we're on dupont circle, 18 degrees -- oh, it went up a degree to 19. it's been 18 for probably half an hour now. we haven't seen a whole bunch of people just yet out and about, but most everne's bundled up. and as you and chuck mentioned, it is the wind. i don't know about you guys, but i feel like i heard the wind at my house 4:00 yesterday afternoon until i left the house this morning. and it is certainly what everyone is feeling. be sure to cover up those hands, your head, your neck. because, like i said earlier, it feels like needles are just poking through your skin. be careful out there. eun? >> elaine, thank you. you've got your layers on, your ski pants on? >> reporter: i do, the long underwear, the ski socks. you cannot play around when you're out today. even got the hand warmers in the bag. >> excellent. you are prepared, elaine. thank you very much. >>> in other news now, wizards' star gilbert arenas says he will meet tomorrow with authorities to discuss his decision to keep guns in his locker at the verizon center. arenas is finally speakin

but just last week, just last week dupont announced a 175 million-dollar investment to retool a facility, a facility that once made components for vcr tapes, and there turn that facility into something that will make film for solar panels. [applause] >> the company credits our energy reforms with making ohio a better place for them to do business. we are rapidly deploying federal stimulus funds to advance $500 million in projects supported by an array of energy jobs from cutting-edge research to home weatherization. we have continued the vital work of the third frontier, the third frontier, a program that has made already $150 million in energy technology investments. we've brought 15 state and private universities together in the university clean energy alliance of ohio, thank you, chancellor, and we've done that -- [applause] >> and we've done that to unite our efforts in pursuit of energy breakthroughs. and in our first budget, we dramatically accelerated our school construction program and made it into one of the largest energy-efficient building initiatives ever created. i believe i

. >> that's right, eric robbins wants someone to sit down with him to pay speed chess in dupont park.en't like eric and they are going inside. dave statter, 9news now and wusa9.com. >>> winter storm from the main coast brought heavy snow showers to western new york this weekend. some areas are digging out from over a foot of snow. forecasters warn the 45-mile-an- hour winds could cause blowing and drifting snow around the region. >>> same storm brought a band of heavy snow to vermont. more than 2 feet of snow is piled up in burlington. forecasters say they will be one of the biggest snow storms on record. wind gusts as high as 35 miles an hour in new hampshire this weekend. residents along coastal areas also dealing with possible floodle. motorists throughout the region are being urged to use caution. the snow drifts could reduce visibility to 0. >>> dc rescue crews in rock creek today in an effort to save a young man trapped inside his sub merged car. 9news now watt the first news crew on the team. you will only see this report here on 9news now. >> reporter: dc fire and rescue diver

we are at dupont circle. it is 25 degrees. it is probably a little bit colder than that when you consider it is still pretty windy out here. the wind is making things feel colder. it will stay cold all week long. we have temperatures in the 20's. we're going to have the wind making it feel much colder. >> when the wind is not there, it is gorgeous. it just feels like pulling your skin off. >> one thing you need to think about with the wind, up trees coming down and bring down power lines. check with the electrical agencies and see what power agency -- and see what power outages. last night there were a little more than 3000 outages. this morning, they have just about 35 households without power. pepco is dealing with 450. baltimore gas and electric has about 75. bundle up, especially if you're going to be outside. lots of players. courtney robinson, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> investigators are trying to find out what caused a car to plunge off rock creek parkway killing of the driver. this was their p street nw. the driver,

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we're out on dupont circle. it will read 26 blood as brian mentioned, it is bitterly cold outside. it feels more like it is in the teens. this cold weather is not going away. factor in the wind and it does make it much colder. the wind causes some issues as far as seeing tree limbs coming down. people experienced that yesterday. once those lines come down, you're dealing with a loss of heat and electricity. " we're losing heat. it is getting chilly in the house. >> crews worked overnight. the virginia power worked overnight to restore power to about 3000 people this morning. you're about 30 this morning without power. pepco, about 400. baltimore gas and electric, about 75. not all related to the weather. but people are very cold. if you're heading out, a bundle of. lots of layers. >> thank you. >>> it is really cold for us out there, but we're not the only ones. the game in buffalo yesterday, it was more like a snow globe. vermont is buried in up to 3 feet of snow. there is a freeze on warning in florida. opposes a huge danger for the citrus crop. >>> aar plunged off of rock creek

