[laughter] actually the new polls out, george h. w. bush does pretty well, not quite the same for are others, but -- >> with eminent. [laughter] the. >> there is still a chance. we do have a wide variety of presidents represented here on today's panel. not a likely trio. but watch. to republicans, and one democrat to disguise as a whig. from different regions of the country and, in fact, in the case of both george h. w. bush and herbert hoover they both come from two regions of the country in a fact. we get for the price of three presidents, we get to new england, iowa, california, texas and virginia. but it's pretty scattered. each comes from a different era and the nation's history, the pre civil war 1840's, 1920's and '30's and 80's and 90's. my thing that they did all have in common was that they each failed to win either renomination and reelection. as presidents of the united states which marks them if not outright failures not the most successful presidents. so the question and, looking back over your works on these prospective

now there is a stern a stodgy for george bush 41. -- now there is nostalgia for george bush 41. the talk about the process and the people in this administration. the president had a process in place that was effective and congenial and the firm much successful. the people but surrounded him were key to the process to that success. some of those people were jim baker and brent scowcroft. people look at the accomplishments and the process. there is a nostalgia to say, why cannot this be brought back now? when you look back 20 years ago, it wasn't so. we got criticized for being reactive. vision.s a guy for being noei- the vision thing. he has no ideas. he is just a caretaker. nothing was further from the truth. what of like to do is balance that view of 20 years ago with what he actually accomplished and kind of give you an idea, appealing the onion back, of what george bush was back as a man and a leader and how we interact with people and how he was able to succeed. if you look at the president's term in office, he came with two strong challenges to overcome. the first was the l

george?m, thanks very much. my family has packed up. they're getting on the train from d.c. to new york this morning. >>> we're going to turn, now, to breaking news. toyota's top executive has just apologized. bowing to the japanese public and the world for that massive recall that's affected over 9 million cars right now. and brian ross is here with the latest. we see the japanese executive, bowing, formally apologizing to the public. >> reporter: that's the toyota ceo. he's the grandson of the founder of the company. this is the first time he has folken faormally and publicly. saying he is sorry for the turmoil he has caused to toyota customers around the world. it's a crisis that's blown up in the last week. toyota inherited a year of cost-cutting that many believe led to the problem. the current issue involves the prius. he said they had not decided whether to recall the prius. the prius apparently has a serious electronic problem that causes a glitch in the brakes. according to toyota ex

let's start with prince george's county on the capital belt way. generally speaking most jurisdictions just wet roadways this morning. that being said, do be careful. there are still patches of ice. no doubt about that. it could be very, very slick. over all the crews have done a spectacular job. inner loop and outer loop around 202. no early issues to report. the drive around i-270 and northbound i-95 as you begin the commute, all travel lanes are open. be careful. lots of road spray. lots of sand and salt on the roads this morning. eun and kimberly, good morning. >> good morning. how was your commute? >> it wasn't bad. >> the roads that weren't plowed, i wouldn't want to drive on them. >>> we are out all over our area checking out the conditions in your neighborhood. >> let's head to tracee wilkins who is keeping tabs on things in largo this morning. how is it looking where you are? >> it was looking good coming down central avenue just basically wet roads, a few spots that maybe the plows missed. but things are looking pretty good. we're on mpt

>> never thought of sleeping with george. thanks a lot, pat. >> thanks very much. >>> let's take at look at the forecast. we'll go meteorologist tom kierein now in storm center 4. >> we still have blizzard warnings in effect throughout much of the region this morning and into the afternoon hours. the blizzard warning does continue. and look at the visibilities there. we still have blizzard conditions. we've got near whiteout coitions that was a live view from our city camera right now national airport. we have blizzard warnings in effect for the district of columbia, northern virginia, and the entire state of maryland is under a blizzard warning, as is delaware and the panhandle of west virginia, the highlands of west virginia have had near whiteout conditions there and they've had up to a foot of new snow there. the winds have been gusting up to around 30 miles an hour, locally, in the last hour. so that is diminished, actually, from what it was earlier this morning, when we had gusts over 40 to nearly 50 miles an hour. so t

