come on to our nbc washington facebook page. are we going to tom or what are we going to next? >> we'll take it here. >> i'll be back in a few minutes. >> everything fluid right here with this show. in fact, we just got some help on the phone. emily al within the state department of emergency management is here joining us now to talk about the conditions on maryland roadways. we were out on them earlyiier ts morning and they were cover. what is the biggest issue your team is finding at this hour? >> good morning, you guys, thanks for having me. now that the snow is finally here, we're talking high winds. that's going to cause blizzard-like conditions and some power outages. we're monitoring all sorts of different power outages that could be happening throughout the state of maryland. >> people are naturally going to start getting restless and thank god they can venture out. we're still seeing this come down. it's going to come down through the day today. what is your biggest concern as we go through the next several hours? >> we're still encouraging motorists to stay off the ro

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or go to the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. let us know. welcome. how you doin'? good how are you? so today you're gonna choose a mobile office. you can choose this chevy silverado which offers built in 4g lte wi-fi. or you can choose this ford f-150, which doesn't offer wi-fi. but to make up for it, we added a trailer, a satellite antenna, and dolores. hey fellas! (group laughter) what? so, which one do you want? i pick the chevy. definitely. or, get this dependable silverado all star edition with a total value of seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> the controversy over the all-white oscar nominations isn't going away, and this afternoon the academy's president says it's time for major changes and soon. cheryl boone isaacs says more diversity, as spike lee and jada pi pinkett smith said they're going to sit out the oscars. >>> hot 995's kane is with us. what are you hearing from your listeners? this is the second year we've seen a controversy like this. >> when you look at the voting going on, primarily whi

kenneth moton, abc news washington. facebook's profits are soaring to new heights. the social media network reported it made more than one- and-a-half billion dollars in profits during the last three months of 2015. one-and-half billion people who use the site each month. the amount that the company makes per person has grown 33-percent globally. and new features don't just keep people on the site for longer. they help facebook learn more about its users and use targeted advertising more effectively.### today is data privacy day. it's intended to serve as a reminder to protect and safeguard, private data. the council of europe-- initiated data privacy day, back in 2007. we have some tips from the national cyber security alliance, for data. just got to kolo t-v dot com... and click on hot topics. ### the recent data breach at wendy's restauarants attention to the risks people face if their credit and debit card information is compromised. but there are a few things you can do to stay safe. here are some tips we gathered from consumer advocate clark howard. first... k

go to the nbc washington facebook page and chime in. >>> i could have been anywhere, but i chose to bere today. and it's about choices. >> snoop dogg one of many celebrities visiting flint, michigan to see how they can help with the water crisis there. meanwhile the attention is focusing now on the children dealing with the crisis. many were just two years old when they began drinking that tainted water. stephanie gosk has what is being done to help. >> reporter: these preschoolers were just two when the water source was switched to save money. for more than a year, they were exposed to lead. there are nearly 9,000 children in this city under the age of 6. the most vulnerable population. >> it breaks my heart because they already have a struggle. everything is a struggle for them already. >> reporter: this pre-school director watches with a careful eye and wonders if she is already seeing signs of lead exposure. >> i've noticed the speech, the articulation and i've noticed behaviors of anger. >> reporter: flint is getting a lot of attention and right now these kids are getting a lot of

if you like our nbc washington facebook page, you can join in on our conversation.t's only six hours away from here. no problems before noon tooichlt things change quickly. it will be down before the sun sets. keep that in mind. by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, a solid eight to as much as 12 inches of snow in the any middle east trow. but we could have 12 to 18 inches of snow. manassas, warrenton, culpeper. and by the time we get to sundown on saturday, it looks like a solid 18 to 28 inches of snow. even there, i think a foot of snow is likely. so friday evening, several inches on the ground. travel conditions go from bad to worse to not at all. very quickly. snow throughout the course of the day. that continues for saturday evening as well. stay at home this weekend if you can. the wind is the other side of this story that we need to be keeping a close eye on. the winds will be strongest east of i-95. that's also in southern maryland where we may mix in sleet and rain. it will be a heavenier wetter snow into southern maryland. i'll show you the computer mo

we put the poll on the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages so you can respond there, too. >> soople have said that they want to win the powerball. i'm surprised. the last time we checked, it's like 14% said redskins, which i think is high. >> that is. >> lauryn, what you are going to do? >> there's always next year. i will take that money and run with it. get some n players. temperatures topping out around 40 degrees today. plenty of sunshine. sunshine tomorrow with a few more clouds. temperatures in the mid 40s. upper 40s for friday. saturday looking good. a few spotty showers. sunday we have the game going on. hopefully we beat those packers out there coming from a huge die hard redskin fan. those showers will start to wrap up by the time kickoff begins at 4:40. temperatures will be fairly mild that will be our last day before we cool down as we get into monday and tuesday. it looks like we'll have some rain, best chances saturday night into sunday. >> thanks. >>> that does it for news 4 midday. thanks for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> get