. >> we rode the subway across the city to dupont circle and now we're here at the woodrow wilson house. and why do you bring her to hear? >> woodrow wilson was the president when prohibition went into effect in 1920. he was also, by the way, he left the white house in 92 and one, he's the only president who actually retired to washington, d.c.. every other president in american history left the city. that makes him unique in this country. his wife actually bought this house for him. his wife, his second wife i should say, she was married, she was a widow, formerly married to a or. and she had some money. she married wilson in 1950, the same year the house or was actually built. it was a state-of-the-art house for its type it so it has electricity, an elevator in it and so on. the key reason why edith bought this house here, really for her husband, was that in the waning days of his presidency, he had a massive stroke during that time. he was trying to sell the tree of her side to the country. he was out on a big row two are trying to get the country to throw its weight behind the treat

all lot lived around connecticut avenue or near dupont circle. but taft had in mind that the court needed a building of its own. he believed that when he was president and when he became chief justice, it became almost an obsession. >> how much was he involved in the actual design of the building, the fact that went into what was left? >> he was interested in that building to such an extent that when he initially went to congress, to the appropriate committees of congress, to ask for the money, taft immediately ran into a little problem in that the architect of the capital wanted to have [inaudible] , and taft thought that the legislation would make him chairman of the commission. taft and one of the other justices were on the commission. the architect was arnold tool, but taft controlled the commission because he was friendly with the appropriate chairman of the committees in the house and senate, the teacher that other members would be members of the house and senate. so he was responsible for choosing the architect. he liked the architect chos

. >> we rode the subway across the city to dupont circle and now were here at the woodrow wilson house and why do you bring your tour here? >> woodrow wilson was the president when prohibition went into effect in 1920. he's also, by the way, he left the white house in 1921, so a year later. he is the only president to actually retire to washington d.c. every other president has let the city. wilson stayed here. and that makes him unique among all the presidents we've had in this country. his wife actually bought this house for him. his second wife i should say was edith g-golf. she was married -- she was a widow formerly married to a jeweler and she had some money. she married wilson in 1915, which isr this house was built and is a state-of-the-art house for time. so have electricity, an elevator, and so on. a key reason why edith bought this house here, really for her husband was that in the days of his presidency had a massive stroke here during that time he was trying to sell the treaty of her side to the country that he was out on a big road to her trying to get the country to thro

we take a look at dupont circle. we'll let you know our next guess is a former dc city councilman.e right back. >> after a while, you've lost it. you don't own it anymore. you are trespassing. that hurts. my possessions are now in "storage bin. >> this week, american casino. an award winning documentry on the impact of subprime mortgages on minorities. sunday night at 8:00. >> now available c-span's book on abraham lincoln. now in digital audio available where digital audio is sold. >> the former dc city council. in healthcare and afghanistan. where is this falling in the pecking order and does it concern you. here in the district of columbia, i have major concerns about the scholarship program. how did it start? what is happening to it right now. >> back in 2003 a third of the money went to dc charter schools and a third for this unique scholarship program it's been a successful program. when it came up for reauthorization, the obama administration did not support it. >> why? >> it is politics. the scholarship program doesn't like vow chers. they sent an all outletter. key members

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all lot lived around connecticut avenue or near dupont circle. but taft had in mind that the court needed a building of its own. he believed that when he was president and when he became chief justice, it became almost an obsession. >> how much was he involved in the actual design of the building, the fact that went into what was left? >> he was interested in that building to such an extent that when he initially went to congress, to the appropriate committees of congress, to ask for the money, taft immediately ran into a little problem in that the architect of the capital wanted to have [inaudible], and taft thought that the legislation would make him chairman of the commission. taft and one of the other justices were on the commission. the architect was arnold tool, but taft controlled the commission because he was friendly with the appropriate chairman of the committees in the house and senate, the teacher that other members would be members of the house and senate. so he was responsible for choosing the architect. he liked the architect chose

dupont prize, overseas press club awards, too many to count and a bunch of emmys as well. he has written 10 books, two of them were novels. one of them was co-written with ted koppel. it was a great spy novel that i asked ted one time, what was the toughest thing about writing the book? he said the sex scenes. after i had read the book, i understood why. marvin is currently working on a book on the american experience in vietnam and we're delighted to have him here this morning as one of our speakers. marvin. [applause] >> thank you. let me start by telling you about the sex scene. [laughter] >> ted and i were working on this book for about a year or two and always delaying handling this problem because both of us felt rather uncomfortable. and yet our publisher was telling us that if we really wanted to make it big, you had to have a sex scene. he called it the o.s.s., the object bigtry sex scene. -- obligatory sex scene. i said to ted, you're so much smarter than i, why don't you write it. he said no, you're taller than i, you write it. i said you have four children, i o