george is there in d.c. george, we have hearty souls in our studio.an we show the people that made it in? we have olympians, right? olympic sailors from the 2008 games. people from arkansas. this is exciting for them. >> i guess they were not going to miss it, robin. down here, we have not gotten the snow down here in washington. it's really incredible. but i don't know if you can see this. check -- it just died. i was going to show you the amazing wind down here in washington. and the minute i said it, it went down. the flag's not going at all. trust me, it has been all morning, all night long. a very strong wind. but no snow, thank goodness, down here in washington. there it goes. a little bit of it right there. >> on cue. >> it was a nice try. >> the wind machine. >> right on cue, exactly. >>> also this morning, we're going to have good advice for those trying to sell their house in the struggling housing market. five ways to sell your house right now, insider tips from the top brokers in the country. >> that's ahead. >>> but first, what's next for

president george w.ed that the doors be open to the obama people, and those two photographs did it for me. in the elevator, and another we saw up there was obama coming into the white house at the end of the inaugural ball to spend their first night as the first family. >> one of the things that i have talked a little bit about, i have lived in washington for about 30 years, from 1972 until about 2000, and for me, i spent the inaugural day, while david was nice and warm inside the white house, i was not on the mall, and it was about 10 degrees, -- i was out on the mall. i wanted to be part of the celebration. that city, the people who live there day in and day out as opposed to the transitory, the media, politicians, the people who come and go, the people who call washington home, they had gone through a transition. it has gotten a lot better, but for a long time, it was under the direction of some of these old congressional chairman of these committees. it was sort of a second thought. there is no real

susan with prince george's county is with us.you have been out doing a lot of work, taking care of the roadways. how are things looking so far? >> roadways look good. crews have been out since late yesterday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. we pretreated the roadways and then, of course, the weather is helping out a lot, too. but we have cleared all of the primaries. they're 100% and they're now focusing on residential. >> how are the residtial streets looking? what do you need from residents to help you guys get through that? >> number one, what we need from residents is if they cannot park off the street, they need to park on the even-numbered side of the roadways. plows are not that flexible. they need to be able to make a straight shot down a roadway. if they're going to be out, if they have to be out, please drive with a lot of caution. the roads look great. they look slushy. there's still ice patches on there. we've been in the residentials anyway since the snow started to fall, now we'll be bringing in the bigger trucks as wel

prince george's, three hours early. frederick county schools in maryland will close 3.5 hours early. washington county, 2.5 hours early. in virginia, alexandria city schools are closed arlington county, clark county, culpeper, fairfax, and spotsylvania county hool districts are closed. warren county, king george, loudoun county, page, minute -- madison county, and manassas city and manassas park county schools are closed. prince william county, stafford, winchester, shenandoah county schools closed today. finally in west virginia, morgan, jefferson, and berkeley county schools are all closed. >> it is 6:47. >>> the maryland state highway administration is gearing up for this storm. that agency has more than 200,000 tons of salt and more than 2000 people are out there ready to keep the roads clear. pamela brown continues our stormwatch coverage. pamela, good morning. >> good morning to you. we just learned that the county executive in prince george's county will be issuing a state of emergency that goes into effect at 7:

we'll go into parts of prince georges county.his is a pretty good band of snow "upper" marl borrow and shady side and deal. it's not quite as heavy as it was when we showed you the same view about 30 minutes ago. still heavy snow at the moderate snow. probably 3/4 of an inch per hour. that is no slouch right now. the back edge of the precipitation is steadily and slowly moving off to the north and to the east. a storm pulls away north and east, the bands are working its way around counterclock wise as the storm with the circulation is pushing gobs of moisture on shore from the atlantic ocean. it will take longer, but you folks in front royal, you're in good shape here. >> next three days, you will be cold, but dry. mid 30s tomorrow. still windy tomorrow, maybe not 40-mile per hour winds, nice on friday. temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. and on saturday, watch the system to the south. may throw a few clouds our way. right now, we are going to keep it dry. pretty cold. high temperatures in the low 30s. tonight, partial clearing

george bush and george bush is just blown away. he had no idea. he was convinced like everyone in america that gerald ford was going to go on the ticket with reagan. >> let me ask one more question before a throw to the audience for any questions that directly falls on that and goes back to jack kemp. i guess why did his store not rise at least high enough to be more seriously in conservation for the vice president? >> there's a lot of affection on the part of the delegates and governor reagan for jack kemp and that comes through in all the people i talked to in all of the material that i went through. there were probably the biggest thing that kept kemp off the ticket with reagan is that the aides felt like it would be too much to ask the american people to swallow a ticket of a former movie actor and pro football player. it might have been too much to ask the american people in 1980 and that's probably as much as anything because really the delegates, the vast majority but a great number of the delegates really wanted jack kemp a

