and those ports to eastern washington and beyond. that's $80 billion in cargo through that critical corridor every year. our record of success with transportation projects is strong. from the 2005 voter approved gas tax, we are close to completing all 421 statewide projects. 88% have been completed early or on time. 91% on or under budget. that's real accountability. and we can do it again. educate ourselves. educate the public. then let's build a better transportation system than the other guys. [ applause ] the people often ask me if we can come back from this great recession. i tell them we can, we will, we are. our ports and their good paying jobs are booming. international trade is surging with year-over-year exports up nearly 30%. our second biggest export is agriculture. new free trade agreements with south panama will open markets for washington. our life science sectors are spreading beyond puget sound and vancouver. they are spreading around the globe. our software and i.t. industries are thriving. including a double-digit

heavy snow will fall in eastern washington, idaho and western montana.w turns to rain along the northwest coast reaching in the central california. arctic cold with sub zero temperatures stretch from montana to minnesota. great lakes snow will move into the northeast and new england and the south, conditions will be moderate from coast to coast. >>> in sports, new york giants quarterback eli manning is under the weather. giants fans, well, they're feeling a bit queasy about it. with the nfc championship game against the 49ers coming up sunday, manning missed part of wednesday's practice. coach tom coughlin called it a stomach bug and adds that he hopes that it's just a 24-hour deal. >>> now, to the nba and a hard-fought game in atlanta. portland's raymond felton dove and dished to craig smith for a layup in the third period giving the trailblazers a lead. it stayed tight. there was a three-pointer on the way to 24 points in the game. then a steal back and a lob for the alley-oop dunk you see right there. atlanta won it 92-89. >>> in orlando, the magic an

maybe a dusting to an inch, especially out in northern frederick county and into eastern washington county. right along south mountain there and catoctin mountain there could be an inch or two. moving north and east. locally temperatures to the mid 30s in montgomery county and fairfax county. arlington county now is in the mid to upper 30s. prince george's county and parts of southern maryland are still hovering around the low 40s. pax river is 53. but they just had a wind gust and the front coming through at 39 miles per hour. just had a 37 miler gust at reagan national. winds will increase throughout the day. sunshine breaking out. we could have 50 mile-per-hour gusts this afternoon. temperatures will be hovering around 40 degrees through the daylight hours. after sunset, it will drop down to near freezing. sun sets at 5:08 under a partly cloudy sky. frigid by dawn saturday. in the low 20s. tomorrow's highs only the mid to upper 30s with a gusty wind that will be not as heavy as today. not as strong. and then on sunday, some sunshine, but teens in the morning, mid 30s in the afternoon. m

but far northern frederick and eastern washington counties this is where we have a little bit of snowming down but this does move in pretty quickly. other than a light coating and a couple of slick spots, not expecting much more than that. a look west of leesburg will have out of it where temperatures are still generally above freezing here. the colder air is moving in and if the roads stay wet that's the concern for the slick spots and of course any snow that falls. still in the mid 40s in annapolis and low 50s at the pax river naval air station. wind gusts gusting to 43 at andrews air force base and 31 in cumberland and 37 here in washington. monika samtani, winds are going to be a big problem with the advisory until 6:00 p.m. >>> the winds and wet road conditions actually caused several accidents overnight. that's what you want to be aware of is the wet road conditions. there had been an accident southbound on route 270 at 355. that's been cleared. looking good right now from frederick to the point where the lanes divide. on the beltway a couple of lanes blocked with construction.

