a sprawling facility just south of washington that sits on nearly 100 square miles right near the potomac river. here's what we know so far, three marines are dead in this. two of them were found inside a barracks, the shooter who was also a marine died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. they believe he was a staff member of the officer candidate school at the base and gunfire broke out late last night, just about 11:00 p.m. local time when another marine was wounded, taken to a hospital and later declared dead. the base had been on lockdown. that lockdown has now been lifted and officials say they expect to conduct a full investigation starting later today. john and diana. >> all right, devin, thank you.

with help of our comcast cable partners, for the next one that we will take you to this down on the potomac river a couple miles south of washington, d.c. join us as we explore its rich and varied history. beginning with a look at some of cities hidden stories from the past. >> the book is "the hidden history of alexandria." the last part of that time is very important because it's not about alexandria, virginia. it's about a period in history when the district of columbia included parts of what's now virginia. what i wanted to do was look at a 50 year time period and give a sense of what alexandria became part of the district of columbia, what went wrong and why it left. one the things i wanted to do with the book is give people a sense of what life was like in this time period. firefighting was very differently in this time period. crime was very different. slavery played a crucial role in the business world of this time period. politics were very different. i've done lots of research on the politics. what was essentially democratic city. so i thought that was kind of interesting because

the beauty of spring meet winter's wrath here in potomac, maryland. it's basically been coming down pretty steady. ever since we got here we've been kind of doing this unscientific test. christine of how much snow is gathering using my finger as a ruler. we're guessing about three inches right now. because my finger sticks down pretty deep up in there. again, this is the really kind of dry stuff that's sticking together pretty easily. just to give you a sense of where we are, we're on i-270. this is a main artery into the nation's capital into washington, d.c. folks from as far west as west virginia, north of pennsylvania. this right here, we're expecting it to be a serious mess with all of the snow on the highway. you can see in the distance there, a lot of red lights, a lot of cars braking, suggesting that there's a little bit of traffic stuff going on up there. also, christine, another concern, snow hanging onto the trees. just want to show you this. you can see how the snow is pretty much just hanging on these branches. some of it is actually poun

but madison and the virginians wanted the capital of the potomac river.so there was a famous dinner that was held at monticello, thomas jefferson south, where thomas jefferson invited james madison and alexander hamilton, and then over dinner at mama jo and perhaps over a few glasses of your they struck the compromise of 1790. in exchange for the capital being placed right here on the potomac river. so the compromise was the key deciding factor in creating the district of columbia. they came there to the spot we are standing on now, and had a masonic ritual. the masons have their aprons and their trials and corn oil. they give some speeches right here on the spot and did the ceremonial lighting of the southernmost boundary marker, which is what we are standing over now. and that was how the district was created. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to alexandria, virginia, and many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> at the end of the working day, about 2 a.m., the prime minister churchill woul

the virginians to go to great lengths at the potomac. that the man by david stuart was related to washington actually stuart laid the cornerstone with the masonic ritual the compromise of 1790. to do with the assumption of debt. says other states had paid off the debt but the northern ones had not. alexander hamilton wanted the government to assume these debts let someone did it the capital on the potomac river. there was of a dinner held at monticello where he invited madison and hamilton had and over dinner federal government would assume the debt in exchange for the capital placed on the potomac river. it was actually the key deciding factor. they came to this spot here and had a masonic ritual and they gave speeches here on the spot with a ceremonial laying on the boundary marker that is how the district was created. with the secretary of state what i find a striking is her ability to stay focused as much as possible with what is happening. do

it's published by potomac books. what is the average time from conviction to being put to death? >> host: -- >> guest: that is a good question. there is no average time. depends on the conviction. it is usually a matter of years. ensor's case it was have a man's lifetime, two decades while he was imprisoned. it can be a few years ago or it can be much, much longer. and the longer it gets the less likely it has a deterrent effect. >> host: richard stack to what thank you very much for your time. >> guest: you're very welcome. thank you for having me. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2. forty-eight hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> you know, the election is over and the president has been reelected and the new congress has been sworn in. we have basically what we have before other than the fact that we spent $4 billion to have our president the reelected, the senate remains in one-party sands and the house remains a republican sens. we have effectively gridlock. we have no variations on these new terms. sequester, the last week in washington they call this

