in custody after sergeant brian terry was shot and killed tuesday evening. homeland secretary janet napolitano is expected to meet with them after arriving. pete williams is watching this story for us live in washington, d.c. >> secretary napolitano had planned to go to arizona anyway. so she moved her visit up a day, as she's a former governor of arizona, of course, to talk about what happened. this incident took place late tuesday in a remote area about ten miles north of the border. the man in charge of the union of border patrol agents says brian terry was killed in a shootout with bandits. these are people who rob and assault illegal immigrants and smugglers who come across the border, and the killing of a border patrol agent is raising new concerns about the security of the border. based on what we know so far, this does not seem to be directly related to the drug trade. but the union president for the border patrol says it shows that the border remains out of control if bandits can prey on people ten miles inland.

jane lynch joined us in d.c. today on navigating this new high-tech reality and its many pitfalls, like cyberbullying and sex stinsexting. >> about 4% of teenagers say that they have sent suggested pictures of themselves. >> some say that 64% of parents look at the content of their kids cell phones. about half of them women to the amount of time that they're teenagers can use the phone. -- about half of them will limit the amount of time that day can use the phone. >> all across the lower 48, it is hard to find mild air. the children extends from the canadian border down to miami. it is 36 degrees in miami, down in south florida. it was 15 degrees in atlanta. it did not warm up all that much. atlanta only made it to 33 degrees. baltimore had 33 degrees for the high. when you factor in the wind, it was even colder. 33.4 degrees is the average temperature for the first two weeks. last year, it was 39 degrees for the first half of december. we're colder than last year. that could be an ominous time for -- an ominous

thank you very much for being with us in this busy week in washington, d.c. >> let me turn just to learne more with the politics with this. i found an interview saying ron paul's view doesn't represent most americans. what's the intent of leadership in exceeding to his chairmanship of this subcommittee? >> he does not think with most other lawmakers and americans. he's building a movement to end the fed. they haven't been criticized much. but kind of been seen as an untouchable force. ron paul has been around for a long time and using his decades of seniority and a thorn in the sides of the fed. that's an important give what's going on. whether it actually

>> peter doocy live for us in d.c.the crazy thing about this is all the senate would have to do would be just simply to go along with what the house has already passed. they've passed a bill that would continue to run the federal government through february. but instead, what the senate wants is what the senate wants. and the senate wants to pass this great big pork-filled $1.2 trillion bill with, what, 6,000 different earmarks in it. they want to jam that through. that would go for a year. >> 12:15 on wednesday is when everybody on capitol hill found out about it. that's disingenuous, this push to not shut down congress is. harry reid has to feel confident today. he has six republican votes in his pocket. susan collins is active. so is thad cochran. bob bennett and george voyanavich is said, i'm going to weigh in. i might as well get things from my constituents on the way out which is obscene. >> this is their last chance. for people who believe in earmarks this is their last chance supposedly because a lot of people

in a d.c. court case said breathalyzers used in the district haven't been routinely tested for accuracy. fox 5s paul wagner is here to get us started. paul what, have you learned? >> reporter: will, pago was in charge of the alcohol breath testing program for 2 1/2 month when is he wrote this memo to the criminal chief section of the office of the attorney general, reveals over four painless the problems he found n. this detailed memo, he said the accuracy tests were hardly ever done. a claim that the attorney general's office now said is justs his opinion. when ilmore pago took over the breath alcohol program, he immediately began looking into the records kept by the unit. what he discovered led him to sound the alarm, writing in this memo to the assistant attorney general kimberly brown, he said, from my in addition of the instrument files, the masleeps never been checked for accuracy, even though an accuracy test is the only legal requirement a breath- testing instrument must meet in the district of columbia. the memo is contained in the court case file of a man named sultan apay, who

