we'll speak with tim kaine and michael steel about politics in 2010.nators jon kyl and jack reed will ring in as well. >>> now here is a look at other stories making headlines. we begin in vermont where three people have died in a snowmobile accident. three snowmobiles carrying six people went through the ice on lake dunnmore. five of them went into the water. a 4-year-old was saved before the snowmobile he was riding fell in. the victims are a 50-year-old man, his 24-year-old daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter. >>> the husband of a utah woman who disappeared from their home last month is moving out of the state. josh powell is take his two sons to washington state where they have relatives. his wife susan vanished more than four weeks ago after he says he took his two young sons camping in the snowy mountains overnight. powell is a person of interest in the case but not been named a suspect. >>> virginia governor tim kaine met with the family of the victims at virginia tech. he called it a social meeting at the governor's mansion. it is part of a l

will square off this morning on "meet the press" when rnc chairman michael steele and dnc chairman tim kaine join david gregory. that's coming up this morning right here on nbc 4. >>> if you are a calorie counter, be ware. a new study says restaurant chains and frozen food meals may have more calories than advertised. the study looked at ten chain restaurants and found the number of calories in 29 items had an average of 18% more calories than advertised. the study also found frozen meals had 8% more calories than what was listed on the label. the researchers aren't accusing restaurant and food companies of trying to deceive customers, but they say most of the discrepancies can be explained by variations in ingredients portion sizes, and testing methods. >>> there's no doubt about it, washington, d.c., is a town full of active people. even on the hottest summer days and coldest winter nights, you'll see dedicated washingtonians biking and jogging outside. but could all that exercise actually with preventing you from losing weight? >> reporter: 27-year-old rebecca goldring starts her day with

here with us live to talk politics the chairman of both political parties, governor tim kaine and rnc chair michael steele. good morning to boths of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with those remarks by harry reid as reported in this book about the 2008 race. senator reed was wowed by obama's gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as obama, a quote light-skinned african-american quote with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one as he said privately. rooetd was convinced that obama's race would help him more than hurt him for the democratic nomination. senator reed quickly apologized. he spoke to president obama who i said issued a statement saying the case is closed. he accepts the apology. governor kaine, should there be a consequence for these remarks? >> i think the case is closed because president obama has spoken directly with the leader and accepted his apology. the comments were unfortunate and they were insensitive. they were inhe context of praising the senator and acknowledging that the senato

democrat tim kaine, and republican michael steele. then, the president vows to fix the problems that allowed a would-be bomber on board a u.s. airliner. >> i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people. >> chris: will his reforms keep the country safe? we'll ask jon kyl, the number two republican in the senate. and jack reed, a senior democrat on the armed services committee. plus, we'll ask our sunday regulars about the white house effort to shift the focus from terror and healthcare to jobs and the economy. and our power player of the week. we'll look back at a good guy sports star, before things went bad. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. well, a little more than a week in 2010, election politics is already in full swing. on saturday, senate majority leader harry reid apologized to president obama for racial remarks he made during the last campaign. three top democrats announced they won't seek re-election. but open warfare has broken out among the republicans ove

. >>> it is tim kaine's last speech as the virginia governor. he noted for jinnah landed five corporate headquarters during the worst economic slide in 70 years. he said no state can recommend. economic edge with a jammed highways. >> i believe the biggest challenge is the decades old gridlock. >> he called for more investments in higher education. his successor will be sworn in this saturday. >>> 5:16. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. we continue to fall this breakingtory in bethesda. >> we have a huge truck fire that is raging. >> you are looking live at montrose road over 270. this truckhas been burning for over 30 minutes. it caught on fire. authorities have not been able to get close enough to determine the contents. the belief it to be a tanker carrying a highly flammable liquid. 270 northbound is closed, according to callers. southbound 270, only the local lanes for now are closed between falls road and the beltway. they may have to close all lanes until they get things under control. this is on montrose road over 270.

