a couple of facebooks on it. natasha writing, you can't trust anyone these days, not even your own kids' doctor. why would they allow a doctor convicted of this to practice? there's the bottom line question. if he is practicing, shouldn't we know? shouldn't a parent know? i mean, there should be a notification on that. john lucich, we had talked before the break what's the best way to red flag this on a nationwide scale where it shouldn't be just a couple of states denying him. it should be across the board, right? >> absolutely. but, you know, there is -- red flags weren't needed. this guy admitted to everything and he just kept applying until he got accepted and they gave him his license. now, somebody brought up the fact whether the ama can step in. i don't have too much faith in the ama because if you read the reports a lot of doctors come out in support for this guy and i have no idea why they would put their reputation on the line. i'm not really against licensing as i am against him seeing patients. maybe

facebook turns 6 today. it's its 6th birthday, something that has had such an impact on so many people's lives is still just a little skid. let's take a look at stats about facebook that i think you'll find very interesting. more than 350 million active users are members of facebook. more than 350 million acstiff users. so, if it were a country, it would be the third largest country in the world behind country which has 1.3 billion and india which has 1.1 billion people, then you'd have facebook and then the usa. so, a lot of people are members of facebook. it's available in more than 70 languages. available to users in more than 180 countries. and it's used for many things. it's used just for social networking, but it's also used to help people get together, to keep families and businesses and jobs connected. the largest age group using facebook last year, according to a survey by i-strategy labs, was the 18 to 24-year-old age group. no big surprise. the 18 to 24s send to like facebook. today the largest gr

hands on network partnered with kazaa on facebook. this handles affiliate's throughout the country who have their own ways of recruiting volunteers -- this handles affiliates throughout the country who have their own ways of recruiting volunteers, and taps into the social networking that is going on anyway. it helps people sign up on facebook, recruit their friends, and make volunteering cool. >> why are you here demonstrating this for members of congress and staffers? >> i can take that one. essentially, we want them to know their constituents are out there. they care about a lot of different issues. the want to volunteer and make a difference. just because they do not have a chance to come to the hill every day, or even once a week or a month, they are out there, making a difference. all the members have to do is check out facebook to see what their constituents are doing pre. it is pretty easy. >> is there federal money involved? >> not that we know of. there is a social innovation fund going on to help companies further their tech

in this case, the imposter's facebook page was taken down late last night. andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >>> the national center for missing and exploited children has a cyber tip line where parents can roirnt appropriate activity. it receives 100 leads every week. it's 1-800-843-5678. >>> montgomery county police tell us a third man is in custody for the rape of an 11-year-old girl. police say 39-year-old rohalio mondragon and two other men grabbed the sixth grader tuesday night. they say the man dragged the child to an apartment on carol avenue and raped her. >>> enough at 6:00 a prostitution bust that spanned several states. julie mckenna and mark brick house are accused of luring a 17-year-old runway from california to new york and forcing her into prostitution. that happened last december. this week the two brought the girl to a hotel in -- woodbridge, virginia. she managed to escape and begged a clerk at a store for help. the two hid out at a hotel in laurel, maryland and that's where marshals arrested them. now they are back in prince georges county aw

go to facebook fox baltimore to become a fan. that snow is going to come our way, it's supposed to start later this morning but many area schools are taking action. allegheny county, charles county, garrett county and st. mary schools have decided to close for the day. anne arundel county, baltimore county, harford county, montgomery and washington county schools are or closing , they're closing their doors two hours early so kids can get out of there and get home. cacaroline and carroll county schools are getting dismissed two hours early. baltimore he city, and prince george county, frederick county schools will close three hours early and cecil county schools are closing at 1:00. that's a big list with lots of different times. just remember whenever severe weather hits tune in to fox 45 morning news, because our ticker will have all of that information and the departures and traffic conditions. the ticker update automatically and even runs during commercials. steve fertig is here with a look at the weather that everybody is ta

merge your facebook, outlook and family calendars into one calendar. merge your facebook, outlook and family calendars p# smart enough to keep up with mom- just $149.99 on the network with the most 3g coverage: verizon. . >>> well we're in the thick of round 2. the snow is coming down at a pretty good clip right now and it doesn't seem to be letting up any time soon. let's to back out to christian schaefer, he is live in towson with the latest there. christian? >> we're over at the maryland emergency management association agency earlier and the governor was saying the state of emergency for the state of maryland remains in effect at least through thursday and that allows the national guard units that have been activated to remain activated. what they have been doing is helping the local first responders in baltimore city, baltimore county, anne arundel county and they have been helping to get to some of their calls. it allows the governor to change the way the plow drivers run their shifts, they can only work so many hours but in the state of emergenc

