but as we search for the answers we all used to know, we need to take back our streets from the criminals. [applause] we need to persuade pastors and preachers to return to their pulpits to reinstruct us in the commandments and the truths of our traditional faiths, and to leave government to the politicians. within the power of a limited government, we must do what we can to reconstruct the old conscience-forming and character-forming institutions of society family and church, home and school. we need god's help, and we need your help. why am i running? because we republicans can no longer say it is all the liberals' fault. it was not some liberal democrat who declared, "read my lips! no new taxes!," then broke his word to cut a back room budget deal with the big spenders. -- on capitol hill. it was not edward kennedy who railed against a quota bill, then embraced its twin. it was not congress alone who set off on the greatest social spending spree in 60 years running up the largest deficits in modern history. no, that was done by men in whom we placed our confidence and our trust, and wh

so the fact we're 25 below the average puts us right back into the mid 20s at best here today. we take a different view overlooking the ben franklin heading into philadelphia and things are quiet out there. thankfully we have going for us the worst of the breeze tapering off. there's a hint of it overall it's going to feel a lot closer to thermometer to what it reads compared you to wind chills certainly from yesterday. storm scan 3 taking you out next e all is calm and collected. high pressure. arctic dome on our side here. you can expect full sunshine. it's a quiet looking daych the looks are always dereceiving on days like this aren't they? we have wind chill advisories up to the i 80 corridor. wind chill values remain 15 to 20 below zero. that's basically where we stand with the wind chills rights now in the pocono region specifically. but here's a look at actual area temperatures. allentown, you have a new record, 1 below zero and we're currently at 10 in philadelphia. we would need to drop another 8 to tie the record. basically this is still within flirting range of record

this gets us back to the issue of leverage. these are steps the steps we have announced that are designed to get more resources and information to the cuban people, and imagine what would have happened if we had gone to the castro government and said open up your political system, or else we will not help connect cuba to the internet, or else we will not help these small business people. how much do you think we could ever gotten for that even on the question of diplomatic relations. they are now at least retorically trying to put conditions on that. they are not comfortable with it. they are nervous bit. it creates possibilities not guarantees because senator menendez is absolutely right it now depends on them, their willingness to unleash this stuff and they may not be willing to do that, but it does put the burden on them and that makes them nervous and that is the point of the strategy. >> the important point here is we are trying to empower the cuban people. >> right. >> and we do that in the business area, we do that in a

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promise the government has announced that it will give back around 400 hectares of land. >> no way but any land that is in excess of of the land they are using, and if that land is utilized directly by the government the said land will be given back. >> the announcement came a few days ahead of the president's visit to india. there are tens of thousands of sri lankan refugees in india. like gabrielle and his family who returned a few months ago. >> they must have somewhere to come back to and a way to make a living. >> it is something the new president seems to have recognized in a country recovering from a long and bloody conflict. >> mana fernandez, al jazeera northern sri lanka. >> still ahead. >> i'm rory challands. inside each of these doors is a ukrainian family. find out what they're doing here and what the future means to them. >> how science is helping individuals with robotic limbs get replacement. borderland only on al jazeera america >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the

. >> reporter: he's taking us deep into utah's back country, part of his red bull team taking us for a helicopter. but on the way up, there are two concerns. first, the wind. >> wind's not an enemy, unless it's at your back. >> reporter: and clouds. >> we want to be able to see the terrain pretty good. we're traveling at 50 60 miles per hour. you don't want to be at flat and then all of a sudden some roller comes in. >> reporter: we checked in to high ivory. pretty steep drop to try to get enough speed to get his wing inflated. >> this wind comes right over the top. >> reporter: veteran guides are on safety patrol checking the line john will take for rocks, trees, and measuring wind speed. how many variables are we talking about out here? that's a question that makes these guys laugh. at the break neck speeds john can reach it's important nothing is taken for granted. any miscalculation can spell disaster. john's gear is a precision, custom-rigged harness built for speed and safety. >> that looks comfortable. >> reporter: he has a canopy the parachute. >> it's eight meters really sma

us to our twitter question of the day. a fairly simple one. is the cold war back? let us know what you think. ill take a break. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." live on bloomberg tv and radio and streaming on your tablet and phone. >> a strategy briefing after two less than fruitful discussions with germany and the european central bank. he was unable to find common ground with his german counterpart on the new arrangement for greece's debt. hans nichols is in berlin where the meeting took place. they cannot even agree to disagree, hans. >> i like that -- less than fruitful. they cannot agree on what they are arguing about. a short-term extension, which is something that he wants. get them towards may, so they can have a longer discussion about refinancing some of his debt. clearly he wants to keep them in the bailout program. that ends at the end of this month. when he looks at the moves he had seen the new greek government undertake, he was less than impressed. >> in our conversation i could not conceal my skepticism that some of the measures the new government announced, but the colleague

