kristin talked about that.y. kristin talked about that.. kristin talked about that. the opportunity to move to section 8 voucher when the child was 1 13. then health insurance is the same thing. 13. then health insurance is the same thing.13. then health insurance is the same thing. there is a healthy amount of literature when the child is under 13. kristin talked about the efd to that effect. it is a much broader set of things as well. the family is a you will important. schools haven't kicked in. neighborhood effect haven't kicked in. careers are in their youngest stages. family income is the lowest. and finally, early on, parent are most overwhelmed and least mature. at least able to handle the burdens of parenting. when there is this assistance early on in life for variety of reasons you can imagine the impacts being larger. if that the case, there there are policy conundrums. wic is directed towards young kids but by and large we don't differentiate our transferred programs according to the age of the children. if we think that transfers benefit families with yo

i'm kristin butcher. i'm going to talk about assessing long run benefits to transfers to long-term families. we are used to thinking of infrastructure in research or where there are upfront costs. there's a nice picture of the big dig from my neck of the woods in boston. looks costly. but maybe long-term benefits in terms of capacity or helping workers to get to their jobs and goods to get to market, there's a picture of it looking a lot more productive capacity like. but we're really not used to thinking of transfers to low income families in that way. mostly we think, i'm here to tell you, children are cute, and their suffering is acutely painful to watch, so we think of the transfers of something as incurs and making sure that suffering is not too acute. but could these be thought of as investments in human capital? do transfers to low income families actually change the productive capacities that children in those families attain when they become adults. and in this way are they then viewed like the o

kristin, seinfeld was a show on in the 90s.oes this mean that trump is going to get reelected, kristin? >> this cartoon is kind of knocking trump for his lack of political experience, but with this cartoon and what liberals totally don't get is of experience in the real world is so much better than experience growing government. and obama, he didn't have much political experience anyway, he was a community organizer who was a senator for two years. we've got to get the community organizers out of there, we want people like trump, just today, forward ford announced that they are going to cancel their plant in mexico and create hundreds of jobs here in the u.s. that's what happened when you put people in there who have business experience. >> tom: that's what happens when you threaten people by twitter, it works. back by popular demand, "halftime report" with andy lev levy. be sure to check out the "red eye" podcast. poetry in motion. and there it is, the "baby bird". breathtaking. a sumo wrestler figure skating? surprising. what

on capitol hill, i'm kristine frazao, abc7 news. jonathan: the swearing in of a new congress means a change for the maryland delegation. chris van hollen was sworn in office today. the now for taking over the seat held for 30 years by barbara mikulski who is now retired. both van hollen and mikulski are democrats. maureen: new developments in the search for the killer of democratic national committee staffer seth rich. republican lobbyists jack burrman is now paying for adds to raise aware -- ads to raise awareness of the crime. rich was walking home in july when he was shot to death in the bloomingdale neighborhood. today would have been his 28th birthday. $130,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. jonathan: the murder of a 16-year-old girl in her bedroom may have been random. that is information we get from police as we learn her killer. police today say 16-year-old sean crizer broke in charlotte zaremba's home on saturday night, shot and killed her and took a shot at her mother injuring her. she is okay, tho

kristin taught about the really interesting by a radical interest to that effect. it's a much broader set of things as well. school atomic game. neighborhood effects haven't kicked in. careers are in their youngest ages your family income is the lowest and finally, early on parent were most overwhelmed and least mature, least able to handle the burden spared when there is assistance early on in life for reasons you can imagine the tax being larger. if there is a case there's some policy conundrums. wic direct it towards young kids, but by and large we really don't differentiate our transfer programs according to the agent. if we really think that transfers benefit families with young kids more than they do older kids, maybe we should add a supplement to the earned income tax credit in the case of families have young kids to think about taking the existing pot of money in reallocating if the families get larger benefit and relatively smaller benefits when they don't. section eight, you know, the evidences for pot of impacts and the kids are under 13 years old, that

kristine: capitol hill again overtaken by marchers. thousands of people took buses from all over the country to be here today. this is the 43rd year for the march. a lot of people said something felt different. that the atmosphere may be right to get big things accomplish thousands marched. for some it's the second time this month. >> this is much cause. no matter who is in power it is important to march. with a republican in the white house, lawmakers believe now is the time to get something done in the cause. >> it's changed a lot. so have president trump who is willing to stand up for those who can't protect themselves. kristine: he is vowing to ban money to organizations that support abortion abroad. a bill house democrats said is unnecessary. >> there has not been taxpayer >> they have introduced seven abortion bills this month and given the status the democrats look to the senate to provide a check on those. >> thee will have a tough time to get something through the senate that under mines a womans right to choose. kristine: so

