danielle nottingham, cbs news, the state department. >>> u.s. officials say if there is a terror attack, it will be difficult to evacuate americans from russia. >>> mayor of hoboken, new jersey, says she's given documents to a federal prosecutor regarding her allegations against chris christie's administration. mayor dawn zimmer says she requested more than $100 million in hurricane sandy relief funds, but only got $300,000. hoboken was heavily flooded in 2012. zimmer says the funding would depend on her support of a major development project in hoboken. >> the lieutenant governor pulled me aside, and said you've got to move forward with the rockefeller project. this project is really important to the governor. >> christie's staff denied the allegations, releasing the statement, hoboken had been approved for nearly $70 million in federal aid. >>> another warm day. >> a well above average day around the bay area. no rain in sight right now. right now, the holiday looking good if you are headed out the door. plenty of sunshine, and just a couple o

danielle nottingham cbs news, the state department. >> u.s. officials say if there is a terror attack, it will be adult to evacuate americans from are you -- difficult to evacuate americans from russia. >>> a little over a thousand people will have to wait longer for their medicaid enrollment packages. a computer glitch caused them to be sent to the wrong address. fortunately that package does not contain financial or medical information. health department officials say they are going to contact everyone who was affected and mail out the packages to the correct addresses this week. >>> the district is planning to close the southeast library for about a month. city crews say the main water service line into the building on 7th street has deteriorated and it needs to be fixed immediately. so the building is going to be closed for emergency repairs starting tomorrow through february 18th. >>> voters in allow den and parts parts of -- louden and fairfax control the state, casting the ballot for a district 33 senator that had been mark herrings sea

danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: florida republican tray raidal's political future has been in question since last year. now he is resigning. he returned to congress earlier this month and said he was not stepping down. >> i really enjoy serving and i want to get back to doing that and continue to do the good work we have done. >> reporter: last october he was caught in a sting buying cocaine from an undercover dc police officer. he pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge and undertook rehab treatment in florida. the house ethics committee was preparing to launch an investigation to see if the first term congressman broke any rules. >> reporter: raidal was also facing gop primary challenges for a seat representing ford meyers and naples. the florida republican party called for him to step down. he said he only used cocaine a handful of time, and that his rehab treatment was for alcoholism. danielle nottingham, cbs news, capitol hill. >> the resignation is effective at 6:30 tonight. >>> as howard said that cold is creeping in. in fact it is dangerously cold. howard has the foreca

and to try to repeal toat nottingham and to try repeal, they believe that is a mode is taking issue. i think what they're going to find is the affordable care act is going to work. they're going to find millions and millions of people have , and got an affordable, quality health care for themselves and their families. they will see millions of people who were added to the medicaid so they will not be coming to hospitals. they will see millions of people as they had with pre-existing conditions. if that is going to be an issue we are going to embrace it. we believe the affordable care act is good for the country. the roll out was not good. happy with that. the president was angry. we were angry about the rollout not being done successfully. we think over the long term that this is a bill that is good from america. -- good for america. we think it will be a positive, not a negative. >> that is it for our time. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. it is good to be with you. >> he is sounding a bit optimistic. last year was very challenging for the congress. it was not even an

danielle nottingham has more on the impact of the storm. >> reporter: the wintry blast made for a he isry commute in chicago -- messy commute in chicago. minneapolis woke up to a deep freeze. with the thermometer at just 10 below zero. 6 inches of snow challenged early morning driving in indianapolis. in preparation for the storm, airlines have already canceled thousands of flights. and from dc to maine, millions of east coast residents are bracing for snow. >> pretty significant snow totals. many seeing 6 to 12 inches of snow. could be a bullseye if 8 to 14 for some towns and even 3 to 6 as you work your way south of richmond. >> reporter: schools and the government offices are shut down here in the nation's capital. the dc area may see its heaviest snowfall in three years. before the storm is over, new york and boston could get up to a foot of snow. and blizzard conditions are expected for the jersey shore. people from kentucky to new england can expect to be in a deep freeze until the weekend. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> and if you're planning on flying out of th

danielle nottingham, cbs news, capitol hill. >> the president is also expected to announce executive actions on job training, retirement security, and assistance for the long-term unemployed and he takes his message on the road starting wednesday. >>> we'll have more on the state of the union throughout the evening. anchor, derek mcginty will speak with u.s.a. today congressional reporter susan davis coming up at 6:00 and 7:00. that will be live from the rustle senate office building and carry the state of the union address live right here on wusa9 starting at 9:00 and then stick around for derek and jan at wusa9 news at 11:00 and teaming up with the u.s.a. today political team to provide you with complete analysis and reaction. >>> there is some encouraging news on the unemployment front tonight. at least in our area. the district's jobless rate is at at lowest it has been since december of 2008. the seasonally adjusted rate dropped to 8.1% last month and that's down from 8.6% in november. mayor vincent gray welcomed the news, but says we have a long way to go. >> in tonight's trave

