he told "this week's" christiane amanpour is this doesn't open the door to islamists. >> it's either us, depression, or al qaeda-type islamists. this is not egypt. >> reporter: president obama called for a more orderly transition for a government. secretary of state hillary clinton says that doesn't mean calling for mubarak to leave. >> i've never said that. i don't intend to say that. i want the egyptian people to have the chance to chart a new future. >> reporter: thousands of people are at the airports waiting to do so. >> yesterday, the police cut off runways. everybody was then, you know in a difficult situation. >> and it isn't an easy situation to get the information to leave the country to people who are in egypt. phone communication is spotty at best. internet has been down since friday. still, the first american flights out of cairo are scheduled to leave today. vinita nair. >> and now we turn to abc's alex marquardt who has been on the streets. what do you see there and are the communications still limited now? >> reporter: limited, rob. the fact that i'm on a cell phone w

here's christiane amanpour with the "nightline" interview. >> reporter: patrick kennedy never knew hisle, john f. kennedy, and he never got to know another uncle, bobby, either. but he does know only too well what it's like to be part of a political family marked by assassin's bullets. when you heard that a congresswoman had been shot, an attempt had been made on her life, the first political assassination attempt in more than a generation, what went through your mind? as a kennedy? >> my colleagues, our hearts went out to her and we also realize this is the ultimate culmination we knew was brewing in terms of an atmosphere. granted, it was the act of a lone gunman who was delusional, but still, we've lived in an environment that sanctioned pretty heated rhetoric that's really bordering on irresponsible in how much it condones violence. and the dehumanization of our political leaders. >> reporter: in the debate over whether heated political rhetoric led to the tragedy in tucson, kennedy doesn't mince his words. he says the tone in the country right now is dangerous and destructive. >>

he sits down with our christiane amanpour. >>> no relief. another giant winter storm gathering steam. 100 million americans in its path. where it is headed tonight. >>> and, ruffled feathers. why a popular fast food chicken chain is in an increasingly heated fight with the gay community. >>> good evening. the situation in egypt tonight is confusing, fluid and dangerous. after six days of protests, the country is on the brink. but on the brink of what? a new government or a bloody crackdown? here's the latest on the crisis. today, military aircraft buzzed demonstrators, but they showed no signs of stopping and the troops made no move to shut them down. opposition leader mohamed elbaradei spoke to a huge crowd, calling for president mubarak to resign. elbaradei now has the backing of the muslim brotherhood, egypt's largest islamic group. and some of the 90,000 americans in egypt poured into the airport today, waiting to get out. tonight, at the white house, and all over the world, they're wrestling with questions like this -- has a line been c

christiane amanpour is here, as well as martha raddatz. is this the dom knows falling, and what about the verbal pressure from the white house on mubarak tonight? >> reporter: well, i think they are stepping up the pressure. but they've been towing a very sort of fine line and basically saying, on all sides, to have restraint. and the people over there have been very upset about it. they think the united states should stand with the people and the tweets and the social media are coming in in huge blasts expressing disappointment with the united states, which is not good at this precise moment. the key is whether the army, which has been deployed, will fire on the people. right now, the army has been put into the streets, the police and security forces back and a senior egyptian official has told me tonight that he hopes that the people will respond well to the army and this will quiet the situation and get the people back into their houses. it doesn't look that that is likely to happen but that is going to be the key. will the army fire on

christiane amanpour in egypt. >>> and the slipping stocks. the effect at home. where will the market go next, and will it take oil prices and gas prices with it? >>> also, warning signs missed. the florida mother accused of murdering her own children. what we now know about her. >>> and this evening, we remember a true talent. a man who mastered the presidential parody. >>> good evening. the eyes of the world remain fixed on egypt tonight where the president is struggling to maintain his grip on power, and the stakes are huge for the united states. egypt is a powerful ally on the war on terror, but what does the white house do now? they're pushing for democracy there. support the president or the protesters who say the government is corrupt? at least 74 people have been killed, 2,000 wounded. and tonight, telling images coming in. jubilant protesters standing side-by-side with the military. will the army side with them? and there's also word tonight in the ancient land over the history, the artifacts, some reportedly already ruined. guards posted outside museums

