the torch will be lit in vancouver in less than 100 days you now. pat was there as the clock started ticking. >> reporter: outside the canadian embassy, people were rocking to the rhythms of one of the hottest pop stars. cc came to washington to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the 2010 olympic games. and to officially mark the countdown to vancouver, the unveiling of the 100-day countdown clock. >> it is great to have a little vancouver right here on pennsylvania avenue. so it makes it real for all of us as we count down the 100 days. >> reporter: joining the canadian ambassador was the president of the company dubbed the olympic official timekeeper since 1932. >> we had about 30 stop watches if you will at the time. today we have over 400 tons of equipment. hubs. time keeping professionals and thousands of volunteers. it has evolved quite a bit over the years. >> reporter: while the clock is ticking, the excitement is will building. >> what are you looking forward to? >> all the games. it will be really cool. >> i love ice skating. >> reporter:

i learned how to speed skate in vancouver bc. i'm from seattle. how to skate in vancouver. my first olympic breakthrough career was in salt lake city. now towards the end of my career, i've moved back to salt lake city to train. and i'm essentially possibly could be finishing my olympic experience in vancouver. so hopefully the circle has some underlying meaning, i don't know. i think so, i like 0 believe so. >> your dad used to take you to vancouver. you lived in seattle, he would drive you to vancouver to drain when you were just a kid. he's been soex a part of this process for you. >> a huge support. >> what does his support mean? >> everything. he's taught me, so many lessons that i learned from sport can be applicable towards any part of life in itself. that's why i think that you know, so many kids should be involved in sports and have a good time, you know. >> you should be training but you're here in new york and there's a reason why. why are you here? >> i'm here in new york. i should be training. i'm usually training. we're about to go i

will vancouver be a bust? or will the buzz grow? >> perhaps. >>> good morning.oss much of the nation is being blamed for at least five death this is weekend. near atlanta, two boys were killed on a partially frozen pond. and a snowmobiling accident on a partially frozen lake in vermont killed three people. >>> president obama has forgiven harry reid for remarks made during the 2008 presidential campaign. reid is quoted as saying because obama is light skinned and quote no negro dialect, he could win the white house. >>> two afghan detainees died at bagram prison in 2002. >>> china is the biggest exporter in the world. china's exports rose last month, evidence of the ability to sell products overseas despite the global economic crisis. >>> finally, check these out. the massive ice and snow sculptures were created. the festival runs through next month. that's a quick look at the head lines. over to marysol with the weather. >>> we take a look at the map, a cold blast continues. new york city, 28, well below average. the middle of the country starts to seem optimis

after the super bowl we have 5,000 athletes, don, from 58 countries heading to vancouver. $2 billion of cost. the open, closing ceremony already sold out. hockey game already sold out. good to know in this economy it's a big event and doing well. >> world cup, too, another event. prize money $420 million. >> well, the $420 is one story, but the fact that south africa is hosting a world class event for the first time, little bit risky. the infrastructure isn't guaranteed. we've seen it. it's going to revolutionize the world cup and bring major events to a continent that haven't had them before. >> did you have a good holiday season? >> fantastic holiday season. i drank a little bit, thinking about how we're going to make segments bigger and better for the next 30 years, my friend. how does that sound? >> that sounds great. by then i'll be really old. we won't say how old. >> really rich in. >> 30 years i'll be 40. >> okay. good math. see you next week. >>> they say it will be the tallest structure in the world. already a tourist attraction and it's not even finished yet. we'll tour th

brightest stars of the winter sports is heading to vancouver for the winter olympic games. it begins february 12th on the networks of nbc. you and i will both be in british columbia for it. >> cris: can't wait. going to see shaun white tomorrow for a little interview out in california. he has been red hot lately. >> al: no pun intended. the flying tomato. mcnabb will go down in the arms of bradie james. . >> cris: you come in talking about the eagles blitz and it's been the cowboys blitz here today. it's been the difference. they really have been able to do about anything they wanted. lesean mccoy, i think, simply did not see bradie james coming and he tried to sneak out on the route and mcnabb couldn't sneak anywhere. >> al: mcnabb has taken whacks tonight. second down and 16. he does get that one out of the end zone into the arms of mccoy. up to the 14 yard line. stephen bowen will make the tackle. >> cris: this offense has been so good for so long this season and it just came to a screeching halt in two weeks against the cowboys. you don't know. maybe these young players

