this afternoon. not far from average. now to breaking traffic. >>> the baltimore washington parkway, a fatal crash last night southbound between 198 and 197. everything is moving now. traffic on 95 and route 1 quality alternates, but you don't need them. everything is clear southbound on the baltimore washington parkway. >>> at 1:00 this morning two vehicles collided. one man is dead. more about what happened this morning. >> at 1:00 this morning a person had a disabled vehicles southbound no. of 197. another vehicle struck that vehicle and the person is dead. detectives are wrapping up the scene. this will be reopened shortly. >> the driver was out of his car. what was he doing? >> looks like he may have been outside the vehicle. this is early in the investigation. there was a bus on the media and, likely having swerved to avoid the crash scene. >> are there charges pending? is it too early? >> it is too ole. -- too early. >> thank you, sgt. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:02. there's another student attack on campus in college park. >> it happened at the parking garage. students are

on our annual thanksgiving weekend books and authors broadcast. washington is mired in gridlock. the arguments raised over taxes, the size of government and foreign wars. but have we heard it all before? today, we step back from the headlines and offer perspective from four widely acclaimed authors: edmund morris, whose "colonel roosevelt," the third of his books on theodore roosevelt, is just out. ron chernow, author of the massive new biography of george washington; bob woodward, who has yet another best seller with "obama's wars;" and arianna huffington, whose provocative new book is "third world america." then, i'll have a final thought on thanksgiving and why it is my favorite holiday. but first, four authors talk about then and now on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. edmund morris, ron chernow and bob woodward are in the studio with us. arianna huffington joins us from los angeles. welcome to all of

levy's trial. >> and the mouth on top of the world turns 83 years old. good morning washington continues right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. it is 6:00 this thursday, november 18. >> good morning everybody. it is a calm morning and there. >> it is nice. we do not have the high winds or severe weather. >> it is fantastic. no high winds or heavy rains. just a typical november day. frederick 39. a little bit of added cloud cover. it may be warmer in parts of the metro area. from the west, high temperatures in the mid 50's. we will collet limited sunshine. most of the sunshine will be in the morning. sunny but cold tomorrow. please tell us no accidents or bad traffic. >> in maryland, that would be true. coming of the to attend and 228 south east, but virginia has a lot of traffic. westbound on brees road. onee's a crash on the highway. quiet and traffic on the tyco cameras at the holy cross hospital in silver springs. hopefully we will have the news choppers 7. >> we are falling breaking news. a shooting in southeast washing

always think they can change washington, but will washington change them? we're talking with former house speaker dennis hastert and the youngest member of the house, congressman aaron shock. >>> finally official, kate middleton and prince william are engaged. we're expecting to see the happy cuppal for a photo-op later this morning. >>> joining the discussion this morning pat buchanan, "washington post" editorial writer jonathan capehart and the fourth highest ranking congressman larsen and valerie blame and her husband, former ambassador joe wilson. >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. this is a special edition of "jansing & company." we're live out on the balcony of the rotunda on capitol hill and tremendously busy in washington, d.c. what will their influence be? we'll be talking with one of the longest serving members of congress and talking about one of the longest serviing memberss of congress. he's waiting to hear, frankly so are we, what the consequences are of that hearing that he said for almost a year what he wanted on those ethic charges. the strength of the tea party and all

: >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer in washington. weomeou to election night 2010. our entire web newshour team will be here for the next hour. reporting and analyzing this big night for the republicans. as many of you know, they've been updating this developing story online all evening. the republicans needed 39 seats to capture the house. network and cable projections say they've done at least that well. the associated press will has yet to make that call. our overview shows in the house the rublins' gains 26 although the projections are by the networks and others that more than 50 have actually now gone to the republican side. in the senate republicans have picked up four so far in wisconsin, north dakota, arkansas-indiana. they of course needed 10 in order to regain control of the senate. the governor's races, there have been seven republican pick-ups of democratic governorships. for the details thus far, here is hari sreenivasan in our news room. >> sreenivasan: good evening, jim. let's ju try to geteople up to speed on someof the latest results. let's start out with the sout