for the first time, survivors reuniting, talking with our christiane amanpour. and, in a sense, they will be holding that conversation they never got to finish in the supermarket, that parking lot on saturday morning. be sure and watch it on sunday. >>> and, here in washington, as you know, the shooting rampage sparked a lot of talk about civility, that whatever the differences, we should show respect to each other. there's even talk of a big symbolic move at the state of the union in a week and a half, and jon karl is on capitol hill tonight. jon, tell us what they're talking about. >> reporter: well, diane, you know the state of the unions, year after year, you see democrats sitting on one side, republicans sitting on the other side. when one side hears something they like, they jump up and applaud, the other side sits on their seats. now, there's a new proposal by a democratic senator to have the two sides literally cross the aisle and sit republican next to democrat, democrat next to republican. so, the chamber, instead of looking politically segregated, one

christiane amanpour, abc news, tucson. >> later this half hour, our coverage continues with the profile of the very young gunshot victim. we'll take you live to tucson for the latest on "america this morning" and later on "good morning america." then at 11:00 eastern, look for live abc news coverage of the moment of silence, paying tribute to the victims in arizona. >>> and moving on to our other big story this morning. a major winter storm that is causing widespread problems across most of the south. thousands of flights have already been canceled at the airport in atlanta. that city could get up to half a foot of snow. more than atlanta usually gets the entire winter. and the heaviest snow so far has fallen in southern arkansas and parts of texas and oklahoma. on top of that, parts of mississippi and alabama are expecting their worst icing conditions in more than a decade. governors in a number of southern states are simply telling people to stay home today to avoid all those dangerous conditions on the roadways. >> been through it here in the northeast. welcome to it. states of emerg

jean kennedy smith is his only surviving sibling, and tonight christiane amanpour gathers her memoriesterview. >> ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> reporter: it was the clarion call for a new era. the youngest ever elected president and the first catholic. a moment bursting at the seams with hope. >> i john fitzgerald kennedy do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: john f. kennedy's youngest sister, jean kennedy smith, his only surviving sibling, remembers it well. what was it like, listening to that speech? >> well, what we all remember is that very famous line about ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. and i think that sort of sums up his philosophy. that was a very strong sentiment that he believed deeply in. >> reporter: 50 years later, that speech and that face still have a powerful grip over the american psyche. renowned kennedy historian robert dowlick says it's not just because his life was cut so brutally short. >> in a recent gallup poll people were asked to assess the last nine presidents.

stay with abc all day long for the latest, a special edition of "this week" with christiane amanpour. and, of course, "gma" tomorrow and a special edition of facebook at 11:00 a.m. tune in for that as well.

. >> let's start with christiane amanpour, the host of "this week." she's been on the ground since saturday. knows the middle east so well after covering the major conference there for two decades. christiane? >> reporter: george, good morning. just to say where we are, you can see it's quite calm there. a major thoroughfare. you can see the mubarak headquarter which is was burned in the early days. and over there, the red building is the egyptian museum and behind there is tahrir, liberation square, where people are trying to gather there. this morning, we woke up to find police back on the streets of cairo, especially at some of the city's key intersections. can you explain to me what's happening? after days of allowing protesters to gather in tahrir square, today, the army is putting out more tanks and calling for foot soldiers to get them out. we were speaking to army captains. they're not allowed to go on camera. but their orders are to maintain discipline and seal access to tahrir square. things have changed over the last 24 hours. we were told i

i'm christiane amanpour.or joining part of your sunday with us, and we'll see you again next week. >>> in news this sunday, a shooting rampage in arizona leaving six people dead including gabrielle giffords. reaction from jackie speier1!@4'

. >>> tomorrow, on a special "this week," host christiane amanpour, is going to lead a conversation withof the people who were at the safeway when the bullets started to fly. it's going to be a firsthand look at how the city is coping, one week after the disaster. >>> and one of the guests is going to be tucson mayor, bob walkup, who i spoke with earlier this morning. mr. mayor, good morning. thanks for getting up early to join us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. >> i know you don't want to go back and forth on the debate on gun control. but i want to ask you about the gun show. in terms of symbolism, in your mind, is it too soon? >> well, let me tell you. i don't want to go to this whole gun issue. gun shows have happened in the past. and my job is getting people out of the hospital. we still have at least four people up there. and the congresswoman that is still in critical condition. so, that's my job. i'm focusing on our people. >> i understand you've known the congresswoman for more than a decade. known her and worked with her quite closely. and that you've been to her hospital r

