what do we mean by regions? we hear regionalism all the time. regional polls, marketing, whether people like krispy kreme or dunkin' donuts. we hear about regions, but it is always through a lens of a set of regions defined using state boundaries, and sorted in that classic federal government way, the northeast in the midwest and the south, and the west. but by doing this, particularly by following state lines, you end up distorting and deleting the true -- diluting the truth. these are historically based, consistent through the centuries, and really respects international boundaries. again, we all know this. we know state batteries -- boundaries don't make any sense. is anyone here from maryland? anyone from maryland, they all know there are three marily -- marylands. austin is the state capital of texas, but houston, then in kenya and dallas are three different texases. there is the west coast, that coastal strip that shares a great deal with provinces, but is at odds with the interior of their own states. there is upstate in downstate illinoi

low pressure that forms offshore looks like it the region. stay tuned for any possible timing changes. we'll see nice weather friday into the weekend. good morning, hampton new this morning, a person with a gun caused a college in north carolina to lock down. someone told campus police at winston- salem state university an "interaction" in a student activites center led to a person pulling out a gun. police locked down the campus before 10 last night as officers searched for the suspect. a university spokesperson says no one fired any shots and no one got hurt. the college lifted the lockdown early this morning. new this morning, firefighters in that was hard to get to. crews told us they got the call just after midnight of a fire on woodland drive. viewers could see it from northbound 664 near dock landing road. initally firefighters thought it was easier to get to the vacant building fire from the interstate, which closed the off ramp overnight. our photographer lavoy harrell had to walk through the mud to shoot this video. thankfully no on

region. the revolution regime, for most americans, the revolution in iran was a historical event which took place in 1979, 37 years ago. and particularly here in washington, 37 years is a very, very long time. it is almost the same age as the pyramids in the biblical event. nobody has that kind of historical memory. in iran, on the other hand, the revolution is perceived as an ongoing process for the government of the islamic republic of iran, for the revolutionary guard, and for the supreme leader khamenei. the revolution is the permanent revolution. they believe and trustees thesis on progress of resolution -- revolution. it is an ongoing process. and the one institution which is charged with permanent of that resolution of course it is the revolutionary guard. but engaging in active use the u.s. navy in the persian gulf region, by staging and attacking diplomatic missions in iran, and by constantly attacking the institutions of state within iran, which serve a different purpose, that of th

policy and strategy in the region. i brought along a couple of maps for you to look at, and i think they will put them on boards when we reference them and you should have them at your seat as well. the middle east has experience one of the most tumultuous periods. in its history. radicalized islamists taking advantage of the political and social upheaval, and the islamic state of iran using proxies to achieve regional influence and control. some issues in the middle east have been simmering for some time, and are certainly underlying factors such as historical sectarianism, oppressive regimes, political and social injustice, and a lack of economic opportunity exacerbated now by the price of oil. one cannot simply blame these larger forces operating in the region and absolve the united states of specific policy decisions that has had unintended adverse consequences. let's name a few. egypt. in 2010, the arab spring begins. in looking back, while most arab countries were in some form of pre-revolutionary phase, it was s

tomorrow a cold front moves into the region and brings scattered showers. it will be cooler with highs in the 40s. the front may stall out offshore on thursday, but the area of low pressure that forms offshore looks like it will be a little farther away now. so we may only see a stray shower or two in the region. stay tuned for any possible timing changes. we'll see nice weather friday into the weekend. good morning, hampton roads. let's check the portsmouth city council meets tonight. this comes after recent drama over a city council policy aimed at silencing members. many portsmouth residents don't agree council is suffering from a lack of transparency. tonight will be the first regularly- scheduled council meeting for members since councilman bill moody paid a 15- hunded dollar fine for breaking that new city rule. the rule prohibits members from speaking about information discussed in closed door meetings. last week, in a community meeting with council members, residents spoke up about openness among elected officials, and said council is suffering from

now have been vying for regional dominance. backing the groups they want to back, trying to get their ideologies into different countries. trying to back the regimes that side with them. because of that it's only gotten more tense in the past few decades but there have been a lot of things that have happened in the past year that made it worse. one is yemen, saudi arabia was trying to stem the influence of iran. they constantly accused iran of backing yemen, because of that saudi arabia got dragged into the conflict in yemen, that's really a proxy war. again, yemen, the classic proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. syria where the war grinds on and on and on, iran back president bashar al-assad and saudis backing the rebels. it seems as if the conflict in yemen and the conflict in syria there's no way there's going to be any kind of negotiated truce any time soon. >> mohammed jamjoom. thanks. >>> coming up why that country could be america or one of america's biggest rivals. saudi arabia like iran is a major source of milita

