d.c. if it's not already. a rainy commute in d.c. not thunderstorms, but a soak light rain. further to the north, the light green is showing all rain from philadelphia to northern jersey. not yet in new york city, but the showers are approaching. as far as the forecast goes, timing it up, as we go through the peak of the day, through the noon hour, the heaviest rain right through washington, d.c. and philly by about noon. then by about 5:00, d.c. clears out. from new york city to hartford that's the target area for the evening ride home. again, you can't win today. d.c. area going to get the heavy rain this morning and philadelphia, later today new england for on the way home. >>> coming up, billionaire bloomberg's beverage ban blocked. plus stocks are in seventh heaven, and why those light clicks on facebook could be

now more proof that d.c. can argue about anything, the "wall street journal" editorial reads in part this fits president obama's political strategy to punish eighth graders visiting from illinois instead of, say, employees of the agriculture department who will be sampling wine and sampling tasty dishes prepared by special guest chefs. critics also criticized the cancellation of tours. >>> with more republicans embracing immigration reform, former governor jeb bush is looking to stake out his issue on the issue. in the past he favored a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers, but his new book says they should be given permanent legal status instead, but his stance seemed to change during a series of interviews. >> let's wait a few minutes and see how jeb bush changes his mind again. his opinion on immigration is not evolving, it's devolving. i don't think jeb bush is a florida leader. marco rubio is. >> senator lindsey graham who is working with rubio on an immigration bill said the proposal

>> cool disco dan is the phantom of d.c. he's the legend of d.c. if you were in d.c.om the early '80s through the late '90s and you rode the red line, if you went anywhere downtown, you saw a cool disco dan signature or tag somewhere. it was easy to read. it was legible and it was a fun name. so you would remember it. a lot of people didn't really look at it as graffiti. they looked at it as the signature of the city. >> peter: you grew up around this. you know some of this. >> it was everywhere. you would see it on buses. you would see it on the subway. on the corner someplace. i remember as a kid being you know, maybe 10 or 11, you know, '84, '85, we would all try to mimic his tag because it was just the coolest thing. everywhere you went, you saw it. you would see it in the bathrooms of restaurants not like some corner joint but fancy spots. you would go to the bathroom, there it would be. >> peter: really? >> there were so many mimics of it. through the years. my favorite one that was the most fun i probably saw around a dozen times was cool boogie dancer. [ laugh

the d.c. circuit. she was first nominateed to a vacancy on the court on september -- in september, 2010, 30 months ago. no one who knows her, no one who is familiar with her legal career, can be anything but impressed by her experience, her intellect and her integrity. hers is a legal career that rivals that of a d.c. circuit judge she was nominated to succeed. i might mention the judge she was nominated to succeed was john roberts on the d.c. circuit. he is now chief justice of the united states. it has been a little while we have been waiting to fill this position. now, i voted for the confirmation of john roberts to d.c. circuit. i voted for the confirmation of john roberts to the supreme court. he and i don't share the same judicial philosophy or political party, but i voted for him because he was well qualified. i didn't agree with every position he had taken or argument even that he had made as a high level lawyer in several republican administrations. i supported his nomination to the d

some of the heavier snows moving through d.c. here's washington, d.c.lue shows you the heavier snows now baltimore starting to get into the mix too. let me show you what it looks like in washington, d.c., the capitol, you could see every now, a quick -- you could see snowflake going by the lens and a little white snow coming down too. a heavy, wet snow, temperatures 34, so the roads may be okay for awhile. bridges and overpasses could be trouble and anywhere outside of the beltway could have issues too. the snow goes all the way back to southern pennsylvania and all of our computers are pinpointing the highest snow totals. southern jersey, philadelphia southwards, baltimore, d.c. areas back especially the mountainous areas of maryland. cleveland, wasn't expecting this much. i'm sure the ground is covered there. roads will be very slippery in ohio all the way back into areas there of indiana and indianapolis. so the forecast for today, again, we're going to call for maybe 1 to 3 inches. philadelphia, maybe 1 or 2 inches. new york city not expecting any s