earth shifted this week. we'll explain what it happened and what it means tonight on "washington week. >> i'm confident and i am hopeful because this is our movement. this is our moment. this is our morning in america. >> tuesday's election was not about republicans. it was about the democrats. they got a report card. they got an f. >> i'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like i did last night. i'm sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. >> no regrets. no regrets. because we believe we did the right thing. >>there seems to be some denial on the part of the president and other democrat leaders. gwen: the winners. the losers. and the new faces. >> we started a movement 18 months ago. it was a movement of the people, for the people, and by the people. >> we make a great mistake if we believe that tonight these results are somehow an embraves the republican party. what they are is a second chance. gwen: and election that raised as many questions as it answered, for the obama white house, for the newly divided congress and for the very ide

day with a clear start. near 40 in prince george's, arlington, fairfax. mid-40s in washington and near the bay. 30s to 20s in western maryland and parts of west virginia on this wednesday morning. as we look at the vie from space the last 12 hours, clear skies. a few high clouds coming from the north later this afternoon. highs 60 or so by midafternoo sunrise, 6:45. sunset, 4:59. a look at thursday, friday, turday, sunday. jerry, how is the traff? >> off we go. very quiet start on i-270 through clarksburg. all e travel lanes open. over to virginia, a little sampling on interstate 66 through vienna. lanes are open to all with no dela. and top side of the capital ltway, overnight roadway on the outer loop, new hampshire area should be wrapped up. good news to report. metro, vre and mark with no delays >> a developing story we are following this morning. tug boats are making their way out to a massivecruise ship stranded in the pacific ocean. the ship left long beach, california on monday and cruising toward mexico when it suddenly caught fire. the fire cut power to the vessel cuttin

. president obama returning to washington after a ten-day tour of asia, did the trip actually accomplish anything or was it an international dud. we have a live report in moments. >> the president has a tough battle waiting for him over the bush tax cuts. republicans want them extended for everyone and they're not budging. will we see a compromise? >> you look good clayton, you look good. . >> plus, bernie madoff's personal mititems hit the auctin block. you won't believe how much they went for. "fox & friends" starts right now. now. >> . >> good morning, we're still talking about clayton's outfit. why don't you just wait a couple of minutes and come back and have it all-- >> i wasn't making fun of clayton, i was wondering if we were clashing. >> no the pink on pink shirt, we match. we figured because of bernie madoff's clothes that were up for sale. we were trying to match the colors up for sale. $12,000 for items. boxer shorts got big bucks. >> come on. >> i think you're everthinking it, i think you guys look good. >> thank you. >> coming up on the show, twinkie diets. did y

session and jon kyl, who is the republican's expert on this issue, has a lot of clout in washington. he indicated that it won't be until next year that they'll take it up for consideration. >> what does this mean now between the united states and russia? it's another foreign policy setback so soon after the g-20 summit, which did not go at all well for the president in south korea. >> yeah, it is a setback. we don't know yet how enduring a setback it is. if you read what jon kyl and some of the others who are skecht cal of this treaty, they haven't said they are opposed entirely, they have certain reservations and want some things in the treaty done for their vote. folks shouldn't believe that the treaty is dead or anything like that. it's just going to be a hard struggle through much of 2011 before they can get the ratification and this is a problem the united states has always had. we have a democracy. other countries like russia that really don't have democracies, they don't quite understand the way our process works and they need to be alerted to the fact that they need the consent

without washington's help. plus, the bush legacy from the financial crisis to his freedom agenda. does the former commander in chief have regrets? he tells our own jim strossel. welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. lawmakers return to washington for a post-election lame duck session, issue extending bush-era tax cuts will be at the top of the agenda. the white house signaled president obama may be ready to cut a deal, accepting a temporary extension of the cuts to win renewal of a tax break for the middle class. david axlrod is denying this is a retreat. why are liberals howling? joining the panel this week, dan henninger, james freeman, and washington columnist kim strossel.

budget cutting. and that's before the new congress even gets to town. tonight on "washington week." >> this debt is like a cancer that will truly destroy this country from within if we don't fix it. gwen: a bold, new plan to reduce the deficit immediately draws fire from the left and the right. >> the debt and deficit are unsustainable but this is not the way to do it. >> the problem is not the deficit, which is the difference between overspending and the overtaxing but rather the overspending is the problem. gwen: and more post election fallout. who will lead the house democrats? will michael steele survive at the republican national committee? traveling abroad, the president encounters skepticism on trade, currency and america's leadership role in the world. >> instead of hitting a home run, sometimes we're going to hit singles but they're really important singles. gwen: while at home, a former president tries to redefine his legacy. >> was there ever any consideration given to apologizing to the american people? >> apologizing would basically say the decision was the wrong deci