a much larger system will move into the region on friday. it may start as a wintry mix, but it will turn into amounts of snow to northern and northwestern virginia. as the system moves away on saturday it could drop snow over parts of our region as the cold air moves in. stay tuned for good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. later today, the norfolk police department plans to hold a private memorial service to remember fallen k-9 line of duty last week. police say 58-year-old keith richardson shot and killed krijger during a 7- hour standoff on land street. police then shot richardson. he died the next day. the service for krijger is scheduled for this afternoon at the norfolk police k-9 range followed by a burial at a pet cemetery in virginia beach. rico bush is live on cape henry avenue with more on this morning, the american flag remains at half staff outside the k-9 unit with a list a five other dogs that have also died in the line of duty. one more name will be added soon. gone, but certainly not forgotten. after the cerem

this will push some moisture back towards our region. we'll see a few showers in the area with the highest chance for rain over northeast north carolina and the outer banks. then we'll dry out for friday into the weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. chance for rain on monday. today: cloudy with scattered showers this morning. then mostly cloudy this afternoon. highs will be in the mid 40s early. temps will drop to the low 40s later today. winds north 10-15mph. tonight: mostly cloudy. lows will be in the low 30s. winds north 5-10mph. thursday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers, but not a washout. highs will good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. teetering on the edge. you'll hear why residents in this apartment building refuse to leave even though the ground underneath them is crumbling away. plus, a local family is angry. they want justice as they mourn the loss of their sister killed in "he took my sister. i want him to know, i want was not right. there's new information in the affluenza teen case. a lawyer for

a wintry mix to the region. two other models have the low far from our region and only bring a couple of flurries to the area. stay tuned for updates to see which models have a better handle on the system which is now just a small formed this morning. this storm is waaaaay out in the atlantic and will not affect the us. it's kind of cool that we have a hurricane in january - new information this midday about a shooting we told you about on wavy news 10 today. a man is still in the hospital after being shot several times last night in hampton. we're told his injuries are non-life threatening. the shooting happened on martha lee drive. in portsmouth - a woman is in the hospital fighting for her life after someone broke into her home and shot her. police say the shooting happened last night on queen street. that's near london boulevard and martin luther king freeway. it happened around 8-30 last night. investigators say a bullet hit her in the torso. paramedics rushed the with serious injuries, but overnight police

tomorrow an towards our region. we'll see a few showers in the we'll dry out for friday into the weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. chance for rain on monday. good morning, hampton roads. let's check portsmouth's mayor once again refuses to answer 10 on your side's questions. we'll tell you what he told residents concerned about his leadership and crime in the city. protesters arrested. we have new information about the ranchers who took over federal buildings. plus c-n-n's anderson his generous donation a follow-up now to a generous donation to protect four legged officers in our area. c-n-n's anderson cooper spoke in norfolk last night. he donated his speaking fee to spikes k-9 fund after learning a norfolk police k-9, krijger, died in a shootout. krijger's human partner was there to hear cooper speak, and was met with a standing ovation. outside media officer mcniff standign ov for k9 nats of clapping these are pictures of cooper with officers last night. because of cooper and spike's k-9 fund, 38 po

irtc is sending to the region is irgc isessage the sending to the region is very clear, and our newsmedia just repeats the talking points of john kerry as if it's a deep analysis. host: is this the incorrect interpretation? are you telling me the white house has not really succeeded in empowering moderates? will it take more time? will it ever happen -- will it ever happen? empowering moderates? ali: i think what we are most likely to see is that the supreme leader is going to block or disqualify many people to run for parliament. host: will he disqualify romani as well? lf ali: probably not rouhani himself, but his network. what we will see is rouhani being an isolated president, and the body that will appoint the next supreme leader is going to be dominated by regime loyalists, and then you have technocrats going back into the shadows. who is, by the way, going to benefit from the money being released because of the sanctions relief? the most likely scenario is that the money is going to be transferred to the economic business empire of the revolutionary guard. -- thegest contracts