d.c. it is kind of a pretty incredible day there and even record snowfall throughout much of in life nobody's allowed to drive your lists of emergency vehicles are exceptions. worst. white house of the day the radio guy and club element from a quick fix i want to watch closely to go good you never seen anything like this on colored. folks. mission free accreditation free transport charges free arrangements for free risk free studio tied free. download free blog as a plug in video for your media projects and free media and on the r.t. dot com. path to start this strange new disease affecting healthy young americans looks like this a period between the first outbreak of aids summer nine hundred eighty one and i nine hundred eighty five not only were people coming down with aids and dying and so forth but nobody knew who had it or who didn't now more than thirty years since its arrival the face of aids looks like this but the social stigma of this disease lingers persons get educated who but

just last week not a single d.c. ambulance was available when a police officer was struck by a car and just a few days later a stroke victim was transported by a fire engine because the nearest ambulance was seven miles away this is been an ongoing issue for years that i don't believe the city has adequately solved according to chris bauman head of the d.c. police union the problems stem from understaffing lack of recruitment and aging equipment and they have massive equipment problems and by problems i mean maintenance issues missing equipment ability to keep equipment in service they've had to close some of the fire houses that's impacted some of the response times ed smith head of the firefighters association sees this primarily as a budget issue i see it as a major issue budget resources we don't have enough the population in the cities exploding it's been reported that eleven hundred people per month or moving in and the department is not growing to meet the demand that's what i find disturbing and my members fu

d.c.'s national airport, a ghost town. delays systemwide, averaging one to three hours. >> i'm supposed to fly home tonight so i'm hoping i can get home tonight. >> reporter: the same storm was supposed to bury the nation's capital in the biggest storm in two years. to prepare, government offices and schools closed down, but the capital got more slush than snow. what happened? >> we just didn't have the cold air that we needed to produce a snow event here at the capital. it was not produced by the storm, and it did not come in from the storm. >> reporter: but along the new jersey and new york shorelines, torn apart by hurricane sandy, voluntary evacuations today. mike mirtha is on long island. >> everybody on the shore is anxious right now. the water comes up, we're going to take another pounding. >> reporter: wcau reporter jesse gray is near atlantic city. >> reporter: here along the jersey coast, this is more of a wind event than a rain event. as a matter of fact, it's not raining right now, but the wind is blowing. 40 m

infection rate in america all of d.c. has an epidemic because there are unusual consolation as not being a state not even be in city where a cut out all of d.c. is out of them an epidemic level but d.c. is not so unique when compared to other major cities across the nation if you compare metro d.c. that is the missed did the disco columbia and its suburbs metro d.c. with metro philadelphia metro chicago metro miami were about the same there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives city d.c. is one of those twelve cities. we spoke to medical professionals concerning the disproportionate rise of hiv aids in the black community. forty five to fifty percent of our community be done with the disease we know how to prevent it by the way african-americans are more likely to get tested in a group more likely to get to get tested for the results but we always don't get into care particularly in rural. remote areas we tend to have a physician or a clinician who has graduated from school

because the d.c.circuit court is one of the most important courts in america. some argument, as important as the u.s. supreme court. because the d.c. circuit court time and again considers the rules and regulations and laws which are promulgated in washington. it is the first court of review, and if that bench on the d.c. circuit is tipped one way or the other too conservative or too liberal, it shows. right now it's been tipped toward the conservative side. the republicans engineered a deal when we were years ago imrielembroiled in controversy r this issue of filibustering judicial nominees. they engineered and brokered a deal to make several appointments to the d.c. circuit that tipped the balance toward the conservative side. now, out of the 11 positions in the d.c. circuit, only seven are filled. we're trying to fill the eighth, and they're worried that if caitlin halligan comes in and she isn't as conservative as they wish, it may get closer to balance. isn't that what we want? a more balanced co