gingrich. he was a guest on today's " washington journal." this is 45 minutes. "washington journal" continues. >> we want to welcome back newt >>. thank you. host: we saw the leadership votes in the house and senate. nothing has changed guest: nothing much. the republicans have a winning team with new faces added. the democrats have a losing team and decided to keep the losing time. a very interesting phenomena. host: what do you think nancy pelosi decided to stay? guest: it's her right to stay. obously the democratic caus agrees. i think part of the difference is that she believes, this is my only guess, that she believes obama will get re-elected by a g marg. the rayburn martin model doesn't work. the second time martin lost in 1954, he bounced back and fourth and the large democratic cause us stand. matthew dowd, it's not 1994. barack obama may not be so lucky. his political future as well as his party hinges on whether the economy rises. guest: i think that's partly true. the center has moved to the right. you have country which is more anti-spending and anti-washington and det

on more power in washington, trying to be generous about that, is that the resliming -- that's maureen's word -- the resliming the ambassador wilson and valerie plame wilson is about to start all over again. when you read that piece or considered that notion, you think what? >> if i was advising them, it would be just let it go. if you want to go round two, well, we'll go round two and we'll all see it in the sequel. otherwise, just let it go as they should have let it go the first time around. they took a three-day story and turned it into a six-year nightmare for themselves. >> this is one of those stories that it started in 2003, but it actually unfolded over a series -- several years. and i think, you know, it waxed and waned in the media. there was a lot of chaff thrown in there that people got confused. it's not a difficult story to follow what really happened. and i think now the truth has come out. we've had the trial of mr. scooter libby and all of the other things that have subsequently come out to show that that really was a full-on diss information campaign. tavis:

is live in northeast washington with a look at the damage. megan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. we're along the rhode island corridor here in northeast washington. this little area really got hit hard by the storm that blew through overnight. people are wondering was it a tornado or a powerful torm? along the shopping center parking lot, they lost a section of the roof. there's damage to the back. also a lot of debris fell down on to a mini van. shattered windows and the like. just to give you an idea where we are, this is the shopping center between rhode island avenue and brentwood road where the home depot is, a giant here. there's also an aj wright. sections of the roof came flying off. some of the debris we see has been wrapped around some of the light posts in the parking lot area. home depot got a lot of damage. they had sheds, they had some plants and stands they were all sitting on. all of that just blew around and was smashed to pieces. they have a big cleanup job ahead of them. now we have been speaking to folks here, some of whom were in the ea at the

, public opinion and expectations, who will lead? we tackle that on "washington week." welcome to wash. >> never been in the capitol. >> where everything old is new again, can at least when it comes to party leadership. >> in the 2008 session, we have two republicans. >> we look forward to hearing their ideas on job creation and deficit reduction. >> but is this what the voters wanted? >> i think we missed an opportunity today to send a signal to america. -- that we understand what happened this past election. >> on the docket, a trillion dollar budget bill, a tax cut debate, an ethics debate and a troubled nuclear deal. >> for anyone to think that we can postpone it or we can avoid it, is i'm afraid vastly underestimating the continuing threat that is posed to our country. >> and in a setback for u.s. terror prosecution, a former guantanamo detainee tried in civilian court gets a split verdict. >> it is a less than satisfactory outcome to what i think is a very unwise and dangerous gambit. >> covering a complicated week, john harwood of the cnbc and the "new york times." janet ho

, washington, virginia beach, even up towards boston, we're clearing out now. high pressure will build in from the west and that will give us a high and dry forecast for our thursday. sunny skies, a pleasant afternoon. 61degrees your afternoon high. might be a degree or two cooler than yesterday. i think it will be quite enjoyable. >> thank you. >>> we want to take a look at our top stories. president obama is commemmorating veterans day in south korea speaking to hundreds of troops there. the president saluted the bravery of those who fought in the korean war to remember south korea. >> we remember. we remember your courage. we remember your sacrifice. the legacy of your service lives on in a free and prosperous republic of korea. >> reporter: the president is in seoul to attend the two-day g-20 economic summit. >>> the tiny kansas church known for protesting military funerals is holding a protest at the george washington university later this morning. they are bringing the anti-gay protests to gw. the students have planned a peaceful and humorous counter- protest. >>> in & %c1

