well the killing of innocents by the rebels actually is part of the blueprint of the north atlantic treaty organization it's no secret that they would like to see the departure of president assad but i'm afraid that they haven't thought through the consequences of their actions recalled that in february march two thousand and eleven we were seeing the same scenario we were seeing the sonority all about suppose the protection of civilians in northern africa or libya in particular and how that became a prelude to regime change in tripoli now we're being told that turkey needs patriot missiles for defensive purposes not least to protect civilians and i think it's fair to infer that this is the prelude to another attempt at regime change this time in damascus but if turkish civilians are being caught up in this doesn't have a right to protect itself therefore look at this plan and implement patriot missiles . the problem is turkey is not entering the situation with clean hands turkey on the one hand is helping to supply the rebels who are attacking damascus and damascus understandably is shoot

>> i think competition across the north atlantic is fierce. it has been for 28 years we have been flying. virgin atlantic always brings good competition and very competitive prices to market. i don't think consumers of anything to fear on that front, this will be great for consumers. melissa: what does it mean for the virgin brand? it was a luxury brand, virgin is very flashy. you have richard branson out there, the main shareholder. the person everybody associates with the brand. he put delta in its place, delta in america is very white bread, i would say. it is the big, large brand that doesn't have a ton of style. what does it mean going forward? >> i don't know. they are riding very high among u.s. carriers. it has made very bold statements about the investor programs. 1.4 billion at jfk, a lot of new aircraft coming and very committed to new product. their ceo exactly fit that today. very attractive in virgin atlantic. precisely the service quality that we offer. actually when you take new york, put ourselves together, nine flights per day

more than half a million during the centuries of the north atlantic slave trade. it is very important to note that just as many if not more people were taken the other way. the north atlantic trade in slaves get a lot of attention, but the asia-pacific trade gets much less attention. many were taken the other way, particularly after the passage of the 1833 slavery abolition act in england, which specifically excluded the territories of the east india trading company. south asia and india became a new source of trafficking for slaves. they used bonded labor and bondage contracts as a way to avoid deeds of sale of human being. a huge movement of people across centuries in all kinds of directions. some we know quite a bit about. some we do not. how does this relate to what is going on today? i want to start at that question by reading to you a little bit. i will read to you briefly to go narratives. the first comes from somebody that and you'll be familiar with. i would encourage you to read this text, it is called "the interesting narrative of olaudah -- he was traf

so on the north atlantic it could be a very difficult situation out there. i had some photographs that show the ships actually completely ice-encrusted, and they would just, you know, move around on the water with great difficulty. but they, they survived. after the war, you know, some of them were scrapped, and some of them were given to other countries as part of our president truman's, the truman doctrine. which, you know, was to provide these type of vessels and other military aid to other countries. so this particular vessel went to greece. and it was their number one vessel for a long, long time. and until about 1991 when the greek government decided they no longer needed this vessel. within a very short period of time, the destroyer escort sailors' association raised nearly $300,000 to have it towed back to america. it was housed for a short time at the intrepid air, sea, space museum in new york city. when they no longer had room for it, they had to search for a new home, and fortunately, mayor jennings -- who's the mayor of the city here in albany -

well nato has already expanded way past its original charter as you know it's the north atlantic treaty organization but they've got their footprint as far as. the central asia but you know britain's also signed the five powers defense range meant it includes singapore malaysia new zealand australia and this and also obama has announced a pivot to the pacific if you will so really what we're looking at i believe that the gulf states they're looking to arm them and pull them into nato and possibly might see a reformation of nato to become another name or another treaty signed which is a bigger military service organization a lot of critics say this gets to a one world army or world police force so certainly very worrying looking into that in the next year or two considering the situation with iran so forth and things take the time to be with us you political analyst patrick henningsen there live on the line from london. if you're. international news now in briefing start with amateur video that submerged in the immediate aftermath of an airstrike in syria let's take a look it struck a cr

that is of course the north atlantic slave trade. i spent some time in nigeria documenting victims of human trafficking, challenging and terrific scenarios. caught up in a culture of poverty, oppression, organized crime during -- crime. men, women, boys, and growth. i took a visit to a town about two hours west of the capital lagos. here the portuguese built 510 years ago when the first slave trading outpost on the west african coast. that is the building. obviously there is a different route on it. that is the same structure from five centuries ago. records show more than half a million west africans were brought into this building and then take it out to the beach where they were taken into large seafaring vessels and the course taken to the americas. more than half a million. it is important to note that just as many of not more people were taken the other way. the north atlantic trade in slaves get a lot of attention but the asia-pacific trade gets much less attention. many people, including west africans, were taken the other wa

