lisa baden can give us information on further closings. this is a big fire on a major road. >> 270 has been closed in both directions between west montgomery avenue and the beltway. main line and locally of 270 are completely closed because of this dangerous fire. that means 355 will be an alternate for you. it is going to be well saturated. even through potomac and falls road, folks heading out to the west and east side of 270 because there are no options. alsoo, take 70 to georgia avenue. 270 is now closed in both directions between 28 and the beltway because of the fire on montrose road over 270. >> ok, keep us posted. >>> foreclosures are on the rise. the d.c. area migh have dodged the worst of it. lisa bell joins us now from new york with more. >> overall, you need to brace for more foreclosures. 2009 was a record year for foreclosures. a record 3 million homes -- the report blames high unemployment. more than 2.8 million homes were repossessed in 2009. it is the most since they began tracking data in 2005. foreclosure filings increas

lisa baden, are you here? is the whole gang back? >> yay. it is placed on the roadway. -- esit is ice the roadway. nothing major report on the roadways. interstate travel looks good. good across the bridges. nothing complicated on the beltway. now to alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> temperatures can be dangerous if you have to be outside. >> scored robinson is live without people across the region -- courtney robinson is live. >> i am coping with it. so many different layers. it is really cold out here. we are at dupont circle. it is 25 degrees. it is probably a little bit colder than that when you consider it is still pretty windy out here. the wind is making things feel colder. it will stay cold all week long. we have temperatures in the 20's. we're going to have the wind making it feel much colder. >> when the wind is not there, it is gorgeous. it just feels like pulling your skin off. >> one thing you need to think about with the wind, up trees coming down and bring down power lines. check with the electrical agencies and see what powe

>> lisa, thank you. lisa stark in washington tonight. >>> one more note on the airlines. the faa is taking a close look at american airlines after three incidents during landings last month. a 737 overshot the runway in jamaica, and planes wing tips touched the ground during landings in charlotte and in austin. >>> tomorrow is the first business day of this new decade. after a terrible 2 0009, the bi question is, will things get better in 2010? well, nobody has a crystal ball. betsy stark has been talking to a lot of experts about some key areas in the economy. let's start with jobs. you got your hand on a not so pleasant forecast today. >> reporter: and this kind of shows you what we're up against. the federal reserve says the unemployment rate in 2010 will average between 9.3 and 9.7%, which is clearly not much improvement over what it stands now at 10%. the basic probleis, while the economy is expected to improve, it's not expected to improve enough to put a serious dent in joblessness. what may keep unemployment high ishat discouraged workers may feel encouraged enoug

[applause] >> thank you so much, lisa. i just want to say that we are so privileged at nrdc and in the nation to have an epa administrator who is so committed to protecting the environment to insure citizens all across the country are fairly treated to help the air, water, food and who those who suffered particularly from disproportionate impact over the years from lack of environmental quality are so high on her agenda. so i am a huge empire of lisa jackson. also a friend but so grateful the president has appointed somebody for whom environmental protection is the mission of her life who will do everything in her power to insure the future of this country and well-being of our citizens are protected going forward. so she is a total champion and we are lucky to have her as part of the entire middle future of this country and also here with us tonight. i also want to thank all of my colleagues and friends from nrdc and the environmental community from the hill and agencies who are here because this look cleaner version comm

i don't know if john or lisa remembered their terms the same way. secondly, all three of our organizations are founding and active members of the coalition americans for financial reform. all the nation's leading consumer housing, labor and civil rights and community groups are members of this group. our financial security.org is the web site, we are leading the fight for the community groups and the consumer groups and investor protection groups, as i said, for taxpayers, homeowners and consumers. another way to look at it, against the fay lance of back lobbyists working against financial reform. the people that caused the system that failed are trying to preserve the system that failed. and believe it or not, they're making headway on capitol hill. one of the reasons is they have some 1500 lobbyists according to a study that was done by loom berg news, and -- bloomberg news, and that's not counting the ones who aren't registered to lobby. that's only the ones who have registered against some 58 consumer lobbyists. at one time -- i may be exaggerat

lisa, how worried are we about child trafficking in this tragedy? >> well, larry, we were worried about and we're worried now. i will say that there are a lot of stories out there, a lot of rumors, and ea number of organizations, unicef, save the children, world vision, are trying to follow them up. today we haven't found evidence that any of these stories are true, but that doesn't mean these children aren't at risk. so it's important that all humanitarian actors remain vigilant. >> we don't know if their parents are living or dead. they're certainly open to this, aren't they? >> that is correct, larry. before the quake, there were about 380,000 children who were orphans in haiti, and you can imagine that number has increased and so you can believe we are mindful to try to keep track of these children and ensure their well-being. >> maggie, by the way, is coming to us via that skype gadget, which is amazing the way it works. anderson cooper, have you seen any evidence of that the all in your reporting? >> we've looked into it. we were given a heads