on "this week with christiane amanpour." 6 >> kay, i'm available. >> have you picked a date?y. >> all right. well, we'll see you two sitting together. >> reporter: senior white house officials tell abc news that while president obama will push for new spending in areas such as education and innovation, he'll do so within the context of an overall reduction in total spending for the entire budget. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >>> interesting tidbit. you know how the presidents like to have real folks in the stands watching the speech? it was a tradition started in 1982 by president reagan. this year president obama will have folks there involved in the tucson tragedy. that intern daniel hernandez as well as the family of the 9-year-old girl killed in the tragedy. >> we also know who the republican response is going to be delivered by. it will be paul ryan, republican from wisconsin. i think it says a lot in the sense he's the only one seriously proposed a way to deal with the deficit. >> which is the big elephant in the room. >> abc news will provide live coverage o

let's bring in christiane amanpour host of "this week." good evening, christiane. the president is going to be talking jobs, jobs, jobs. the question is where does he think the jobs are going to come from? >> by hiring jeff immelt, the president intends, we hear, to shift the focus of economic growth from the financial services bubble of the past decade to manufacturing, really making things as an engine for growth and also for employment. we also expect him to talk about debt, reducing it, and also the size of government, two big issues for the new gop leadership in the congress. >> thanks christiane. she will be focusing on the state of the president tomorrow on abc's "this week" ahead of tuesday's speech. >>> from a preview of the president's speech, we turn to a preview of the next campaign. in new hampshire, one of the first proven grounds of presidential politics, we got an early reading of 2012. new hampshire republican committee members held their first ever straw poll. it was sponsored by abc news and wmur. our political director, amy walter, joins us from

i joined christiane amanpour this morning for a special "this week" town hall and we began by asking how many in that room were there or knew someone hurt in the shootings. >> show me by a show of hands. so, practically the whole room. this whole community has been so touched. >> reporter: it was bill heilman's wife who brought that little girl, christina-taylor green, a neighbor's daughter. she was so excited to meet her congresswoman. his wife is still in the hospital, but struggling, now that christina is gone. >> she's a strong woman, and she knows rationally that there's no blame to be apportioned. but the fact of the matter is, she took a little neighbor girl away that morning and was unable to bring her home. >> reporter: patricia maisch knocked the magazine from the gunman's hand. colonel badger tackled the gunman. >> and yet you're uncomfortable with the idea of having the hero label attached to you? >> this is the hero. if i'm a hero, he's a super hero. >> you gave the shooter a black eye, didn't you? >> he was saying ow, ow, ow, and i, of course, i didn't know roger before

and christiane amanpour joins us now. pleasure to do the town hall with you today. wasn't it something to see the community come together, no matter what side they're from, they want consensus? >> it's remarkable, and that's what has impressed so many people, how the community has reacted, bonded, how they want to go forward, and even though there are difference in political opinion, today we saw them wanting to carry on an honest dialogue, but a reasonable and rational one. >> and we'll get into the dialogue about mental health and guns tomorrow morning, but one of the things that struck me today was all of the talk about ordinary americans doing extraordinary things. >> exactly, and so much is being said and being made of the ordinary people who put themselves in the position of being real heroes. they don't want to take that label, but each and every one of us wondered how would we react in a similar situation? i think they have really shown fortitude and courage and whatever we want to call it, they should be honored. >> thanks so much. i'll be joining christian

christiane amanpour, hello, great to have you here. george will, central voice of the conservative movement in america. matthew dowd, who has advised republicans and democrats, not only president bush but also president obama called him last month after the november elections. and donna brazile, democratic analyst, you've seen her so often with us here. >> and our top correspondents on capitol hill, jake tapper. and inside the house chamber tonight, jon karl. he's going to be standing right behind the shoulder of the house speaker john boehner, right above him. so, he's going to be our eyes and ears inside that room tonight. >> jon, can you hear us now? tell us about what you're sensing and seeing. >> well, diane, i've never seen anything like it here. i mean, the chamber is completely mixed up, democrat and republican. you know, usually the democrats are solidly on one side, the republicans are solidly on the other side. and i've been noticing throughout the day, i've come in and out of the chamber, noticing people starting to reserve