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i'm looking at the facebook. i never understand why people don't have food toilet paper and make a mad rush to the grocery store but it happens every time. >> reporter: it happens every time. here are the salt crystals. they're putting an extra couple hundreds of bags like ha that. you he think of the essential, the food and the toilet paper, but they're putting these out so you can get out. we are here with rob santoni junior. >> amazing what a weather man will say for $50 nowadays. >> reporter: it was cheap this time. are you guys ready for this? >> we are ready. it's been well reported on, so we brought in milk and egg ordered a day ahead of time. we are bringing in our grocery orders, you know hours earlier to make sure they're here ahead of the big inches. >> reporter: you have been through this before so you know how this is. how much is the super bowl adding to the top of the mix. >> we have been doing this for a long time with super bowl we don't need the city to be paralyzed and lose that business. snow

facebook poll is it okay to faze a high school student. right now 85% of the folks on the poll say, yes, it is. mike, what do you think, as you look at, this looking at this and see the kid running and gets tazed and everyone is in an uproar. is that a pitfull of tazing a kid at that point or do you say that's the way to get control. >> you know, mike, these are tools law enforcement are given to situations like. this you didn't see them down on the floor but then we saw that other incident where the kid goes to the floor after they taze him and gets up and throws him coat off like he wants to come back at administrators and police and they put him on the floor and handcuff him. they are given a taser, what if they peppersprayed everybody, the kids. everybody would be in uproar or a collapsable baton, everybody would be up in arms then. this is one of the ways you have to use control of someone not being compliant. did you see the kid -- any injuries to this young man? no. he goes -- he runs on down the hadway. >> let me pick a facebook co

let me share some facebook comments. if you are on facebook search richelle carey hln.h wrote i'm agnostic. i get tired of people using religion as an excuse. if i had a business and refused to hire a religious person not like me i would have a lawsuit. ash lee, i cannot understand what a sexual orientation has to do with his or her abilities? why does the church focus on one sin and not another. curtis says i believe church and state remain separate. if the catholic church can discriminate who they want to hire, so be it. you cannot ask a government to tell a religion how to be religious. that is a sample of what we have been getting today. it is still time for you to get in your opinion. should the catholic church face punishment, prosecution if it discriminates priesthood candidates or potential employees if they are gay. call 1-877-tell-hln. you can send us an e-mail at cnn.com/hln. all right, chuck, back to you. >> all right. >>> that is a pile of stolen purses. a great reminder to never leave valuables in plain sight in your car. police in northern california arre

page at foxbaltimore.com facebook, or send us a tweet. >>go ahead one more time. >> send us a tweet. >>> crews finished clearing highs after saturday's snowstorm. >>> where they will put all of the new storm. that is interesting. >>state how crews had managed to get the major highways down to pavement after the weekend snowstorm but yesterday a. >>system moved in dropping even more snow. >>> and now the question becomes for crews trying to clear the roads again, where does the new snow go. kelly from the admnistration joining us with more. >> good morning. >> how are you doing. >> i'm doing well. much better than you are, you are extremely busy today. what is the plan of attack given the snow and given the fact that the wind conditions are going to pick up later today. >> that's a huge concern for you sh crews. we spent the majority of the day restocking salt for our trucks. our crews were able to get a nap where they could as they continued to salt and pushing as much salt cover as they could off the road. with the day with the precipita

>> like i said, it was a facebook message that was our last point of contact.me completely out of the blue in a sense in terms of his trip to vancouver, but those of us who love him and have known him for a long time know that he has struggled with depression, as his sister says, for quite some time, so that's not a new factor. >> larry: well, we can all hope for the best. again, you've seen his picture, you know all about his story. we hope that you can help, and if you spot him or think you've seen him, contact the vancouver police department or a local police department if you're in another city. >> right. >> larry: danielle, will you keep in close touch with us? >> yes. thank you very much. >> larry: anything we can do. >> i appreciate it. >>> the first american man to win a gold medal in two decades is here. write to us on facebook.com or tweet us. there he is. he's next. ♪ well, look who's here. it's ellen. hey, mayor white. how you doing? great. come on in. would you like to see our new police department? yeah, all right. this way. and here it is. comple

