some workers in fargo may have gone too far to prove the point. it decided to take a break from their jobs by going outside with temperatures of 52 -- five degrees below zero. the temperature today? 20 degrees below in fargo. >>> the windchill factor out there, and has been tough in the midwest. that has been rough for us. but let the cold temperatures to around tonight into tomorrow, only making it to freezing. the sunshine makes it look better outside, flurries monday night. it then the temperatures warm and to the low, middle 40's thursday, wednesday. >>> thank you for joini

think of the movie "fargo" when you think about this. it hasn't improved with windchill warnings in duluth. you live in duluth, you're hardy. you're used to bad winters. you're seeing one today. even as far south as san antonio, texas, the windchill is 34, new orleans, 35. this cold is gripping the country. we have freeze warnings for florida. look at the morning temperatures. if you chose to take a vacation to warm up to florida this week, you're not happy. orlando will be 30 to 32 degrees all week long. these are the morning lows. a lot of oranges are south of orlando now because of pass winters that have killed them. hopefully south florida should be just fine with the orange crops, but this is cold here. you go to disney for the week, and you're hoping for temperatures that are going to be warm, you're not doing the water rides this week. >> no. i was also thinking about the movie "fargo," remember that one scene where these two guys both are dressed like eskimos and one of them looks up and says something like, "i hear it's going to

you can see fargo at 33 below. aberdeen, 30 and sioux city, iowa. it fells like 30 below in fargo.bitterly cold, feeling like 1 below. a day to stay inside and bundle up. you can see across the nation where that reaches into the southeast. this will start to spread in parts of florida. you'll be below freezing in gainesville as well as jacksonville. we have another storm system across the northeast. temperatures not as cold here. that's because we have a little bit of that ocean influence taking place. we have an area of low pressure right about here. nor'easter can condition interior parts of maine which could get hardest hit where we see 18 inches of snowfall. winds will be brutal. portland, maine, a live picture to show you of conditions there. light snow, fog and mist, 25 degrees. your wind chill is at 12 above at this hour. we are looking at four to eight in the city. this is lasting all weekend long because our area of low pressure is doing what we call retro grading, moving backwards so it will linger in the coast on sunday and start to pull out by monday. it's causing a lot

we got above zero in fargo. we are in the 30s for the highs in dallas. we got into the 20s in new orleans and jacksonville. 42 degrees in miami right now. in orlando? this afternoon, it was 33 degrees. a lot of cold air for a lot of the country. we are in the middle of that. what is going to happen over the next few days is the cold air will ease. a front will pass by and we may get a flurry or two. after that, the warm up is coming. the cold air sticks around tomorrow. we struggle to get to 30 for the high. monday, we are still in the 30s, but not quite as bad. this is the front that comes through monday night into tuesday. maybe a few flurries with it. we will still be in the highs on tuesday in the 30s. after that, we jump back into the 40s. i'll show you that in a moment. small craft advisory with the winds out of the west. tomorrow, we are going up to 30 for the high. take a look at the next few days here. we creep these temperatures up. we are up to 36. monday, 38. by wednesday, 42 degrees. 46 on thursday. adam. >>> thank you. if you have high bloo

a negative 11 degree reading in fargo, north dakota.he national weather picture and what you can expect at home. gwen's five-day forecast up next.  it's so hard to choose one. you know, during the sign then drive event, you can get a cc, tiguan or fuel efficient jetta for practically just your signature. you can get scheduled maintenance at no cost. there's got to be more to it than that... i'll never doubt you again. so i make them pillsbury aster strudel. warm, flaky pastry with delicious, sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get box tops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. that, on the list of things kids love, our party pizzas have just passed toy robots. awkward. kids love totino's party pizzas. >>> a storm moving through the northeast, setting its sights on massachusetts, boston harbor. this is the boardwalk. the sand is now covered by snow. high winds creating strong waves there. 10 inches of snow is expected. they are not alone. a chilly first week of the new year from

. >>> frigid temperatures are nothing new to people in north dakota, but some workers in fargo may have gone too far. they decided to take a break in the job by going outside yesterday when the temperature hit five below zero. it even got colder. they would not be out there today with at 20 below zero. >>> uc video of the polar plunge, there you go. we are dealing with cold weather today. outside at this hour, the skies are mostly clear on pennsylvania avenue, the wind is beginning to subside a little bit. a little bit of a wind chill factor. the weatherbug network, starting off, 41 degrees, but look where it is, florida. it feels like 33 degrees. they have a wind chill of 5 degrees in the morning, all across florida, hard freeze. the backstop, walkersville, maryland, 26 degrees, updating to 25 degrees. feels like 20 degrees. the wind chill not much of a factor. it will be really cold tonight. today at reagan national, 36, 42 the record. up and down the east coast, temperatures in the 20's and 30's. pittsburgh, 20 degrees. three degrees minneapolis. miami, fla., 43 degrees. not the best