james madison was against that, but madison and the virginians wanted the capital on the potomac river. so there was a famous dinner that was held at monticello, thomas jefferson's house, where thomas jefferson invited james madison and alexander hamilton, and then over dinner at monticello they struck the compromise of 1790 which was that the federal government would assume the debts, the wartime debts from the revolutionary war in exchange for the capital being placed right here on the potomac river. so the compromise of 1790 was, actually, the key deciding factor in creating the district of columbia. they came here to this spot we're standing on now and had a masonic ritual. this is the masons had their aprons and the trowels and corn oil, and they gave some speeches right here on this spot and did the ceremonial laying of the southernmost boundary marker which is what we're standing over now. and that was how the district was created. >> next, bob matteson, author of "walking with washington," takes us on a tour of several alexandria, virginia, locations that were important to geor

in potomac, maryland.ith shannon first. >> suzanne, winter meets spring here in potomac, maryland. we've been keeping track of just how much snow has been falling. i have my handy ruler right there, suzanne. take a look and see where we are right now. it looks like, suzanne, just above four inches. just a short while ago it was at three inches. that will give you a sense of how much snow is falling. we're right here on interstate 270. this is a main artery into the nation's capitol for people from surrounding areas. the bad news is it's slushy, low visibility, slick out there. the good news is it's been moving pretty steadily possibly because congress has been recess so less cars on the road. meanwhile people are not letting this storm stop them from going to the supreme court. they've been lining up outside waiting to hear the arguments over same sex marriage. here where we are we've also been monitoring the snow removal. take a listen at one of the snowplow operators when i asked him about how long he th

james madison was against that, but madison and the virginians wanted the capital on the potomac river. so there was a famous dinner that was held at monticello, thomas jefferson's house, where thomas jefferson invited james. and over dinner, they struck a compromise of 1790 which was the federal government would assume the debt, the wartime deaths from the revolution war, in exchange for the capital being placed writer on the potomac river. so the compromise was the key deciding factor in creating the district of columbia. they came nea here to this spote are standing on now and had a masonic ritual. this is, the masons had the apron and trial and corn oil. they give some speeches writer on this spot, and the ceremonial laying of the southernmost county marker which is what we are standing over now. that was how the district was created. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to alexandria, virginia, and many of the cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> up next, peter dreier, politics professor at occidental college, profiles a colle

and greg is the chief political strategist at potomac research group.e to see all of you this morning. the debt debate to nowhere continues. and they're still arguing this morning! listen. >> it's happening because republicans in congress chose this outcome over closing a single wasteful tax loophole that helps reduce the deficit. >> the american people know full well that if they give this white house more tax revenue, it will be spent on new stimulus projects and government programs. >> well, that sounds an awful a lot like, say, august 2011, ali. there are three options here. you can cut spending, you don't cut spending, or you cut spending wisely. >> right. >> the last choice is the best, so why is that the only thing they're not considering. >> because cutting spending wisely still cuts spending and we're addicted to the kinds of stuff that our government provides. particularly in the areas that are not really being cut, including entitlements. the social security, medicare, and medicaid. there's some changes to medicare, which you've talked about

meanwhile, our elected officials from the potomac to portland are cashing in on our hard work. our job here is to shine a bright light, blow the whistle loudly on their wasteful ways because it just has to stop. don't forget to weigh in on all the topics we just discussed on twitter. at eric bolling hash tag cashing in. have a great weekend, everybody. see you next week. gerri: welcome to "the willis report." rand paul's turn with the gop. will the establishment stand with him or abandonment? and college students barely knowing how to read. that is the case with one city's public school system. in miami fashion week. we will have the glitz and glamour right here on the show tonight. gerri: the deli is facing accusations tonight that it improperly uses your money, customer money to pay for operating expenses. fidelity has been accused of investing float income, my next guest says participants a right to be angry. check parks, welcome back to the show. you think this could be true. >> you might see that this is in fact true. the department of labor as you mentioned, very cared un