cheers and applause] as it turns out, i succeed another descend didn't of irish immigrants, governor tim kaine. on behalf of the people of virginia, governor kaine i thank you for your great service to the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] today virginia is a thriving and diverse home of nearly 8 million people with one out of ten being born outside of the united states. a state of rich history and strong people, we do face many challenges together. we do not face the challenges of forming a new government or securing a new nation as did henry and jefferson or washington. we do not encounter the devastation and destruction of civil war as did lincoln and lee. we do not struggle with the injustice of slavery and its legacy of segregation as did governor wilder as a young man. we do not march into the bullets and artillery shells as the greatest generation did on the beaches of more mandy and the islands of the pacific. two members of that great generation who served in world war ii, special people, are with me today, my father, jack mcdonnell, and my father-in-law, frank gardner are with us

committees will square off this morning on "meet the press" when rnc chairman michael steele and tim kained gregory. >>> the capitals are on a roll and the nfl playoffs are right here. hakem dermish has your "sports minute". >> reporter: on the road in atlanta and the caps unleash the fury. six different players unleashed a goal. jason scored his first for washington. the capitals win big 8-1. largest margin of victory this season. the caps have also won three straight. wild card saturday here on nbc 4, eagles against the cowboys, pretty much all dallas in this one. here in the third quarter, felix jones goes 73 yards for a touchdown. cowboys crush the eagles 34-14. their first playoff victory in 13 years. dallas will meet minnesota in the next round. in cincinnati. jets taking on the bengals. jets beat the bengals for the second week in a row, 24-14. college hoops. 12th rank georgetown hosting number 13 uconn. uconn. the hoyas trailed but they came back. georgetown rallied back to win it 72-69. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakem dermish, have a great day. >>> we're -- the time is 7:39

. >>> virginia governor tim kaine has met for the final time with the families of the victims at virginia tech. the governor called it more of the social meeting at the governor's mansion in richmond today. this meeting was part of a legal settlement in which the families agreed not to sue after the massacre april 16,2007 that killed 33 people, including the gunman. governor-elect bob mcdonald's chief of staff also attended today's gathering. >>> a virginia man is charged with stealing a jar full of donations meant for a family's funeral expenses but bill packard says it's all a big misunderstanding. he said he was trying to give the jar to the family. in fact, he said he was worried someone would steal the jar so he was trying to do the family a favor. the family ever got the money. >> i thought i was doing the right thing. i signed my name at the store. i didn't steal anything. i said i can get a check or you give me 20 minutes and i get the can with the money in it. either way. they didn't want to hear that. and they locked me up without bond over $39. that's all that was in there. >>

another jesse jackson and that clinton was trying to sort of smear the obama campaign as the black tim kaine because everybody knows in the united states and american history the black candidate never wins. you have to be a candidate who happens to be black to win. and obama flopped the script and became this phenomena. host dorcy the only african-american elected to the president? is he the only on the scene who could have gotten elected president? >> guest: i think so. in a certain -- in a certain context we could say he leapfrogged over certain people like harold ford jr. was considered an of and comer. cresco who was considering running for the senate race. >> guest: what is interesting about the party is that in 2000 and in 2004, back-to-back they gave these bright up-and-coming african-american man the keynote address. the first black person to do a keynote address was barbara jordan 1976 but back to back in 2000 and los angeles and this was a convention by the way barack obama could not attend. he couldn't even get credentials by 2004 his fortunes changed and he gave an extraordinar

. >>> and still to come, "meet the press" speaks exclusively with arnold schwarzenegger and tim kaine with michael steele. check your local listings for times on that. >>> we get all more on jobs numbers. not all is lost. there is hiring going on, even if it is only temporary. vera gibbons joins us, our silver lining. >> that is positive. >> the latest jobs you report, that's a disappointment from wall street, isn't it? >> it was. 85,000 jobs lost in december. most analysts economists were expecting that number to come in flat or expecting to see job growth. the market took it in stride and focused on other positive is in the economy and the dow actually ended up for the week. >> any clues you take from this report that talk about any potential recovery, upswing for the u.s. economy? >> it cools the sense of optimism people are feeling, puts pressure on the obama administration to get things together. we have 1 in 5 unemployed or underemployed in the double digits, people out of work six months or longer, a lot of americans. i think when you see numbers like this, you think where's th

the press," david gregory will speak with arnold schwarzenegger and dnc chairman governor governor tim kaine and michael steele. >>> rudy giuliani says it was a slip of the tongue when he said there had been no terrorist attacks on american soil during the bush administration. he said president obama needs to follow the former president's lead on how to take on terrorism. >>> joe biden's mother has died. gene bide n had fallen ill in recent days. she was 92. >>> and governor arnold schwarzenegger declared a budget emergency in california. the golden state has a $19.9 billion budget deficit. >>> the man who caused thousands of passengers to be stranded for hours is arrested and released. you'll find out why ahead. >>> the wild ride caught on camera. the guy who drove his car while sticking his head out of the sunroof at top speed. no kidding. we'll show you on msnbc saturday. male announcer ] let's talk about putting our best square foot forward. then let's do more than talk about it. let's turn picturing it into planning it, thinking it over into making it happen. let's say out with the old