current temperatures fargo, 25 degrees below zero.uth, the teens below zero, 18 below. 10 below in minneapolis. green bay and milwaukee, even chicago in single digits. the same can be said for much of michigan. you don't see numbers up there, but i can guarantee they will be in single spots like detroit. in the great lake state, we have i-reports to tell the story and what they are dealing with. a lot of snow. all lake-effect activity. it says, for, cold, even here in florida. this is a dusting of snow. the ireport is sent to us from diana kalen. it will be chilly in three rivers, michigan, and the next couple of days. we are not expecting temperatures to warm up for a while. here's what's in store for the rest of the nation. it will be very cold and it is not just the temperatures but the combination of low temperatures with the wind. it will drop the windchill factor in parts like the southeast to 10 to 20 degrees. that's what it feels like outside to the exposed skin. the thing is, don't expose skin. you want to be covered up as mu

fargo, 33 below zero. minneapolis, 12 below. get to the afternoon in places like minneapolis, we will be warming to 2, 2 degrees fahrenheit. chicago warmer but not much, only 12. 30s for boston, new york, and then back to atlanta, 38 degrees. the other side of that frontal boundary, it warms up significantly in both tampa and miami. 52 over in dallas and 42 in denver. now the big weather story we're going to be dealing with is really going to take place weatherwise in terms of precipitation. up in new england, they could see up to a foot of snowfall in parts of upstate maine. so if you're driving along parts of i-95, the heavy snowfall combined with the strong wind gust could give you very limited visibility. keep that in mind. scattered snow showers possible for the great lakes. snow possible in the central plains and into the rockies. same story in the pacific northwest. parts of the coastal range and cascades, heavy snowfall a possibility. light snow possible into the sierra-nevada. that is a look at your forecast across the

fargo at this hour, 27 degrees below zero fahrenheit, minneapolis, 14 below, duluth, even des moines and sioux falls, temperatures there dropping significantly. kansas city this morning, current temperature right around 3. we're heading for a better day in kansas city. 14 degrees, nice and beautiful for you there. atlanta, 38 degrees, 30 in boston, new york also 30 degrees. speaking of new york, a great shot for you. it's of central park. not too many skaters for time being, but we've seen them on and off. looks like the zamboni is cleaning off the ice, but more skaters will enjoy the great day. with highs in the low 30s, don't think much of that snow or ice will be long gone. the rest of your forecast, we may be seeing snowfall across parts of the central plains as well as the central and northern rockies, the cascades certainly could get in on the snow action, but fairly dry in the desert southwest with high temperatures that will be going up to about 71 degrees in vegas, 52 in dallas, 34 in memphis, and 65 in miami. that is a wrap on the forecast. pretty nice for part of the natio

rain in the northwest from rain in northern washington. 15 in seattle, 30s in the northern rockies, fargo only gets to minus 3 while kansas city and minneapolis barry dig out of single digits. just 63 for miami. 37 for dallas. >>> the first family leaves behind the tropical warmth of hawaii for the frigid temperatures of washington, d.c. they bordered air force one just a few hours ago for the overnight flight. on the last day of vacation, the president and first lady and two first daughters spent some time at the honolulu zoo. they visited the limas, the monkeys, among other exhibits. >>> coming up, a new movie hits the $1 billion mark at the box office. >>> plus, behind fares, a popular tv show helps to capture a fugitive. >>> and the world's new tallest building. it is the pride of a city but is have you gotten your seasonal flu vaccination? great - but your work's not done yet. we still need to get the h1n1 flu vaccination. you, me -- we should all get one. the vaccine is safe and proven effective against this highly contagious new strain of flu virus. we can help prevent the spread o

this is like freezing your face off. 27 below in fargo, 20 below in duluth. but in this spot right up here in international falls, we have temperatures at this hour of 35 degrees below zero. that doesn't include the windchill factor. thankfully the wind isn't much of a factor, but certainly cold times. mims, 14 degrees. voila, here's the city of mary tyler moore. that's right. looks pretty good there. we see a little bit of the heat coming off the buildings but not going to be that warm of a day. the highs for that part of the world, only 2 degrees, single digits all day for you or those minus conditions. over in chicago, 12 degrees the expected high. in new york or boston, a little warmer, into the 30s, boston in the high 30 degrees, could be a little warmer, the charles river, you see the low clouds hanging up above, but i tell you, you want to talk about up above, farther north of boston, the big story is snowfall, especially upstate maine. we could be seeing up to a foot of snowfall. when you combine that heavy snow with the strong wind gusts, whiteout co