this week, george packer and christopher hitchens talk about george orwell and his book. mr. packer collected the pieces that appeared in two recently published volumes of george orwell's writing. mr. hitchens, an essayist is the author of "why orwell matters." >> host: welcome to c-span book tv's after words program. i'm here in the unaccustomed roll of interviewer and producer of my friend and colleague, george packer, who has produced two volumes of the essays of george orwell, picked and introduced and commented upon, and so today orwell its our subject. i wish we had more than an hour. i'm guessing, that you will have read the taylor book on george orwell. >> guest: i haven't. >> host: what a shame. doesn't matter. what i wanted to say from his book was something that i have a feeling you will agree with. taylor writes, when i read other people writing about george orwell, i keep thinking, this is my author you're talking about. do you get that feeling? >> guest: i do, and we all have a -- you and i and a few other people we know and some we don't know are part of a real

george mason meets overtime against vcu. who issas come from behind. >>> all this snow means a long hiatus from law makers or capitol hill. most aren't expected on the hill until february 22nd. >>> private businesses are getting hit hard. places like home depot have seen a rush of customers. hotels have been full of people who are refugees from power failures, but almost all other industries have been crippled by people not being able to get around. the parking lot at potomac mills was empty today. >> the start of this year, we were looking at a good start of january. second part of january wasn't so great. now here we are in the beginning of february with two big storms. this is not the way to start a business year. >> economic experts are worried about the impact on workers who are missing so many days of work. >>> you dig yourself out of a parking space and you don't want anybody to take it. what folks do as they have done for many years, they take their lawn furniture, toy, whatever you can find, you put it in the space.

the snow started falling in prince george's county jus before noon. for much of the day, it did not stick. >> the roads are fine, passable. >> they know, of course, it will not stay that way. the all hands on deck order kicks in at 1:00 p.m. with a frantic effort to load the salt and get the plows rolling. they are in for a long weekend. >> 12-hour shifts. >> the work day wound down for most in the brief midday rush hour. the rush to get home and get ready. >> filling up the gas tank and the snowblower. i am not shoveling 20 inch. >> i love it. >> her daughter probably speaks for many. >> it makes me sick. >> doug hill says we could get 33 inches. this is a yardstick. right now we stick it in the snow and we see we have just a little more than 2 inches of snow in college park. this is a grassy area where it has been sticking most of the afternoon. college avenue, a little less busy, the slush is picking up. we have not seen a plow, although it has been salted. >>> richard reeve is live in tysons corner. >> the snow is follow -- falling steadily. this

also closed clark, culpeper, fauquier, frederick and king george county schools. >> manassas city, manassas park city, orange, rappahannock, spotsylvania county schools are also closed as well as stafford, warren, winchester city and prib city schools all closed. >> in west virginia, berkeley, hampton shier, hardy, jefferson and mineral county schools are closed. morgan county schools are also closed. >> metrologist tom kierein is here in the studio. he joins us now with a look at the forecast for today and this weekend. >> still on track. not much of a change over the last couple of days as far as the track of the storm and talts we expect. here's how the timeline is taking shape. will likely have light snow in the shenandoah valley by 8:00 this morning. right now panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries. southern maryland northern neck getting a little bit of sleet and rain there. we'll see by noon time the snow moving into the metro area, light at first. quickly having snow by 3:00, 4:00. by sunset around 5:30 we'll have three to five inches on the ground. higher amounts further

george anthony has had trouble finding work. when he applies for jobs, according to his attorney, george anthony is instantly recognized and instantly rejected, in part, because of who he is and the company's fear that he will attract unwanted media attention. >> we have been waiting for the defense to provide their witness list. remember, at the get-go they swore they had evidence to exonerate their client, tot mom casey anthony, in the murder of her 2-year-old little girl, caylee. that deadline has come and passed. where are the witnesses? and we learn that defense attorneys are dropping off the case like flies. ellie, ellie jostad, what can you tell me about the last defense attorney to come off the case? >> right, nancy. todd macaluso, the california attorney that was brought in. his expertise is cross examining expert witnesses. he was brought on to the team, but he had to step down because he's actually under a bar investigation right now. they took disciplinary action against him because he apparently misappropriated some

