it brings people together to the region. t gives us the stability. >> josh rogan. >> thank you very much. i would like to ask about libya. three years after your government are dissipated -- participated in the mission to bring down the lynching -- the regime, libya is descending into chaos. your government supports the coalition. why has our government made that decision? why should you if you advocate for international communities to switch its recognition and what should be done to save libya? >> these are two groups. we support the outcome of the election. 50% of the people stand on one side and 50% stand on the other. we cannot demolish 50% of the people. we are still playing a very positive role to engage everyone in dialogue. we work closely with leo. we respect the outcome of any cause. -- courts. the court announce a decision. we respect that. they issue a decision on the government. we announced that we recognize this. the court issued another verdict on the subject. at the end of the day, there is only one way to s

the region is being more radicalized as well. ey create a sense of urgency trying to seize the moment before us and make progress on that. charlie: and clearly all the other problems are not because that israel and the palestinians reached an agreement. as long as it's there, it's a problem in the region. bill: it is. it's a problem in israel's long-term security. without a two state solution you end up with a lot of difficult challenges to deal with. long-term occupation, that's not healthy. charlie: i find in terms of israeli leaders that i know and have interviewed, there is an awareness of that. occupation is not a healthy thing. for the psyche of a country. bill: it can be just as corrosive for israelis as it is the palestinians. charlie: do you say goodbye or do you say i'm going to go over here and do this for a while and maybe i will see you back? bill: i had a wonderful run. i am proud of the colleagues i served with over the years. the country i served. charlie: suppose you had been the deputy secretary of state. suppose

first is the regional context. trying to figure out how to coordinate and knit together prefecture districts on his large border areas where they're are huge vulnerabilities. as she moves towards zero the bigger regional context becomes ever more important in understanding and beginning to get a better understanding and control over that. your president has been in the lead and trying to stir action in that area. where is that leading? >> has been on the minds of the president of liberia. liberia. she is director of the technical team leading a response to give support to the rest. our healthcare workers have been mobilizing to support sierra leone so that we can get to zero. we have one of our counties neema, got 62 days without ebola. but then across the border you have a town called lola very active use transmission. answer somebody left traveled. her parents and emma. got infected. similarly in the area people believe. right now we are very much concerned more than 90 days. it's very critical. to address that we

this is increasing their impact on the region. if we are consistent, then we must first of all be able to deal with the threat from all of the perspectives. and also, provide for all the components of the coalition the necessary equipment and tools to do so. in the case of the libyan government, it has been under restriction by the security council, which is a common occurrence that a legitimate government coming into office in monitored elections should be somewhat handicapped to deal with the crisis and be able to manage the security of its own people. equating it with militias which continue to receive unlimited resources and equipment through sea channels, by those who support them without any formal restrictions. charlie: there is a general consensus, it seems to me, that it means not only airstrikes but also means troops. boots on the ground. where will they come from? mr. shoukry: i think before we consider external boots on the ground, we have to support and strengthen the boots that are currently on the ground. in the case

is it a battle of supremacy in the region? >> part of it i think is the competition with iran with the assad regime on the outside. part in late king abdullah's time was personal, too. i think he felt betrayed by basher assad as well and that entered into it as well. but it's a combination of factors. but the determination is clear. >> charlie: you know the iranians. tell me what you think about them, about their intent about the nature of their country, about the possibility for regime change, all of that. >> well, i think -- i mean, you know, when you look at the challenge that's posed by the behavior of this iranian regime across the region whether support for hesbollah, lebanon, howhouthis in yemen. >> charlie: hamas. not so much hamas because of damascus, that's been a rift there. first, in american policy, when you look at iran or the nuclear issue, you have to embed it in a wider strategy and to be clear-eyed about the fact that iranian behavior threatens us and our friends in the region in lots of important respects. bu