rain in the northwest from rain in northern washington. 15 in seattle, 30s in the northern rockies, fargo only gets to minus 3 while kansas city and minneapolis barry dig out of single digits. just 63 for miami. 37 for dallas. >>> the first family leaves behind the tropical warmth of hawaii for the frigid temperatures of washington, d.c. they bordered air force one just a few hours ago for the overnight flight. on the last day of vacation, the president and first lady and two first daughters spent some time at the honolulu zoo. they visited the limas, the monkeys, among other exhibits. >>> coming up, a new movie hits the $1 billion mark at the box office. >>> plus, behind fares, a popular tv show helps to capture a fugitive. >>> and the world's new tallest building. it is the pride of a city but is it already a symbol of a time gone by? you must be looking for motorcycle insurance. you're good. thanks. so is our bike insurance. all the coverage you need at a great price. hold on, cowboy. cool. i'm not done -- for less than a dollar month, you also get 24/7 roadside assistance. right on. y

it is 25 degrees below zero in fargo.inneapolis, subzero conditions there, too. ten below. sioux falls, des moines, back into omaha, even kansas city, single digits. and same story in green bay, milwaukee and chicago. later on today, we do expect things to modify a bit in terms of temperatures going right to 32 degrees s in memphis. 54 in houston. that's only part of the story. the other issue is the strong winds you'll be dealing with where wrch factor will feel anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees in parts of the southeast and central plains. up towards the great lakes, western half, it's going to feel ten below just in terms of the windchill for much of the midday and early morning hours. now what we can expect in terms of your travel, heavy snow may continue for parts of upstate maine. scattered snow showers across the empire state of new york and pennsylvania. snow showers also possible across parts of the central plains and back into the midwest. and in the pacific northwest, we'll see rain along the coast and snow back i

citi's up 8%, wells fargo up 7%, bank of america up 11%, but yet google, rimm both down. but that said, there's a little bit of a rotation in the first five days of the year. >> i don't even know whether it's a whole week because that trend which existed for the first four days of this week didn't exist on the fifth which was today. today we saw -- we did see technology outperformed financials. they keep saying as goes january, so goes the year. but as goes the first four out of five trading days, so goes the year? i don't know that that works necessarily. >> but today much like part of december for financials. it's a good thing that not every financial name has participated in the rally. citigroup is still trying to get out of its own way, but jpmorgan and morgan stanley and goldman sachs are all up significantly just in the past month, 5% to 10% for all of those names. >> the overall market did quite nicely in the first five trading sessions and at the same time we've seen volatility being sucked out of the market. 19 month lows intraday friday session. what do we make

bill yes, wells fargo is an enemy in the book. >> he said wells fargo is still around.. in addition to his legacy and developing this kind of financial and economic kind of -- as i put it the unseen war tectture of our world. he also built the infrastructure. he built what is now the tunnel that runs up park avenue. he constructed a lot of rail infrastructure to that dale is vital part. it's a good reason for having a statute out in modern. >> it's almost the last stand. there's the komodo standing. the traffic kind of breaks around him. the wars whim are overwhelmed in the society. -- the cars which are overwhelmed in the society. >> they came close to tearing down grand central. >> close. >> it's amazing how this would all run. depot was there because there's a law against having steam powered rail below 42nd. most of the city was below. being a catastrophe for people being run over. on top of the issue, you have the training coming down. early on, when the trains are coming to grand central, they would actually decouple the engine from the rest of the train. at the p

wells fargo was the mortgage servicer and that is to service my loan and who i got my loan from.e time, i did not know all the ins and out of mortgages. the settlement was really fast. you're trusting your mortgage broker. you're trusting the bank. what else can you do? you really do not have a clue. you just have someone said they will finance you. yes, you are approved. >> what would happen today she went in for a loan? >has anything changed? >> she would not get a loan at this point. it is much tougher to get a loan these days. she should not have been given a loan at that point. she knows that now. >> what happened to her church? >> the church is gone. she is not functioning as a minister, now. she is basically survive in. that loan was for 7.5%. it had the possibility of rising to almost 13%. >> 13% with a rise every six months. >> how much of this is our responsibility? >> we explore that to someone in the film. in the film, you meet the community lawyer. both of them are very smart lawyers and they say that smart lawyers do not understand all of the jargon in these loans a

the windchill still well below freezing. 22 below in fargo. winnipeg, 31 below. minneapolis, minus eight. doing better than the 40s and 50s you have been dealing with in the upper midwest. there, you can see the picture as a whole. you can see los angeles, 73 degrees, making you feel warm for about 5 seconds there. 22 in atlanta. 31 degrees is the temperature your body is feeling in orlando. we have been seeing moisture moving in across parts of florida. you combine that with temperatures near the freezing mark. we have been getting some sleet in some of these areas. tampa has been reporting. we have seen a little bit in orlando as well as over towards daytona beach. as that freezing line of the arctic air pushes south, we will start to see more. temperatures, how much cooler are they than knocking, look at that. 28 below your average in springfield. 25 below average in new orleans and orlando. 30 degrees below where you should be. some folks trying to have a little bit of fun in this cold air. you have to make the best of the situation. >> i love that, come on.