us back to the motion filed in court. i'm paul wagner in the fox 5 newsroom. >>> now let's talk about the legality of this case. joining us to talk further is d.c.-based attorney ted williams. mr. williams, good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> let's start with what the law is in the district. when are you considered legally drunk? >> well, if your blood alcohol content is at the level of a .08, you're considered legally drunk in the district of columbia. now there are diversion programs and if your blood alcohol level is below .15, then you can enter into a diversion program where you may not -- you won't have certain criminal records. now if your blood alcohol is a .20, then it's a mandatory five- day jail sentence. >> so can you imagine if you had to do jail time for a conviction, you may have lost your job in this economy, you may not have been able to get another one, you may have lost your ability to get car insurance, the city has got to be in some deep trouble here? >> well, if these breathalyzers were not calculated and calibrated properly and the district knew or should have known, then they clearly, will, are in very deep ques

in washington d.c. as you are well if you just joined us the breaking news as you can see on the bottom of your screens there is the two u.s. senators have now voted in the last fifteen minutes to ratify the much delayed nuclear reduction treaty that will pave the way for new cuts in american russian nuclear arsenals the headline figure is still to be ratified and poured over as i just mentioned on the russian side know the final thumbs up being given by america but the headline is that of course the warheads deployed will be reduced to one thousand one hundred fifty on each side that's nearly two thirds from the original start agreement that was signed back in ninety ninety one and that ended of course we've been out of an agreement now since last december so just over a year so they're really the headline figures it also limits the eight hundred to eight hundred the new. deployed and non deployed intercontinental ballistic missile i.c.b.m. launches is the known and submarine launched ballistic missiles s.l.b.m. launchers as they're known and also heavy bombers equipped for nuclear armaments they're go

in the neighborhood. >> by the time the president left, the residents were there and many had their cameras weather. >> he smiled at us and waved at us. it was lovely. >> though the president lives in d.c., a presidential visit to a local neighborhood is still unusual enough to be special. who can argue with healthy eating? in northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. >> what an exciting opportunity for those kids.

really dress says up your wardrobe, the others in the front, $45 or $30. >> tell us where we are find all this? >> at 2910 m street, northwest d.cout. our e-shopping will be starting in january. >> how muc are the shoes? >> $50. >> thank you. >> jackie mason from charmed. >> courtney joins us with the rest of today's buiness. >> i would like a lot of that in my stocking this year. stocks are higher, good news for those of us looki for stocks in our stockings. europe up two. if you applied for unemployment, and fed ex, seen as a reflection, the number of homes repossessed fell. amid freezes. 28% from october, and 12% from a year ago. banks are on track to te back one million home many resumed it as a more pressured pace. >> do you have snow? >> not yet. >> we have got it. >> thank you. a group of wednesday's childr were invited for an afternoon at the duke elington school of the arts. they got to see some of the dream girls" show this ek. there werether surprises as well. >> reporter: getting to watch the duke elington production of ream girls." was several treats they got to enjoy. dreamed up by arts activist tracy jenkins. >> w

we've got a guest on the line of the can talk about that he's in the shape of max bergman he's joining us now in the in from washington d.c. hello mr bergman good evening to you good to see you and there are allegations that the white house is trading approval of the nuclear cuts treaty for a major tax cut steel demanded by republicans is that a price worth paying. well i'm not sure that is the deal there's been some speculation that that is taking place i mean i think that what's happened is that the tax cut thing was something that the white house was going to have to try to resolve anyway i think they've gotten it done in time in the senate and so now there's going to be floor time available for the start treaty i think it it's speaks to the importance of president obama puts on the u.s. russia relationship that the start treaty is actually jumped the line on some other legislative priorities such as don't ask don't tell repeal which allows gays in the military as well as legislation relating to immigration law in the books and so i think you know it's going to probably be a good it's a terribly assertion because well

in just minutes on the news edge at 6. a story with you will see here on fox 5. turns out more problems with breathalyzers used by d.c. the police. now thousands of dui cases dating back as much as 10 years could be in jeopardy. and the judge granted bail to wike leaks founder julian assange. find out why he's not being released right away and he's a local tie in the investigation into his controversial website. >>> also, looking for a part- time job, do you love dogs? love to run? we may have the thing for you. find out the scoop on d.c. dog runners.  >> a boy may have safed a man's life after a car crash in south carolina. this is how the suv ended up. dangling off a cliff supported by a couple of trees there. the 9-year-old adam patterson spotted the suv and told his dad about it. dad turned the car around and the family called 911, the father ran up the hill to help the driver, firefighters got to him and rescued him, amazingly the driver was not hurt. >>> thanks for joining us tonight at 5, will thomas is in for brian bolter with the news edge at 6.