logon to our nbc washington facebook page. >>> we are following the latest in decision 2016.presidential candidate donald trump made a pretty big mistake at a rally in south carolina on friday. the republican front-runner was speaking to a crowd in rock hill when he discussed his stance on the iraq war. trump said that he didn't want to go but that democratic candidate hillary clinton and gop rival rand paul voted yes in favor of going to war except paul was not there at the time. the kentucky senator was elected to office in 2010. that vote happened in 2002. >>> an anti-violence watchdog group will be patrolling metro. this comes after a number of violent attacks including recent robberies and beatings. the guardianç angels say peopl are becoming afraid to use metro. they plan to increase their presence on parts of the red line. it's going to be throughout this weekend. some members will be wearing red berets and guardian angel shirts like you see there. others will be in plain clothes. >>> it's looking dark out there this morning. tom is tracking when some heavy rain will

we just posted a story explaining the rules on our nbc washington facebook page. check it out and share it with your friends. >>> well, they have been standing defiantly for three days now. now the group behind a standoff says what it's going to take for them to stand down and when that could happen. >>> plus the challenge from facebook's ceo that could have you using facebook a little >>> first at 4:00, we're tracking the cold. take a look at some of the frigid windchills from this afternoon. doug kammerer says tonight and tomorrow morning will bring more cold weather. he brings us an update in a moment. >>> first we're following developments in oregon right now where the group of armed protesters have occupied a federal wildlife refuge since d saturday. >> the group leader says they will leave when a plan is put in place to turn the land over to locals. we get the latest from nbc's leeann greg. >> reporter: anti-government protesters continue to control buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in remote eastern gorego. leaders of the occupation say the group won't

cast your vote on the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. >>> this could be one of the most controversial years ever at the academy awards. director spike lee announced he's not attending the ceremony because there's little to no diversity among the nominees. comedian chris rock is hosting the show and on friday even he called the oscars the white b.e.t. awards. >>> "access hollywood's" billy bush is live from new york city. this is the second year in a row the contenders in the acting categories are all the same race and if spike lee is talking about not going and other hollywood stars are talking about a boycott, what kind of an impact might that have? >> well, it's spike. spike is echoing jada pinkett smith. she posted a two and a half minute video saying, look, we have to take this power into our own hands here, and basically -- she says i will not be attending and i will also not be watching. and goes on to say chris rock, you're the greatest and i think you'll be wonderful, but she wants to generate some interest in a boycott. she doesn't attend every year and her husband will got o

call or text the answer to the number on your screen and head over to the washington facebook and twitterpages. >> i can't even count how many office pools we've got going in news 4. doug and i are in the same one. >> nobody wants to be left out, doug. >> not out in the cold. >> you take one-third, it's cool. i mean, i appreciate that. guys, it is extremely cold tonight and if you get those powerball ticket, good luck to you, but the cold air will be here for one night and then we start to get milder weather in here by tomorrow, but right now it is just that. cold, really frigid air and 31 degrees and look at that air, down to 22 with the cloud cover that has moved in across the region and mid to high-level clouds and just about everybody below freezing at 4:19 in the afternoon and 21 in gaithersburg right down toward rockville and 29 up toward crownville. nothing on the radar and we are all clear and just back to the west watching the storm system, look at this one bringing some snow right back down toward our region. it's not going to get here and what this will do is allow for warmer a

call the number on the screen and you can cast your vote over on the washington, facebook and twitter pages. >>> this afternoon health officials are giving us new guidelines on what we should and should not becñ eating, but the are coming with a different warning this year. >> nbc's erica edwards explains what we should be eating and what we should avoid. >> reporter: for the first time the federal nutrition guidelines set a limit on added sugar. >> you're trying to put together the total calories in a day, the recommendation is not have more than 10% of those calories be from added sugars. >> reporter: the term added sugars does not apply to what's naturally found in fruit. it refers to sweeteners added to products like drink, soups and sauces. the government is working on new food labels that should clearly show added sugar and until then, here's dietary math that may be hard to swallow. 10% of a 2,000 calorie diet equals 12 tea spoons of sugar which can be found in just one large soda. >> whether it's the beverages you drink and maybe eating out one fewer night a week, these small

call or text the number on the bottom of your screen or head over to the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages to vote. >>> we are taking a live look at at storm center4 where doug is tracking the kocold night ahead. >> they're looking at how cold it's going to get and why ice could be such a big problem. >>> a woman in virginia has been diagnosed with the zika virus after traveling to a country where the mosquito-borne virus is raging. health officials have reporting the zika virus in many latin american and caribbean countries. infection in pregnant women can cause birth defects in their babies. in the next hour we have the four things you need to know about the zika virus. >>> wendy's says it is investigating reports of unusual activity on payment cards used at some of its restaurants. wendy's wants xhacustomers to wh for unauthorized charges. they have cyber security experts helping them check this out. it's unclear how many cards or restaurant locations may have been affected. >>> we're following a developing story in florida where officials say a tornado may have touched do

