joining me from the, uh, about-to-launch kayak central is george wolfe, who is coordinator of the loseles river expedition. what is the appeal for you of e l.a. ver? >> you know, water's such a fundamental thing, and dear to us, and necessary for all of . and so, we feel like that we're just kind of, you know, fighting this fight fo-for evebody, including the army corps, and the coun, and the city. >> 4 out the 52 miles are designated as "traditional navigable waterway." but they'll tell you it's perfectly navigable. but you can't put a boat in it. >> 4 being... >> right, because it's an incompatible and unsafe activity, what you're doing. >> yeah, and didn't you love that phrasing? >> i think there's an, uh, innate appeal to this notion of, you know, fighting for what people really know is theirs. >> well, and here we are, finally. ultimately, we hope that this trip will raise consciousness about the l.a. river. even on the way here, i was stuck in traffic, and i was thinking "i can't wait to get to that river..." >> [laughing] >> "and get my feet in that beautiful water." >> on your

general george patton doesn't say, wolf blitzer, yes, i would, no, i wouldn't. have some element of surprise, some unpredictable -- we are so predictable. you have to be unpredictable a little bit. when obama announced he was leaving, okay, he gave a definite day. when he said we're leaving iraq. we shouldn't have been there but he should have never announced a date certain when we were leaving. totally predictable as a nation. bottom line, i will do a number on isis like you wouldn't believe. but i don't want to sit here and tell you every single thing i want to do. at some point, we're warriors. at some point you have to surprise the enemy. i watch these guys like lindsey graham who is just not a smart person. he says, we have to go here with this number of people and attack them from this level and this level. wouldn't it be nice if we could surprise them and knock the hell out of them? >> another interview on september 24th, 2007, right here. you said this about america's standing in the world at the time. >> well, just look at this country. we've gone from

general george patton didn't say wolf blitzer, would you use ground forces, no, i would use, no, i wouldn'tu've got to have an element of surprise. you have to have some unpredictability. we have so predictable. you have to have -- you have to be unpredictable a little bit. when obama announced that he was leaving, okay? he gave a definite day. when he said we're leaving iraq. we shouldn't have been there. but he should have never announced a date certain when we were leaving. we're totally predictable as a nation. now, bottom line, i will do a number on isis like you couldn't believe. but i don't want to sit here and tell you every single thing i want to do. you know, at some point we're warriors, right? at some point you have to surprise the enemy. i watch these guys like lindsey graham, who's just not a smart person. he says we have to go here with this number of people and we have to attack them from this level and this level. wouldn't it be nice if we could surprise them and knock the hell out of them? >> another interview we did on september 24th, 2007 right here. you said this about

george w. bush, vladimir putin and princess diana. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. a white robed gunman who officials now say confessed to acting out of a loyalty to the islamic state fires 13 shots at a philadelphia police officer sitting in a patrol car. the wounded officer bleeding heavily fires back hitting the suspect. officials say the ambush was an attempted assassination and the weapon was a stolen police firearm. now, new york city is warning its officers to be vigilant. fwo middle eastern men meanwhile who came to the united states arrested on terror charges. a source says the two suspects, one from texas, one from california, communicated with each other about going to fight in syria. both are now accused of lying about alleged ties to terror groups. and one is accused of trying to support isis. >>> and a collective sigh of relief in mexico as the notorious drug lord known as "el chapo" is re-captured in a bloody raid. he escaped from a maximum security prison in jul

george lucas. >> how you can get your hand on one of those. take a look at one of these snowfall totals. %- this is the mountains that we were dealing with. 8 inches at wolf creek. >>> let's give you a a live look in the denver area. you can see -- how about this? that is not good. you do not want to be stuck in a traffic.>> they are at a stop at this point. it is going to take you and next to 30 minutes. i am going to say what he five minutes to the eisenhower. look at georgetown. georgetown is wide open. we will keep and i -- and i am a cameras for you but when you get into the mountains is where we will look at the forecast coming up . >>> we live in colorado where there is no question we will see snow. throughout the winter. for some that is bad news. >> especially for a little girl in canada. her very unhappy reaction to the snow outside is going viral. >> look at all of the snow. [ crying ] >> she is not happy. dad apparently tries to comfort her but it really looks like she would prefer a sunny day at the beach. maybe she is going to have to convince mom and dad she does >> exactly.>> go sledding? >> she may not like it. i bet some kids will be out