. >> rob, bring us back to reality. >> stepping outside there is the polar plunge. 60 tomorrow.chance of showers in the south bay. hope we can see that coming up tomorrow. >> "nbc nightly news" is next. more local news at 6:00. >>> on this saturday night, no end in sight. this brutal and deadly winter weather, the dangerous cold and ice and now fears of flooding as yet another big storm and deep freeze on the way. >>> off track, on the eve of the daytona 500, the driver nicknamed "the outlaw" remains suspended tonight. kurt busch the latest high profile sports figure accused of domestic violence. >>> exit plan. will the u.s. slow down its withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan? today's surprise comments from the new secretary of defense. >>> and good question, a place where they still search for answers the old fashioned way. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, substituting tonight peter alexander. >>> good evening.

officers used tear gas to flush him out. it worked. he tried to get back into the building and that is when the k-9 unit got involved. you can see a police dog biting the suspect's leg. >>> in newark, a beautiful site. a frozen fountain in upstate new york. it freezes every winter but rarely reaches this incredible height. park officials say the fountain is becoming its own tourist attraction. >>> well it is hollywood's biggest night. the 87th annual academy awards. he is a luxury wearer with that tux on. from the red carpet in l.a. hello. >> hello. here we are after weeks and weeks and one event after another. all the big stars are here with a mixed bag of movies all competing for the little golden fellow. >> who is this guy? >> in the best picture category is "birdman" leading the pack with nine nominations. it is considered a slight favorite. >> you want the bumpers let them get the bumpers. >> another is the coming of age film "boyhood" which one golden globe for best film. >> any of these movies are worthy to win. a lot of people love them. all films

. >> take us back to the beginning. what inspired you and how do you make the initial moves, what did you do first? >> i do teach about the internet or online social media on elections, politics, and democracy. and syracuse university, where i teach, you know, we had very historical project working with one north korean project supported by the american and korean governments and we actually were able to help them establish the digital library for the first time in north korean history. and when i ran the lecture series named after the korean ambassador who founded the korean embassy in 1948, i invited korean war veterans in syracuse and they brought their own pictures that they took. i was thinking how we can preserve this memory forever you know, there is a shortage of the spaces in the physical museum, but if we put it in the cyberspace, there's no limitations whatsoever for for temporal and spatial limitations. i began to propose, then, why don't we build this cyber shrines of the korean war ve veterans, which will

and taking us back to a level of funding that we had several years ago, not to some extravagant level that is unprecedented in our history. i think again that we have a profile that is both defensible and consistent with what we have been saying. the next slide just gives you again some of the basic facts about where the money is by military department and by the major areas of expenditure this the budget, our operating costs and investment costs. basically what you'll see on this chart if you look at the increase from last year to this year, what is it that you're getting as the budget increases? about 40% of it is on the operating side and about 60% is on the investing in the future side. the personnel costs go up only slightly. it should be noted that the size of the force decreases somewhat. it speaks to the point that we are trying control the growth of compensation costs. we're not cutting competition. even when the size of the force is stable or slightly declining our personnel costs are still rising although again most of the investment that we're trying to put into readiness

gerri: yasir, when you start that new first impressions let us know. come back tell us about it, will you? and david thanks for coming on. thanks to both of you for being here. have a great valentine's day. >> it's our pleasure. gerri: that's a nice story. right? wow. still to come on this show, the shortage of nicorette loss engz has people riled. there's the man who was hoarding them. ♪ you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to your insurance company and... boom! you're blindsided for a second time. they won't give you enough money to replace your brand new car. don't those people know you're already shaken up? liberty mutual's new car replacement will pay for the entire value of your car plus depreciation. call and for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch to liberty mutual in