charlie: is it a battle of supremacy in the region? bill: i think with the assad regime on the outside, i think he felt betrayed. that entered into it as well. it is a combination of factors right now but the animus and the determination is quite clear. charlie: you have met with the iranians, only about the nature of their country and the possibility for regime change. all of that. whether it is support for -- bill: not so much hamas. when you look at iran or the nuclear issue, you have to embed it in a strategy and be clear about the fact that it threatens us and our friends in the region. but within that strategy it's extremely important to prevent the iranians to acquire the weapons and it would multiply exponentially any of the dangers mentioned in the region. i have been convinced that the best of the available alternatives is through a strong and negotiated settlement. i think it is possible to reach that kind of a settlement but by no means a sure thing. charlie: why do you think it's possible? bill: because we build up a fair a

it is still committed to being an ally of the united states combat the cancer in the region. >> and laith, you've studied the islam state's methods, especially their public relations methods, their need to get a certain kind of attention. much has been said today about this change in methodology from beheading to now burning to death and the very elaborate video, highly produced video that recorded that horrible burning to death today. what do you make of this change of technique and even the enhanced production values in this video? >> you know indeed i mean the video had high production value but i think the point of burning him alive was this. i mean it was clear message from the video that just as we are caged in syria and iraq being bombarded by your bombs and rockets of fire we are going to do the same with the best of our capabilities. it's a symbolic retaliation against the jordanian involvement targeting the islamic state. beheading will no longer just work. it is not as effective for terror purposes. this is a lot more visual. it is a lot more excruciateing and obviously a very

the effort against the opponent in the country, and, of course, in the region as well. it's a mutual relationship, ben fush for both - -- beneficial for both. the monarchy and the government. >> do the people of saudi arabia perceive it the same way? when you say the monarchy, that takes in thousands and thousands of people because of the long extended family of the saud clan. if we stopped in a mall in riyadh for jeddah and talked to those shopping, how do they feel about the united states, the way the people in the saudi arabia cabinet do? >> you have a problem, because people fear terrorism. but if you look at the u.s. government state forces, 1955 until now, it rarely appears. relationships with his high possess and so on. that has been the american priority in the relationship is pleasing and protecting. the reality is the fact that the u.s. has supported more weapons to saudi arabia, than anything else. for example, there is a crisis of housing in saudi arabia. almost 80% of the population do not own a home in this large country. because the u.s. did not put a prio

the turmoil that the region has seen. but when i spoke about comprehensiveness and i did refer to the fact that we can't only defeat it militarily but we also have to look into the political cultural and economic factors. so the long-standing political conflicts that have festered in the region whether it's the palestinian-israeli conflict or the sectarian conflict and the foreign intervention into iraq and the sectarian conflict and the current efforts by regional states to expand their influence and other issues related to basically the social fabric i don't like to put too much emphasis on the economic. and people think that this is a breeding ground when there is poverty of-- for terrorists. and definitely it does help. but with but we have to also figure out that this is an ideaological commitment. and we have to look at the foreign fighters. a lot of them come from areas which are quite advanced in terms of economic development. so it is more a battle of ideas rather than the economics. >> rose: including the united

the quarter mile stock of a bus stop where the region is much more scaled to network of one easy transit line directly serving the city the transit operates to additional place in addition the muni operates the thirty minute while the region services during the week operate at 60 minute frequencies and the transit at thirty minutes now piloting 20 minutes speaking of that there have think outside the box 2 existing efforts that happened over the course of talking about those issues the first the bart ac pilot to provide additional bus service and that effort excludes new pickup locations at mission street bart and new line that serves the bay area line and up to 2:30 i included the working group field trips to experience it first hand on the right is a map of the sfmta proposals to expand the munoz service for the lifeline transportation fund tea transportation authority board month to month here the proposal excludes the frequency from treasure island from 45 to thirty minutes and the 38 and 44 to fill in the gaps in the coveting and hypocritical recognizing the lifeline improves the tr

we have a lot of friends in the region. i can't say that the administration doesn't do more against iran or syria because of the negotiations. i hope that isn't the case. but i think that we need to separate the two out. that negotiation on nuclear weapons has to rock, has to rest on its own merits, whatever they may be. and our policy towards providing security in this region with our allies has to be moved forward without consideration of other exterior questions. >> thank you so much. the other witnesses. >> we need to approach this region, develop a regional strategy to address this. as jeffrey said, we've got a lot of partners in the region that are being threatened by what's taking place. if you look at the rapid expansion of what's, what ra won da has done recently, currently, they have hezbollah and lebanon, the large number of shia militias in iraq, perhaps as many as 5 to 10,000 and when we look at the success in iraq, a lot of the success is being done by the shia-led militias and iran inside iraq that will tend t