we have a little bit of snow into far eastern washington county, northern frederick county into smithburg and myersville seeing a little bit of that. but this stuff should be gone in the next 20, 30 minutes. the temperatures you can see they're coming down. we've got good visibility here on the michael & son weather cam with light rain on the hour at reagan national and a west northwest winds at 24. the temperatures are coming down because this is rotating to us, this is going to be a ton of snow in garrett county in the ski areas, could pick up a foot or so. 40 degrees today, windy. wind advisory until 6:00. 34, breezy conditions tomorrow. after being in the 20s tonight. sunday, 34. less wind. so that will be the nicer day of the weekend. by monday, mlk day, 42. milder tuesday in the 50s but we'll turn wet as well and then back in the 30s wednesday and thursday. monika? >>> every week we seem to get that one little day of respite. and then it gets cold again. that's what to expect this weekend and with the cold conditions some icing conditions may occur as well. right now though it's war

here's a lot of heavy rain stretching from interstate 70 in eastern washington county through pleasantwn and crossing over the blue ridge. we will keep an eye on that little line as it marches east through the metro area and the 95 corridor. an environment that is more favorable for thunderstorms, if it moves through that, we could see more rainfall. it feels like springtime. however, the cold front will move through the latelater this morning. we will hit our high temperature a lot earlier than normal today. usually we would be in the mid to upper 20s right now. instead, 54 in the district, 63 in manassas. 45 in martinsburg. tampa trees will drop down into the 40's with gusty wind this afternoon up to 40 miles an hour. still mile tomorrow, highs in the 50's for the afternoon. by sunday, upper 40's. back to you. >> thank you. 6:21 this morning >> . bill coming up, a special tribute to michael jackson. three very special guests. how the singer's children honored him. you are watching "good morning washington." >> ♪ >> fans and family of michael jackson gathered in los angeles yesterday.

you could go to idaho, you could go to british columbia, you could go to eastern washington or oregon do what find was that 10 or 2025 and had been hired for the same job, where there was no job. or the job only lasted a week or two weeks. board you out so much to the company after a month or so, or you had to work so many hours, and he deducted so much money that you ended up owing the company money at the end of a month or so. so you find your way back to spokane to the i.w.w. all and you filed a complaint of fraud with them trying to get some of your money back from the labor sharks. well, it was fruitless and really counterproductive for the i.w.w. to try to do with each individual claim. so they organized what they call don't buy jobs campaign. and they started so boxing on the streets in spokane, and literally have these corridors -- orator's hop on a soapbox and try to rally all these workers to the cause of boycotting these private employment agencies. and it started to pinch these labor sharks, as they put it, and the labor sharks responded pretty cleverly. they hired the sal

washington county. now there's just some lingering snow mixing with rain in and around anne arundel county, i-97 to baltimore. that's quickly moving north and east. exiting the eastern shore, getting light rain. the temperatures are continuing to drop. we're down into the low 30s in montgomery and fairfax counties. arlington county, upper 30s. so is washington and prince george's county. and it's still in the 40s in southern maryland, northern neck. only in the low 30s, shenandoah valley, points west in the mountains of west virginia. some locations are down into the teens now. these are the latest wind gusts. hagerstown just had a gust of 39. pax river, 32. we'll have the gusts increasing as the day progresses. farther to the west, there's a winter weather advisory for these mountain region out in western maryland, into northern west virginia. they get three to five inches of snow today. sunrise, 7:26. we'll have a blustery wind gusting to 50 miles per hour. and later this morning, during the afternoon, clouds in and out and temperatures struggling just to recover, back up to near 4 degrees. then this evening, cold under a partly cloudy sky, sun set at 5:08. near f

here's martinsburg right now so you folks in eastern washington county will have to watch out as well headed toward jefferson county. west virginia. through winchester city and frederick county. on top of you in a little while and coming through areas like new market and front royal as well. we're going to watch this over the next few hours adds it comets through. by 9:00, just still a few hours around. -- showers arnold. temperatures still very mild. upper 50s to low 60s but in the afternoon sort of top out in the afternoon in the mid 630s. colder air works in and the strong northwesterly winds and the drive home temperatures to around 50 here in d.c.. andrea and jess back to you. >>> a look at the new movies in theaters this weekend. liam neeson stars in "the gray." he's forced to lead a group of plane crash survivors. their plane went down in alaska and they're surrounded by wolves. >>> avatar star sam worthington is back in a leading role as the "man on the ledge." his character is a convicted felon who claims he's innocent and was set up. however while he talks to police negotiat