during the break just call or text the number on your screen or cast your vote on the nbc washington facebook or twitter pages. netflix and it's inspiring a nationwide campaign to take a look at one man's case. >> with us is billy bush and stephanie bower with "access hollywood." we want to give you a spoiler alert and if you are waiting to watch the end of "making a murder" you may want to turn down your sound for a minute. billy, a lot surrounding the case about a man spending time in prison it's one of the most popular stories on our facebook page. why is it so popular? >> it's a real-life documentary. it's nothing that's blown up on netflix before. "house of cards" and "orange is the new black" and they binge the heck out of them and some people like and some people don't. everybody is universally riveted by "making of a murderer." stephanie bower and i've watched 20 minutes so far. steph bauer has watched it through twice. 20 hours of your life. >> 20 hours of my life i dedicated with this. i watched it once with one sister and the other with another sister and the day it came out and it

. ♪ hundreds of you are going to the nbc washington facebook page to share your thoughts on natalie colelook at her there, the grammy award-winning artist died at the age of 65. cole had been fighting complications from hepatitis c, but her family said, quote, our beloved mother and sister will remain unforgettable in our hearts forever. >> some lawmakers in northern virginia beginning this new year on the clock. arlington county is starting off 2016 with a board meeting today where they voted in their new chair. her name is libby garvey. she takes over in a time that arlington is going tall. the center is taking shape and this year, redevelopment of the boston mall will begin. that means they'll need tenants. >> we'll be working on the office vacancy rate and it's to attract and retain businesses and maybe not so much the large government organization and the smaller start-ups and we're doing that. >> two new members joined the board after this past election, katie crystal and christian dorsey. >>> now to loudoun county when an african-american woman will be sworn as chairman of the cou

my phone showing police moving us back to thissia irand i'll put that on twitter and the nbc washington facebook page moments from now. i'm shomari stone, news 4. >>> a man die after a confrontation with hospital security guards a few months ago and now the medical examiner has ruled that the death of james mcbride was a homicide. the struggle happened back in september when mcbride walked out of medstar washington hospital center without being discharged. security tried to get him to return to the hospital, but they say he resisted. mcbride was 74 years old. he suffered blunt force trauma to his neck. those guards no longer work for the hospital and so far no charges have been filed. >>> it was a month ago that this video first went viral. a pit bull protecting its owner after she was hurt in a fire, but today here is a twist to the story. we are learning that not everything is as it appeared that night. tracee wilkins joins us live from landover hill to tell us what's going on. >> reporter: doreen, was there a lot of concern for that owner and making sure that she was okay, for her elderly fat

call or texts the number on your screen or head to the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. >>> a bonfire or a fire pit sounds pretty good on a cold night, and new products make it easier to light a fire in your own backyard. >> yeah, but more and more people are getting burned and news 4's erik gonzalez has a warning you'll want to hear. >> reporter: bonfires, fire pits, both are gaining popularity. paul harman has been lighting bonfires in his back yard for more than 20 years. >> that's where we all congregate and it also helped with yard cleanup. >> reporter: but one night this fall, he says he made a life-threatening mistake. >> never had an incident until recently. i remember everything that happened. from the blast, my ears ringing and knowing that i was fully engulfed in fire. >> reporter: harman thought he grabbed motor oil to help ignite the fire. >> instead, it was pure gasoline in the can. instead of stopping at that moment, i gave it one more shot. and that's the moment you wish you had back. and when that can exploded, it literally rocked the neighborhood. >> report

if you're a fan of our nbc washington facebook page, come on over. tany, our social media guru is over here working the facebook live camera. back to you. >> it's an toon the to are you to come in and chat with us and ask us your questions. we can get them to chuck. roads across the area, very treacherous this morning. we don't really have to tell you that. >> you've heard it several times. if you don't have to head out, just don't. adam tuss has taken the storm team 4 by 4 to virginia. already we've seen issues out thereof with you. >> we've seen snowplows getting stuck, cars getting stuck. this car right here is stuck on the interloop of the beltway in springfield. as you head up towards brad dock ro road. other cars are stopping in the middle of the beltway to help this guy dig out. also, a virginia state trooper. we have a confluence of people out here because someone wasn't smart enough to stay athome. the issue out here, you have huge snow piles and these huge snow drifts. when you try to change lanes or get over from one side to the next, all o

go to our nbc washington facebook page to find out why and in the break share the story with your friends. >> take a look at this. it's just incredible video of storms that swallow streets in the blink of an eye. the quick thinking that a driver had when it disappeared. >> they're just about ready for this year's health and fitness expo that kicks off tomorrow and we're give young a sneak preview of some of the free things that you can try that can make for >>> right now philadelphia police are investigating the ambush of one of their officers as an act of terror. >> the suspect was captured just minutes later and detectives now say he claimed allegiance to isis. brian mooar is following this investigation from capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: chris and barbara, police are calling this an assassination and they want to know a lot more about the suspect and who he talked to before the attack. >> in philadelphia, a brazen ambush of a police officer sitting in his cruiser and from the suspect a confession every bit as shocking. >> he stated that he pledges his allegiance to i

