are we better off trying to do the best job we can within the current framework within washington, d.c. or do we need to start recognizing some fundamental problems that exist in this town? when i look at washington, it is a town that does everything it can to stifle out of the box thinking and is happy with the status quo through the job you -- next election and through ae job you have after being member of congress to make sure you have people who are giving you the pay checks you need to raise millions of dollars. >> republicans are just as guilty of that. >> republicans are caught in a system that is not conducive to bold ideas. most americans intuitively get that. that is why washington has such low approval ratings. if the republican party wanted to grasp onto big conservative ideas, we're going to fundamentally reform the tax code. there will be a lot of people in washington who are upset about that. at the end of the day, you're better off in an environment that has a tax code that is simple and fair and as low as a it possibly can be while funding the necessary functions of th

one tom arbonne in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture today the new jersey state assembly released hundreds of documents related to governor chris christie and his administration bridge gate scandal we've learned anything new from the document dump and just how big of a hit has christie's political star taken that and more in tonight's big picture rubble and washington d.c. is housing market is booming in the city government is running a budget surplus is everything really ok in our nation's capital and just who's benefiting from the city's boom years as d.c. they are all candidate any show a cut in tonight's conversations with it's. you need to know this new jersey's largest newspaper the newark star ledger said that it doesn't buy the governor's story he laid out a two hour press conference yesterday paper's op ed board wrote that christie's story stretches the bounds of belief let's rewind a bit yesterday governor christie responded to allegations that is have been. deliberately c

in washington d.c. we've got you know defense contractors outside the city in thirty five bedroom mansions and then you've got you know i think would reagan came in office or was a couple hundred lobbyists now there's over thirty thousand and they're starting pay is one hundred two hundred thousand a year there's just a lot of money in this town what he'd do about that and what you know the social impact of that the. i live down in the southwest i'm in the middle of it i'm seeing it happen right now live down the waterfront. what is this what does this mean how do you handle how does a city and all people who are just i mean just through just being taxed out of their own homes absolutely nothing absolutely i mean this is a city that is really really divided becoming more and more divided it's a city that has like you said some of the wealthiest people in the country it's one of the wealthiest cities in the entire country and yet has the highest childhood poverty rate in the country this is here the unit

heard the ice conversations in the great minds i'm joined by one of washington d.c.'s most influential progressive voices andy shaw is the founder and owner of the busboys and poets restaurant well known in the d.c. metro areas the place where activists artists and foodies. is also the owner and founder of the eatonville restaurant which is located in washington d.c. as well an artist and activist as well as a small businessman and he recently announced his candidacy for mayor of the district of columbia is running as as he puts it to lean d.c. toward shared prosperity and equal opportunities in all parts of the city and he joins us now in the studio and he welcomed the program thank you very much so great to have you with us it's a pleasure to be here thank you let's start out with you you're a businessman you're an activist you're a politician or you're aspiring to be a politician i guess you're an artist to the murals the wall when i read the story of your when you first opened busboys in the two women came and you showed the mural there it just it just while extra

because of jim crow in washington, d.c. being the upper southern city in which he purchased the property at 1318 vermont avenue, a national park service site to entertain entire world so there are pictures in here of the ambassador as was the indian women fisting from various parts of the world, burnished parliamentary whim came to visit. she was able to end in the world i would have of all marginalized people of color around the world. so you learn that here. spirit it sounds to me as if the book is partially about d.c. at the times was about her? >> especially played a snapshot of washington, d.c. as an upper southern city. there's one incident i did not be known about but i know a lot of local washingtonians have a problem with the hospital. she was raised presbyterian but she becomes a methodist and she comes to washington, d.c. the hospital is owned by the methodist church and he did not allow connotations to access to the hospital. in 1945 a black woman gave birth on the street in front of the hospital because she was

new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c., and down towards norfolk it's over. believe it or not, around norfolk, virginia, we had about 4 inches of snow. that's crazy. now, here in the northeast, the winds are starting to ramp up near the coast as the storm intensifies. these are recent wind gusts anywhere from 20 to 40 miles an hour. so, when you combine that with some pretty chilly arctic air, well, we're looking at some low realfeel temperatures. currently in boston, it's 11. new york is 12 and d.c., 13. so that snow has been light and fluffy, so if you like to make snowball, it's kind of hard to do that. you'll certainly have to bundle up for the morning hours. it's cold out there. look at those realfeel temperatures, well below zero. and guess what, it does look like this cold pattern will continue for awhile, so the storm pulls out. brisk winds, especially near the coast, there will be blowing, drifting snow, and that will make it hard to keep those roadways clear. now back to you guys. >> all right, accuweather's mark mancuso. thank you very much. >>> li