let's check on the traffic. >> lisa baden is back. we missed you. >> thank you. everyone is back to the routine. the fight has not changed. if you're a resolution is not to procrastinate, you'll want to do that. there was a crash southbound on 270 after the lane divided. traffic is on the way to the inner loop. this is after traffic would commit to old georgetown road and having an impact early. virginia travel is typical on 66 and 95. headlights northbound. nothing reported in the hov lane up to the pentagon. let's check on the weather. >> thank you so much. we do have a bit of a chill in the air. we have gusty winds that continue to howl. it feels like 10 in fairfax. it feels like 9 up in martinsburg. let's show you what is happening. you can see the moonlight overhead. a disturbance will drop on through and bring in the chance for a passing snow shower. nothing major. old maninter will be blowing along some wind. the wind chills will be in the teens and single dudigits this morning. it is a blustery outside. the wind chill will make it seem downright bidder. f

lisa, how worried are we about child trafficking in this tragedy?efore and we are worried now. i will say there are a lot of stories out there, a lot of rumor, and a number of organizations, unicef, save the world, world vision, are trying to follow them up. to date, we haven't found evidence that any of these stories are true. but it doesn't mean that children aren't at risk. all humanitarian actors remain vigilant. >> larry: maggie, it is a danger isn't it, since so many children are scattered around. we don't know whether their parents are living or dead. they're certainly open to this, aren't they? >> that is correct, larry. before the quake, there were about 380,000 children labeled as orphans in haiti. you can imagine that number has increased since the quake. world vision is mindful of that number and working very hard to keep track of those children and ensure their well-being. >> larry: maggie is coming to us via that skype gadget. which is amazing how it works. anderson cooper have you seen evidence of this at all in your reporting? >> we'

lisa stark, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> and passengers at newark airport this morning areinally boarding flights after a security breach there. it happened last night when a man managed to walk through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a continental airlines terminal. flights were grounded for hours. passengers in that terminal had to be evacuated until a security sweep was finished hours later. >>> president obama is cutting his vacation in hawaii short to meet with top advisers over intelligence failures. much of the focus will likely center on the country of yemen where the u.s. embassy is osed for a second day due to threats. rachel martin reports from washington. >> reporter: in yemen, security forces step up training in their fight against al qaeda. >> this is a real threat. this is an imminent threat that is coming from the al qaeda arabian peninsula area. >> reporter: the top u.s. commander in the middle east traveled to yemen. he met with the president, promising $140 million in aid, double the amount from last year. the move won republican suppo

>>> lisa, ask it possible children are being adopted happen hazardly? >> larry, we don't know.now some children have left haiti to go to other countries. i understand the children who have come to the united states were children in the process of the adoption and so far athrong was almost no question or no question at all about what their status should be. the concern now we not rush to adoption and rush to the assumption these children don't have parents or extended families that might want to care for them. adoption may be an important and necessary option down the line but the first thing we need to do is make sure if they have family that is out there f there are neighbors and community members who can care for them ethically and responsibly, we are in a position to let thap before it is too late. >> larry: maggie, i know you met with the president and first lady of haiti. did you discuss the possibility of this problem with them? >> larry, i did have the honor of meeting the president and the first lady this morning. and i did have the opportunity to bring up to them world

lisa is a native of connecticut.she graduated magna cum laude from princeton with a degree in political economy. she also holds a law degree with honors from the university of chicago. after clerking for the late judge john goble in the u.s. court of appeals on the 11th circuit in alabama, lisa was partner i in the washington firm of shea and gardner. while working in the private sector, she also engaged in pro bono work in the area of civil rights and disabilities law. during the time, lisa gained valuable expertise in these fields which we would later put to use in government service. in 1996, lisa began working as an attorney advisor to the legal justice department of the office of legal counsel. after a year in that role, she was appointed deputy counsel to vice president gore, and in 1999, she was appointed to be his counsel. at the same time, lisa served in the executive -- on the executive board of the president's committee for employment of people with disabilities. she also worked on legislative issues with

lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> call it a big gamble on its way to a big payoff.-d epic "avatar," which cost a fortune to make, came in first at the box office for the third straight weekend. the film has now pulled in just over $1 billion worldwide. that means it's already the fourth biggest grossing movie of all time and counting. >>> we're back in a moment with a visit to the wild blue yonder and the angels who fly there. r e but nothing comes out! advil cold & sinus knows that the real problem isn't always mucus. it's often swelling caused by inflammation in your nasal passages. the right medicine for the real problem is advil cold & sinus with a strong decongestant that reduces swelling to relieve sinus pressure plus the power of advil for the pain. advil cold & sinus. the right medicine for the real problem. ask for the red box at the pharmacy counter. that's when i'd had it with heartburn. it was supposed to be the night i would hook mr. right. i mean look at him - he is really bringing it. and look at me - i'm blank. i got nothing. that's when i had it wit

lisa miller could face criminal charges. a vermont judge ordered her to turn over her daughter isabella to janet jenkins yesterday in virginia, but miller didn't show up. miller and jenkins were joined in a civil union back in 2000. their daughter was born in 2002. when the couple broke up the following year, miller moved to virginia, renounced homosexuality, and became an ch. >>> a man was shot when he tried to break into the home of a political cartoonist. he's known pour his illustrations of the prophet muhammad. the suspect was shot in the hand. danish officials think he has ties to al qaeda in east africa. west westergaard's cartoons caused outrage in 2006. in 2007, two men were accused of trying to have westergaard murdered. >>> on thursday, a federal judge threw out manslaughter charges against five employees of blackwater. they were accused of killing 17 iraqi citizens in 2007 in a massive shootout in baghdad. an official for the iraqi government calls the incident an act of murder and says his country plans to appea

lisa miller could face criminal charges. judge ordered her to turn over her daughter to janet jenkins yesterday in virginia, but miller didn't show up. miller and jenkins were joined in a civil union in 2000. when the couple broke up, miller moved to virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical christian. a judge later determined she denied proper visitation rights and was ordered to turn the girl over. >>> thousands of people who fled volcano were allowed to return home today even though the danger isn't over yet. scientists say the vocal know's activity has been decreasing, but warn the mountain's level of volcanic unrest is still high. >>> rescuers are searching for people who may have been buried alive in mud slides. officials say that more than 50 people have been killed after heavy rains hit brazil. they include at least 22 people who died when part of a mountain collapsed and slammed into a popular resort. >>> check this out. you're looking at the top of an suv. a father, a son and their friend parked o

many was lisa and i work at the swedish embassy here in washington. i was going to ask you about the time frame. i heard today the state secretary clinton saying something about ten years we are in there for a long time and you talked about yourself or lining. so what would you say about the timeframe for the international community to stick with haiti? >> i could not give you a specific timeframe. you know, in the past, the united nations had 13 missions in haiti since 1991. this time, they came in 2004 and the united nations said we're not going to repeat the same mistake that we did before and we're going to stay. in the first two years, we had a lot of problems with some countries but said no, we've got to leave. but this last time when the renewal of the mandate of the u.n. came back, there was no dissent. and i think people in the international community have come to realize that putting a time frame of five, ten years is wrong. it's almost like the people who are talking about iraq and afghanistan, how many months before we leave. it didn't tak

for al, and lisa and craig laughlin, thank you.e sure to join us for the next telecast on comcast sportsnet. thursday even from verizon center. it's the caps and atwasenators. up next is postgame live. standing by in the studio. all smiles for the boys. 4-2 over the canadiens. >>> cap's fans, jill dougherty here in the studios with this breaking news. the denver post is reporting that mike shanahan has reached an agreement with the redskins to become their next head coach. shanahan will report loadly sign a five year deal and be introduced by the team on wednesday. we'll have much more on the story as it develops. >>> we all knew it was coming and yesterday the redskins wasted no time firing jim zorn. his final record of 12-20 is one of the worse in team history but what most will remember is the z man's calm demeanor while dealing with at versity. chick hernandez caught up with him today and talked to him for the first time since fired. >> less than two years you were fired. was it a blur? >> yes. i would still want to be the head

there are a bunch of people watching lisa. one is clearly frances and i am afraid to too, she is not to be trifled with but i also know i have some employees here. isi g mccarthy, extraordinary ahead of our office of air and aviation. [applause] barnhill i am grateful everyday, and i'm sure after a drink she is grateful too to have joined this. [laughter] any other epa folks? i know we have lots. thanks for coming. nice to see you. the second thing i want to talk to you for just a second is clean energy. and to say, listen thanks cora allowing me the opportunity to talk about why clean injury is simple a common sense. we need to get the word out so this is very timely messaging indeed that clean energy common common sense for our economy, common sense for national security, common sense for our environment for the future of our planet and for our children and four grandchildren. when you see north carolina going clean energy jobs at twice the rate of overall jobs for tennessee or iowa, growing clinch of set seven times the rat