they were smaller ships, so on the north atlantic, it could be a very difficult situation out there. i have some photographs that show the ships completely eyes encrusted and it would move around on the water. but they survived. after the war, some of them were scrapped, and some of them were given to other countries as part of president truman's, the truman doctrine which was to provide these vessels and other military boats to other countries. it was their number one vessel for a long, long time until about 1991 when the greek government decided they no longer needed the vessels. within a very short period of time, the destroyer escort raise nearly $300,000 to have it towed back to america. it was housed for a short time in the intrepid museum in new york city. when they known blogger had room for they had to search for new home and fortunately mayor jennings who was the mayor the the of the city here in albany, felt this would be a wonderful attraction on the waterfront which was frankly being revitalized at the time. it's the only destroyer escort still afloat in america, an orig

myself and when i was a member of parliament i was on the political arm of nato which was the north atlantic assembly and it was clear that it was nato particularly with the american and british nuclear deterrence that kept the peace and that extended through a circle around the ussr and margaret thanker made me the escort for gorbachev and it was clear that president reagan's strategic defense initiative brought them to the negotiating tabling the e.u. was not alive, it was not a political union. >>neil: given the trend and how they hand out the awards the common theme seems to be bash america, sort of like sally field accepting it for, i don't know, jane fonda, his theme has been europe is in the pickle because of the united states, but this is a prevailing view that the european union is facing their problems because of the united states. they cannot be serious. >>guest: no, i quite agree and basically, norway, which gives the thing, it is very political, norway is not even in the european union but they are next door to this whole number which is a growing totalitarian state. it failed t

she survived, but i died in the waters of the north atlantic. i am here with jedediah bila. and he and i fought a 15-round boxing match in the 1970s. we add rematch and have been best friends ever since. it is matt welch. and he and i became really close while herding sheep in wyoming. it was a hot, sweaty summer and things just happened. it is bill schulz. and i met him as a navy fighter pilot in school, you know in our spare time we played volleyball on the beach with our shirts off. we used a lot of sunscreen. sitting next to me is john gibson, the host of the john gibson show weekdays at noon eastern. >> barak and mitt are going to have a sit. on thursday the enemies will lunch it out, in their words, at the president's residence with the white house noting, quote, it will be the first opportunity they have had to visit since the election. obama is making good on his word on the night of his alleged victory he said he looked forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward. oh his slogan. alass, no -- uh l

rain event in the north atlantic. all snow towards chicago. first time it snowed in 290 days there.ssed over from rain to snow. got to tell you a little bit of good news. seems to be weakening just a little bit. the heaviest of the snow you see kind of darker or lighter brighter whites are fading. turn into more of the grays. that's good news. we will see another 1 to 3 inches of snow falling. the snow on the ground up to 18 inches in parts of wisconsin that is going to continue to blow around all day tomorrow. keep these blizzard warnings up to midnight. tomorrow high wind and see more of that blowing. take a look at what happens over the next couple hours, shepard. see all the rain but it's all rain across the mid-atlantic. then we will see the coldest air that we have seen all season long across parts of the northeast and maybe our first big lake-effect snow event as well. >> shepard: that's the east. the west coast about to take a punch too. >> think about this west coast 20 inches of rain from that storm. get ready here we go again another 10 inches of rain and some spots in th

grandchildren because, if we pass the point where greenland begins to shed ice fast enough to cool the north atlantic which only requires that you get up to about half a meter or so from greenland, that will increase the temperature gradients between the high latitudes and low latitudes and that is what drives cyclonic storms. so some of these storms of the century that we've had, the really big cyclonic storms which, unlike a hurricane, they stretch for thousands of miles. so you can have one that stretches from the caribbean to canada and with hurricane force winds. and now, if we increase the temperature gradients by several degrees, which we can do, we're going to get those types of storms and europe will particularly suffer from them. but when you get a hurricane embedded within one, then you get double dose and that's what happened with sandy and that kind of thing will happen, too if we get stronger cyclonic storms. and the damage goes like the cube of the wind speed. so it's not like -- you know, if the wind speed had been 10 miles per hour less, we wouldn't have had all that damage. those tr