just outside washington, d.c.ot far from baltimore, maryland, at the mall in columbia, maryland, where police are confirming three people are dead, and police are saying they're confident that one of the dead is the shooter, which they believe there was only a single shooter in this situation, however, there continue to be shoppers and even employees in the mall. the mall has not been considered secure. it has not been emptied of people. it is a painstaking process. it will take some time. the shooting taking place at 11:15 a.m., according to the 911 call, and howard county police. just after two hours later a lot of people allowed to excess it the mall after being checked and double checked. every corner of this mall is being investigated. looked at, because many people, naturally, instincted kicked into high gear. they sheltered in place, whether they found closets or storage rooms inside stores. many store managers and employees shut the gates and the doors of their stores separating themself off to the mall, b

washington d.c. because i am obliged to. to route the 20th century the u.s. congress tested the tactics of the drug war in d.c. drafting legislation, shaving the evolution of policing and invoking the racially charged sector of drug induced criminality in the city to help justify the modern drug war. more than anything else this is a consequence of the district's lack of political autonomy. the constitution of the united states grants congress exclusive jurisdiction over washington and for most of its history the city has had little say in the conduct of its business. between 800, and 1964 d.c. residents could not even vote for president. since reconstruction d.c. was governed by a board of commissioners appointed by the president which served in coordination with congressional committee from each chamber assigned to oversee district affairs. as a result what would be considered a state crime was in d.c. a federal offense. felony cases were heard before federal court appointed to the district. compri

all across the east coast, as i said from boston down to washington, d.c.he storm will be intensifies here tonight. flippishing visibility, and look at the temperature change just from yesterday, a 35-degree temperature difference between yesterday and today are you kidding me? >> no, i'm not. >> it is what it is. a deadly shooting only the university campus in it happened at purdue university in indiana in the school's electrical engineering building. one person was killed. he did not attack anyone else, the campus was locked down for a couple of hours there is no word on what may have led to the shooting. coming up, more than 6,000 pages of documents released shows how the arch diocese tried to hide scandals over sex abuse. and new numbers showing the earth had one of the warmest years on records, details next. blatche stood in the way ofusly fiscal insanity for our state, and excellence for our children. together, we have pushed those interests back, and put our children's future first. worst natural disaster, and we have worked together, resteer, renew,

everybody in washington d.c.as a nickname. >> an officer of yours came up and said it. >> i have been on 23 years. i am the average member of the metropolitan police department. they are my group. we came on in 1989, the vast majority of us. i worked alongside the vast majority of the people in the police department. i know them by first name, i know their habits, i know who is a good cop and who is not as energetic as other cops. >> who is your boss? >> a couple of bosses. the mayor. the city administrator, and the deputy mayor. >> if you look on the list of how many police departments there are in this area, 25. >> i think it is 34. >> i could only find 25. >> the supreme court had a police department. other than the metropolitan police, and the u.s. park police, and the metro transit police to a certain extent, everybody else is very narrowly confined. park police really polices the park areas. we are the only in the city -- i put it this way, if you dial 911, it will be my phone that rings. >> what happens if

columbia mall is 45 minutes from washington, d.c. ave very few details about this shooting right now. we will keep you updated on the story throughout this hour. hello, everybody. i'm uma pemmaraju, live in washington. the latest on that story and more. in the meantime, let's move on to another big story making news. 10,000 american spectators and athletes get ready to travel to russia. many are questioning how safe sochi will be for the big olympic games there. amid growing fears of possible terror attacks. can vladimir putin make good on his promise of ring of steel around these games? molly henneberg is joining us now live with details on the latest security measures in place. >> defense secretary chuck hagel says russia has not requested specific help from the u.s. to he prop text the societe generale games that start -- protect the sochi games that start next month. but they have military action in the region, including two ships. hagel says there are contingency plans if there were a significant terror attack. >> we need to extr

