the other oblem is an-commusm you know, this was... they believed they were fighting the third world war against communism. and they did not know themselves, i believe, that they were nazis. the other problem, too... the argentine military was trained by the germans, traditionally so. and so they had this nazi mentality and they used nazi methods. >> hinojosa: in the year 1976, '77, '78. that's pretty horrifying. >> it's horrying to ow tt it can hapn all ov again that it happened in... argentina is a country that is very similar to the united states in its... it's an immigrant country, there's every nationality in argentina, people get on well, pretty well, and this happened. and it means it can happen anywhere. >> hinojosa: so what is the lesson, robert cox, that you feel all of us need to heed, again, after you lived through a dirty war that actually happened in front of your face. at is the messagto us? how should we live our lives? >> the important thing is honest journalism, i think. i mean, in argentina, you had no journalism at that time, and to live in a country without journ

. >> it's ok around the beltway in maryland and virginia. 66.oblems on in springfield, interstate 905, and hov lanes looking quiet. reports of a potential in the hov lanes approaching the beltway. i only see normal volume so far coming out of newington. coming out of a client, a crash just moved to the shoulder. northbound 95 between triangle and dumphries. nothing is blocked, but from 610 a quiet, there's a heads up. 270, normal. s good and newok hampshire avenue. back to you. >> thank you. hail ♪ail three victory y airingis 3-year-old tai a redskins t-shirt. great. >> keep sending your videos or a to your youtube video and we will put it on the air. the new year arrives with the privacy protections for some workers. nelson has details for us. new laws make it illegal for employers to request passwords. alan korn and illinois have askingcompanies from employees or prospective for their social gins.rking lougani apple has a fix for a bug. the new do not disturb feature normal operations on january 7. then returnedntil a feature on or off manually. research in motion plans to put spy c

the oblem is getting them to invest. and they are afraid to invest. so uncertain about the future.know what tax policy will be, what health care will be. afraid to hire more people. in that situation i don't see changing all. gerri: to tht point, we have the debt ceiling looming. if we were to find a solution for the debt ceiling from whether it makes democrats or republicans happy, we have some kind of resolution on the fiscal cliff. if we were to do the debt ceiling and take care of sequestration, do you think employers will start hiing? >> the best we could do would be to come up with a credible long-term plan. gerri: credible long-term plan on capitol hill and the white house. are you kidding? >> u.s. you're right. the problem here is, between now and the end of february eryone goin to say, well, here is a we need to do? are they going to agree on it? the republicans, i think, have corrected said we have done something on taxes. we raised it for everybody who works to raisetaxes for those nasty rich folk. now cut spending in order to get on a gravel path to reduce he deficit. >

and romney got 20% less of the latino votehaha bush didi thth h heo f f thatha oblem, and thth a a goinghave to go after it. >> jennifer: and i think we should take it even if it's for the wrong reason. will rebranding help in other areas? it doesn't appear to be helping in gun safety. >> you're not going to go from med men to modern family with one commercial. [ laughter ] >> and what we're hearing are people saying why should we get rid of our conservative principals on immigration for the wake of only losing by 20%. there are people who say we need to get with the times and represent everyone in this country, and those who say, no we don't. so what we have to say going forsword there are three groups of republicans. some will never compromise with the president. some might find a way to do that in coalition, and then the middle group are the people who are going to issue what you call a soft objection -- >> jennifer: and can they be brought around? >> they can be brought around slowly but they will allow a vote to come through on the fiscal cliff, for example. so there are people who

i heard from the metrorail earlier switch /.oblems at la they fixed that switch problem.s good through the beltway. bunching up near father hurley lamarck. the residual salt left on the roadways will help a lot is afternoon and evening as light hit of snow t's and the town. 27 for the high temperature. most likely about an inch. 1.5 to 3. >> thank you. we will be back at 8:27 with another update. [ cheers and applause ] >>> who cares it's way below freezing? they're having fun in times square this morning. and d.j. sugar ray. and robin called it thankful thursday. and, boy, was she excited. showing you great pictures all morning long. robin came in bright and early. 5:00 a.m. did a test run behind the scenes. checked out the set. very important, keeping the sanitizer right there. we're counting the days until her big comeback next month. happy friday, america. josh is off today. great to have amy, bill and ginger, everyone at the desk this morning. >> thank you so much. >>> we're jumpstarting your january all month long. and we have big tips from the man who knows all abo

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