fargo's minus 3. omaha 9. the twin cities 11. 30s from atlanta to boston. a chilly 63 in miami. >>> they are literally dripping with pride in the big easy, taking a plunge all in the name of team spirit. >> with good reason. saints fever was running high. and even down deep at the new orleans aquarium. divers sported saints paraphernalia. you can see the logo there on the tank as they clean tanks and fed fish and sharks. there were saints logos on hats, jerseys, even the oxygen tank right there. you can see it. >> all the fanfare in celebration of the saints' number one standing in the nfc south. >> and they should be proud of that, well done, saints. we'll be right back with more "world news now." whoo! awake again? >>> welcome back. the tallest building in the world opens to the public today in dubai. the tiny arab emirate for outsized ambition. >> but the kingdom has fallen on leaner times. so with today's debut it hopes to get visitors to look up again. laura setrakian is in dubai. good morning to you, laura. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and linsey

i know one archivist at wells fargo.nd so, i set out know if you like the book because william fargo is an enemy in the book. he said well, wells fargo is still around. in new york central railroad isn't. and i said, good point, except in addition to his legacy and creating a corporate world in developing this kind of financial and economic as i put the unseen architecture of our world wearied he also, you know, built the central structure. he built the original grand central and what is now the tunnel that runs a park avenue, constructed a lot of the rail infrastructure that to this day is a vital part of the city. and he is a good reason for having a statue in front of the modern grand central. >> metaphorically it is the last stand. as the commodore standing and the traffic rates the mountain. the cars were just overwhelmed to society and the transportation still have it succeeded in tearing down grand central. but it's amazing the way this would all live. the depot was there because there was a law in the city agains

this group of workers couldn't be stopped in fargo, north dakota.me striped down to their shorts in a jog in 5 below temperatures. a chicago woman is counting her blessings. rescuers saved her and her dog as they fell through the ice in lake michigan. even florida is seeing freezing temperatures as well. not a fear of global warming at least not right now any way. >> but my sister texted me yesterday and she lives near orlando, that ice was falling. ice is falling in orlando. it's crazy. >> and it's gotten cold here too. and gwen tolbert is keeping an eye on things down in the weather center. >>> we do have a warm-up, but relatively speaking. nothing you want to put your shorts on and be running outside in, that's for sure. let's look at current temperatures. very chilly start to the morning outside, folks. 20 degrees officially in the district. 16 at gaithersburg and 17 degrees at baltimore. and here is a look at mid- atlantic. temperatures, look at boston at 12 degrees and 15 in new york. 4 in pittsburgh. now the winds are light to breezy. anywher

and while the tarp money may have gone to bail those companies out, the wells fargos and the bank of americans. local regional banks are still struggling with real estate loans, housing loans, commercial real estate. why that's hitting the economy so hard is they aren't lending money. >> let's step back a little -- all right, jim. first of all let's take a look at the big board, what happened today. if this is really worrying investors to the agree you're concerned, the market had a funny way of showing it. it finished up on the day and was fairly tranquil and robust on the week. now i want to take a look at this double dip thing that you allude to. the possibility we could reenter something bad. it's happened in a number of recessions in the past. it's rare but it would mean whatever growth you have is short-lived and you go back into something deeper. now, the jobs number might indicate that, but isn't it too soon to tell. something else would have to happen, right? >> i think it is too soon to tell. but normally when you start seeing an economy improve, you start to see credit get

in and we're talking about cold air at this hour that is to the tune of 23 degrees below seer know fargo. 15 in duluth. 20 below in thunder bay and right here in international falls, this area, brooke, when he a spot where we had 32 below seer pope trust me. people living there, deal wig that stuff, that circle is more of a frown. it's going to be a rough time for them, to say the very least. however, warmer conditions on the way. expecting a few changes mid-week. what's going to happen, a lot of cold air moving into parts of the southeast. a mix of sunshine and clouds for much of the southeast. then we see a transformation in weather conditions when you get up to parts of new england. case in point, maine. parts of maine, the corridor, northern half of the state up to a foot of snowfall between now and tomorrow afternoon. that coupled with wind gusts, 30, 40 miles aen hour making visibility difficult for travelers. be careful there. the west, snow popping up across parts of the central northern and plains. northern central rockies. same deal in the cascades and light snowfall in the foo