. >> we just posted a story on our nbc washington facebook page that breaks down the science of theseumbers and you can check it out during the break. >>> setup day here at the d.c. convention center for the nbc health and fitness expo which starts tomorrow morning and one thing that we're excited to share with people is our changing minds pavilion and changing minds is an nbc 4 project that we started about a year and a half ago to raise awareness about mental illness and treatments and diagnosis and all of that. we have a whole lot of partners who have joined us here to answer your questions and to help guide you in the wrong direction. joining me right now, qana anamoto from -- the substance abuse and mental health services administration. >> it's part of the federal government. how will you be trying to help people this week snernd. >> we are thrilled to be part of the pavilion. we'll be holding a panel tomorrow on the main stage to help people know what to do if your child may have mental health problems. we have a booth where people can come get information about themselves and

you can also vote on the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. >>> crews getting the field ready for the super bowl apparently forgot there will be two teams playing. they mistakenly painted both end zones for the denver broncos. >> ouch. tell that to the thousands of carolina panthers fans who are getting ready for their team's big game. nbc news mark barger is in charlotte with how they're showing their support. >> reporter: thousands of carolina panthers fans -- >> panthers nation. >> reporter: gave their team a super bowl sendoff in downtown charlotte. >> we're going to give you everything we have to make sure we bring that championship back to charlotte. >> reporter: the panthers' opponent the denver broncos will have a similar rally sunday but the mile high city's players and fans are not the only ones bound for santa clara's levi stadium. so it thunder two, the bronco's purebred arabian mascot, prepping for a two day road trip. >> it's like having a child, you know w a play pen and everything. you need everything for him. >> reporter: everything is also what san francisco

just call or text the number on your screen or head over to the nbc washington facebook and twitter pages. >>> no one has an easy time in snow like this, not even the men and women driving the snowplows. chopper 4 caught up with this one just as it got stuck on a back road in gaithersburg. another plow came by to help an even after they shoveled around it, the truck still had to be towed out. it was a tight squeeze but it looks like crews freed the truck without taking out any mailboxes or light poles nearby. >> and that music after a snowstorm can only mean three words "snow stick challenge." >> that's right. and this time you didn't even have to go outside to take part. >> i didn't know this, but pat collins has a snow office set up at connecticut in northwest d.c. what's going on there at your office? >> reporter: well, pat, chris, take a look at me. no gloves, no heavy coat, flaps up. it's getting better and better every minute out here. now, little by little, step by step, we're getting closer and closer to selecting a winner in the pat collins snow stick challenge. >> reporter: it w

actually see him have a little fun right here and create this master bees of a bus on our nbc washington facebook page and we want you to ton share your snow moments with us and just use the #, blizzard 2016 and you can tweet them @nbcwashington or send it to jim or wendy and they'll send it to me and we'll get it on the air. >> angie, thanks so much. >> it's h-a-n-d-l-y. >> i think it works. >> we have much more coming up. you know we have crews that have covered this storm throughout the day. we're going to be with you throughout the night, too, and we'll be on the air very early tomorrow morning starting at 5:00 a.m. >> we will? >> we will. >>> and welcome back. news 4 tracking the snow on radar. a live look outside coming up. we're in southeast d.c. where we've got reporters standing by, too, and they have been getting. >> it looks beautiful right now. >> this is when snow is pretty. check back with us tomorrow and on sunday. by monday we'll all be going -- that snow! >> i've got to give a shout out because at city center, chef amy just texted me to say centralina will be open. go down there

. >> guest: certainly microsoft is making the mistake of ignoring washington and facebook and google try to learn from it that as the succeeding get bigger everyone wants to take shots at them and also you are diverting money from someone else and trying to -- it's probably defensive more than anything else. we have to know what's going on and when you come up with only thing whether air bnb or snapshot -- snapchat or someone like that how the snapchat request to do an e-mail notification to other customers? they can't. some of the old rules don't apply to these new technologies and new ways of doing things and that's why they need family representation in the world where there are thousands of regulations on the books and thousands being proposed. that's the biggest challenge to new business prescient today. it's not ideas or even technology. it's how do you comply with all the government regulations that you don't even know are out there? >> guest: we have also seen a proliferation of groups that represent these companies. is there an arms race among these groups to be the voice of