. >> a good friend of mine that works here in new york, four book, could you show -- there is lisa, lisa went -- can you show him signing the book? bill:ve did he know it was me? >> oh, yeah. bill: you don't know what it means? what are we supposed to think of this guy who does this racial rap. then m holds a benefit. >> i have no idea who the hell this guy is. look, i'm tired of the race thing. every time you throw it out meanslessly -- bill: it den grates the real proper -- it denigrates the real problem. >>er yes. you have got to watch this show or your children may be killed with clowns beating them with giant clown'm shoes. bill: when you do that you know "newsweek" magazine will say you want to murder clowns. >> america, go get the clown shoes and beat people to death. do it. bill: you are handing them fire. >> i know. bill: cap and trade. does it get more brilliant than that? >> there is the bible and then there is the talking points me memo. yeah, i mean, we have a situation here where i think the government has been -- we have an olagarchy going on in our country. we have a take

--mona lisa. ♪ if i bottom, you're the top.] >> that was on tvp-2 with polish translation. >> we never took a cruise to warsaw. >> i met just about everybody who was anybody in show business. including ethel merman. of all of the people that i have mapped, those that made the most profound impact on me was ethel merman and i did a summer tour on how to succeed in business in ohio. we toured together. i do not remember liking acting all that much, but i did not have to act. the great dividend about being on that show was meeting all these people. picking up their stories and learning about them. >> what was the accident that burn you? >>-- debt-burdened you -- that burned you. ? >> we were on location in asia minor. we were attending a soiree of government officials. at one point, a bunch of cast members and i decided to leave and go back to the ship. we had party balloons that we decided to take with us. i was smoking at that time. as we piled into the car, i put the car and that my cigarette brushed against one of them and it

lisa miller seen here could face criminal charges. a vermont judge ordered her to turn over her daughter isabella to janet ginkins yesterday in virginia, but miller didn't show up. they were joined in a vermont civil union in 2000. their daughter was born in 2002. when the couple broke up, the following year miller moved to virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical christian. she was initially granted custody of the girl, but a judge later determined she denied jenkins proper visitation rights and ordered miller to turn the girl over to jenkins. >>> thousands of people who fled a volcano were allowed back home today even though the danger isn't over yet. most of the people who were evacuated lived within five miles of the mayon volcano. now, scientists say the volcano's activity has been decreasing over the past few days, but they warn the mountain's level of volcanic unrest is still high. >>> rescuers are searching for people who may have been buried alive in mudslides. officials say that more than 50 people have be

lisa rice is vice president of the national fair housing alliance and previous to that was a foundernd ceo of the toledo number zero negative the development agency which is a community development financial institution that works on bringing affordable housing to neighborhoods and john taylor of course is president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition, a leading organization of some 500 groups that works on community reinvestment act protection and other housing issues. two things we have in common, we each have blood on our foreheads from our terms of the consumer advisory council dinging our head against the wall at the federal reserve board trying to get the federal reserve to take on more consumer and community work over the years. at least that is the way i remember my term. i don't know if john or alisa remember there's the same way. second all three of our organizations are founding active members of the coalition americans for financial reform. all of the nation's leading consumer housing labor and civil rights and community groups or members of this grou

lisa rice is president of the national fair housing alliance.r is president and ceo of the national community reinvestment coalition. they are a leading organization of some 500 groups that work on community reinvestment, protection, and other housing issues. two things we have in common, we each have blood on our foreheads from our terms on the consumer advisory council, banging our heads against the wall at the federal reserve board trying to get them to take on more consumer and community work over the years. that is the way i remember it. secondly, all three of our organizations are founding and active members of the coalition of americans for financial reform. we have many members in this group. our financial security,org is the website. this is for taxpayers, homeowners, and consumers. there are many working against financial reform, the people who caused the system to fail are trying to preserve the system that failed. believe it or not, they are making headway on capitol hill. one reason for that is that they have 1500 lobbyists, accordi

. >>> well homer, marg, bart, lisa and maggie. you know them by their first names. 20 years and countying, the simpsons is the longest running cartoon. jamie colby looks at what is to come on the 450th episode special. >> paint the town yellow as the simpsons celebrate 20 years and 450 episodes with a special tv extravaganza hosted by morgan spurlock. >> there will be ice skating. there could potentially be something 3-d. >> reporter: the folks behind the animated family have theories on the secrets to their longevity. >> dealing with issues in a way that were funny and talk about them in a prime time program that a scripted or live action show can't. >> it was right away that people liked it and responded but to this day, that has notened. it's only have notebb ed. it's only grown. >> we take no prisoners. so we go to church every week but we have plenty to say about oing to church every week. not all of it good. so you just sort of don't want to mess with us, because we'll take you down. we'll take you down. >> reporter: but they say it's also because the simpsons

