. >> council member phil mendelson has introduced a bill that would prosecute both traffickers and peopleected to pick it up this february. the council is expected to pick it up this february. once there was a thing called paper money. it had to be passed hand to hand. it had to be mailed. it had to be locked away. then visa used technology, turning money into electrons. zeroes. ones. digital currency. digital currency did things paper money couldn't. amazing thin. a merchant in mumbai makes a mobile transaction with a bank in london. a taxi in new york says "yes" to fares without cash. states like nebraska distribute benefits without mailing checks, saving millions. digital currency became the currency of progress, because progress is what it brings the world. visa. currency of progress. >> it has been a cold, long week as we welcome in 2010, the first full week -- work and school week. you'll notice a huge differee in terms of wind chill. it will feel a lot better than it did today. wednesday and thursday, dry, but thursday night and into friday we will see the updated potential for a w