on the north atlantic it could be a very difficult situation out there. i have some photographs that show the ships actually complete the eyes and crested and they would move around on the water with great difficulty but they survived. after the war some of them were scrapped. some of them were given to other countries as part of president truman's truman doctrine which was to provide these types of vessels and other military aid to other countries so this particular vessel went to greece and was their number one vessel for longtime and until about 1991 when the greek government decided they no longer needed this vessel within a very short period of time, the destroyer escort sailors association raised $300,000 to have it towed back to america. it was housed for a short time at the interested air and space museum in new york city. when they no longer had room for it they had to search for a new home but mayor jennings who is mayor of the city in albany felt this would be a wonderful attraction on the waterfront which he was trying to revitalize at the tim

vessels be built to deal with the continuing presence of the nazi u-boats in world war ii on the north atlantic. and winston churchill warned roosevelt and america that, basically, something had to be done to stop hitler's u-boats in the war before, as he said it, america -- the sea would become america's cage, cutting off all commerce between the united states, england and europe. and so the president ordered them built in 1940, but the navy, um, decided that that was probably not a good idea, so they convinced the president that the scarce resources that were available at that time would be better spent on destroyers. and i think that if, if you look at the historical record, you'll see that that probably was a mistake. .. it was built in the tampa shipyard. there were 563 destroyed air escorts built. seventeen shipyards all across the country. it actually came late in the game, like a lot of them. this is 1944. it did a few escort's back and forth across the atlantic. one interesting thing that the slater did do, the only nazi submarine, the only you-book captured by the americans and will w

september 13 catching, spot tagging, and releasing a white shark, was a first in the waters of the north atlanticeds a lot. >> reporter: a lot? >> there are supposed to be. they're their are supposed to be a lot of sharks in the ocean. they're the balance keeper they keep everything moderated everything in the water. if we put the future of sharks in jeopardy, we put the future of the whole ocean in jeopardy. >> reporter: chris fisher started a nonprofit called o-search with the goal of bringing together the best fishermen and scientists. >> we don't know where they breed. we don't know where they feed. we don't know where they give birth. until we figure that out, we can't put policy in place to protect them and make sure they have a future. back in the day when scientists wanted to learn about white sharks, they would go out and kill them all. >> great job, fellows -- >> and sample. now at least we have a system where we let them go alive. >> whoa whoa! >> reporter: fisher's aggressive system involves fixing those satellite enabled tags to the dorsal fin. once released, they can be tracked in r

large-scale flood and storm events in areas along the atlantic coast within the boundaries of the north atlantic division of the corps that was affected by hurricane sandy. the legislation also increases the federal cost share for these projects that are funded with this appropriation and it changes it from 65% to 90%. the purpose of this amendment is to bring that back to 65%. and it's not about being a miser. it's not about wanting to save money. it's about prudence. it's about sound judgments. it's about common sense. what do we know from the 1988 stafford act? here's what we know. what we know is when we changed the cost share to an appropriate level so that we don't get things done on the federal government's taxpayer dime without significant participation of local input, what the studies show is that during that one-year period, the federal government saved $3 billion because projects didn't get funded that weren't priorities because of the 65% federal contribution and 35% cost share. so what this does is reintroduce the 65% federal payment and 35% cost share to do that. and, again, most o

negotiations, ministers will try to agree on how much fish is allowed to be caught in the north sea and the atlantic. >> environmental groups want the european commission to and overfishing. they say current levels of unsustainable and dangerously close to depleting fish stocks, especially cod. >> of fishermen around europe say their fleets have already been cut and many jobs lost. policy makers in brussels will have to hammer out a plan that balances commercial interests and brings fish stocks back on track. >> returning to the dutch port after a week of fishing in the north sea. he is only licensed to catch one kind of fish. eu ministers responsible for fisheries say quotas are necessary to protect fish stocks. >> for us, it is about sustainable fishing policy, which is based on the maximum sustainable catch. >> it sounds environmentally friendly, but it results in edible fish being thrown overboard. fisherman dump the unwanted fish that get caught in nets. it does not make much ecological or economic sense. millions of euros are thrown out every year. environmentalists are calling for brussels to