in the upper midwest this morning, including north dakota, grand forks there at 35 below zero and fargo at 33 below. that's all due to antarctic high pressure system. we have low pressure here towards the canadian maritimes. and this low is doing a backwards turn. you don't see that happen very often. it's called retrograding. this is the same thing that brought the rain in new york city on new year's eve. well, it's coming back and bringing heavy snow across parts of maine. check out the picture that's we have that we want to show you. this is just outside of portland in the wyndham area. the snow so far hasn't been all that bad but the winds are going to be picking up and we have had a lot of coastal flooding in this area as well. so that's that system's going to stick with us throughout the day for tomorrow. again, heaviest accumulations in the interior parts of the northeast. if you're trying to travel, don, still a lot of people trying to get around and about from the holidays. we've got delays over an hour at most of the major airports in the northeast, and those winds are going t

fargo, 33 below, 22 below in sioux city. the other part of our weather story today is a nor'easter. remember that system that brought all that rain to you, john, in new york city on new year's eve? that system is coming back for a second hoorah. it is bringing in moisture and heavy snow across northern new england. we could see 8 to 18 inches of snow across central parts of maine. we won't see a lot of heavy snow from new york to boston, boston a couple of inches, we are going to see some incredible winds. look at this live picture. this is out of providence, rhode island, where the temperatures is 25 degrees. winter weather advisory for you looking at 2 to 4 inches of snow. winds tonight, gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour. so that's going to catch a lot of people off guard as those winds come in in the overnight hours. winds and low clouds causing a ground stop right now at boston logan until 7:30. that means nobody is taking off to get to boston at that hour. over an hour delay at jfk in newark. we're expecting those delays to continue through the day tomorrow, don, as that low gets

the arctic air couldn't stop this group of workers in fargo, north dakota. some even stripped down to their shorts for a jog in 5 below temps. ever heard of ostbite? it's bismarck that is winning the prize for the coldest. it is 33 below zero the. a chicago woman is counting her blessings. in fact, rescuers saved her and her dogs after they fell through the ice into lake michigan. >> they did a great job. this ended up really well but it could have been otherwise if they hadn't gotten there in time. >> even florida isn't so warm and while animals in other parts of the country can handle the cold, this sarasota animal shelter is preparing for winter conditions. >>> switching gears a little bit, no doubt mentoring changes lives. the mentoring for young mothers program provides special opportunities to pair an experienced mom with a young expecting or new mother. fox 5's beth parker sat down with a pair that started as mentor and student who say it's a bond that will last a lifetime. >> that's a good idea. look at that. >> reporter: julia is spending her aftern

a bone-chilling negative 11 degrees in fargo, north dakota tells the story across much of the countryxpected to dip as low as negative 33 before it is all over. they may be used to frigid air in the twin cities. >> i can handle it. i'm cold. but of a been around the block. doctors and nurses say freezing temperatures can be dangerous and cause frostbite. >> there is no magic temperature that says you are going to get frostbite or not, you know? it is the amount. it is the temperature outside and the henges of time and the length of exposure. >> reporter: travelers in michigan and indiana are battling the wind a snow. state troopers along the highways urging drivers to use caution. >> you have to have both hand on the wheel certainly. >> white knuckles and all? >> a little bit. >> reporter: snow continues to fall in parts of new england where forecasters are calling for up to 14 inches in some areas. massachusetts, vermont and maine are also battling winds near 30 miles per hour. and mother nature doesn't spare the south. farmers in louisiana bracing for a hard freeze which could cause

far fargo, 19 below. nechb to green bay and one of the warmer spots, denver, colorado with 25. little bit warmer in cheyenne, wyoming with 28. but plenty of sunshine in parts of the four corners and back out west, looks pretty good. on monday expect that frontal boundary to come ashore. snow possible in the sierra nevada. natural plains, parts of missouri, jefferson city, might have light snow to deal with through the afternoon hours. possibly heavier snow away from some of the main roads. more coming up right here on cnn sunday. thataboy. [ male announcer ] prilosec otc. heartburn gone. power on. wait. fedex has ground shipping? oh, that's right. you just woke up from a 23-year coma. yeah, it was a long one. did i miss anything? uh, the cold war ended. [ man ] pluto's no longer a planet. culture club broke up. the berlin wall came down. wait. the club broke up? i never saw them live. that was too soon. what have i done? [ male announcer ] we understand. you need it there fast. fedex ground. [ female announcer ] most people make resolutions... based on what they see on the outs