it exacerbates the uncertainty for my work force and puts us back in the same position on the brink of a shutdown just days from now. the secretary ends his letter by saying that the american people are counting on us. again madam speaker, the american people are indeed counting on us and so far, the house republican leadership has let them down. this stopgap funding measure does not fully address our national security needs. it simply represents the complete and utter abdication of our responsibility as members of congress to protect the american people and our country. the senate has acted in the best interests of our nation and sends this house a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on funding for the department of homeland security. our enemies aren't waiting around while the republican leadership continues to delay a full-year funding for the department of homeland security or for congress go to conference in the hopes that sometime in the future we may have an agreement. let the house, like the senate, do the right thing and send this bill to the president. i urge my colleagues to vot

off in front of woolworth's, and that same person would be there in an hour to pick us up and bring us back. it was quite a nerve-racking exciting, you had the sense that you are doing something very important and very significant. they weren't hostile. i don't think they wanted to provoke anybody. it was just deadpan. in terms of people where they came from, i don't know. you had a lot of young white guys hanging around, yelling making bad remarks. the day i remember that happening was the day i was beginning in front of woolworth 's with picket signs and these cars of young tough guys drove by and said of the things and racial epithets and all sorts of things. and that was very unnerving. that was like, are we going to get out of this ok? you know. there were incidents within the five and dime stores as the weeks went on. the incidence got to be very scary. there were people who tried to provoke, especially the men were sitting in at the counter. somebody got burned with a cigarette stub. what they were trying to do was provoke us out of nonviolence. jostling people. i was not present for

gerri: yasir, when you start that new first impressions let us know. come back thanks for coming on. thanks to both of you for being here. have a great valentine's day. >> it's our pleasure. gerri: that's a nice story. right? wow. still to come on this show, the shortage of nicorette loss engz has people riled. there's the man who was hoarding them. ♪ @? [airplane sounds] announcer: visit aarp.org/caregiving for information on how to provide even better care for the person who once took care of you. gerri: a shortage of nicorette lozenges is forcing some ex-smokers to stock up. the manufacturer glass smith line temporarily ceased making them because they were having quality control issues. those depending on the lozenges have been stacking them up. hoarding them in their homes. with me is bob barrens. bob, thank you for coming on the show. (?) i feel your pain. i'm an ex-smoker myself. i know what you go through. tell me first about the habit that you had smoking. how many people in your family smoked, and how did you quit? >> virtually everyone in my family smo

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. >> they can't get us back out until tuesday. we're kind of hoping that we can get out sooner rather than later. >> more flight delays and cancellations are expected today. boston is expected to get 9 to 16 inches of snow. parts of new york, vermont, new hampshire, connecticut, and rhode island are also expected to get good amounts of snow. >> should make for a good parade tomorrow. >> i know. >> delay that a bit? >> the patriots are floating through town. >>> well, this is groundhog day, if you didn't know that, and punxsutawney, pennsylvania is center of all the action this morning. >> legend has it if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. so here's the verdict. >> yes. a shadow i see. you can start this winter hashtag #sixmoreweeksofwinter. >> well, people are not happy about that as you can hear. the tradition has been going on since 1887 but no one's kept track of the number of groundhogs who have played the role of phil over the years. >> i would have put a million dollars that we were going to get six

do stay with us. >> welcome back. conservation workers and volunteers have managed to save 60 wells at the scene of a mass stranding in new england. it's believed to be the country's largest beaching of whales in recent years. it is a whale tract because of shallow waters. >> counting tigers in the snow, the census is held once every 10 years to check the population of the siberian tiger. it was nearly extinct but now made a comeback. >> this was once a soviet naval base closed total outside world. always here, the tiger has been reveered. there ever monuments to this rarest of beasts dotted around the city. four hours out of town, deep in the province, biologists and tiger expert briefs his team. it's part of a mass mobilization of trackers to the area of tiger habitat three times the size of the netherlands. the trackers fan out. they have to be alert. every now and then, humans are attacked and killed. they know tigers are nearby, the snow apparently is an open book, that you can read if you know how. the tigers ag