here's lisa stark. >> reporter: the new security guidelines continue to focus on flights coming into. from abroad. the transportation security administration says passengers on those flights who have passports from or who have traveled through countries that harbor terrorists or other suspect nations will be subject to extra security scrutiny before they're allowed to board the airplane. now there are about 14 countries on that list. and they include ones that you might expect. pakistan, afghanistan, iraq, yemen, for example. now, other passengers coming from abroad will also be subject to extra scrutiny, extra security checks, on a random basis. >> i think you may see different threshold for what makes you a selectee or what makes you a no-fly. right now those are very limited. i suspect they'll probably broaden those definitions. >> reporter: the transportation security administration says these measures will be in place for the foreseeable future, and they say most international travelers will notice them. lisa stark, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> passengers at new jersey

they showed me a picture of lisa and she -- they told me she was 8. thought okay, she must be a little bit higher th

joining us now to talk about the risk of child trafficking and ab duck in haiti after the earthquake, lisa lalman at save the children. also maggie boyer, she's communication director for world vision in haiti and anderson cooper. how worried are we about child trafficking in this tragedy? >> well, larry, we were worried before and we're worried now. i will say that there are a lot of stories out there, a lot of rumors, and a number of organizations, unicef, save the children woshlg children, world vision are trying to follow them up. we haven't found evidence these stories are true, but that doesn't mean children are not at risk. it's very important that all humanitarian actors remain vigilant. >> it's dangerous because so many children are scattered around and don't know if their parents are living or dead. they're certainly open to this, aren't they? >> that is correct, larry. before the quake there were about 380,000 children labeled orphans in haiti. you can imagine that number has increased since the quake, so world vision is certainly min mindful of that number and working hard to k

lisa freeman is here to expose some of the tricks food manufacturers use in labelling.ng, it's great to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> you want to do the right thing and you see whole grain. >> you think, wow, this is a great choice for me. i'm going to get plenty of fiber on this. but you look at the back of the package and it's only got one gram. a reasonly good source of fiber has 3 grams. some of the fiber cereals have many times that. >> read the back. >> read the back or read the side and see where it says dietary fiber. >> here's another thing, less sodium. too much sodium is bad for you. >> that's right. you think oh, my gosh, less sodium. i'm watching my blood pressure. less sodium means this is a good choice for me but that's not true because less doesn't necessarily mean low. it just means less than the regular version. as you can see there's still many pinches of salt per serving. this is actually per can, so that's a lot of salt. >> a good source of calcium, what should we read on the other side? >> well, good source of calcium is not necessarily a gr

his wife lisa makes the wine. both are former i.t. special ifrts who bought the vineyard in 2001. the land had been farmed commercially with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. they decided to make it biodynamic. >> it is the way my dad used to farm. >> reporter: they you view the land as a whole organism, respecting everything from the soil to the bugs. >> think first and foremost, we look at the earth as a living organism, as opposed to a rock with things growing on it. >> reporter: it feeds the soil with organic matter. the weeds, the bugs, they have their purpose and they're controlled naturally. >> we have sheep that we keep in the vineyards to help keep the grasses low. >> reporter: and the moon. biodynamic farmers believe in guidance from the faces of the moon. >> you almost have to make a leap of faith that it really does have an effect. and this is one large ecosystem that we need to become one with. >> reporter: biodynamic farming is taking root in wine country. featured on the cover two years ago you was the first to get the biodynamic certification. their specialist

lisa green, as always, a pleasure.s so much. >> thank you, alex. >> msnbc is the place for politics, and senate democrats are reeling from too high-profile retirements announced this week, those being senator chris dodd of connecticut and senator byron dorgan of north dakota, both of whom say they will not run for re-election this year. will these retirements help democrats hold their majority or will they turn the midterm elections into a referendum on the policies of the president? i'm joined now live from washington by my boys. we have msnbc political analyst pat buchanan and democratic strategist peter fenn. hello, again, guys. >> hey, alex. >> good morning, alex. >> how do these retirements change the political landscape? i'll begin with you, pat. >> i think the dodd retirement from the race, if you will, enhances the democrats' chances of carrying connecticut. he was in very tough shape. he had come back a bit, but then he started slipping again. and i think they could have lost that seat up in connecticut. i thi

