as karen pointed out, we really got a good introduction. .. more than an introduction really of the different philosophical approaches to something like this. but there was not any news that came out of today's conversation. and what really struck me about the gathering was that if it had taken place, say, in june of 2009, maybe nine months ago or something like that, it could have had a very meaningful impact on the process. but this sort of thing generally happens at the beginning not at the end. and so it was very difficult to imagine after all of this talk and the back-and-forth for a full day what would be the logical next step to happen. >> woodruff: and given that, karen tumulty, did the white house get what it wanted out of this? >> i think what the white house wanted to do was to be able to turn to the country where public opinion polls, as the republicans kept reminding us over and over again, suggest that people are really turning away from this health care plan, it's losing support, they want to be able to turn to the country and s

karen parks live in ellicott city. karen, how much salt is actually left? we have had enough this year. >> well, jeff, you know what, we don't have enough to do the job. not right now. not today. the state is running out. and here is the problem. you see mounds of snow like this. where are they going to move it and how do they keep the streets clean? what is happening now is after last weekend's big snow storm. the state is running out of salt. the state started with 350,000 tons of salt and now workers have less than half of that to work with. officials say they have started to pull salt from areas that don't need it. like eastern shore. but that will not be enough to solve the problem.

karen? >>well, jeff, as mentioned, we are not having as many problems with the power lines as expected. but as this winter storm continues. they are telling us that we could have many more problems with power outages. but right now, it is not so much fixing the power lines. the problem is, look at the streets. the power is getting to them. now, right now, there are more than 12,000 bge customers without power. wind gusts are expected to go up to 50 miles per hour, even overnight. which will undoubtly cause more outages through the evening. the restoration process during winter storms is a lot harder. and takes more time. crews are asking customers just to be patient. >> some of the county crews, and the state crews, may have to be diverted from clearing the highways, and the roads, to instead clearing paths for the pepco, bge, allegany crews in order to get at the source of the power outage. so most likely it will hamper and impede the speed at which we will make the roads passable. >> if yo

berkshire hathaway, karen?there's a compelling story that was told yesterday at the boys and girls harbor about them being added and the reweight in the s&p. that was compelling, as well as the undervaluation. i was intrigued. i would be a buyer. >> drop here for akamai. >> the problem was the stock just is a little bit broken here in the tech space. because if the best stock in the tech space today, cisco, couldn't manage to hold on to gains, certainly akamai can't either. i would be looking to get into this stock around the 24 level. >> steel dynamics, down 7%. >> it was on the goldman sachs buy list. i know steven not really favoring the steel names right now. steel dynamic, i don't know if i play from the short side, i would actually be looking on another pullback to acquire the name. >> massey energy was a drop, 8%. >> longer term i would be in the name. right now it's selling off. i would stay with it near term, take another look in maybe another month or so. >> a drop here as well for yum brands. >> a li

but at the heart of it, karen, what is it that's the nub of this debate?> the president did begin by saying let's talk about the things we agree on. and see if we can bridge the differences. but as the six hours turned into seven hours, what became increasingly apparent is that while they can agree on some provisions of the bill, that the philosophical approaches between the two parties are so different. especially about what the role of government should be versus what the role of free markets should be, that there is really no common ground here between the two. and second of all, they -- they're so at odds over whether this is even doable. whether it's affordable. and at one point, lamar alexander said basically this is just something that washington is not even capable of doing. gwen: and is it possible that washington is also just not capable of really finding that middle ground? was it even a possibility, a fairy tale thought? >> it was a fairy tale thought but it wasn't a real thought. and the problem is because both sides came in with different vie

karen parks fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you karen. >> joining us on the phone is richard arrest moose, director of the emergency management agency. thank you for joining us tonight. >> mr. moose can you hear me? do we have richard moose on the phone with us? we are checking to see if we have -- can you hear me richard? all right. we are going to try to get back to richard moose. in just a minute. >> sometimes that's going to happen during weather situations. >> we have a lot going on tonight i am sure he does too. >> and also a lot of school closing to tell you about. and we have divided them into two list. >> first list is county public schools closed tomorrow only. so far anyway. baltimore, caroline, carroll, cecil and harford. >> also, kent, queen ann's, st. mary's, and talbot counties, all closed tomorrow. >> now, this next lirks county public schools that will be closed all week long for the rest of the week. arundel county, baltimore city schools and frederick county. >> and also howard county, montgomery, prince george's, again, those public schools will be closed all week. >>

