>> joining us in vermont is governor peter shumlin. thank you for being with us. >> it is great to be with you. thank you for being with us. let me begin with some news of the weekend. that is former republican gov. charlie crist is not a democrat. >> i will let him spear for himself. one of my jobs is to work together to recruit the best candidates we can and charlie is high on the list. >> will you recruit him? >> we will be having conversations with him, certainly. we're not eliminating other candidates i want to be clear about that but charlie is a strong candidate. >> have you had conversations leading up to his announcement that we was switching from a independent to a democrat. >> i'm not sure prized by that. florida is governored by one of the tea party governors that is so focused on the right-wing agenda that he's not succeeding in growing jobs and florida is hurting like so many of our states. what governors are focused on are jobs and opportunities, that means, not only creating more jobs and raising incomes for those who h

now somewhat of a victory for privacy protection the vermont supreme court has ruled there are limits to how far authorities can go in searching a suspect electronic devices the case is rooted in burlington vermont where police were investigating a suspect for applying for credit card online using someone else's identity police asked the judge for a search warrant to search all of the suspects information stored on all the computers in the home the judge approved the warrant but with some restrictions the rule was police could only sift through information related to. the accused what was accused of in the crime prosecutors though did not like these limits and took it to the vermont supreme court and just recently the higher court agreed saying search limits serve legitimacy privacy legitimate excuse me privacy interests for more i'm joined now by r.t. web producer andrew blake so andrew we do report here a lot on our t.v. about you know possible threats to citizens privacy is this kind of a glimmer of hope that we're seeing all asleep when i see a glimmer is the right word you want t

many people might be vacationing and enjoying some skiing at this time in vermont so that's good news. but temperature plummetted in the south. it's only 32 in charlotte and 27 in memphis. so ali, unseasonably cold here in the southeast. this is more like what you'd be experiencing in new york than we would here in atlanta. >> just above freezing in atlanta and in alabama freezing and lower. bonnie, we'll check in with you through the course of the morning. this dangerous storm and it's devastating winds have several states in the south picking up pieces this morning in the cold after getting torn up by tornados. look at this incredible surveillance video from cameras at a walgreens drugstore in mobile, alabama. vehicles getting tossed around like match boxes in the parking lot. >> i've never been in a war zone but i'm sure this is what it's looks like. here's a bunch of tin, a bunch of stuff lifted off the buildings in our parking lot. >> tornados also ripped up parts of pearl river county, mississippi. two dozen homes there were damaged or destroyed and the aleast 25 people were hur

. >> joining as and vermont is governor peter shumlin. thank you for being with us. >> it is great to be with you. thank you for being with us. let me begin with some news of the weekend. that is former republican gov. charlie crist is not a democrat. do you welcome him to the democratic party? is this setting the stage as a potential run as governor as a democrat nunn could 2014. >> he was hugely helpful in electing president obama. it is a great victory for us. he is an incredibly capable victor. we do not take sides before we know that we have one single candidate. everyone knows he was a great governor. he led florida with precision. if he is a candidate, we would welcome him. >> is he interested in running? >> i am glad to let him speak for himself. one of my jobs is a chair is to work together to recruit the best candidates that we can. he is high on the list. we will be having conversations with him. >> had had any? >> we are not eliminating any other candidates. >> patty had any conversations leading up to him over the weekend? --

doesn't look like it. >> after christmas vermont could get a dose. blizzard, first one of the season moving across the central plains. today colorado and kansas. tomorrow, you do not want to be traveling in iowa or wisconsin, late in the day kansas city and chicago will get slapped on the backside of this. blizzard warnings have been issued in the central plains. not a lot of bad weather out there. travel this morning is fine. going home later today, especially in nebraska, driving out of cheyenne, wyoming, to omaha, lincoln, that's where the snow will be coming down hard. you want to get home early today before it gets dark. tonight the snow will really fly. up to a foot possible. the other side of this storm, it's such a dynamic, strong winter storm, we'll have enough warm air being pumped up from the south, we'll deal with a few tornadoes this evening in areas of arkansas. by this time torn mornimorrow ma line of thunderstorms sliding through. a fewwinds and power outages. for the northeast, only rain thursday night into friday morning, but it wil