joining us right now, hans nichols at the pentagon, kristin welker at the white house. hans, let's start with you. at the pentagon, so, this statement we just played from donald trump about james mattis, about deferring to his defense secretary on torture saying hey, ting works, but i'm not going to do it, i'm giving him that power. a very unusual arrangement he's talking about here in terms of a president and the power of a cabinet secretary. >> well, and it's also by nature a temporary arrangement. any time donald trump wants to revoke this arrangement, he can. here's what mattis has said inside the building. and that is he's given his opinion and he's given his word against torture. his opinion is simply that torture doesn't work, it's not effective, he's been on record several times, but he's given his word both to congress, foreign leaders, and around the building. you know, mattis has a lot of friends here. a lot of the conversations he's been having here through video conference or in person, they start with good to see you. again. is the man that knows this buil

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clayton: thanks, kristin. rex tillerson gains support ahead of cabinet confirmation vote today. clayton: democrats still busy trying to stall nominations, kelly wright following the latest, good morning, kelly. >> clayton, good morning to you as well. mitch mcconnell says he's optimistic that every nominee will be approved to serve on president donald trump's cabinet. now today the senate expects to focus on the president's pick for cia director, republican congressman mike pompeo and secretary of state pick rex tillerson. senators have been at odds with tillerson from both sides of the aisles for his policy views on russia. in 2014 the former ceo of exxon mobile criticized for imposing sanctions. >> during my office visit he said that when america doesn't lead, he said that we have to have a foreign policy that engages the world we need to lead from the front. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats are not rushing through nominations process, instead he says they will thoroughly debate each no

crabtree who has been following clark,this and kristin the director of the reuters committee for civil rights under law and william smith. morning atorrow seven and eastern time. a full day of programming on c-span2 book tv and c-span3 american history tv. i hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. newsmakers is next. have a great weekend. >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with republican congressman mark walker of north carolina.

jonathan: kristine frazao is live now with a closer look. it will be interesting to see what he has to say tonight. kristine: a lot of people anticipating this. this is interesting to look at chicago. a recent look at the fiscal health of 115 cities aroun ranked dead last. the state of illinois one of the few states around the country to have a shrinking economy in 2015. chicago's credit rating downgraded. this is to say nothing of the crime. which is by any measure out of control. through one lens it's a booming city. picturesque skyline, high end shopping district and constant construction. but literally just across the tracks is the only chicago so many others know. >> there are a lot of single mothers that have to work. people are left at home for the streets to raise them. >> the streets last year saw a spike in murder. more than new york and los angeles combined with 762 in one year. dean angelo president of the chicago fraternal order of police blames increase mandates for paperwork. cell phone video showing part of the poli lack of s

clayton: thanks, kristin.er: white house secretary sean spicer comes out swinging that the trump administration planted supporters at a cia visit. kelly live in washington, d.c. with more on that exchange. as long as we are talking about the important stuff, kelly. >> exactly. rocky relationship between president trump and the news media went through some eventful moments of contention over the inaugural weekend, as you asaluted sean spicer blasted members of the media in a dispute over the crowd size initially at the inauguration and then, of course, president trump speaking to members of the cia even with so far to call the media dishonest people. during the first full scale white house briefing, spicer offered a reset with the media. >> is it your intention to always tell the truth from that podium and will you pledge never to knowingly say something that is not factual? >> it is. yes, i believe that we have to be honest with the american people, sometimes we can disagree with the facts, there are certain t

trump. >> tucker: kristin fisher joins us now, kristin, you waited out.o speak with tuxedos and ball gowns. what's the mood? >> i learned that a lot of people are texan. i learned learned that no matter how late president trump is tonight, they are going to wait for him. these people are so excited to see them. they've been waiting on the national mall all day long. they were there at 6:00 a.m., waiting to be there at the very beginning. they've been rained on. it doesn't matter how late it's going to be. >> tucker: it is a happy group. all they have noticed people. i ran into more happy people, i saw very few protesters, a lot of normal people. we don't get that here very much. they kind of stick out. >> yeah, a lot of happy people. the crowd here tonight, i wish that our cameras could take a full shot of the room. so you can see how many people are in here. 25,000 people packed in here from wall to wall. they are all in very good spirits. >> tucker: did you get a sense of what they liked about trump? is of the trump, the message, both? >> these are peop