>>t's the hook to get you in there. >> lisa, great information. thanks so much.ack after these messages. what's our favorite part of honey bunches of oats? the sparkly flakes. the honey-baked bunches! the magic's in the mix. my favorite part? eating it. honey bunches of oats. taste the joy we put in every spoonful. honey bunches of oats. we call the bunches in honey bunches of oats the prize in the box. well, now there's a prize inside the prize. pecans! pecans! baked into crchy t bunches. taste the delicious surprise in every spoonful. new honey bunches of oats with pecan bunches. beautiful. >>> time for a check of what's coming up on "meet the press." david gregory joins us again. >> i'm out in los angeles this morning. a special edition of the program. we'll talk to the two political party chairs, to crystal ball this election year. of then an exclusive interview with governor arnold schwarzenegger. california really on the leading edge of this enomic recession throughout the country. we'll talk to him about where he sees it all going. >> all right, david. tha

shaun donovan and i and lisa jackson met early on about the idea of how we're going to work together to help create and work with all of you on the things that you want to do. and this is a great collaboration. this is the administration that really does do what all of you do, work together in a collaborative way. and it's proving to be very, very successful. i think, i know, and i think all of you know this, our portion of the recovery act, the $48 billion has made a difference in your communities. [applause] >> and i don't care -- look, i don't care what stories have been written. the stories that have been written saying that it hasn't created jobs is baloney. and i said that to a denver to a reporter. one year ago i was on job sites talking to people who were on unemployment, maybe welfare because they didn't have a job. and after the president signed the american recovery and reinvestment act people went to work. and i see orange cones and orange barrels all over your communities. and i know people are working. i think it's a good sign. it's a good signal. and we worked hard wit

lisa minucci of vintrust, a wine management and cellarage service, found the 2005 ceretto arneis.started his winery in the mid 30s and he is known around the world for his barbarescos and his barolos. but it's his arneis that i think is the little known gem. arneis has a beautiful mineral character. some limestone, some citrus, beautiful acid, and a great length. >>at 15 dollars a bottle, you get a wine that pairs well with many foods. -this wine would be lovely with cold shrimp, chilled chicken, beautiful salads. it has a hint of effervescence, so it's a perfect aperitif for a sunday lunch wine. >>a fresh choice for a wine pick.

this is from lisa.te in saying -- one of the members of my advisory board has been giving me bad advice. the problem is he's the one who brought in two other key members. how do you get rid of him without offending the others this is a great question. part of being a ceo is making difficult decisions there are not more difficult decisions than ones that deal with people. i would make a list of the bad advice what went wrong and why you can come up with objective clear reasons to get rid of this person. then figure out who will you have replace him or her. if you can con vints the othvin two advisory board members, they will be more confident in your decision. this is a question from the owner of a design firm. >> where to look for a cpa and what is the criteria i should be using. >> for a conventional-type of business, look at regional firms, smaller firms with experience in the type of business you are in always get their customers to talk with you, get referrals. if you are a high-growth company and w

a news conference with mitch mccon al back from afghanistan and other republican leaders including lisa murkowski and mica sell of delaware, live here on c-span. we will be back at 7:00 a.m. east coast time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . the confusion surrounding detention policy. from the top to bottom, the military people that we talked to indicated some confusion operationally about what you do when you detain a terrorist. this confusion, in my view, one general, for example, did not want to answer the question without turning to his lawyer who was also in the room. this operational confusion has been created unnecessarily and frankly, dangerously, by the a demonstration. in fact, there are at least to standards of detention. if you are captured by an officer that is part of nato, there is one standard. if you are captured by a u.s. soldier not under nato command, there is another standard. this sort of preoccupation, if you will, that we see on full display here in the u.s., with the example of the

lisa hillary is live.se theodore. >> reporter: no question. just an exciting game all around. yes, jose theodore certainly kept his team in it. but again the washington caps out shot, and they were definitely out played throughout much of this game. 15 minutes it took for the caps to register a shot on net. jose theodore was incredible as i said. he bailed out his team on a number of occasions. the capitals mustered up just three shots on net by the time that first period ended. they looked out of sync for much of the game but when they finally woke up they were definitely rewarded for their effort. jose theodore vintage on this night. >> that's probably the best i've seen him. you know, i mean i'm watching him going this is mr. how he was when he won in montreal that year, because without him, i mean it could very well have been 6-0 at the end of the 1st period. >> i felt pretty good tonight. thank you. thanks. they got two scoring chances right off the bat and i made those two saves. i just knew that ton

lisa of course. so those of you who have seen it know that it's really -- it's an interesting movie for many reasons, i won't today speak about the pan getting trapped on the nympho ward, but people who are b classic films should see this movie, but what's important in this movie is the character with schizophrenia all of a sudden shifts in terms of race and gender. the main schizophreniaic character in the film is this meant trent played by harry rhodes, who himself has been a civil rights activist, he was a college school desegregated, and because of the pressures of participating in civil rights, because of the pressures of what he was trying to do, change society, in a way, society drove him crazy and it drove him so crazy that in fact, what he becomes is a racist, and he starts a race riot against the negroes on the ward so this very interesting turn of events, where in this film, it was billed as the followup to the snake pit, all of a sudden, we see a dramatic shift in the race and gender of w