prince georges, this is northern prince georges rather than southern prince georges and only knoll noon. with the blowing around there will be some problems at times certainly while you are driving around this morning and even when the snow showers taper off. we have winter storm warnings east. already a foot plus in parts of garrett county, preston and tucker, west virginia and they could get another foot with the upslope snows. before i go, talk temperatures which are in the upper 20s and low 30s. wind chills in the teen and low 20s. a lot going on weather wise. back in a few moments. right now it is 4:43. >>> t -- if, everybody. it is early and we are seeing problems, some weather related. the 270 spur at wisconsin avenue an accident is blocking all lanes. as we move over to kensington and the kensington parkway is closed between beach drive and connecticut avenue because of downed wires. on the outer loop in maryland, looks like everyone is moving at speed. the wind is shaking our camera here. a live shot at university. different situation in virginia on the beltway at route 1 on th

i speak with george soros. one of the world's most successful investors and a man who has devoted most of his life to understanding markets and change in the world, including in the united states of america. first, a few of my own thoughts. i'm struck by how gloomy everyone is about the fortunes of the united states. i do it myself sometimes. let me offer a small corrective this week. the united states remains the world's most dynamic and productive economy by many measures. it still dominates the world of science and technology with the world's greatest universities and the best research and the most nobel prizes and the largest strobe of patents. a dynamic economy but also a dynamic society. america is the world's only large nation that will grow substanshially in population over the next 40 to 50 years. thanks to immigration, america will stay young, restless and hard working. now, we have big problems, but the biggest one by far, the one to worry about is the growing national debt. it's what is reminding ou

george benson. tavis: let me tell the story before you tell it.you have not picked up the latest record from george benson, you to do it. george was on this show and i asked him how he got you out of semiretirement if you will, to write that song for him. he said he wanted bill withers to write a song for him so bad. the song that you wrote for george benson, "just a telephone call away" is some beautiful stuff. it's beautiful. >> thank you. tavis: i know you did do that for george benson. >> you don't know about the other stuff i did. tavis: what else did you do? >> the most fun i had, jimmy buffett called me up. he said i'm making a country album and i'm going to do duets with all of these great country artists and people. i said what did you call me for? he said you're about as country as anybody i know. i thought like, man. this would be fun. jimmy's, you know, got a good sense of humor. i got to write stuff like "when you find out things about yourself and you hadn't ought to know and your grandma calls and books you on the jerry springer sho

we spoke earlier with prince george's county police.telling people to stay off the roads, but some people have to be out and there will be mishaps. we've got tips and things you need to know and do to keep yourself as safe as possible. >> if you have to get out on the road tonight, make sure your cell phone is fully charges, you have a full tank of gas, you have blankets in the car and something you can shelter with. a sleeping bag so you can take that with you. in the event that you do slide off the Ñiroadway, please stay with the vehicle. utilize your cell phone. if you're involved in an accident on the roadway, please once again -- because of limited visibility, we ask that you move away from your car, move to a building, a store, a gas station, and call the police from there. with limited visibility, sometimes people will not see your vehicle until it's too late. if you're in the vehicle or you're standing around it, it could be tragic. if you have a fenderender, move off the roadway. if you can't move your car, move yourself off th

we're still waiting to hear about prince george's county hools. d.c. schools are closing at noon. >> tom kierein is here to talk about the forecast as the snow moves in. >> not snowing yet, southern maryland, northern neck, virginia getting a little bit of rain and sleet perhaps beginning there. at this hour just cloudy in washington. temperature now at 34 degrees. look at the radar. regional radar is showing a broad area of precipitation. there's the city camera showing the lincoln memorial under a cloudy sky. 34 at reagan national. radar showing some snow in roanoke, lynchburg, southern shenandoah valley, blacksburg down into western north carolina. the blues and greens that's moderate to heavy rain that is continuing to advance up out of the gulf of mexico. that is the moisture that is going to be giving us our incredible amounts of snow that we've been talking about the last couple of days. we're still on track for that. a littlbit of sleet and rain southern maryland, northern neck that pink zone and sleet and snow out here in the panhandle of west