a support and the ottomans, by the way, at the slave trade in the ottoman empire dwarfed the north atlanticslave trade coming to america. the ottomans responded as any since almost avoided house and as any sensible american southerner would have been 1807 they said have you lost your mind? slavery is vouchsafed to us by god. slavery was part of the islamic tradition and the christian tradition. it was not something -- it is very clear they allowed slavery. i think it's very clear they are non-democrat. democracy is a western import. the thing to remember is evolution. you will find very few muslims outside of saudi arabia today who believes slavery is vouchsafed by god. there has been a successful alteration of the islamic identity on that issue. i would just suggest democracy is also one of those issues. >> rob, has islam about? >> again, i'm sorry to slightly amend the question. the question is really about muslims, not about islam, the same way the question is not about christianity or judaism. it's about christians and jewish. it's about how people acted organized themselves politically

a series and big storm and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, the atlantic, north, you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. >> help, we need help. seriously. >> what we need most right now is like. at that time, it is pitch black. you cannot even see what is in front of you. >> we are working with sandy relief and ows. people are bringing in clothes, food, canned goods, diapers, batteries, flashlights, everything under the sun that we need. >> i have not seen the american red cross have a shelter for people are buried in their homes. they have nothing to eat or drink. >> there is a wake-up call and listen to be learned here. there is a reality that has existed for a long time that we have been blind to. and that is climate change, extreme weather, call it what you will, and our vulnerability to it. 10 years ago, it was true, it was true five years ago. it is undeniable today. >> the t

the same time, in my -- my friend from utah just talked about the fact that our allies with the north atlantic treaty organization are spending a greater percentage of their gross domestic product, national security for the reason that they have felt threatened. they have lived under repression. there are nato allies that have been countries that were basically under the control of the former soviet union. and in light of that, they continue to live with an understanding of how important national security is. we have important countries in eastern and central europe that are struggling to not only become members of the european union, but to join the north anti-ic treaty organization because they -- atlantic treaty organization because they are still seek a chance to be free from that kind of repression. i'm reminded what took place during the 2008 olympics, summer olympics, in georgia when we saw the incursion from putin's russia into georgia over the break away regions, and we continue to see lots of threats. it is a very dangerous world. very dangerous world. tragically, plato said only the

the radar showing the storm continues to spin towards the north and east moving into atlantic canada right now with cold wind behind it causing lake-effect snow showers downwind of lake erie, lake ontario, upstate new york and pennsylvania where they're getting the accumulating snow and a little bit of instability is bringing flakes into maryland. as far as winds go, we're seeing them sustained at 22 miles per hour. the airport 21 miles per hour in annapolis, 24 in california and ocean city. those are sustained winds. it will be gusty into the afternoon, taking a toll on temperatures. not only does it make it feel colder, it actually prevents temperatures from warming up because it's transporting cold air into the region. 37 in easton, 38 in ocean city and 37 to the south in la plata. don't expect it to warm into the afternoon, highs only in the upper 30's to low 40's. the mountains will be even colder, ranging from 24 in garrett county to 33 in hagerstown. a couple of flurries may make their way out of pennsylvania. high pressure builds in to bring quiet weather into new year's eve.

i'm going to show you the windchill here. 37 in atlantic town; 41, annapolis and temperatures closer to the freezeing mark north and west. hagerstown, 34 degrees and winchester, 36. most of the area should be at or below freezeing. spots in the north and west where you saw accumulating snow and just look up to the potential here for some black ice developing tonight. i showed you gusts and they're over 30n. gaithersburg, 15, 24 in hagerstown and 16 in leonardtown and that will be a breezy overnight and blustery conditions expected tomorrow. check out the windshield temperatures. i don't get to use this a lot and with that 37 in washington. twentys in gaithersburg, 28 and 22 in hagerstown. we'll have the windchill values in the teens and low 20s tonight and even tomorrow with the actual temperatures in the upper 30s with sunshine and that is going to feel like upper 20s and low 30s tomorrow. with the wind continuing and celebrating quieter and cloud cover and some cloud cover out there. the area of low pressure that brought up the light snow and rain early today and that is still pushing to the north and west an

we got rain in the mid-atlantic north. there will be a touch more snow in extreme northern maine today. it's drier, nicer, and beautiful in a good part of the country. 65 degrees, kansas city. oklahoma, looking pretty good. kansas city, in the 40s. memphis, about 62. atlanta, 60 degrees. look at texas showing off in the 70s and 80s. this is in advance of the system that steps in the southwest, and sweeps across for days. enjoy this moment because all that right there, is headed that way. good morning. jacqui jeras. one of the most beautiful sunrise is i have seen. at 48 degrees.es patchy fog north and west of the metro. 46 in manassas, kitty in quantico. warm into the upper 50's this afternoon. morning clouds and a few be clearing this afternoon. breezy.be a much bigger cooldown in the forecast approaching the >> if i had to pick atlanta, all the way to orlando. 60 to 80 degrees today. >> that's pretty nice. >> like the southeast, right, sam? >>> coming up on "good morning america," we'll have new details in the sandy hook