so retail banks like, say, wells fargo which rely primarily on deposits won't be hit as hard.hey might pay tens of millions of dollars a year, but companies like goldman sachs, morgan stanley, j.p. morgan chase, companies that rely heavily on borrowed money to fund their wall street activities could face a bill of several hundred million dollars a year. >> warner: so when the president said this would promote reform in the banking industry, are they hoping this tax or fee actually provides a sent set of incentives. >> they don't view this as a major force for change but they're hoping incrementally, on the margin this is will push banks to borrow a little bitless, make borrowing a little bit more expensive, maybe think about whether you want to pay a little tax by reducing bonuses. it's intended to compliment some of the other things they're doing. >> warner: and not rely so much on leverage. >> yes, and reduce the risks they're taking. >> warner: now, what are the prospects in congress? in congress they seem outraged over the bonuses and the profits. >> right now it's hard to

fargo had a record low this morning. international falls had a record low. i think there are like 20 location that's had record lows. the windchills are almost unbearab unbearable. what i did on this map, anywhere colored in as a windchill below freezing. 80% of the country has a feels-like temperature on your skin below freezing. only coastal california up through washington, florida down in the deep south and texas and louisiana do not feel like you're below freezing. in minneapolis, these will be your high temperatures this week. this is going to be your coldest week you have seen in a long time. overnight low tonight, going to be about minus 13. that's not even taking into account what we're dealing with temperaturewise with the winds. now, florida, you have a freeze warning. any time talk about florida and freeze warnings, you worry about the citrus, sensitive plants. it's really a tropical climate south of orlando. we have freeze warnings outside of tampa and outside of ft. myers and naples. miami, you look fine and west palm beach looks fine. central

host: did all of your aid come through wells fargo? caller: i found out, about three-quarters of the way through, the home assistance mortgage program. i forget what it entails. it was carried by freddie mac. i did not even know that. there was nothing in the paperwork to state that it was carried by freddie mac. host: thank you for calling in this morning. more this morning about mortgage help from the u.s. government -- from "the baltimore sun" it says "murky message stymies obama. with congressional support eroding, his popularity falling and his renomination of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke potentially in trouble, president obama faces an even more daunting task in saving his entire domestic agenda and persuading millions of angry americans that his economic policies will bring them a brighter future. even as the economy has begun calling its way out of the great recession and job losses have slowed dramatically, critics on the left and right, even party loyalists, say that the president has failed to articulate a clear eco

wells fargo was the mortgage servicer, and that's who serviced my loan and who i got the loan through. i really -- at that particular time -- didn't know all the ins and out of a mortgage loan. i just took it by faith that i was going to be ok. settlement was really fast. you just don't know. you know, you're trusting your mortgage broker. you're trusting the settlement people. you're trusting the bank. and what else can you do? you really don't have a clue. you're just happy to have someone say yes, we will finance you. yes, you are approved. yes, you can go to settlement. >> what would happen today from what you know, if she went in for a loan like she got before? >> if she was looking for a loan? >> i mean, has anything changed? she says she doesn't -- she trusted all these people -- >> she would not get a loan at this point. you know, loans -- it's much, much, much tougher to get a loan these days. so, no i -- she shouldn't have been given a loan at that point. and she knows that now. >> what happened to her church? >> the church is gone. i mean she's, you know, she's not function

putting everything at risk until that check make it's all the way from the title company to wells fargo lender. >> they have plenty of questions for maple leave wanting to know what happened to the original money meant to payoff their mortgages. >> we found their offices closed and the phone disconnected. >> if you'd like, i'll give you all our attorney's information. >> a title insurance company is suing maple leave. fidelity national title and maple leave decided to terminate an agreement. days later, they learned of a $600,000 miss appropriation of funds by a former employee. on october 21, 2009, fidelity national finds $3.3 million missing from another account. >> i can't talk about our investigative activities. i can tell you that any consumers who have been harmed or fear they have been harmed. we urge them to contact us. >> maryland's insurance commissioner says his office has noticed an increase of similar complaints of stolen funds. he attempted to contact attorney but no luck. next, in education letter, what the teacher's union has to say and what those cuts could effect stude

new england spinning all that cold air back and look at these temperatures. 5 in des moines, 8 in fargo. keep in mind by the mid week, another system will roll on through and we could be talking about temperatures 30 degrees cooler than this. and these cold temperatures dip down to places like northwest arkansas where you'll see some snow today and southwestern missouri. let's widen out the picture and talk about the northwest. we'll see rain roll on through today. the place to be the southwest, just beautiful. and get your >>> 11 minutes past the hour. let's turn it over to russ mitchell for a look at our headlines this morning. >>> happy new year. there is news this morning that the first american combat deaths of the year in afghanistan, four american service members were killed by a roadside bomb sunday in the southern part of the country. last year roadside bombs accounted for almost half of the u.s. military deaths in afghanistan. >>> five americans are in court this morning in pakistan and deny planning to carry out terrorist attacks. the lawyer for the five young men from the wa

