that's been pleasant, seeing sandy beginning to losen -- loosen her gri. temperatures falling in the mid-40s out there in spots toward towson and the wind gusts around 30 in annapolis. breezy and chilly for the rest of the night into the early morning hours. it will be a cold start right around 37 degrees. we'll talk about how things will shape up toward election day minutes away. >> you watched as we filed one report after another about how the state was getting ready. sandy never did hit the way we thought but that preparedness came in handy for our neighbors to the west. >> reporter: garrett county by far got hit the hardest. heavy snows blocking roads, trapping people, a situation so dire that the county put a call out for help. >> really, everything that they've asked for. we said anything you need, just call us. >> reporter: our county was one of those that sent aid. condition you will man said it only -- jerry ulm dodge chrysler -- kent ulman. >> get to garrett county. >> maryland didn't just send crews, the state was uniquely prepared to send crows

do you think things will losen up?think that the challenges that we have before us are the white house and the legislative branch working together. we have consumer confidence in the united states shaken more from the debt ceiling debate than the 9/11 attacks. we had our debt downgraded as well after that. we have a lot of nonsense going on that is undermining our ability to push forward. obama put together a great jobs program. this nation does believe that this president is pulling this country forward. now it's really time for the legislature to get themselves together. i'm not a reflexive partisan. i feel sad that a moderate republican is leaving. i feel bad that dick doesn't get re-elected. i feel bad that warn hatch and mccain have to run hard to the right to defend themselves from tea party attacks. most of us are in the pragmatic center. >> but we know how difficult that can be. thinking back to some comments about private equity and how criticism of that should not go overboard. it seemed like he had to walk i

there are seven states that have initiatives regarding losenning restrictions on marv, colorado, oregonton would allow the use of marv for non-medical purposes, regulating them like alcohol. do any of them have a chance of passing? >> i think washington and colorado have a good chance. what it's really coming down to in those states is women. with mothers who got the prohibition in this country and it could be mothers that could keep us from having legalized marv. it looks like young people, it's a generation thing but men support legalized marijuana. in colorado, it looks like it's going to pass, very close. obviously that could help the president. in washington, had the initiative passing by 16 points. i think romney should be talking about this stuff as much as possible. he's going to need to go someplace to smoke something to deal with it. >> something tells me he doesn't want to touch it with a 10-foot pole. i understand what you're saying about women. mothers worried about their kids or they think marijuana is a gateway drug i bet you that's a big barrier in those states, but some

he was rather than tightening regulation, he would have tended to losen regulation. rather than looking at ways to penalize companies that are doing business in other countries, he was looking to try to free up taxes and actually make the u.s., you know, a desirable place for foreign companies to situate themselves. i think the leap of faith -- this is obviously -- was not really bought by the american public was that by freeing up companies to do what it is that they do, eventually we'll have growth and we'll have hiring. but, you know, it's a couple of steps radio moemoved and not qu same connection as putting people to work in infrastructure jobs or something like that. >> so, jack, i've heard an awful lot of panic from certain quarters that i'm a little puzzled by. it basically says if we go over the so-called fiscal cliff on january 1st, there will be chaos and turmoil in the markets and it will have a destructive impact. what i'm seeing is if we get to january 1st, it's a gradual slope. these are cuts phased in over years. these are tax increases that will go i

tehran at the end of the day is the big losener this battle because it did not succeed to bring israeln. its proxy was very badly damaged. its head was cut off. and in fact, the truce was broken by three country who is have taken over the leadership of the middle-east, of the region, away from iran who, wanted it and that's egypt, turkey and qatar. so iran is the big loser and i wouldn't be surprised that they would try and start something again. but i hope very much that they learned their lesson because the blows that hamas suffered were very, very severe. and we are on the verge of a ground incursion, which would have finished them off. the only reason we didn't do it was as a gesture to the united states, to president obama and to the egyptian president, to give peace a chance. we will give it a chance. but if the one rocket is fired at an israeli village or city, we will not stand still, i promise you. >> ambassador, where does israel stand? i heard what you just said. those are strong words. i think that everyone understands prime minister netanyahu's stance there. but where does