us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >>> welcome back. ida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. tonight the bay area is getting slammed with a one-two punch of wind and rain. chief meteorologist paul deanno tracking it all for us. paul? >> it is the south bay right now and the east bay getting hammered by this right through the evening commute. the worst of the weather for you in and around san jose stretching up to livermore and also antioch. all the green you see in the north bay is just a light rain. you had the heavy rain for pretty much the entire day until now. now it's about you in san jose. campbell, sunnyvale, milpitas, fremont, some yellow on your television screen means rainfall right for the quarter to half inch of rain an hour. that's a lot for us. antioch, pittsburg, brentwood, west on highway 4 back to concord, south to walnut creek and pleasant hill. also blackhawk, san ramon and alamo you're getting some heavy rainfall. so just about every highway we could mention, 880, 680, 580, 101, very wet. most rainfall, look at that, in sono

we don't think it is feasisible for us to bring any money back ininto the base budget. theyre well below what we think we need for currrrent operations. >> do you thi, there has been talk of fuel prices at historic lows, even though they have been trending up over the last few days. we talked about what fuel price sangs would be. you said even if it stays below $50 per barrel you will sav about $2 billion over the whole fiscal year. the question is whether that savings is used for other priorities. are you likely to give peopla fuel discount or keep putting moneinto the funds thahat act as a buff for future incrses? >> f fuel is still roughly in the 50 range, closer to what we discussed earlier. the savings are on that basic order of magnitude ithey stay down all the wayhrough september. we havlowered the price to our customers who use the fuel at the beginning of february, just a cocouple of days ago some of that money is going to start flowing to the services to hopefully be able to reinvest that in some current readiness actities. the balance will be held by the part

stefanie dekker takes us back. >> february 2011 and libbans united hopeful calling for fall of moammar gadhafi's rule. they got what they wanted. eight months after the revolution had started gadhafi was dead. fast-forward, four years and libya is fractious lawless and unstable. in the words of the u.n. envoy it is close to total chaos. with two rrvel governments one in the capital tripply and the other queend confined to two cities in the east. libya's oil wealth caught in the power struggle. all western embassies have pulled out. this part of the u.s. compound taken, after u.s. left, citing security concerns. many activists journalists and loyalists have been killed. the group claimed an attack on the last five star hotel open in the capital and then i.s.i.l. issued a video showing the beheading of 21 egyptian coptic christians apparently on a libyan beech. egypt has responded bombing the city of derna. many libbans will tell you they don't know where to go from here. libya seems to have become more unstable and dangerous than it ever was. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> let's take y

it exacerbates the uncertainty for my work force and puts us back in the same position on the brink of a shutdown just days from now. the secretary ends his letter by saying that the american people are counting on us. again madam speaker, the american people are indeed counting on us and so far, the house republican leadership has let them down. this stopgap funding measure does not fully address our national security needs. it simply represents the complete and utter abdication of our responsibility as members of congress to protect the american people and our country. the senate has acted in the best interests of our nation and sends this house a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on funding for the department of homeland security. our enemies aren't waiting around while the republican leadership

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that brings us back to where we started. >> they need some allies. will they have an ally in germany? that will be a big question. the negotiations will be in germany. international correspondent hans nichols joins us from berlin. with the talk all day about the greek foreign minister. the big question we are touching upon is what the ecb won't take the -- will take the tap and turn it off? >> we got a little hint, the vice-chair said the greeks should expect and no surprises. let me read the quote and they will not give. he said there will be no surprises if we found out a country is below that of reading and no longer a program and disappears. john, right now greek is able to draw ecb liquidity because they have this waiver. if they exit from the eu bailout, they will no longer have that waiver and a clear indication from the ecb, absent an official waiver they do not get access to the funds. marcus is right, what they will be looking that is a sign from brussels which is why the leader's summit is so important. >> thank you very much. the investor

his comment says gentle breezes helping to dry out blue sky and sunnies back, and he sent us a photo to illustrate what a beautiful day it turned out to be in marshallton delaware. thanks for. that beautiful day outside still now we're hanging on to these last little pieces of daylight. the let look at how the evening is shaping up and notice, it is still light outside as we look live on the skies cam three over ben franklin bridge no problems outside right now, that is from campbell's field everything is quiet and been a beautiful sunset a across the region. so days are getting longer but unfortunately it will still than winter and mother nature will remind us of that fact over and over again next few days. lets look at future weather. i will show thaw system off the coast of the carolinas moving away, here comes the the clipper. the as we zoom in here in to the day on thursday note thinks does not have a lot with it. mainly snow showers that developed thursday afternoon, even some rain showers to the south, and then that clears on out and then friday looks much colder but generally