i'm kristine frazao, abc7 news. larry: an update on a story we brought you earlier. the huntington stop escalator is now running. the repairs had been completed but it was blocked off for use because it's not covered. now a new agreement will let them put the escalator in service. it must be turned off in the inclement weather. construction on can poy will start -- canopy will start this spring. >> check on the traffic with jamie sullivan. jamie: the slowing is going to be a heavy one. a lot of red, that is the inner loop. heading north to get closer to the clara barton parkway. past that you are still congested to bethesda. the outer loop south, stop and legion bridge. annandale is where you get the break. d.c. is where we have the most congestion. both directions on the freeway is heavy. 295 is same story. 395 to the pentagon and south to alexandria slowing as well. 18 minutes is what it will take you from the 11 street bridge to the capital beltway. now earlier at the beginning of the afternoon rush that number was 67. so we got better. 66 is a typical rough ride

christian fisher -- kristin fisher and five is >> a few hundred protesters a block away and the crowd is going by the minute. the white house has had to spend most of the morning defending elizabeth: kristin fisher, thank you so much. leland: reaction to president trump's travel ban has been swift and heated from lawmakers. in michigan it hit close to home. one of the country's largest muslim confirmations and is expected the second-most sudan u.n. refugees in recent years that commerce and dan kilby, democrat from flint says that his quote morally wrong. we had that quote right. >> you got it right. trade to lift back this up a little bit from the michigan perspective. this is an issue mr. trump campaigned on that the campaigned on the tibet non-muslims. conceivably what he's done us a little less struck out and then a complete ban on muslim city called for during the campaign. he won the state of michigan. voters are getting what they want in a sense. what is wrong with that? >> the people of the united date did not vote to separate us by religion. >> doesn't do that, though. >> cub

in washington, i'm kristine frazao reporting. alison: abc news plans to air a special report when president trump makes his pick. look for that at 8:00 on abc7. >> hi, everybody. i'm bruce. coming up for you today on this the final edition of news talk -- larry: today, 14 years of news talk came to an end. bruce depuyt has been bringing it to you and we will miss the conversation each and every day. two hours ago we newsroom. alison: but his department isn't the only one we are dealing dealing with. after 18 years at wjla and 44 years in d.c. we are saying goodbye to maureen bunyan. when maureen arrived in washington, d.c., in 1973, it was a different time. she was a trail blazer. breaking down barriers for women and minority journalists. maureen: i don't think too many of us start thinking this will be just great. we'll survive to be real veterans of the business. we just worked day-to-day. hour-to-hour trying to get through. alison: maureen didn't just survivor. she thrived. quickly became one of the most recognizable faces in

krist kristin, thanks for that. as she was just saying, the opening question remains after this executive order from president trump. who is paying for the wall? mexico has said in the past as kristin just told you they have no plans to do that. today, trump though telling abc news that he can guarantee there will be some form of reimbursement. this is what he had to say. >> are you going to direct u.s. funds to pay for this wall? will american tax payers pay for the wall? >> ultimately, it'll come out of what's happening with mexico. we're going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon. and we will be in a form reimbursed by mexico -- >> so they'll pay us back? >> absolutely. 100%. >> so the american tax payer will pay for the wall at first? >> all it is, we'll be reimbursed at a later day from whatever transaction we make from mexico. >> mexico's president said in recent days that mexico absolutely will not pay adding that it goes against our dignity as a country and dignity as mexicans. he says -- >> he

, casey young and kristin goresick helped start northern virginia community activist group, together we will loundoun. >> we have more momentum after the march. peoe fired up. but the momentum was there from the get go. it has not stopped. >> reporter: they say they have at least 100 new members since the march. >> people have been showing up to local representative's offices, have been advocating at school board meetings, have been partnering with local democratic organizations. >> we have 100 days of action and the members are being engaged every day to take different types of action. most of that is being driven through the facebook page. >> if you are concerned about this issue, this is how you get in touch with your state or federal representative. >> reporter: goresick brought her daughter kate to the women's march to show her she has a voice too. in loudoun county, kristin wright, news4. >>> on friday metro plans to run extra trains for the march for life. trains are going to run every eight minutes between the morning and evening rush hours. there will be extra service on the