>> guest: well, certainly microsoft has made the make of ignoring washington, and facebook and google tried to learn from that. as you get bigger, everyone wants to take shots at you. and often when you succeed, that means you're diverting money from someone else, and they try to block you. it's more defensive than anything else. people figure out ways like on privacy notifications, well, how does snapchat as the government was requesting do a snail mail notification to all their customers in they can't. of it's not in their business model. so some of the old rules just don't apply, and that's why they need, sadly, representation in a world where there's thousands of regulations on the books and thousands of ones being proposed. that's the biggest challenge to new business creation today. it's not money, it's not ideas, it's not even technology. how do you comply with all of the government regulations that is you don't even know are out there? >> sure. we've also seen a proliferation of tech trade groups that represent these companies. is there sort of an arms race to be the voice of

watch that and enjoy it and then we'll post the recipes on our facebook and our "great day" washington facebooking pictures and smelling it all morning long. i want to talk about the entertainment world. lots going on here. actor jamie foxx sprang into action monday evening freeing a trapped man from a burning car. the academy award winner said he heard the crash outside of his southern california home and he unbuckled the driver and dragged him to safety from his overturned vehicle. >> i said i'm going to help you get you ow because i don't want to -- out because i don't want to leave you. i said you have angels around. >> janfoxx says he doesn't feel like a hero. >> what would you do? >> of course i would run. if you see someone that could potentially die, you want to help. he was very brav

washington. >> and on facebook, people are talking about the republican national committee's decision late yesterday to cut ties with nbc for its upcoming debate in houston. the february 25 debate will now air on cnn. >>> ben carson has canceled all campaign events today and tomorrow to travel to omaha and check on a badly injured campaign volunteer. he was in south carolina when a campaign van in iowa was involved in a crash. the van hit a patch of ice and flipped and another vehicle hit it. one volunteer suffered serious injuries and was taken to a trauma center in omaha. two other volunteers and a campaign staff worker were checked out as well. >>> a brand new poll shows congressman chris van hollam with 30% of the vote. the winner of the general election will fill the seat of retiring senator bob rumagolski. >>> the white house says it is confident that the supreme court will uphold president obama's executive actions on immigration. they will hear a challenge of his plan to let up to 5 million undocumented immigrants work here legally. a decision from the highest court is now expected by june.

washington journal, look at the year ahead. we'll talk about the challenges and priorities for congress. in 2016, the november elections, domestic and international issues. you can join the conversation by phone, facebook. washington journal, live, every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on >> this new year's weekend, american history has three days of featured programming. beginning friday afternoon at 3:10 eastern, pam la smith hill, discusses the life of laura engles wilder, comparing and contrasting the tv book show to the real life of laura engles. >> laura chose to write about people, places and memory that is were not only important to her personally, but that would resonate with adult readers in the early 1930s. so, as it was pointed out, pioneer girl indeed contains sta >> then, on saturday evening at y>Ñ historian james watson compares the assassinations of abraham lincoln and john f. kennedy, high lighting the similarities and differences between both tragedies. and, at 10:00, the 1965 "meet the press" interview who authored a report on the contents of black poverty in the united states. >> i believe that -- i believe that president johnson said in his university speech, you cannot keep a man in

more than a thousand of you have sthared it on our nbc washington facebook page. by noon this thing was trending. the only thing giving him competition was pat kol lipps and his snow stick. some of you were in spired by panda fever. you gave him competition. it seems you may be suffering from a little bit of cabin fever. >> maybe something else, though, inspired you to jum sboop the snow. just saying. maybe you were in the spirit. and who has a began suit readily available? >> it looks like a onesie. >> it looks like pajamas with footsies. >> keep them coming. >> remember to download the nbc >>> it's time for the big digout, time to dig the roads and get traffic moving once again. >> you can see the blizzard moving off the coast. now the problem is what is left behind the wake. it's going take a lot of shoveling, folks, plowing and finding a place to put all the snow. that's what people don't consider. you geefrt to put it somewhere. >> where is it going to go. even last year i remember seeing snow mounds sitting around in the parking lot. >> the big melters. >> d

as always, we take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at seven ago a.m. eastern on c-span. today, former president bill clinton makes his first campaign trip for hillary clinton in 2016. he is in new hampshire for a series of grassroots organizing meetings. he will talk about how hillary clinton will make a difference for families across the country's. live coverage at 5:15 on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators," consumer technology association president on the major technology issues he expects in 2016, and why the cta changed its name this past fall to consumer technology association. he is joined by tony rahm. companies in over 2.5 million thi, up from 2.4 million. it will be spectacular. more innovation, more excitement, more categories than ever before. it is the future. it is a show where solving problems, comes to the world. it is about health care, transportation, clean food, clean water, greater food production. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> c-span has your best access to c