atlantic. that means frigid air is blanketing the north and snow showers for much of the british isles and severe weather still on going in the central and eastern mediterranean. reports about cargo ships capsized in the black sea because of the highways and a series of low pressure systems is moving into the region and severe weather will continue for a while. temperatures are as follows. very chilly this time of year, only 30 degrees in vienna and 1 degree on wednesday. here is the extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i am katherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

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we got rain in the mid-atlantic north. there will be a touch more snow in extreme northern maine today. it's drier, nicer, and beautiful in a good part of the country. 65 degrees, kansas city. oklahoma, looking pretty good. kansas city, in the 40s. memphis, about 62. atlanta, 60 degrees. look at texas showing off in the 70s and 80s. this is in advance of the system that steps in the southwest, and sweeps across for days. enjoy this moment because all that right there, is headed that way. >> if i had to pick atlanta, all the way to orlando. 60 to 80 degrees today. >> that's pretty nice. >> like the southeast, right, sam? >>> coming up on "good morning america," we'll have new details in the sandy hook investigation. now, adam lanza's babysitter describes what could have been wrong with him from a very young age. >>> then, a big shift in gears. we're going to tell you about the new star of the beckham family. 10-year-old romeo is the new face of a modeling campaign. >>> plus, what happens when two icons reunite. john travolt

atlantic. coming in our direction, the precipitation would start somewhere between. clop-6:00 in the morning. north and west it will be mostly snow. south of 95, mostly rain. there could be some accumulation. there could be some accumulation down across the lower eastern shore. in a narrow band through carol and frederick county. 2-4 inces. -- inches. close to pennsylvania, maybe 5 inches. this will not be a snow event, just take your time. increasing clouds, a chance for snow late. snow is likely tomorrow, especially in the northern suburbs. everything should be out of here before 3:00 or 4:00. high temperatures between 35-40, so we will get above freezing which will help with the roads. the high near 39. new year's day, another week system comes in and that will not put a damper on things. >> from the susquehanna sports center, this is a love and sports. >> the ravens should focus on beating the bengals, eyes are on the big picture roswell. patriots losing to miami? that would hurt. they could maybe host the afc title game if it came to that. on the injury report, their questionable. missing two

was legal in all of the british colonies and all of north america at the end of the 18th-century, and gradually northern states, northeast and mid-atlantic states abolished slavery but i realized this was a gradual process that took a long time. that what we discovered as there was leaves a new jersey in the 1860's, and most of the states that abolished slavery between c-17 80 and 1804 which is the period that we customarily look at had to do it again leader in the 19th century because there was so much ambiguity as to what the road from slavery to freedom was. so, thinking about that, i tried to then step back and say if this is the case what does this mean for how we should understand emancipation in the united states and the notion of sectionalism between freedom and slavery that organizes our understanding of american political history. so i've been arguing one of the essays in the look that slavery is national, and the communities of run away slaves should be understood by what we call marroons and people of dissent and what we call the northern states and the slaves and the southern states are important circuits of communication an

now with that flow, we're getting the winds coming from the north, picking up the moisture from the atlantic. that's why eastern massachusetts, if you can see the brighter white here, indicates a little bit more intense snowfall. it is still something we're monitoring because the as the low slides east or west, that would impacts how much rain versus how much snow you get in new england. whether you're in new england or not, you'll face some travel troubles today. we have airport delays forecast for the northeast, the mid-atlantic, the midwest. and even down here in the south, we had delays in charlotte this morning. and on the west coast, we could see delays, low clouds and rain even in los angeles. busy travel weekend. lots of weather coast to coast that will impact millions of people. >> no escaping it, huh? >> no. >> thanks. >>> tax hikes, spending cuts, and the u.s. economy caught right in the middle. we can only, of course, be talking about the fiscal cliff. our political panel is going to weigh in on the chances for a deal. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've