to our stand ports and for the product flowing from coast ports to eastern washington and beyond. that's a $80 billion going through that critical crestor every year. our record of success for the transportation project is strong. from the 2005 voters approved gas tax we are close to completing all 421 statewide project. 88% have been completed early or on time, 90% on or under budget. that is real accountability. and we can do it again. educate ourselves, educate the public, and then the bills that better transportation system than the other guy. [applause] people often ask me if we can come back from this great recession. i tell them we cannon, we will, we are. our ports and good paying jobs are booming. the international trade is surging with year-over-year exports of over 30 per cent and the biggest export after transportation as agriculture. new free trade agreement with south korea, panama and colombia will open new markets for washington. our exciting global health and life science sectors are spreading not only the beyond the sound tri-cities and vancouver, they are spread

"washington durnell" live at 7 eastern on c-span. -- washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> president obama delivers the state of the union address live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern including the presidents speech, republican response and your phone calls. live on c-span and c-span radio. on c-span2, watch the president's speech along with tweets. after the address, more reaction from senators. go online for live video and to add your comments using facebook and twitter at c-span.org. >> britain's unemployment figures are at 8.4%. the jobless numbers were the main subject during when dick -- wednesday's question time with david cameron. this is 35 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> is the prime minister aware of the differences in funding, which puts those schools at the bottom of the latter in terms of funding. in the meantime, will he look at the very serious situation in gloucester with regards to those schools? >> my friend is quite right. we need to sort out this proble

ports and for products flowing from those forced to eastern washington and beyond.that is $80 billion in cargo through the critical corridor every year. now, i record of success with transportation products is strong. from the 2005 voter approved gas tax, we are close to completing all 421 statewide projects. 88% have been completed early or on time. 91% on or under budget. that is real accountability and we can do it again. educate ourselves, educate the public and build ourselves, edue public and build a better transportation system than the other guys. [applause] do people often ask me if we can come back from this great recession. i tell them, we can, we will, we are. our ports and their good paying jobs are booming. international trade is searching with year over year exports up nearly 30% and our second biggest export after transportation of agriculture. newcomer free-trade agreements with south korea, panama and korea open new markets for washington. our expanding global health and life science that yours are spreading not only beyond to the sound of tri-citi

this could be that southern maryland, washington, lower eastern shore, just rain only but we think baltimore and north baltimore and northwest and northeast toward cecil county could see that icy condition and up long the pennsylvania state line this could last through midday saturday before it goes to rain. late in the day saturday we'll push up toward 50 degrees. if you're going to be driving, just factor that. overnight down to 28, clouds, breezy. 38, partly sunny. we're look good. tomorrow night new storm coming in after midnight toward 2:00 in the morning. as we look at the seven-day forecast, we'll go with that morning wintery mix. it's been consistent on our computer model. as we look at the afternoon we expect to push up close to 40. and then sunday 45. we bumped it up a little bit. the guidance is everywhere. i made the comment to lynette charles yesterday when the weather pattern gets this speedy in january, after three or four days out it's not real accurate. >> so stay tuned. we haven't had any snow days yet but you can bet most kids are looking forward to it except eaton, ohio.

that is an 8:00 eastern. washington journal is in new hampshire this week. we talked about a recently released harvard study of young voters. host: joining us now is the director of the harvard institute for politics. we will show our viewers the front page of the study. it is a survey of power and politics. what is the headline that you discover in this survey? guest: young americans are pessimistic about the future of their country. that is having a big impact on their views of the president and congress and their willingness to participate in the upcoming election. host: when you say they are pessimistic, are they and tied the president or more -- anti the president? guest: these voters played a pivotal role and are given credit for supporting president obama. they support him over generic republican or specific republicans we polled. when we asked them if they think the president is going to win, a plurality says no. they are pessimistic about his chances. if we ask them if they approve of the president's performance in office, he is under water. more pe

eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at the table, david chavern, chamber of commerce. thank you for being here. guest: great to be here. host: in "the mihill" -- the hill, " today -- explained keystone. why is this important to you? guest: we are talking about a proposed pipeline from the oil sands area again western canada down through the midwestern u.s., for the gulf states where there are refineries. this pipeline, which by the light which by the way, there are pipelines and follow this -- with this pipeline, which there are along this line, it would add jobs. we think it is important. host: described the onslaught as "the hill" puts it. guest: i would not describe it as an unsolved -- onslaught. it is passed the tests. we are educating the public and policymakers about the important -- importance of the project. we are encouraging the president to act in the next 60 days and let's get going, creating jobs. host: phone numbers are on the screen. our guest is david chavern, vice president and coo of the chamber. he will be taking your calls on the business community

. >>> let's fast forward now. 1:00 eastern at the the lincoln memorial. washingtonrade schoolers reciting the "i have a dream" speech. today would have been his 83rd birthday. >> and a court hearing for former presidential candidate john edwards. he faces criminal counts alleged he misused funlds to hide an extramarital affair. he'll be joined by the cast and crew of red tails for the screening at white house. and it is the top of the hour. thanks so much for joining us. we're talking about president obama heading to if east room of the white house next hour, asking congress for more power. he says he wants to shrink the federal government. what exactly does the president want to do? >> let's start with an example here. have you ever called, say, the cable company and you get passed off to someone and passed off to someone else and passed to someone else because different people are dealing with the same things? that's how they would describe what they're trying to do here. president obama is going to be asking congress for the authority to merge six agencies, six t

eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us from florida, susan, the university of south florida political science professor. thanks for joining us. guest: my pleasure. host: so in the days leading up to next week's primary, what particularly are you looking at as far as signs about who will win and who will be victors? guest: a lot of people don't like to talk about polls as being meaningful burks they are and we have seen a shift in momentum since the campaign came to florida and romney as little bit on the up right now. gingrich lost a little bit of ground. this weekend will be critical for those undecided voters. and of course the candidates are combing this state as fast as furesly as they can. and the ads are running 24/7. news coverage is at all-time peak. so there's plenty of opportunities for floridians to be wayed in these last few days. host: does typical retail politics work in florida? guest: it certainly does because our electorates going to be primarily over 45 on election day and it's often the case t

and that is why eastern washington, because of its agriculture is called the refrigerator of the world today it's our time. it is our time to practice the courage and compassion that has been handed down to us by her parents and grandparents. if you attempt to rebuild our bridges and highways. it is our time to create jobs now and for the future. it is our time to keep our streets safe. and it is our time to give our young people of the education and knowledge they will need to succeed in a world economy. we must succeed. you know, i just read a great new book called "that used to be us." it's by thomas friedman and michael mandelbaum. but to take a critical look at where america has been in for me, one metaphor really stood out. for generation after generation, america knew how to win in the turn, wind in the turns. and what does that mean exactly? in short, it means the winner hits the gas pedal just when everybody else is hitting the brakes. visualize yourself on a racetrack, racing along in a sunny day and suddenly without warning you are in a sharp high-speed turn. when and if you

frederick county, montgomery, and western fairfax, parts of fauquier and rappahannock, closer to washington, eastern fairfax is in the low 40s. arlington, mid 40s, as well as the district, low 40s now in prince george's county. charles, calvert, st. mary's into the low to mid 40s, too. the sky is clear. we have a few clouds coming over washington and points west. these areas of pink and white. zones of scattered snow showers in the northern shenandoah valley. sunrise at 7:24. temperatures will hold steady through the morning hours. winds gusting to 30 to 35 miles per hour this morning. they'll diminish this afternoon. by sunset, down into the upper 30s. sunset today at 5:13. by midnight, down near 30 degrees. by dawn tomorrow, near 20 degrees. afternoon highs to the mid 40s on thursday. increasing clouds. could get flurries tomorrow night. then friday, partly cloudy and cold. highs only in the upper 30s. then near 40 with chilly rain developing during the day on saturday. then a little sun back on sunday. but still cold. milder monday, tuesday, and could get some rain. and last week, i did travel to