right now it's 43 downtown. 41 in prince george's county, 42 in springfield and ft. belvoir. manassas 39. falls church 31. leesburg 40. frederick, maryland, down to 38. a west wind with wind chills in the high 30s. i want to show you this picture that shirley ward in brunswick, maland, sent us. yes, spring is getting closer. her crocuses are in bloom. thank you for sending that in. there are a few light, lonely snow showers along interstate 81. winchester, as well. hagerstown might see a little snow flake into western parts of montgomery county. the larger view shows a bit of snow out in the mountains of western virginia, much of eastern ohio. this is all going to be wheeling around. most will dry out as it comes over the mountains. for folks up in the mountains of west virginia, you will get snow showers overnight tonight. plenty of cold air across parts of the ohio valley. that will keep the snow showers going across ohio and west virginia. the main player is that huge area of low pressure across new york. believe it or not, that same storm has been there all week. it's goi

that is what's happening in the prince george's county storm center. and again, let's take a look at the camera to see what's going on throughout different parts of prince george's county. let's start up at the top. that's arena drive. you see how the snow is beginning to accumulate. then you've got i-495, then maryland 214 at richy. the snow is beginning to pile up. garrett at morgan, that's just up the street from where we are. a lot of snow up there. then paint branch, college park. this is where our colleague scott broom was, and he reported a lot of snow, and you can see that's exactly what's happening. about 240 plow trucks have hit the roads. they've got 1800 miles to go. they will be at it all night, and so will we. reporting live, armando trull. >> take a look at what's going on in montgomery county. ray chin is out with more on the conditions there. >> reporter: armando was talking about the roadways. here on 355 you can see the snow is getting to be covered and snow packed right now. it's been sticking for quite awhile for a couple of hours.

[applause] jurors has -- george has written 13 books. his last book for this one, george wrote that writing a column presents the hon. rules about catholic confession. the blunt, be brief, and be gone. he said the clamourusous media e tugging at america's sleeves, saying, pay attention to this. on behalf of conservatives and all who love ameritech, i want to say thank-you to george will for telling us how to think about things. and telling us and saying things we know what we do not know the words to say. on behalf of our and to you, our audience tonight, i present to you george will and i say to you, pay attention to this. george will. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. for cleta mitchell to introduce a mere journalist is equivalent to having [unintelligible] some year cpac will come to its senses and have me introduce the most conservative journalist in washington. for 30 years, a political and symbol -- ensemble have been performing. [unintelligible] please be seated and take note of the nearest exit.

now meantime, we're told by the county executive of prince georges county that 90% of the side streets are clear. all of the major roads are clear, but that is for now, as this storm arrives. for now, reporting live in laurel, 9news now, lesli, back to you. >> good for those residents. well, dominion power admits they made a huge, but unusual mistake during the last storm and it cost one family their home. we'll share their story coming up. first, a major airline cancellation to tell you about, and more on the impending storm from top. >> we have moderate snow here in northwest, covering the terrace here and adding to our already record snowfall. we'll take you out with live doppler 9,000 and we are getting batches of heavy snow. the oranges and yellows you see, that is actually sleet. actually confirmation of sleet over towards plum point and parts of northern calvert county. so we'll watch that mixed layer. also talk about how much will fall and when. devon lucy will join me after this. g÷gyç >>> if you depend on metro, all the stations are open tonight. that could change as this sn

you have heard from george mclaughlin. we're hoping to hear from the superintendent to hear the other side. dr. francis gallow set to join us. we also have an education expert that will weigh in. call in 1-877-tell-hln. >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. we're continuing our conversation. a school in rhode island took the drastic steps of firing every teacher. the school says out of 800 students half are failing every subject. 55% -- only 55% are skilled in reading, and 93% failed the state's math exam. so abysmal numbers. we just heard from george mclaughlin, a guidance counselor from the school who has been fired. he disputes those numbers. joining us is the president of the national education association in rhode island. larry, i don't know if you had a chance to hear george there. he disputes the numbers. we've got abysmal numbers coming at us from the school and lost in the middle are parents and students who want better, who want improvement. how do we sort through all of this? >> i think firing all the teacher

reporting live in prince georges county, armando trull. back to you. >> thank you. >>> hopefully most folks are home by now and staying off the roads but there are other things you can do to help crews do their job. move vehicles off snow emergency routes, keep them off. park in driveways or off road locations if possible. now, if you must park on the street, park on the even numbered side and remember by law most area residents are responsible to remove the snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of their own homes. >>> we will check now on roadway conditions. patranya bhoolsuwan, you were talking about snowplows and emergency routes. are you seeing anything right now? >> the snowplows are definitely out there. a lot of places they are parked on the side because they have treated the roads earlier. they are definitely out there once the snow accumulates. watch for them. crews are telling us to treat these heavy vehicles like first responders. so move off to the side or stay as far as possible for them to do their job. good news on i-95. i