call or text the number on our screen or head over to the washington nbc facebook and twitter pages to cast your vote. >>> the crew of the space shuttle "challenger" was remembered today at memorials across the country and even in space. it's been 30 years since the disaster at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral, florida. after a half dozen delays leading up to it, the shuttle "challenger" was launched on an unusually cold day for central florida. >> two, one. >> the seven astronauts family and friends and plenty of others watched from the grandstands. >> and it has cleared the tower. >> but shuttle launches have become so routine by january of 1986 that only one network carried it live for the country to watch. that is until some 70 seconds into the flight. >> "challenger" go and throttle up. >> year long investigations that followed would conclude that cold weather caused parts of the shuttle to break apart causing the explosion and leaving the nation in shock. the "challenger" seven were remembered at an emotional memorial service today at cape canaveral. >> ronald e. mcnair

you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" his wife at at0 eastern on -- is live 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> president obama released this video on twitter. obama: this is my last state of the union address. our capacity to change for the better is what makes america great. our ability to come together as one american family. we can get closer to the america we believe in. it is who we are. it is what i want to focus on in this state of the union address. with james argan, looking back at the history of annual message. and then at 9:00, our live coverage of the speech, followed by the republican response by nikki haley. plus, your reaction by phone, facebook, tweets, and email. re-air the state of the union coverage at 11:00 a.m. eastern. also, live on c-span-2 after the speech we will hear live from the members of congress what they think of the president's address. >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. this year, our student cam documentary contest asks students to tell us what th

included gloves, hats and scarves.we caught up with one group hanging out bags in mount washington. 3 "it's a facebook group, there's i think over 11 hundred members right now. it's not that everybody gets involved every single month, anybody can be involved, any age.""it's pretty amazing actually and it's a little bit overwhelming. it's amazing to see how many people want to come out want to help, and i think the idea of kindness is really what is driving that. being able to give to your fellow man and just those little acts that make everyday a little bit nicer."the group calls a kindflash...or a flash mob of kind acts. the group is now celebrating its first anniversary. members hold outreach events once a month... and volunteers of all ages are welcome. 3 time/temp ...spreading a positive message ...how former drug addicts are using music to inspire change.plus ...isis may have just hinted at it's next target with the release of a new video.those stories and more, after the break, on good morning cincinnati. >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, please listen carefully. the lock i want to tal

washington examiner will be with us. also katrina vanden heuvel will talk about politics in 2016. as always, we'll take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal is live every day starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> c-span's campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house for the iowa caucuses. monday, february 1st, our live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span and c-span 2. we'll bring you live coverage, and at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we'll go to a rep but first, opening remarks from self magazine editor in chief, joyce chang. >> hello and welcome, i am joyce chang, and i'm the editor in chief of "self" magazine. i just want to thank you so much for joining us today at one world trade. it is our pleasure at "self" and with the clinton foundation to host you guys here in our semi- new home. i thought this would be the perfect place for us to hold an event like this, because i believe that big ideas on expansive topics

and as always, we will take your calls on facebook and twitter. washington journal is live every day starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. c-span's campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house for the iowa caucuses. monday february 1 our live coverage on c-span and c-span 2. at 8:00 p.m. eastern. see the event live in its entirety. join the conversation on c-span radio and cspan.org. >> another state of the state now with iowa governor terry branstad. her remarks run half an hour. >> welcome to your first senate session. i look forward to working with you as you represent your constituents back home. and i want to welcome all returning legislators as well. we return this session without an esteemed colleague and friend who was respected by both sides of the aisle. he served his constituents with passion and i know we all will mishim this session. ladies and gentlemen, over the past five years progress that put iowa in a position of strength and opportunity for a bright future. snd

washington. apple today, facebook tomorrow, so some pretty big earnings that could help this market.ht now i think it will tend to stay higher as the week goes on. liz: well, color me green, larry shover. listen, consumer confidence for january hanging in there. the consumer looks semi-decent. and when we're looking at the case shiller home price index. this number goes back, though, it's a little delayed. it's from november, but it beat estimates too. is john corpina right when he says there's enough evidence for this market to stand on its own? >> i think he is dead right on that. i think we're underestimating the consumer. we look at the bad retail sales number, we don't realize that the consumer is spending money in other places. look at the service industry. we're so locked up with the oversold oil market, the stock market, we don't realize the consumer is doing very well. it's a lag effect, it's going to take a while, but we're seeing it and -- liz: would you have said that, larry, would you have said that yesterday when we were tanking in the final hour? >> yes, yes! yes! i sa