cinnabon cinnamon... now in all pillsbury cinnamon rolls. . >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan dealers sports extra. >>> welcome back. thanks for sticking around. today marked the 75th meeting between maryland and virginia football. the terps had revenge on their minds today because uva spoiled their home gaming last year. and they didn't forget it. it wasn't easy but maryland decided they would try to ruin virginia's senior day. we start in the first quarter virginia up 3-0. maryland with the first in goal to hand off to freshman dj adams. gets a six yard score and the terps are on the board. they lead 7-0. they lineup for the field goal on fourth and five but it's a fake. did it last week against duke. and it worked today. the 16-yard td. virginia takes the 10-7 lead. same score in the second quarter. terps in the red zone. brian in the tend runs it in and maryland is up 14-10. and then on the terps next possession they would go for it on the fourth and one. adams heads to the left side. he goes in untouched. the second td of the game. maryland were up 21-10. they were

represent the people of arkansas in washington. i want to thank my campaign staff for all that they have done. i cannot go through every one, but all of you have been so great fall. all of you have led your homes to is. you have let your finances to is, everything i am the guy that is up there. it is not about me. is about getting a conservative voice for washington to represent us. [cheers and applause] the reality is that we could not have done this without this great army of people have wed been very helpful. i want to especially thank stanley reed and bill mcknight who have sacrificed so much personal time. [applause] all along the campaign trail, stanley is a former farm bureau aformerbill is the chief of g.i. at the medical center. he is a big dog dr. over there. [laughter] he has been keeping the campaign regular. [laughter] i tell people that i am an optometrist by training. hang around and i will give you free eye advice. stanley will give you free advice concerning your garden. bill has graciously consented if you are having problems with your digestion to give you advice. [lau

establishment here in washington some ask whether there are higher powers that stake and how much influence they wield over the city now someone is no stranger to this topic is ralph nader he was a presidential hopeful under the independent and green party ticket he sits down now with our team mr nader thank you so much for joining us now my first question to you is about u.s. foreign policy under both political parties i wonder if there are differences between how they look at the start treaty for example or the iraq and afghanistan wars or policies towards iran are there really differences between these two parties when it comes to u.s. foreign policy less and less on the start treaty that there are some republicans that are against it republicans for and mostly all the democrats are for it says a little difference there but on iraq on afghanistan israel palestine. on the. sofa given the u.s. government to go in there in the case anybody in the country regardless of national sovereignty the similarity between obama and bush the start of the political when bush launched the wars

shenandoah valley it's near freezing. closer to washington in the upper 30s fairfax, arlington, prince george's county and io montgomery county, as well. right now in washington, 46 at national airport. it's a bit milder right by the bay, where temperatures are in the upper 40s but away from the waters down into the low to mid 40s out in the mountains of western maryland and west virginia. many locations now in the 20s on this veterans day morning. we've got a clear sky, we have the autumn constellations twinkling brilliantly and we'll have lots of sunshine today, whicwe hav this ridge of high pressure that has been just locked in place here. the last few days from eastern canada all the way down to the gulf coast. so we'll have plenty of sunshine again toda by noontime in the upper 50s and by early to midafternoon may make it into the low, perhaps even mid 60s in a few locations. sunrise 6:46. sunset at 4:58. after sunset we'll have a clear evening, a cscent moon in the western sky and midnight down into the mid 40s. by dawn on friday down into the mid 30s and off to a clear s

we are looking at some of the races in colorado and washington out west where ken buck is a head right now. this is about half of the vote reported. in the washington senate race, dino rossi looking to defeat patty murray. the numbers show that she is ahead by two percentage points. she was first elected in the year of the women back in 1992. this is with an estimated 60%. lincoln chafee has been declared the winner with 36% of the vote. back to your calls. rejoining us from madisonville, ky. caller: we are probably going to somehow -- to get things back on track. i hope that we get through this mess. i am a happy man tonight. when i go to bed, i say my prayers. the lord is watching over me. i think the lord for the republicans because they are all for the working class. host: if you're interested in joining the conversation, you can do so. we have more on our website. also the base that we covered during the campaign season and the speeches, all available on our website. in the morning, we will be going over the results, particularly on the west coast. we're joined from illinois