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eastern, "washington journal," live from the washington auto show. we'll talk with executives from general motors, ford, hyundai, and kota automotive. >> for more resources in the presidential race, use c-span's campaign 2012 website to watch videos of the candidates on the campaign trail, see what the candidates have said on issues important to you, and read the latest from candidates, political reporters, and people like from you social media sites at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> the senate budget committee this morning holds a hearing on the outlook for the u.s. and global economies. senator conrad chairs the budget committee, and jeff sessions is the top republican on the panel. the hearing is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and later in the day, defense secretary leon panetta releases the fiscal 2013 budget. the associated press reports that the budget will reduce military spending by $260 billion over five years. and it will reduce the number of soldiers in the army by ,000. at his briefing, secretary panetta already joined by the deputy j

eastern. live from washington. right here on cnn. >>> you've heard about comparing apples and onlies.s matchup? the white house versus an apple store? which power hub carries a higher value by the square foot. . >>> so what's worth more, an apple store or the white house? felicia taylor, that's an interesting question. >> yeah, it is. sort of like, um, how do you compare an apple store with the white house? actually, it's about a tie. they're both worth about $4700 per square foot. $4700 per square foot. it's an interesting fact but like i said, it's not really an apples to apples comparison. apple's numbers are based on how much it sells per square foot. the white house is based on real estate value. it does show what a behemoth apple has become. based on these numbers, apple is the most valuable chain in the united states. impressive considering it opened its store just about 11 years ago, which frankly in corporate history, that's not that long ago. so, it's kind of a tie frankly. >> interesting. all right. felicia taylor, thank you so much. >>> we are going to talk coming up about

cnn's special coverage of president obama's state of the union address begins at 8:00 eastern, live from washingtonures of an angry sun, the biggest solar flare event in almost seven years. we're going to tell you what it means for us on earth. >>> all right. got the largest solar storm in almost seven years flaring and tell us what this is all about, chad. >> well, we have solar flares, we have mass ejections, they're two different things. a solar flare is like the steam coming out of a pressure cooker and it's just radiation, comes right out of the sun, right to the earth. a cme is like when you put spaghetti on the stove and it's there too long and the middle of it goes, blip. that's like a little explosion. we've had two separate things. we'll talk about them both. the radiation in the atmosphere now, they actually moved some airplanes around, not flying over the poles last night. they had some of the planes lower their altitude because of this radiation in the upper atmosphere and now we have this burp coming at us. it's the belching, i guess, of the sun. there's the sun, it belched a couple d

eastern areas of washington county. almost into western frederick county seeing the snow flurries.sburg. this is coming east, east- southeast. meyersville, middlebrook into frederick in the next little while. give it 20, 30 minutes, you could get into the snow shower activity. 29 in town. 30 in easton. 24 for luray. cumberland, 27. old town, maryland, m.j. told me the roads were slick. wind chill down into the teens to low 20s at best. officially, 29 with clear skies at the moment at reagan national. northwest winds at 12. have been gusting over 20. dew points are down in the teens. the air is very, very dry. with the cold air in place coming in off the lake. lake snows going. we're looking at some snow showers and flurries here this afternoon and again tomorrow afternoon. late snows in new york state and down into the lakes area, one to two feet. for the next three days, in the teens and 20s. tomorrow, cold. 36. another shot for some afternoon and evening flurries and snow showers. by thursday, we start to recover at 45. friday and saturday in the 50s. rain on sunday may end up wi

