john amos will be at the council on foreign relations discussing the core -- the cream corp. at on c-span2 at 8:30 a.m. eastern. also, at 10:00 eastern, the joint deficit reduction committee hears from douglas elmendorf, the congressional budget office director. the deadline for cutting that deficit is four weeks ago. also at 10:00 a.m., homeland security secretary janet napolitano is testifying before the homeland security committee. >> middle and high school students, it is time to get cameras rolling for the studentcam video competition. make up a five-eight minute video on the same the constitution you. the deadline is january 20 it. you could win the grand prize of $5,000. for complete details, go to studentcam.org. >> republican presidential candidate texas governor rick perry yesterday outlined his proposals for a flat 20% income tax rate. governor perry was at a south carolina manufacturing plant manufacturing plant for a little more than a half-hour. >> it is indeed an honor to be with you today. he was a high-school classmate with one of the great conservative senato

the rare october snowfall. thousands without power. and an ice cream truck crashes into a daycare center. and the 36th annual marine corps marathon. how the winner set a new record. abc 87 news starts now. >> this is abc 7 news at 6:30. >> we are still cleaning up from the historic snowstorm. in west virginia, frederick and washington counties in maryland saw this and thousands are dealing with power outages. richard is in boonesborough. >> look at this tree. a cluster of trees. 100 years old that collapsed overnight. this tree fell one cluster landed on this family's car boat and house. a tough night here. >> reminded me what it would be like if it was a tornado. >> washington county, trying to recover from a storm that some people are calling snowtober. >> i do not remember this before halloween. >> believes are holding this in the trees and they cannot handle the weight. >> it brought down this cluster of 100-year-old oak trees. >> one of them was hauling the other way and it got each one of them. >> the family found the roof damage and even this shed was hit. >> power crews are scrambling to restore service. >> this was very s