tom joins us from washington, d.c.ould just like to give you an opportunity to respond. >> thanks for having me on. i appreciate it. u.s. chicken producers take the safety of our customers as a top priority. we treat it as the top priority. not only as i said, bad business sense but our families eat the same chicken as you and yours. we want to produce the safest, most wholesome chicken product and we do so on a global basis. >> the usda has a food inspection service whose job it is to track illness that may be food related. one of them, salmonella, has been a persistent issue in the united states. salmonella rates have not declined for two decades. is it that the regulations need changing? is it the consumer or the industry? >> americans on average eat about 160 million servings of chicken every single day on this country. and 99.99% is done safely every single time. we want that to be 100% which is why we rely on the best science, technology, microbiology possible in order to reduce foodborne pathogens as much as pos

you may remember the fate of washington d.c. in the film independence day. while d.c. is not facing an alien attack there is reason to fear explosions in the nation's capital why well researchers have found about six thousand natural gas leaks under the roads in the district of columbia at least twelve of them are potentially explosive duke and boston university researchers drove down every street of d.c. to measure the leaks most are said not to pose any risk to the general public or they could add to climate change to discuss the situation i was joined earlier by d.c. that shadow senator paul strauss i first asked him if d.c. was in danger of blowing up. i think the risk of d.c. blowing up the way it does in those hollywood movies is a little bit exaggerated if you're planning a trip to our nation's capital by all means come visit it's not likely to blow up anytime soon but what is exploding is d.c. population thousands of residents are coming here every year and that continues to put pressure on an aging infrastructure and that's really what's at the root of this pr

it's a friday january seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm parian boring you're watching r t america. today president obama outlined the reforms to n.s.a. surveillance that he supported following a review from a white house appointed panel that gave forty six suggestions would be weeks founder julian assange tweeted that it's clear the president would not be speaking today were it not for snowden and whistleblowers before him the debate around edward snowden who leaked american intelligence to the public about six months ago continues to see a wide range of praise and scrutiny for his actions some consider him to be a hero and refer to him as a whistleblower why others say he put americans and expression troops and danger within the intelligence committee he is widely seen as an enemy to america a pentagon official who as a former special forces officer told buzz feed i do not take pleasure and taking another human being's life having to do it in uniform but he is singlehandedly the greatest traitor and american history he also said i wou

if you see any snow in washington, d.c., it might be a dusting, if that. another computer simulation that shows threete by inches in the d.c. metro area. something that we will watch carefully, but i think this will be mainly a southern storm that is a quick mover. we will see plenty of sunshine tomorrow. 28 degrees, still cold, but we start to warm up. finally, temperatures in the upper 40's. we are all excited about it. weekendation over the will be rain. this is not a weekend i am too concerned about. we will have more information at 5:00. as of right now, take the seven scooter. i like that. [laughter] >> thank you. today is a somber anniversary. 28 years ago today, the space shuttle challenger exploded after bout lasting off from cape -- exploded after blasting off from cape canaveral, florida. the shuttle set on the launchpad a night before the launch. cold air caused the exterior to crack. that allowed for hot gases to escape. all seven crewmembers on board were killed. stay with >> madison square garden officially has a forrester -- forest franchise

assistance that they really need. >> of course, we continue to watch a breaking story outside of washington d.cs, their twitter account, there's an active shooting taking police station at the mall just outside of d.c. we'll get the latest information on that and bring that to you as soon as we can. there's a new form of innovation taking shape. at a company that's bringing media and technology together. next is every second of nbcuniversal's coverage 0f the 2014 olympic winter games. it's connecting over one million low-income americans to broadband internet at home. it's a place named one america's most veteran friendly employers. next is information and entertainment in ways you never thought possible. welcome to what's next. comcastnbcuniversal. . >>> all right. this braeblg story -- breaking story we're following out of columbia, maryland. according to the howard county fire and ems, there is an active shooting taking place. very popular mall, certainly a place where many families like to go. about 200 stores at that popular mall. it's 45 minutes outside the washington d.c. area. it servin

snow at washington, d.c. delighted tourists from towne southern california. >> we have the palm trees and the beach so this is a very nice different side of weather for us. >> reporter: but others visiting the nation's capital were not happy to see much of the city shut down. >> we were supposed to tour the white house, tour the capital, things like that. we haven't been able to do it because all the government offices are closed. >> hazardous conditions are moving up the east coast. new york city could see up to a foot of snow. northeast can expect the low freezing temperatures through the weekend. >> reporter: forecasters say deaf yeah and parts of new england could get up to 14 inches of snow today. live in washington, danielle nottingham. juliette, back to you. >> i know you have been an east coast reporter for a long time in dc. can you recall a winter like this in your history of reporting out there? >> reporter: yeah. you know, they come and they go. sometimes they seem few and far between. i know here