how much privacy will facebook users demand?through another year. colleen mcedwards, cnn, atlanta. >>> you know what, this is a first for the last chief executive of sun microsoft. last night, jonathan schwartz tweeted his resignation in the form of japanese poetry called haiku. today's my last day at sun. i'll miss it. it seems only fitting to end on a haiku. financial crisis, stalled. too many customers. ceo, no more. >>> we'll share your blog comments about the tea party after this. o get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world. >>> hey, guys, thanks for writing in on our blog and social networking sites. we've b

he's a facebook comment. if it takes a village to raise a child, then school is not the only place kids should be taught about abstinence. parents, the community and the church should talk about abstinence. this is the only way kids will learn if they see how much people care for them. yes, talking about abstinence does work because it worked for me. >> i've got a lot of comments. here's one from teresa who writes why do we keep discussing abstinence? it just doesn't work. i say preach abstinence at home but make sure they have access to birth control. anything else is stupid. >> she makes a point the reason we're talking about it so much this time is because this appears to be the first study to say maybe in the right context it might work but we do seem to talk about it a lot. i think people are looking for answers when it comes to their kids. the question is can abstinence-only education work. call us right now at 1-877-tell-hln. the email address is cnn.com/hln. text to hlntv, standard text rates apply or

the imposter poses as a flow student and asks to be facebook friends. the trouble starts once an unsuspecting student accepts the online friendship. that is when the culprit uses their name and attaches it to pornographic photos. >> parents need to be more alert. there were so many kids who had posted and replied. if their parents were friends they would have seen the same thing i did. which is inappropriate. >> reporter: 200 students who attended chevy chase high school were bee friended by this pornographer who used a name that was close to an actual student. parents are talking about how to keep their kids safe online at momslikeme.com. >>> caught in the breeze. a look at why washington was feeling like the windy city today. we'll check in with topper to see what the weekend will look like across the area. stay with us. with fios you have instant access to news, traffic and weather without changing the channel. i will be ready for whatever the day throws at me. uh, looks like torrential rain, bumper to bumper traffic and some kind of weird smell down

jen writes on facebook. we have not seen a plow. and we live on a street that is definitely wide enough for one. i live two blocks from belair road. i know the citizens need to take responsibility. but come on. >> all levels of the government are currently running short on supplies, of course. to get the latest snow off the streets. karen parks live in ellicott city. karen, how much salt is actually left? we have had enough this year. >> well, jeff, you know what, we don't have enough to do the job. not right now. not today. the state is running out. and here is the problem. you see mounds of snow like this. where are they going to move it and how do they keep the streets clean? what is happening now is after last weekend's big snow storm. the state is running out of salt. the state started with 350,000 tons of salt and now workers have less than half of that to work with. officials say they have started to pull salt from areas that don't need it. like eastern shore. but that will not be enough to solve the problem. nine shipments o

you can hit the facebook icon or the contact us button.ans you will send an e-mail. >> i don't know about you, but most of my teachers i would not have wanted to have seen do a lap dance. >> it makes me think if you'll do pole dancing as an olympic sport you're blurring that line. anyway. >> that was the story yesterday that there was a big discussion about, you know, this could become, or even a couple of days ago, this could become -- there's a push for it to become an olympic sport. not with the stripper costumes, with gymnast costumes. back to what i was talking about, with the safety issues, would you buy a toyota right now? the family -- the company is making offers that it hopes you cannot refuse. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. >> these toyota dealers have all these cars and they've got a lot of fears to face so they want to make the cars look great. so some of the deals throughout, $1,000 off a new camry. "the wall street journal" is mostly off with the leases. some of the bells and whistles are 0% financing. in some

go to our facebook page right now.now how to get there automatically, by going to our web page, cnn.com/robin. we'll put that on the show. >>> take a look at this. not something you want to see just outside your house. people in california are dealing with a lot of bears and now the state wants to get serious about fixing the problem. that is new for you in about 45 minutes. they're like, where's the buffet. >>> "avatar" is now officially the biggest money-making movie in the united states. this week, it topped $600 million, putting it just ahead of "titanic." "avatar" has already shattered the overseas box office record with more than $2 million. if you're not looking at the screen, come here and look. this is a really cool side by side of how they made the movie. see how the actors are kind of all wired up and how technology actually captures the expressions on their face. i think that's fascinating. james cameron, who made both films, says he's pushing for an "avatar" sequel. >>> as if toyota's problems were not bad