from tonight's winter blast. >> hello again i am karen parks. >> and i am jeff barnd. our reporters and meteorologists tracking the storm. >> keith daniels is live in rogers forge where the snow is getting deeper and deeper. >> snow keeps piling up in canton as well. that's where myranda stephens will be joining us live momentarily. >> and just how deep is that snow now? meteorologist jessica starr will join us from the sky watch weather center. >> but first, how much snow will we get and who will get hit the hardest? chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a look. >> wow, out front, and i got the measuring stick out. and we're talking about several inches of snow coming down quickly on hd radar. you can see behind us. lots of snowfall. went out and measured four, 4 1/2 inches. right about here. and remember folks, we're talking about 20-to 30 inches. that takes the amount possibly that we could get as much as this. substantial. and that will slow things down quite a bit if we are trying to get out and about on sunday to monday. takes a long time to dig out. hd ra

karen, what can you tell us? >> well, jeff, councilwoman helen holton submitted a resolution today, to make sure there were policies in place to keep this from happening again. 37-year-old dennis mclaughlin that works for the department of public works, as a utility repairman awas also charged with sexual assault and impersonating a police officer. he served amos, in 2008, for sexually assaulting a minor. now, their allegations that mclaughlin used sick time borrowed from the city's sick bank to cover time while in jail. >> i am just concerned. is it an abuse? did the investigation begin before fox broke the story? i don't know. there are employees in the department of public works, that knew that this employee was incarcerateed. that knew that this employee had someone submitting sick leave slips so this employee could be paid while incarcerateed. >> we have also learned that mclaughlin's mother works as administrative assistant at the department of public works. reporting live here in downtown baltimore, karen

karen parks live in north baltimore to explain. karen? >>well, jeff that means that only authorized emergency vehicles are permitted on city recognizes. this is why. since the snow had stopped. salt trucks are able to pass through, and the streets are looking a little better. but conditions are still dicey. making it very difficult for bge crews and other emergency vehicles to travel. officials say that moving cars, as well as stranded vehicles are also making salt distribution difficult. but warn, they will shut down roadways completely if disabled or moving vehicles continue to impede snow removal. but it is a disabling process. many city residents are just sick. >> we're baking. so we need something, it is boring. so nothing else to do. >> absolutely crazy. there is no one driving at all. >> we have just learned that beginning at 5:00, tomorrow morning, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will reinstate phase 2 of the snow emergency plan. which means non-emergency vehicles will be allowed to travel on city roads. reporting live here in nort

karen? >> jennifer, the man that sparked all of this is still employed by the department of public works. and tonight, is still behind bars. but today, councilwoman helen holton submitted a resolution that would make sure there are policies in place, to keep this from happening again. >> we as a city, we need to tighten up what we're doing. >> councilwoman helen holton questions city policies, and demands change. >> this person is on the registry, serving amos in jail. receiving a paycheck. utilizing sick leave out of the sick leave bank, yeah it bothers me. >> holtton is referring to 37-year-old dennis mclaughlin that works for the department of public works as a utility reare pearman. registered sex offender, charged with sexual assault, impersonating a police officer, and just recently served amos in prison, for sexually assaulting a minor. >> where is the policy of how we address this? >> also alleged mclaughlin received pay while behind bars in 2008, and used the city's sick bank to cov

we check in with karen. >> you are absolutely right. some some cases some of these northeastern cities like pittsburgh and new york city have seen record snowfalls for the month of february. and i think by the end of winter, we're going to see record snowfalls for the season. area of low pressure will be slow to move away but still on the back side of this and plenty cold air that will still introduce that snowfall all the way from cleveland extending up towards bangor maine. a little bit of a break for the nation's midsection, not quite as cold as it has been. here comes az a storm system for the west coast and sierra nevada and into southern california. we're looking at mountain snowfall and into the lower elevations it will be rain like in los angeles. high temperatures 58 degrees. ten ver, 48. for miami, a little on the cool side with 69 and new york city should make it to 38. i'm karen maginnis. >>> an "american idol" star was in chile when the earthquake hit. you will hear how he reacted when his hotel started swaying. >>> i feel