take your we will calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live its :00 a.m. eastern on seas. today, c-span's road to the white house coverage continues with the republican presidential candidates. at 12:30, chris christie holding a town hall meeting. live on c-span2. at 1:45, jeb bush. you can watch it live on c-span. later, we will join ben carson for a town hall meeting in iowa city, where he is campaigning with chuck grassley. live at 3:00 eastern on c-span 2. >> c-span's campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house for the iowa caucuses. begins atbruary 1, 7:00 p.m. eastern. we will bring you live pre-caucus coverage, taking your phone calls, tweets, and texts. then we will take you to the republican caucus in the democratic caucus on c-span2. see the event life in its entirety, and be sure to stay with c-span and join in on the conversation. >> republican presidential candidate rand paul spoke to voters at drake university in des moines. he asked them to caucus for him. afterwards he answered questions from the a

washington examiner looks at the top news stories of the day. after that, editor and publisher of "the nation" will discuss progressive politics in campaign 2016. plus of course your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" live tuesday and every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span. with the weekend east coast winter storm, blizzard, both chambers of congress out of session today. the house had been scheduled to vote this week on overriding the president's veto. of a bill to repeal parts of the health care law and defund planned parenthood. vote was also scheduled on legislation to impose new sanctions on iran. but those have been canceled because of the snow, moved into next week. the house held a pro forma session today, one scheduled for thursday. but again, they're back for votes next week. the senate, however, returns on wednesday for legislative work, beginning work on an energy bill, modernizing the u.s. electric grid. also re-authorizing the federal land and water conservation fund. they'll also debate a u.s. judicial nomination. the senate live on c-span2. and they gavel in for legislative work on wednesday. meanwhile, back on the campaign trail, senator

washington post." reps from apple, facebook, google and twitter expected to attend. a source tells reuters the meeting will focus on social media content and ways to use technology to stop terrorists from radicalizing people online. >> the tech companies have to figure this out. they have to cooperate. >> reporter: former fbi agent rick smith. >> what they are saying at this point though is give us the tools. give us the tools and we have a chance. >> the what would you say to the people who are like, you know, the -- the -- you know, invasion of our privacy? >> look, i think that these people, look, these people that are concerned about their privacy, uhm, in normal everyday life, i get that. we're talking about something bigger than that. >> reporter: the problem, the "islamic state" is growing faster than u.s. intelligence can keep up with. add encrypted technology to the mix. >> it's a needle in the haystack to begin with. this makes it almost impossible. >> reporter: dianne feinstein told "face the nation" the u.s. is fighting in the dark. >> terrorists could us

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as always, we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington. "washington journal", live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the weekend prior to the caucuses, there'll be a frenzy of activity across iowa. there so many candidates on the republican side, there are three candidates on the democratic side, each of them will have three - six events-six events per day. we will be looking for the events that give you a sense of what it is like to campaign for the caucuses. keep in mind, what is key's organization. you need organization. you need to make sure those people who support you get to the caucuses. it is going to be interesting to see how the candidates are trying to close the deal, sell their message, and convince those people who might still be on the fence to go for candidate air candidate be. what what you'll see is essentially wall-to-wall coverage on c-span as these candidates make their final pitches. >> c-span this weekend, live coverage of the presidential candidates in iowa. >> army general john nicholson is the presence nominee to

facebook page. >>> now to southeast washington and a show of support fur students at cw harris elementary school. students got their pick of some terrific new double layer coats thanks to the folks at care first. the nonprofit agency has partnered with harris elementary as part of the adopt a school program. some of the winter's coolest weather around the corner, these coats could not have arrived at a better time. >> always watching, always tracking. wusa9 first alert weather. >>> topper says he is going to party like it is 1999. >> it is not very pretty. but on this day back in 1999, a major ice storm. an unusual ice storm because the start of it was liquid rain that turned freezing overnight. 250,000 folks without power. we had hundreds of accidents. hundreds of parkways were closed early in the morning on the 15th. it is unusual. normally we go ice to rain, rarely rain to ice. thousands of folks with no power. it was a mess. >> yes it was. >> so the train doesn't seem to bad tonight doesn't it? >> so stop complaining. >> exactly. our three degree guarantee. i thought it would be well into the

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indiana [applause] on our next "washington omar will talk about the roots of islamic extremism and ways to counter it. you can join the conversation by phone or on facebookwitter. "washington journal" is like every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> we need to know how many people are reading us. we need to know how they are coming to us. so for example, if they are not coming to wii to our website and are coming to us through facebook or google or twitter or snap chat or reddit for any of these other venues, we should know that. >> sunday night on "q&a," marty baron talks about the changes that "the post" since he took over at 2013. he also discusses the depiction of his work as "the boston globe" in the movie "spotlight." >> i think it is quite faithful as how the investigation unfolded. it is important to keep him mind that it is a movie and not a documentary, so you have to compress within two hours seven months plus of investigation, and you had to introduce a lot of characters, and you had to introduce the important themes that emerged over the course of the investigation. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." a conversation on presidential campa