look elsewhere in the region and the globe. everywhere you look, you see the world slipping out of control. we see the rise of nonstate terror organizations like isis or boko haram growing and parts of the world. we see the breakdown of states like iraq and syria and the rise of tribalism and warfare of unspeakable brutality. the beheading of egyptian coptic christians two days ago -- the wiping out a millennia old christian communities in iraq and syria, the beheading of americans, japanese, and europeans, all graphically displayed for us to watch on video. and the burning alive of a jordanian pilot. some of the work -- worst violence is perpetrated by radical muslims against other muslims. we were set with russia when it subverts its neighbors. we see the new threats of cyber warfare challenging our national security and our businesses. in asia, territorial conflicts loom under the surface. the great irony of the obama presidency is this -- someone who came to office, sing greater engagement with the world has left america le

it's bitter -- across the region. it's bitter cold in our region today. >>> an airline encountered a nasty stow away, a scorpion stung a woman on the happened. flight attend ands killed the scorpions and checked the overhead bins for any unwanted arachnids. the flight originated in mexico. >> now time for the morning buzz, i don't know where you draw the line being a human being and robot. google has acquired a patent for a fragrance emission device. it's a matter wearable gadget it takes analysis of your under arms and other areas to see if you smell. once it determines your smell is unacceptable. it blasts out a smell that's of a special fraying grands. an monitorses your -- fragrance and monitors your social network and let's you know your friends are around who you may not want to smell you. are we robots or people? >> we're live at the scene after a natural gas explosion overnight. >> the search continues for the gunmen in a deadly rooted rage shooting out west. "action news" will be right back. # [alarms blaring]

the king and other muslim and arab leaders in the region have been very clear on the desire that they not just appear but really are exercising leadership front in this process. >> people in that region view it that way right now? i think that has to be our goal. i think senator paul is referring to that it has to be an indigenous muslim led effort. i do not think right now that is the internal view. >> senator isaacs. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, thank you for your service to the country. >> thank you, sir. >> we are operating currently in the middle east under the 2001 aumf is that correct? >> that is correct. >> would be a fair statement that the when the president has sent to us to consider is a limiting aumf compared to the 2001 authorization? >> it is specifically intended to deal with the threat of isil that is correct. >> but it is limiting in the authority of the president would have primarily in the interpretation of the enduring phrase is that correct? >> enduring as he has described it in the size and kind of forces and measures that might be applied that is correc

you have all the countries in the region joined in the notion that i.s.i.l. has to go, but are they locking at the same thing when the war is over. >> that's a good question. that is one of the biggest dilemmas with the sustainability of the coalition, all the parties have different interests. the only thing uniting them is the dislike and determination to get rid of i.s.i.l. the united states brought the coalition together and needed the sunni arab partners for the political cover to show, and it is true that it's not just america's war. this is a universal threat to everyone in the region with spillover effects affecting the neighbourhood. that said, that's where things fall apart and syria is the weakest link in the strategy. what you find is for a lot of coalition partners, getting rid of asaad is the highest priority. for the states at the moment, getting rid of i.s.i.l., and al qaeda linked groups, posing a threat to u.s. center. interest. it's our top priority, and not that we don't want bashar al-assad to go, but we are concerned with the overthrow, w

we have a lot of friends in the region. i'm sorry iran doesn't do more against syria because of the negotiations. i hope that isn't the case, but i think we need to separate the two out. that negotiation on nuclear weapons has to rest on its own merits whatever they may be and our policy to it providing security in this region with our allies has to be moved forward without consideration of other exterior questions such as that. >> thank you so much. the other witnesses? >> we need to develop a reasonable strategy to address this. as mr. jeffrey said, we have a lot of partners in the region that's being threatened by what's taking place. if you look at the rapid expansion of what iran has done recently, currently they have hezbollah and lebanon, they have the large number of shia militias in iraq, probably as much as 5 to 10000, and when we look at the success in iraq a lot of success is being done by the shia militias and iran inside iraq that will tend to distort iraqi politics in the long run. you've got the huthi and yem