>>> we are following breakinging news right now. the southbound lanes of the baltimore-washington parkway have just reopened after a deadly accident. overnight a person was struck and killed on the parkway north of route 197. that had the road shut down for several hours. >>> the driver had pulled over onto the side of the road and was outside the person's car when that person was hit. several other vehles were also involved in resulting accidents. everyone stayed on the scene. investigators are still ying to figure out what happened and why. >>> let's go right to jerry edwards to see how this is impacting traffic. how are we doing? >> authorities wrappedp the accident scene in the nick of time. lanes are open. for a while it was certainly going to create a problem. soutound b.w. parkway north of the interchange at 197 in laurel. that was the scene where the pedestrian was struck and killed. again, all lanes are open. as you travel the parkway southbound from 32 to 198, down to 197i you may mind a little congestion. all lanes open. still activity on the shoulder. no lanes closed.

-0205. front page of "the washington post". president karzai is at odds with general david petraeus. he says lighten up. president karzai saying saturday that the united states must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations in afghanistan and end the increase special forces and night raids that aggravate afghans and could exacerbate the insurgency. he wanted american troops off the roads and out of the afghan homes and a long-term presence of so many foreign soldiers would worsen the war. his comments placed him at odds with general petraeus who is made capture and kill missions essential component of his counterinsurgency strategy and who claims 30,000 new troops have made progress in beating back the insurgency. comments coming as american officials are playing down the importance of the ju, 2011, the date the president said he will begin to withdraw troops from afghanistan. the afghan president has placed himself squarely in favor of a lighter military footprint as the administration reduced the progress of the afghan war in debate intensifies about the pace of t

with ron ron chernow. his latest book is about george washington. following that in about one hour and 45 minutes or so we will be joined by war correspondent david axe, his book "war is boring," chronicals his wars in somalia and other countries. david axe works in iraq and afghanistan. we then return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean -- atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we'll interview authors about the book "sea gull one," an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, "dirty, sexy politics," and after that nonfiction for children entitled "heros for my son." then bill press, doug shaun all taking part in that discussion and appeared on booktv in the past. after that is eliza here to take your calls on christianity and islam. after that, another opportunity for you to call in. charles will be here about "robert morris." the final event from the confere

. "good morning washington" continues. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is 6:00 on this wednesday, november 17. i'm scott thuman. >> i am alison starling. the storm over night has anne arundel mills school closed because of storm damage. let's go to adam caskey. it was an unusual thunderstorm for november. >> temperatures rose last night. it was 64 degrees for the high temperature yesterday. there was atmospheric conditions conducive to the line of thunderstorms and a potential tornado here and there, they're going to conduct an official storm survey. temperatures are in the mid 50's right now. 56 at reagan national, 57 in la plata. if there's a wind advisories from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. fee in the county stated in light brown. there could be wind gusts from 30-50 miles an hour. 50 on the ridge tops. 30-45 locally. otherwise, sunshine. highs in the mid 60's. mid 50's tomorrow. downed trees and power outages today. >>> the storm was intense less night. coming alice of your neighborhoods will be the most challengi

the balance what to do with nuclear waste. host: next up. wade county, "washington journal." >> caller: i would like to challenge c-span to have a conversation on mountain top removal mining. it's destroying west virginia and appalachia. it's the dirtiest way for the coal industry to make money. a lot of this coal can be mined under ground. when they go from a thousand feet in these mountains and dumping this product, this violates the clean water production act. we cannot do mountain top removal legally in the united states. the probm is the legacy that's left for this, this rubble that's being removed from these mountains and shoved into the streams contains heavy metals and based on our vital statistics andancer rates. the heavy metals causes crazy stuff. learning disabilities kidney and liver cancer. if we don't have to do this. there's a lot of other ways to lessen the impact. they talked about the clean air act. when theyassed the clean air act and decided to do the scrubbers and change the quality of the coal being shipped to the power plants, they left these impairm

to me. on this veterans day, we'll get you start the at 6:00 with a live look at the washington monument. -- on this labor day -- listen to me. on this veterans day, we'll get you started at 6:00 with a live look at the washington monument. >> it will be a great veterans day. very nice weather conditions. a variance of a couple of degrees in temperature. other than that, sunshine, low 60s. not a bad day, folks. take a look. here are your current temperatures. we do have some cold air in place this morning. some parts of the viewing area are in the 30s. dulles airport, 37. here in the district, we are at 44 degrees. here is a look a satellite- radar composite. nothing really to show you. the storm system that brought rain, wind, even some snow to new england, that is gone. it is offshore. even new england is clear this morning. we are certainly clear. we will be for the bulk of the day today. another day where we'll see mostly sunny skies. so the forecast looks like this. sunny, pleasant, high 61. that is a couple of degree above normal but a very nice day. not particularly breez