and look at that all across northern vermont, areas that want it, especially in the ski resorts, should pick up more than two feet of snow. the purple area is where we should see a foot or more, and areas back across massachusetts only an additional inch or so, especially inland areas where it is still all snow right now. as for wind gusts, the jersey shore, bricktownship, new jersey, barnegat bay, new jersey, picked up wind gusts near hurricane force, 70 to 75-mile-per-hour wind gusts were reported through the night last night. we did also in dover, delaware, pick up a 64-mile-per-hour wind gust. so the winds along the coast have been brutal, but they are weakening right now. we do still have gusts near 50 miles per hour in boston, but all across the rest of the mid-atlantic region, wind gusts throughout the rest of the day should be more on the order of about 25 to 30 miles per hour. so, we are still going to deal with some of this storm today, especially in northern new england, but on the whole, the storm's mainly blowing away. >> terrible timing with so many people trying to get ho

. >>> utah republican mike lee gave vermont democrat and batman enthusiastic patrick leahy a batman snuggie. i didn't know those existed. happy holidays. >>> last night filmmaker and michael moore told ed schultz he is determined to change his state's newly enacted right to work law that says private and public workers do not have to pay union fees. take a listen. >> they know people don't support what their doing. that's why they had to rush this thing through before january 1st. same reason they had voter suppression. why would you suppress the vote if you thought the majority of americans were conservative? you have to suppress the vote because you know you're in the minority. it's an admission on their part they know the american people don't like the republicans or the conservative philosophy. we're a different country now. and i think a lot of them don't have a clue about that.

senator from vermont. mr. leahy: before the senator from illinois leaves the floor, i commend him for his statement statement, first on his nominee for illinois judgeship, something that's been delayed far too long through no fault of the senator from illinois. madam president, this weekend was a very difficult and trying weekend, for our families and so many other families, nothing compared to t families in newtown, of course. i pretty much stayed off the phone, spent time with children and grandchildren. made an exception for a couple of phone calls with the distinguished senior senator from illinois. i told him when we come back in a couple of weeks in the new congress, i'll work with him to make sure the senate judiciary committee has full and thorough hearings on the subjects he's

longer and coming up the coast and clearly with irene hitting us in central pennsylvania, vermont last year and sandy doing this absolutely horrific damage to new york city, it's a wake-up call. >> eliot: we're beginning to see with regularity maps of what coast lines will look like when ocean lines rise three feet, five feet. it may not happen in the next five years unless we change our trajectory of science. >> this is something that leadership needs to talk about. as a storyteller i know we have to get the story out there. climate change is happening. we immediately have to start transforming our economy to renewable energy. that's totally duible. we can run everything we have right now off existing technology from the wind and the sun and renewable energy. the second thing, it's an incredible economic benefit and

the national weather service said snowfall totals in upstate new york and parts of vermont range from 11 to 15 inches but after a year of almost no snow

what are you asking the people in vermont, your home state? you run a lot of town meetings. you do a lot of hearings up there. what do you want ordinary people to do about this? >> well, i want vermonters and everyone else around this country is to write to the fcc now and say two things. i mean, voice your opinion, but if you think that this is a bad idea, let them know it. and second of all, tell them that under no circumstances can they pass without public input and giving the public the time to get involved in this debate. look, it is very hard as a public official to go forward and pass the laugh test, when 99% of the people who are writing in say, "hey, you're proposing a dumb idea." and when in public hearings, people are coming out in outrage. so i certainly do believe that had a significant impact. >> we covered those hearings several years ago. it was amazing the out turning, a thousand people in different cities around the country, at one hearing. >> bill, i mean, despite the lack of media coverage on this issue of media concentration, in people's guts, people kno

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> hello and welcome to "bbc world news." a very happy new year 2013. it is already a first of january were you are, this is the greek capital and they're celebrating going around the acropolis. various time zones are coming into the year 2013 and we will keep you up-to-date. not a lot to look at their in athens but we will show you the scene in capital across the next few hours on bbc. there is still a lot of work going on on capitol hill. president obama said a deal is in sight to stop america going over the so-called fiscal cliff. congress officials have said the house of representatives will not vote before midnight despit

