to damascus that they would begin the syrian and lebanese border delineation effort.s in a sense mr. chairman said this would open a new era of relations, the visit would open new relations between syria and lebanon and the would be good. we welcome that but we would like to see that actually implemented on the ground, and of course one of the biggest problems is the trans shipment of weapons from syria to the armed groups notably hezbollah but not limited to hezbollah which contravened united nations security council resolutions and undermined the lebanese state. >> fair enough. there are questions to pursue but my time is up with respect to hezbollah. senator lugar. >> ambassador, the united states officials have visited damascus frequently as we already mentioned throughout 2009 and 2010 and syrian officials have been invited to washington, the ambassador in washington is meeting regularly with united states policymakers but now the question is for you to be an ambassador in syria the american public has seen serious's response to our positive attitudes as belliger

i travel to damascus a couple of times it's something i thought i would never do especially 2006. senator mitchell we had one visited washington but these are tough discussions we are having. what is different is we're not just talking about the syrians put to the syrians but believe me about all the issues we have always talked about. the new lines of communication do not mean buy any means we are putting aside our concerns of syrian policy are somehow looking to sudden they fell out our lebanese partners the message of the iraqi partners has been made clear but publicly and privately. but i know lebanon well enough to lead mitt honestly that our friends continue to have questions about this and continue to ask about this. on egypt, our dialogue covers the full range of issues and get every opportunity, this a administration has engaged egyptian government on human rights issues. was the president and told the media after words yes he had raised the democracy and human rights issues with him. there are definitely still areas of concern and we watch very closely for example, with

to succeed, we must present damascus with a clear vision of a different future. with president assad on different occasions. frankly, we have had a good day log and i saw many possibilities for joint cooperation and other kinds of efforts between us. i believe that he understands his country's long-term interests and his own as the head of a secular government, something that he prizes, that those long-term interests are not well served by aligning syria with a revolutionary shiite regime in iran and its terrorist clients. to the contrary. syria would be on a much firmer footing if it instead builds meaningful ties with neighbors and the west. president assad understands the economic stakes as well. syria's oil wells are beginning to run dry just as half of its population under 18 begins to enter the marketplace. syria clearly wants to join the global economy and that will require closer ties with the rest of the world. all of us should be realistic about what engagement can accomplish. a syrian realignment won't come automatically or overovernight. let me be cle

to do, lee decided to move to the middle east where he spent time in, among other places, cairo, damascus, beirut, tel aviv, the gulf, and his book offers a fascinating account of the people he came to know intimately, their differing views of the arab world, of bin laden, of hamas, saddam hussein, arab liberals and of the u.s. the characters you come across in this book are fascinating. the salafi professor at the university of cairo, the egyptian free thinker and religious skeptic fascinated by voltaire, lana, the doctor whose feminist aspirations are crushed by the radicalism all around her, the lebanese christian whose new role model was she ran sky and his call for democracy in the middle east. now, these portraits that lee paints, they're quite vivid, are set against the backdrops of the day including the july 2006 hezbollah war. now, lee draws on his knowledge of arabic and muslim history including what might be called muslim prehistory setting the koran in the context to make the case that claims to the contrary notwithstanding made by a slew of intellectuals and by policymakers i

. -70 degrees in prince frederic. 68 -- 69 degrees in damascus. a lot of us will be near 70 this afternoon with clouds. the clos have gotten thicker. the energy is lifting fro. an isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out. it will be working from southwest to northeast. a pocket of mild air will be replaced by cooler air that you see off to the north and west by tomorrow. the pollen count is high for trees and it will continue to be so until the rain tonight. it's breezy, fairly overcast and mild. we will have a cooler pattern tomorrow near 50, low 50's on saturday. if working its way out by the end of the weekend. gusty showers tonight and maybe thunder. if in the 40's overnight. morning showers tomorrow. the wind will be howling out of the north. mid 50's tomorrow. plouffe 50's saturday. sunshine wit. more rain moves in on sunday. -- 50 in the 50's on saturday. >> the cherry blossom festival kicks off on saturday. metro is ready for all the crowds. it's running the 8-car trains on the red, orange, and green lines during the festival. if the agen

damascus, it's 34 degrees. here are the neighborhoods that had light snow reported with the rain mixing in. arlington, virginia, at 34 degrees. your wind pretty light, too. up in howard county, 34 degrees. as we cool, about another two degrees or so, we'll see more of that. the mixing with snow showers and then changing over to all snow showers. maybe even sleet by tomorrow morning. meanwhile, for the foothills and for the high spots west, accumulation of snowfall during the overnight period. even for part of the day tomorrow, too. the storm, as i said, is down south. really low pressure just off the coast of georgia right now. it's going to be making its way east and northeastward off the coast as opposed to running directly up the coast as a strong nor'easter. we're still going to get wind out of the storm throughout the afternoon and evening tomorrow. so here's the futurecast over the next 48 hours. little bit of light rain here for the overnight period. then transitioning to light snow and sleet by tomorrow