desde méxico. vamos es hasta washington por la publicación de donthdocumentos secretos estadounidense lori montenegro nos explica las dimensiones de esta filtración y la reacción del departamento de estado. >>>lori: es un ataque a estados unidos y a toda la comunidad internacional dijo hoy la jefa de la diplomacia estadounidense hillary clinton.seguró estar co que de la relación con otros pas seguirá la confianza pero está con vergüenza por la publicación de documentos importantes. >>> es sumamente importante, que las personas que hablan con los diplomáticos de estados unidos, sepan que lo que le dicen esos diplomáticos no será publico. >>>periodista: comunicando comunicaciones secretas procedentes de las 270 embajadas de los estados unidos, alrededor del mundo, y divulgan qué piensa washington de sus enemigos y amigos. latinoamérica incluida. ejemplo, clinton indagó sobre el estado mental de la presidenta argentina cristina fernández de kirchner, en el 2008 durante las elecciones en paraguay se solicitó información de los candidatos. los documentos también revelan e

bridge, the construction is complete, but there's a fatal crash on the baltimore washington parkway south bound. you are able to get on. southbound traffic is diverted at 108. now to pamela brown with the latest on that. >> bw parkway southbound between 197 and 198. the southbound lanes should be reopened by the morning rush. drivers are advised to take 95 south or other tool and south until the southbound lanes of bw parkway. at 1:00 this morning a man was driving southbound when his car broke down as he was trying to move it to the sud of the road another car hit his car ended the drivers. he was dead on arrival. no other injuries to report. the driver of that car was dead on a libel. that is the latest. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is 5:02. our other top stories on this friday, attack on campus in college park. >> in happened at a parking garage. students are speaking allen against the latest act of violence. we will have more on that in a live report later. >>> excuse maker. 00 me. a fire and the northwest d.c. apartment building has left four people. to be people flames broke kh

appreciate everybody and mr. uva, thanks for not feeling well hanging in with us. >> today on "washington journal". the struggle for survival inside the white houston inner workings of the obama administration. critiquing of nato's commitment to the promise of defending spending target of 2% of g.d.p and federal aviation deputy administrator discusses how new ffa technology keep up with increase of airline travel and reduce in delays. "washington journal" at 7 am eastern live on c-span. . . i have been trying for months to get the book started. i knew i was going to start with 1907 because it found that quite by accident browsing the guinness book of world records that on january 1, 1997, president theodore roosevelt ship more hands than any other person in history. i could see the book growing out of that reception when he received the american people on that day. for months, i researched the day, discovering to my amazement how dense and detailed newspaper records were in those days. people did not have televisions so they needed details, all sorts of atmospheric stuff. i absorb all thi

. good morning washington continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. 6:00 on this tuesday morning, november 23. i am scott thuman. >> i am alison starling. thanks for joining us on this tuesday. days away from the thanksgiving holiday. the weather is a mess all over the country. >> if we do have some as the spots, especially on a request, areas of snow -- especially out west. there's a cold front pushing in our direction. most of the sellers will fall apart. let's look at the satellite and radar composite. we don't have the thick fog that we did yesterday. most of this hour's bushy east will fall across as they move across the mountains. a few showers will make it to the metro area around lunchtime. mid 60's today. cooler tomorrow in the 50's. >>> in virginia going north out of springfield and tysons on the beltway, broken-down 18 wheeler in the second lane from the left between the robinson terminal and braddock road. traffic heading to the beltway leaving newington to get ballot of the pentagon is open. back to

to a rising wave of sentiment in washington officials warn the portrayal of beijing as an anime could spark a risky trade war with america's biggest creditor as artie's garnished account reports it's not just china being used to spoke to us. when the economy's bad unemployment heart i blame china many u.s. politicians use that tactic to get elected this year maybe you ought to run for senate. something close to hatred is being promoted against china here to look like when new york city mayor michael bloomberg said enough is enough. i think in america we've got to stop blaming the chinese and blaming everybody else and take a look at ourselves but china is not the only scapegoat u.s. politicians used to score points. when it comes to security and defense issues there is a host of other countries actively promoted as bogeyman in the u.s. flyers like this are being turned out by a major conservative think tank in washington their designs to form a negative public opinion on the landmark arms control deal with russia that's up for ratification in the senate it would be absolutely wr