reporting live here at city hall, karen parks, fox 25 news at 5:30. >>> today is sheila dixon's last full day as mayor of the city of baltimore. she had a message for her staff. >> and i leave this office as mayor as i began, with full optimism and hope for baltimore city. i love this city and i leave city hall after 23 years of public service secure in the knowledge that baltimore's best days are ahead. >> dixon will be officially sentenced tomorrow as part of a plea agreement. you can hear more of mayor dixon's final words at today's meeting simply by logging on to foxbaltimore.com slash newslink. >>> the state prosecutor lashing out at mayor dixon in a scathing memo. joy lepola tells us he does not mince words. >> reporter: the three-page memo was written in support of a plea deal which will lead to dixon's resignation thursday. prosecutor labels the mayor as unrepent enter and in a state of total denial, even describing her behavior as laughable. at one point the state prosecutor responds to a comment the mayor made saying quote, she it didn't amount to much. such an arrogant att

karen parks live where crews are having a hard time getting to the salt or having the salt get to them. >> reporter:the state has received more than 40,000 tons of salt. from mexico the problem, let me show you see the mounds of snow across the street? workers are having a hard time finding places to dump snow which makes laying down salt quite challenging crews are doing what they can but there is no more room to push the snow to the side of the streets. officials say, moving cars as well as stranded vehicles are also making salt distribution difficult but warns they will shut down roadways completely if disabled or moving vehicles continue to impede snow removal and salting. >> the good news is there are a couple of shipments of salt that came in the last 48 hours the supply is good the problem is the distribution is not good so many of the private contractorses that would be used to hall the salt are employed by county government that is salting. >> the governor says the national guard deployed a convoy of dump trucks to transfer salt from the port of baltimore to counties that are

millions watched him emerge karen allen has had rare access to the prison where he spent those final months. >> this is the villa in the prison where he spent his last year in custody. you can see that even haa swimming pool in the shadow of the mountains. by the time he reached here, it was clear that he was being prepared for bigger things on the outside. >> extraordinary to think that 20 years ago this was the nerve center of an attempt to liberate nelson mandela from prison. senior figures included bbc.co [unintelligible] in the last weeks of his incarceration he was secretly driven to cape town to hold talks to negotiate the terms of his release. >> on the 11th of february, 1990, nelson mandela was set free. he is now preparing to reflect on his past. his ex-wife has recreated the historic walk through the gates, joined by some of the heavyweights. 20,000 people are expected to mark this anniversary, knowing that despite the coming of democracy and the end of white minority rule, so of his ideas are work in progress yet to be realized. >> karen allen, thank you. we know that we

americans are anxious and rightly so. >> karen? >> i have to say as one of the 14 million people who doesn't have health care, i'm glad that he's not backing off on health care and it's an important message. again, this idea he campaigned on a set of principles and he's going to keep those promises and keep working on those promises. the other thing i thought was so important, i take issue with what you said, what he said in front of the democrats is the same thing that he said in front of the republicans, very similar to what he said during the state of the union. so in terms of sort of holding feet to the fire, i think he's doing it both with republicans and democrats. i think that's important. i think reminding both parties this is about getting something done, if you look at the tea party movement, at the end of the day they're pushing for results and sometimes when you turn on the television and see what's going on here in washington you don't see results getting made. you see a lot of bickering back and forth. >> msnbc politi

karen? >>reporter: well, jennifer as you can see here in elegant city this snow is relevant starting to come down. but this will create a bigger problem for the state. where to move mounds of snow like this and how to keep the streets clean. what is happening now is that after last weekend big snowstorm the state is running out of salt. the state started with 350,000 tons of salt and now workers have less than that to work with. officials say they have started pulling salt from years that don't really need it leak the eastern shore but that won't be enough to solve the problem. then shipments of salt are expected over the next two weeks and estate officials say it couldn't come soon enough. >> with the dwind length salt supply we will not be able to use as much salt as we did in the last storm. and therefore it is going to be a bigger challenge for to us get down to bare pavement. >>reporter: first shipment arrived yesterday from mexico. at the port of baltimore bringing in about 40,000 tons

>>reporter: hi karen and jeff. we are here in canton where you can see the snow is definitely coming down a lot harder. it's thicker and starting to stick to roads and to cars and speaking of cars, we are in phase 2 of the city's snow emergency plan and that means if your car is parked along a snow emergency route, which you will know from signs leak this one up he here, that you will need to move it by 6:00 o'clock tonight or else risk it being towed. obviously the point is to clear the street so that snowplow can get through them. city has even december egg natured some school parking lots and city garages where you can park your vehicles if you have no other place to go. one canton manager we talked to says his experience has shown that a lot of folks don't heed the signs. >> some people leave tonight find more people coming down the park here. so if you are leaving your car on the street you are taking the risk of getting hit i suppose. >>reporter: and for more on the city snow emergency plan and including a li