the current coal gas and oil companies which actually own many of our governments that are holding us back> thank you so much for being with us, kumi naidoo, executor director of greenpeace began to us from johannesburg, south africa. and thank you to kert davis executive director of the climate investigations center, formerly with greenpeace. when we come back, we're talking education from student debt to an adjunct walkout across the country. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> we turn now to what some have called the nation's next financial crisis -- the over $1.2 trillion in student loan debt. the massive cost of u.s. college tuition has saddled millions with crushing debt and priced many others out of the classroom. now, 15 former students of the for-profit corinthian colleges system have launched what they say is the nation's first student debt strike. the students have refused to pay back loans they took out to attend corinthian, which has been sued by the federal government for i

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legislation calls the new framework a radically revisionist view of american history which brings us back to oklahoma state rep dan fisher and some of the issues he has with the test. >> american free enterprise is a positive force. it's pretty much omitted and the oppression of the poor and the strong oppressing the weak is pretty much what it's about. what we are having here is a new emphasis on what is bad about america. >> spokesperson for the college board views things different, quote, the redesigned ap u.s. history course includes many inspiring examples of american exceptionalism and encourages a balanced, thoughtful and patriotic course. fisher's bill is now eligible to go to the full house floor for consideration where republicans have a huge majority. they also have a majority in the senate and governor's a republican. if oklahoma lawmakers continue to vote along party lines on this bill, they could literally rewrite history for thousands and thousands of students. we'll talk with people on both sides of the ap history culture war next. >>> joining me now, democratic oklahoma s

the government announced it will give back land. >> we don't want to compromise -- any land in excess of limit that they are using and if that land is not utilized directly by the army, that land will be given back. >> the issue is likely to feature in his discussions with indian leaders. there are tens of thousands of refugee who want to go back to sri lanka like gabriel and his family who returned four months ago. >> people want to return to this land where they belong, but they must have somewhere to come back to and a way to make a living. >> it's an issue the new president appears to have recognized in his attempt to bring reconciliation to a country recovering from a long and bloody conflict. >> in india, 13 people have been killed and two injured after a building under construction collapsed in the northern state. two children were among those killed and belonged to the same family. it happened in the town. >> to hong kong where 20,000 mainland chinese cross into the territory to buy goods to take back to china. critics say many of smuggling excessive amounts in parallel trading. >> every day they come by

send us your weather photos, we love those. kpix or the app store we will be back in a few. >> all right, paul, thank you very much. >>> tonight, a man that is suspected of dumping a bag full of body parts on a san francisco street is dead. he died of an apparent overdose yesterday. he was arrested last week. the police say that he was the man caught on video not far from where the suitcase was dumped in the south market neighborhood. he was later released because the da said there was simply not enough evidence to hold him. the investigators are waiting on dna testing to figure out who's body was in that suitcase. >>> a short time again, san francisco public defenderred e- mailed us saying he was sorry to hear he died. during the short time i represented mark i found him to be a kind and engaging person. >>> the kensington police department suspended a detective because of what happened in a motel room in reno. the community is learning today in late may, the sergeant paid $70 to have sex with a prostitute in reno while he was off duty according to police reports.

nic, take us back. how did this all unfold?reporter: yesterday afternoon the group of about 50 people had gathered for sort of a freedom of expression forum that was being hosted by lars vilks, the cartoonist who in 2007 depicted the prophet mohamed as a dog. there was tight security. people had to come in and out of the venue through sort of an airport style security screening detector. there was -- there were bodyguards there for the cartoonist, there was a concern because there had been threats already made against his life. then the gunman. the police say he had a small automatic weapon opened fire from outside and tried to get inside. the bodyguards returned fire, three injured and not seriously, returning fire. the gunman ran away and hijacked a car and dumped the car and fled possibly into the train network. then he goes to the synagogue and shoots a man who is believed to have been a young man who is believed to have been on guard duty outside the synagogue, as well as two police officers there. the two officers injured