assuming that a post-american middle east would be good for the region and for us and that regional powers would step up to police the region themselves. results of this massive gamble should now be clear to us all. no new order has emerged in the middle east, only chaos. a power vacuum has opened up in the absence of america and has been filled by the most extreme and anti-american of forces, sunni terrorist groups such as isil and al qaeda or shiite extremists such as the islamic republic of iran and its proxy sis and the imperial ambitions of vladimir putin. these challenges were always going to be present and difficult but it did not have to be this way this dangerous. instead of acknowledging failures and changing course as previous administration of both parties have done, the administration has all too often doubled down on its reactive, incredibility -- incremental and inadequate policy. now more than a year into the campaign to roll back and destroy isil, it is impossible to assert that isil is losing or we are winning. to be sure there's been some tactical progress including the

we have disengaged from the region. involvement in it, verycould get to be a dangerous situation between saudi arabia and the iranians and their supporters. we have to get back in it. we have to rally our allies. political ande diplomatic objectives to what we're trying to achieve to iranians in the region. >> thank you for your service and testimony. shaheen? >> thank you, senator kaene. back and forth. thank you for holding on until i could get down here. allt of all, let me thank three of you, both being for service to theur country. it is impressive. and your willingness to continue to engage is also impressive. i wanted to just follow up on some of the specifics that you in your testimony. ambassador crocker, one of the said -- i may not be putting this exactly accurately, it i think from what understand you to say is the more we appear to take sides the moreian and iran difficult it becomes to get a people whowith those have been our friends in the middle east, did i understand that correctly? and i ask you this b

tomorrow an area of low pressure will move through the region. on the backside very strong winds will form. this will eventually let the temps drop to where snow will re-form. scattered snow showers will continue saturday evening into very early sunday morning becoming flurries. strong winds will continue with minor to possily moderate tidal flooding durnig high tide. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton roads. let's check rico bush continues our team coverage now, live in virginia beach. he's been talking to crews working to find out how their preparing for the winter storm. rico - don, virginia beach crews have really been working around the clock making sure roads are safe for drivers once the storm its. the process is long and exhausting, but officials at the virginia beach public works department were kind enough to show us how it all works. driving in a winter mix of rain and sleet can turn the roads into a motorists. aaa reminds motorists of basic safety tips for driving in wintry conditions. drivers are urged to heed the followin

tomorrow we bring a few flurries to the region. possibly even a light dusting of snow to a few cities north of our area, but more likely a scattered and light wintry mix. other than that no accumulations are expected for our region. stay tuned for updates. we will definitely be cold on wednesday behind the front. highs will be in the upper 30s. we will be milder going into the weekend, but there will be a chance for at least some rain for both could you imagine watching football at negative 6 degrees!? that's how cold it was at yesterday's vikings-seahawks game in minnesota. it was the third coldest game in n-f-l history. and that's not to mention the wind chill of negative 25!!! it didn't stop these fans from tailgating. they bundled up despute red noses and frozen beards. the seahawks wound up winning that game thanks to the vikings goal at the last minute. speaking of football, sorry redskins fans. the season officially ended yesterday. the sportswraps nathan epstein has a wrap-up of their game against the green bay packers. the

other than expected for our region. stay tuned for updates. we will definitely be cold on wednesday behind the front. highs will be in the upper 30s. we will be milder going into the weekend, but there will be a chance for at least some rain for both saturday and sunday. tomorrow will be the the union address. ahead, a look at how it will be a little bit different than past speeches. police are investigating an armed robbery in portsmouth. but the crime is nothing new for this particular store. we'll explain. plus, people in hampton roads walked away with a lot of money in saturday's powerball drawing even though no one won the big jackpot. we'll explain where the winning tickets were sold. and stay with us for this incredible story of bravery coming up at 6:30. why a little girl's her a hero this morn those are serious smartphone skills. you just bought a gift for mom, changed your status to "massive cold" and posted a picture of your soup on the internet. your phone does it all. that's why at anthem blue cross blue shield we offer online sol