we can fly over washington, d.c.o see what it looks like with five meters of sea level rise. >> that's hilarious that of course d.c. was a couple of months ago in the middle of a the sequester, people upset with d.c. and wanted to see it drowned. >> it wasn't planned this way, but i launched drown your town during the sequester. a lot of people wanted to see capitol hill in particular drowned. the one that brought the message home to me was nagoya in japan. because nagoya is a city of 9 million people. and even with one meter of sea level rise, it was fairly drama cantic how much flooding we observed. the most important threat for me, i wanted to make the idea of sea level rise personal. >> it's so abstract to the rest of us, three feet, that's not so bad. >> when i take the requests on twitter, if your hometown is above 1600 meters of sea level, and you want to see it flooded, go flood it. sea level climate change is not just going to effect coastal cities. you'll also see a massive migration of people out of those

., this is of course washington d.c. and there is a wreathe laying ceremony set to get underway any moment in honor of the dr. martin luther king, jr.'s birthday and i will always observe it on a monday and a lot of things going on here in the bay area but it should be pretty light and we will check in, in a moment, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark. did you know steve was talking

last week in washington, d.c. we talked about the sewer campaign and our representative heard about this and that's an interesting feedback. we're increasing our social media on twitter and facebook using this tool to educate residents that don't typically engage with the puc. we've represented the regulatory at the local state and a federal level. we've passed about 50 items at the board of supervisors. at the state level we are pro-active in having an our priorities as well as advocating interests. lecturer we advocated working closely with s f p u d for proposition 39 which resulted in an altered two or $3 million and energy efficient dollars. at the federal level we've been working with the mayor's office to talk about infrastructure. last week our general manager and mayor ed lee presented those to the committee. last friday you may have seen a clip-on mayor ed lee on n s nbc and when they asked what he was going to ask president obama to get into priority tiger's water. we're extremely excited. and now the i

it is coming down strong in washington, d.c.m niziol, a flash of him there from the weather channel, been watching this storm as it has been arriving into the northeast. tom niziol, when you look at this, one of the differences, if i can say this, it looks to be a wee bit warmer than the last one, only because the last one was so, so chilly. >> this one is a little bit warmer now but the temperatures will drop throughout the day. the winds will pick up. and that combination of snow, wind and rapidly falling temperatures are going to produce the really rough travel conditions. the good news about the system, it's fast moving and hard hitting but fast moving. we get a 12 to 14 hour period of snow and then it's off the coast. that will keep down the total snowfall. instead of seeing historic snowfall totals we're looking -- i show on a map, snowfall totals more in the range of 8 to 12 inches in the sweet spot that runs from philadelphia up to just south of new york, central jersey, the island is going to be very impacted tonight as

in washington, d.c., federal workers are being told it's okay to come in late this morning. stay home if you can't get in. but the government will be open for business today. was closed on tuesday. the d.c. area, they received around 6 inches of snow. and roads there were slick. i want you to take a look at these pictures from alex sand korea, virginia. that car just spinning out of control on the d.c. beltway. yikes. ooh. and there's also a fatal accident in andover, maryland. both of those being blamed on bad driving conditions. temperatures are plunging. these conditions goring to stick. and roads also slick here in new york today. it's going to be a bad commute. these pictures from long island, hit hard from the storm. about 10 inches of snow fell out there. i want to show you a little picture from brooklyn, new york. looking awfully uncomfortable even to walk for people there. the snow was falling so hard, the plows and shovels could barely keep up. this morning, also issues in north carolina. charlotte, north carolina. ice cold. maybe even colder than ice, actually. tem

it's higher than in 2012, it's still much lower than what you were talking about, the '90s when washington, d.c considered the murder capital of the world. 400 to 500 murders in one year. so in your view, is this kind of a short-lived trend particularly for cities like baltimore or washington? while the numbers are still high, it's far less than what it used to be? >> well, you know, i hope this is not a short-lived trend. i hope that this is something that we see continue into the future. but there are other factors involved as well. for example, there is the aging of the population. so that there are fewer young people around, and young people commit a disproportionate number of street crimes. there's immigration. believe it or not, the cities with lots of immigrants have much lower crime rates. el paso, where, you know, the majority of residents are newcomers, well, they have almost no murders at all. >> wow. >> so there are other factors. and let me just say one more thing. >> yeah. >> about chicago and some of the other cities. and that is many of these cities have not seen a reduction in