the latest wind gusts, we're looking at access of 30 miles per hour in many locations, including damascus. the only the 50's yesterday, it was a bit below average. it looks like we could get up to 1 inch of rain in some locations, especially by the end of the day on friday. drive a gusting behind the storm system, focus is shifting to the west. cloud cover out ahead will make it through tomorrow morning. sunshine in the early mornings, otherwise it looks like a pretty good day -- gray day. maybe even up for 30's in some spots. tomorrow will be comfortable, not as windy but not as sunni either. we cannot rule out late in the day showers, especially close to the dinner time. the rain falls of linger, but it will clear up by the weekend. look at these temperatures in the low 50's. the rain comes in on monday. >> all right. at least saturday it will be sunny buthilly bella >> right. >> thank you. seven is on your side with a warning to the parents of infants. the government is recalling more than 1 million babies wings after claims of their linked to three infant deaths. infantos sling rider

>> senator mitchell and his team have the lead but our embassy in damascus would help and court madecarefully with them. >> i tried to find the answer to this question and i should know it and i apologize for not knowing it. in baghdad, who has embassies in baghdad? iran as an embassy there? >> yes, they do. >> you talk about the iraqi difficulty with syria. given the history of i ran in iraq, given the production of weapons and the like along those lines, it seems to be somewhat of an inconsistency given the iranian involvement in undermining iraqi stability. lay that out for me a little bit as to how this plays out. >> let me give you my read on that. i will bring in the syrian ankle thangle. the syrians in iraq have an active embassy. in addition, they have provided assistance, weaponry, and other resources to shia extremist militias. they continue to do that. they exert continuous direct pressure on some of the iraqi political parties. they actually get quite involved in it. their goal, as best i can tell, is to have a government which is largely dominated by one particular sect,

damascus reporting light snow already mixing in with the rain. redrocksburg, your temperature is warm enough at 37 degrees. we've got mid-30s further north and south. georgia, peach tree city, light snow for the last couple of hours. so they're saying some light accumulation. here's a look at our radar from maryland down through northern virginia. light rain showers, but there have been some spots like dave baker in west virginia, he's got an inch on the ground right now with his deer in the backyard. it's been snowing steadily there. and then spotswest, the central shenandoah valley. light accumulation already of snowfall. open it up, you'll see the white. that's the snow. west virginia, too, some of the high spots will see more accumulation. so this is a system that's down south off the coast of really georgia, eastern georgia right now. it's not going to make much progress up the coast. we'll monitor that closely. it's moving more east-northeastward off the coast. nonetheless, we'll go from light rain to light snow. a little bit of sleet mixin

the body was found on saturday near damascus. fox 5s wisdom martin is live in the newsroom with why police are convinced this woman's death was no accident. wisdom? >> reporter: investigators are now investigating this as a homicide and say she died from blunt force trauma to the body and can't specify anymore than. that now, the question remains: who did this and why? montgomery county pice are still trying to figure out what happened to 19-year-old tenessa taylor. saturday, a hunter found her body in a shallow grave in patuxent state park. >> he was out scouting the area to hunt and he saw what he believed were human remain. he did the right thing. not only did he call the police but he remained there and showed us where they were. >> reporter: they don't know how long the body was in the woods but could have been placed there as late as fall pe . her body was partially decomposed because of the condition. investigators called in the armed forces pathology institute to artsivity is them in the investigation. >> because the body

the north and it's near 60 all around the region from tinleytown to hill crest heights, reston and damascusthe air smells damp and earthy this monday morning. later on a passing shower and maybe even a thunder shower this afternoon but i don't anticipate any severe weather. highs reaching the mid-60s. a few more passing showers and sprinkles overnight tonight. maybe a few sprinkles tomorrow morning through midday on tuesday. sun back tomorrow afternoon. blustery northwest wind with highs in the upper 50s. sun back on wednesday and thursday back in the 60s. a look at friday and the weekend in ten minutes. how is the traffic? >> 95 northbound as you head north towards the route 1 interchange, notice the flashing lights. several vehicles with flat tires the shoulder, the hov lanes drawing a lot of attention. there had been some kind of debris or possibly a problem with the road surface itself. lanes appear to be getting by but it will be slow early as you head north from dale city on up towards route 1 woodbridge bridge. had that broken down vehicle moved to the shoulder outer loop the right s

it's a vision of ahmadinejad expressed just a week ago in damascus to see a middle east free of zionists. the point i would make is not that america is hated because it sports israel. jiz hated because it is perceived as an outpost of this way of life, this civilization in areas around it by an ocean of different kind of entities. and i think that we... you know, iranian behavior is a source of grandeur to the whole world, to anyÑi conceivable stable world order. and i think that we have a joint interest with the americans, with the moderate arab leaders to contain and corner these these threats. of course the iranians will try to... >> rose: but it's said that many moderate arab regimes are scared to death of the iranians and especially they get the nuclear weapons and therefore... but the lack of an israeli/palestinian agreement gets in the way of them being more involved in the effort to provide a resis teps and a sanctions against iran. >> i do not buy the major element on the screen or something that kind of compelling causal chain. of course it's somehow related but we have enough

