i want to start with rosa florez who is about an hour west of boston.s no snow coming down. >> you know, just in time for your show. we all of a sudden started getting flurries an the sun started peeking out. imagine that. here is the situation for people in the northeast. there are 10s of thousands of people still without power. most of those in new hampshire, here in massachusetts, that number is about 29,000. most of them are west of us. to the west part of the state because that's the area that saw the most snow. here we got about 4 inches. take a look. it's pretty compact with the sun. it almost looks like there's diamonds in the snow. let's take a look at the roads. these are the west bound lanes of i 90 headed to new york. smooth sailing today. we know that was not the case yesterday. police said the speed limit was dropped from 65 to 45 because of the treacherous road conditions. about 100 spin outs on the road and also dozens of car accidents also on these highways. so the conditions have drastically changed. you can see right now, it's smooth

pablo florez plays mating calls on a loudspeaker to lure were shy birds out of the undergrowth. a cofounder of the group, he knows the visitors from far away belgium have one aim, to spot as many rare bird species as possible. >> we call ourselves the hard-core community. we are trying to spot all the bird species on the continent. there are about 10,000 different species worldwide. there are people who have already spotted 9000 of them. they are basically fanatics. >> thereunto zs and serves a good cause. the birdwatchers are an important source of income for the organization. increasing ecotourism provides a glimmer of hope for the region and the biodiversity of the sierra nevada. >> amazing. we are staying in latin america and headed to panama. at first economic growth figures of around 8% and a very young population, over one third are over 25. many of them feel that it is up to them to drive the change that will make her country for the future. every year the world economic forum and obelisk recognizes and supports them as a network. they want to improve lives and bring abo

rosa florez is actually camped out at a rest stop along the massachusetts turn pike . i can't think of a better place to be than a rest stop. >> reporter: the gravy is great hee here at this rest top. if you're at home enjoying that turkey consider yourself lucky. there are tens of thousands of people without power. here in massachusetts the numbers are 29,000. most of the people are on the western part of the state, the part that saw the most snow. right thehere in central massachusetts, it's not too bad. it's tightly packed. let me show you the lanes. you can tell these people are headed to new york. a lot of traffic, carol. this is probably the most traffic we've seen since we've been here. this wasn't the case yesterday. the visibility was very low. the speed limit was dropped from 65 to 40 because of spin outs and dozens of accidents. so if you want to talk about mother nature today, she's a lot happier, carol, on thanksgiving day than yesterday. she's probably one of those that's at home nice and cozy and warm today because she's enjoying thanksgiving:carol. >> i

v florez. his co-counsel in that i believe, was ambassador lucy b z debacca and that case involved the enslavement of mexican and guatemalan farm workers in south carolina and florida and it resulted in a 15-year prison sentence for the person who was behind that. he was also a number of you would be interested to know, a board member of casa of maryland for many years. he has a remarkable family immigration history. he was born in brooklyn, the son of cuban immigrants, but his grand parents actually migrated to cuba from turkey into pole land to escape anti-semitism and oppression. so, director rodriguez is going to talk, he is going to walk around and talk about 2025 minutes and then take questions. we are going to ask you at that time to line up and he will call on you and he has to leave here promptly at 9:45. i would like to have you join me in welcoming director rodriguez here today. thank you. [ applause ] >> so i'd like to begin this morning, can everybody hear me okay? with a little bi

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hundred rs were looking and 40th congress, with bill florez. he talks about the committee's role and its priorities moving forward. >> the main ideology of the house has gone to the right. the gap between what it used to today, it is smaller. that up your differences but i do think that -- iif the areas are right, we believe on balancing the budget quicker. republicans as a whole, more e likely to be aggressive in addressing back their to dial regulatory. we are more aggressive and social values. when it comes to hear the constitution and trying to get government to its original, we aggressive in those issues. >> you can see the entire tomorrow at 10 am and 6 pm eastern on c-span. next gene mccarthy will be speaking to reporters at the christian science monitor. she was there to discuss the obama environmental policies and a keystone pipeline. >> she graduated from the university of massachusetts, a degree in social anthropology. she has a background in primitive cultures with great training in government work. she earned a master's in top univ

here on c-span, "newsmakers" his neck with republican congressman bill florez of texas. governors discussed their at aigns and agendas recent conference in florida. 8:00, a conversation with >> are guest is bill flores, republicans of texas. head abeen tasked to committee in a competitive election. >> welcome. >> good morning i'm honored to be able to join you. we're going to start with christina. before we do the first question let's do the broadest one. which is tell us very briefly your top priorities in taking this gavel. why did you want the chairmanship and what do you intend to do with it? >> well, i looked at the republican study committee and because of its size and its passion and the quality of its membership, it seemed to me that it would be the organization to have the greatest influence in terms of being able to excute the things that are most important to the american people particularly in light of the fact that the republicans will control the senate in the 114th congress beginning in january. it just seemed like this would be a great way to be able to p