we have a winter storm watch across parts of the region and this included the southern portion of the region, as well. at least in southeastern pennsylvania and over toward trenton and a band of snow expected tonight. i'll talk about that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. all right david. >> reporter: we have slick spots on the secondary roads and the ramps, take it slowly even though we expect light volume. i-95 at cottman southbound traffic heading toward center city. no problems. on the big picture we see speeds in the 50s. we have circus extreme in south philadelphia. looking live on the ben franklin bridge there's a few people coming westbound into the city no problems between the tolls and #th and vine, the pedestrian walkway is closed until further notice. watch for that. septas and trolleys are running on a modified, weekend day schedule. new jersey river line, sunday schedule and river could corridor enhanced schedule. >> we begin with breaking news, a natural gas explosion blew out windows of a building in a chestnut hill section of the city. >> nobody was hur

they believe that prices is not only cancer in the region, but hitting close to home. >> clearly at that stage in that particular demonstration, that was very supportive of the pilot. what do you expect now to be the islamic state's reaction to what has happened with these two executions? >> at the end of the video that put out today, they had a list of a few dozen jordanian air force officers. the put them on a hit list and called out for the revenge against every single air force pilot. they put their names locations addresses, their ranks. they offered 100 gold dinars for every person who was killed in one pilot. the islamic state is capitalizing on this action and is calling for more. >> how many assets as the islamic state have in jordan? >> obviously it is very difficult to ascertain, but throughout the last four years of the syrian conflict and the last couple of years of islamic state in syria it has attracted many jordanians to come across the border. they have found access to its amount and number of jordanians where a number of radical cells have demonstrated not only their pl

have been the guarantors of peace in the region. i look at israel and palestine, syria with 220,000 dead, plus, and we know the situation in afghanistan, iraq, libya yemen lebanon, jordan is a bright spot, and let us not forget iran. how do you assess we have done since the carter administration? >> well, i think our success rate has not been high. >> okay. and i heard our president the other day say that if a failed policy like cuba has not worked after 50 years, it has to change. i agree with that statement. i'm not going to go into the cuba debacle right now. our whole process in the middle east has to change because where did isis come from? dr. brennan, you go ahead. >> originally came from al qaeda in iraq that morphed into isi and later into -- >> if we go back to what the president is saying here, that we're going to degrade and defeat isis i remember those statements in the iraq war, mission accomplished but we weren't done. i remember this president saying al qaeda is on the run, they're the jv team they're gone. and the qu

how is that being read in the region region? i'm guessing they're talking about military response. what are the options? >> reporter: it's interesting, isn't it? the options are to a certain extent what they have been of late. let's remember that the reports are, for example, this this wasn't a plane that came down in iraq. it was one that came down as a result of any isis action. it was a plane that crashed, and the pilot taken passage. i guess the question is what more does the u.s.-led coalition including the gcc members do in their fight against isis in iraq and in syria when we are well aware that despite of thousands of sorties having been flown this we are still seeing isis activity, significant activity in pars of syria, significant activity still in iraq and episodes like that was the video that show that the terrorist group is still very very active active. so the question really will be what does this u.s.-led coalition do next. does the obama administration sort of crack to the pressure and look to put possibly boots on the ground? will you look to the arab members of th

notice all of the slush on the side decent amount of snow did fall in that region. close to the philadelphia, the ben franklin bridge moving, but again speed restrictions there, both ways, just some wet roads. could be some low visibility, as well. area bridges are going to be slow this morning both directions, ben franklin bridge has speed restriction every 25 miles per hour, same deal on the betsy ross, walt whitman, restriction of 35 miles per hour. some travel speeds across the region up on the schuylkill expressway, it is a little bit slow, 33 miles per hour, right before the conshohocken curve. little bit slow earlier in south philadelphia, but that's pick up a little bit. speeds reduced little bit on the roosevelt boulevard. and we do talk about some traffic accidents up through to the north again the pennsylvania turnpike, we have tractor-trailer accident in the right lane, up in milford between quakertown and lehigh valley. and still dealing with the accident up at the lehigh valley interchange. so a little bit of problems there on the northeast extension, m