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1:00 eastern, some washington grade schoolers reciting martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech. >>> he faces six criminal counts, alleging he misused campaign funds to hide an extramarital affair. then the president and first lady host members of the famous airmen. they'll be joined by the movie red tails for a screening at the white house. that does it for us. hope you have a great weekend. suzanne malveaux is taking on from here. happy friday. >> thank goodness. friday 13th, though. >> why did you have to say something? >> good luck with that. >> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed. happening this hour. president obama rolling out his plan to make the federal government leaner and meaner. the president will ask congress for the power to shrink the government by merging six agencies. he's expected to speak around 11:20 eastern. going to bring you the remarks live. and just a week and a day until the south carolina primaries. one of them will be in florida. newt gingrich attends the opening of his campaign headquarters. t

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seen missiles being test fired director of the beirut based center for middle eastern studies dr he believes that washington's actions are just adding fuel to an already highly flammable situation. united states is trying and doing its best and every day. they are adding new sanctions against iran and i think iran is gong gong away with its nuclear program and it will not stop but it is exploitation of the oil of iran it will be threatening in my opinion even though maybe iran will not close the strait of but it may disturb our navigation and in this case with the presence of pensive military butter ships from both sides we risk to have a small conflict and this more confidence can increase and to be bigger and bigger and may lead to a war and the region. you with from moscow it's good if you to join us today still to come for you in the program new year's. festivities on new year's eve in most parts of the world dozens all but new yorkers were forced to celebrate in custody find out why shortly. also. the restaurant. was something new back then but there were no restaurant. in this world. in the soviet union

missiles being test fired director of the beirut based center for middle eastern studies the doctor. believes that washington's actions are just adding fuel to an already highly flammable situation. the united states and doing its best. in every day. new sanctions against iran and i think iran is gone gone gone it's a problem and it will not stop but it. will be threatening in my opinion even maybe iran will not close the strait of but it may disturb our navigation and in this case with the presence of. military but that ship from both sides we do have more conflict and this. can increase and to be big and begin and. do a war. without a lot from moscow is good if you to join us today still to come for you in the program new year's. with laughter and festivities on new year's eve in most parts of the world dozens all but new yorkers were forced to celebrate in custody find out why shortly. also. opening up a restaurant in russia. was something new back then there were no restaurants. in russia there was a. restaurant and this was basically the third restaurant in the soviet union the man who brought a taste of

it happened last night in the 900 block of eastern avenue in northeast washington.ear if the wet streets played a role in the crash. >>> today d.c. council chairman kwame brown will hold an emergency meeting in ward 5. it comes four days after d.c. council member harry thomas jr. resigned in disgrace. last week he pleaded guilty to stealing $350,000 in funds intended forout organizati youts and tax evasion. he faces up to four years in prison. people living in ward 5 which covers northeast washington met for a community meeting. they talked about the challenges ahead. tonight they'll hear from chairman brown. the meeting is at 7:00 at metropolitan baptist church on 1400 1st street northwest. >>> starting today, parent of d.c. students can find out how well their schools are performing on standardized testing. it's part of a school-by-school campus reporting system. parents now have unprecedented transparency and information on the school's performance on annual testing and extracurricular activities. henderson says parents can make more informed decisions about thei

eastern. a smul cast on c-span and on the radio. you're listening to "washington today." let's turn our attention to syria and action by secretary of state hillary clinton who traveled to new york telling the u.n. security council to end the violence in syria, it doesn't compare to nato efforts in libya, the u.s. working with our allies trying to craft a resolution that all u.n. security council members that russia would support. here's more with secretary of state clinton. >> in the past few dais, the regimes have intensified their force. this weekend, the arab league suspended its monitoring mission, pointing to the regime's intransients and the mounting civilian casualties, so why is the arab league here before this security council? because, they are seeking the support of the international community. for a negotiated peaceful political solution to this crisis. and a responsible democratic transition in syria. and we all have a choice. stand with the people of syria. and the region. or become come police it in the continuing violence there. the united states urges the