d.c. is a tough forecast, i could make an argument of 3 to 6 inches. east of d.c. barely anything.s we're concerned, higher elevations may be getting more snow. >> are there carob chips in the snow? >> a bit of everything. >>> the heat laying it on the line, their 14-game winning streak on the line. things getting physical in the fourth quarter. j.j. barea gets pushed by ray allen down to the floor. he levels allen on his way to the hoop. there's some pushing, shoving. the heat do their best to get between allen and barea. he stands all of 5'7". watch the little push back. barea is charged with a flagrant foul. ejected from the game. the heat would win their 15th straight victory. 97-81. they have not lost a game since february 1st. >>> nba, the knicks taking on the cavs, carmelo anthony goes down hard there as he tries to pull in a pass. comes up limping. he leaves the game. soreness in the right knee. he says his knee has been hurting him for a couple weeks. he had an mri on it a couple days ago. the knicks, after anthony left, went on to win the game 102-97. >>> some women's col

d.c. >> we'll have to fire three monkeys.us side, ikea and taco bell have made a generous offer to buy some of our horses. >> plus, there will be cutbacks on meat inspections. >> these cuts will affect our milita military. our civil servants. federal construction projects. even grants to native americans. and, i'm the one who has to tell these folks, young men, there's no need to feel down. young men, get yourself off the ground. young men, just because your funding is down, there's no need to be unhappy. >> that's pretty good. wasn't bad. >> that was solid. >>> this is very bizarre story coming up. great story but bizarre. former nba star dennis rodman made history last week becoming the first american to meet north korean leader kim jong-un. they spent the next few days hanging out. dennis rodman wined and dined with kim jong-un. rodman has a moredictator's per than anyone in the cia. he shared the details on abc's "this week." >> when you say that you think he's awesome were you aware of his threats to the u.s.? >> i don't

plus washington, d.c.. city of chicago hasn't seen this much snow in one day since 2011. >>> the cdc this morning warning about a potential health nightmare with people infected at the hospital. they're calling it a nightmare bacteria that is resistant especially to the strongest antibiotics. it has infected patientses in nearly 4% of all u.s. hospitals. cases known as cre are on the rise and they kill up to half of the people who get bloodstream infections from it. >>> police investigating a break-in at senator lamar alexander's house at his home in west nashville, tennessee. the republican senator was in washington at the time. his wife called police when she returned home and found jewelry and silverware missing. >>> and much love for the film c django unchained. it received seven nominations. ted also up for seven. the awards take place april 14th. >> ted was good. >> was it? >> oh, yeah. funny movie. very different. >>> 20 after the hour. martha stewart back in the courtroom testifying over her tug of

john harwood in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture argo wowed audiences was thrilling action scenes and compelling story but does it distort history and rehash the lives that one reagan the presidency as robert perry building up in a moment also louisiana's a voucher program supported schools that teach creationism and celebrate the k.k.k. is this the future of american education i'll talk with randi weingarten see what we can do to stop the right's war schools and the corporate media just can't wrap their heads around why over chavez used venezuela's oil wealth to fight poverty what don't they get to tell you and i'd still eat it. you need to know this millions of americans have seen argo jaska winning movie based on the iran hostage crisis unfortunately the story presented in argo isn't the real story behind the crisis but more of the story that the ronald reagan campaign used to manipulate americans and to help him win the presidency. into the . the civilized. everything. seize

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about to hit d.c. >> the bulls eye west of the d.c. area. take a look at this thing.theast is now in the sights of this next winter storm. let's take a look at it winter weather advisory still stretching from chicago down through cincinnati out towards the d.c. area. philadelphia. look at our friends in boston. winter weather advisory for you because, yes, we do indeed think that boston could get hit or at least west of boston with upwards of a foot of snow, shepard. we're going to continue to watch that winter weather advisories posted for more than a dozen states. we have the warm side of this storm where we could see the potential for severe weather. hail, damaging winds, even isolated tornadoes. so keeping an eye on that. so here is our time line as we head into wednesday and thursday. the storm moving offshore again. the biggest snow totals west of d.c. we think. and then it's going to kind of linger and sit there thursday through friday. we have low area of high pressure just to the north of this system. giving us a tight pressure gradient and it's going to retr