he got onto the potomac double and double again. premeds 20 years. it changes the department. the staffing, more vehicles, and ultimately the police station. one of the things i find really interesting is officers began enforcing speed limits. from the first 47 years of the police department's history they didn't have cars. they had emergency situations. there were not motorized vehicles. so once cars started coming through alexandria, sibila said to be put into quite -- place. at the stop somebody for speeding? and today we have radar, so many techniques. 1910, 1911, we have no way do that. pretty resourceful. two officers standing in one corner of one block and in two blocks up yet another. they had somebody between those two blocks. so they knew what the maximum speed was and the distance that could be covered. that's how you would determine if someone is actually speeding. able to approach this. it's all another matter. at least they had a way. in 1965, the people in charge county. there was pressure on the police department for a number of years to hire a black police off

it shows where the potomac and anacostia river meets. you can see the details from the layout of the street. that is your 5@5:00. >>> automatic spending cuts now a reality. even though the white house is backed away from some of the dire warnings the blame game still in full swing. steve sen centani live with more. >> now that the sector cuts have gone into effect house speaker boehner says there are smarter ways to meet the budget than sillily sequester. he didn't have his own plan for cutting spending. >> if he had a plan why wouldn't democrats pass it. the house acted twice over the last 10 months to replace the sequester. the president's tax hikes january the 1st. if we get a better loophole what is lower than making tax rates for all americans. >> the president is calling on all republicans in an effort to compromise. they are hoping gop law americas will cooperate after they begin to see the effects of the cuts. in his weekly address the president blamed the sequester on the gop. >> it is happening was congress helps reduce the def

. >> i thought it was an unconvincing effort of hamlin on the potomac. angst filled, what am i, who am i, where am i moment. justice scalia didn't have that problem in heller where they recently recognized a full flown right in the second amendment as a personal right. the court does recognize rights. they come to a tipping point and this is a classic trajectory. one of the strange things about this. many of the justices kept on referring to this as a new issue. always a bit chilling. that's how scalia portrayed it. not a real issue. harvey milk wasn't born yesterday this is a longstanding movement for equality and scalia has deep problems with many privacy rulings. he was against the decision in morris, so he was against the decriminalization of home sexuality. so he's really citing cases back in the 19th century. >> how can he have his cake and eat it too? this is new, there is no judicial precedent, but i have a point of view, but i won't explain that or make station based on that because it's too soon. the circles or levels of deception seem to be pr

so, she loses status as a spouse, just by crossing the potomac river into virginia. >> why do we haveally, it's nothing. we're friends. we wear a ring symbolically. it's ridiculous. >> what the bill does -- >> reporter: now the defensive marriage act known as doma first passed by congress and signed by president clinton in 1996 is being challenged at the supreme court. >> being asked to decide there. whether or not congress can pass a law that treats same-sex couples who are already married under the laws of their state different from opposite sex couples. >> reporter: defenders of the law say congress has as much right as the states to make its own definition of marriage. >> doma is important because congress said it was important. we sent our elected representatives to washington, d.c., and they chose to say that marriage is one man and one woman for federal law. >> reporter: conservatives say the founding fathers never contemplated gay marriage. >> it's clearly not what anyone understood as marriage at the time of the framing of the constitution. >> reporter: still, same-sex family

have taken that step so she loses that status as a spouse just because she crosses the river on the potomace're a ring symbolically, so, you know, it's ridiculous. >> what the bill does -- >> reporter: now the defense of marriage act, also known by doma first passed by congress and signed by president clinton in 1996, is being challenged at the supreme court. >> it's being asked to decide whether as to whether or not congress can pass a law that treats same-sex couples who are already married under the laws of their state different from opposite sex couples. >> reporter: defenders of the law say congress has as much right as the states to make its own definition of marriage. >> doma is important because congress said it was important. i mean, we sent our elected representatives to washington, d.c., and they chose to say that marriage is one man and one woman for purposes of federal law. >> reporter: and conservatives say the founding fathers never contemplated gay marriage. >> because it's clearly not what anyone understood as marriage at the time of the framing of the constitution. >> repo