eastern shore. closer to washington, montgomery, fairfax, arlington county in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees.arther west and north, it's just near 30 degrees. into the upper 20s, too. in many locations there was a snow squall that came through, changed to sprinkles south and east of washington. it did make the pavement wet. watch out where that pavement remained wet hasn't dried yet. it's freezing up. watch out. there could be patchy ice around for another two or three hours until we get around freezing, around 8:30, 9:00 this morning, and during the afternoon, lots of sun. temperatures into the mid to upper 40s on this monday. the final monday of january. a look at the evening planner, that's in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, starting in the district, we have a disabled bus. this is inbound canal road blocking the left lane as you approach fox hall. be aware of that and stick to the right to get by. good news is on that roadway so far, volume is still light. hopefully that bus will get out of your path very soon. traveling i-95 in virginia, getting to

eastern and over toward thunderstorm 10 here and same in shanghai, upin beijing.kyo getting up to 8 degrees so than yesterday.americas, looking ontinent. weather starting to develop. for the pacific northwest, washington state and all the way down to northern california, quite a bit of snowfall. one centimeters and isolated regio eastern end here and we'll be loloping across the easterny the gray, region we're looking at some stormy weather possible f u.s. there's quit highs get up to 17 in atlanta.es here you're likely seeing rain rather ope, we have this fronta northern sections of pa mix of rain and sno continuing to develop in scattered showers here. for the brit dry but on areas like northern scot rainfall coming in, especi highs across the board on cow, highs remain as minus 5 degrees on tuesday. but that's asonal temperat those are your weather here's your three-day outlook.lead story this hour. people i working rebuild since the earthquake. demolished their 64 residents are mar this yearhe experience of p by the disasterrn japan. people that lork early in the morning candles to form the disaster. the nce at 5:46 a.m., the ex [ digital announcement ] this by the earthquake and unami that struck

more like the lower 40s for washington toward southern maryland. in toward eastern maryland as well. from the extra blanket as you are heading in for the night. most of us we could even feel like we are in the teens. a mix of sun ask clouds. 40s today about average. because of our overnight low in the 20s and the moisture coming in tomorrow morning there is a slight chance a few flurries and snowflakes fried. the wednesday forecast looks pretty good. we start to slowly turn that corner. we begin to bring our winds out of the south and southwest. thursday still cold in the 40s. but milder air on the way for friday and saturday. beverly? >> >> reporter: right now olga, looking good. 270 either direction between frederick and the capital beltway incident free. i-70 corridor, folks headed back or headed out toward 68. everything is in good shape. no problems maryland beltway, virginia beltway, i-95 corridor. hov lanes are open to northbound traffic today and the hov lanes restricted on the interstates in virginia, the toll road and i-270 because of the federal holiday.

this is a new "washington post" poll, 84% of americans disapproving of the job congress is doing. live house coverage coming up at 6:30 eastern. our spotlight on magazines focuses on superpa crmp s and role in the 2012 campaign. "washington post" reports they are outspending the campaigns. our guest will be a white house correspond ept and can read his article and join us tomorrow morning for the conversation at 9:15 eastern on "washington journal." economy, job creation and presidential race dominated the white house briefing. this is 50 minutes. >> anybody see good movies? >> anybody watch the golden globes? i have no announcements to make. welcome to the white house for your daily briefing. i will go straight to questions. ken. >> the president is going to be meeting with king abdallah today and what he is hoping to accomplish and what are the expectations for middle east peace? >> well, the president is meeting with the jing king of jordan, as you note. they will discuss a variety of issues, regional issues, as well as king abdallah's important leadership role in the region, notably pursuit of our shared goal of the middl