kristin, thank you so much.legal residents and visa holders from muslim majority countries are currently returning from travel outside the us and are now being turned away from us flights. this is after president trump signed new vetting measures suspending refugee arrivals and imposing a 90 day travel ban from countries with terrorism concerns.the president says it's needed to keep out islamic radical terrorists. washington officials react to the new presidents extreme vetting program. live here now with the latest, garrett? >> president trump wants to take a long hard look at the nation's vetting process. in the executive order he has directed the department of state and homeland security to review the current screening for anyone interesting the countries. also to come up with a list of countries that don't provide all the information necessary to properly vet them. on the pentagon on friday Ãall of this is simply about protecting america from radical islamic terrorists. we don't want him here. we want to ens

joining me now from the freedom ball is "fox news" is kristin fisher. kristin, how is it looking? >> trish, i wish you could see how many people are packed inside of this ballroom inside the washington convention center. it stretches from, i can't even see from end-to-end. their 25,000 people in here. this is the largest of the three official inaugural ball's that president trump will be attending tonight. when you think of mr. trump a lot of people expect him to be full of golden glitz and glamour and there were certainly some glitz and glamour but not as much as you might expect from somebody like donald trump. that is by design. one member of this presidential and are broken but he said he wanted this and not grow ball to be very much a celebration and then get right to work tomorrow. he wanted this to be elegant but he also wanted it to be very accessible to all the working class americans that helped them get here to begin with. that's why tickets to tonight's ball for just 50 bucks a pop though getting one, that was a very different story. when you look around us and not gro

kristin joins us live from washington.hi kristin. >> this was designed to ease the passage of a still unwritten bill. repealing and replacing replacing obama care. with a near partyline vote. what it will do is make any future immune to a filibuster in the senate. that's important because it takes 60 votes to end it and republicansonly have 52 . this is really the gateway victory for republicans. they try to repeal and replace replace obamacare. >> look at what we will do with making certain that every one has the access to affordable healthcare. moms and dads andfamilies are in charge of their healthcare . >> details are spotty.it's dangerous to repeal without a replacement plan ready. >> you don't have to repeal it. that doesn't make any sense. the real question is if you say you want to improve it Ãtell us what you are going to do. >> so far, congressional republicans haven't shared the details.they are deep with internal divisions on how to pay for the replacement plan. there is a lot that needs to be hashed out. he sa

laura: kristin fisher live in washington, thank you. right now we are learning new details about a baby girl snatched hours after she was born. this was 18 years ago. that's when investigators say she began suspecting something was wrong. she suspected that recently plus what caused this deadly crash coming up next. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. for over 100 years like kraft has,cious natural cheese you learn a lot about people's tastes. honey, what do you want for dinner tonight? oh, whatever you're making. cheesy chipotle pork quesadillas? mmmm... ravioli lasagna bake? yeah, i don't know... grilled white chicken... grab something rich, sharp and creamy. triple cheddar stuffed sliders. sold! we aim to cheese! kraft natural cheese: we make cheese for how you love cheese. laura: a driver losing control of a cement truck and causing a massive chain reaction car crash in south china. take a look at this. 19 ca

we get details from nbc's kristin dalgren. >> your brain is an amazing thing. >> reporter: you've probably seen the ads. >> the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. >> reporter: claims that an ingredient originally found in jellyfish and marketed as an over-the-counter supplement called prevagen can improve memory in 90 days. the federal trade commission and new york's attorney general are charging the makers with making false and unsubstantiated claims. >> you can't make claims you can't back up with your own scientific studies. we're going to protect the seniors in new york and all over america from false claims. >> reporter: the complaint alleges prevagen manufacturer quincy bioscience failed to show prevagen works better than a placebo on any measure of cognitive function. in a strongly worded response quincy says, we vehemently disagree. there is a large body of evidence that prevagen improves memory. there is no reason for a short-staffed and lame duck ftc to rush this complaint through. prevagen costs up to $68 a bottle at major retailers like amaz