. >> reporter: keyes traveled the country from alaska to vermont, looking for people to kill, totally at random. and funding his crimes by robbing banks. the fbi has now retraced his steps. a long list of dates and locations since 2001, when they believe he may have killed repeatedly. they so far have eight confirmed murders and rapes, including a couple in essex, vermont, four in washington state and one more on the east coast with a body hidden in new york. and he told agents something they'd never heard before. that he left kill kits or caches, buried in several states, filled with everything he'd need to commit a murder. they were in waterproof containers and included guns and different things he could use to dispose of bodies. his strategy, to grab people in remote locations, like parks, campgrounds, even cemeteries. >> every serial killer, including, i believe, mr. keyes, are not crazy. you cannot be that organized and deliberate and fit any legal definition of insanity. >> you might not get exactly -- not as much to choose from, in a matter of speaking, but -- there's always no

vermont has done a remarkable job in urging vermonters to register for our snap program. we call it three squares. but the unfortunate reality is thousands of vermonters continue to go without food they could receive. i hear from vermont families that participate in three squares about the importance of federal food assistance. parents have told me that they ignore the old hunger to ensure their kids are fed, but they don't know how they could cope if benefits are cut further. kathy, a mother from barry, vermont, where my father was born, says her child has come to her crying, wondering whether they will have enough money for food. others know the expenses for necessities such as heating and rent are fixed costs. when three squares benefits run out, skipping breakfast or lunch is the only way to scrape by. fortunately, both the senate and the committee-passed farm bill in the house includes cuts to the nutrition program, but the cuts in the senate bill represent a concession from our chair and ultimately the senate farm bill passed the senate. the bipartisan vote, includi

it's not like rural vermont. we understand that public transportation, especially in this area, is necessary for millions of americans. millions to function day by day. it's especially vital around new york city. the subway and buses into new york and new jersey allow people to get to work, students go to school. and the resources of the supplemental will help pay for the repair of restoration for some of the most heavily used public transportation systems in the country. just as importantly, it's going to help fund projects to help public transportation prepare for and resist future storms. because, mr. president, as much as we'd like to think there will be no future storms, every one of us know there will be future storms. the supplemental recommends $812 million for the small business administration. every one of us know that small businesses are essential to the american economy. they are responsible for kphroeug about half of -- employing about half of all workers in america so the amount will outfund the sm

vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. supporters and opponents in egypt of president morsi fight outside the palace in cairo. villages are flattened and hundreds are killed. and remembering the legendary jazzd of dave brubeck, pianist whose impact went far beyond the world of music. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. in egypt tonight, pitched battles on the streets of cairo and -- between supporters and opponents of the president there. there have been violent clashes for the second day outside the presidential power us -- palace in cairo. demonstrators have been during petrol bombs. four senior advisers have resigned. what are the c

it's only extreme northern portions of vermont, new hampshire, and all of the state of maine that we have to deal with ice and snow during the morning. i think maine especially around augusta, i-95, you'll have to deal with the possibility of a lot of sleet, too, mixed in. rain further to the south. we had strong thunderstorms along this front yesterday through the midwest. now we just got showers in pittsburgh southward. there are thunderstorms this morning down here. northern mississippi, northern alabama, across the heart of tennessee. that's where you'll get downpours on this front. even further south through louisiana and heading out of texas, just outside of houston, we've got thunderstorms, and now this has to slide through. veronica, there's still rough weather. not as bad as yesterday, but everyone on the east coast, get ready for the cold air, you're next. >> be careful on the roads. >> yeah. midwest -- middle of winter. >> a mess? all right, thanks, bill. >>> while getting around on some of the snow-covered roads might be treacherous, at least drivers are getting a break o

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. supporters and opponents in egypt of president morsi fight outside the palace in cairo. villages are flattened and hundreds are killed. and remembering the legendary sound of dave brubeck, a jazz pianist whose impact went far beyond the world of music. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. in egypt tonight, pitched battles on the streets of cairo and -- between supporters and opponents of the president there. there have been violent clashes for the second day outside the presidential power us -- palace