we could definitely feel the wind blowing us back and forth. we could definitely feel the wind blowing us back and forth as we were crossing the bay bridge. you can see traffic still moving along interstate 80. the interstate is still wet. the chp is advising everyone to slow down. >>> wind and rain. the winter storm added a few obstacles to the commute home. >> a typical friday, probably a little heavier than normal. >> reporter: sergeant tony tam says it's been busy for the commute. >> as far as calls for service, we have higher than normal call for service because of collisions, down tree, roadway hazards. >> reporter: among those hazards standing water. an easy way for a driver to be blinded if it comes over the windshield or for a driver to lose control. >> the most important thing is don't slam on your brakes. just let off the accelerate and stay off the accelerator until you gain traction again. >> reporter: with wet roads an accident can happen in the time it takes to glance down at a phone and back up on the roadway. >> keep your eyes

melissa mollet takes us back in time in the edition of "meet your street." >> well we first came to maryland677. >> reporter: billy veers is an 11th generation marylander. a marylander who can drive through and see his name scattered about. veers paving veers insurance, veers mill road. it was his great, great great grandfather samuel clark veers a judge who built the mill the road is named for. >> there was a mill back in the 1800s. they employed i believe, about 100 people. >> reporter: over the years the family has owned several thousand acres in rockville. they ran the mill for 89 years. it's now gone but veers road is busier than ever. it's more of a path that once looked like this. >> it makes me feel proud. >> reporter: the question is why name this particular stretch veers mill road? well this actual route used to be used by customers in rockville and wheaton to get to the old mill. it's now bustling filled with houses apartments, stores and restau but no matter how prominent and known around here -- >> as long as i can remember it was misspelled. >> reporter: for some the veers name

that's not fair. >> reporter: after the rationalists leave, the temple staff invited us back the nexthere tomorrow and witness miracles. >> reporter: we try once more. arrival after sunset. this time we're the only outsiders. the men and women separate. the chanting begins. fire passed. women ready to submit. this woman feels the pull. but pressed the insider does not respond. suddenly something appears to take hold of krishna again and she lunges forward towards the altar. her ghost apparently still there. the night we were at the temple we were told were cain. freelance journalists provided us with this video taken week after we visited. one after the other women approach the altar. they are belittled, shouted at, and more, even beaten. >> people who watch see that it is a cult, like beating another woman. the problem is that is a woman who is beaten up. >> and worse. >> it's public humiliation. >> reporter: the night we were there it as frantic, desperate scene. as krishna reawakens she tells us her family wants her to stay until she is certain her evil spirit is finally gone. for

gerri: yasir, when you start that new first impressions let us know. come backout it, will you? and david thanks for coming on. thanks to both of you for being here. have a great valentine's day. >> it's our pleasure. gerri: that's a nice story. right? wow. still to come on this show, the shortage of nicorette loss engz has people riled. there's the man who was hoarding them. ♪ your mom's got your back. your friends have your back. your dog's definitely got your back. but who's got your back when you need legal help? we do. we're legalzoom, and over the last 10 years, we've helped millions of people protect their families and run their businesses. we have the right people on-hand to answer your questions backed by a trusted network of attorneys. so visit us today for legal help you can count on. legalzoom. legal help is here. o stock up. the manufacturer glass smith line temporarily ceased making them because they were having quality control issues. those deking them up homes. with me is bob barrens. bob, thank you for coming on the show. (?) i feel your pain. i

jon, set something up and we'll get together we were told the senator was too busy to speak with us. back in west virginia, the state department of environmental protection declined our request for an on-camera interview as well. but in a statement told us that across the agency, violations are taken very seriously and from 2009 to 2013, their division of mining issued $15 million in penalties. we wanted to see how the industry felt about the level of regulation here, so we went to talk to the west virginia coal association - they represent 90% of the state's mining industry. bill raney is the president >> do you think the dep in west virginia does a good enough job of what it is supposed to do? >> i do and you know we struggle with them and we argue with them, but you work with them and they know what's best for west virginia. it doesn't need to be dictated from philadelphia or washington because the guys in west virginia know what's best. >> why do companies have a hard time not violating their permits? it seems like permit violations are part of the game? >> i don't know if they are pa