that's what we are hearing on twitter, facebook. a lot of people are talking about the storm this morning because you can see this stuff is just gnarlly. we have been getting about six inches of snow here in gaithersburg since it started to fall. and it is stacking up here in this big snow drift. look at this stuff coming down. under all of this is the ice from last saturday's storm and you know what, that storm on saturday, people on dwighter and facebook, all the social networking sites were calling it snowmageddon, snowvechkin but we are new names. people are calling this storm, snow end in sight. snow he didn't and my personal favorite cluster flake. this is a cluster out here this morning. and we are seeing road crews hitting 355. we have seen a lot of plows and standing trucks but when you see this much wind, this low visibility and this much coming down it is really tough. this is a shell station in gaithersburg. this driveway was clear this morning and now you can see they have gaps but -- they have gas but cars are having a

we also have a facebook poll so jump on.et's hear what you have to say. >>> welcome back it "prime news" on hln. do we really want our 8 and 9-year-old girls wearing fishnet and lace. new clothing line out there called oolalacoutoure. miley sigh krus's sister has worn the clothes. her best friend, launching the line. is this sexualizing little girls? we saw the lace. they are 8, 9. the boots. is this what we want? if they are wearing that at 8 and 9 i shudder to think what they are wearing at 12. are you comfortable with this? 1-877-tell-hln's the number. annie from texas, your thoughts? >> caller: yes. i'm a grandmother. i mhave nine grandchildren. if any of my family members dressed their children like that i think i would take a stick to them. >> just unacceptable, huh? >> caller: absolutely. these children are too young. that's too young for 15. the older they get they will dress more provocative and more sexy. i don't know who came up with this line of clothing, but it completely ought to be banned everywhere. those lit

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from our facebook page. question is how do we po if the other cars not on the recall list areour facebook page. the question is how do we po if the other cars not on the recall list are safe? from our facebook page. the question is how do we po if the other cars not on the recall list are safe? >> translator: i'm not quite sure what that question means. >> larry: i guess it means if a car wasn't recalled, does that mean absolutely it's a safe car? >> translator: well, i said earlier we will be adding the brake override system to the newly produced vehicle, but also we would be putting it into the existing vehicle, as well. and i'm not an engineer myself, but i have already given instructions to our engineers that to what degree we need to retrofit this brake override system to the existing vehicle so that the customer can feel safe and use them in a comfortable way, so we would be providing this brake override system and so that our customers can feel very certain and confident in riding their vehicles safel

let's take a look at what people are saying on facebook. juljulie wrote on pace facebook. my day at all. people have to take it easy out to the roads this morning. that's great advice. >> tiffany said she is at home enjoying a much-needed snow day. schools are closed and she is going to venture out for a walk in the snow maybe later. that sounds like a lot of fun if we could all be home for snow days. >>> coming up later on fox 45 morning news. pink puts on a performance to remember on the grammys, what she is twitting now that it's all over. >>> between a and 2. >> but next, it's a cupcake you should be able to share no problem. the bake ware that promises to oh, no! yeah, oh, no, i got to go. oh, can you make that to-go? these days, nobody has time to get sick, but minute clinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections, with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys want to go to the park? yeah! yeah! minute clinic -- the medical clinic inside c

by the way, there's a facebook page up for dr.ke is a hero with like nine exclamation marks. 15,000 people. >> by the end of the day it will probably be tripled. on the deer creek middle school website, there's notice that deer creek middle will be closed today, wednesday, february 24th. counselors will be available for students beginning at 7:30 a.m. at stony creek elementary, so they're doing what they can for the students. this affects everybody, not just the students there at that school. other schools too. you know who are in fear sometimes to go to school. but this area, it takes a bad rap, you know. littleton, colorado, it is gorgeous out there. i was just out there not too long ago. a former fbi buddy of mine lives out there, but it is gorgeous. these are isolated incidents. >> mike, you add so much. thank you, appreciate the update. >> thank you, chuck. >>> a public apology, that's what you can expect from akio toyoda when he testifies today before congress. the house oversight and government reform committee investigatin