in tax revenue. he did that by lowering taxes. it worked. to always use the rich as a ploy being used in washington, d.c., if you notice what you just said, hetaxes not only on the rich, he lowered tax for everybody in america when he became president of the united states. megyn: your dad comes into office and starts lowering tax rates on everybody. we have graphics i want to show everybody. the joint economic committee concluded. this is the top 1%. this is the super rich. in 81 they poid 17.6% of all the personal income taxes by 88 they were paying 27.5%. their share of the tax burden went up by 10%. take a look at the top 10% of earners. same thing. their share went up 9%. they wounds up paying more of the tax burden as the taxes were lettered. the middle class, exactly the opposite. their tax burden was lowered and their tax burden went down by 9%. they wound up paying 10% less than they had been paying when the arkansas were higher and the same for the bottom 50%. this committee concludes if you lower the tax rates on the rich, weirdly, they wind up paying more of the tax burden than they otherwise would. >> there is a points where peop

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in washington d.c. . criminality and joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us here on our team. welcome to business the battle for control of norse nucular has taken another twist . owns twenty five percent of the russia's biggest miner is calling for a nor niko extraordinary general meeting to elect a new board. producer says it has concerns about. plan to sell an eight percent stake in multinational commodities earlier this month. twelve million dollars to buy back its twenty five percent stake in the mine or the offer was promptly rejected but another major shareholder has told the wall street journal he believes that the decision might change the offer was quite generous predicts it will be a resolution by spring. now let's go to check the markets european stocks are mostly high in the last trading session before the christmas holiday discount retailer metro is again one of the year's busiest shopping days to travel as top earner in london as airlines clear their backlog after the snow fuel chaos but shares in allied irish have slumped seventeen percent as the irish governme

ben is live in northwest with details on today's expected announcement. >> good morning. sources tell us d.c. police chief cathy lanier will be reappointed. also, the mayor elect plans to appoint a new fire chief. if in 2006, cathy lanier became the city's first police chief. she has served 20 years and has been known for a trellis work ethic and responding to residents and sewing up personally to crime scenes. corroborating is that 80%. d.c. mayor is typically bring in their own sheets even if the siting police chief is popular. they're closing murder cases at a rate well above the national average. vincent gray will appoint a new fire chief with 30 years of experience. kenneth ellerbe is coming from florida. the announcements are expected to be made at 1:30 this afternoon. >>> safety and security today will top the agenda when metro's board meets this morning. board members will be updated on escalator repairs and the search for a general manager and they will vote on a plan to replace track circuits in 59 train control rooms. it was a circuit malfunction that is blamed for last year's red

in washington d.c. keeping across developments for us according to the senate rules by the end of wednesday they just have to vote this is what they agreed on yesterday the path.

terrorists already used the internet to pay for their operations there are different ways they could go online to launch attacks. catherine herridge is working this story live tonight in d.cherine, take us through the different options that they have here if you would. >> well, shep, the first scenario is about prepping the battlefield to maximize future attack. in this case a car bomb in a major urban center like new york city is combined with a cyber attack that makes it difficult for emergency crews to communicate and respond because the 911 emergency system is disabled. now, this would have the effect of maximizing the number of casualties and, of course, creating panic and some experts say the cyber in this way can help level the playing field for criminal or terrorist groups against a larger and better funded opponent, shep. >> shepard: what's the second scenario here, cath. >> imagine an attack on the eve of the election in 2004. combined with the service attack on banking system. under the second scenario subway attack using traditional explosives backpacks in handbags meant to detract from the larger significant attack in this case financial infrastructure is der

