-- josh goodman, how is the federal government's situation?uest: virginia is a great state to talk about when you have that conversation. it was one of the five states in the debt ceiling crisis of 2011 that the credit agencies talked about lowering the triple a bond rating mohsen because of problems of the federal level. -- mostly because of problems at the federal level. the sequester -- it pushed off congress for only two months. but let a lot of states in uncertainty. right now what states are doing is they're governors are proposing budget cuts but they are doing so with this backdrop of federal uncertainty because they do not know how much money is going to be coming from the federal government and they will not know for at least a little while longer. host: here is a comment on our facebook page. she says that companies continued to move out of rhode island. home prices below what towns assessed for tax purposes. a t-shirt to tell us where you are writing from -- be sure to tell us where you are writing from. let us go to leonard in mic

joshed goodman. th -- josh goodman. your calls and questions. live at 7:00 a.m.eastern on c- span, "washington journal." >> created by america's cable. >> , on thursday, secretary of state nominee john kerry testified at his confirmation hearing before the foreign relations committee. more than four decades ago, senator kerry testified against the vietnam war before this in committee. he has served as the massachusetts senator for more than 25 years. current secretary of state hillary clinton introduced senator kerry at the hearing. harry reid said he is working to hold a focused tuesday on the nomination. this hearing is about four hours. -- vote tuesday on the nomination. this hearing is about four hours. [indistinct conversations] >> good morning. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee will come to order. let me ask, as i did yesterday, i ask unanimous consent of returning members to allow prospective member to participate in today's hearing. if there is no objection, it is so ordered. let me start by saying, you are not at the table yet, senat

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josh doyle performs live. >> first over to stacy ann goodman from station 12 in new york. >> thank you guys.an see, we do have a lot going on. we still have some good news right? much needed relief eventually across the northeast. we dealering with lake-effect snow across the great lakes. milder air will be pumped in. we're talking 40s and 50s by next week. something to look forward to. however, we're tracking this area of low pressure that's going to be the culprit for freezing rain across the midwest. and that combined with the energy across the northwest taking a close look at that. we're talking travel troubles as well across the mid-atlantic states wef did get freezinging rain snow and, of course black ice. be careful out on the roads. that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >>> now, it's time for your saturday shout-out, and it goes to west palm beach, florida, hosting the 101st annual south florida fair this weekend. now, it's fun for the whole family with all kinds of music from country and blue grass to jazz and steel bands.