tomorrow an area of low pressure will move through the region. on the backside very strong winds will form. this will eventually let the temps drop to where snow will re-form. flurries. strong winds will continue with minor to possily moderate tidal flooding durnig high tide. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. good morning, hampton roads. let's check rico bush continues our team coverage now, live in virginia beach. he's been talking to crews working to find out how their preparing for the winter storm. rico - don, brandi, virginia beach crews have really been working around the clock safe for drivers once the storm its. the process is long and exhausting, but officials at the virginia beach public works department were kind enough to show us how it all works. driving in a winter mix of rain and sleet can turn the roads into a deadly mixture for driving in a winter mix of rain and sleet can turn the roads into a deadly mixture for motorists. aaa urged to heed the following tips: buckle up! no matter the

this will push some moisture back towards our region. we'll see a few showers in the area with the highest chance for rain over northeast north carolina and the outer banks. then we'll dry weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. chance for rain on monday. good morning, hampton roads. let's check we have new information in a story we first told you about as breaking news last night at 10. in three different stops, police arrested 8 people tied to the standoff in oregon over federal lands. one of those arrests includes ammon bundy. he's been leading a group of ranchers who took over refuge more than three weeks ago. according to cnn, during the arrest, protester lavoy finicum and bundy's brother didn't surrender. you're looking at video of finicum here. shots were fired and finicum died. bundy's brother was hurt. right now it's unclear who started the shooting. the bundy ranch released a message on facebook last night saying in part "one of liberty's finest patriots is fallen. he will not go silent into eternity." cnn reports the p

with high pressure over the region today and thursday. the next system will impact the region early friday and this weekend. rain, high elevation snow and gusty winds on friday with snow levels lowering and significant snow likely in the higher elevations of new this morning... sparks police need your help finding two suspects who they say robbed the mccarran mart on east greg street just before midnight. a clerk at the store said the two men were wearing masks. one of those men ordered her to the ground with a gun while the other took cash from the register. both suspects are described as white or hispanic. the first suspect was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with a black leather vest. the other suspect was wearing dark blue clothing with a black beanie cap and white shoes. if you have any information about this robbery call secret witness at 322-4900. some new developments in that weeks-long standoff on federal land in oregon. investigators making several arrests overnight following a and the fbi. it ended with the group's l

the region today and thursday. the next system will impact the region early friday and this weekend. rain, high elevation snow and gusty winds on friday with snow levels lowering and significant snow likely in the higher elevations of the sierra for the how's traffic looking so far? traffic running smoothly. no major delays on reno area highways. no major delays on highways in northern california. back to you in the studio. thanks very much mike. new this morning... sparks police need your help finding two suspects who they say robbed the mccarran mart on east greg street just before midnight. a clerk at the store said the two men were wearing masks. one of those men ordered her to the ground with a gun while the other took cash from the register. both suspects are described as white or hispanic. the first suspect was last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt with a black leather vest. the other suspect was wearing dark blue clothing with a black beanie cap and white shoes. if you have any information about this r

by friday the next system will move into the region. the as mostly rain in our region now. rain is likely friday afternoon into friday night and saturday morning. as the system moves away cold air will drop south. so the precipitation will turn at that time. it's too early for snow totals, but a large amount of snow is expected between richmond and d.c. some of our northern and western cities in the viewing area could be on the edge of this heavier snow, but the rain/snow line will be very difficult to pin down. so stay tuned for updates. and breezy on sunday. good morning, hampton roads. let's check stay with us for breaking news at 7:30 - a deadly attack on a university. gunmen scaled the walls to get inside, and killed more than a dozen people. we'll tell you who claimed responsibility. but first in our next 10 minutes, how the search is changing for missing marines in welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and free of things i don't. like aliens. just like eye patches. and when it's time to refuel, i eat chex cereal

it isn't a regional problem.it is an original problem it's a global problem but it's falling on the region. at least lay the syrians themselves but turkey lebanon and jordan with enormous refugee populations and in europe where the european union and the political construct not uneconomic but a political construct is threatened. we have seen in germany which i consider one of our strongest nato allies under angela merkel. she is now, she has now been weakened by this by trying to do the right thing. so taking steps in syria that can save lives and reduce flows of people out of syria i think is an imperative. it's a humanitarian issue but it's also a political issue. so it's using military assets for political and humanitarian purposes. i wish we could get on with it. they're obviously very complex questions as to how far you have to go to make a difference. i'm all for taking out the air defenses. this is not going to take us to total war. if that is required we should look at it. again i am in that delightful po