guy in town with the washington capitals and we can do that with a the help from comcast sportsnet, lisa hillary. >> jason it is a whirlwind for you. you got the call. you quickly had to come to dc and get a physical and board a plane and it was pretty with strangers and head to the west coast, what was your initial reaction to the trade? >> it was pretty shocking sat there for five years in columbus and getting the routine and you know your places and your world gets turned upside down. it was shocking but let you know where you are coming and you are excited. like you said you feel like your 18. it was a pretty unique experience for sure. >> you went from a last place team to a 1st place organization. here in washington. had to give you a bit of a boost. >> yes. anytime you get wings -- it is so contagious. locker guys want to win and the situation in columbus, they couldn't find a way to win. a rough situation. they got a good team, just will find a way to win and here they find ways to win every night. it is a new lease on night you get that full boost in your spirit. nice to get tha

. >> ♪ >> your the smile on the mona lisa. ♪ if i'm the bottom, you're the top. ♪ [applause] >> thatp-2 with polish translation. with ethel merman? >> we never took a cruise to warsaw. one of the great dividends of that show. i met just about everybody who was anybody in show business, including ethel merman. she played my mother on that show. of all of the people that i have met, those that made the most profound impact on me was ethel merman and i did a summer tour on how to succeed in business in ohio. domenicn ameche, we toured toge. i do not remember liking acting all that much, but i did not have to act. the great dividend about being on that show was meeting all these people. picking up their stories and learning about them. >> what was the accident that burned you? >> we were on location in asia minor. -- in the mediterranean. we're in a turkish seaside town, which is technically part of asia minor. we were attending a soiree of government officials. at one point, a bunch of cast members and i decided to leave and go back to the ship. we had party balloons that we decided to

they married in '67, had a daughter, lisa marie one year later. booming. he met the president.ee grammies, had more top 40 hits than anyone and the former maid said he still kept his sense of humor thanks to practical jokes. >> in a few minutes the fire cracker went off in the bedroom. i jumped and i hooping and hollering. >> but in '77, it all ended. an icon dead at 42. two days later, the funeral procession through the streets of memphis and then the king returned home to graceland for the very last time. >>> an update on the mom from mity what has been missing for more than a month. the only person of interest in the case, her husband, is packing up and leaving town. susan powell disappeared december 7 under what police say were suspicious circumstances. now the cops say it looks like relatives are helping her husband, josh powell, prepare for a move to washington state. hundreds of miles away from the home he shared with his wife just outside salt lake city. he told police that around the time his wife went missing, he took the children on a midnight camping trip in the fre

lisa hillary. the caps able to snap their three-game losing streak on tuesday night. how are things look ?oont. >> i wouldn't say evenly matched here, ross. i think -- russ. i think the capitals have a slighter edge. capitals take on one of the worst road teams in the national hockey league. ottawa coming off a 4-1 loss to the boston bruins. ottawa a-very, very streaky team and the washington capitals are well aware of ottawa's strengths even though the senators are without their captain. >> some pretty good balance. there are guys that can put the puck in the net. you know, clef clef had four goals -- kovalev had four goals the other day. he's a capable scorer. just more concerned about us. we want to make sure our effort is there. >> they have some dangerous players. as long as we're aware of which guys to take away and make sure you don't give them too much time and space, we'll be fine. we need to pickup our offense a little bit more and that is good team to do it against. >> now, pascal leclair will start for the ottawa senators. 'as we bring in our analysts, dow

lisa takes a look at hate takes history. >> founded by freed slaves in 1804, haiti is the world's oldest republic, but the poorest country in the western hemisphere with almost 80% of the population of 9 million people living in poverty. more than half get by on less than a dollar a day. the country is still rebuilding from the last series of natural disasters. four different tropical storms struck the island nation in 2008, leaving the country's fragile infrastructure near total collapse. haiti he's history is one of political instability and violence. after decades of dictatorship there was the first freely elected in 1990 and he was ousted and reinstated with u.s. support only to be forced out of the country and into exile in 2004. the country returned to constitutional rule in 2006. a force of some 8,000 u.n. peacekeepers remains in port-au-prince, but haiti has been relatively calm. cnn, atlanta. >> as rescue teams search for survivo survivors, we're going to look at the weather conditions they're likely to face. your complete forecast is coming up right here on cnn. >>> rut gerz is

ranger pete, first one from lisa lee, 84, that was the first one. how is new york city? nice haircut, buddy. my hair was getting really long. people were telling me to cut it and i didn't cut it on my vacation until the last day. let's see, i really like your elmer fud hat. happy new year's, that was the other night in times square. everyone is asking me about the hat. i got it a couple of years ago in chicago. i have to remember where i got it. let's see. happy new year, did you really kiss -- someone asked me who i kissed for new year's eve and i said pop p py harlow because i reporting with her.