if the region is not willing to stand up against it there's nothing that the u.s. n do that will ultimately lead to a success. we can't police a region that won't police itself. when the leaders from the region say american ground troops are a bad idea, that's a powerful thought to those of us who are going to be voting on authorizations. how would you respond to that notion that the presence in any significant way of american ground troops changes the character of this making it the west against isil rather than a region needing to police its own extremism? >> i do agree with the amir and the king. the presence, infusion of a large db i think this is where they would be a little more precise if even the opportunity. the presence of a large conventional maneuver force would change the nature of the conversation. pu it's really important to understand that during iraq and during afghanistan and in the way we have responded to other similar challenges around the world, the united states brings to bear a variety of really important capabilities. the first is the capaci

they believe that isis is not only a cancer in the region but it's getting really close to home. >> wehave images on our screen now of people in jordan holding up pictures of the pilot and that is of course, earlier today because of the time zone differences. but clearly, at that stage in that particular demonstration, that was very supportive of the pilot. what do you expect now to be the islamic state's reaction to what has happened with these two executions? >> you know at the end of the video they put out today, they had a list of a few dozen jordanian air force officers. they put it on a hit list essentially, and they called out essentially for operatives in jordan to take revenge against every single air force pilot. they put their name they put their location they put their addresses, they put their ranks and they offered a hundred gold denars for every personal who would kill one pilot. so clearly, the islamic state is capitalizing on this action and is calling for more. in and how much -- how many assets does the islamic state have in jordan? obviously, it is very difficult to

from the midnight to 5:00 a.m. 2/3rd's are regional meaning they are one trip to san francisco and the other to other counties the total number of trips is 7 percent of billable trips we imagine them their equal to the trips on a giant scale we looked at load sharing and learned despite how much public transportation coverage you create the late night hours it remains 20 percent that speaks to the lifeline value they provide for some people that is the only way to get around ben mentioned the survey it is available in english and chinese online as well as in paper 230r789 that represents the issues that people care about not the total population in the bay area here we see one of the survey response questions this was asking people which issues effect their choices in terms of how they travel in the late night housing red is somewhat and as previously mention bart not running auto necessity was by far the issue that people said were effecting their travel issues but several other issues were responded to where someone abby a majority of the residents including the bus service i articul

we will watch low pressure clipper moved toward the region. freeze line dips to the south with arctic air that will be invading with this clipper. the thursday we will see light snow showers in the wake of this, much colder air for friday, and even into the weekend. so with the clipper we are looking at light snow thursday afternoon and into the evening period, where we are seeing light blue, that is a coat to go an inch of snow, that is just about it with this system and in moisture starved. we will jump to friday which will be a cold day no big deal there. but then another system moving toward the region and providing some snow late saturday on valentines day, possibly early sunday with cold air in place. you can see the storm bombs up off shore. the best chance of getting heavy snow new england. we will watch for band being pulled back toward philadelphia area but we have a chance of more accumulating snow and that would be by saturday for valentines day. in the wake of this it is going to be very cold on sunday the forecast high only 19 deg

fourth, that throws us back on the regional powers. "the washington post" reports this week that some of the training done for the iraqi army is afflicted with such shortages of ammunition and weapons they go through their training exercises shouting bang bang instead of firing weapons. that's the mess from which we're supposed to construct a strategy. >> julie, how do they respond at the white house to what seems -- let's put that map up. you can't get enough of looking at that map, the fact that islamic extremism from al qaeda to isis to iran is on the march? >> they don't necessarily argue that there aren't more groups out there. they argue that the threat that those groups pose to u.s. interests and the homeland is far more when you were talking about core al qaeda in pakistan. what's so interesting about the strategy that the u.s. -- that the white house says they have here is that so much of it is out of their control. yemen has really been the example that president obama has pointed to where he says we have our counterterrorism