your reaction, karen? >> i'm kind of shocked. i think she is doing this to justify to herself and probably not feel so bad for what have has done. after reading the blog entries and then watching the video, i'm surprised and not surprised. i'm very much free speech advocate but i find it very sad and disconcerting she would feel the need do something like this. i think she is a pern with a troubled background and i think that comes through. >> and randall terry isn't? >> he has his own issues. i'm saying any activist. you can find troubled people on either side of any issue. >> well, i actually read her tweets, her twitter page, i looked a little bit further after watching the video. emotiy disturbed woman and i think that anyone who feels that -- resorting to this venue to, what karen said, justify emotionally i think what she has done and to put it out there and claim under the guise of demystifying the rulers or desensitize people to the act of terminating a pregnancy, i think is a really sad commentary of a certain more rows

. >> and i am karen parks. as the governor mentioned. maryland is under a state of emergency tonight. as we are in the middle of one of the biggest snow storms to hit the area. >> team of meteorologist is standing by in the sky watch weather forecast center. chief meteorologist vytas reid has been tracking the storm all week long. he will tell us when the r worst of the storm will ind. and meteorologist jessica starr has the latest snow totals in this area. >> our entire news team has been working around the clock, to bring you the very latest on the storm. >> keith daniels will join us live from rogers forge. people there, like everyone across the state, are bracing for the worst. >> we will take you live to canton. myranda stephens has been tracking trouble in the city. >> this storm has crippled all forms of transmission. we will have live coverage on that, with michael buczyner standing by at bwi thurgood marshall airport. >> and the snow and wind create a big potential for power problems. jeff abell will join us from north baltimore

karen cho joins me from sidney with a preview. good morning to you.e you seeing in the early going? >> good morning, maria. that volatility you've been tracking will hit asia shortly. let's take a look at the early picture. i want to show you japan. tokyo stocks are bracing in the order of 4%. toyota likely to be crunched again the stock up 80% since the crisis around the braking system began. tokyo sfox are in for a very rough session. less than 90 minutes from the open on the australian market. we're anticipating a near 3% tumble out of the gates. the resorts to be heard by falling gold prices. take a look at the current price, down about 4%, oil off 5%, copper in london shed 5%. take a look at these prices in new york trade both fell about 6%. so this is really indicative of what we are going to expect on the australian market. expect heavy falls in nining stocks. take a look at the currency, we're seeing in asia the risk trade being removed, the commodity currency, the australian dollar has actually shed in the order of 2% or nearly two cents, we

karen gray-houston fond people desperate to hear word from family and friends. >> julia is a popular fast food chain with four stores in the d.c. area, the owner julia is from chile. my brother is fine, they were in the garden outside. >> reporter: she can't get through to other relatives. >> my other relative, mine knews, a lot of nephews and cousins, they were not located. >> reporter: it was a magnitude 8.8 quake that took out bridges, caused roads to collapse, cut out electricity and telephone lines. ere people from chile headed to the embassy anxious for any word from back home. >> it was very bad, according to the international standards, this is one of the worst in all, you know, all the world history. >> reporter: the chilean ambassador says his country is no stricter earthquakes. a quake kild 6000 people there in 1960. so now many of the modern buildings are built to withstand earthquakes. >> karen rosen blat teaches south american history she grew up in chile and has seen her share of quake. >> chile has strict building codes, were the building codes followed? rosen blat's

it is you have been. >> karen, your response?mocrats in new york are calling on president obama to move this ksm trial. michael bloom bettered is hardly a republican out there with republican talking points. he left the republican party. the member of congress who represents manhattan wants this trial moved. you know, the bigger i think political picture here is that how much political capital is president obama going to burn on this issue? he's already burned through a lot of political capital in his first year. and he has a long way to go from here to november and the end of the year to get through some sort of tmdomestic agenda. how much is president obama really going to stand up and fight for his attorney general? i don't think he will. >> karen, if it's the wrong thing to do, then why don't the republicans allow the president to fall on his sword with this decision because the conviction rate in civilian court is far greater than what it is in front of a military commission. why don't they do that? >> why don't the democrat