at sea. >> are we on the brink of a trade war? good morning washington begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. 6:00 on this friday. november 12. i am greta kreuz. >> i am alison starling. glad you are joining us. we will check in with lisa baden in a moment. we begin with adam caskey. welcome back. congratulations on the baby. >> teddy is a proud big brother. we are thrilled. in the belfort furniture weather center, 38 in the district, 25 in frederick. annapolis, 42. warmer all water. sunny and perfect to date. highs in the low to mid 60's. climbing through the morning and midday. tonight, upper 20's in outlying areas, mid to upper 30's downtown. now to lisa baden. >>> delays are calling out of oxon hill across the hudson bridge. coming out of maryland there's a crash on the inner loop in virginia, at telegraph road. local lanes are the way to go even oxon hill to get to telegraph road. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:01. details of breaking news we are following out of northeast washington. police are invest

, syndicated call ms. with the "washington post," presents his criticism of fox news host, glenn beck. mr. milbank argues that mr. beck is a show man rather than an ideologue. and examines mr. bixby articleep theories come his viewership ann his effect on today's political debates. >> good afternoon and welcome to the st another inside edition. i'm your host. today we're happy to welcome. "washington post" columnist dano milbank. welcome washington post columnist dana milbank who writes the washington post must read and just recently named an op-ed writer for the editorial page. he is the author of three books including the latest, "tears of a clown," glen beck and the teabagsing of america. t.a.r.p. joined the washington post as a political writer and later recovered president bush's first term and as a white house correspondent on the national staff. she won the white house correspondents award for repeated excellence in white house coverage and before joining the post he spent two years as senior editor of the republic and in spite of that he was a staff reporter at the wall street

this afternoon. according to a washington post report, more than 2500 guns sold by the store were used in crimes they want gun dealers to stop buying guns for felons and others who cannot buy them legally on their owns. >> if you got the gun from the store but when he obtained the gun, he did not go buy it legally. we found during the trial that it was a lot of things in his background where he should not have obtained that gun. >> talking about a guy who used a buy that he didn't buy and it was used to kill her son. the store says they follow handgun laws and that appears to be true. state and federal regulators found minor problems during numerous inspections at that shop. >>> a 20-year-old man is dead and police are looking for suspects in a holdup in a pizza restaurant. four men walked in and announced a holdup on friday night when a person and a employee told the men to leave, one of the men shot the victim. >>> arlington county wants to implement policies regarding plastic bags but it needs the general assembly's permission to do that. county board members will ask the general as

johnson has more now from washington. good morning, whit. >> betty, good morning. for the first time since 2004, gm is on track for a full-year profit. and wall street's renewed confidence could help the automaker turn that critical corner. general motors is expected to bring in as much as $23 billion today in what could end up being the biggest initial public stock offering in history. at the opening bell, it'll cost $33 to own a share of gm stock, which just a year and a half ago went for 75 cents. >> gm is doing exceptionally well. the entire auto sector is doing exceptionally well. >> reporter: the money will help pay back taxpayers. after slashing half of its brands and trimming its workforce the company emerged from bankruptcy leaner and meaner. >> even prior to the ipo, there was clear evidence of the company's cost reducks over the last number of years have led the company to be profitable. >> reporter: gm's stock sale will cut the government's stake in the company by roughly half. president obama calls it a major milestone, not only for gm but the u.s. auto industry as a who

. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with all the details. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. the old congress is coming back. the new congress is coming in. dozens of new members of the house of representatives and new senators hoping to make a difference. they're already filing into washington. fresh-faced members of congress armed with public support, ready to make big changes. >> i'm not going to be bullied. >> reporter: but before they're sworn in, this congress has to decide whether to let your taxes go up at the end of this year. >> there's no bend on the permanent extension of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. >> reporter: the white house has signaled it may support a temporary extension for the wealthy. >> if that's all we can get out of the president and he is the president, so we'll work with him on that. >> reporter: president obama just back from asia said sunday he would like it to know how republicans plan to pay for that $700 billion. congress also needs to pass spending bills to avoid a federal government shutdown and deal with the budget's