s and we can't act immediately to save companies like vancouver iron and steel? i guarantee you, vancouver iron and steel was not cooking up dark market derivatives, creating kpwred default swaps -- credit default swaps that destabilized our economy. nor is vancouver iron and steel continuing to operate derivatives in dark markets. no, madam president, they have nothing to do with that. they are manufacturing product for america and abroad, and producing jobs in this country. but the fact that we continue to make it hard for them to get access to capital is one of the reasons why i voted against mr. bernanke. the fed chairman has to realize the urgency with which the big banks have been saved and bailed out, that urgency has to be applied to main street. now, i know that they are trying, and i applaud the president for last night saying that he is going to put forth $30 billion to help with access to capital to community banks. i urge him to do that within the administration. i'm sure my colleagues here could give input to basically spend another two or three mon

brightest stars of the winter sports is heading to vancouver for the winter olympic games. it begins february 12th on the networksf nbc. you and i will both be in british columbia for it. >> cris: can't wait. going to see shaun white tomorrow for a little interview out in california. he has been red hot lately. >> al: no pun intended. the flying tomato. mcnabb will go down in the arms of bradie james. . >> cris: you come in talking about the eagles blitz and it's been the cowboys blitz here today. it's been the difference. they really have been able to do about anything they wanted. lesean mccoy, i think, simply did not see bradie james coming and he tried to sneak out on the route and mcnabb couldn't sneak anywhere. >> al: mcnabb has taken whacks tonight. second down and 16. he does get that one out of the end zone into the arms of mccoy. up to the 14 yard line. stephen bowen will make the tackle. >> cris: this offense has been so good for so long this season and it just came to a screeching halt in two weeks against the cowboys. you don't know. maybthese young players, le

. >>> coming up, hoda tries out her skill on skis, is she ready for vancouver?l housewife" stephanie frankel? but first, the local news and weather. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> could morning. i am mindy basara. several children were injured in an apartment fire in glen burnie. the fires started yesterday morning at warwickshire lane. a 2-year-old boy was taken to pediatrics with life-threatening injuries and two young girls were treated for minor injuries. a burning pot o >> the wind chill in the teens this morning, and the daytime forecast is below freezing for most of the area. cold all week long. as a better chance for snow on friday. >> see you back here for 11 news at noon.

it is like a restaurant owner in vancouver who when the olympics come he thinks great, apparently everybody loves my food. he doesn't realize the reason people are coming to his town are the olympics are in town and a lot of spectators and athletes. they have the olympic rings on their t-shirts. this guy is not noticing this so he thinks suddenly loved my food. i knew this was bound to happen so he built a second location and the olympics go away at his second location, they are getting no tips, there is nobody in their. should we want to stimulate his idle resources back into activity? obviously that would divert resources from healthy areas of the economy where the market needs to redeploy them. it would be a total waste to do this. stimulus packages are like drinking red bull instead of sleeping. what it is actually doing, there is no perpetual motion machine. whatever part of your body is not totally exhausted the red bull will totally exhausted. it is not like no crash coming, that crashed is coming. likewise -- it seeks out like the parasite that it is a profitable sliver of the econo

like i was looking through and keeping track, there are chapters about vancouver island marmot named oprah winfrey, and franklin. are whooping cranes named tex and george pindar falkenstein scarlett and rhett. these are very personal issues to the people who are involved. arctic? >> guest: absolutely. it's interesting, because of course when i began studying the chimpanzees i had no idea from the point of view of strict science i shouldn't have given them names, not names, but numbers. well, i didn't know that. it seems ridiculous to me. so the chimpanzees all had numbers, and i described their personalities and their minds and their feelings. when i got to cambridge university to get my phd, i was told this was all wrong. but thinking back to my childhood teacher, i knew that scientists were wrong and i was right, because that was my dog. and you can't have some kind of animal share your life and not understand it. of course, they have personalities, mines in the spirit of course they develop. but even today, there are people who feel, and probably rightly, that if they start talkin

it's like for example a restaurant owner in vancouver who when the olympics come he thinks great apparently everybody loves life food. he doesn't realize the reason everybody is coming to the restaurant as the olympics are in town and there are a lot of spectators and athletes and they all have the olympic circles on their t-shirts and he is and noticing this and he thinks suddenly everybody knows my food i knew this was bound to happen so he builds a second location and then the olympics go away and a second location of the waiters and waitresses are standing around, there's nobody in their. should we want to stimulate his resources back interactivity? no. that would divert resources away from wealthy areas of the economy where the market needs to be given the chance to redeploy them. it would be a total waste to do this. stimulus packages are like drinking a red bull instead of sleeping. because if you have had red bull before, which i haven't by the way. i'd like this naturally without red bull. but if you have rebel you know what it's doing there is no perpetual motion machine. you drin