i would point in a slightly different direction, it came seven days after an important visit to damascus by undersecretary bill burns who was the first opportunity for assistance secretary jeffrey feldman to follow-up on the particulars that were discussed as part of that visit. and syria's relations with iran is one of those items that is a part of ongoing discussion with syria. we want to see syria play more constructive role in the region and also want to extend the ability to talk with iran directly and ensure that syria is communicating to iran, its concerns about -- it's a role in the region, and the direction, the nature of its nuclear ambitions, but the primary purpose for having the syrian ambassador was just kind of a follow-up on that meeting in damascus and chart the way forward. >> [inaudible] >> it wouldn't surprise me. >> [inaudible] >> i don't know, that's a good question. >> [inaudible] >> i don't think it has been confirmed, that would be -- i know until you are confirmed you are not at a business meeting. >> iran supreme leader has some pretty strong words for the iaea

. >>> i will give you the good news first about 66 eastbound which is better out of damascus and centrevilleo get to the beltway for the bad news is 395 and 95. there is a car wreck at the robinson terminal on the beltway. 395 traffic goes up to the 14th street bridge. if you take the rosslyn side of town, let's look at traffic at the roosevelt bridge with a normal backup. southbound 270 in maryland that delays started montgomery village avenue and that will take you to the beltway. >>> great news today, it will be a nice day with a lot of sunshine already. it will be a little breezy. the wind gustshroughout the morning ended the afternoon will be high. 51 degrees in the district. there will be a lot of sunshine today with temperatures well into the 50's. it will be gusty in excess of 30 miles per hour parade increasing clouds tomorrow and when showers tomorrow evening into early friday. it will be cooler behind the next weather system friday through the weekend. >>> there could be big changes in the area of the white flint metro station. montgomery county has voted to turn that neighborhood

just recently ahmadinejad has said in damascus that they are looking for a new middle east, remindinglieve it starts the countdown that was first described by a professor of harvard, brett allison, in his book about nuclear terrorism, his belief that in another half generation, there could be devices from terrorist groups. please start to think of what shape can a multi-aggressive deterrence against a nuclear attack with no address stamp on it, cause such a strategy might look. and you'll realize how intensive and conclusive and concrete we should be in regard to these threats before they materialize. it is not just about hegemonic nuclear capabilities. i do not think the iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it on israel or some neighbors, fully understand what might follow they radical. >> [laughter] >> mets technical. >> they have quite decision making process and they understand reality. but it is not just in the nuclear arena. it is also in the hegemonic intentions that they might intimidate neighbors all around the gulf. we might feel very quickly the tail w

i don't know whether it was the president found himself on the road to damascus or what caused the conversion from then-senator obama who supported strongly drug reimportation from canada for prescription drugs to the administration now opposing it. but anyway, i understand that my amendment is -- has been agreed to. i call up the mccain-burr-coburn amendment. mr. baucus: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: i understand there is an amendment already pending. it is the gregg amendment. i understand senator mccain would like to ask consent that that pending amendment be set aside so that his amendment could then be in order. if so, i have no objection. the presiding officer: is there an objection to set aside the pending amendment? without objection, so ruled. the clerk will rort. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, proposes an amendment numbered 3570, at the end of sub title f of title 1 -- mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: and

, and you have just to listen to what they have said, what ahmadinejad has just said probably in damascus, they are looking for a new mid -- middle east. reminding me of -- [inaudible] [laughter] but new middle east according to ahmadinejad, something that should be free of zionists, free of colonialists and so. and once again they happen to develop not napoleon-style military, but nuclear weapons, and we cannot take it too easily, and i propose to other not to take it too easily. it's not just the end of any non-proliferation regime. i believe that it started the countdown that was first described by professor graham ellison of harvard in his book, "nuclear terrorism," in another generation of nuclear device in hands of some terrorist groups, and those of you who are acquainted with nuclear strategy, please start think how, what shape can a multi-addressing deterrence against a nuclear attack with no address on it, how such a strategy might look. and you will realize how intensive, concrete and conclusive we should be in regard to these threats before it materializes. and it's not just a

if the west wing reverses holder and forced him to do a stall to damascus speech, which is what was speculated, where the attorney general will not let rahm emanuel of the white house to reverse him, it shows such a politicization of aquatic -- lives as isolation of the justice department. the people in just as are taking their orders from someone else on pennsylvania avenue. the demoralized nation of people talking to me, it is amazing the leaks in this administration, because they are demoralized. people in government talks still likes of me because they're fed up by the fact that they cannot get the job done. that is likely to get even worse and continue as they go forward. the other reason they will not work, as joshua and mars said this, my mind is that the military commissions will never work. i do not like predicting. the record of thousands verseus three convictions. for having sat in this commissions, a dozen times from the first round of the divisions to the one i was down in january before the president signed his order, it is a complete and utter joke. lawyers stand up, they make m