in northwest washington with familiar faces at the police and fire departments. ben, good morning. >> sources tell us the mayor elect will reappoint cathy lanier as the chief of police in d.c. and will appoint a new fire chief for the district. the decision was unusual, but not completely unexpected. in 2006, cathy lanier became the city's first-ever of female police chief. she was at the department 20 years and has had a tireless work ethic. she shows up personally to crime scenes. she has an approval rating of 80%. it would be unusual for her to be reappointed. the d.c. mayor's half typically brought in their own seeds. homicides have hit a 43-year low last year and homicide cases are getting closed at a rate well above the national average. >> coo's avoca quintin vincent gray all the time and and seen him at community events. he has a lot of things on his plate. it would be selfish of me to hammer about my particular position. >> vincent gray is likely to appoint kenneth ellerbe as the new fire chief. he currently is the fire chief in sarasota, florida. >> the mentalist is expected to make the announcement at 1:30 this afternoon. abc 7 news. >>> metro's board will deal

is redecorating its large headquarters in washington d.c. . and the us may indeed be resetting their relations but the countries still fail to see eye to eye on many issues the us was one of the few countries to vote against a resolution condemning the glorification of naziism that was adopted by the united nations tabled by russia and the stasi a trick you know looks at the possible reasons behind the american decision we have one hundred twenty nine countries saying they want to fight against the glorification of not citizen and then the united states says no but we don't want to sign up to that document this is especially interesting because the united states obviously fought against naziism in the second world war and this is one of those rare opportunities when we have countries like iran and israel even agreeing on an issue which almost never happens but here is the united states who does not want to go along with everyone else over the last several years there have been documents leaked and declassified revealing us cover ups of nazis right after

using social media to try and give a voice to those who can't speak for themselves. nicole colins has the story from washington, d.c. >>> i am a homeless homeless advocate. >> reporter: eric shiptalk expends his night in a washington, d.c. shelter and his days cyber fighting for the city's homeless. >> i am notorious for my use of the internet. >> reporter: he uses computers in public librairies and at homeless facilities. he has 1600 e-mail contacts, two blogs, 5,000 facebook friends, more than 1200 followers on twitter. all over youtube. and now he has a facebook fan page. >> that raises the question of what to do with all of that support? >> reporter: sheptalk is trying to turn it into a fundraising opportunity to help the city's homeless. >> people have told me i should set up a paypal account because they want to donate to me. >> reporter: but sheptalk calls that cyber pan handling. >> you don't want that negative image. >> reporter: some critics say he should get a job and help himself. others say he focuses too much on improving shelter conditions when permanent husbanding should be the goal. >> i am all for permanent housing. but in the meantime, you know, you do have to take care of the build

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in d.c. even across developments for us for our sake even to now the senate session is underway when are we likely to expect a result crucially. well kevin they really can't stall it any longer according to the senate rules by the end of wednesday they just have to vote that's what they agreed on yesterday the past six days of debate or just the marathon a number of republicans were just.

morning i should know this time from a democrat strategist robert we know joins us live from washington d.c. again busy studio in washington tonight mystery of the human to last been said about the significance of this treaty but could it really make the world a safer place that's the big question isn't it. well we think it will and one of the debates that made no sense was the republicans saying that it wouldn't when this allows inspections on both sides and that's really what counts as reagan always said trust but verify and this treaty gives a very strong verification apparatus and you know i heard you mention earlier about the politics involved it was an amazing development that the president would get seventy one votes when only sixty seven were required for the supermajority and the reason for that is finally the republicans have decided on but only after the election that it's time to govern not to play partisan politics but those very republicans the people who oppose the trains in dragnets faints a lot of occasion for so long ago to have the majority of the new senate and this room in the new year is th