this was with christiane amanpour. the victim of a shooting spree that killed six and wounded 13, including ,giffords, -- including congresswoman giffords, was arrested saturday after he spoke threatened in. -- threateningly. he is a 63-year-old military veteran who supports ms. giffords. the topic of gun control came up and one of the speakers made a comment about a bill introduced recently that would allow faculty members on college campuses carry guns. she spoke up to clarify the bill's language. ys, the founder of the tucson tea party, who was sitting behind her, rose to speak and suggested that the discussion about gun legislation be postponed until after the funerals. mr. fuller blurted out to mr. humphreys, -- humphries, "you're dead." he was escorted out of the forum. that will air on abc this morning. the issue legislation and the overall tone of the country sum --stiane amanpour took a py symbolic. we all know that. we have to do like we do with our children-- raise them to do the right hing: -- right thing.

. >> reporter: there was even a little match.com moment on "this week" with christiane amanpour. >> i don't have a date. >> kay, i'm available. >> have you picked a date? >> i just asked kay. >> i know. >> all right. well, we'll see you two sitting together. >> reporter: and, diane, white house officials tell abc news that while president obama will push for new spending in areas such as education and innovation, he'll do so within the context of an overall reduction in the total budget. diane? >> okay, jake. thanks. >>> political prom night. okay, thanks to you. >>> and we want everyone to know that you can watch full coverage of the president's state of the union address and the republican response right here on abc. george stephanopoulos and i will be at the desk anchoring beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow night. >>> and, by the way, president obama's former chief of staff rahm emanuel was dealt a serious blow today in his bid to become chicago mayor. an appeals court in illinois threw him off the ballot saying he's disqualified because he didn't really live in chicago for th

. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton told abc's christiane amanpour the u.s.eaceful transition to democracy. >> we want to ensure there's no violence and no provocation that results in violence. and that we want to see these reforms and a process of national dialogue. >> reporter: state-controlled television showed president hosni mubarak at a military command center. whether he succeeds in holding onto power will depend heavily on what side the egyptian military takes. so far they have refused to turn on the demonstrators. sunday the army was in police mode as tanks and troops rushed to put down a prison break in cairo, another sign of growing anarchy. former united nations official mohamed elbaradei is a leading egyptian dissident. he addressed protesters and says a new start means no mubarak. >> it will not end until mubarak leaves today. >> reporter: in egypt, the waiting and watching continues. chuck sivertsen, abc news. >>> the u.s. is now urging tens of thousands of americans now in egypt to leave that country as soon as possible. charter flights were e

. >> and christiane amanpour will be anchoring "this week" live from cairo this morning. she joins us from cairo now this morning. christiane, what do you think of these conspiracy theories that are running rampant right now in egypt that president mubarak is mow momenting the crime and looting so he can crack down and quote unquote restore order. anything to this? >> well, look, i know that they are are going around, but it's hard to be able to confirm that. what i can tell you that individual citizens as we have been reporting, have set up their own neighborhood watches. in response to what lama was saying about the airport, obviously there are americans stuck there. we saw them last night. european tourists. lots of people trying to get out. as we came into the city, we saw bands every 50 to 100 yards of young people, young neighborhood people armed with metal bars, wooden sticks, even machetes but trying to keep their place safe. and they were friendly once they asserted and ascertained that we were okay, they let us through. and there's been less chaos and looting as

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>>> "this week" host christiane amanpour led a special town hall conversation with community leaders, residents and heroes. she joins us from washington with a preview of what we're going to see later on her show. christiane, good morning. as you know, i spent much of the week out there and the mood in the city has been a fascinating dynamic shifting as the week has gone by. what is the sense that you got during your town hall? >> well, dan, good morning. and from last week when we first got there in the wake of the shooting to this week in the wake of the first anniversary, really we've seen the mood build. it's a mood of wanting to be a consensus community, wanting to come together, to pull together. wanting to look for solutions and the word that i heard so often from so many of the people caught up in it, whether victims or responders or just ordinary townspeople, was that we have bonded over this and we want to make sure that this leads to something better as we go forward. in our town hall meeting, which we conducted in a church there near the scene of the crime, we were doing t