. >>> you thought you were sending a facebook message to a friend. facebook says it could have ended up in the hands of a total stranger. >>> not even his apologies heard around the world was enough. find out which company just dropped tiger. we'll be right back.  >>> music legend stevie wonder performing at the kennedy center last night all to help out a d.c. school. the proceeds from the benefit concert are going to the duke ellington school for the arts. fox 5's wisdom martin has the story. ♪ it's that love in me >> reporter: stevie wonder has captured the love of music fans. the proceeds from this concert will go to the duke ellington school of the performing arts. >> you know, it's about -- i'm excited about the future. i'm excited about the talent that is brewing. that is brewing in this school as well as other art schools throughout the country. >> reporter: duke ellington was founded -- owe was founded in 1974. it has a 94% graduation rate. 95% of the seniors are accepted into college. >> we're keeping the legacy of the great duke

they're playing games and they're reading email and they're on facebook, et cetera. yet classic psychology says that's impossible, no one can do that. in general, our brains can't do two things at once. and we want to ask the question, how do they do it? do they have some secret ingredient, some special ability that psychologists had no idea about, or what's going on? you guys were chosen because you're very high chronic multitaskers >> dretzin: nass allowed us to film one of his studies, conducted on a group of carefully chosen students. >> on a college campus, most kids are doing two things at once, maybe three things at once. these are kids who are doing five, six or more things at once, all the time. >> dretzin: the experiment looks simple-- identify numbers as odd or even, letters as vowels or consonants. but it's rife with traps in the form of distractions. nass is testing how quickly these kids can switch between tasks without losing their focus. >> i'm pretty much constantly texting, and whenever i study, i have my laptop out... >> dretzin: brian is a junior.

. >> reporter: in today's tech bytes, facebook gets a face. the social networking giant began rolling oit a new look to its home page yesterday to celebrate its sixth birthday. it has a dropdown list and new applications and game dashboards to help you quickly find your favorite apps and games while making it easy to discover new ones. it says it now has over 4 00 million members i've five months -- over five months after hitting 300,000. farmville is hoping to expand its audience to beyond the 375 million people that already play every month. even on msn, you need a facebook log in to play. >>> it seems 3d is everywhere these days movies, sporting events and now computers. there are a couple of 3d laptops on the market. usa today's ed baig has been testing them out and says they are not quite ready for prime time just yet. >> 3d in a laptop is an intriguing curiosity, but i want the technology to improve and get more content to watch on the thing. there are interesting games, but we'll need more. >> you can read ed's complete review on usatod

they've started a facebook page for spork. so far he has 14,000 fans. the vet's office say they are worried for everyone in the case, including spork and the injured tech. >>> we are following a story very closely on hln since the disturbing video surfaced. seattle transit officials are dumping the security company where the guards watched a 15-year-old girl get beaten. the guards were told to observe and report and to call police but not to intervene when they witness criminal activity. that's what they did. transit officials say replacing the company is the best way to help passengers feel safe. >>> the gold medal showdown in men's hockey is all set, team usa against team canada. joe carter has more on the dream matchup. >> good morning, susan. team usa and team canada will play on sunday. it's the rematch everyone wants to see. team usa advanced to that gold medal game after beating finland on friday afternoon. going into the game, many expected a tough semifinal matchup between the two teams. instead, it was the usa's biggest breather of the winter

so on a whim, police checked his facebook page and sure enough, there he was. he even posted his own wanted poster. more importantly, it also said where he was. so police with great police work went out there and arrested him. he is in jail here this morning. there you go. brilliant posting. a wanted poster. >>> all right. near the cleaner greener solution to driving. >> even the prius isn't immune to toyota's troubles. >>> he is accused of killing the king of pop. where he will be this morning. >>> we are sorting out a tremendous amount of snow information. i have the stats for the weather dekes. i wanted to leave you with this one to chew on before we get to the forecast. so far we've had 35.6 inches, ranking us number 14th of all time winters dating back to 1883. if we get ten inches, the new rank would be number 7. 15, number 5, 17 inches number 3. the big wallop of 22.5 if we get that much snow in baltimore that will be the second all- time snowiest winters. kim? >> reporter: we are mostly incident free around the major roadways. it will probably be a diff