infection rate in america all of d.c. has an epidemic because there are unusual consolation as not being a state not even be in city where a cut out all of d.c. is that a number epidemic level but d.c. is not so unique when compared to other major cities across the nation if you compare metro d.c. that is diminished did the disco and its suburbs metro d.c. with metro philadelphia metro chicago metro miami were about the same there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids lives city d.c. is one of those twelve cities. we spoke to medical professionals concerning the disproportionate rise of hiv aids in the black community. forty five to fifty percent of our community be diagnosed with the disease and we know how to prevent it by the way african-americans are more likely to get tested and a group more likely to get to get tested would always go for the results and we always don't get into care particularly in rural. remote areas we tend to have a physician or a clinician who has gradu

d.c. could be the higher end.ice philadelphia and new york we're not going to get quite as much. that's an epic failure on my part. >> you were doing well for awhile. but 90-second report and said it twice in 45 seconds so -- >> it was an epic fail. epic fail. >> we'll try again tomorrow. all right. thanks a lot, bill. >>> to sports we'll start with the team that probably messed up your bracket this weekend, certainly ruined mine fresh off their upset of georgetown 15 seed florida gulf coast taking on san diego state? the round of 32. late first half, chase feeler drives and he will throw it down. they had some athletes on that team, eagles would go into halftime trailing by one. second half, florida gulf coast starting to pull away. combs to thomas for the layup. eagles put an exclamation with that alley-oop, 81-71 and win it, the first 15 seed ever to get to the sweet 16. they'll take on 3 seed florida this friday. scarborough, be interesting to see what he says. ole miss and lasalle. tyrone garland gets the tou

it's thursday march twenty first eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. . we begin today with guantanamo bay as a hunger strike there continues a general is now telling congress that the base needs one hundred seventy million dollars for repair general john kelly the top commander of the u.s. southern command says the base is in dire need of upgrades he says the barracks and dining hall there are deteriorating general kelly says these repairs are critical for u.s. troops stationed in one ton of oil but he says the conditions detainees are living in are just find this out their prisoners are still on a hunger strike after forty four days and they say it's to protest the conditions they live in and that the copies of the koran that they had were taken from them and mishandled but general kelly says the reason the prisoners are on strike is because they're angry at the president for not closing the prison like he said he would from our i was joined earlier by retired colonel morris davis former to prosecutor michael

you need a d.c. address and if you're not working that means you go into debt but suddenly if you use that to end up getting a job you find that the choice you have to make to stay in the city and fight for an opportunity get a job ends up undermining the ability actually accept the job when people want to hire her i do want to bring up this graphic that we've made kind of showing how many americans are facing these credit checks when they go for jobs now one in four employees are actually subject to crack to credit checks one of four people i was looking for jobs and one in seven are denying from getting a job due to poor credit have you ever been asked to give a credit score. i've been asked couple times mostly for housing only one of the interviews i had asked me for a credit check ok do you think it should be a factor in and hiring someone. i can see for instance jobs especially of a sensitive nature where things like that matter but i think that for the vast majority of entry level positions i d

but when i got to d.c. it wasn't the case they were more than any of our jurisdiction and the entire nation. in new york and new jersey they're spending $22,000 yet the percentage of kids a robbery of a greater level proficiency are in the single district. the idea that we can throw more money into a broken system and expect different results is faulty. we have a great deal of transparency are not aware our dollars are going so we can stop spending money on things that have absolutely no impact on kids. when i was in d.c., we had a budget for $1 billion a year. 300 million of it went into the schools which means the majority of the money was going into this bureaucracy, this bloated bureaucracy. money will have the impact when it's the school and the classroom and not when it's being sucked up by the school district so until we bring some light in that and until we share a light on what kind of return on investment are we getting for different programs and different expenditures i think we are going to cont