kristin is here to explain. kristin? >> i want you to show you the list of nonworking escalators. 14 out of service. so this picture is all too common, right? b.a.r.t. escalators not moving and commuter's feet, moving. >> you know how important escalators are to our patrons and we really work hard to shut them down outside of commute rushes. >> in fact, b.a.r.t. is now seeking bids to replace and repair escalators which prompt one commuter to tweet an idea to supervisor dufty. suggesting painting on escalator steps, stand right, walk left. b.a.r.t.'s response, we can't do this because it would cause more break downs. uneven wear if one on one side but stand on other. in other word, the extra weight passengers put on the right side causees a tilt and it wears out the right side more quickly. one abc 7 news viewer has another suggestion. larry medinah, even and odd days for standing on right or left. that will simplify things. b.a.r.t. tells abc 7 news it is not going to ask passengers to do anything differently. but we al

kristin fisher with more from the nation's capital. >> reporter: the outgoing cia director didn't hold back in his advice to the president elect. he essentially told him to stop talking and tweeting and start listening to the expert in the intelligence community, especially when it comes to russia. >> i don't think he has a full and appreciation of russian capabilities, russian's intentions and actions that they are undertaking in many parts of the world. that's what the obligation is. >> that responsibility is a part of the reason why brennan says the intelligence community felt compelled to notify mr. trump about that now infamous unsubstantiation. true or false it contains salacious allegations. if the intelligence -- it is the intelligence community's job to make sure trump was aware of it. mike pence call it had an act of irresponsibility. he then defended the president elect's stance towards russia. >> i think the president elect has made it very clear that we have a terrible relationship with russia right now. that's not all of our own doing, but a failure for america diplomacy

kristin is here to explain. kristin? >> i want you to show you the list of nonworking escalators. 14 out of service. so this picture is all too common, right? b.a.r.t. escalators not moving and commuter's feet, moving. >> you know how important escalators are to our patrons and we really work hard to shut them down outside of commute rushes. >> in fact, b.a.r.t. is now seeking bids to replace and repair escalators which prompt one commuter to tweet an idea to supervisor dufty. suggesting painting on escalator steps, stand right, walk left. b.a.r.t.'s response, we can't do this because it would cause more break downs. uneven wear if one on one side but stand on other. in other word, the extra weight passengers put on the right side causees a tilt and it wears out the right side more quickly. one abc 7 news viewer has another suggestion. larry medinah, even and odd days for standing on right or left. that will simplify things. b.a.r.t. tells abc 7 news it is not going to ask passengers to do anything differently. but we al

kristin fisher live from the d.c., bureau with more on this kristin?r: uma, this budgetary measure was designed to ease the passage of a still unwritten bill to replace obamacare. it was near party-line vote and what it will do make any future bills are the care care act, immune to a democratic filibuster in the senate. that is critical, because takes 60 votes to end filibusters. republicans only have 52 seats in the senate this is the gateway victory for republicans as they try to repeal and replace obamacare. >> look what we're going to do with making certain that everyone has access to affordable health care. that patients, not the federal government, are making decisions, that individuals, and moms and dads and families are in charge of their health care. reporter: now the pressure is on for republicans to deliver a final product and replacement. so far details have been spotty. democrats argue it is dangerous to repeal without a replacement plan ready. >> you don't have to repeal it in order to improve it. that just doesn't make any sense at all.

. >> reporter: i'm kristin welker. the crowds today energized with a few protesters today. >> reporter: i'm kelly o'donnell inside the u.s. capitol where today this is the intersection of two barack obama has left washington. donald trump is beginning his term. there's a kcelebratory luncheon. and the military aids who keep the nuclear codes are right in this room. >> reporter: identi >> reporter: these people are getting ready for the parade and for the newly sworn in donald trump to drive by. when he took the oath of office, the people here sang "we shall over come". >>> now something of an introspective look at the inauguration ceremonies today. >> you've seen every inaugural since 1969. >> yes, i did. >> all the people across the country today saw pennsylvania avenue. they saw donald trump's speech. they saw the parade. they don't see the neighbors where people today went about their business, 680,000 people. that's kind of lost unfortunately. >> some sentiment would have that what people did not hear today was soa

laura: kristin fisher live in washington, thank you. right now we are learning new details about a baby girl snatched hours after she was born. this was 18 years ago. that's when investigators say she began suspecting something was wrong. she suspected that recently plus what caused this deadly crash coming up next. i need to promote my new business and do it on budget. i can make that happen. business cards? business cards, brochures, banners... pens? pens, magnets, luggage tags, bumper stickers. how about foam fingers? like these? now, get 15% off making your company stand out. staples. make more happen. with not food, become food? thankfully at panera, 100% of our food is 100% clean. no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors. panera. food as it should be. a girl with golden locks broke into a house owned by three bears. she ate some porridge, broke the baby bear's chair, and stole some jewelry, a flat-screen tv, and a laptop. luckily the geico insurance agency had helped the bears with homeowners insurance. they wer