diane adams, potomac falls, virginia. your call is what is needed to wake people up.lbourne, australia, god had forgive your outbursts at colmes, o'reilly. >> i certainly hope so. >> from australia, my late father said that good people can disagree without shouting at each other. for the record, colmes did not shout, just me. from thailand, bill, it's about time you showed emotion over the spending mess instead of your usual humdrum delivery. humdrum? from new hampshire, bill you did what many of us did let out pentup frustration. >> from all den, michigan, if romney had shown half of that passion, he'd be president. >> dana from phoenix, arizona. mr. o'reilly, i believe you're a well-educated person although you didn't act like one on monday night. you do a disservice to your message when you come off as a hot-head. >> i can be a hot-head once in a while so i understand your point so i hope you understand mine. what's happening in our country right now is dangerous, dangerous. my job is to look out for you and every other american, even colmes. he was not willing toe

our shannon travis is in potomac, maryland. atlanta. shannon, you got the short end of the stick in the storm. we're going to start with you. >> short end of the stick, indeed. when we last spoke i gave you a very unscientific measure of how much snow was actually down here on the ground. i said about two inches. this is definitely about three inches. my finger goes all the way down in there. just to give you a sense of how fast and heavy it's coming down, we're on i-270. this is a main artery into d.c. commuters from as west as west virginia, as north as pennsylvania, use this to get into d.c. just want to show you, we've been monitoring it the whole time. right now we're still moving a little bit steady but we have been seeing a number of brake lights suggesting that there is definitely a slowdown at least just ahead of us from over here. another concern, obviously, is again how heavy this snow is, weighing down on trees and possibly bringing down lines. look at this. the snow is basically just building up on the branches the

outside the potomac ballroom. acu has asked that you get there early. donald trump.our view of him as far as his humility goes, first? >> it's impressive, really. quite impressive. the thing is, besides just him alone creating a carnivallike, unserious atmosphere, what the gop really needs right now is ideas. they need thought leader. they knead to do some soul searching and actually come up with some solutions that would appeal to the american public. donald trump is exactly the wrong

>> i grew up in arlington, virginia, right across the potomac river. arlington is in those days is not what it is now. now it has a lot of young people in high-rises and so on. it was all single-family homes back in the day when i was growing up in the 1950's. my dad was in the military. >> what more than anything informed your views over the

ben lieber is a managing partner with potomac law group. welcome.e about. i understand you and your lawyer wife, you're out and about, you're at cocktail parties, start talking to highly educated women who have become moms who are having a tough time picking their careers back up. why? >> that's exactly right. and the thing about the law industry is very rigid and i notice that early on a lot of women when they get to be seventh or eighth year associate with kids and they come back and try it work a part time schedule and invariably it would not work out. the firm would treat them as they treated all the other associates over the years as 24/7 kind of resource, and these lawyers tended to opt out as a legal profession because they could not make a flexible schedule work. and it seems to me that it was just such an inefficient situation that you had this high end legal capacity that was idle and at the same time you had demands for legal services that were at a peak. and i had the concept of the idea to go out and match all that up. and that was the

. >> eight steermans head up the potomac as ashley videotapes all the way. >> it was a beautiful day.couldn't have been a better day to fly. it was absolutely gorgeous. just clear, just cool enough. >> a biplane has an open cockpit so passenger and pilot are exposed to all the elements. >> a small plane is more subject to wind, it's a little bit more of a bumpy ride but in no way a frightening one. >> waiting for them at national airport, a large and prestigious audience. >> an elite group of air afficianados. they were having a buffet brunch and they were all going to come out and see these really cute, and they are cute, small planes buzz in and land one by one. >> the pilots have a showy landing planned. >> we were going to do overhead break. we were supposed to fly over the runway at altitude, then one by one, we would circle and land which would give us separation. >> but ashley overhears some ominous cross-talk. >> there was conversation about crosswinds. i overheard between the pilots and they said can we switch to a different runway. the air traffic controller said absolutely,