let us know and your answer could air in our facebook feedback segment. we want to start the weekend off as right as we can with the storm coming. the first two fans to pot post r code word will win a great prize. we will reveal that code word. so be sure to stay tuned to win. go to facebook fox baltimore to become a fan. >>> our winter blast is coming in later today. many area schools are taking action. here is the list of schools that are closing and some early departures. allegheny county schools, charles county schools, garrett county, and st. mary's county schools have already decided to close for the day. meanwhile, anne arundel county schools will have to go to school but they will be getting out two hours early. baltimore county schools are dismissing two hours early. caroline and carroll county schools are dismissing 2 hours and 30 minutes early. and se cecil county schools will close at 3:00. howard county schools will close three hours early. montgomery county schools will close three hours early and washington county schools will close two hou

you can also sound off on facebook. you can send us a tweet @foxbaltimore or text your answer to 45203. enter fox 45 a for great. fox 45 b for good. fox 45 c for poor. fox 45 d for horrible. and your response may air tonight on the "late edition" at 11:00. >> and we will be watching the snowfall for awhile. >> how long will it last and how much will we get this time? chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a closer look at the winter blast. vytas? >> round three here we go. heavy snowfall is coming down across pretty much most of the state right now. eastern shore though, southeast of salisbury, ocean city. looking a at a mixing in taking place down this. put it in motion. bright white shows the heavy snow going along the 95 corridor. signing out. we see that we have one area of low pressure south. and that will continue to track up and wrap in the moisture. but then we have the second low that will continue to head our direction. by tomorrow morning, that will intensify out over the atlantic. and that will be actu

one writes on facebook. it is the reason why the country will go bankrupt because the government continues to spend money on utter foolishness. >> well, after a recall that is crippled toyota 2010 sales, company problems may be far from over. the auto maker has been hit with more than 100 complaints in the u.s. and japan now about brake problems, with their popular hybrid model the prius. those reported problems have not yet prompted any new recalls. but u.s. safety officials are investigating. >> well, today, local toyota dealerships started to get the parts to fix the vehicle's faulty accelerator pedals. and toyota has been suggesting that if the accelerator sticks, shift the car into neutral and use the brakes. if you own a car that was recalled, you should contact a toyota dealer to schedule an appointment for repairs. >> washington d.c. transportation officials, will review the way it sends accident information. this, of course after the metro did not respond to last weekend's accident fast enough. main

regular is to drive miles to drop by as he sends out up-to-the-minute postings on web sites like facebook or twitter. can that kind of eating ever become the american way of life? back in washington, we met a group of people passionate about local organic and sustainable food production. they are part of what is being called the slow food movement. the president was fresh from a meeting at the white house. >> we have an incredible opportunity with the obama administration. they are behind our issue. and they believe this vast nation is ready for change. >> i think it is time for the sustainable food movement to get ready for primetime. food and farming are the core of every problem we face. they are because in solution to climate change, the health-care crisis, the economic crisis, public education. >> that is why today's focus is on children, but at the white house and at the shopping center where mark supplies of food for children's cooking class. the next step will be teaching adults to cook. the next step for mark will be getting more buses on the road. >> and india has just deferred

. >>> plus, call it a question of facebook etiquette. who should you friend and who you stay away from. >>> wait till you see this. a boxing match turns into an ugly brawl. what sparks the flying fists. >>> as we head to break, 10 billion and counting. itunes has passed the mile marker. a man from woodock, west virginia wh bought a johnny cash song. he got a phone call from steve jobs and $10,000 worth of i tunes music. by the way the most downloaded song of the 10 billion, "i've got a feeling" by black eyed peas. , we need to give businesses all the tools they need to succeed. it's the only way to grow our economy. broadband investment and innovation provide companies new ways to start, grow and create new jobs. even in these tough times, broadband companies are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to connect businesses with each other and their customers. so as washington crafts a national broadband plan, policymakers need to get it right, and build on what's working. broadband for america. >>> did you see

merge your facebook, outlook and family calendars into one calendar. merge your facebook, outlook and family calendars p smart enough to keep up with mom- just $149.99 on the network with the most 3g coverage: verizon. . >>> as we wrap up our storm coverage you're looking at a live picture interest downtown baltimore, light streets, no traffic out there tonight and it's windy, you can tell, partly because the blizzard warning has been expanded to include baltimore city, southern baltimore county and harford county as well and the worst is yet to come tonight. >> yeah, kelly, all of our maryland counties that surround the chesapeake under a blizzard warning now. that is a rare thing. including also the district of columbia down through washington, d.c. radar right now, can you see very heavy bands of snow working their way in. we're maybe not even at the halfway point yet on this storm. so definitely just get set in and stay indoors tomorrow. it's going to be a big one. >> extended coverage tomorrow morning starting at 7 on air and on line. have a safe