there were great weather observers george washington, thomas jefferson. back on january 28th, 1772, probably still the greatest storm ever for washington, it was known as the washington and jefferson storm. 36 inches of snow, both george washington and thomas jefferson recorded. washington had a garden book that he kept, an account of the weather. so that was 36. and then the official weather records were actually kept after the civil war. but january 28th, 1772. it was snowy here this week. 36 inches from one storm. the famous washington and jefferson storm. nonetheless, the snowiest winter that we've ever had here in washington, several more hours of these bands of moderate to heavy snow with blowing and drifting continues. tomorrow morning, things will settle down. we've still got a few hours to go. >> bob, you've been at this a long time but you don't even remember tha one, do you? >> i do not. >> all right, thanks. >> both jefferson and washington kept a weather log and weather diaries. and they mentioned it was up to the breast of the horse trying t

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. >> this week, george packer and christopher hitchins talk about george orwell and his washington and, talk about two recently published volumes, facing unpleasant facts and all art is propaganda and he, an essayist for the atlantic monthly is the author of "why orwell matters." >> welcome to c-span book tv's afterwards program, i'm christopher hitchens and i'm in the role of interviewer and producer, of my friend, and colleague, george packer. whose produced two volumes of the essays of george orwell, picked and introduced and commented upon and so, today, orwell is our subject and i wish we had more than an hour. i'm guessing that you will have read d. j. taylor's book on him. >> i haven't. >> it doesn't matter because what i wanted to say from his book was something that i have a feeling that you will agree with, taylor writes and says whine read other people writing about george orwell, i think hey, this is my author you are talking about. do you ever get that feeling? >> i do, and we all have a -- you and i and a few other people, we know and some we don't know, are part of a rea

one on george washington. one on the renaissance, and here is a short life of winston churchill, because i want to bring in to the churchill story, young people who are impatient with long books, but who will read a short, readable book, and i want to make them churchill fans, as i am, and to learn the important lessons from churchill's life, which will be of use to them in their life. and, therefore, i think there's a case for long books and a case for short books i used to write the first, and now i write the second. >> host: and in fact, here's "modern times," "a history of the jews." colin sends us a team. mr. johnson, why is the dictionary listed as one of your favorite books? >> guest: it's an essential book. i don't know if you're familiar with the oxford english dictionary. it's based upon historical principles. so if you look up a word, you not only gate definition of the word -- get a definition of the word, or a number of definitions if it's used in other senses, then you get a history of the word,

george shultz and others and george shultz i think was probably the most influential foreign policy figurein the second half of the reagan white house. yeah? >> what was the interplay between the u.s. and west germany's chancellor cole party? dkohl? i was at the city when the speech was actually given and we traveled out to templehoff and they had a huge party for president reagan and chancellor kohl. was there any interplay between chancellor kohl and president reagan? >> they were very good friends kohl and reagan. the west germans had an interesting role in the speech in that the, at least the authorities in the city, in west berlin, were very nervous about the speech. they thought that, a, they were very nervous about the protests that were taking place and that there was going to be this huge demonstrations against reagan when he came. there was actually a huge police mobilization. you may remember there were more police called up that day than i think at any time in the history of the city. and they specifically did not want him to give the speech at the brandenburg gate. because, ac

george? >> pierre, thanks. >>> for more on this, wee are joined by abc news consultant and former counterterrorism carr, dick clarke. does this connected to what we're learning from the alleged christmas bomber? >> the christmas bomber and other dell jens, has indicated there were other people like him, trained in yemen. and they weren't all killed in the u.s. raids in december. so, there are people like him who we don't know their names. and we don't know what they look like. but they probably don't look like our stereotypical view of an arab terrorist. we may not even know what country they're from. they may be british. they may even be american. who are out there. that probably means there will be another attempt. >> that's why leon panetta, the head of the cia, said yesterday, we have weakened al qaeda. buit's getting harder to detect the new plots that they're planning. >> that's right. we shouldn't panic here. you know, cia directors always say this, once a year, in an annual threat bri