. >> reporter: in a town hall meeting on a special edition of abc's "this week with christiane amanpourf the most lasting impressions is to see what people were doing for someone else. >> reporter: william badger tackled the gunman. >> i had a choke hold on him. roger had his knee on the back of his neck. and every time he would move i would tighten my grip. >> reporter: and nearly paid with his life. >> i felt the bullet hit the back of my head and it was just a stinging, burning sensation. >> reporter: daniel hernandez, a member of congresswoman giffords' staff who came to her aid when she was shot, made a plea for solidarity. >> i think what we've seen is a big sense of the community coming together, not just the tucson, arizona, but the national community. we need to utilize this to have a more constructive instead of destructive political discourse in the future. >> reporter: one man wounded in the tucson shootings who was in the audience made what seemed to be a threat against a tea party leader, also present. james eric fuller was taken away for psychiatric evaluation. perhaps in

. >>> our christiane amanpour will be focusing on the state of the union and the state of the obama presidency on abc's "this week" this morning and she joins us now from washington. christiane, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan. >> so what are the big challenges in your mind that the president faces tuesday night? >> well, i think, as david has pointed out, and everybody is pointing out, the challenge is to get out of the state of emergency in the economy and into a state of growth. and he's going to be talking about that. he's already signified it and signaled it and saying that he wants to be talking about manufacturing, making things, having americans make things. so they can get out of the sort of stagnation and try to jump start the economy and also obviously improve the unemployment rate. >> i know since you've returned from your excellent coverage in tucson, that you've been speaking to members of congress in washington about whether there's been a change of tone post-shooting. do you think there has actually been a change of tone and is it sustainable? >> well, look, dan, i th

so i thank you all for joining us today from david muir and from me, christiane amanpour and all of usson, thank you for sharing part of your sunday with us, and we will see you next week. [ applause ] as our town hall concluded, one of the victims of the shooting in our audience became agitated and was detained by security. james eric fuller who was shot twice last saturday appeared to direct a threat towards a member of the tea party in our audience when he spoke. fuller was charged with a misdemeanor and involuntarily committed according to the pima county sheriff's office. to share your thoughts and comments on what you've seen this morning, join us at "this week's" page on facebook where we'll keep this conversation going. >>> in the news this sunday morning, january 16th, san jose authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that started inside a coffee shop. we'll tell you about bay area events honoring dr. martin luther king. medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp...

joined by our senior white house correspondent, ace reporter jake tapper who is filling in for christiane amanpour as the host of "this week." jake, happy sunday morning and happy new year. >> happy new year, dan. happy new year, bianna, wherever she is. >> she is right over there. i'll pass that along to her. thank you, jake. these staff changes, do any of these changes signal a break with the past or a major change in tenor or strategy for the white house? >> reporter: not at all. considering that the president is going to have to deal with a republican house as of wednesday, you might think that he would bring somebody on board who has a relationship with house republicans, and we don't see that. rahm emanuel, for all that was said about how partisan he was, actually as a democratic member of the house had a pretty good working relationship with several republicans. there isn't anybody like that on board right now. this does not represent in any way a break with the past. >> with the republicans coming into power in the house and taking more seats in the senate, is there any strategy shift that

. >>> don't miss "this week with christiane amanpour" tomorrow morning when three top senators will weigh in on the state of the presidency leading up to the president's state of the union address tuesday. dan? >> thank you, bianna. >> let's go to ron for the morning news. >>> good morning, everyone. the companies that made fema mobile homes will pay $2.6 million for people left homeless by hurricane katrina who have sued them over alleged exposure to dangerous levels of toxic formaldehyde. it does not include the claims of residents who lived in smaller fema travel trailers. which housed the majority of those storm victims. >>> and former haitian dictator jean-claude duvalier said he returned from exile to rebuild his country. his moat extensive public statement since duvalier who is also known as "baby doc" returned to haiti last sunday. he says he wants to take part in efforts to help the country recover from last year's devastating earthquake. duvalier could be charged on corruption and human rights violations. he fled that country nearly 25 years ago. >>> and a japanese rocket is hea