forces in 2011 by many of the partners in the region is that we are just engaging from the region. we have to convince them that's not true. part of the way of doing that is by being more active in what we're doing in iraq, showing our commitment. the argue immigrant made on putting troops on the ground. unless you put troops on the ground how aren't showing commitment and resolve and i think if nothing else that's one of the big feign fits we'll -- big win benefits. >> ambassador jeffrey in your written testimony, in your second paragraph you talk about the campaign with the coalition partners and its strategy and i'll quote: building up political capacity with our whatter ins in iraq and syria is one thing you wrote, and then you wrote combating the violent extremist ideology that fuels eye simples can you give us specific ways that our partners along with the united states are combating the violent extremist ideology and also, cue tell us how successful our political pass efforts in syria -- capacity efforts in syria. >> not very successful. we don't have a good argument for the

we lost credibility with those in the region. we lost credibility with uae with the saudi's, with the israelis -- we sent a signal to other adversaries, the russians, that we are not serious when we draw a redline. so, we are paying a penalty for that, so we have emboldened people to say we are not really going to contest you in a military or physical way. we are going to verbally challenge you. we will go for sanctions, but you do not have to worry about us, and i think that is part of the problem we have today in dealing with these particular issues. when you are looking at isis isil, or whatever we are going to call them now -- we are in information war. we are talking about a propaganda war. they, now, are putting out messages to young people who see this as pretty exciting. they are all in black. they are wearing hoods. they are cutting heads off with their knives. this is video games for a lot of younger people. now they can join a movement. they do not know what will follow the movement, or what the institutions will be, or

we'll have some severe windchills across the region on friday morning, as well. it will feel like it's 15 degrees to 20 degrees below in the central portion of the region and worth for points north. there's a windchill advisory across the region. 18 degrees is the high. very cold. we could see flurries every now and then when clouds build in later. overnight tonight we dip to 1. if we hit that it will tie the existing record for this overnight and it will be the coldest we've been around here in 21 years. frigid then on friday, high of 15. overnight we're still in the single digits, so it's today tonight, tomorrow and even into tomorrow night and early saturday morning we're especially uncomfortable. saturday in the evening for the most part you get snow mixing in that will start to change overto rain as we go into the nighttime period, 35 is the high there. sunday we expect periods of rain and no frozen precipitation. you'll get back up to 46 degrees, not a total washout. we're back in the 30s on monday tuesday and wednesday and rounds of snow on wednesday. >> ne

you see it as it meanders over the region. ou're traveling out of rome you expect not only wet weather but powerful winds easily getting up to 70 and 80 kilometers an hour in the next days as the storm system cruises out of the region. win-related delays going to be an issue. of course the heavy snow continue to come down. by the way, there are about 12 ski resorts across this region of eastern and southeastern trans. again, about three of them have closed right now because of the inclement weather in the region. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012, but for every car stolen 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, the leader in identity-theft protection? lifelock actively patrols your sensitive, personal information every second of every day, helping to guard your social security number, you

with the card most accepted in the philadelphia region you have the power to do more. independence blue cross. live fearless. >> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, february 5. accuweather is tracking an arctic front that's bringing snow showers to the area and a blast of frigid air. >> developing this morning a minivan burst into flames and philadelphia police are calling it suspicious. >> a health insurance giant said hassers have stolen millions of information of thousands of people. >> reporter: let's go oats to david murphy. >> reporter: we have snow showers in allentown and changeover to wet snow and sleet is possible back toward harrisburg where it might be all rain. the question is how together this can maintain itself by the time it gets to i-95. we're not sure philadelphia will get anything more than flurries, if you encounter any of this, especially snow, you could encounter a slick road surface is not out of the question. if you pick upment light stuff slow it down. 36 in degrees in philadelphia. winds are turning out of the north so we're colder in th

of oakland we've been working with the counter partners and there's a much greater sense than in the region and all the issues obviously infrastructure and transportation is the key whops but affordable housing and so on are much more regional issues and if i could ghetto on my soapbox about the federal government the federal government contribution to local infrastructure projects has gone from 80 percent funding to thirty or 40 the challenges are huge because they're not supporting the city and counties cities and the regions that excludes the affordable housing so we're all for i hear this we're all forced to go it alone in terms of the two pieces of our needs it's apple numerous challenge when you talk about the dollars i will urge us all to think about the kind of regional consequences of the federal government getting out of the business of sporting the local infrastructure it maybe thinking more critically how to address that. >> okay. thank you very much xhifrgdz we're going to take one more item and take a break very good commissioners that puts us on item 10 market street this is