meanwhile, our elected officials from the potomac to portland are cashing in on our hard work. our job here is to shine a bright light, blow the whistle loudly on their wasteful ways because it just has to stop. don't forget to weigh in on all the topics we just discussed on twitter. at eric bolling hash tag cashing in. have a great weekend, everybody. see you next week. >>> i'm greg gutfeld look withck the group. she's apotele for pez dispensers. dana perino. she's 5:00 o'clock in new york city and whatever. shock pan at ahmadinejab. the same redou car at the time. it's not for a flick, because funeral.k, hugo's. venezuela had 22,000 murders. penn claimsse hugo was a champin of the poor action but if you t mean undertaker, you're probably right. this is an adult moment for america, which is needed in that our president seems to bring out the kid in everyone, including himself. takes sequestration. that was the bunk bed he made. he still blamed others, tping the white house in a tawdry tantrum of baby games. another teenage response, sneaking someone's through a bedroom window.

meanwhile, our elected officials from the potomac to portland are cashing in on our hard work. our job here is to shine a bright light, blow the whistle loudly on their wasteful ways because it just has to stop. don't forget to weigh in on all the topics we just discussed on twitter. at eric bolling hash tag cashing in. have a great weekend, everybody. see you next week. >>> new developing coast to coast, out west, colorado lawmakers are considering a major overhaul to existing gun laws. in the northeast, a late season storm is bringing two feet of snow and massive flooding to areas already hit hard this year. and overseas, world's 1.2 billion catholics begin the formal process of elect ago new leader. we're live in rome on the latest with the election of a new pope. >> hello, everybody. i'm uma pemmaraju live in washington. well, with the country locked in a debate over gun control, the spotlight is on colorado this afternoon after intense lobbying in a marathon session a sweeping gun control package has advanced in that state's legislature that. has some wondering, what ever

there were people who believed they could go to the potomac and consume liquor, that was not illegal. earlier, the alexandria police department was a pretty small area responsible for patrolling and to see by the alexandria a bowl and double again in a matter of 20 years really change the department for sapping our vehicles and ultimately move to a new police station because they couldn't fit in the original station house. one of the stories this interesting is how officers began enforcing speed limits. for the first 47 years, they didn't have cars. they had foot or emergency situation where is the. there were not motorized vehicles. speed limits had to be put into place. the question was how to stop somebody somebody for speeding? today we have radar with so many type. 1910, 1911 was no time to do that. the two officers at one corner one block. then someone they know tried to post it the limit and they caught them sitting there with a maximum speed was in a certain number of seconds. that's how they would determine if some of the speeding. being able to approach the cars the whole an

there were huge fights in the washington area not building a new bridge over the potomac up by georgetown and never built, and so these were great. this is when i really got to like journalism and -- >> did you have strong views then? away from reporting? >> not particularly in those days, no. my dad ran for the house of delegates, actually, in va have as republican in 1ed 63 and lost. and i guess after that, they were not quite as involved in politics. i got married. you know, ways married. you had children. i had children. i decided others were not particularly political. >> when did you start as a member of the john mclaughlin saturday group moo well that started in 1984. i had been chosen as one of the three panelists in the first reagan debate. if you remember, back then, they had tried, debates were different then. in those days. the campaigns could veto anybody they did not like. they would veto all kinds of people. >> hold on, before you tell us, we got some video of you at that '84 debate, the reagan and mondale debate. let's just watch that so you can tell the rest of us. the ca

my friend over at potomac research made a great point this morning. he said washington used to be a horrible issue for the markets. it's now becoming potentially a positive. there's even talk of a mini grand bargain happening in the next few weeks as well. a real change in tone. nothing happened down here when they passed that continuing resolution today in the house. mandy, back to you. >> apparently wall street does not care about washington anymore would be the way i would put it. thank you very much, bob. >> smart move by america. ignore d.c. >>> overseas, anger is cyprus is growing as fast as the atm lines at the banks. nervous and frustrated citizens lining up to pull out their money. no one seems to know what the fate of cyprus and its banking system will be. all this as the ecb ramps up pressure. michelle caruso-cabrera is in the capital of nicosia. >> reporter: we're getting clarity about how they're going to resolve this crisis. there are protesters down the street. they wouldn't let them get close to parliament. they're mostly the workers a