shut down production and quarantine more than a billion of the bills in huge vaults in texas and washington, d.c. a lot of us watched the san bruno explosion and fire, horrified at what we saw. most of us didn't do anything about it. but as kiet do shows >>> a lot of us watched the explosion horrified by what we saw. most of us don't know what we can do abit so we did nothing -- about it. a 7th grader took action. >> it was the night of the sanbruno pipeline explosion, like everyone else, he wanted to help. there was one problem, he's 12 years old. >> some people think that, you know, kids can't do anything to -- like they can't do anything but, i pretty much proved them wrong. >> reporter: so the fremont teenager did what came naturally. he started a facebook page and thought he'd get a few hundred fans. >> we have 2,331 people on there right now. the site is all him. he wrote the descriptions himself and mom promised not to change any of it. the feel of the page is real, sincere and authentic just like him. >> it's about the people who need help. it's about helping people in need. it's not about me. >> rep

in parts of maryland. >> yeah, we used to have a saying. 1 inch of snow in the d.c. metropolitan area is like a foot in other places because people go crazy. hard to drive in. >> not used to it. >>> more dangerous driving down south, slush made for sloppy roads in tennessee. ice-caked power lines buckling under the weight causing tens of thousands of outages. the ice was very devastating in this latest storm, especially for the south. >>> we also appreciate, as well, helping us tell these weather stories, one of our i-reporters sent this in, spotted hundreds of manatees huddled together trying to get warm. this coming out of the power plant doing all they could, as well. everyone trying to stay warm, manatees, as well. >> so cute. >>> well, it's seven minutes past the hour. a check of the morning headlines now, we'll see if it's getting any better. >> good morning kiran and t.j. we've still got bitterly cold air across the northeast. a little bit of snowfall. but this is primarily confined into the eastern. the long range forecast for new york, it does look like all t

in washington. right now there is some indication it may be close enough to us. a dusting to an inch of snow in the d.c. metro area and points in eastern suburbs, maybe one to two inches. but farther east, around the bay and e eastern shore, they could getwo to four inches from this fast-moving storm. then it will be out by sunday afternoon. monday, partly cloudy, mid-30s. next week it's still going to be colder than average. and on wednesday, a upper level disturbance, fast-moving clipper system may give us light snow. does not look like a major storm. a chance of that mid week next week. and now let's check traffic for friday morning. jerry, how is it looking? >> tom, still following breaking news in montgomery county. chopper 4 remains over the scene of the accident involving two to three vehicles. this all occurred on the inner loop of the capital beltway, just after georgia avenue. you can see the police remaining on the scene. cars are still on the roadway. left half of the roadway is blocked. two right lanes getting by as you can see the cars, two right lanes getting by. however, inner loop dela

in washington, d.c.? can they not worship jesus in washington, d.c.? to be sanctimonious and to use that is just -- it is offensive. the republican party has the upper hand in so many ways. in these areas they need to shut their mouth. they're embarrassing themselves. >> we've been saying the same thing on several occasions with regard to issues like this and rhetoric like this, these are not serious people. they're not serious people. i don't know whether senator kyle and senator demint either inject themselves with novocain in the cheeks or soak their faces in cement. how i don't can say that without bursting into laughter, it's so absurd. it's so offensive, i don't know how they do it. >> to be self righteous. do we want to go through bible versus? but questioning harry reid's christianity suggesting he's blasphemo blasphemous. i remember we were voting on impeachment on december 19th or 20th back in 1999. no one was throwing baby jesus under the bus that year. >> in britain there used to be a he would say pass the sick bag, alice. it is absolutely right. pass the sick bag. how d

in the movie, as he did. everyone talked about how he -- it no one ever reported about that. he used to sit at signatures restaurant, his restaurant in d.chold court and be being ronald reagan and dolph lund gren. in the movie, i do those people. i have to admit i've expanded his repertoire. he never did bill clinton. then again, i've never done a dolph lundgren. >> there's so much to talk about. that is one of the most delightful, unknown facts that i've had in my experience, particularly in this subject since i fought out that the late walter matthew told me he did a series of impressions of sports broadcasters. hey proceeded to do them for me at a dinner. >> and do them well? >> no. they were versions of a walter matthew impression. >> and he's on the starting line. >> this is vin scully at dodgers stadium. what do you think? did he do the impressions for you? was he any good? >> he was very good. lots of people talked about it. in the if im, i film, i do a number of them, including sylvester stallone in "rocky." we've made a movie that we hope is funny. but we also are trying to make some political points about the hippocracy of -- i