we're dry across the region. we have a system coming in that during the afternoon and evening hours will produce spotty snow showers around the region and mixing with sleet down south. 7:30 or 8 we see the sleet work up to the north. and 11:00 p.m. there's a chance that we've changed over to rain largely. some of this rain and maybe a little bit of sleet could play into the early part of the monday morning commute okay? so another hit of mixed precipitation. if you look ahead there's good things ahead. daylight savings is 9 days away 21 days to spring and opening day is 38 days away. so better times coming. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 32 still cold. mostly sunny tomorrow, high of only 29. no precipitation on saturday, but you'll need your coat. only 34 on sunday, sun and clouds, we have mixed precipitation, starting to snow and mixing in the afternoon and evening hours. monday morning we could get a light wintry mix left over, it will end pretty quick. we'll see sunshine in the afternoon, monday,

for now it's still in the 20's across the region. acker 6 live double scan showing you we still do have a little bit of precipitation left over in parts of south jersey and delaware. this is changing to rain off the coast but over land everywhere you see it it is falling as either freezing rain or sleet and that's because of those sub freezing temperatures at the surface. keep in mind, too that areas of southeastern pennsylvania and other parts of delaware and south jersey not seeing active precipitation right now. did see some in the overnight hours. it did fall as freezing rain and sleet and we have a new sheen of ice on a lot of sidewalks side streets and maybe some overpasses and ramps too so you want to be careful out there. stepping outside this morning we have cloudy skies of course. most of us not looking at active precipitation. there's wilmington on sky 6 but everybody's got to be careful of those icy patches beneath the feet and tires this morning. 28 degrees is your current temperature, winds out of the northeast at 14 mil

if the region is not willing to stand up against it there's nothing that the u.s. can do that will ultimately lead to a success. we can't police a region that won't police itself. when the leaders from the region say american ground troops are a bad idea, that's a powerful thought to those of us who are going to be voting on authorizationings. how would you respond to that notion that the presence in any significant way of american ground troops changes the character of this making it the west against isil rather than a region needing to police its own extremism? >> i do agree with the amir and the king. the presence infusion of a large db i think this is where they would be a little more precise if even the opportunity. the presence of a large conventional maneuver force would change the nature of the conversation. pu it's really important to understand that during iraq and during afghanistan and in the way we have responded to other similar challenges around the world, the united states brings to bear a variety of really important capabilities. the first is the ca

if we have that debate about the american role, one thing that is notable if in fact the region has to go all in against the isil threat, so far 80% of the airstrikes carried out against isil have been u.s. i think areas threatened by isil other than being associated with the coalition i don't think have stepped forward and been willing to show that they're going owl in against this threat. i think that's going to be the subject of significant debate if we get into a discussion on authorization. second on afghanistan, i completely agree with senator mccain, the chairman's point in his opening. i really hope we have a conditions-based strategy and not calendar-based strategy. it's ok to have a plan and up indicated a plan, you can adjust the plan based on the current reality. senator mccain and i were in afghanistan in october. it seemed after discussions, the white house did adjust the plan already. there was ideas about the way u.s. forces would be used in calendar year 2015, that after hearing from general campbell and others, i think the white house adjusted the authorities granted

let's take a look at other problems through the region here. outh philadelphia we've got a water main break here that's penrose avenue and it is closing the ramp from penrose avenue to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. if you're in this area you have to use the ramps from broad street to the schuylkill eastbound. yet another water main break causing a problem this morning and we have issues with disabled vehicles also affected by the cold here, the cars. so we're looking live on the schuylkill. westbound at the conshohocken curve you see the flashing lights even at this early hour. a disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. penndot is on the scene assist wind gust that. we've got another disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. this is in northeast extension northbound approaching quakertown so expect slowing in this area as well. matt and tam. >> okay, thank you karen. >>> we've got breaking new developments in a search for a young girl taken from her home in delaware. police have just gotten a key clue. so let's go right over to "action news"