roland martin, and karen tumilty, and bay buchanan and christine romans.r this, darlene says how about putting the members of congress and the senate in a locked room with only bread, water, a pillow and a thin mat and blanket, and there they are forced to negotiate and come to agreements on the issues that really affect american citizens. >> actually, ali, that is how the filibuster used to work. it used to work where you had to stand up there and you could not eat, and you were at the podium so you could not throw something on and go back to the office, so people sitting there in the halls of congress with cots and stuff, and those were real filibusters, but don't skip over what bay said earlier. you have democratic members of congress who either believe in the health care bill or they want to protect their jobs. that is what happen when you have gutless politicians. arlen specter said, great job voting for stimulus, be he said, you voted against it, yeah, i don't want to tick the people off, but it is the right thing to do, but i didn't want to do it. w

at the united nations, karen brown, wjz news. >> today chile's president has announced supermarket basics will be given away for free along with water. >>> and we have more on that airplane that came down and nearly missed two homes. the pilot was the only person on board the plane when it struck some trees and then crashed just a few feet away from two homes. >>> jury deliberations are set to resume tomorrow. in prince george's county, wjz stays on that story tonight. derek valcourt has more. >> reporter: now the man says he was not racing but he was in the car. and the judge says that makes his just as responsible. >> those people were hit like bowling pins. >> reporter: proctor's son gregory survived the accident after weeks in the hospital. he even testified as a witness about what he remembered happened on the night that eight other people he was standing with was killed by bullocks car which police say was going 100 miles per hour. >> i'm having nightmares. >> reporter: he's upset that taylor still has not apologized for his role in the accident. >> i know i would have if i was in t

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under karen mills, sba has increased loan guarantees and reduced fees.ve increased sba lending by 86% and we've called for legislation to increase sb alone limits to allow us to guarantee loans of up to 5 million compared with the 2 million now and today i'm taking yet another step to assist small business owners, to get the capital that they need to grow and to hire. i'm proposing legislation that allows firms to refinance their commercial real estate loans, their mortgages and under the sba. right now, even companies with great credit histories are facing challenges, refinancing and what are historically low rates. property values have fallen and many have doped. many surviving this downturn are at risk of defaulting which in turn would lead to even lower property values and less lending and not to mention lost jobs. in addition, i'm also proposing that we increase the limits for sb alones used for lines of credit and working capital. something that i know could benefit ruth's business and countless others. the truth is the economy can be growing like

karen gray houston has our story tonight. >> reporter: that was then, the result of back-to-back snowis now. they're still removing snow from the parking lot that used to be the old convention center. streets are pretty much clear except for piles of snow blocking some streets parking on allison street in northwest, we found residents with strong opinions on the job the city did. >> i thought it was fair. however, it was difficult in getting in, getting out because of the amount of snow and the lack of the services from the d.c. government. >> based on what i saw in my neighborhood, i really have to give them an a. of course, i'm on a major thoroughfare south dakota avenue. >> reporter: at the wilson building lawmakers demanded answers from the is i's top two snow fighters. >> what did we not have as a result of not having a presidential declaration of an emergency? >> there was no resource that we did not have due to not declaring whatever the declaration could have been. >> reporter: what frustrated residents and council members alike, why some streets were cleared and others missed

let's head to karen gray houston. she is following amtrak and the situation with the trains. >> reporter: activity in general is slowing down. shops and stores have been shutting down closing early. if you are a trained traveler heading up north to new york or boston, trains are moving in that direction along the northeast corridor. the problem is if you want to go south. i thought we had have to go to, a package. i'm not sure if it's on. >> reporter: charlottely after noon, some stragglers rushed to get on a train that was leaving for the big apple. are you nervous about making it on the train in the snow. >> no, they only canceled the trains to the south. >> reporter: you aring to new york. >> the snow is three hours late. i'm doing well. >> reporter: for now, most amtrak service south of washington has been canceled. officials are tracking the storm to decide what to do about changes to service to the north. what kind of crews -- shovel the platform for a clear pathway for the passengers. we have to keep the ice off the wires overhead, they feed electricity to the train. >

karen maginnis, thanks so much. appreciate in a. >>> to find out the latest on the relief efforts and what you can do to actually help, go online to our impact your world page. cnn.com/impact. >>> one of our cnn international reporters ryan byrd, is traveling from santiago to concepcion, 70 miles away from the epicenter of the earthquake in chile. he is joining us now on the phone. brian, give me an idea what you have been able to see as you have been traveling. >> reporter: yes. i can tell you it has been a long and difficult journey for us today. we left santiago earlier this morning and traveling on route 5, pan american highway. i can tell you this highway is completely ripped off. obviously the earthquake caused a lot of damage on the highway. major deep and very, very deep dips in the road. the asphalt has been ripped up and fault lines are running along the lines of the highway. that makes the journey difficult for ourselves and other people heading south of santiago. let me give you a snapshot of other thing