us senate was about one hour and fifteen minutes ago at this time as bringing to the question marks bergman he's a nuclear nonproliferation expert from the center for american progress think tank in washington d.c. but a busy night mr bergman thanks for joining us and what do you think the turning point was for those senators who opposed the treaty but then finally turncoats and voted in they got it through after months of hard opposition. well i think i think we got it done was the white house pushing ahead in telling them that there was going to be no delay i think senators really had a hard time opposing this i think the arguments in favor of the treaty were were so overwhelming that while some wanted to play partisan politics and some of the republicans did that many republicans just couldn't in good conscience vote against this and i think. the white house saw that and called the bluff of the republicans . forced their hand and forced them to to actually take a stand and vote for or against the treaty and at the end of the day they ended up getting thirteen republicans more than anyone ever expected so i think it was a really big victory for the white house and showed that america is still

in washington d.c. keeping across developments for us according to the senate rules by the end of wednesday they just have to vote this is what they agreed on yesterday the past six days of debates were really a marathon a number of republicans kept stalling the vote for as long as they could as of now democrats are sure that they have a now for vote to to provide the passage of this treaty that they need at least sixty seven out of one hundred so much.

tracie potts is live in washington, d.c., to tell us what we can expect later on today. >> reporter: w hours we will start to see those series -- that series of votes in the senate. they'll be voting on some amendments which are not expected to pass and then finally sometime shortly after lunch, that final vote in the senate on this package that president obama brokered with republicans on whether or not your taxes are going to go up january 1st. that package includes tax breaks for everyone, including the wealthy, and unemployment checks through the next 13 months, through the rest of next year. plus a payroll tax cut. it appears that democrats and republicans in the senate have come together and do have the votes to get this passed. but in the house, it is a different story. democrats are still pushing back at that estate tax. 35% that they say should be 20% higher without this deal. they say they won't fight passage of the bill, but they will fight for a separate vote, which could delay things into next week. now, also today president obama is meeting with 20 top business leaders.

tracie potts is live now in washington, d.c., to tell us what we can expect today. >> reporter: well, final series of votes in the senate to start just over three hours from now. it could take several hours because there are some amendments, but they're not expected to pass. this is the last chance for the senate to try to pass this deal as president obama brokered it with republicans. it is expected to pass. but in the house, democrats are still very upset about that estate tax that they say is much more generous and would have kicked in on january 1st and they are going to try to force a separate vote on that issue. republicans this morning warning them if they try to change the bill from what was passed in the senate, it won't go through. they won't support that. on top of all of this, the congress still has to deal with the spending bill, temporary spending for government agencies runs out on saturday. republicans say let's extend it again into next year when, of course, they'll have a lot more influence in both houses of congress. democrats want to get that $1.1 trillion bill com

in the armed forces. ktvu alison burns joins us from our washington, d.c. newsroom with more on who is attending the signing ceremony. alison. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. there are so many people from all over the country that have been involved in the fight to appeal the 17-year-old policy that want to be the ceremony this morning so president obama is holding it at a big auditorium at the interior department instead of at the white house. this is a live look at the stage. the president just arrived. he is about to sign a landmark bill. is a several gay former service members from the bay area are joining local lawmakers at the signing this morning including zoey dunning. she is a commander that was discharged for being gay and reinstated after a court battle. we will bring you live coverage throughout the morning on the morning news. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> time now 6:15. the senate is expected to take a crucial test vote today on a health care bill that would benefit those first responders to the september 11th at