. >>> facebook is getting a face-lift. special networking giant began rolling out the new look to its home page yesterday. the tap future has a dropdown list with notifications and messages. it's easier to locate your favorite application and games and discover new ones. >>> there's actually hundreds of anti-ketchup groups on facebook. but they have reason to rejoice this morning. heinz has redesigned this new packet that lets you squeeze or dip. some residents in the midwest and southeast are testing the packet. it rolls out at select fast food restaurants this fall. >> anti-ketchup packets? >> i guess because they're hard to tear open. >> use your teeth. can make a real mess. >>> coming up next, people check the latest track of that major winter storm hitting the east coast. >>> plus, the fate of the american missionaries in haiti. they now face a lengthy jail term. of course. it's where wt. what about here? our first date. [laughs] i don't remember this place. [gasps softly] male announcer: the leo diamond: the first di

inviting people to join my facebook group. what's it called? people who think dunking oreo cakesters is awesome. well, i'm gonna start a facebook group called the dunking is for oreo cookies only and is even awesomer... group! [ beeping ] uh...okay, uh... how do i join facebook? or you just automatically in it? how does that work? [ male announcer ] dunk or don't dunk. choose your side. >>> apparently, in parts of north america between the months of november and march, frozen white precipitation sometimes falls from the sky and coats the earth. i know. meteorologists call this period winter. and washington, d.c. seems genuinely surprised when it happens to them every year. snow, here? impossible! last week, when our nation's capitol got slammed with up 40 inches of the white stuff, the default response was, ah, close everything down, armageddon! fortunately, other cities have better planning. they wisely reached out to, among other places, boston. eight days ago, a team of about 40 boston area drivers including these guys here from wl french es

and would have our buddy by the term winter man on facebook. this is actually greg jackson that reasons the foots forecast fan page and he tells me up in hamstead that he's got about 12 inches on the ground with blizzard conditions and periodic whiteout. so a take that as a legitimate observation. 17 in baltimore and watching the coastal low. i tried to analyze some of the morning models to see if this is going to stall and how long the stuff is going to stick around. we expect the know to be heavy at times. i want to put this snow forecast up for you. i'm sticking with my original forecast of a total of 12 to 20 inches. and i think harford and cecil county you have some rain and you're going catch up. an afternoon of six to one south of baltimore if we can keep this snow around. but plan for an all-day event here. i encourage you like everybody else, do not go out if you do not have to. if you're a first responder, we understand the legitimatesy of your job. >>> we have blizzard conditions. looking at this shot on the beltway at harford road,

and post your favorite president on facebook. look and see how you conway and what your views on your favorite president. we will wrap up with a call from nashua, new hampshire. but first the story we started with. the front page of "the denver post." u.s. rocket hits house, killing 12. photograph of a wounded marine being sent off by his marine buddies. new hampshire, jan upon our democrats lined -- jan honor democrats line. caller: hello? ok. i just want to, number one, first of all say how much i appreciate c-span. it is just wonderful for our democracy. having said that, i am not real happy with your chryon -- grumpy old men -- it is beneath you. these are the former president and -- former vice president and vice president of the united states. one lady said people who do not read should not have an opinion. but actually the facts here are that dick cheney lied about wmd's in iraq and got us into a war we did not need to get into and it going to iraq they left afghanistan and did not finish the war. it is just a fact. last t

twitter is beating the associated press, facebook, my it is space, the other social networking sites there in a flash and posting videos and pictures. it is a whole new way. it is obviously difficult to know what is real and what is not but in a case like this there is not a political agenda and people are giving us the real deal. >> and we saw this with riots and haiti and we have seen this progress where we see the instant reactions, not only the pictures and the video but these personal accounts and stories. >> geraldo: there is the earthquake. >> i think that is from a security camera that somebody was able to link up. >> that may have been from terra.com group. >> there is one woman who has been on twitter in the last few hours, cheryl brewer and was telling people she couldn't get ahold of her sister-in-law maria today. the phone lines were dead and text messages weren't working. she sent out a tweet and said i'm trying to find my sister-in-law, can anybody help and the people who were on twitter got up and said well, we will go find her for you and found marina and then everyb

