploy forces somewhere else to sort of, what they call spoil another adversary. so, in other words, if the u.s. military was heavily engaged in korea and iran, you know, started to act p

cooperation. >> another big-time consequence of the really the budget cutting fever seizing washington. once untouchable military budget now clearly square in the crosshairs of congress. i want to bring in chrise secretary just began speaking a couple minutes ago. what do we know in terms of broad terms as to where this is headed? >> well, we know more than broad terms. we know some real hard specifics. for example, brooke, the budget is calling for about 60,000 fewer soldiers, probably 20,000 fewer marines. but just to put ha in perspective, even after those cuts, you'd still have more soldiers and more marines than you had just before 9/11. so just to give some perspective there. also, fewer air squadrons for the air force because there won't be as many troops to support. the navy's being asked to retire about six older ships and a couple smaller amphibious ships as well and delay building some newer ships for a year or two to save money in the short-term, and we know that although the troops are going to be guaranteed pay raises over the next couple years, the budget is recommending that those pay raises be smaller come 2015 and beyond. and although there won't be major changes to active d