i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we're not done with this storm yet. snow is still falling across our area. and the high winds are still causing problems out there. bob is in the storm center with more on all of this and when it is finally going to end. bob? >> it's still a few hours before we'll see finally the -- for the

. >> i'm jim vance. the combination of today's snow and last week's blizzard has prompted some major school districts to shut down for the remainder of the week. we'll be scrolling a list of closings at the bottom of your screen throughout this broadcast. >>> there's still no word yet about the status of the federal government for tomorrow. >>> we go to bob now for the latest on this storm that's coming our way again. >> an unprecedented period of storms and winter weather that we have never seen really in the history of washington for that matter. o

. >> i'm jim vance. with the second blizzard of the month and third major snowstorm of the season, we have eclipsed the record today that stood for more than a century. this is officially the snowiest winter in d.c. history. >> for the fourth day in a row tomorrow the federal government and all area school districts will be closed. >> we have reporters spread over the metropolitan area as different communities begin to tackle different problems. we begin with bob ryan andhe big question, are we out of the woods, bob? >> yes, indeed. take a look at digital doppler. there is good news. i turned off the snow machine and the snow maker because you can see everything finally is now gone. this is how it looks now in just the last spot. don't you feel lucky? in partsf loudoun county you may see a little batch of leftover snow there. that's about it. the big view shows that storm now is off the coast and finally about on schedule, everything is break up. behind it, look at the temperatures. right now 29 degrees

gechblg, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. at this hour, all washington area airports are open, but most canceled flights for tonight and all day tomorrow. all travelers are strongly urged to call their airline before trying to make it to any airport this weekend. >> above-ground service on metro has been suspended through tomorrow. that includes buses and trains that are above ground. metro will operate at the underground stations only. >> unfortunately, the winter storm already caused major power outages across the d.c. area. pepco, dominion and other companies are reporting 30,000 customers without electricity tonight. >> we have a team of reporters out there. they'll show us conditions across the area. from a realtime look at the roads to the very white national mall, then to a ghost town in a normally-busy tysons corner. >> it all begins in storm center 4. bob ryan and veronica johnson join us with the current accumulations and details on how much we are likely to see before this is over, guys? >> doreen and jim, we are n

good evening, i'm jim vance. >>> i'm doreen gentzler. winds are to blame for a dangerous situation tonight. the winds have caused a dangerous situation in northwest washington off macarthur boulevard, not far from the hospital. jackie benson has details. >> reporter: throughout the evening, being outside was uncomfortable thanks to whipping, gusting winds. it caused all sorts of mostly minor problems. anything that was not secured was in danger of being blown away. the washington monument was closed for safety reasons, which is done when the area experiences sustained winds of 35 miles per hour and above because there are no other buildings near the base. visitors get pummeled by the full force of the wind. even before the sun sets, conditions on the national mall were such many tourists decided to call it a day. >> i knew it could be cold, but the wind's a little much. >> we've been following washington's weather for several weeks. we expected it to be cold. >> reporter: at national airport there were delays and few cancellations, the r

. >> i'm jim vance. at this hour we've already seen a few inches of snow and are expecting a whole lot more. for the first time in history, the federal government will be closed for the third straight day tomorrow. all the major school districts will be out, as well. so will the d.c. government. let's go to bob ryan for more on what's coming our way. >> unfortunately, we are already getting a wet snow. we had a bit freezing rain mixed into the south. now it's pretty much all snow and a winter storm warning through until tomorrow afternoon. right now on doppler, you can see areas of moderate snow for folks in montgomery county. this is going to be a bit of a storm that is moving more off the coast so the heaviest snows will be more up toward baltimore, north eastern maryland. all of us are going to be seeing nasty winter weather tomorrow morning. we already had over three inches of snow. right now, we are in the second biggest winter snows that we had since back in the 1800s. this is the second, now the s

general vance is an entity officer by trade.rt of a scene of the canadian contribution to isaf in 2003. he took command of the first canadian mechanized brigade group in 2006 and still task force kandahar the canadian headquarters for canadian coalition military operations in kandahar province. it comprised about 2800 american soldiers and airmen and soldiers, also includes about a thousand u.s. soldiers. he deployed to afghanistan in the wake of the manley report, the demand of new assets for canadian forces in afghanistan, transvaal telecaster is, unmanned drones. and at the time of a dramatic surge in experts into that region as well. we're also pleased to host the general because he is a tracker to being thoughtful and out spoken on the challenges of fighting and coalitions. thank you for joining us today. we look forward to your frank outspoken comments again today. general, the podium is yours. [applause] >> well, what a pleasure it is for me to be here with you today. i've been on about a month on speaking tour so far si

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler.o again. the d.c. area is bracing for a lot of snow. this snow combined with what's left from last week's blizzard has many schools across our area shut down the rest of the week. we will be running a complete list of the school closings we have across the bottom of your screen. and just a short time ago we learned the federal government will be closed tomorrow for a third straight

>> media hordes, with the "d," vance. >> okay. >>> sudden infant death syndrome is the leading causebies under a year old. most sids deaths happen between the ages of two and four months. those deaths occur without any warning. new research is helping them figure out why some babies succumb to sids. >> reporter: parents are told to put their newborn babies to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk for sudden infant death syndrome or sids. the back-to-sleep campaign has been successful, reducing the number of crib deaths by about half since it began in the '90s. still thousands of seemingly healthy babies die in their sleep each year. >> you cannot tell if a baby is going to die of sids that night. there's no markers. >> reporter: doctors at childrens hospital boston have uncovered a big clue leading them to a likely cause for sids. >> we've come to focus on serotonin. >> reporter: dr. hanna kinney has found that sids babies have low levels of serotonin in their brain stems. serotonin helps regulate breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. >> something about sleep, when the baby is

bill kennedy came to washington to work alongside vance and the white house council office.he was the person who went and identified his body at the morgue and told me of the story. i put it in their only to show that to the extent people tried to create conspiracy theories that the clintons were somehow involved, that was just so over the top and so inappropriate because they had all lost one of there closest friends. this had been bill clinton's friend since he was four years old. this was a horrible time for all of them. that piece of things is just a very sad piece of the story. >> host: of the final personality that we can talk about in the context is paula jones. in that story the whitewater story, they get intermingled did you talk to paula jones? >> guest: i did. >> host: did you learn anything? >> guest: i got a feel for what made paula jones tick. she is likable. it is, in fact, the last piece of it. what happened is you have whitewater. whitewater had been dead for years. now with bubbles back up. it gets connected somehow with the vince foster suicide. people are

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the problem is 80% of people who got this and vance did not comply with -- got this and advanced in not comply with one or more programs. ñri am willing to let go of oner more initiatives i care about. i am asking others to do the same. i am asking them to take a look at what is working and what is not and trim back accordingly. like any business, we are looking for ways to get more bang for our buck by cutting red tape. we consolidated 38 separate education programs into 11, and last fall, we solicited ideas from federal employees about how to make government more efficient and effective. i am proud to say a number of these ideas, like allowing social security appointments to be made online, made it onto our budget. even though the department of defense is exempt from budget, it is not exempt from common sense. it is not exempt from finding savings. one example is the $2.5 billion in spending for c87 transport aircraft. the government decided townk ce production. every year since, congress has provided unrequested money for more c-17's the pentagon does not want or need. it is waste,

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