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danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> meantime president obama on day two of his post state of the union economic tour, he stopped at a ge plant in wisconsin to promote his proposals for more jobs and skilled training. the president is putting vp joe biden in charge of an across the board review of america's job training program. >>> after 40 years on capitol hill congressman henry waxman of california says he will retire at the end of his term. the 74-year-old democrat was elected in 1974 and waxman has had a hand in shaping legislation dealing with the environment, energy, healthcare and consumer protection. waxman says he's learned that progress isn't easy, but it is worth fighting for. >>> they are the people in charge of maintaining and launching our new nuclear missiles, but now a scandal calls into question how much these officers really know about their job. we'll bring that story to you at 5:30. >> plus this video from a black friday melee at an area victoria secret went viral on youtube and tonight we have new information about the two women seen attacking another

we get the story from danielle nottingham. >> virginia mom, sarah, has felt the impact of the side collision. 15 years ago, she was behind the wheel with her nephew in a car seat when another driver ran a stop sign. >> it was terrifying. you know, he was fine. but he was asleep and an accident woke him up. >> expecting mother of two welcomes new standards this would make child car seats safer in side impact crashes. many seats on the market claim they are safe in side collisions. now, the government wants them to prove it. >> we have done a lot of work to protect children with existing standards. the one area where we haven't yet addressed is the side impact crash. >> under the proposed standards, the new safety seats would have to protect a child's head from the car door if it was crushed in an accident. >> the impact of that crash could sadly send their head into the door and cause serious injury. >> the national highway traffic safety administration plans to use a specially designed text with child sized dummies to see which seats meet the standards. >> we want to know every time you driv

live in washington, danielle nottingham. juliette, back to you. >> i know you have been an east coast reporter for a long time in dc. can you recall a winter like this in your history of reporting out there? >> reporter: yeah. you know, they come and they go. sometimes they seem few and far between. i know here in washington, d.c., forecasters say so far today most areas have gotten somewhere between 4 and 8 inches of snow. for washington, d.c., some of the heaviest snowfall in three years. so, this isn't the biggest, but it is so big it stretches a thousand miles. sit has an effect from virginia up through maine. >> well, we thank you for reporting for us. danielle, live in washington, d.c. thank you. >>> sfo is reporting 57 flight cancellations today. >>> still ahead. how the manhunt for a suspected bay area burglar came to a bizarre ending. >>> when beautieders will be able to hop onto a car unlike any other. >>> grammies airing this sunday night right here on kpix5. that, of course, is follow bid a special edition kpix5

danielle nottingham, cbs news, the state department. >> fbi officials say they have had cooperation with their russian counter parts and that's improved since the boston bombings. there will be about three dozen fbi personnel at the sochi games. there are reports that a suspected female suicide bomber may have already made it past sochi's ring of security. usa today reports russian security may be looking for as many as four so-called black widows that have been dispatched to the olympics. >>> tonight we're learning multiple people have died in that fiery explosion and partial building collapse in nebraska. dozens of workers were inside the omaha animal feed processing plant. at this time the fire chief will not say how many people died, but we do know at least 10 people were taken to the hospital. investigators are trying to figure out what caused it. >>> tomorrow a special election in our area to vote for virginia's next state senator. at 5:30 peggy fox explains how this election could have a major impact on hot button issues in the commonwealth. >> it's pleasant now, temps still in th

