state senator raskin will hold a news conference this morning in kensington to raise maryland's minimumage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. right now maryland's minimum $7.25 per hour. sotomayor are temporarily block the obama administration from requiring in order of catholic nuns in colorado to comply. government lawyers have until today to respond as case is the affordable care act itself violates the rights of companies and their owners. it wakinge home where up dealing with the year's first snowfall. >> we will show you what will be facing if you do have to venture out this morning. you're going to want to paxman should time and your patience if you have to hit the roads anytime soon. jackie come eileen and amanda are all up next with anything you need to know before you head out into the snow this morning. for:

. ♪ ♪ you know greenspan and poker and martin and miller and ♪ ♪ and fisher and raskin and yelling ♪you recall ♪ the most famous banker of all? ♪ ben bernanke, the central bank are ♪ ♪ had a very shiny dome ♪ and if you over saw it ♪ you might even say it glowed ♪ ron paul and all the other bold above is ♪ ♪ used to laugh and call him names they note they never let the chairman ♪ ♪ play in any policy james ♪ but then -- is your dome is so bright, won't you save the world tonight? ♪ then all the economists loved him ♪ ♪ and they shouted out with billy ♪ ♪ ben bernanke, the central banker and ♪ ♪ you'll go down in history in ♪ yo go down in history ♪ [applause] >> chairman bernanke is a very humble guy. it's common when you get an economist together or people to say i can't believe that kind of lack of gratitude that the politicians have often shown for what they did in the crisis. i think we are very close to the great depression to .0. if it hadn't been for the chairman's leadership things could been very, very different. it's unfortunate, i think economists recognize this, i'm sure

. >> we are at the national press club talking with molly raskin.who is danny lewin to . >> he founded a company, a technology company in the late '90s and he was a mathematical genius at mit and the company that he created, the company that he created is as much of a masterpiece that has changed the way the internet work and allows the information to be delivered efficiently at a time when the internet was suffering from a lot of roadblocks and traffic congestion. >> want to know more about him? >> well, we don't know more about him because the story went largely untold. he died tragically on september 11, the very first victim of that day. his story went untold for well over a decade until someone tipped me off to it. the more i read about him, the more i thought that this was a great story that needed to be told. and it wasn't about the way he died but the way he lived in this incredible technology that he had created. >> county the first victim of 9/11? >> tragically he was on american airlines flight 9/11. on the morning, he boarded that for a

governor sarah bloom raskin nominated. if governor yellin is confirmed as chair, the fed will need a new vice chair. moreover, dodd-frank created a vice chair of supervision which has not yet been officially filled. the appointments will shape the direction of the federal reserve policy making for years to come. i look forward to working with the chairman to see that the positions are filled in a way that provides the proper balance and expertise at the fed. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator crapo. we have agreed, to allow for sufficient time for questions, we are limiting opening statements to the chair and member. all senators are welcome to submit an opening statement for the record. we will now swear in dr. yellin. please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> do you agree to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the senate? >> i do. >> please pro