i want to kick it off with a comment from facebook.nvited you to give us specific solutions to how to fix government. paul has written in. new complex rules created by the congress, senate, et cetera, and enforce the good simple rules in place. creates efficiency, focus and better overall operations. better overall operations. let's bring in the panel. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> christine romans and roland martin, a cnn political analyst and author of barack obama's first "road to the white house" and bay buchanan, and cnn contributor, and karen tum i miy who is the national correspondent for "time" magazine. okay. tomorrow, we have a summit that the president is holding the try to deal with the logjam on health care. do you think that washington is getting the message of how concerned americans are about this freeze, the inability to get anything done? are they really looking at changing things? >> well, i think that the two examples that you cited are a split decision. i think that the jobs bill is one where both senat

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if you've got a question, by the way, send it in to our facebook page, facebook.com/cnnlarrykinglive, or tweet us at king's things. we thank mr. toyoda for joining us. by the way, at the hearing today, the interpretation had delays. we have simultaneous interpretation tonight. mr. toyoda, by the way, you spoke english well in the opening statement. why do you prefer that we do it through an interpreter? >> translator: it is because i was given the opportunity to speak at the hearing, and i wanted to convey that we are working very hard to regain the customers' trust, and i wanted to be very accurate, and that's why i asked to use interpreters. >> larry: so you prefer obviously your native language. was it a difficult day for you? >> translator: yes, honestly, i think it was not an easy day, but i tried very hard, and i am not confident to what degree our sincerity was conveyed, but we are working together with the dealers and other customers who support us, our suppliers and other colleagues and our employer -- employees, and they all supported me, so i held on so far. >> larry: mr. t

diane writes on facebook. if people don't know what a census form is by now, spending 2 1/2 million dollars will not enlighten them. go to foxbaltimore.com and we want to hear from you. you can sound off through facebook. send us a tweet @foxbaltimore. text us at 445203. enter fox 45 a for yes. fox 45 b for no. and we want to mere more of the responses. they will be coming up tonight on the "late edition" at 11:00. >> meantime, aig is now giving out $100 million in bonus money. the money is going to employees in the financial products unit. the bonus was actually cut by $20 million in return for getting it early. bonuses paid to the same department last year, caused a lot of backlash from the public and lawmakers in washington d.c. republicans say the white house should demand an explanation. >> well, the retraction tonight, from the u.s. transportation secretary, who issued a warning about recalled toyotas. ray lahood said he misspoke when he urged toyota owners, not to drive those cars. meanwhile local deale

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you can e-mail us, join us on facebook or text us. it's your chance to be heard. >>> controversy, opinion, your point of view. this is "prime news." >>> welcome. this is "prime news." i'm mike galanos. how is it? how does it happen? a dangerous criminal cons his way out of a baltimore prison just by pretending to be his cellmate. that's what we have here. raymond taylor is his name. he shot his ex-girlfriend. he was mad at her because they broke up, shot her and her teenaged daughters, lined them up against the bedpost and shot them execution style. they miraculously lived. raymond taylor was serving three life sentences, but against protocol he's put in the same cell with an inmate who is about to be released. when the guard called that inmate's name, officials say taylor, our hard ened criminal, walked up as this guy. memorized the i.d. number, and that act got him through three checkpoints. >> the inmate was asked to verbally give his i.d. number as this officer checked the numbers against the i.d. card. taylor recited numbers belo

people have been talking about facebook and twitter and all of that stuff. or women's facilities with you, for crying out loud. there is no excuse. it is all about amplifying your voice. making yourself heard, not being afraid to say that you do not like barack obama and a public place. [applause] i was in a supermarket heir after the election with my kids and i live in st. louis and, as we all know, they don't really like conservatives in st. louis. we have an acorn problem in st. louis. we haven't sciu problem and say low as. we have a lot of purple-sure the people running around in st. louis. my son saw president obama on every magazine cover. my son is the new alex p. keaton. he said i don't like a bar -- barack obama and i don't like his policies and he is costing people jobs. [laughter] [applause] i am in the supermarket surrounded by hippies and my first inclination was to turn around and go, shh." then i started thinking, how are we going to win if we cannot raise our boys in the supermarket? my child had more cordial and i did in that moment. [appla