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that's what is happening out here in prince george's county, bruce. back to you. >>> metro has responded to the snow similar to the way they did on saturday. its transit agency will have limited underground service for today. officials will work to clear the tracks quickly, they say, in hopes of resuming above ground service as well. metro bus and access will not run at all. again metro bus and metro access will not run today. pass that on to your neighbors. commuter bus service and marc train service has also been canceled. >>> most flights have been canceled at dulles, reagan national and bwi marshall. if you plan to fly this week, make sure to check with your airline before heading to the airport. a lot of planes have been grounded. we have links to our local websites on our website at wusa9.com. >>> the national kidney foundation has put out a call for more volunteers for four- wheel-drive cars to give patients to dialysis. this is very serious. a week without dialysis can be fatal. if you can help, please go to our website at wusa9.com and click

to have george washington with another very valuable and unique streak of luck because george washington was two things. he was a general and he was a statesman. and he pursued the kind of strategy during the long war of independence and it was a very exhausting worar, he pursued th only strategy that was open and he went on to supervise the constitutional arrangement and when the constitution was drawn up and approved he was voted into power unanimously, he went reluctantly perhaps but recognize that he had to do it and he implemented the constitution. he made the constitution work and it is because of his laying the foundations, not just of the constitution itself but the way it was applied in practice that the constitution of the united states has worked so well and suitably amended the quarter of a millennium, 250 years war more and all that is to some extent due to george washington. at the time, some people did not have a high opinion of george washington. john adams, for instance, was very critical of him and thought he was stupid and so on. i don't think these views bear examinat

how are they doing, george?, there are 33 of these children at the village close to port-au-prince. today they did quite well. two days ago as they came to our village the situation was quite different but we tried to give them a safe place, a safe haven so that they really could feel well and that they get the care and attention they need and some of them even do get psychological treatment. >> larry: is it true, george, that some of them are not orphans? >> yes, that's absolutely true. around 20 of them at least are not orphans. they lived with their parents at their parents' home. they were not given from parents to orphanages like sometimes happens in haiti. they lived and stayed together with their parents and they were taken away from the parents with the hope of going to a boarding school or summer camp in the dominican republic. >> larry: were you surprised that those people took them, george? were you surprised? >> i do not know anything about the attention of these people, of these ten americans. what

abc's chief political correspondent, george stephanopoulos weighs in. >> political chess. and both sides gained something. the president reinforced his bipartisan bona fide. showed he was really reaching out. i think republicans were able to show they had substantive ideas. there were just differences about how to achieve health care form in this country. >> george says democrats will likely put the issue aside if they can't get it done by late next month >>> overseas to afghanistan, where at least 17 people are head after an attack in the heart of kabul. the taliban has claimed responsibility, saying five suicide bombers conducted the early-morning raid. the targets were two, small residential hotels where foreign workers stay. it was the first such attack in kabul since mid-january, when government buildings came under fire. >>> in southern afghanistan, hundreds of afghans and marines gathered in the center of marja, to raise the nation's flag for the first time in two years. the battle to take the town back from the talib is mostly over. now, comes the hard part. findin

george lee donato quite -- george lead that out quite well. we can't treat the weapons of state are an extension of the most powerful forces. in the real world they have been and must continue to be treated separately. no u.s. president has seen fit to use nuclear weapons even in the midst of the two protracted wars korea and vietnam. so, i am one of those folks who subscribe to the idea that given the united states overwhelming conventional military superiority in the 21st century and given the catastrophic effects of the use of a single weapon and the globalized 21st century age there is no possible circumstance that justifies work requires the use of nuclear weapons to deal with a bond nuclear threat and as george outlined their useless in deterring or responding to nuclear terrorism which is extremely hard to understand where a terrorist may have acquired such material to build a bomb. so it's -- and second we also have to consider another 21st reality which is that the continued existence of a large number of nuclear weapons particularly

win george w. bush went into iraq, he should have remembered what happened in korea and then in vietnam. and i will conclude by saying, the lesson, the current lesson that president obama finks about, knows about and i know this for a fact, because to brag little bit i had dinner at the white house with him and eight other historians and some of his aides and we were raised with him this issue. he is mindful of that. he knows about it. i hope he does the right thing. his administration is on the line the way harry truman's was after he went across that parallel. jim. >> thanks. this is going to be an interesting contrast because know i'm going to take to the last years of the cold war. my book is called "the rebellion of ronald reagan: a history of the end of the cold war," and it is a tough book for people in different ways on different sides of the political spectrum, both liberals and conservatives. it is tough for conservatives because really the thrust of the book after looking through the arc