the other part of it is the building of the potomac canal and he was obsessed with it through his presidency to the rest of his life he actually died with the canal not actually finished. he knew he had ideas about it and wanted to hire engineers to help them build it and there were no training engineers. they had to consult engineers in england, and in fact the techniques he used to develop it and up being kind of wrong. he was built with a totally different technique but again something that he pursued what was interested in burr aharoni machine, james madison invented a walking stick with a microscope to invent more organisms on the ground. he was too short for most people. and then i argue that alexander hamilton was the original financial tanker that founded the federal research. i guess the point is that i mean clearly these four men of wealth and leisure and founding a country that a lot of other things to do but at that time they pursued tinkering figuring out solutions to problems throughout their lives. frederick was the only tinker of his time. to jump to contemporary tankering i

the other project of his was building the potomac canal. he was obsessed through the rest of his life. he actually died before it finished. he had ideas about it. he wanted to hire engineers to help them build it. at that time there actually were no trained engineers. they had to consult engineers in england. and, in fact, the techniques that he used to develop a, it ended up being kind of wrong and they didn't work out. eventually it was built with a totally different technique. but again, it was something that he pursued. he invented the plow and the macaroni machine. james manderson -- james madison created a stick that you could look at books for what they magnifying glass. alexander hamilton was the original financial tinkerer. it is clear that these are men of wealth and leisure. at that time they had pursued it and figuring out solutions to problems throughout their lives. i don't know if television change that or something. but benjamin franken was not the only one at this time. ben franklin is a serial inventor for one. he made his

if you were to go 11 miles, same relativity, potomac be, maryland, fairfax, virginia. 444 miles, speaking about baltimore, maryland or to us son, maryland. that is the scale of relactivity with what the israelis live with every day. also what you find here. often times here u.s. geographic relativity. you can get in your car drive for hours in the united states. get in car in israel drive an hour you're bumping territory of another country. president bush was governor took helicopter flight with ariel sharon, how close the west bank, gaza, how close the areas are. martha: very uncomfortable for the israelis. thanks. there is new effort to learn the truth about the attack that killed four americans in benghazi. what a new effort is coming for the from a senator. she is now demanding some answers. she wants to know what is going on with this investigation. they have heard nothing from the fbi. bill: school bus driver facing suspension for taking a call on the job. now why would she do that? wait until you hear who was calling before you pass judgment here. >> we have these rules, context do

colin hanna conference taking place outside d.c., in maryland at national harbor, across from the potomac river. the texas senator rand paul was among those speaking yesterday. senator.ky [video clip] >> the gop has grown stale and covered.vered -- moss [applause] i don't think we need to name any names. our party is encumbered by an inconsistent approach to freedom. the new gop will embrace liberty in the economics and the personal sphere. [cheers and applause] have are going to republican party that can win, liberty needs to be the backbone of the gop. was promised today, senator rand paul. we will continue our coverage of the conference today. donald trump, mitt romney, and mitch mcconnell of among those speaking. and the house republican leader eric cantor. the front page of the new york times looks at the death toll in syria as that country marks its second year of civil war. the death toll in excess of 70,000. from the washington post -- to and from "usa today" -- two more phone calls. valerie, a democrat from new hampshire. caller: how are you? i have listened to your caller is esp

nerd, i am incredibly inspired by running a course that included views of the washington monument, potomacered hash tag sign and in the final 100 yards, i don't know who, someone shouted, go, mhp and i managed to pick up my heavy feet and every step of those miles, reminding me that we should always do hard things with positive and optimistic people on your team. the struggle continues but there's no reason it can't be fun. and then there was sarah. every time we came to a ill had, my impulse was to slow down, shorten my stride, put my head down and just endure it. sarah saw the hills, picked up her pace, and sprinted. i am serious. she sprinted the hills. in my defense, i am almost 40 and sarah is 22. but i watched in awe as she sprinted the hills, crested, waited and then waited until i huffed and puffed to meet her. i have an amazing life and i feel extraordinary blessed but sometimes i am exhausted by it all. the seven days of week of work and my duties as a professor during the week and shows every weekend, carving out time to be a decent mother, attentive spouse, and occasionally che