craig: not a good play by ryan malone that will represent team usa at the upcoming olympics in vancouver. a little bit after soft pass through a scheme and a lot of sticks. joe: malone and fires and theodore was on top of the crease. antero nittymaki now the goalie of record in this one. 6-4 tampa bay. headmon smoothly through center. ladles it over the head of shaone morrisonn. he rams it right back out. craig: not a hard enough dump by headmon. the capital defender to the puck first. joe: backstrom in the bok for the second time. another 30 secondings to serve. craig: doesn't serve a lot of minor penalties. he goes over 20. joe: vince lecavalier. jeff halpern! craig: this power play has found a way to enter the joan and utilize the nice passing displays. vince lecavalier found him where he had to and a right shot play in the left side and halpern beats the sprawl. theodore, four power play goals against the caps for tampa bay. joe: the 2nd time halpern has scored against the power mates. zenon konopka to right of center. the deficit is three and time is wasting for washington. backstro

host: vancouver, washington. ethan on the democratic line. caller: these full body scanners, is everyone going through them? who is funding them? isn't it the airport or the federal government? -- is it the airport or the federal government? guest: there is a prototype program going around the country dealing with that right now. there are federally-funded full body scanners being installed in a select number of airports around the country. the challenge them will be whether the economic appetite is there for a dramatically water installation of those assets, not only in this country, but around the world. host: who foots the bill? guest: the government has the bill for the prototype system. the tsa budget has provided the machines so far. i imagine that would continue. host: the tsa plans to install about 300 machines across the country, leaving about 500 airport without that sort of technology. does that concern you? guest: a bit, but american people need to understand that the notion of getting ourselves to a perfect system is a rhetorical

we are approaching rather quickly the vancouver olympics.here's what's to come on the schedule. >> craig: you can see 11 games in 19 days. five home, six away. three sets of back to backs and three southeast division games and a road trip upcoming start february off and to finish it up, moving in on that olympic break. >> joe: january 26, 2010 and the investigate one is almost half a hundred. wayne gretzky, 49 today. just sigh of the 3:00 mark this have third period with the capitals in front by four. washington beings wins over new york. 3-2-0. 5-4 in a shootout and 11-round shootout back in mid-november. [ whistle ] >> joe: the islanders have the other victory thanks to tret streit for head coach scott gordon. >> cras done an excellent job since become their head coach out of the american hockey league in his second season. here you look at his numbers. grooming a lost young players who will be -- who will be the stars of the future here on the island. >> joe: they missed the postseason 3-4 last campaigns. they'd love to change that around

host: vancouver, washington. ethan on the democratic line. caller: these full body scanners, is everyone going through them? who is funding them? isn't it the airport or the federal government? -- is it the airport or the federal government? guest: there is a prototype program going around the country dealing with that right now. there are federally-funded full body scanners being installed in a select number of airports around the country. the challenge them will be whether the economic appetite is there for a dramatically water installation of those assets, not only in this country, but around the world. host: who foots the bill? guest: the government has the bill for the prototype system. the tsa budget has provided the machines so far. i imagine that would continue. host: the tsa plans to install about 300 machines across the country, leaving about 500 airport without that sort of technology. does that concern you? guest: a bit, but american people need to understand that the notion of getting ourselves to a perfect system is a rhetorical

doing a great job out wft vancouver canucks. ovie looking to win another scoring title. he would win both the way he's playing. >> joe: every time you look around vancouver, they're linked the sedin twins night after night. this one booted back to center. jose theodore playing it for john erskine teaming up again with tom poti this evening. alexander semin, his tally unassisted. schremp from weight and hunter on the power play. roloson spins this one into the corner. bailey on the reverse. fleischmann anticipated that. back to point position, it will squirt to center. almost 8:00 gone by opening period. nhl on comcast sportsnet. busy week for us and for the guys in the white sweaters. tomorrow, they tangle with anaheim in dc. fleischmann with a wristerjabbed away by roloson. tomas fleischmann with streit bearing down on him. brooks laich shortness up on the hockey stick lost the handle. taveras countering with streit. taveras not going far. double-teamed by shaone morrisonn and karl alzner. even at full strength. five-on-five, new york leading in shots 7-5. the pass back