northern prince georges, eastern howard, columbia, down 100. down 32. maybe toward annapolis, not quite yet but we will watch it. head your way in the next hour or so. in to upper montgomery and frederick county, lighter flurry and snow showers over there. we have a winter weather advisory as i said in affect until the noon hour. north and east. it does not include washington but all the counties in pink and winter storm warnings north and east in to northeastern maryland where they will see more snow. 33 national. 30 winchester. but with those winds our wind chills are in the teens and 20s. one below zero at johnstown and oakland. 33 sustained winds west at 23. gusting to the 30s but in martinsburg in the 50s. go to the seven-day forecast. we have a break coming, especially by sunday and monday. monday will be nice. mostly sunny and upper 40s. by wednesday a coastal storm may affect us. we are worrying about that as with get closer to it. >>> hello. we have some weather-related incidents to tell you about but first show you 270 southbound. already seei

and with us right now is prince georges county executive jack johnson. keep us up to date on what is going on? >> thank you very much for being here. i think the camera here tells it all. it is blizzard condition. it is whiteout. we can't see. many of the drivers can not see. so we are telling the drivers to, you know, do as much as they can but safety first and many of them are on the side of the roads now. our primary purpose today is to keep the primary roads half way clear so we can take care of public safety issues affecting our citizens. half of our equipment is down. we have a repair shops that are working 24 hours a day. the plows are breaking down. the equipment, the trucks cannot handle all of the snow. >> of course there is also the physical pressure on the people themselves. >> many of our employees have been working really, 15 days consecutively now. so they are preparing for the snow as they came on. one of my staff is sending me a notice letting people know the beltway is closed and only three lanes and my understanding as i talk today the

george mason loses a heartbreaker at home. 85-83. elsewhere virginia on the road facing clemson. a mismatch from the start. the tigers inside to dematha grad. clemson up 19 at the break. second half, the shock clock winding down. andre young forces up a shot and banks it. it's ugly but clemton built a 32-point lead. the tigers go on and beat virginia 72-49. the fifth straight loss by the carve leers. elsewhere navy on the road against archrival army. second half, a whacky play here. army's pass deflected by navy's chris harris. it's tipped to richard who tip it is to himself and scores on the layup. navy falls to army. the loss ends navy's seven-game winning streak? the series. richmond over gw74-70. howard falls to florida 72-67. >>> we need a tv time-out but when we come back, the wizards try to do something they haven't done all season. we'll be right back. coi'suwo t >>> welcome back. it's been impossible for the wizards to string together three straight wins this season. to in a row is the best they've done. raptors playing without their center. second half, the wizards dow

as for the other political topics, we will be careful. >> some of george's best known address to the voices of the cartoon characters. -- george got's best known actors do the voices of the cartoon characters. the theards unit reached the top spot in the ratings, not -- though the cartoon reached the top spot in the ratings, not everyone is impressed. >> if we made this cartoon in the 1970's, it migh have worked. frankly speaking, i am not impressed. i saw a couple of episodes and stop watching. >> the first thing you remember when you watch it or hear the name is the sentence. -- the san cents. simpson's. it does not it is an american thing. >> it may not be as famous as at their cousin, but they are younger and newark to the tv screen. the creators say they could be just as popular given time. bbc news, tbilisi. >> for more on that story and all the international news at any time at bbc.com. thank you for being with us on "bbc world news." >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. the newman's own foundation. the john d. and c

pepco has about 5,400 customers without electricity in the district and prince george's and montgomery counties right now. demominion power outages are affecting 580 customers in northern virginia. baltimore gas and electric reports about 300 still without power. the northern virginia electric cooperative has 430 customers in the dark. southern maryland's electric co-op has ten customers without power tonight. >>> utility crews are racing to restore power before this latest snowstorm can cause more outages. >> joining us now is clay anderson. clay, how are you doing tonight? >> doing fine, jim. >> can you give us an update? how many customers without power? >> montgomery county, we are about to crack the 5,000 mark. i know that doesn't seem like much, but considering this time yesterday we had over 30,000 montgomery county, about 5,000 customers, prince george's county, 180 district of clum be, 157. but the battle zone is montgomery county. we continue to chip away at that outage number. >> clay, looking at the numbers, pepco has had the most people out and is the slowest to get them b