libby casey from washington, a cold washington, d.c.ibby thank you very much. ♪ >>> it was another mixed day of trading on wall street. the dow right now down 35 points. the blue chips are being pulled back by ibm after the company reported disappointing earning sales. >>> almost all of the smallest cars failed when it came to protecting passengers. out of 11 mini cars tested only the chevrolet spark received an acceptable rating. >>> unrest in syria, and the widening gap between rich and poor awrong the topics of discussion in switzerland. >> reporter: it is often described as a giant networking event or a constellation of egos in an orgy of adulation. many of the top people are here again. the headline appearance will likely be that of iran's president. his country may have been invited and then uninvited at talked aimed at peace in syria, but his invitation here is secure. >> i think he is going to come here and present the friendlier face of iran and convince this audience that he is somebody they can do business with, that they can

federal workers in washington, d.c. told to come in two lauers later than norm ol or stay home if they can't get in. the d.c. got around 6 inches of snow. it's a good thing many stayed home yesterday. take a look at these pictures from alex sand korea. this is a car spinning out on the beltway. and a fatal accident in andover, maryland. windchills at 5 to 15 below zero. >>> in new york, it will be an awfully tough commute to work. these pictures from long island, hit hard by the storm. about 10 inches of snow fell out there. and look at this in brooklyn, it was hard to walk. gosh, just looks so painful with the snow falling so fast. the plows and shovels, it was hard to keep up. >>> it's icy cold in charlotte, yes, charlotte, north carolina. temperatures have been plunging there around 20 degrees, this after snow fell on the mountains tuesday. not a day to be driving. >> they were doing 180s down the road earlier. we got behind a scraper that let us go for a little bit. but it didn't work that far. >> smiles on their fac

you know i think our focus really needs to be on where washington d.c. is in terms of the size and scope. i know i keep returning to that but i've really do think that central. i take the view of the human nature that is pretty basic and that is that people are people. there are good people and that people that operate in the year that operating governments let you know if you create opportunities for people to self enrich themselves or throw their weight around to gain benefit, people are going to do that. it's just going to be a problem so i focus less on this person is bad in that person is bad and focus on the fact that the notion of having a large powerful and intrusive government, you are asking for trouble. people are schizophrenic on this. i mean it mystifies me. i will just give an example of something that absolutely mystifies me. over the last six months and i think legitimately so, there has been a lot of criticism from you no civil libertarians and people on the left about the national security agency and phone records and spying on american

he joins us from the museum in washington, d.c. john, over to you. >> hi there, tony, as you know this is a team he effort, and the focus is on washington, d.c. and house chamber. the state of the union is a little over two hours from now. we'll be sampling reaction from around the country and around the world. there are a number of issues that the president will be talking about tonight. coming up we'll discuss income inequality. ali velshi will take a deeper dive into that. we'll have a conversation with treasure secretary larry summers, and we'll talk to people who have helped previous presidents get ready for their state of the union addresses. all that coming up at 7:00 eastern time, and we'll be here after the speech as well until midnight eastern. tony, we'll see you a little later. >> thank you. it's been four years since the obama administration announced plans to shift foreign policy focus from the middle east to asia. we asked melissa chan if that pivot really has happened. >> the uss george washington out on the pacific

that is the republican party in washington, d.c. it is such, especially the small pockets of the company is such an ideologically driven party that does not allow a variety of views. i'm not talking about liberal views and conservative views. i'm talking about the variety of views that we had been like for instance, the heritage foundation. heritage was about education reform and getting a lot of different conservatives together. and they would fight like heck about the best way forward on education reform. the best way forward on tax reform. jack kemp would have horrible fights come in, with bill graham and others and then they would come together and they would come up with a tax reform plan. they would be constant battles on the budget. there were a lot of different ways forward and the conservatives we believed even into the '90s come in 1994, we always talked about alleges the laboratory of ideas. you talked about the market place of ideas. we always talked about three -- the free market place of ideas. would close the doors, w