it has also worked in other disasters such as the new orleans hurricanes and fargo floods. this required 22.5 ftes but he made the right decision when you approach them because we would rather have them located here in south dakota than in another state so that south dakota ins will hold these jobs and are closer to the black hills when we do have a fire. i think our people appreciate having that team here even if it means we have to count them as ftes. by the way, the federal government is paying 100% of the cost. we have also trained over 1,000 state federal local and volunteer firefighters in the past year. we are also improving the state fair. attendance is up 22% over the last three years. camp grout revenue was up 34% and sales tax collections are up 86%. corporate sponsorships are up 90%. a number of vendors is the largest in the last ten years, and the total number of 4-h exhibit has grown to over 15,000. we also have a responsibility to provide educational opportunities to all of our citizens. my budget proposal has over 607 million going to education. of that, 390

wells fargo approved a 522% salary increase for the ceo from $900,000 to 5,600,000. -- $5,600,000.and they took the opportunity when the stock market was at its rock-bottom to load everybody up with buckets of new stock and options. i'm predicting that the next time you have me back here to speak, we will be talking about how outrageous it is that they got in same pay packages again. but now was when they are happening and we will see the payout later on. the historic low prices on stock are resulting in enormous payouts in the overall market. i completely agree with what the members of this committee have said about tax payer money. this is taxpayer money. they're getting paid as though they aren't that many, the money that the taxpayers put into it. they're taking a piece of the top of the taxpayers' money. that is absolutely right. it is an outrage. the clawback that were required as a result of this committee's work are also being subverted, as professor bebchuk said. there is a lot of weaseling been instituted in the clawback saying that faith has to be required or some kind o

first alliance mortgage company, household finance, ameriquest, countrywide, and wells fargo. and after uncovering and document their predatory lending practices, we sued these lenders for putting homeowners into risky loans that they didn't understand, could reasonably afford, and couldn't get out of. our investigation of these lenders and their brokers revealed a pattern of editorial in the practices that would eventually permeate and destroyed much of the mortgage industry and our economy along with it. the predatory practices were driven largely by the rise of the mortgage securitization process which allowed lenders to bundle and sell off home loans and to shed all liability for their sound is. once lenders were free from responsibility for a loans failure, common sense underwriting standards quickly deteriorated. mortgage lending had been turned on its head. lenders made more money selling high-cost risky loans than sound loads. for the simple reason that wall street paid more for subprime loans and loans with expensive risky features. so we see that in 1999, subprime lo

wells fargo approved a 522% salary increase for the ceo from $900,000 to 5,600,000. -- $5,600,000.and they took the opportunity when the stock market was at its rock-bottom to load everybody up with buckets of new stock and options. i'm predicting that the next time you have me back here to speak, we will be talking about how outrageous it is that they got in same pay packages again. but now was when they are happening and we will see the payout later on. the historic low prices on stock are resulting in enormous payouts in the overall market. i completely agree with what the members of this committee have said about tax payer money. this is taxpayer money. they're getting paid as though they aren't that many, the money that the taxpayers put into it. they're taking a piece of the top of the taxpayers' money. that is absolutely right. it is an outrage. the clawback that were required as a result of this committee's work are also being subverted, as professor bebchuk said. there is a lot of weaseling been instituted in the clawback saying that faith has to be required or some kind o

household finance, of their quest, countrywide and balls fargo. and after undocumented the practices we sue them for putting kilometers into risky loans they could not understand or ford or get out of. the investigation of the lenders and show the pattern of predatory lending that would kirby and destroyed much of the mortgage industry and our economy with it. of predatory practice is a word driven largely by the securitization process which allowed london -- lenders to bundle and sell home loans and shed liability. once lenders were free from responsibility, common sense underwriting standards quickly deteriorated. mortgage lending was turned on its head. lenders made more money selling high cost risky loans they and the sound loans for the simple reason wall street paid more for subprime loans with risky features. we see in 1999 subprime loans were only 3.8% of the market and alt a loans only 1.7%. by 2005, at the height of the frenzy come almost 50% of loans originated were subprime or all day. two respond to wall street's growing demand lender