we're saying the republicans have to figure out how to get west virginia, california, washington and nevada. that's one of the four. we know manchin has a lead here. 25% of the vote is absentee. that's going to be tough for them to get. i want to go to the house. we've told you all night that the magic number is 39. guess what? it is now 40. you reported about the delaware senate race. the delaware house seat was a republican-held seat and it is now democrat at this point so the new magic number is now 40 at this point. now, i want to show you one of our watch races because we've called one of these watch races and it's one that could be a bad night for democrats and a good night for republicans and it's out here in the western part of virginia. rick boucher, when can hold his own but not this time. by the way, he voted against health care but he did vote for that climate energy bill that's been nicknamed "cap and trade." republicans ran a "i love rick boucher president obama ad." and "i love rick boucher" was the phrase and they ran that ad over and over again. this was a district t

george washington university, but they won't get a warm welcome. hundreds of students plan to hold a counter protest. fox 5's bob barnard is focusing on the upcoming face-off. >> shawn, you'll hear from the leader of that controversial kansas church in a few moments. first we take you to gw where student leaders organizing that counter-protest say west borrow pap test will -- westboro baptist will get a faithful tomorrow. we found most students well aware of the dueling protests. >> i think the church is a prominent organization that affected a lot of people and they're equal opportunity haters. >> reporter: calling all gw students god hating heathens. >> a heathen wouldn't really be the word i don't think to describe me. i think that's a little harsh. >> there are a lot of kids in our school that totally believe in god. >> how are they going to judge us when they don't even know us. >> reporter: they are the tiny gay bashing church group from kansas that's traveled the country protesting military funerals winding up before the u.s. supreme court last month in a battle over the first

may become an olymp >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, the economy on the road to recovery, but with a warning. we will have the latest on the g-20 summit. good morning, washington. thanks for joining us on this friday. i am alison starling. >> i am greta kreuz. we started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check with lisa baden in a moment, but we start with adam caskey. >> good morning. it is cool. some of the coldest numbers i could find, 31 in stafford, 25 increase bill, 27 in ijamsville, 27 in vacaville. 41 at another. -- 41 degrees in rockville. 39 in burke. high temperatures in low 60's. dropping into the thirties tonight. now to lisa baden on this friday. >> adam caskey is a new father. don't you love the traffic on the highway this meant? -- this morning? -- south on 95belittle there's a little roadwork. you get the green light on 95 between richmond and baltimore. ison.o al >>> a night of tara grant and remember as in the district after a teenager's life was cut shaort. family and friends gathered to memo

for a clock 30 on this friday. good morning, washington -- is 4:30. i'm alison starling. >> and i am greta kreuz. we start with adam caskey. in my mind, the weekend is here now. >> it is your very first paintball excursion with your son and his friend. you know you will be the main target. let's look to the numbers. i played paintball back in the day, as well. 45 in winchester. 34 in manassas. quantico, 36 degrees. relatively cool start to our day. light west winds at 5 to 10. locally, we'll get up to about 54 or 55. we should stay in the low 50's. let's go to lisa baden. >> there is a detour for folks heading south on the baltimore washington parkway. exit at 198 and follow the detour. then you pick up the baltimore- washington parkway. there is an accident investigation underway right now. a tow truck has arrived on the scene. now we go to greta and alison. >> thank you. >>> a deadly accident has shut down part of the southbound baltimore-washington parkway at this hour. the road is closed south of 198 and it will stay closed for much of the morning. a man was trying to push his br

>> production assistance for "inside washington" was provided by allbritton communications and "politico," reporting on the legislative, executive, and political arena. >> the press thinks because they are angry, they are angry at us. >> this week on "inside washington," anger, fear, and loathing on the campaign trail. what is happening to the obama coalition of two years ago? >> you ran on a high rhetoric, hope and change, at the democrats seem to be running on "please, baby, one more chance." [laughter] >> also, have you ever seen an election cycle this ugly? >> i have been called a liar, a poor, a nazi. >> jon stewart and stephen colbert bring the act to washington. >> jason, or are you? >> i cannot find this thing but six-lane traffic circle leads to an underpass. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in rhode island, the democratic candidate for governor, as you just heard, tells the president of the united states that he can take his endorsement and shove it. in alaska, a candidate's bodyguard and cups are reporter tries to ask the candidate