so if you think, my gosh, d.c.s doing something that we support and is a big deal, yeah, that's cause for cheer and i think it's reflected in the stock market. >> brenda: okay. >> particularly this week. >> brenda: toby, spending cuts kind of, wall street rally, go together? >> you know, it's part of it. let's look at the bigger picture here, the same time we have the sequester happen we have the representatives pass a six month exexpended spending bill and essentially wipe out many or small parts of that spending. at the same time, you haven't with the pieces-- everybody is excited about spending cuts and six months of outrageous spending. we obviously have another issue here, economically this was an over hang and at some point, i don't believe that people thought it was going to happen, that we were going to go into this lockup. and by not going into the lockup, that did get the marginal buyer off their can and buy some stocks. the stocks melted up, it wasn't moved up, melted up. and people waiting jumped in wit

once you get north and west of d.c. and baltimore, much heavier amounts. the forecast for d.c.icky, along with new england. a lot of the elevation dependent, rain wednesday turning to snow. >> a lot of those cities in the midwest are used to that stuff. >> at this point they are, doesn't mean they want to see it. >> that's true. >> they want the green grass and crocuses. >> we all want that. >>> just ahead, whitney houston's fbi file is released. 128 pages of fascinating details coming up next. capella university understands rough economic times have led to an increase in clinical depression. drug and alcohol abuse is up. and those dealing with grief don't have access to the professional help they need. when you see these issues, do you want to walk away or step up? with a degree in the field of counseling or psychology from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to make a difference in the lives of others. let's get started at capella.edu prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [

warnings are posted right now from illinois to virginia to d.c.age with abc's alex perez. >> reporter: the storm is hammering the midwest. in minnesota alone, more than 120 car crashes. in wisconsin, a truck driver killed. his semi plunged off an icy bridge. this car ends up on a lake, and the storm's target, chicago. the plows are trying to keep up and keep roadways clear of ice. the colossal storm also creating headaches at the airports. more than 1,300 flights canceled across the country. 1,140 of them at chicago's two airports alone. but this slushy, snowy deluge is a welcome sight to some. >> welcome to my world, alex. >> reporter: thanks for having me. busy day, huh? like snow removal driver tim gibbons, whose business has suffered due to a snow drought. >> it helps for the earnings for our employees. >> reporter: and there are concerns about flooding and high winds on a coastline already battered and broken. places like washington, d.c. could get up to a foot of snow. they're stocking up. and this storm is dumping what's called heart attack

washington, d.c. -- actually in washington, d.c. then went to columbia as an undergraduate and oxford to do an ma and harvard to finish a ph.d. before i came to berkeley. >> why were you growing up in washington, d.c.? >> well, my parents were refugees during the nazi period from vienna and had relatives in washington, d.c. and it was the relatives who had to authorize the fact -- or guarantee that they would be responsible for any people in their family who came over, if there were any economic problems, they would be responsible, and they happened to live in washington so we moved to washington and that was it. >> and there you were. >> yes. >> so columbia and then you said oxford. how did you decide to go to oxford rather than somewhere else? >> i got a scholarship. >> you're over there and you're studying something and at some point you've got to make a decision. how did you get into studying kind of antiquities in the classroom? >> started when i was an undergraduate at colombia, i had a wonderful professor, a great scholar and

we're spending more money per kid in d.c. analyst any other jurisdiction in the entire nation, and yet our results were at the absolute bottom. school districts right across the river in new jersey spending $22,000 a kid and yet kids operate on grade level proficiency are in the single digits. so the idea that we can throw more money into the broken system and expect a different result is just a faulty one. i think what we've got to do is have a great deal of transparency around where our dollars are going so that we can stop spending money on things that have absolutely no impact on kids. when i was in d.c., we have a budget for the schools of $1 billion a year. and of that $1 billion, 403 million of it went into the schools, which means that the majority of the money was going into the bureaucracy, the bloated bureaucracy. and that's not where you're going to have an impact. a money loving impact when it's in the schools and in the classrooms, and not when it is being sucked up by the school district itself. until we bring