by friday the next system will move into the region. the as mostly rain in our region now. rain is likely friday afternoon into friday night and saturday morning. as the system moves away cold air will however, dry air will viewing area could be on stay tuned for updates. snow with our wavy weather app. it's free right now for download on your smartphone or tablet. now let's get a check of the roads with jen lewis. good morning, hampton roads. let's check now to a big federal court case out of norfolk, involving a local political leader facing some very serious charges. norfolk city treasurer and former vice mayor anthony burfoot is heading back to court later this afternoon to be arraigned on public federal prosecutors say burfoot received almost half-a-million dollars in cash, meals, travel and other gifts, in exchange for votes in the city. rico bush is live at the norfolk federal courthouse this morning with more on the man at the center of the federal court case. second appearence in court today - he is facing eight felony counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fr

a wintry mix to the region. 2 other models have the low far from our region and only bring a couple of flurries to the area. we'll have to stay tuned for updates to see which models have a better handle on the system which is now just a small pocket of energy over the pacific states. stay tuned for updates. also, subtropical storm alex is over the eastern atlantic and moving north. it is a strong subtropical storm, out to sea. good morning, hampton roads. let's check new video showing those 10 navy sailors held captive in iran. why u-s officials are calling it propaganda. plus a local mayor turns himself in on felony charges. we'll hear from both sides after the sheriff chased him through city streets. local lawmakers are in richmond ready to tackle big issues. 10 on your side spoke to many elected leaders new this morning, for the first time we're hearing from the u-s sailors detained in iran. we told you yesterday morning as breaking news, the country released all 10 sailors. the navy says the group was on two riverine boats that strayed into iran's waters. an iranian television c

and the region export $4.35 trillion to the whole world and the region imported $20 trillion, export $70 trillion which clearly put the region under huge international exposure. and when china become bigger and bigger and china's monetary policy [ inaudible ] capital for the region as well. so that's the financial structure, but about demographic change i think that's a big one with the infrastructure investment need increase day by day and also the whole economy structure moving to the more innovative, more service and productivity increases become more and more important and with the financial inclusion still have a gap to fill and the future financial systems for asia have to look in to those issues, have to meet these challenges. and so this study tried to understand what the area we can do, we should be able to catch up and what policy need for the region after 2 1/2 years hard workers, produce beautiful books with red color on the cover. so, that's the one. but i don't know why that they tied the money. they should have freed the money. i think that's the whole thing. thank you

a wintry mix to the region. 2 other models have the low far from our region and only bring a couple of flurries to the area. we'll have to stay tuned for updates to see which models have a better handle on the system which is now just a small pocket of energy over the pacific states. stay tuned for updates. also, subtropical storm alex is over the eastern atlantic and moving north. it is a strong subtropical storm, but is forecast to stay out to sea. good morning, hampton roads. let's check a local city adds some peace of mind. how it is helping keep your parks and community centers safer. plus, mono is on the rise. what you need to watch out for if you think you're infected. straight from the mind of an accused killer. what a journal reveals we have new information about the gunman in a deadly theater shooting in louisiana. police released documents from his journal. they showed he praised the gunman in the south carolina massacre that killed nine black churchgoers. the journal also reveal his hatred for the government, news, and miniorities. you first heard about john russell last

this is why so many of the towns in that region resemble those in new england. fast-forward to the creation of the northwest territory and the ohio territory, and you run into the same problem. that blue bit of their the lake in ohio around cleveland -- that is the western reserve, of connecticut. if you match it up, that is connecticut's strip. connecticut based land companies ended up settling the section known as the western reserve. if you look today, pull out your brand mcnally not, a lot of towns had the same place names as connecticut. another generation, the michigan territory is happening. many of the initial settlers, who went to the constitutional convention, who were the governors of the initial government, were from the western reserve of ohio. the yankees who settled portions of upstate new york and new england, provided the first five michigan governors. similar for the wisconsin territory. you are watching this formatting of the hard drive, as it were, as the line of settlement moved forward. these were in separate bands. you can tell a similar s