at the time as well as about her. >> it is a snapshot of washington, d.c. as a city. one particular incident in here that i hadn't known about plano a lot of washingtonians have a problem and she was raised presbyterian but became a methodist in the 1920's and comes to washington, d.c. at the united methodist church and the hospital was known by the methodist church and they didn't allow them to have access to the hospital. so 1945 they were denied. along with the church and other ministers they challenged them after the church to really account for the races that allowed it to go on and although the situation didn't in the favorably she made very clear to end segregation and discrimination and in 1946 bill was going to be about affordable health care so she supported that in 1942 and the affordable health care now. >> how did you go about getting a publisher for the book? >> we belonged to the studies conference that is a lovely confidence we have in washington, d.c. and this is only a 40th year and professional historians come together and talk about local history s

one judge and washington, d.c. has decided it is not. i think it only deals with half of the question. i believe they are correct that it is constitutional, it is inappropriate use -- it is an appropriate use. what the president has posed to us, just because we can do something, should we do it? >> a terror suspect facing trial

>> reporter: cities between washington, d.c. and maine are bracing for the blizzard like white plains, new york where the salt supply is ready for the roads. >> we're playing cat and mouse with mother nature. >> reporter: in new jersey salt, shovels and snow blowers are flying off the shelves as people prepare for the snow coming later today. >> they say between 6 to 14 inches, but with this i'll be ready for anything. >> that snow will make a mess of things up and down the east coast. dave warren joins us with all the details. >> the evening rush hour looks okay, so you're fine heading out the door this evening. the warnings and advisories are all in. nothing for washington, d.c., but it quickly goes to a winter storm warning around philadelphia. winter storm warning in new england, and these are blizzard warnings because that wind may increase. you combine that with blowing and drifting snow dropping the visibility for three hours, that would be a blizzard. could have conditions like that here over the next 24 hours. not much

this morning in washington, d.c. a spokes woman said while they won't comment specifically on extra security, officials are taking the incident at the chinese consulate very seriously. staff members in washington are working with their counter parts. >> after the incident we are in immediate contact with the chinese consulate in washington, d.c. we continue to work and update on the case as more information comes in. >> the state department says she is not aware of threats against the chinese consulate in san francisco. a senator issued this statement about the chinese consulate, this time of attack will not be tolerated. acts such as this run controversy to the values of our society. at 5:30 p.m., tightening security, how other consulates in the bay area are reacting to the news of the attack in san francisco. >>> new at 5:00 p.m. a judge issued a ruling giving city college of san francisco a reprieve for now. the attorney sued to halt city college of san francisco from losing accreditation. they said because of the

it is really appropriate for us to talk about the role of washington d.c. here at the capital amidst a sesta lucas centennial -- sesquicentennial. the sesquicentennial commemorates 100 years of the civil war and capture the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. and when we think about the civil war, it's typically with a sense of the divisive relationship between north and south and the violence they captured the nation well before the war began. men from the north and men from the south were angry and angrier challenging one another with words and with guns over the issue of slavery. and washington d.c. has long served as sort of the epicenter of that discussion. when we think of the coming civil war probably our most common picture is of the caning of charles sumner and antislavery center -- senator by preston brooks on the floor of the senate in 1856. i'm going to talk a little bit about this in a minute. but tonight i want to talk about how the picture of washington as violent and divisive is actually misleading. instead the real key to

and washington, d.c., has long served as sort of the epicenter of that discussion. when we think of the coming of the civil war, probably our most common picture is of the painting of charles sum antislavery senator from massachusetts fights out preston brooks on the floor of the senate in 1856. i'm going talk about this in a minute. but tonight i want to talk about how the picture of washington as violent and devicive is misleading. instead, the real key to understanding washington in the mid 19th certainly i have to recognize that many ways it operated more like a social fraternity. hence the name washington brotherhood. politicians came to washington from around the country to a city that doesn't look like much we see today. it was dirty, dusty, gross, not a vacation destination. it produced something like a social or political code in washington. a set of norms for political behavior that outside the capital city really didn't understand. even those people who didn't really like each other much tended to treat each other in same way a fraternity operate. you kep

put it on your arm in a washington d.c. college face and i think you're right. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. the media lead us so we leave that maybe. by the scene potions to cure. all your party there's a goal in their shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . good leverage sure. was to build the needs most sophisticated which doesn't sound anything. to teach me the creation of why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. iraq's prime minister. is in control of key towns to give. the militants enjoy a rise of influence fueled by the war in neighboring syria. beyond his greatest threat to the u.k. ministry is disconnected from the public who apparently don't understand what it's actually for the claim coming from a parliamentary watchdog. russia's sledge hockey team prepares to make his deputy coming parlin bags were made become turns finally to find out what is drawing his strength and inspiration from.