kristin shows us project taking snow architecture to a new level. >> sorry frosty. we're pretty sure there is no topping this winter work of art. >> it was a midnight decision for everybody who is still awake to kind of go play in the snow the night that it got really thick. >> snowballs turned into snow bricks and snow bricks became an igloo, of course. >> something sturdy, stable, we could all hang out for for a couple of days. >> and now, there is no stopping with each player the determination finish, and thankfully the support does, too. >> and as you can see, it is kind of a community effort. we're having snow dropped off from the street, across the street. >> this is so awesome. >> as the old saying goes, many hands might light work, so i can capture the fun, i had to get in on it. >> yahoo, sweet. i'm making a igloo. >> there you go. >> the to will get a roof on it, soon, before warmer weather returns. but they say the time spent with loved ones will make even short stint inside worth every hour of work. >> amazing, because we don't usually get this much snow

back to you. >> kristin wright, thanu. kitchen facilities, including one that will impact workers in prince george's county. the company said monday the move is an effort to streamline its operations. they're going to start using suppliers to create those prepared foods you find in the store. >>> according to the "washington business journal," this will impact 140 employees in the city in landover. a whole foods representative tells us they expect most workers to find new positions within the company or with their suppliers. >>> well, whether its an nba or high school team, community support means everything and we're seeing it all across our area. news4's sherry burris is live at the phone booth and how fans are rallying behind two teams. >> reporter: the wizards are here looking to go for 13 straight at home and professional athletes are what kids look up to. one town in pasadena, maryland find inspiration from a high school senior. sclerosis less than a month ago. she is gaining support in her courageous battle. >> play

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trump vowing to repeal it. >> kristin, thank you very much. shawn spicer will serve as president-elect donald trump's press secretary. happy new year. >> good morning. welcome back, katie. >> thank you, shawn. >> what does donald trump know? he knows how hard it is to prove, he knows things other people don't know and may reveal those tuesday or wednesday. what does he know? >> you know, we'll wait until tuesday or wednesday but he has been briefed by his team, by his national security team, by outside interests and others as to the severity of the situation. i think as was noted in kristin's package what we're trying to figure out is how certain are they of the intelligence, one, number two, how proportional is the response to what happened. as i noted before, 2015 in april the chinese stole millions of personal documents, classified or information on individuals who have and are serving in our government. and yet there was not a single statement from the white house then. so in this case you have 35 people being expelled, 12 degrees of sanct

kristin fisher, we'll keep an eye on it, thank you.nd there are, of course, five days to go until the inauguration. there was a rehearsal today on capitol hill, making sure that everyone is, you know, really ready for the big day. large crowds expected to pack our nation's capital for the main event this coming friday. caroline shively was taking a look at the preparations. she has this report from washington. >> reporter: hey there. more than 700,000 people will be showing up to this thing, very lucky few will have a front row seat. check it out. this is part of the practice. they've had stand-ins working all morning long pretending to be mr. trump and mr. pence and other dignitaries. the people are still practicing throughout there. they're also doing a bit of decorating. take a look at the gorgeous view on the left front of the capitol, they're putting up flags, they're adding the finishing touches. now, security wise police will have 3,000 extra officers and 5,000 national guard troops here. secret service agents have been prepping

kristin fisher is live in washington with those details. hi, kristin. >> hey, laura.hey had done as made future legislation immune to a democratic filibuster. it takes 60 votes to end it and republicans only have 52 seats in the senate. when the house voted yesterday it was a near partyline vote at 227 Ã198. only nine voted against it. no democrats voted for it? they passed a day earlier and it clears the way for eventual vote to repeal in the place obamacare. every mandate and regulation and every task has to go. we will have a chance to get the market work and that's part of the replacement to get rid of the repeal so you can have a market bring down cost and afford healthcare to the families across the state. >> it puts pressure on republicans to figure out what they want to replace the affordable care act with for more than six words years we have waited for credible republican health care plan and none has been forthcoming. all you have is smoke and mirrors. the american people are getting ready to get screwed. >> house republicans argue that the american people

in washington, kristin wright, news4. >>> now at 6:00 the president-elect meets the questions about his policies, business interests and controversial report about russia. >> in the meantime the cabinet picks in the hot seat today, tell you how defending their record and how one hearing made history. >> in nine days trump will be sworn in in washington, how the secret service plans to keep the president safe. >>> begin with donald trump's first news conference as president-elect. >> and also his first news conference in six months. outlined plans to prevent conflicts of interest between his family business and white house role but overshadowed by his fury over what he calls fake news. >> jay gray with the latest of the hearings but begin with steve handelsman outside trump tower in new york. >> reporter: good evening.