our ginger zee is in potomac, maryland, this morning. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: snow is coming down fast and furious this morning in washington, d.c. wet and heavy on the federal offices that have been closed ahead of this march monster. in maryland and virginia, shelves are empty and lines were long. >> it's stressing me out. getting everything and making sure, you know, the store doesn't run out of the stuff i need. >> reporter: overnight millions of chicagoans slipped and skidded into their biggest snowmaker of the season. this morning, nearly half the country is being affected. at least 1500 flights already canceled with more to come. >> definitely ready for the snow to be done. hopefully this is the last one. >> reporter: in some places more than a foot has already fallen. towns blanketed in snow now face the blowing and drifting dangers. which police say contributed to a deadly crash near indianapolis. across the midwest there have been hundreds of other accidents. in wisconsin, this semi slipped off an icy bridge killing

the gridlock in washington has definitely seeped across the potomac to the convention here of cpac ind. they are very much aware what is going on. there is a tremendous amount of frustration with the ongoing attempt by democrats to not balance the budget. they say they will reduce the overall deficit over the course of next decade. paul ryan and others say that is totally unacceptable. ryan, running for 2016 himself, been vice-presidential nominee, that raised his profile and a lot of national attention. house members have a hard time for running for president. it puts a big target on your back. paul ryan will deal with that in next 3 1/2 years. bill: a parlor game will be played out at the convention. it is a cpac straw poll. the significance of it and explain that and who will you hear from also today still, carl. >> reporter: the straw polls are not worth very much no matter when they take place. this one 3 1/2 years early even worth less than normal. the crowd around this time is like a presidential year. talk to a lot of cpac activists. the reason they're here they're looking at

tracy: potomac research with us as well, gregg, you listened to all this, market over the last few daysed to the scare tactics, the president back of a little bit, the sky didn't fall but people are going to lose their jobs. will that really hurt the economy? >> of little. with a very unhelpful sets of comments by obama. i would say this. the bigger story that the markets are going to have to look at involves march 27th. that is the next crisis. it is entirely possible that we would have a continuing resolution from the house that restores all funding for the pentagon. and continuing resolution from the democrats in the senate that restores our spending for domestic discretionary spending. if you have two competing bills i don't rule out talk about a government shutdown as we get close to the twenty-seventh. dennis: peter barnes live at the white house following the meeting. only today between the president and congressional leaders, the approaching crisis notwithstanding. peter: clearly the white house strategy, the sequester cuts unfold, and they will unfold over time but the white ho

snowing across parts of new jersey, into washington, d.c., all the way -- even down to the potomac, seeing snow right now. it is getting to 34, 35, 36 degrees and things are turning a little bit sloppy and slushy. here is a live shot from one of our affiliates. that's the boardwalk in atlantic city, new jersey. >> i can't see anything. >> i can't see anything either. i can make out snowflakes flying around down here. there should be casinos here. there should be an ocean there. no visibility because it is snowing. the pinelands area, if you get that west of atlantic city, towards philadelphia, you could pick up 4 to 6 inches of snow with this. we're seeing airport delays, jfk. if you can't see the planes, can't see the ground for a while, you have to slow the planes down. not physically, but you have to separate them and therefore you don't get as many planes on the ground as you had hoped and not as many in the air as you had hoped. springfield, illinois, the winner. or the loser, depending on your point of view at 18.5. there was a stripe all the way across parts of missouri, right throu

in place right here in the potomac river. for the act of 1790 with the deciding during creating the district of columbia. they came to the spot were standing on now and had a masonic ritual. the masons have dared a burdensome trowel trowels encored audio in the case and speeches right here on the spot. the ceremonial day of the southernmost marker, which is however standing over now. that's how the district was created. >> and 73, someone takes a look at this dodd-frank farmer protection act and argues that took based on a false narrative of what led to the 2008 economic collapse. he spoke about his work at the american enterprise institute in washington d.c. this is just over 90 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen and welcome to our discussion of mayonnaise distinguished colleague, peter wallison's new book, said three. but start with a quotation. quote come of this legislation will safeguard and stabilize america's financial system in put in place permanent reforms so these problems will never habit again. it's been president