also the territory that the region is going to occupy. at the moment, it does not occupy the whole of what was formerly the donetsk region. it is about 2/3 of that region. the rebels have been the manning that they have the entire territory because without the entire territory, they say they will not be politically and financially economically viable. ukrainians have dug in their heels. they are not compared to -- they are not prepared to concede anymore. there has been a lot of arguing over exactly what the cease-fire line will be. we do not know exactly where it is going to be, but it seems a compromise has been reached. vladimir putin himself said he had not got all he wanted. it had been a difficult night for him, which does suggest compromise from the russian side as well. ultimately it is going to question not as much of the cease-fire line but what is the status of the east ukrainian area that the rebel territory is going to be? ukraine is saying no to autonomy, but are the rebels prepared to accept anything less? remember a few mon

he was, as always talking about what we need to do in the region. he is a great friend of the united states. he has been someone who has tried to bring the arab community together against this. obviously what he showed was tremendous resolve and there were questions about unity inside the country. i think you just reported this. if anything this act will greatly further unify the country against isis in these despicable acts that they are carrying out. i think that the reaction is going to be one of greater resolve against what isis is doing in the region. >> does this increase the need for an authorization of force against isis? at what point does congress move forward with that before the administration moves forward with it? >> i think something is coming forward soon. i really do think it is within the next week or two at the latest. and the fact is that this was being characterized as an authorization for the use of force in iraq and syria. we know isis is in eight other countries beyond that. the fact is i think there will be one that the white

high wind warning goes into effect 10 o'clock for the region. nds may gust 50 to 60 miles an hour overnight into sunday morning. the worst of the wind will be through the overnight hours through the first half of sunday, winds gusting 50 to 60. secure loose objects in your yard and possible trees down. could lead to some scattered power outages overnight into sunday. also the wind chills will become dangerously cold later tomorrow night possibly as low as minus 20. we'll let you know how long the cold lasts in the full forecast in a few more minutes. natasha back to you. >> justin thanks. >>> salt trucks are on the move as terchl h temperatures start to plunge. the goal is to prof -- prevent icy conditions when many will be out and about. matt rivers live in malvern chester county. >> reporter: natasha happy valentine's day to you and happy valentine's day to you at home. i think the key for tonight is an earlier dinner reservation. you just heard justin talk about the conditions expected to worsen overnight. hoping you have a 6:45 dinner reserva

you have yemen and then the creation of the shia presence threatening all allies in the region. and then they see iran as a primary threat. and then to move on from there but i said sandarac cast to be the first priority. >> by a matter of time. >> there ranking member of the subcommittee. >> now i am the ranking member. >> congratulations on and your promotion. [laughter] >>. >> to be a lesser threat that ground troops necessary to take territory will be necessary to hold territory. the al iraqi army, we saw what they did a transfer of weaponry to a terrorist organization the iraqi government is the shi'ite militia with the ethnic cleansing so i don't see who we have to take in the areas. but to vote to laugh american soldiers in a bloody hand-to-hand combat role. with the aumf we have with the president sent over with the 2001 aumf and defect and publishes data and reaffirm said. so unlamented with what tactics or ground forces authorizing in afghanistan is one of did thousand it to be deployed on the ground next decade and a limited geography. so it is hard to say he doesn't h

the era of colonial supremacy in the region is over. finally, with the president soon embarking on a trip to india, let me simply express the hope that the u.s. will not and intentionally intensify concerns in beijing that the u.s. is inclined to help arm india as part of a de facto anti-chinese/asian coalition. that will simply discourage the chinese from becoming more helpful in coping with the volatile dangers that confront us in europe and in the middle east. to sum up in my preliminary statement, global stability means discriminating and determined but not the minering american engagement. thank you. >> thank you, both. and those were strong words and gives us a lot of food for thought. i guess to begin with, would you both agree that sequestration is badly given the events as we see them in the world today as something that we need to repeal? would you agree general scowcroft? >> absolutely, i would. it is a terrible way to determine force structure, strategy, anything like it. it is undermining our ability to do what we need to do