north of the florida panhandle. will continue moving out into the atlantic ocean.se two upper level trough fronts that are basically giving us the back end of this, if you will, and the remaining moisture that will continue to be pushed out of here by this high pressure system way out west. that will make things very windy as we head into this evening and tomorrow. again, the snowy conditions should move in here within the next several hours. probably an hour for some. as far as today's forecast, we'll cat it 33 to 38. we did see some spots that are in the low 40s now. snow is the story. more north and west. a rain mix to the south and east. as far as possible accumulations, this is revised now to a little further south, but i still feel most of these areas along the eastern shore will see this rain/snow mix. as far as the greater baltimore area is concerned we'll have a dusting to 2 inches, maybe some spots get 3 inches then more to the north and west, i think 2 to 4 inches is a pretty good call for carroll and frederick county and portions north around the york,

that's all part of what goes between the uk and north america for virgin atlantic.ains, guys. make that clear here. the virgin atlantic brand does not go away. what changes is that delta has a 49% stake in the company. there's going to be a press conference later this morning here in new york. we're going to be talking with delta ceo richard anderson, and "squawk on the street" a little later on this morning. but this is a big deal in terms of what's happening with the airlines, and that international consolidation that we've all been expecting. guys, back to you. >> before you go, real quick. how much is this going to really impact delta, singapore air, which had this stake, was unhappy ultimately, because they didn't have the control that they really needed. or thought that they needed. >> i think richard anderson believes he will have the control. also singapore airlines, many believe that it did not utilize the access to heathrow as effectively as delta will be able to in terms of flights between north america, and heathrow. so we'll have to see whether or not r

, to do their part where they have leverage to try to ensure north korea doesn't go down the road of instability. >> you spoke to the atlanticouncil about your concerns about defense cuts, the sequester is very much top of mind to the defense secretary leon panetta traveling, he was in kuwait before going on to kabul, this is what he had to say about the sequester. >> in that mindless approach called sequester, the defense department, on top of $500 billion in cuts that we've already put in place for the future, would add another $500 billion on top of that. and that would do significant harm to our ability to provide a strong defense for the country. >> he called it reckless. any budget of the size of the pentagon's budget has some fat in it, and there's pork larded in various states and different constituencies. do you think that the defense, the security of our country, is really at risk if the sequester goes into effect? >> i do. i think it's so mindless and automatic in the way the cuts are taken that it would necessarily require cuts that would really hurt readiness, modernization, it would hurt capability. and my worr

atlantic area. starting to settle here across virginia, maryland. still rather gusty up north. 31-mile-per-hour wind gusts in hagerstown, maryland. 28 in wilkes-barre. there is the front, a long front from eastern new york this morning right through our area and down into eastern tennessee. bringing some rain. most of which was down to the south. areas of southern maryland, and down through southeastern virginia. off the coast right now of virginia, with very little rain left. as a matter of fact, high pressure's moved in and we've got a clear sky. the numbers tell the story. we're at 46 degrees gaithersburg. warmest part of the day at 5:00 a.m. 59 in raleigh with temperatures dropping. look at the 30s up to the north. western new york and pennsylvania, and around michigan, already in the 30s. that's where the cool and cold air is. it's going to settle in on us tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. in fact, we're going to be a couple of degrees below average. so for tomorrow morning, coats back on, folks. and button them up, too. we'll start out in the 20s and low to mid-30

of the flight schedules in terms of there's 31 daily flights right now for virgin atlantic between europe, the uk and norththose to maximize new york and london even more? >> we will do -- we will take steps once we have the appropriate government approval, and we've had implementation of antitrust immunity, you would expect in 2014 that we will begin to maximize the slot portfolio, virgin atlantic and the fantastic brand that sir richard branson has built, to leverage it even more to the u.s. >> i want to talk more about richard branson. he made it very clear he's not going anywhere. the brand's not going anywhere. willie walsh has taken to making disparaging remarks. you said during the press conference you're not real keen on what he's been doing. correct? >> i think that's been going on between ba and virgin for a long time. sir richard branson has built a phenomenal pran chfranchise. the key value in the franchise is his leadership and the brand he's built. that's core to what our investment is. we have to have him, the virgin group, and their great product and great employees to be successful in this