next is the new york metro area, no surprise there, followed by d.c.aced with longer commutes, people are just taking the train more and more. >> not a bad idea. >>> well, a massachusetts teenager is fine this morning after spending two days stranded on a frigid mountain in maine. nicholas joy found by a snowmobiler yesterday morning. the 17-year-old survived by building a snow cave and drinking water from a stream and he said he learned those skills by watching tv. among the first requests after the ordeal, a cheeseburger, which mom was very happy to supply. >>> all right, a major surprise in the george zimmerman case in florida. zimmerman's defense attorneys waved their right to a stand your ground hearing, a mini trial of sorts, which which had been slated for april 22nd. the attorneys say they will now focus all their attention on preparing for the trial, which is set to start in early june. >>> a cargo ship heading to guantanamo bay, cuba, lost nearly two dozen containers off of florida. the ship arrived at port everglades after the containers fel

washington, d.c. state run tv broadcast the rally. military personnel and civilians filled the square. the country's second in command attended the event. one officer said north ykorea i ready to launch several missiles. he said the north diversified nuclear warheads and made them smaller. he said the missiles would turn washington, d.c. into a sea of fire and they're prepared to hit targets in countries that support the u.s. too. american and south korean forces drilled on thursday at a u.s. base in the south. about 250 soldiers took part in the maneuvers. >>> malaysian security forces say they have killed 23 people on the island of borneo. they've called for a cease fire. they've been operating a village in borneo since the middle of february. they're led by sultans of the sulu. malaysia sent security troops last friday. they attacked the militants from the air and ground. they said eight security personnel have been killed. the prime minister rejected an offer of a truce. he said the military will

we'll call it the storm center here in washington, d.c.rry for us because we have had maybe a half of an inch of snow. maybe. maybe. it doesn't take much to shut down this government or this city indeed. and tsa, they say they are making it easier aren't you glad now you can bring your lacrosse sticks on the plane. and pen knives as long as they are this long. >> we're on twitter at which time -- @bpshow. phil says anyone who brings a hockey stick on to a plane should be beaten with it. it is a big-ass stick. >> bill: yeah, and somebody comes along and they want to put their bag up there. >> yeah. and greenwood says maybe they won't let you bring your water bottle on, bill because we know what you keep in your water bottle. >> bill: so what if my water bottle is full of gin? [ laughter ] >> bill: sacaria out in chicago, what do you think of this? >> caller: it's quite absurd and what i have read in regards to the issue basically they are saying is the closer you are to the cockpit doors the safer you are. we have been through so much in re

. >> once people come to d.c.y never leave. >> john: and now, from the fox news headquarters in new york, john stossel. >> john: we start with myth number 7, because americans are so fat, it's government's job to help us eat better. >> changing old habits is never easy. >> john: no, it's not. so, the first lady says to change behavior. >> it's going to take government doing its part. >> john: if michelle obama wants to inspire us by exercising on the white house lawn, that's great, but government doing its part usually means force. >> this is nothing to do with banning your ability to buy as much sugary drinks you want, simply the size of the cup that can be used. >> john: in my hometown, the player went to war against big cups of soda and made cups this size illegal. >> this is the single biggest step any city has ever taken to curb obesity. >> john: please, i can still buy two of these, that's 32 ounces or go a supermarket, and buy one of these monsters. how does this curb obesity? >> thank you. >> john: my mayo

we've got snow outside of washington, d.c. this morning. a full-fledged snow storm heading for new england tonight. then all day tomorrow. so again in the d.c. area, probably see snowflakes but the road should be okay. temperatures are just warm enough. driving on 80, snow-covered roads. this storm goes back into north dakota, fargo, minneapolis seeing snow. the ohio valley seeing sleet mixed with rain. here's what's going to happen. the snow really comes into new england tonight after the evening rush hour. so that's good. a lot of us should get home no problem. then the total snow for this event, notice if you're near the coast it's going to be less. mostly going to see snow venturing into icy stuff, possibly rain. interior new england is going to get nailed. boston, providence, 3 to 6. hartford around 5 inches. the mountainous areas, the berkshires, white and green mountains, catskills, 6 to 12 inches of snow easily. that's going to be mostly tonight into tomorrow morning and a little bit as we go throughout tuesday night. the forecast f