. >> tom sherwood, news 4, washington. >> it expected to easily pass the bill you but it could face road blocks when it goes for congressional reyou view. >>> while the winter olympics are happening in canada, the big countdown started near d.c. the torch will be lit in vancouver in less than 100 days you now. pat was there as the clock started ticking. >> reporter: outside the canadian embassy, people were rocking to the rhythms of one of the hottest pop stars. cc came to washington to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the 2010 olympic games. and to officially mark the countdown to vancouver, the unveiling of the 100-day countdown clock. >> it is great to have a little vancouver right here on pennsylvania avenue. so it makes it real for all of us as we count down the 100 days. >> reporter: joining the canadian ambassador was the president of the company dubbed the olympic official timekeeper since 1932. >> we had about 30 stop watches if you will at the time. today we have over 400 tons of equipment. hubs. time keeping professionals and thousands of volunteers. it has evolved quite a b

>> i've taken your own tom sherwood up there.ady seen to it that the public will be able to go to the point. by the way, jim, they haven't been able to go up to the point for decades. can't get into it because it's a closed project. we'll open the project and people will be able to get in. nobody is interested in getting into the homeland security cility. we want to get to that >>> welcome back to "viewpoint." our guest this morning congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. we were talking about budget crises all around the country and jurisdictions. local government, state government, also agencies and metro had a particularly tough 2009. safety concerns were raised time and time again. now a $40 million budget short fall. congresswoman, what kind of pain are passengers, commuters going to be feeling in 2010? >> systems like our metro systems are taking two hits. one is the recession hit. that's what metro is going through now with its budget. but there's another very big hit and that is that the capital infrastructure of most of the