when they full back and they see -- it's the lovely snow in vermont.'re on "laugh-in." >> more props now. >> look at that. >> i want you to notice, that jerry is the only one where it's not snowing. >> they warned us it was going to happen. but i didn't believe you were going to pull it off. >> it's in your eyelashes. >> it's in your mouth. >> i'm so sorry, rachel. i'm so sorry, gorgeous one. this is because we want to hear from you. what's your -- this because we want to hear from you. you can tell us right now. and we'll tell you, leading, by the way -- what's leading? in the votes? "a christmas story" is leading. you get a chance to vote. >> "national lampoon's christmas vacation." that's my favorite. >> really? >> squirrel in the tree. that's terrific. >> first, i have to call my agent. i thought this was in my contract. >>> but we're going to turn to a lawsuit that's rocking the world of reality tv. >> ooh, george. >> how about that. >> love that. >> former star of "storage wars" on a&e says the show isn't real after all. is it sour grapes? or are

power was knocked out from texas to vermont. people in ohio are trying to clean up the mess. from texas to alabama, at least 34 tornadoes touched down. today, people are picking up the debris. the death toll from the winter storm has risen. so far, at least nine people have been killed. >> there are police everywhere. >> police are cautioning drivers to be careful on the roads and to be on the lookout for black ice. right now, 61% of the country is covered in some sort of snowfall. the net storm is expected to bring more snow to the midwest tonight. >> well, -- is a general manager of every a station in arkansas and he told us how people are being affected. >> it is not the snow itself, it is the amount of snow that makes it unusual. in our town, we have not had a big snow in 29 years. it was our second largest snowfall the for the month of december ever and if you go about 80 miles to our north and northeast, they had anywhere up to 14 inches of snow and it was a rather a heavy wet snow. in some areas come on top of the snow, before the transition to rein to snow occurred, t

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news america." an indian woman who was gang raped in delhi has died at. last-minute talks at the white house over the fiscal cliff ends with no announcement of a deal. a 6-year-old british girl abducted by her father and taken to pakistan is reunited with her mother in the u.k. welcome to "bbc world news." also to come, no where to pray for moslems in athens. and a quite at hollywood that revolution, making big returns to the silver screen. >>> breaking news coming to us from singapore. in the past few minutes, it was just announced that the indian woman who was gang raped in delhi earlier this month that has caused national average has died.

stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >>t baunion nk, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, kathy kaye. egypt's president says his heart is heavy, but he promises there will be no return to the days of dictatorship lighting a joint is now legal in washington. >> i hope that nobody in the world will be sent to prison for taking drugs ever again. i hope that anybody who lies a drug problem will get help. >> and he is the monster of concrete with curbs. capitald his nation's and touched the world. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. after days of demonstrations, the egyptian president has appeared on national television to try to allay fears over his leadership. muhamed mors

senator patrick leahy of vermont takes over as president pro-tem of the senate, third in line to the presidency. before his death, inouye recommended a successor, but the governor will have to make that call. >>> nikki haley chose tim scott as the state's next senator, replacing jim demint. that makes scott the state's first black senator since reconstruction. >>> since the mission was complete, two nasa spacecraft named ebb and flow were inen it shunally crashed into the moon yesterday. they circled the moon almost a year mapping the lunar gravity field and the area where they crashed was not one where others had landed before. >>> over to wall street. the dow opens at 13,235 after rising 100 points yesterday. the s&p climbed 16. and the nasdaq jumped 39. overseas, the nikkei gained 94 points, but the hang seng lost 18. >>> traders paused for a moment of silence monday to remember the 27 killed friday in newtown. later, as broader markets rose on encouraging fiscal cliff talks, stocks of gunmakers continued to slide. smith & wesson down 8% since friday's mass shooting. pension giant

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, kathy kaye. egypt's president says his heart is heavy, but he promises there will be no return to the days of dictatorship lighting a joint is now legal in washington. >> i hope that nobody in the world will be sent to prison for taking drugs ever again. i hope that anybody who lies a drug problem will get help. >> and he is the monster of concrete with curbs. capitald his nation's and touched the world. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. after days of demonstrations, the egyptian president has appeared on national televisio

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> can u.s. politicians reached a deal to stop tax rises in spending cuts from damaging the american and the global economy? hillary clinton is being treated at this hospital in new york. she has a blood clot. there's concern over the health of the venezuelan president who has suffered complications after cancer surgery in cuba. walk into bbc world news. coming up, and look back at the british troops as they prepared handover to afghan forces. new zealand becomes the first major city to welcome 2013. time is running out for politicians in the united states to strike a deal to prevent the economy from going over the so- called fiscal cliff