for the homeland security position the president nominated karen wagner.she too is highly qualified, having held a number of senior positions in the house permanent select committee on intelligence, the office of the director of national intelligence and the the national intelligence program. as homeland security top intelligence official wagner would be responsible for ensuring the department's partners at the state, local and tribal levels and in the private sector have the information they need to keep us safe from the bad folks around the world. as far as disarmament, the fourth nominee is ambassador laura kennedy. president obama, he asked her to serve as our nation's representative on the conference on disarmament. this group is responsible for negotiating multilateral arms control tk*eus disarmament agreements such as the biological weapons convention, chemical weapons convention, big, big issues, mr. president. ambassador kennedy is a member of the seniors foreign service, has worked at the state department, bureau of european and asian affairs, un

under karen mills, sba has decreased loan fees, increased lending by 86%. called for legislation to increase sba loan limits to allow us to guarantee loans of up to 5 million, compared with 2 million now. and today, i'm taking yet another step to assist small business owners. get the capital that they need to grow and to hire. i'm proposing legislation that allows firms to refinance their commercial real estate loans, their mortgages, under the sba. right now, even companies with great credit histories are facing challenges, refinancing and what are historically low ra rates. property values have fallen and lending has dropped. as a result, many businesses that otherwise would have survived this downturn are at risk of defaulting which, in turn, will lead to even lower property values and less lending, not to mention lost jobs. in addition, i'm also proposing that we increase the limits for sba loans used for lines of credit and working capital. something that i know could benefit business and countless others. the truth is the economy can be growing like g

. >> hello karen. it is still illegal to possess marijuana in maryland. even if you can prove you are using it for medical reasons. but that could change if this bill passes. huge crowds pack a hearing room in annapolis this afternoon just to support the bill that would allow pharmacy to distribute marijuana to patrons with chronic or terminal illnesses. doctors say it relieves pain and reduces nausea for those undergoing cancer treatment. the pot itself only grown in states certified facilities. one of those who testified today a man who survived polio as a child is still in chronic pain. >> my muscles are very weak. they have tendency to cramp and spasm. and cannabis keeps them relaxed. >> all right now if caught using pot even for medical reasons you face a 100 dollar fine. if the bill passes there will be no fine but a patient would need authorization from a physician with whom they have had an ongoing relationship. this is fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> thank you john. >>> bars in baltimore city not allowed to stay open past 2 many a. state lawmakers from

and karen from alexandria says, stop being a weather wimp. area have it relatively easy. many of us included where it snows in feet from october to may. and stop whining, learn to drive in and plow the white stuff. as they still predicted six more weeks. a good deal. all right, everybody seems to like the snow. and they did send a list of things that he does not like about it. the suv drivers who feel like they are seeing it and they cleaned the snow off the vehicle. nonfour wheel drivers on the road spinning all over the place, where are they doing there? drivers that do not turn on their headlights. >>> okay, by the way, i have a question for you. has anyone ever died in the snowstorm because of the bread or toilet paper? just curious. probably not, ron, but if the cable ever goes out, that's 100% fatal. or else, you could just jump on your computer and send us an e-mail. the address mailbag@wusa9.com. am i the only one for them? i'll be right back here tonight at 11 to 7:00. we'll see you there. topper keeping an eye on the storm. bye. >>>

karen said don't forget me on dartmouth road. it hasn't been touched and the other one 37th street. that's another one that hasn't been touched. our friend marla has been writing in on abc2news.com. she says she's not going to work. her husband went out and assessed the situation and gave it a thumb's down. that's good because she actually fell on the ice. we are telling people to be careful if you're driving but be careful if you're just stepping outside because it is icy and it might be desieving as more snow falls over the ice. take it easy and be careful. >> scott's out in elers burg. 7.5 inches she just measured and he just called work out. if you could chat with us where you work. he said safety first so he's shutting down his business. >> in the meantime let's send it over to mta's mark jones. he's going to let us know how it's working. >> there's no more train service and no mta commuter bus service. metro subway operating every 30 minutes. light rail trains are operating every 30 minutes from hunt valley to cromwell including bwi but no ten station service. mobility service