dupont officials testified two years ago that they would not expand their circleville plant because their electricity service wasn't dependable. but just last week, just last week, dupont announced a 175 million-dollar investment to retool a facility, a facility that once made components for vcr tapes, and they're turning that facility into something that will make film for solar panels. [applause] >> the company credits our energy reforms with making ohio a better place for them to do business. now we are rapidly deploying federal stimulus funds to advance $500 million in projects supporting an array of energy jobs from cutting-edge research to home weatherization. we have continued the vital work of the third frontier, the third frontier, a program that is made already $150 million in energy technology investments. we've brought 15 state and private universities together in the university clean energy alliance of ohio -- thank you, chancellor -- and we have done that -- [applause] >> and we've done that to unite our efforts in pursuit of energy breakthroughs. and, and our first budget w

two peabody awards, that's the biggest in broadcast journalism, dupont prius overseas press club awards, too many to count, and a bunch of emmys as well. he has written 10 books. two of them were novels. one of them was co-written with ted koppel and it was a great spy novel, but i asked ted what time was the dumbest thing about writing the book and he said the sex scenes. after i had read the book i understood why. [laughter] marvin is currently working on a book on the american experience in vietnam and we're delighted to have him here this morning as one of our speakers. marvin. [applause] >> thank you. let me start by telling you about the sex scenes. [laughter] ted and i were working on this book for about a year or two in zero ways to delaying handling this problem because both of us were felt rather uncomfortable and yet our publisher was telling us that if we really wanted to make it big you had to have a sex scene. he called it the oss -- the obligatory sex scene. so i said to ted in your so much smarter than i, why don't you write it? and he said, you are taller than i, why do

what of our guest is jack holliday the outgoing chairman of dupont and longtime ally of u.s. cap who has been eloquent on this subject and i want to give him a chance to comment. >> thank you. first day agree with his answer about cap-and-trade to get the initiative going. we have seen enough examples of resources need to go to the right places but every country has the same objective so little bit country that's find creative ways working with businesses but it clearly over the next three or four years the countries that can leave can created true green jobs of the future. . . at the front, at the same table. >> thank you. i am suzanne from the guardian. i really wanted to follow-up on lisa's question about the change in the world order from the g8 to this c5 because specifically we didn't see at the table in that picture is europe or any european representative when they had sordid taken a leadership position. gordon brown in sarkozy endless the amounts especially. >> berry, a very noticeable. i would suggest a couple of possible explanations. they certainly were immediatel

one of our guest today is chad holidayed, the outgoing chairman of dupont and a longtime ally of u.s. been elegant on the subject and i just want to give him a chance to comment. >> first i agree@@ rbrb that picture is europe or any european representative when they had sordid taken a leadership position. gordon brown in sarkozy endless the amounts especially. >> berry, a very noticeable. i would suggest a couple of possible explanations. they certainly were immediately included afterwards. one part of the problem is that europe was not a problem. your pad been cleared for months that it was eager for the strongest possible agreement and it was the blockage was the disagreement between the u.s., china, india and so, those were the key parties who had to resolve the issue. i think a second problem that europe faces, you still don't have a strong presidency in so there wasn't a single leader who could play that role. it was gordon brown in president sarkozy in chancellor merkel so there wasn't a single focus for europe to be represented and i think that led to europe not being as unifie

dupont prize, overseas press club awards, too many to count and a bunch of emmys as well. he has written 10 books, two of them were novels. one of them was co-written with ted koppel. it was a great spy novel that i asked ted one time, what was the toughest thing about writing the book? he said the sex scenes. after i had read the book, i understood why. marvin is currently working on a book on the american experience in vietnam and we're delighted to have him here this morning as one of our speakers. marvin. [applause] >> thank you. let me start by telling you about the sex scene. [laughter] >> ted and i were working on this book for about a year or two and always delaying handling this problem because both of us felt rather uncomfortable. and yet our publisher was telling us that if we really wanted to make it big, you had to have a sex scene. he called it the o.s.s., the object bigtry sex scene. -- obligatory sex scene. i said to ted, you're so much smarter than i, why don't you write it. he said no, you're taller than i, you write it. i said you have four children, i o

one of our guests today is chad holiday, the outgoing chairman of dupont and longtime ally on the u.s capped who has been eloquent on this subject and i want to give him a chance to comment. >> i agree totally about jonathan's answer that cap-and-trade is needed to get the initiative going. i think we've seen enough examples it will let the resources flow to the right places. the biggest issue on green jobs without that in place is every country has the same objective to create the green jobs themselves so it will be the countries that find a creative way to use federal funding university is working together with businesses that can get to the lead clear they live the next three or four years the countries that get the lead will have the best chance of creating those green jobs in the future. >> okay. there's another question here. can you just -- at the front, the same table. >> thank you. suzanne from the guardian. i wanted to follow on alisa's question about the change in the world order to the c5 because we didn't see at that picture europe or any european representative when they