back to you. >> kristin o, thank you. and children left in the cold. challenges left for one county. >>> and tonight a victim talking about the frightening encounter that left >>> doug, we got all excited at the first mention of snow around here. what's the word? >> the word is very and that is really the case here. is this n this is a not a big storm, but it could still have an impact. it's coming early friday morning and it will be cold enough that i think some of the roadways may be img pankted. so let's show you outside right now, pretty nice night, but temperatures are falling. if you walk out right now, you can feel it. the cold air is moving in. 48, winds out of weather at 15 miles per hour. and windchills are now down into the 20s in some locations. current temperature in hagerstown, 39. windchill there 29. temperatures falling in to the low 40s right now. winds gusting to 30 miles per hour right now d.c., gaithersburg, frederick all reports wind gusts over 30. look at baltimore, 39 mile-per-hour wind gusts. so we have the cold air racing in. a

do you see this as censorship kristin?> do i see asking agency to take down a tweet -- i think it's bizarre. early on in the obama administration in 2009, when you still have agencies where you don't have a lot of people in place, there's always this tension between the white house being heavy handed. don't love the idea of making this organization take down a tweet. censorship is strong term. wouldn't use at this stage but talk to me again in a kuchl weeks. if it becomes a pattern, more troubling. >> you know we will. says vladimir putin would be proud in response to the tweet deleted. are they wrong? >> this is more inside the beltway bs. people watching the show don't care. what is more important is donald trump meets with some of the biggest ceos in the world, then with the union bosses. day two doing things that change people's lives. opportunity to create new jobs, keep them in this country. all this side stuff, i know the media is fixated on it and call out donald trump saying he's bad guy. what about the senators -

clayton: kristin fisher live in washington, d.c. with what we can expect today.rning, kristin. >> good morning, heather and clayton. one of the top priorities is not

>> that was kristin wright reporting. >> seth rich worked hoping more reward money and new billboards help crack the case. >>> it is one of several billboards you'll see in the city. there is a $130,000 reward for information in that case. >>> charges filed now in a crash that killed two people in spotsylvania county. his truck ran over robert e. lee drive. tayl taylor wolf in the back seat. did not survive. friends tell us they had been celebrating. wolf was a father of two with a baby on the way. >> now the inauguration of donald trump. preparations are getting under way. thousands of nationalrd into the city to help with the all-important job of security. mark segraves with a look at the busy eitinerary. >> buses rolling in since early this morning. bus after bus, filled with national guard men and women from you'll over the country. some unloading the equipment outside the d.c. armory. a busy two days for these men and women who hail from every state in the country. >> yes, it is going to be a long day for many soldiers and airmen. we are excited to have them here and very glad th

kristine: monday night, house republicans voted to gut independent watchdog office. tuesday they retreated. but the damage had been done. >> horrible for the future, working together. >> they left an opening politically. kristine: president-elect donald trump backed the republicans via twitter saying with all that congress has to work on do they have to make the weakening of the independent watchdog the act and the priority? less than two hours after the tweet, the house g.o.p. backed off the plan to rename the office of congressional complaint review. subject the office to oversight from the house ethics committee and end anonymous complaints and tips. since the establishment in 2008, the office of the congressional ethics opened dozens of investigation into members of the house. including the representative from oklahoma.