thank you for watching. >> for kelli, i'm lisa. for more, go to our web site csnwashington.com. you at 11:00. redskins nation is next. remember, this affects a relatively small part of the country. most of the budget, as you know, our mandatory programs, social security, medicare, veterans programs. that's by far the lion share of the budget. and the next biggest share is the defense. that's not part of what the president is disgusting. he is talking about a shared the budget that is about 16217 that the overall budget, about one seventh of the budget that is domestic discretionary spending and here's proposing a freeze in those categories. so they're certainly not going to solve the problem. you will make a modest contribution to reducing long-term deficits and debt, although to make a contribution that grows over time, which is very important. much more has to be done as the white house has acknowledged. [inaudible] well, look on the there's no question in my mind that additional steps need to be taken to help build the environment in which jobs can be created. i asked the con

after this game stick around for wizards postgame and at 10:00, lisa hillary joins me on geico sportsnite. >>> welcome back. college basketball now. do not sleep on the c.a.a. season. six teams have at least seven wins and that includes old dominion and george mason meeting this afternoon. trying to hand the patriots their first conference loss. mason on the run. that would be a theme. the off balance goes. up 3 at the back. nice passing sets up mike morrison for the easy dunk. mason up 4. morrison not done as he finishes the alley-oop. he drops 15 points and 5 boards on the day. the patriots start pulling away. pearson good defense the steal and the slam. he leads all scores with 17. part of a george mason run. morrison gets behind the defense after a missed shot and it is another throw down. mason runs 71-55. here's jim. >> coach, you told me before the game the biggest question mark about your team and you used the word the ability to sustain. sustain intensity and sustain poise. you guys certainly did that today. >> we really did glen. i'm proud of the kids. had an awful performance o

lisa jackson pposed standards to cutown on ozone emissions. as a resul hundreds more counties would likely be i violion of air pollution rules, but they have up 20 ars to meet the new limits. former preside bush had blocked the tougher standas. on wall street today, the do nes industrial arage gained 33 pnts to close over 10,606. the nasdaq fell one int to close at 2,3. those are me of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the enof the prram with a preview of what you'll find tonight the newshour's web sit but for now, back to jim >> brown: next, a loer-room incint involving guns escalates in a suspension for tional basketball associatio star gilbe arenas, and raises questions once again about violence and profeional atetics. >> brown: the n.b. acted 16 da after an incident at the verizon center in waington, d.c. arenas has admitteto bringing hand guns into the wasngton wizards team lker room, a violation league policy and, possiblyof d.c. law. but he and teammate javaris ittenton deny they actually pulled guns on eacother in a digreement ov

. >> now remarks from environmental protection agency administrator, lisa jackson.on the epa agenda and how she plans to run the organization. hosted by the women's national democratic club in washington. this is 45 minutes. we'll show you as much as we can before our live coverage of today's white house briefing. it's scheduled to begin at 1:30 eastern. >> okay. [laughter] >> okay. we are honored to welcome the environmental protection agency administrator, lisa b. jackson. she leads epa's efforts to protect the health and environment for all americans. she has pledged to focus on core issues of protecting air and water quality, preventing exposure to toxic contamination in our communities and reducing greenhouse gases. she has promised that all of epa's efforts will follow the best science, which i guess is a change. adhere to the rule of law. and be implemented with unparalleled transparency. she has made it a priority to focus on vulnerable groups including children. the elderly. and low-incomed communities that are particularly susceptible to environmental and

lisa jackson proposed standards to cut down on ozone emissions. as a result, hundreds more counties would likely be in violation of air pollution rules, but they have up to 20 years to meet the new limits. former president bush had blocked the tougher standards. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 33 points to close over 10,606. the nasdaq fell one point to close at 2,300. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. but for now, back to jim. >> brown: next, a locker-room incident involving guns escalates into a suspension for national basketball association star gilbert arenas, and raises questions once again about violence and professional athletics. >> brown: the n.b.a. acted 16 days after an incident at the verizon center in washington, d.c. arenas has admitted to bringing hand guns into the washington wizards team locker room, a violation of league policy and, possibly, of d.c. law. but he and teammate javaris c