broadening the purpose of this spectrum relocation fund to support modernizing federal systems and allow fargos far as costs? what type of approach? >> right. it is very difficult to know the exact. i would assume first of all that the agencies that would be proposing to modernize their system, to free up the spectrum for sharing, that they would be in a sense, second in line. they would be first from that spectrum relocation fund, a priority for those agencies that needed to migrate off a band so that it could be cleared for licensing as we did with a.w.s., the fundamental purpose of your bill. secondly, there -- we have now, we have remaining funds. and then i think the agencies should be able to apply to the technical panel that you proposed in the bill setting up which would recommend to o.m.b. which of those on a competitive basis would have the greatest impact in terms of freeing up spectrum for the commercial sector or spectrum first quarter si. it would make them more effective with more modern communication while also freeing up spectrum. >> thank you very much, mr. inslee. i'm going

i know fargo, north dakota, is a hotbed of counterterrorism research, and analysis. we're actually trying to make it such. it's my hometown and it's good to be in a heat wave. it was about 45 below a few -- how is the mic level? does that work? ok. so you know, i've been -- i've been musing about abuah for a long time and we've been talking about who he is, what he represents and at first i started ringing his bell i guess around 2006, i mean, it was an interesting story, we'll get into it when he escaped fro from bagram in 2005. he wasn't coming out until 2006, on al qaeda's official media outlet, so i think people thought he was a curiosity, a novelty, he was one of the four who, you know, spoke more in some of the debut videos. but by 2006, it became clear to me that this guy was different, fundamentally, i thought, than the rest of the al qaeda boys, who were the talking heads. and you know, so i started saying, oh, he's a pundit, he's a -- he's a warrior, he's a scholar, he's an artist, whatever, and i got a little criticism at first, saying, well, a, he's not a

so-called wells fargo who holds my mortgage. this was right around the time of the elections. they said yes, they had a plan, to write a letter of hardship and submit my report. i did that. they , not to make payments during the process. their help to meet was to give me a 40-year mortgage at the same interest rate, then, when i said i needed at a lower monthly payment they said i could not finance because i had participated in this program. also, i had to sign up for bi- weekly payments for them or would be delinquent on my loan if i did not. host: we will leave it there. we're going to be talking about the congressional agenda coming up in just a few minutes with david lightman and drew armstrong. first and news update from c- span radio. >> president obama and the first lady traveled to delaware this morning to attend funeral services for the mother of vice president joe biden. later in the day after returning to the white house he will meet with members of the ladies professional golf association, and then with robert gates. secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting wi

wells fargo approved a 522% salary increase for the ceo from $900,000 to 5,600,000. -- $5,600,000. and they took the opportunity when the stock market was at its rock-bottom to load everybody up with buckets of new stock and options. i'm predicting that the next time you have me back here to speak, we will be talking about how outrageous it is that they got in same pay packages again. but now was when they are happening and we will see the payout later on. the historic low prices on stock are resulting in enormous payouts in the overall market. i completely agree with what the members of this committee have said about tax payer money. this is taxpayer money. they're getting paid as though they aren't that many, the money that the taxpayers put into it. they're taking a piece of the top of the taxpayers' money. that is absolutely right. it is an outrage. the clawback that were required as a result of this committee's work are also being subverted, as professor bebchuk said. there is a lot of weaseling been instituted in the clawback saying that faith has to be required or some kind

i know that fargo, north dakota is a hot bat -- hotbed of counter-terrorism research.we are actually trying to make it that way. that is my home town. this is a heat wave here, it is 45 below back home. we have been talking about this for a long time. chris and i had been talking a lot about who he is and what he represents. i started bringing this up in 2006. we will get into it. being put out on peripheral organizations, he was in no one. i think that people thought that he was a curiosity, one of the four that spoke more. by 2006 it became clear that this guy was different, fundamentally, than the rest of the al qaeda boys, the talking heads. i started saying that he was a pundit, a warrior, a scholar, an artist and what ever. i got some criticism. the first was a critique of my metrics. if everything i have is a hammer, all are our nails. as an intellectual, all i saw were budding intellectuals. other people challenge me, asking if i was amplifying him by praising him as much as i was. a constant struggle that we face in our community, trying to assess their import

involved here, the cisco systems, jeff weinberger, the sustained energy elite over there, the wells fargo private bank, solar project developers and on and on. and i ask that this letter be placed in the record. and it's very, very clear that senator murkowski's amendment is causing a ripple throughout the country. it is causing a firestorm of protest among doctors, among scientists, among business leaders who feel it is a bad precedent to overturn science. it is hard for me to believe in this century that that's what we would be doing. so, mr. president, i'm going to sum up here and say this: i want to really -- oh, i'm going to place some op-eds -- editorials, actually, from various newspapers into the record at this time. one from "the new york times" dated actually two days ago, ms. murkowski's mischief. and she -- they're basically saying -- which i thought was interesting -- "senator lisa murkowski's home state of alaska is ever-so-slowly melting away, courtesy of a warming planet yet few elected officials seem more determined than thee to throw sand into the obama administration's