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." >> reporter: the sufi's whirling dervish, performed here by reverend karen lindquist, interfaith church'sco-founder, is also a mode of prayer although it requires a life-long commitment. >> one of the benefits of ritual is it gives us a form, for example, the ritual of prayer. but every ritual that we do in our lives also has us going on automatic. so there comes a time when i might be doing it outwardly, i might be saying the words, but i'm no longer conscious of them. >> months later, i realized it was an act of surrender to god, that my life is not in my own hands. >> reporter: a common theme among spiritual directors is that first it's necessary to value and love oneself as god's creation. >> so what i've been doing is using the buddhist prayer to quiet me down, quiet my thoughts down, and open myself up, and then the sufi prayer to just reassure and love my own heart so that i can feel really full and complete. and, then, from that place, i can pray for people that are struggling, people that are sick, people that... that i feel like need some extra love. >> reporter: even sister joy

karen in mineral county said it started at 93 and 9:05 snowing in steven city and frederick. we thank our weather watchers for that. submit your storm reports at wusa9.com. keep track of the storm and we will be here all weekend. show you a couple of cameras. take you to mount jackson along i-81 in the shenandoah valley. i-81 is good and the grass is whitening up from the snow. take you to charlottesville, we are looking at i-64 down there. this is where we have been seeing quite a bit of snow. still they are keeping the roads wet but it is building up on the shoulder. let's talk about the forecast. next three days look like this. -- sorry about that. we don't have snow yet but it is knocking on our doorstep. warrenton and winchester, mineral county, fredericksburg wasn't reporting snow but just south it is snowing there. some snow could break out in the next 20 to 30 minutes fredericksburg and southern maryland, as well. if it is not here by 10:00 it will be here shortly after in the metro and the first few hours should be light enough. the afternoon where things pick up. yo

. >> karen buck. >> high-visibility police patrols are the public's number one priority for reassurance and crime prevention. does he share my concern that the rise of 6,500 police in london in recent years now appears to be going into reverse, with the mayor of london's draft budgets implying a cut of 455 police officers over his term in office? will he do what he can to protect, in particular, our much valued safer neighborhood police teams? >> under a labour government, there has been an increase of 6,000 police in the metropolitan police service since 1997. we are also proud that there are 4,500 police community support officers available. but i have to say that for the conservative party to publish a document on law and order which does not mention police numbers, prison places, cctv, or dna shows that it is the first opposition party to run out of ideas even before facing an election. >> elfyn llwyd. >> does the prime minister regret the inability of his predecessor mr. blair to express to the chilcot inquiry any sympathy or regret for the awful loss of life in iraq? >> i know tha

. >>> i'm karen parks. >>> a security guard is gunned down while trying to break up a fight. >> it happened early this morning in downtown baltimore. melinda roeder is live with details. melinda? >>reporter: well, detectives are still trying to figure out who pulled the trigger. meanwhile, police and the victim's family are reacting to the shocking and unexpected tragedy. >> he was a guy that loved family. he had a lot of close friends. >>reporter: he was a father, security guard and now a hero to his family and friends. >> just a good guy trying to do the right thing and everything was really looking up for him this year. >>reporter: just trying to do the right thing would ultimately cost him his life. baltimore police were called after 2:00 a.m. to the bank of america building downtown where the overnight watchman was shot. he had tried to break up a fight that broke out in front of the building minutes after nightclubs nearby had closed. >> looks like this was a dispute over a girl. >>reporter: the attackers, police say, were targeting another man and his girlfriend, who they had been ha

balance sheet state entities not officially gained and people are depending on the too big to fail karen t. nobody would invest in a lot of the boondoggle projects if they did not think there was a bailout there from the state and for that matter people would not invest in new york or california if they did not think it was too big to fail. we have government distortions preventing states and cities from getting their spending. the same that comes from washington, distorts the market signals so they are unrecognizable. >> if your recommendations would in effect of monetary policy works because the fed has to effectively it is the ability across the. version that impose work create a barrier to the change in the liquidity in the markets? >> it means that the economy is better protected from mistakes of monetary policy but it should not change the way the fed sets monetary policy. in fact,, it lessens the pressure on the fed to try to recognize asset bubbles. if you have limits on our way people will not be able to keep up with the rising prices with the cash they have to put down and you

when i started my life with karen, i began my life with karen. been an elementary music teacher. she is guiding our children musicically. my sons david and josh have sung with children's choirs. i credit it not only to my wife's teaching but exposure to classical music. and to remove that atmosphere of influence would be detrimental. without classic 99, i don't know if many of the musical institutions that rely on this station would be able to get their music heard. our local high school students have a chance to play on the radio station and i'm sure is a highlight. i felt this issue was especially important for me to weigh in today because as a doted lutheran, i'm concerned that the church does not realize how important it is important to the st. louis area. christian broadcasting and classical broadcasting are synonomous. eliminating this music would be a detriment and would not be able to hear composers and programs devoted to christian musical heritage. and christian programming such as "sing for joy" and chapel from the cross. music is an i