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> plans are in the work to enact emergency legislation to fix problems with maryland's health exchange. senate president mike miller says lawmakers might consider allowing additional time for people to enroll in healthcare plans without being penalized. an emergency measure could be taken up when the general assembly convenes next week. >>> a new mental health task force gets to work in virginia tuesday. governor mcdonnell has appointed 37 people to that task force including mental health workers, hospital administrators and law enforcement authorities. the project was created after the death of the son of state senator creigh deeds. gus deeds stabbed his dad repeatedly before killing himself. >>> according to the richmond times dispatch, gun sales were up 11% in the old dominion last year. that dramatic increase brought sales to an all time high. the paper says sales were particularly brisk early in the year with transactions for the first four months up, get this, 116%. >>> the white house making a new push to keep guns out of the hands of

university of nottingham should deposit to be surround the latest gdp figures. he was referring to the country's energy consumption has delegated argument. according to researcher simon university's professor of the motel china's gdp growth rate over the last three decades has always been proportional to electricity consumption. in other words a country's economy. what positive growth in the witches tea consumption for the higher rate than gdp. last year china's electricity consumption grew by seven point five percent compared to previous year. eno growth rate of almost identical to that of gdp. yeah believes that china's economy would become more patient id or mainly driven by the service industry rather than the manufacturing industry in fact the first time last year china's service industry contributed more to the country's gdp in the manufacturing industry did a forty six percent after three percent growth from two dollars and ten. his increased electricity consumption. china's service industry. ten point three percent to three percent higher that the manufa

. >>> join us on our facebook page nottingham has more. >> reporter: virginia mom say bra blout has -t of a side impact. she was behind the wheel with her nephew when another driver ran a stop sign. >> i was terrifed and he was fine. he was asleep and the accident woke him up. >> reporter: the expectant mother of two welcomes new standards that would make child seats safer for side impact crashes. nanny seats on the market claim they are safe inside collisions. now the government wants them to prove it. >> we've done a lot of work to protect children in frontal crashes with existing standards. but the one area where we haven't yet addressed is the side impact crash. >> reporter: under the proposed standards, the new safety seats would have to protect a child's head from the car door if it was crushed in an accident. >> the impact of that crash would sadly send their head into the door and cause serious injury. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration plans to use a specially desi

issue of voter id fraud, it has been proven and it has been highlighted and it has been studied at nottingham that there is so little voter id fraud for us not to even make a dent. in any state in any discussion in any election. not even the george washington uncertain bush election. it's not an issue going forward and i think it is something that -- not only democrats, but i think independents are actively looking at this issue because what we are seeing is more people come into the political process, which is something i think that we want to see happen. and anyway we can continue to get more people engage in the process i think it's a good thing and i think we want to do whatever we can. >> host: we have another tweet. this man tweets and 20 or 30 times per show. he said that they gave the majority to romney and yes, here are the stats. 54% of the vote 100 quay plus went to mitt romney and 44% voted for barack obama. thank you for coming. you are on the air. >> caller: hello. >> host: we are listening. >> caller: i would like to say -- i'm a lot with what the democrats do or did they ban p

he is no longer part of the jihad and can't kill the infidels, and this 25-year-old from nottingham, new england, this is a very smart guy, communicating with his fellow jihadis all over the world. this is a gold mine of propaganda coming from the rock star of 9/11 right out of his jail cell. that is how stupid the infidiff are in letting this get in the way. i have to say, shame on you, an active duty marine, you are a disgrace to your uniform for participating in this, and trying to make this man look like a sympathetic man in need of spiritual communicate from this clueless guy in england who lost 67 of his british nationals in 9/11. this is dangerous, this energizes the jihadis who read this and hear this. they're not hearing a conversation about theology, they're saying keep going, the west is a despicable place. by the way, he outs himself as a pedophile. he says the united states is so corrupt, the sexual atmosphere is so bad any normal unmarried man is going to be sexually aroused by pretty young children. so it is not all good news coming out of this letter for jihad and the

people are diversifying across wind, solar, in wales or nottingham. it from places across the u.k.t is people looking at this for different reasons. some people are doing it because they want to feel they are doing some good. aher people are seeing it as way of investing in something that is not really correlated with the rest of the investment world. >> interesting. thank you for all of that. to you. over >> thank you very much indeed. for those listening on bloomberg radio, the first word is up next. for our viewers, it is a second hour of "the pulse." we are going to continue the conversation about sainsbury's new ceo, mike coupe. justin king stepping aside. we will talk about the state of the union. us to talks joining about inequality. looking forward to talk about that conversation. fiat chrysler suspected -- expected to announce a name change. what should we take away from this? will be joining us to talk about these two companies, or one company as they are now. we look forward to that co nversation as well. we will take a break and see you in a moment. ♪ decisionrst fed po

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