north wind, gusts up around 18 or 28 at the top of the hour at reagan in d.c. some snow showers coming down in upstate new york but mainly skies continue to clear across the mid-atlantic. sunshine dominating the scene but cold air continues to settle in tomorrow. that chill will be there, never out of the mid-40s. to the west on friday some weather developing. friday partly cloudy and still on the chilly side. temperatures to the north are falling in the mid-30s. we'll she that overnight. tomorrow we struggle to get out of the mid-40s. temperatures will rebound. on the whole, the numbers will be slow to warm up the next two days. on the big picture you can see our frontal boundary continues to push offshore. maryland continues to clear out. so a bright sunny start after a very cold scenario. a right day tomorrow. sunglasses required, the visier. a colder day. tomorrow into friday close to 50. by the weekend mild hair begins to mick a return -- air begins to make a return. at some point i'm sure thing also get way colder than average. back and forth we go riding the roller coaster. mild weather does set up for that big showdown at fedex field. there you go. >> got your

north and metro but starting sprinkles inside the beltway. are traveling today, the is bringing us what weather which will affect much the mid-atlantic and northeast. expect travel delays in having all the way down raleigh.be clout with a few showers, the between 48-52. we will show you the changeable temperatures and a seven-day just a man of the check traffic. we happily mated to the end the work week. let's start off on the rails. metrorail on time -- but if you marc brunswick train, a 870 atcal problem, train minutes late and a two 890 and thed them, -- what also be behind schedule. maryland andu montgomery county. at sevenking the crash montrose road, northbound 7 lots closed. track and the volume coming out 6.akes-fair oaks to 6 degrees this friday. coming up, alarming new details about the bangladesh garment fire.y that caught and are calling it the snake river miracle. an welcome back, everybody. president obama is responding to the violence in egypt. house says he contact contacted each of's leaders concerns. and hundredskilled injured during clashes between morsi's supporters and opponents. withdrawd he would not constitution islamisty h

large hail in mid-atlantic eastern parts of virginia, parts of north carolina, and raleigh you're included and charleston as well. we could see outer band of tornados throughout the day. blizzard warnings span 700 miles stretching across northeastern parts of arkansas, northeast missouri through parts of ohio. many of these warnings do go into effect not just later this evening but some of these across ohio are into effect till tomorrow morning a long prolonged period of time blizzard conditions south of the great lakes. we had a little issue with our graphics. a lot of bad weather, gregg, occurring. gregg: there is bad weather. we'll say that much. maria molina thanks very much. >> thank you. patti ann: officials in oklahoma city reopening part of a major highway following a 21-car pileup. police say it happened when a tractor-trailer jackknifed on a bridge over the oklahoma river. freezing rain from a passing snowstorm may be to blame. highway crews are warning drivers to be extra cautious of black ice. that is when the road looks wet but it is actually coated with ice. >>> as authoritie

per hour, all of this caused by a cold front sitting over the mid atlantic right now that will turn into a warm front as it pushes back north because it's going to move in the direction of the warm air behind it so we'll see mild air the next couple of days and the back end of the cold front will swing through, bringing temperatures back down by next week. until then, rounds of precipitation and that's what we have to watch for. i'll show you in the future cast. showers popping up this morning, then the warm front lifts north. as we get to monday, the back end of that cold front that will eventually swing back through, coming through later into monday night and there could be a couple of thunderstorms around. that's how warm it's going to be into tomorrow. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. only near 50 degrees today but into the mid 60's tomorrow. the cold front comes through late in the evening when there could be a couple of thunrstorms. into tuesday, rain showers possible earlier on, only in the 40's by the afternoon and low 50's the rest of the week. >> two area families joined forces to help victims of superstor

same type of energy is now moving to the north and east so parts of new england tonight through early tomorrow are in winter weather advisories. in the mid-atlantic and northeast it will stay mostly rain but some heavy rains at times. also severe storms with that moisture pumping from the gulf. you could have 70-mile-per-hour gusts and small hail down through jackson, mississippi, even to houston today so something to take note of. the pacific northwest, the some blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings in effect too that starts tonight, up to 75-mile-per-hour gusts and can see here up to one or two feet of snow in the mountains. that's a big picture. >> that is a look at your nation's weather. now back out to dan. >> coming up much more of newtown, connecticut. how do you talk to your children about something like this? we have expert advice. >>> a look at how the pass kerr puts the contentious issue of gun control back in the news. as we said much more from newtown on "gma" after this quick break. ♪ i must have the wrong house. sister? we missed you. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahh...coffee.