. ♪ guests included abc news' own christiane amanpour. and disney ceo, robert iger and willow bay.lso celebrities like jackie chan, barbra streisand, yo-yo ma and vera wang. the theme was quintessentially american, as requested by the chinese. jazz. lobster and steak. even apple pie. no details were missed. but three top congressional leaders skipped the formal affair. john boehner and mitch mcconnell declined the invitation, as did democratic majority leader harry reid who went one step further criticizing president hu. >> hu is a dictator. he can do a lot of things. he threw the former government they had. >> shame on hu jintao. >> reporter: across the street from the white house, protesters reminded the world of china's oppression of religious minorities and tibet. and its jailing of the current nobel peace prize winner. but on this trip, president hu acknowledged, for the first time publicly, white house officials believe, quote, a lot still needs to be done in china in terms of human rights. but the emphasis for president obama was having hu open chinese markets. >> we want to

we're going to start with christiane amanpour, host of "this week." when you hear lama hasan. unpress unprecedented. we've never seen that. >> iran, tunisia, et cetera. this is standard operating procedure, from these governments that know, it is the social networks that is the principal organizer for these demonstrations. $1 billion over a year. close ali. one of two arab countries and a close ali to be in an attempt against terrorism. however what is happening here now, young people dispensing with their fear across the arab world and now the united states has been calling for democracy, freedom, social reform for decades in the arab world. and it looks like it's happening right now. the question is will the u.s. be able to lead this and help its ally with reform, or is it going to be behind it? >> what do you think the answer is going to be there christiane? >> well, this is the very close thing at that u.s. is grappling with. because obviously, it knows there are risks with this. risks in their own interests. what it has to do is get behind the aspirations of the people an

let's go back to washington and turn to christiane amanpour, host of "this week." what is your take? first of all, good morning, christiane. what's your take on what we're seeing right now in egypt? >> good morning, robin. it's vitalry important. egypt has been the united states' linchpin for its policy in the middle east. it's one of the arab states that's made peace with israel. these were the biggest demonstrations in years. last night, president obama said in the state of the union, that the people of the region are showing their free will against dictators. and he supported those looking for democracy. it's key. and of course, the president of egypt, mubarak is a kill mill tar yan. he has the military behind him. it's been more than three decades of military rule there. >> our state department is watching closely. what are the implications here in the u.s.? >> the implications are really big. this is a very fundamental. egypt receives the most american aid, more than $1 billion a year. it has the same goal of the united states, against radicalization of terrori

a prom feel with senators hutchison and conrad as we saw on "this week" with christian chri christiane amanpour. >> reporter: the white house hopes this bipartisan feel will be aided by the presence in the first lady's box of several of the heroes of the tucson tragedy, including intern daniel hernandez, george. also several of the physicians. they asked gabrielle gifford's husband, mark kelly, but he is unlikely to attend. >> not everyone is going along with date night. mitch mcconnell says he's going to sit where he always sits. and we'll have full coverage of the president's speech tomorrow night. and i'll be anchoring with diane sawyer tomorrow night. starting right here on abc. you can test your knowledge on state of the union quiz. >> oh, boy. >> are you ready, robin? >> i'm ready. where do we go? >> abcnews.com/gma. >> thanks, george. in the meantime, we have an arrest made sunday in the kidnapping cold case that led to last week's incredible reunion that was 23 years in the making. ann pettway, the whom who allegedly raised carlina white, will face federal kidnapping charges in a manhat

christiane amanpour will be back in arizona this weekend do host a special town hall on the aftermathf the shooting. that will air sunday on a special "this week." now back to robin in atlanta. robin? >> george, the other big story of the week has been the weather and in atlanta, destruction from sunday's winter storm have persisted all week. schools are closed again today. they have been closed all week long. the roads are still icy and dangerous as you can see. this is a city anxious to get back to normal. the storm that paralyzed the eastern seaboard hit atlanta hard. snarling traffic for miles, hundreds of accidents, even 18-wheelers flipped over and after five days, passengers are still stranded at the hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> i'm tired of the wait. >> reporter: our friends at abc station wsb took to the sky last night to monitor the colossal scope of the damage. >> robin, we're taking a look at atlanta's infamous spaghetti junction, one of the hardest hit areas we have seen for the past three days as atlanta could not move around but things are beginning to g