tomorrow an area of low pressure will move through the region. on the backside very strong winds will form. this will eventually let the temps drop to where snow will re-form. flurries. strong winds will continue with minor to possily moderate tidal flooding durnig high tide. stay tuned for updates. good morning, hampton still ahead, a tragic update to the search for a missing tennessee toddler. what's next after crews found the little boy's body. plus, toddler in the road. a police officer had to slam on his breaks say he got there. people in richmond are bracing for some record snow fall. 10 on your side's evan armour has a look at how crews in the central part of virginia are getting ready. outside media we are a few hours out from the snow, but preparations are already underway. vdot is asking people to stay home once working on 12 hour shifts, vdot says they are in go mode and there are 15hundred people working behind the scenes. all state police troopers are on stand by. the last time richmond got this much snow was way back in 1993. report

tomorrow an towards our region. we'll see a few showers in the we'll dry out for friday into the weekend. we are looking at a very nice weekend. chance for rain on monday. good morning, hampton roads. let's check portsmouth's mayor once again refuses to answer 10 on your side's questions. we'll tell you what he told residents concerned about his leadership and crime in the city. plus big projects proposed at the oceanfront. we'll tell you which one is stalled and which one could get a green light. plus c-n-n's anderson cooper meets the officers a follow-up now to a generous donation to protect four legged officers in our area. c-n-n's anderson cooper spoke in norfolk last night. he donated his speaking fee to spikes k-9 fund after learning a norfolk police k-9, krijger, died in a shootout. krijger's to hear cooper speak, and was met with a standing ovation. outside media officer mcniff standign ov for k9 nats of clapping these are pictures of cooper with officers last night. because of cooper and spike's k-9 fund, 3

tomorrow we will warm up just a bit bring a few flurries to the region. possibly even a light dusting of snow to a few cities north of our area, but more likely a scattered and light wintry mix. other than that no accumulations are expected for our region. stay tuned for updates. we will front. highs will be in the upper 30s. we will be milder going into the weekend, but there will be a chance for at least some rain for both saturday and sunday. happening today, the man accused in a deadly bar fight, is expe cted to be in court for sentencing. last year, ronnie cisko pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter charges. he admitted to killing charles lee setchell at zino's restaurant on old george washington highway in chesapeake. investigators say the two got into a fight over football. cisko could get up to 10 years in prison. we could learn today if the supreme court will take up former governor bob mcdonnell's appeal. on friday we told you the high court was deciding which cases it will take up. if justices decide not to hear mcdonnell's corruption case,

in the past years, we have inflow into the region.now we are not so sure that the capital inflow continues to be that lux. so in the years to come. we need to think about more effective use of capital inflow. to perhaps usher the capital into more productive rather than somewhat sort of somewhat superfluous unproductive investments. how are we going to do it? many countries has its own structure reasons or historical reasons, certain alignment of incentives. for certain country, because they wanted to encourage house ownership they may have certain bias toward buying a house rather than saving. so these kind of things may have certain impact on the choice of investment into productive versus nonproductive investments. these are the kind of things basically what we'll be looking at within this umbrella of future asia's finance project. we'll be looking at in the context of each of the member countries. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. ashwar, looking forward to your comments and. >> finance has become the lifeblood of moder

genie: does this lead to an even bigger divide in the region? rob: efforts have been made to bring iran and saudi arabia together on the issue of syria and the fight against islamic state organization. major hoax had been placed on the two states coming together as part of a coalition -- major had been placed on the two states coming together as part of a coalition. people will be worried that this will undermine all the efforts and progress there has been up till now. there are big fears that heightened sectarianism will create problems specifically in syria, but to a lesser degree in iran, and also throughout the region. genie: we are hearing the united arab emirates is also downgrading its diplomatic ties with iran. that is from the state-run news agency there. the execution of that prominent shiite cleric also sparked outrage in iraq. at least two mosques were attacked in what looked to be retaliation for that execution. those attackers are still unknown, but the iraqi prime minister has vowed to track them down. the government in iraq has c

and the only country in the region that had both the will and the resources to be able to maintain regional stability was iran, which was a close ally of the united states. the only other option, of course, was saudi arabia. but the saudis did not have the military capability to play that kind of role, nor were they particularly willing to play that role. they didn't want to be -- they didn't want to open themselves to the accusation from the nasrists and the arab nationalists as being a sort of proxy for the united states while the shah had no such qualms and was quite happy to take on that mantle of regional primacy. but i would argue that that is not really a sufficient explanation. because the johnson administration in 1968 faced exactly the same dilemma and came to a very different conclusion to the one that you've just listed. they decided to continue with the policy of balancing iran and saudi arabia. their idea was that a balance of power between iran and saudi arabia was the best way to maintain stability in the region. this was the famous twin pillars policy. the nixon administrat