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news. >> russia's orphans pay the price for a dispute between russia and americans. the gang rape that sparked outrage in india as the victims conditions deteriorate, the politicians look to restore order and offer support. how just 15 cigarettes in a lifetime can lead to cancer. welcome to "bbc world news." coming up, a little girl abducted by her father and taken to pakistan three years ago is now heading back to britain. also, the era of the third age on the silver screen. >> hello, thanks for being with us. russian president putin has signed a bill which bans americans from adopting russian children. the controversial move is said to be

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. the white house says it will push from -- for tighter gun control days after the school shooting shattered new town. they tried to help children and five women are shot dead in pakistan simply for distributing polio vaccines. jansing into the future decades ago, one electronic superhighway long before many even knew he was being built. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. four days after the mass shootings in newtown, conn., the funerals continue for the 22 becomes lost their lives. and while the town

most of this winter season so far, but we are looking at a pretty decent snow, upstate new york, vermontnew hampshire, eventually moving and becoming more heavy up across maine. but it is raining mostly from boston down to hartford. new york city still breezy, but it is ail rain. we're done with that icy mix. we did have some flooding, especially down near the battery, but we are seeing impro improvements to that as well as the high tide starts to recede. there is still a chance across central new england that we could end up with another one to two feet of snow, again, mostly in the ski resorts, but inland massachusetts up into southern new hampshire still seeing some troubles on the roads this morning. temperatures along the coast are r running in the upper 30s and lower 40s, so it will be raining through the rest of the morning, but we will see improvements as we go into the afternoon, especially in new york city. washington, d.c., will already start to see some improvements this morning, temperatures in the 40s. and then tomorrow it looks nice and sunny through the northeast as all t

we have operations in vermont and vermont can go minus 40 in winter and this year we're going to burno oil. we have worked in terms of developing alternates, from wood waste we do heat and then we have a steam engine, like a steam engine in those old locomotive movies that you see, which creates electricity and also, jim, that we have probably one of the highest standards of environmental work that our associates do. we receive more awards from epa. most of the time epa gives you fines. we have established now two operations outside the united states. >> honduras and mexico. >> and mexico when we started it about four years back, small operation, less than a hundred people, 35,000 square feet. now it is 240,000 square feet and 700 associates. i suggested to my associates there, i said let us have the same environmental policies and programs there that we have in the u.s. why not? we are not required to but what a difference it makes. people understand we're treating them with dignity. >> i'm glad you're doing that. mexico is taking a lot of our jobs. they have lower pollution standard

vernon, vermont, that town hall cheer. >> you bet we're in! >> reporter: and at the vermont wood studios, they've hired five new workers tonight. at spooner boards in california, they're spinning, all right. after our first report on the company, five new employees. they're riding a wave. >> made in america! >> reporter: and you'll remember who we found in her dressing room. hey, whoopi. >> hey! >> reporter: merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: whoopi at "the view." >> you guys are great, because, you showed a great blanket place. i ordered blankets for christmas. >> reporter: and it turns out, in minnesota, whoopi wasn't the only customer. seas more than doubled since last year. you have employed 80 additional people since our last report? >> yes. >> reporter: and this message from the mill. >> thank you, "world news"! >> reporter: and remember the american-made wrench, the inventor who hoped to sell at sears again this christmas? no new order from them, but we traveled to the assembly line. this is just one of the wrenches that

the heaviest snow now moving east into the mountains of vermont and new hampshire.d down after that. >> jeff berardelli thanks very much. >>> former president george h.w. bush is in intensive care this morning at houston's methodist hospital where he's being treated for a persistent fever. doctors now describe his condition as guarded. anna werner is outside the hospital this morning. anna, good morning to you. >> reporter: the former president, george h.w. bush is here in the intensive care unit at methodist hospital here in houston after suffering a series of setbacks including a persistent fever. a spokesperson says the president's condition is guarded. doctors put bush on a liquid diet yesterday, but he was reportedly able to join his family in a christmas meal of chinese takeout from this local houston restaurant. he's received visits in recent days from his wife barbara, his children and grandchildren. the elder bush has looked the picture of health the past few years, sky diving multiple times to celebrate recent birthdays. seven months ago, he was at the whi

pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont and maine. all could see a foot of snow or more. more than 200,000 customers spanning several states already without power. 1,700 plus flights canceled yesterday. imagine that. hundreds more already taken off the board this morning. there are six deaths being blamed on the weather since tuesday and the threat hasn't passed yesterday. bonnie schneider, meteorologist checking the system from the cnn center in atlanta. first, we go to ennis standing by in miserable, snowy new york. it's a pretty picture, ines. >> reporter: you can still see the snowfall here. and this area is expected to get anywhere from 9 to 13 inches here in syracuse and in some other areas of new york, up to 18 inches. and i'll tell you that the snowplows have been working 12-hour shifts throughout the day yesterday and evening. they were spreading salt before the storm in anticipation of the storm. this area is used to getting a lot of snowstorm. two years ago they got almost 180 inches of snowfall. and so this time they're sa

leahy, a senator from the state of vermont. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there being no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 621. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 621, condemning the horrific attacks in newtown, connecticut, and expressing support and prayers for all those impacted by that tragedy. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, that no intervening action or debate and any statements related to this matter be printed in the record at the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, we understandably senator akaka wants to make a statement regarding the, our friend senator inouye who passed away. senator mccain ha

six states are under winter storm warnings, pennsylvania, new york, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, and of course maine. everyone there could see at least a foot of snow. more than 200,000 customers spanning several states are already without power. more than 1700 flights had to be cancelled yesterday, hundreds more have already been taken off the board this morning and that number is expected to climb. six deaths are being blamed on this system since tuesday, and the threat hasn't passed yet. meteorologist bonnie schneider tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. but first inez is live in syracuse, new york, where she's been -- there's a great deal of snow behind you, inez, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ali, yeah, it's still snowing here and governor cuomo has asked new yorkers to avoid non-essential travel and here's why. poor visibility and the possibility of ice on the streets. you can see these are the streets of downtown syracuse. plows have been coming by here all morning long, but the snow is still accumulating here. i'm show you some of the acc

that is not good for the economy. >> congressman peter welch, democrat from vermont.>> thank you very much. >> angry protestors are now advancing towards the presidential palace in cairo right now. they have not breached the palace gates we're told, but they have overtaken the aadjacent streets to the palace. this as the main opposition coalition is rejecting a formal offer for talks with egypt's president mohamed morsi. nbc is in cairo on this friday afternoon, friday night there in cairo. before we get to the protestors, sir, i know you have new information about voting on the country's draft constitution. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: that's right, craig. in fact, breaking news just coming here it to nbc. that is that the vote scheduled to begin tomorrow for all egyptians living abroad. this was a vote on egypt's new draft constitution set to take place at embassies around the world. that vote now has been delayed according to egypt's electoral commission. the reason it's so important is because it is an indication as to the insight perhaps of egypt

they joined new york, connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont and d.c. allows same-sex marriages. they will expect to make a decision in june. i'm joined by jonathan turley. this of course, is the civil rights issue of our time. what are the justices dealing with? >> quite frankly, what they are dealing with is obviously an historic moment. but one that puts the legacy, not just of the court but the individual justices on the line. this is a court that has a rather checkered history with regard to the rights of gay and lesbian citizens. it was only in 2003 that the court ruled you couldn't criminalize homosexuality. that's how recent that was. and we have seen an evolution of the court that's been a bit slower than society as a whole. remember in the earlier decision that lawrence turned over, or overturned. justice powell told his clerk that he had never met a gay person in his life. that clerk was gay but he didn't know it. but it shows how far the court has come. but the question is has it gone far enough? it could come down, e again, to justice kenne

isolated torn could is if you live there we have snow copying down across portions of vermont.eyer portion of will you england. could pick up over 6 over the snow n. minute mid atlantic sit offing ports of the ton tree. 66 dallas san antonio. >>> the time now is 39 after the top of the hour. coming up there's some kind of movement on the fiscal cliff talks. it my mott be good for your mown. >> a soldier reunited with his family just in time to welcome the newest member. that story key coming up. >> after weeks of a dead look there seems tock some movement on the fiscal cliff. here to break down negotiations is diane macedo. >> looks like republican house speaker boehner is closer to the key demands to avert tax hikes and spending cuts which wiare s to take effect in the start of the new year. he proposed allowing tax rates to go up for any one making $1 million a year. that's with the president's desire fax cuts expire for any one making 250,000 a year. boehner increased the figure for total tax revenue for $1 trillion. the speaker also conditioned his offer on the president ag