attitude of washington, d.c., that says i am always right and you are always wrong. >>> in russia, the hunt is on for four so-called black widow terror suspects, four women who security officials believe may be targting the final stages of the olympic torch relay. we'll have a live report from richard engel with the latest. >> reporter: police worried the torch relay could be attacked over the next three days. >> disinvited on the night of the peace talks, word leaders are arriving with one notable absence, iran, could a shocking war crimes report that points fingers at the assad regime derail negotiations. >>> as much as 10 inches expected to fall here in the nation's capital. it's a different kind of government shutdown in d.c. the latest winter blast has other major cities along the east coast in its sights. we'll bring you the latest on the snowfall and deep freeze. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in snowy washington, more concerns about terror threats in russia. security forces are hunting for four women and two men. all now suspected of planning suicide attacks ahead of and dur

we'll teach you some stuff here in washington d.c. so let me say that most of for doing outlaws to see thank you a thank you are coming up tonight. one special thank you because they need to embarrass him. when i started my career in d.c., when you do your first attack a man who's going to be there. her mom, dad, sister and then eventually find some strangers who can't. one of the first rangers was elliotts depot, elliot in the morning. you guys know alia? [applause] will tell it on tv now, cc it to us here. everything is better on television. elliott was an amazing radio show called dilator morning. thank you fervor in my hotel. now your phone on national tv. we've got presents for everyone. so here's the story. elliott hosts this great radio show, elliot in the morning. all of a sudden my wife listens to it every morning on the way to work at the u.s. capitol. i'm in california and i get a phone call at 6:00 in the morning california time and i pick up the phone and missy elliott is reaching into your house. i'm like what? apparentl

tracie potts from washington, d.c. boy, you can see she's really taking one for the team i guess you could say. she looks cold. >> sometimes it's hard to talk. >> let's find out more about the deep freeze affecting a good morgs of the u.s. and how it's hurting travelers. go to nbcbayarea.com and search weather. speaking of. >> speaking of because in our neck of the woods nice, clear. i thought it was warm on my drive in. 49 degrees. >> too warm? complaining? >> no. i feel guilty because these poor people are going through so much heartac heartache. you look at the nation, california, maybe a little bit of florida, all looking pretty good. in comparison for winter. >> hey, good morning. we've got a good looking day shaping up. it's going to be cold and we're tracking showers, good tuesday morning to you also it's a traffic tuesday. 37 degrees in the north bay, san francisco is at 49 and we are tracking a return of the low clouds and the tag. that's going to help keep our temperatures down. low clouds start to settle in.

snow isn't here yet, but we're seeking the problems here in the washington d.c. area. let's give you perspective. on a typical day they have 200 cancellations. we're already past 2,000 cancellations at airport across the country. the problem airports, we have a list for you. at the top of the list, philadelphia. airports in new york as well as new jersey and right here in the washington d.c. area. i'm joined by a traveler trying to get to his destination. you have a job interview in new orleans. you're stuck here now. >> yes, ma'am. i was trying to get to new orleans for a job interview. i understand there may be issues for flights inbound i suppose, but i don't see snow and i know for a fact new orleans is roughly in the 50s, close to 60s now. not understanding why i'm not able to get out of the area. i'm hoping they're delaying my flight and i would like to get there before the snow starts. >> reporter: you know what, he's not the only one that has the question. you look out the window, don't see snow. he pulled up the app on his iphone and says it's 60s in new orlea

and michael shure from los angeles, and from washington d.c., new york "daily news" washington bureau chief james warren. i'll start with you. the stories in new jersey have been around. a new jersey paper said the christy demonstration -- admission awarded the contract to a firm that charged more than its competitor. and the ads included chris christie's family in its plans. the timing of this audit, does it suggest piling on and kicking a guy when he's down. >> it started before the bridge controversy and has been looked at for a while. it was taxpayers' money, for relief from damage by hurricane sandy. that gives the government a right to audit and look into the use of those funds. it is a form of recovery. it was a campaign year when the ads ran. the governor was running for re-election. >> colin reed had this to say monday recording reports of this audit by the housing and urban developments department inspector general saying: >> what pressure does this pout on chris christie, coming soon after the mess with the george washington bridge became an issue. >> the only polling that