washington. >> it's always good seeing a little person eating greens. you can find out more about this beautiful program. it's on eun's facebook> kudos to those volunteers. >> we like to think of ourselves as hearty souls here. it would aren't be a winter storm in washington if we didn't have fun with it and let's check out with our chief snow correspondent, patrick collins who is gearing up for this big event. >> the doomsday book, what's that about, pat? >> oh, it's just a piece of fiction. you know, i'm here getting some rest, getting a little warmth because you know, in a short time we're going to get a doozy. snow like we've never had it before. not to worry. i'm ready. i've got my boots. i've got my hats, and i've got my gloves and i've got my coat. i call this the solution. it's never let me down and i have the official pat collins snow stick. it has markings on one side to show all of the big storms we've had in our city over the past years and the one we're getting this weekend, why, it could be right up here. i'll be out there saturday measuring every inch as it comes down. watch on saturday and you could end up with

there were the questionable facebook posts, which included him in washington with the comment i come to bury d.c. t praise it. and this one where he claims to be the person on the left. free speech to some but others, cluding the defamation league, they're down right evil and there may be part of the reason he's at the center of an former student emily mills came to her. so far has been the only person able to interview him. >> i've not broken the i don't advocate that anyone else break the law. >> he also denied links to isis statement to students saying, was no indication of a threat. the comments were called irreprehensible and contrary to core values. >> as many emia note, tenure is a strange thing. once you have it, it can be difficult to get fired. there'lead to such steps. the university declined to say whether they're taking any of steps. the professor did not have class today, but he plans to return to a normal schedule this week. >> you can hear more e ksu student who broke the story sisters are dead >> reporter: good evening russ. piece together what happened. the two wome

washington. go to gretawire and facebook. >>> welcome to "red eye." i am tv's andy levy in for tom shillue. coming up on the big show. bernie sanders' ad talks about america. and jeb bush is playing sound of silence for months. and marco rubio remind america he played football and married a cheerleader. that's right. he is the guy you hated in high school. and finally i will talk to the next president of the united states. it is not joanne. sorry. all right, let's welcome our guests. well, she is always falling for men and falling in general. she drinks a lot. i am here withnne nosuchunsky. and are his high hopes of becoming commander-in-chief merely pipe dreams? joining me is the 2016 presidential candidate gary johnson. and she is my favorite wolf who has not appeared in a children's book or party of 5. it is the host of invasion of privacy pod cast kate wolf. and he was the youngest political uh .y and from i hear single handedly responsible for the iraq war. it is the host of the federal list radio hour. let's light this candle. >> you have been demanding it, now get it. the town hall f

washington journal robert woodson will discuss conservatives approach to reducing poverty in the us. radio host talks about his book the covenant with black america, and you can join the conversation by phone or on facebooksted a discussion on consumer online reviews examining tactics used by businesses to silence critics. see it live at noon eastern here. >> with this year student camera documentary contest students are telling us the issue they want the presidential candidates to discuss and we are hearing about as they produce the videos. here is a tweet. recording student intros at the white house. help with their camera project this afternoon. good luck. students from lakeside high school tweeted more of our day of the capitol. thank you arizona state representative and senator clark for the tour. social studies teacher at john adams middle school, interviewing j, interviewing j valentine 25 our student camera project about school bullying. 100,000 and prizes for the grand prize of 5,000

once we get off the air on the washington app and on facebook and twitter and i don't know where else, but i know we're somewhere else, too. >> thank you, doug. >>> during the snowmageddon snowstorm metro had to shut down all of its above-ground rail service, but this time around the transit agency is suspending all service, above and below ground for the weekend. transportation reporter adam tuss joins us live with details. why close the whole thing down, adam? >> this san interesting step by the transit agency, why could aren't you just run the below-ground service so that we could get around? it makes a lot of sense if you start thinking about it from this perspective. if power were to be shut down, we're talking about high winds with this storm and a rail car got stuck in a tunnel then you'd have a big problem. plus metro's also talking about storing its equipment inside the tunnels when all of this is happening and the blizzard is coming. so with all of that in mind, let's take a look at the schedule changes for metro. >> tomorrow on metro, trains will run from 5:00 in the mornin

live with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook comments on "washington journal."that would repeal parts of the affordable care act. here is a look at some of our feature programs this weekend on c-span3. the last state of the union speech from president obama. this saturday and sunday, we will feature four state of the union speeches. on saturday it is president jimmy carter. on sunday, george w. bush followed by bill clinton. saturday morning, a playwright and star accepts the george washington book prize special achievement award. we look back to the 1984 presidential campaign and a debate in iowa. >> he has to have the trust and confidence of the american people. private promises for the american people and it has to be for all of our people. >> for our complete weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> president obama outline new actions at reducing gun lines requiring more gun sellers to have background checks, increasing funding for mental health, and making it easier for doctors to report mental illness. by president was introduced the father of a child ki