more now from kristin fisher. k >>reporter: theri outgoing ciaa director didn't hold back.nd tweeting and start listening to the experts in thee intelligence communityin especially when itte comes to russia. i don't think he has a full appreciation of russia's ru intentions and actions that aree under taking in many parts of pa the world. wor that responsibility is part of the reason why brennan says the intelligence community felt compelled to notify mr. trump about the incident. he says true or false it contains some saw racial gase stations and it's the t intelligence's community's job to make sure mr. trump was madee aware of it. the fact that it was made public by the press. mike pence called it an act of irresponsibility. he elect's stance against russia.gn i think the president elect has made it very clear that we have a terrible relationship withp russia right now. that's not all our own dog but it's a failure of diplomacy. what the president elect is el determined to do is explore better relations. any communication had taken had place between mr. trump'sr. t campa

kristin in mexico.nd he is getting a lot of trouble for people on the internet saying that he looks out of shape. or ugliest top i've ever seen on man and looks like my grandmother's pajamas whatever it's her 30th birthday and he surprised her by taking her to mexico on the trip. >> is it because he has hi shoulder injury. he is attractive many looked at many other pictures it's a combo together there he is. he's adorable. >> and he's a set man an nfl quarterback and fit. >> in this it says he looks like a soccer mom it's like dead on it's he got doughy and it looks leak he could be a woman and it's atrocious look bad tropical shirt and short woman's haircut it's whole combo he looks. >> you know my theory on this she undot edly had somebody on the boat take the picture. then she looked at it and said, o. i look great i'll post it. >> but he really looked like that he wore that shirt and his hair is like that in that picture and his arms do look like that now. >> and my take i'll keep this take i think

naval aviator hero watches the sponser kristin the mighty carrier. >> when she was commissioned in 1945 she actually had an air group sporting 120 combat aircraft at a time when earlier carriers were really pushing to get anywhere close to 100 on there. so from the beginning she was a ship that carried more. by the time of desert storm she was operating an air wing that op rated in excess of 80 aircraft on board. she also had a sizeable complement. she has a shipboard complement of approximately 3500 personnel plus add another 1,000 from the attached air wing and you've got some 4500 men packed on to a hull that was one of the most subdivided and cramped even by 1945 standards. so midway sailors got to be very salty and learn to adapt to their unique circumstances here on the midway. but she was a brand-new ship of very large and new design and so the navy put her through the paces even though the war had just concluded and she made numerous deployments to the med train 81 for the first ten years of her career. then in 1954, it was decided that she needed to transfer to the pacific. and

. >> kristin zee shows us just how much of a difference the rain has made. >> i thought the greatests to juxtapose. i uploaded too different pictures of this reservoir, on the left from last september, look how low the water level was. so much of the reservoir bed exposed. on the right, the same reservoir today. you can see the water level dramatically higher. everything's covered. what a difference. let's take a look at the russian river in the north bay. on the left, february 2014, it should have been a raging torrent. it wasn't. on the right, the river right now, almost the same spot at memorial bridge, raging water overflowing its banks. now let's look at the transformation in the sierra. this is the truckee river. it was totally dried up at tahoe city. on the right, the same river today. the water, fast and furious. you know who's loving it? tahoe ski resorts. i jux at thtaposed one more set images, hardly any snow in march of 2015. on the right i grabbed it just this afternoon, practically blizzard conditions that will dump another 16 inches of snow. which one do you prefer? kr

christian fisher now live back at the studio with these details and in some way, kristin, unchartered waters. >> yeah, we are. john brenon gave exclusive interview and used it to blast the president elect. listen to this. >> if he doesn't have confidence in the intelligence community, what signals does that send to partners and allies as well as adversaries, mr. trump needs to be disciplined in what he does publicly. he's going to be in a few days time the most powerful person in the world in terms of sitting on top of the united states government and i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact. >> now, vice president elect mike pence was on fox news and called the leak of dossier highly responsible. retired general mike flynn made contact with embassador in the same day sanctions were announced by the obama administration. mr. pence called the timing coin kit eventual as well as other members making contact with the kremlin during the campaign. mr. pence said it never happened. >> of course not. the american people see right through it. >> a senate panel to investigate

. >> we've had people here from 10:00 this morning -- >> reporter: kristin hawkens, president of students the life of america. >> we have a chance of abolishing abortion in our lifetime pro-life generation!ights has been r years.he ruled it was legal in the case roe versus wade. while the most recent polls show 64% of americans believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a supreme court vacancy and republican-led congress could mean drastic changes to abortion rights in the coming years. >> that's why this administration will work with the congress to end taxpayer funding of abortion -- >> reporter: the anti-abortion movement has a staunch ally in vice president mike pence, the highest-ranking government official to ever attend the march for life. >> life is winning in america. >> you are an activist in the anti-abortion rights movement. >> correct. >> when you heard the vice president was going to speak, what did that feel like? >> it was amazing. it was amazing, so uplifting. thinking we might have a chance to actually, you know do something here. >> reporter: pence is a