in company history. kristin fisher gives us a behind the scenes look at the facility in northeast d.c. >> reporter: 86 packages every single second. that's how many packages fedex delivers between thanksgiving and christmas day. and monday will likely be the company's busiest day ever. >> we will see 16 million packages come through our system today. >> reporter: now this d.c. hub is one of the busiest fedex facilities in the entire washington area. and today alone these conveyer belts are going to be processing almost 40,000 different packages. >> it is the time of year that we minimize the vacation time and it is generally accepted that the two weeks before christmas there aren't many opportunities for a break. >> reporter: this holiday season has been especially challenging for shipping companies after explosive devises were found on two cargo planes in late october. ups now requires all customers to show a photo i.d. while fedex isn't talking about enhanced security except to say -- >> we learned from the lessons of others and we try to do better in the future. that's probably the most that i can say about

in pasadena. despite the damage, no one was hurt. >> if you use d.c.'s metro system p. officials will soon begin random bag searches. they will use swabs to detect explosives. similar procedures are in place in new york and boston. they say it is another security measure, but riders spr varying options. >> i mean, if it will help to make things secure -- >> he don't want anyone looking in my bag without a search warrant and going through the proper channels or whatever. no. >> investigations into election-day robe owe calls takes a new turn. investigators are looking for more evidence. jayne miller has details. henceon was the target of a search warrant used by the state prosecutors office to look for evidence about the election day robe owe calls. part of a criminal investigation to determine whether the calls violated maryland election law. >> we broke the story while the polls were still open. >> i'm calling to let everyone know that governor o'malley and president obama have been successful. >> the call targeted democratic voters, more than 100,000 of them, and sugge

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steve rights in -- will things really changed in washington d.c.? tim is joining us from michigan on the line for democrats. caller: i have one comment to make about medicare and the health care system in general that no one has to ever brought up. the atrocious record of doctors in this country. they killed thousands of people every year with mistakes. no one ever brings that up. why do they get paid, even if they accomplish their job? i think someone should look into this and see if they are worth the big bucks that they think they are. host: thank you. andy is joining us from new mexico. caller: happy new year. i am an independent voter. i am not part of the tea party, but i do often side with them. this country is going downhill quickly. inflation is going to make $5, gas. -- $5 per gallon gas. the future is not right. host: thanks for the call. charles krauthammer, who is also a regular commentator on fox news. you can read more this morning from trawls crowd hammer, who is also in the open court washington post." next call is from mississippi. caller: good morn

in d.c. today, but give us an idea of why you left the building.eview that you've got for us, the "steel on wheels" tour. >> the underlying premise of the tour is very simple. i am of the belief and we are of the belief, the people that i do this show with, the partners in the show, including the folks at newcorps, the folks at mtv, the folks at the huffington post, et cetera, are of the shared belief that we really need to launch a jobs movement in this country. we're just focused on educating people to the real barriers to job creation that i talk about every day on the show. a lot of folks in d.c. try to avoid that. they don't want to deal with the difficult task of engaging china on rig trade. they don't want to deal with the difficult task of reforming a banking system that doesn't lend and invest into our country. who could blame them? those are really difficult problems to solve. and so our idea is to get out of new york, to get off the coast, and to get into the country starting here in seneca falls, moving to philadelphia, st. louis, throu

brian moore is live in washington, d.c. to tell us what to look out for.hink i will be complaining anymore. >> the big question is when that ball drops on new year's, will my taxes go up? the answer across the board rich and poor alike is more after the extension was passed. how does it affect you? the vast majority of americans, there is no change. if you are wealthy, you will get a lot of breaks that will be extended, but as we said before, it's that social security tax holiday that is the big one. it's technically not a tax break per se, but it will put 2% of your pay pretax back into your pocket. congress wants you to spend that money and stimulate the economy. the irs is working overtime. they are still scrambling to finalize all of the forms. live in washington, i'm brian moore. back to you. >> happy new year, brian. >> we have a look at how the family budget may look better while state finances may look worse because of the changes in the state. roughly 11 million californians will see fatter paychecks because the short-term increases that went into