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from a washington d.c. studios thank you very much indeed lucy. well the tactics used by ukrainian police have come under criticism for the british police officer with experience control to the methods. minute it starts becoming violent one of the. men may have no option than to react sometimes in the way they did because once that situation does get out of control like that well they leave those two primary and thursday we can restore peace quickly in whatever way you can get the demonstrators moved to vote what. and then primary there the second part of the insist to do so as safely as possible for the public service decided then to the officers second so i think in a separate ways when you get back to environment to going to police officers in many ways it's not surprising that they haven't reacted as digitally as they have i mean it's not very nice. and indeed a lot of the police and get very artfully injected so well about human beings at the end of the day you know they all strive however well equipped they are all well trained they are you

the news washington, d.c. fist jane ferguson details from kabul. >> u.s.ortions handed over control of their largest prison in afghanistan, to the afghan authorities. in recent weeks a row has erupted over 88 prisoners which the afghan government has said they will release because there is insufficient evidence to keep detaining them. now today. >> the intelligence figures have also been looking into the cases of these 88 men, as well as the review board and they both came back and said that 72 of the 88 men have insufficient or no evidence against them. and recommended that they be released as soon as possible. now this is likely to ensense the americans that have been very vocal, saying that all of the men of the 88 are very dangerous, or responsible for attackings and killing of afghan civilians and international forces in the country. now the afghan afghans are saying they have no evidence to suggest that, and they simply have to release these men. the americans say they gave them evidence, and that the review board does not have the authority to simpl

it's tuesday december thirty first time a mirror david in washington d.c. and you're watching our t.v. and we begin this hour with the blast that have rocked ball gras just ahead of the twenty fourteen olympic games such a take place in russia police have detained dozens of people in an anti-terrorism operation involving the southern city where two suspected suicide bombings killed more than thirty people and injured over one hundred more the death toll of the attacks has been increasing after some of those who were wounded have now died from their injuries the two deadly attacks in volgograd have intensified fears over the threat of terrorism in russia which coincides with a threat earlier this year from a chechen extremist group who has pledged to wreak havoc in the country artie's margaret howell is in volgograd and has the latest on this tragedy. it is tense it's also very somber the traffic seems to me moving more slowly and i was able to catch up with some of the family members of people who have died namely the father of the security guard but here i

accin, ya que es lo que la mayoria de la poblacion exige pitch - blanca ---randy serrano desde washington d.cnos tiene el informe sobre el discurso presidencial que tambin incluy la reforma migratoria. take pkg 0:01 1:01 1:37 pkg ya había declarado 2014 como un "año de acción". y fue con ese tono con que el presidente barack obama pronunció su quinto discurso sobre el estado de la unión ante el congreso. .las declaraciones del mandatario giraron en gran parte en torno a la economía .obama recalcó que quiere trabajar con el congreso para disminuir el desempleo y crear trabajos . "el presidente va a tomar muchas acciones con su poder. pero yo creo que la mejor manera es hablar con el congreso. vamos a ver qué podemos hacer para estimular la economía. no creo que más leyes y más regulaciones va a arreglar el problema". obama no dejo por fuera el tema de inmigración.e hizo un llamado a los republicanos a reformar las leyes migratorias del país. esta semana se espera que el presidente de la cámara baja presente los principios para una reforma a su partido que podría incluir legalización para millo

washington, d.c. and the case was initially in the district of columbia. shall the parker, a community activist who was laboring under what was the most draconian, the most stringent gun control measure in the country. washington, d.c. said handguns are band and cannot have one for self-defense because you have to keep it in your house disassembled so no practical defense in washington, d.c.. shelley parker was by the lawyers interested in the macdonald case. i am an activist who has been threatened by basically young men that she described as thugs. she was afraid of them and they came after her and at one point she had a little gate and a fenced in area to keep them safe. she said i'm looking for a tool that will help me survive and maybe prevail during the period before help can get here and that was essentially the claim pressed to the united states court and they said once the court is now called heller they said yes there is an individual right to arms to keep and bear arms and the constitution