atlantic coast. spent an essential left in place the lower third, the vichy government, correct? >> they wanted a government to govern that part of the country, and also the colonies in northafrica and southeast asia. they didn't want to be distracted by that. so part of the agreement was, you said that this government, which is expected to be friendly toward them, because they were only negotiate with people who are more or less friendly to the idea. so yeah, but essentially was you take care of that part of the country, you take care of the colonies, and let us worry about everything else. so it's kind of a new world flow, not exactly new world order but a new nazi order inqdf europe are.qesgqdcq >> so, brooke stoddard, yousrçzz fleet.sd the french who ended up getting control ofj the french fleet? >> it's interesting, because hitler understood this fear that the british had, just as well as the british did, that the french navy was a very, very important piece of the global situation. and he wanted france to drop out of the war their key didn't want them to continue fighting. he didn't want the french ships to keep attacking them. so he made the terms with the french st

north of washington. right now it's all in the 20s. most of the region from west virginia all of the way to the atlantic shore except right near the waters is generally a little above freezing there. we do have a winter weather advisory and freezing rain advisory for some icing and maybe a little bit of snow in the mountains of western maryland. highlands in west virginia. east of there we may get a little bit of a mix of that. perhaps by late morning and around noontime a little wet snow maybe a few wet snowflakes and sleet areas coming through and changing to rain after that. much of the region during the afternoon and hovering near 40 degrees. a look at tonight in ten minutes. a look at traffic now. >> christmas eve and interstates are looking good. no reports of issues on the beltway. in maryland interstates are looking great. things are moving at speed at 55 miles an hour on southbound bw parkway to 495. let's look at 95 in maryland southbound side is on the right side of the screen. 198 things are moving at speed ten-minute ride from 216 to the beltway at 64 miles an hour. aaron, angie? >>> the head of nra is calling the proposed a

atlantic airways for $360 million. they begin a joint venture on daily round trip flights between the the u.k. and north america. tv charging $3 more a month for sports network for those who want packages above the lowest tier. the 20 # 13 l.a. dodgers set to have the largest opening day payroll in major league baseball history with a recent report saying the payroll is more than $220 million beating out the previous record held by, yes, 2008's david's new york yankees, and speaking of the yankees, dropping stubhub as the retailer of choice. the refusal to set a price floor for transactions prompted the team to opt out of the deal, and, yes, i blew it. you heard the buzzer. david: oh, you were close. we've seen images of angry protesters in michigan heating up all over michigan, but despite the push back, the house there approved a right-to-work bill that governor rick snyder prepared to sign tomorrow. the governor joining us now from lansing. i know you are busy, seen the video all day, questions on what the law and what it is not, and the president weighed in on his version and i'll play what he says and want

energy is now moving to the north and east so parts of new england tonight through early tomorrow are in winter weather advisories. winter storm warnings even. south of the mid-atlantic and northeast it will stay mostly rain but some heavy rains at times. just something to look ahead to. also severe storms with that moisture pumping from the gulf. you could have 70-mile-per-hour gusts and small hail down through jackson, mississippi, even to houston today so that's something to take note of. and the pacific northwest, the some blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings in effect too. that starts tonight, up to 75-mile-per-hour gusts and can see here up to 1 or 2 feet of snow in the mountains. >> that is a look at your nation's weather. we'll head now back out to dan. >> thank you, ginger. >> coming up, much more from newtown, connecticut. some practical advice to parents. how do you talk to your children about this. >>> also, we'll take a look at how this massacre puts the contentious issue of gun control back in the news. the contend shoes issue of gun control is back in the news. f gun control is back in the news. of gun control is back in the news. sthe contend s

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north of new york city. sin is the largest tropical system ever recorded in the atlantic to stretch a hundred and 11 miles andhe whispered a the very beginning. and because so many people in the caribbean including 54 in haiti and 11 in cuba and october 29, crashed ashore the united states. it seemed he had taken 131 american lives which included 53 new yorkers. in the new york city region, madam chair, which you know well, 305,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. to put for residents lost power for transit system carried daily raiders was forced to shut down. 37 health care facilities housing with 6000 patients were forced to evacuate. she doesn't also rose or damaged inflows. all systems seem to client up over 70 billion still accumulating. it's the second most expensive storm in u.s. history after hurricane katrina in the face of unimaginable destruction it's been inspired and hurt me to see so many citizens from every neighborhood and across the country pitching in with relief efforts. being a circus than a marble. for the 231,000 new yorkers have contacted fema in 680 million in assistance approved. depa

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