however, dry air will also start to move into the region. so we could see some light accumulations at that time, but only after a lot of melting from the rain before that point. the highest amounts are forecast north and west of the metro area. there sunday, but it will be windy. there could be some minor tidal flooding good morning, hampton roads. let's check traffic now. our team coverage on the weather conditions takes us to virginia beach. our morning crew has been outside getting a better look at the roads for you this morning. rico bush is live near independence boulevard with more on the conditions. rico - how's it looking? don, katie, everything is really looking great., but as you can see it's quiet. let's give you a closer look - the roads are clear for the most part - there's a light dusting of snow on the grass - that's all about - nothing really to be alarmed about this morning. as you head out the door this morning, you may notice a light coat of snow on your car if it was parked when the flurries fell yesterday. it doesn't app

very mountainous region. hem l himalayas are across this region. those plates are moving at the rates your fingernails are growing. they're constantly moving. >> we'll get an update ahead. >> a town in mexico is mourning the death of a mayor who was gunned down in the doorway of her home. >> the gunman killed her one day after she was sworn in. she was shot in front of her family on saturday. police killed two of her attackers and arrested three others including a minor. >> the gang accused of the killing has been involved in quite a bloody territorial war in the neighboring state which is the most violent state in the country. so it could be come spillover violence, something to do with the proximity of the two states. who knows? very little has come out in terms of why she was targeted in particular. she wouldn't have been the first mayor to swear to clean up the town from organized crime, an i doubt she'll be the last, so killing her as a warning would seem like an old tactic in an old war. >> and the governor of the state has ordered a three-da

a much larger system will move into the region on friday. it may start as a wintry mix, but it will turn into rain during the day. rain may be heavy at times. this system could bring large amounts of snow to northern and northwestern virginia. as the system moves away on saturday it could drop snow over parts of our region as the cold air moves in. stay tuned for updates to this developing weather good morning, hampton gas prices craze. find out why hundreds of drivers are flocking to these to gas stations to fill up. time capsule. wait until you see what a construction worker found buried in an old kitchen. and what he >> where making panseared pork chops with the chef. luana: nearly 200 united airlines passengers finally left norfolk international airport where they spent more than 26 hours after their plane made an emergency landing. the plane had engine trouble on its way from santo domingo to newark, new jersey. it landed just before noon, sunday. it took off again at two yesterday afternoon. weary passengers tell us, they're happy to b

a wintry mix to the region. 2 other models have the low far from our region and only bring a couple of flurries to the area. we'll have to stay tuned for updates to see which models have a better handle on the system which is now just a small pocket of energy over the pacific states. stay tuned for updates. also, subtropical storm alex is over the eastern atlantic and moving north. it is storm, but is forecast to stay moves in and brings a wintry mix to the region. we'll have to stay tuned for updates to see which models have a better handle on the system which is now just a small pocket of energy over the pacific states. stay tuned for updates. also, subtropical storm alex is over the eastern atlantic and moving north. it is a strong subtropical storm, but is forecast to stay out to sea. good morning, hampton roads. let's check good morning, hampton roads. let's check new this morning, doctors say cases of mono are spiking in some parts of the country. its a contagious virus that's often confused with the flu. early on, the symptoms are the same. fatigue, fever, body aches and swol

assuming that a post-american middle east would be good for the region and for us and that regional powers would step up to police the region themselves. the results of this massive gamble should now be clear to us all. no new order has emerged in the middle east. only chaos. a power vacuum has opened up in the absence of america and has been filled by the most extreme and anti-american of forces, sunni terrorist groups such as isil and al qaeda, extremists such as the islamic republic of iran and its proxies and vladimir putin. these challenges were always going to be present and difficult, but it did not have to be this way, this dangerous. instead of acknowledging its failures and changing course as previous administrations of both parties have done, the administration has all too often double d down on its reactive incremental and inadequate policies. now more than a year into the campaign to roll back and destroy isil, it is impossible to assert isil is losing or that we are winning. to be sure there has been some tactical progress including the recent recapture of ramadi. this