tim kaine gave his last state of the commonwealth address. years ago, but virginia governor's are limited to one term. he is also the chairman of the democratic national committee. this is 25 minutes. >> i present to you, his excellency. the governor of the commonwealth of virginia, the hon. tim kaine. [applause] >> thank you very much. please, be seated. thank you very much. please. please be seated. do not encourage me. [laughter] my fellow virginians, i stand before you with many emotions to deliver my final state of the commonwealth address. the quick passage of four years has been bittersweet, but the most significant feeling that i have tonight is gratitude for those who have supported me during my time in public life and pride at what we have been able to accomplish in this administration. let me talk first about what we have done, before i get to my expressions of thanks. when i was inaugurated in williamsburg, four years ago, i had a very simple message. virginia, leading the way. since i moved to richmond, i believed in my city and

. >> now governor tim kaine delivers his state of the state address. governor to serve only one term. he currently serves as the dnc chairman. this is 25 minutes. >> i present to you, his excellency -- [laughter] the hon. tim kaine. [applause] >> thank you. please be seated. place. -- please. thank you very much. please. please be seated. do not encourage me. [laughter] my fellow virginians, i stand before you today with many convictions to deliver, but finally -- while the quick passage of four years has its bittersweet aspects, the most significant feelings i have our gratitude for those who have supported me during my time in public life and pride of what we have been able to accomplish in this administration. let me reflect on what we have done together before i conclude with the most important part of the comments, my expressions of banks. when i was inaugurated as governor in williamsburg on a rainy day four years ago, i chose a simple motto. "virginia leading the way." ever since we moved to richmond in 1994, i believed in my city and my common

. >> in virginia there's a new governor, a republican replaces tim kaine effective the 16th. box mcdonnell sent a letter to the interior secretary allowing him to do offshore drilling for gas and oil. governor kaine sent a letter a year ago asking that this be delayed. of course both these letters follow the lifting of a 25-year-old federal mor amp to.r imp u.m. >> i call this the lit any i don't agree with you governor kaine. that's it. everything that governor kaine has proposed from a year ago letter going to relax or delay the oil drilling is a new governor-elect mcdonnell. >> he wants to put his stamp on the office. he said during the election we don't have to raise tax, there was a liquor store thing or revenue thing that he wanted to do. also offshore drilling. the problem is there's the environmental concern about offshore drilling even though there's probably more support for offshore drilling because of the current economy than before. the pblem is understand the obama administration, we haven't seen how their environmental program is really locking in, but what i'm

i extend my sincere appreciation tonight to governor tim kaine for his service to virginia [cheers andause] his help during the hectic two months of transition has helped prepare me to be ready to govern today. before we begin to discuss our commonwealth, i want to direct our thoughts and prayers to another country. we grieve for the suffering people of haiti who have lost loved ones, property and dreams. please join me in a moment of silence for all those who were lost in last week's devastating earthquake, including university of virginia graduate student stephanie jean-charles. thank you. the people of virginia are responding to the tragic events in haiti with an outpouring of concern and generosity, and i encourage all our citizens to donate what they can to the red cross and the other relief organizations that are at this minute providing food, water, medical care and shelter to the people of haiti. i especially want to thank our state employees who are already generously contributing to this relief effort. never as a middle class kid growing up in fairfax county did i dream i wou

cheers and applause] as it turns out, i succeed another descend didn't of irish immigrants, governor tim kaine. on behalf of the people of virginia, governor kaine i thank you for your great service to the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] today virginia is a thriving and diverse home of nearly 8 million people with one out of ten being born outside of the united states. a state of rich history and strong people, we do face many challenges together. we do not face the challenges of forming a new government or securing a new nation as did henry and jefferson or washington. we do not encounter the devastation and destruction of civil war as did lincoln and lee. we do not struggle with the injustice of slavery and its legacy of segregation as did governor wilder as a young man. we do not march into the bullets and artillery shells as the greatest generation did on the beaches of more mandy and the islands of the pacific. two members of that great generation who served in world war ii, special people, are with me today, my father, jack mcdonnell, and my father-in-law, frank gardner are with us