under karen mills s.b.a. has reduced fees. they have taken steps that reduced s.b.a. spending by 86%. we have called for the administration to reduce s.b.a. loan limits to allow us to guarantee loans up to 5 million compared to $2 million now. today i am taking asteps to assist small businesses. i'm proposing legislation that allows firms to refinance commercial real estate loans, their mortgages, under the s.b.a. right now, even companies with great credit histories are facing challenges and refinancing at what are historically low rates. property values have fallen and lending has dropped. as a result, many companies are at risk of defaulting, which, in turn, will lead to lower property values and less hending, not to mention lost jobs. in addition, i'm also proposing that we increase the limits for s.b.a. loans used for lines of credit and working capital. something i know could benefit ruth's business and countless others. the truth is, the economy can be growing like gang buffletters for years on end, and it is still not easy to run a small business. it is not ea

separate image in the boutique that you go to coakley, donna karen, you are buying the same product. you are standing in the store and you see a huge array of boxes in front of you. all the choices and brands. two companies are almost responsible for every single to of toothpaste. do you know, what the two companies do every day? they collude. there is a practice called category management. that means the two companies get together and decide how they will display m price products together. you'll see a bewildering away of options but if you pay attention to the pet food recall, five other six companies that sell branded pet food in this country and a 17 out of 20 companies that sell private-label pet food they all source their commands and pouches of food from one company, one plant from kansas that is called manufoods. not long ago i was in a wal-mart in tennessee. you see the cold case options. gallons with the name federico were great value which is the private label of wal-mart. after words i did a little research and found that pet theory and mayfield are owned by the same comp

coming from karen who says good morning, and good morning, to you karen as well as pepper ann who might love the snow but is looking like she's had enough. >> we have melinda from dundalk who just made coffee and chipped beef. >> we'll be over. >> listen to this. this is why we're here. elaine from baltimore writes in mr. burnell briggs works everyday, is caring for his wife who is recovering from surgery, yet he found time to help people who live on a side street by shoveling for more than six hours. she wanted to applaud mr. briggs for getting out there and doing it. >> that reminds me of a story we heard over the weekend. we were on the air constantly on saturday and sunday and someone wrote in to us -- called in to us saying we need help. i work for a veterans hospital and one of their volunteers with a 4x4 was a disabled veteran who brought in his 4- wheeled drive and was driving people around to and from the veterans hospital. that's all something we have to think about if you are home and have on the ability to leave was a 4-wheel drive -- can we show this picture of the fire sta

[laughter] >> and my wife, karen pence, is sitting right there. 25 years this june.with this time slot. you know, they called me up and said how about 11:00 am friday at cpac for your address. and i said, man, that is great timing. you know, in politics, really timing is everything. i was driving down the road yesterday and i heard the news that tiger woods would be addressing the nation at 11:00 am friday. [laughter] >> oh, perfect. but, you know, there is hope. somebody beyond you good people in this room might see this speech. i mean, i got a facebook page. [laughter] >> and youtube springs eternal. [applause] >> what a difference a year makes. last year at this podium i said that despite our defeats in 2006 and 2008 i said we were on the brink of an american awakening but i had no idea. i mean, a year ago most conservatives were still sure of our principles but we were pretty uncertain about the future. i mean, a year ago it seems like it was only a remnant of people in this country unbound by the glamour and the appeal of the new american left. at cpac 2009 we m

sergeant whitman and karen have a beautiful 3-year-old daughter maimed maya. i got to play in maya's doll house when i visited her grandparents' home recently -- more on that in a minute. sergeant whitman was doing what america's best do, he was protecting freedom and protecting us when an improvised explosive device was detonated near him when he was on a foot patrol in afghanistan. i wonder what it means to a 3-year-old, madam speaker to hear that her daddy is one of our heros? i said that to maya the other night at her house. i know she heard it from others because we're very patriotic people in the state of south carolina, madam speaker. still, i wonder what it means to a 3-year-old. maya's mom karen knows what it means. she knew what it meant when representatives of the u.s. army showed up at her parents' front door dressed in class a's. she knows that this saturday an army officer will neil beside her and say the president of the -- will kneel beside her and say the president of the united states and the grateful nation thank her for the honorable and fa