d.c. to the white house or i talk to us on aids in mexico and just say that i would not go back to vietnam. when i arrived back stateside i was ordered to report into the middle health clinic in twenty nine palms the. psychologist looked at me and she said. wow told you a continent subject. and. just about last. for them to label me as a conscientious objector that's the ultimate slap in the face you're calling me a conscience objector i just killed thirty plus individuals for you and you calling me a conscience objector. stood up and i said ma'am if you want to label me as a conscientious objector for not wanting to kill innocent civilians that i'll see you court. i went down and hired an attorney. a man by the name of mr gary myers. and. mr mars was represented during the may lie trials. and. mr myers in the marine corps came to a. very discreet mutual understanding i was on or billy discharged december thirty first two thousand and three and here i am i. thought came back i think that that sense of a long term planning was gone. i went through a divorce some things i did recklessly prob

the fact it was five of the ten counties that are the richest in america five of them surround washington d.c. directly you know it shows us what power have that is but do you think that we're all in you know with the income gap at the highest point that it's ever been i mean we're only going to see this increasing this increasing divide in america where we really have two completely different societies right well the government here has two choices or at least two categories of choices one is direct you can tax rich people more and then give more low income people more money either through you know earned income tax credits to the tax code or maybe spending more on public sources like like education or health care the other way is that indirect is trying to foster and create industries the. and replace the industries that used to create good middle america paying jobs and i'm talking about you know the the collapse of manufacturing which which nine hundred fifty s. was a quarter of the of the labor economy and now is about ten percent something has to replace that and if it doesn't we're going to see a lot of stagnation i

us. certain level of distrust towards politician in washington politicians in washington d.c. and now this huge movement appearing that some people take as a joke all their stake very seriously what does especially essentially mean where where will this end up teaching and well it goes back to that trouble democracy in those people in trouble you know we have a democracy that is being undermined by corporate influence and the ability of one large megaphone to get behind the loudest voice and shout all the others out these are the same folks we've seen around for decades the christian right the militia movements the gun rights as the anti-tax people the anti immigrant people the libertarians but they have a new face of the tea party reframed as an economic movement and frankly they're taking advantage of media power that they never had in the kind of one most on the liberal side that used to used to be more fight laura flanders thank you very much for your time and. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. will. remin

the recall covers the 1998 through 2002 model years, but only in d.c., maryland, virginia and 19 states where road salt is used during the winter. honda says a smaller number of incidents have already been reported. >>> we're following another major recall tonight. shawn is back now with your fox 5 top five. >> this recall effect, seatbelts in gm automobiles. no. 5 tonight, general motors is recalling the 2011 model year of the cadillac srx, chevrolet equinox and gmc terrain. the automaker says the seatbelt bucker anchor for the driver and front passenger seat could break in a crash. no. 4, it could help you get through customs much faster to catch a connecting flight. the faa is trying out a new program at o'hare airport. a plane is late passengers with less than 90 minutes to make a connection are given orange cards that lets them cut to a shorter faster moving customs line. no. 3, stop for the red or get a ticket. for the next 30 days newly installed red light cameras in falls church, virginia, will issue warnings. after that you'll get a fine. broad and cherry streets and broad street and annandale road is

that american citizens are you know are involved in the war on terror glenn thanks so much for joining us . my pleasure thank you yesterday i want. d.c. showed the country once again just how disconnected they are from the american people in a rare show of bipartisan might the democratic house overwhelmingly approved fifty nine billion dollars in funding for the war in afghanistan all of this fall a majority of the american people disagree with that war and it's pretty damn obvious to the naked eye that we're losing that war and that there is no chance of winning that war but here's what made the news that one hundred and fourteen brave representatives voted against the bill most of whom only voted against it because certain social spending provisions got cut out of this the last time the house voted for war funding thirty two democrats voted against the bill that was last year this time around three times as many one hundred into democrats voted to defund the war but you're right it was a tough battle because a lot of the president's fellow democrats in the house didn't want to sign on to this some of them already anti-war but even.