. >> the speaker's short term plan would bring us back to groundhog day in three weeks instead of ensuring the safety of the american people. >> the homeland security employs about 230,000 people. about 30,000 people would be furloughed and the others would have to work without collecting a paycheck on time. >>> you can fight and die for your country but you can't have a cold beer when you get home. a senator wants to change that. he wants to let active duty troops drink beer and wine in restaurants even if they're just 18. >> reporter: yeah, i'll tell you what, this plan ran into a cold blast here in a minute. the maryland senate committee, the committee chair said it's too much, too expensive and too dangerous. the argument has been rage for you decades f the troops are old enough to go into combat, why shouldn't they have a beer or a glass of wine to sooth their januaryed nerves when they get home? -- their nerves when they get home? a vet and a member of the american legion is leading the charge to lower the drinking age for active duty troops. >> if somebody is asked to risk their lif

i will buy that as soon as it's out. >> taking us back to our high school reading days. >> thanks forning us at 5:00. brian williams is next with "nightly news." >> have a good night, folks. >>> on our broadcast tonight, is it a turning point? as isis finds a new way to shock the world with the execution of a jordanian air force pilot. jordan vows revenge for the death of a fellow muslim, and tonight what we're learning about the american woman being held. >>> the vaccine debate. despite a mountain of evidence that they're safe and save millions of lives, the reason so many parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. >>> three-parent babies. the world watches a pivotal decision of the in vitro fertilization. some fear a world of designer babies. >>> the surprise sequel to the american classic "to kill a mocking bird." turns out the reclusive harper lee wrote another novel, and much to the excitement of readers everywhere. "nightly news" begins now.

intersection in south jersey. >> accuweather is tracking another blast of arctic air that will send us back into the deep freeze. let's find out about that and going over to david murphy and karen rogers, good morning. >> reporter: temperatures are on the way down as we move through the morning. in the afternoon we get close to the teens. there's a windchill advisory until 10:00 a.m. in the poconos where windchills could go as low as 15 to 20 below zero. icy issues this morning too, we had a lot of meflting of the snow -- melting of the snow on sunday. slip and

. >> taking us back to our high school reading days. >> thanks for joining us at 5:00. brian williams is next with "nightly news." >> have a good night, folks. >>> on our broadcast tonight, is it a turning point? as isis finds a new way to shock the world with the execution of a jordanian air force pilot. jordan vows revenge for the death of a fellow muslim, and tonight what we're learning about the american woman being held. >>> the vaccine debate. despite a mountain of evidence that they're safe and save millions of lives, the reason so many parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. >>> three-parent babies. the world watches a pivotal decision of the in vitro fertilization. some fear a world of designer babies. >>> the surprise sequel to the american classic "to kill a mocking bird." turns out the reclusive harper lee wrote another novel, and much to the excitement of readers everywhere. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the terrorist grou

guys, back over to you. >> now that is a very good idea. >> useful information. >> yes, believe me. thank you very much, landon. >>> scientists say they're actually one step closer to develop a vaccine for aids. they found a method of blocking hiv in animals. the new compound stops the virus from attaching the healthy cells. it works in four monkeys who were repeatedly exposed to hiv for nearly a year. the next step is to test the compound in monkeys already infected with hiv. >>> go ahead, have that extra cup of coffee this morning. the government advisory committee released new dietary recommendations which say it's okay to drink several cups of coffee in a single day. more coffee might lower the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. eggs are also back on the menu, too. federal experts say the cholesterol is no longer cause for concern. the new food to limit is red and processed meat. >> we certainly drink a lot of coffee around here. >>> bitter cold is gripping the northeast this morning. meteorologists have nicknamed the winter blast the siberian express. arctic air from

because we know that we are going to have to break through some of these barriers that are holding us back if we are going to continue to thrive in this remarkable, new world. we all know what we have to do. we have to build stronger defenses and disrupt more attacks. we have to make cyberspace safer. we have to improve cooperation across the board. and by the way, this is not just here in america, but internationally. which also, by the way, makes things complicated because a lot of countries don't necessarily share our investments or our commitment to openness, and we have to try to navigate that. but this should not be an ideological issue. and that's one thing i want to emphasize. this is not a democratic issue or a republican issue, this is not a liberal or conservative issue. everybody's online and everybody's vulnerable. the business leaders here want their privacy and their children protected just like the consumer and privacy advocates want america to keep leading the world in technology and be safe from attacks. so i'm hopeful that through this forum and the work that we do subse