wolf with the wide open three. ptz and massie gets that rivalry win, 71-62. >> mcdonald's of greater cincinnati is proud to present the mcdonald's blitz 5 student-athlete of the week. george: jack nguyen is a senior at lakota west and plays football, basketball and soccer. he's sixth all time in ohio with 76 consecutive extra points made and is the most accurate kicker in lakota west history. he's a member of the national honor society and as a grade point average of 3.77. kelly mcmanus is also a senio r at lakota west and is on the cross-country, swimming and track teams. she's a four-time regional qualifier in cross-country and @ was gmc first team for three years. kelly is a member of the national honor society and has a gpa of 4.57. if you know someone who deserves to be the next mcdonald's student-athlete of the week, let us know. drop us a line at 1700 young street, cincinnati, 45202, or jonathan: flyers concerned after the transportation security administration adds a new rule. details about the requirement and when it goes into effect. a live look outside. citycam 5. jonathan: welcome back. the transportation security administration's changing its id requirements.

wolf. >>> and this is an important programming note for us, and remember that president obama will be joining anderson cooper for an exclusive one-hour live town hall at at george mason university, in fairfax, virginia right outside of washington, d.c., beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> i want to get to the breaking news from wall street. the dow jones is plunging right now. it is down 346 points at this moment. in is following a meltdown on china's markets, and the shanghai is down a whopping 7% before trading was suspended. our business correspondent, an anchor richard quest is joining us from new york. bill sell-off in china, and i assume the huge impact of what is going on in new york, richard? >> yes, exactly, wolf. what you are seeing is just fear. sheer unadulterated fear into the new year, because frankly, nothing else has changed. the economics have not changed. there was some manufacturing numbers out from china overnight showing that the e economy is contracting, and that is basically renewed the worries that china's government will not be able to create a soft landing, if you'd like, but it is going t

wolf. you know, he's princeton, harvard law, clerkship at the united states supreme court, worked for the establishment georgeh. >> but he wears -- >> let me bring peter into this conversation. peter, what about that? some opponents say he's hypocritical, went to princeton, harvard law school, clerked on the supreme court, worked in the bush administration, was a lawyer at a prestigious law firm. that doesn't sound like someone hanging out with dynasty duck or whatever. >> "duck dynasty." [ laughter ] >> if you don't think that president ted cruz will do exactly what wall street and every major hedge fund manager wants him to do, you simply haven't been paying attention. the "new york times" had a story last year of a guy named robert mercer, he's been the largest donor to his super pac, over $10 million. robert mercer owes $6 billion to the irs, and you know what robert mercer and ted cruz both want to do? they want to shut down the irs. this is no revelation. ted cruz's economic policy is 100% dictated by the 0.1% in this country doesn't really matter whether he went to harvard or princeton, those are the p

. >> thanks, wolf, to put this in context the national park service managed over 700 park areas that range in size and several major roadways like the george doing right now is working to plow nearly 300 miles of road clear and shovel numerous sidewalks. we want visitors to stay safe and come back out once the storms ended. >> what about the parks? you're telling people to stay away from the parks. >> you know, the safety of our employees and visitors is the top priority. hunker down, heed advice and stay off the roads, stay home and stay safe. if you do have to venture out, bring extra clothes, energy snacks and water and be prepared to spend more time outside than you anticipated. >> are there any homeless people in the parks? i lived in washington for a long time and seen that from time to time. >> it certainly can be a challenge. the city set up stations and community services, we work close to to help people all the time but especially like the weather is today. >> jenny, thanks very much. good luck to you and all your colleagues. we know you're doing important work. >>> the conditions they certainly are treacherous now and the roads