eastern on cspan 2. >>> and tomorrow on washington journal, florida republican political strategist sally bradshaw will discuss her state's primary and who she expects to win. then more about tomorrow's primary with editor and chief reid wilson. he'll also look ahead to primaries in february and march. after that, stewart powell on the future of nasa and how space policy issues are being discussed this election cycle. plus your e-mails, phone calls and tweets. washington journal airs live every day at 7:00 a.m. live on our companion network cspan. also, the senate select committee holds its intelligence hearing with james clapper, director of national intelligence, david petraeus, cia, ronald burgess, jr., dia, robert mueller and karen wagner, home land security, and matthew olsen, national counterterrorism. >>> the home land security department is doing the best it can to secure the borders under current law. she spoke and took questions at the national press club for an hour. >>> good afternoon. and welcome to the national press club. my name is teresa warner and i'm the 105th president of the naal

jersey to delaware and the eastern shore and another from eastern pennsylvania right along the interstate 95 corridor through baltimore and washington d.c. another band between hagerstown and cumberland. everything is moving east. but some colder temperatures are coming in so somebody is going to get some snow. we will deal with that in your forecast in just a minute. >> it would not be dead new year without new laws going into effect today. new fines starting with the state highway administration finding anyone placing a sign on the road without a permit. crews would remove the sign of using money from taxpayer pockets. violators will now pay $25 for each illegally placed sign. perhaps one of the most talked about changes in baltimore county is exchange -- extending health care couples' legally married in another state. one couple had been together for nearly 20 years. the two were married in math and -- in massachusetts. as a baltimore county police officer, she filed a grievance with the union which the county and labor union denied. her complaint went to an arbitrator ruled in her favor. the new provision allows an the county em

and i would interview the students and find they're not talking about washington, they're talking about the eastern bloc country that thai just come from -- that they've just come from. so how did these teachers handled that, where students literally did not have what we would call an american perspective on certain cultural or historical experiencial issues as yet? thank you. >> host: thank you, pearl. >> guest: well, that's a good question and, again, the thing that immediately comes to mind is i was there in 2008-2009, the year that barack obama was elected president. and that was fascinating for me because, um, the kids didn't quite grasp the significance of this moment in america's history, the moment that a black man becomes president, why that was such a huge deal in the united states. and that's because a lot of the kids were coming from haiti or, you know, western africa, places where they've always had or for a long time have had black leaders. so some of, you know, the students didn't, they didn't have the same perspective, same point of view as some american-born kids would have. and th

be bringing it all to you with the help of our powerhouse political team, live from washington, d.c., 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific. >>> and a note that on thursday, i'm going to be sitting down with president obama for his first network interview following the state of the union. >>> and in tonight "your advivo your vote," more proof this contest is a trample lean. a new poll. bringing mitt romney and newt gingrich into a dead heat nationally. tonight, romney is calling in the debate coach cavalry. abc's david muir in florida. >> reporter: great to see you from florida this evening. and the stakes are enormous here now for mitt romney. after that stunning win for newt gingrich in south carolina -- and suddenly romney and gingrich neck and neck in this republican race. the romney camp told me today they have, in fact, hired the new debate coach. with them since michele bachmann dropped out. tonight, florida brings with it a brand new race. and for mitt romney, that new debate coach. and a new strategy. after months of trying to focus on president obama, it is now clearly newt gingrich first. rom

"washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> texas congressmen ron paul continues traveling around new hampshire. next, a town home meeting from meredith, new hampshire. >> good afternoon, meredith. before this started, i want to give dr. pual a chance to introduce his family. >> i thought that after two days of the debates you would be tired of politics. but we are just getting started. we are looking forward to tuesday, for sure. before we started, i wanted to introduce several members of my family. this is my wife, carol. you might have received some greetings from her. she has sent out a lot of cookbooks here lately. also, a daughter-in-law is here. and her daughter, linda. we also had the arrival of a son, and we celebrated his birthday yesterday, senator rand paul. [laughter] [applause] >> i am from the lakes forsyth. we also have senator sanborn and senator white on board. i am glad to have the support of so many senators. i have the honor of working with rand paul when he was campaigning for a father. i got