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from my state of minnesota, we are a leader in medical devices, we have med tronic, boston scientific, we have great companies in minnesota that have contributed mightily to medical advances and breakthroughs and now what? now the government wants to impose a 10% tax on these medical devices? why would we do this? who gains? who gains from all of this? we have a positive alternative, rather than the government taking it over, rather than the government ramping up expenses, rather than taking away choice from america's most vulnerable citizens, we could instead embrace a positive alternative where americans own their own health care. band together with more people so they have purchasing power. purchasing any level of care they want, from anyone they want in any state they want. putting aside tax-free money, deducting on their income tax return their orthondture, their eyeglasses, finally getting rid of these leavell lawsuits eating up smotch of america's substance. this is a positive alternative. it won't break the bank. when our country is functionally bankrupt now, this won't break

i went to work for a couple years after that working in finance for publishing company in boston and basically was bored. so i became an officer in the marine corps, was stationed throughout the united states as well as japan, including time in the pentagon. i worked directly for the secretary of the navy at one point. i was a combat engineer officer, as i said. with that came deployment to iraq as well as deployment to iraq as a u.s. department of defense civilian who was with a state department team that was imbedded with a u.s. army division. host: you resigned from your station on september 10678 was that significant? guest: no. that was actually just the way the timing worked out. if there is one thing that pushed me over the edge with the resignation it was the afghan elections. those were august 20. so after a week and a half, two weeks of watching those events unfold, i spoke to my boss beginning september, said i'm really thinking of resigning. i've reached the point in my conscious where i can't participate in this mission any longer. so i turned out by the time i got down

host: let's go to our caller, doug from boston. caller: yeah, all we need to know about your guest is that he was a research associate for the jewish system of affairs and hangs with the lunatics on the committee danger. the man is identified as jew, nothing wrong with that but c-span should let us know that. two questions, what will happen if iran pulls out of mpt? guest: first on the comment, you are right i worked for the jewish institute of international committee affairs and i am a current member and proudly so, because i believe that the threat is profound and is not something that left or right have a premium on. in fact if i am a conservative. i have equal right to be worried about that. just as you as a liberal. with regard to the latter question, iran's entry into the mpt. the mpt has been useful for iran, they are signatory since 1970. and the mtp the way it's structured allows countries to come 90% of the way of having a nuclear weapon. because it allows them and incentivizes country to help them to build the infrastruc

barbara served as a member of his staff and for the last 23 years she was the state director of his boston office. barbara recalls that on her first day at work here in washington, she spilled a glass of coca-cola on senator kennedy. when she started to apologize, he smiled his iconic smile and said "bar pwrarbgs you and i are going to get -- and said barbara, you and i are going to get along just fine." they certainly did. she served him brilliantly throughout his entire senate career, the only member to run the race as a staffer, though many of us reported back whenever barbara sent out the call. senator kennedy considered barbs to be his indispensable assistant. if anyone had a question relating to the massachusetts people whom he loved, he would inevitably ask "have you checked with barbs?" i know how proud ted would be that this tribute honoring barbara is taking place this day. i first met barbara when i joined senator kennedy's staff in 1969, 40 years ago. i could see right away that behind barbara's modest demeanor was a remarkable woman who would never let senator kennedy down. wh

operation masterminded and financed by khalid sheikh mohammed, was brought to justice in a courtroom in boston; zacarias moussaoui, the 20th hijacker, was brought to justice in a courtroom about 10 miles from where i stand and you sit, heralded by the former mayor of new york's reverence for our justice system, after having testified in that trial. i do see now that you have some members of congress rethinking their, what appears to be, more than eight years support of that type of justice in the short term and what i think is a continuation of the type of games that people in this country are tired of. yes, sir. >> thank you, robert. two brief questions. first, the president was widely praised for the tone that he had with the republicans, of conciliation and conviviality. on the other hand, one of his -- >> bill, look it up for me. [laughter] >> -- major supporters, andy stern, of the seiu, has used some very strong language about republicans, of onáhz opposed health care reform, at one point liking them to terrorists. is that the kind of talk the president associates with or repudiates? >>

the first national bank of boston had put money in. they were sued by the attorney general and all the way to the supreme court. in that case, it was one of the cases that set the precedent for this case, the court ruled that that corporation actually have the right to speak beyond just its own narrow area. but in the dissent, justice rehnquist said "back in 1886, without the benefit of open debate or discussion, this court ruled that corporations have the rights of natural persons. i think that this court ruled in error in this case. the first half of that sentence is verbatim. he had obviously never read the case. when my book came out, i spoke at a law school, and there were about 300 law students, and this was in 2002. i said that everybody who knows in 1886 that the supreme court did corporations access to the bill of rights just the same as persons, raise your hand. they all raised their hand. they were all wrong. when the friend-of-the-court was to make sure that rehnquist realized that he was right -- his position was right, bu

of boston vs. bellotti, where in massachusetts there was a law that said that corporations couldn't involve themselves in politics, unless in clerical campaigns, unless the campaign directly impacted the corporation. and the first national bank of boston had put money under a political campaign that had nothing to do with banking. and so they were sued by bellotti, who was the attorney general, it went all the way to the supreme court. and in that case, the court -- that was one of the cases that set the precedent for this case, the court ruled that corporation actually had the right to speak beyond just it's own little narrow area, but in a dissent, justice rehnquist, who i always thought of as, you know, kind of conservative, justice rehnquist in his dissent said, this is from memory and it's a couple years old, but i think it's pretty close to, a pretty good paraphrase any way he said, back in the 1886, without the benefit of open debate or discussion, this court rule the corporations have the r

yesterday even though i live in boston, i live in california but my home state is boston. we were there with sarah palin. [cheering] and tend thousand plus of my case staters joining us to take and reclaim the socialist people's republic of massachusetts for america. jericho you are doing all the hard work though. the only way this country gets fixed is if you do the work in the trenches. we can get you revved up and connected with people but at the end of the day it is organizing committee. it is keeping the hammer down with e-mails and letters and phone calls to restore a constitutional republic to the united states of america. [cheering] don't you dare let anyone tell you you are a racist, angry or are a mob. [cheering] we are a human rights movement. what we are doing is based on the united states constitution. [cheering] the i united states constitution sets up america as the only society in the history of mankind press on the idea that the only legitimate reason for government was to protect the individual civil liberties and rights of citizens. [cheering] it is impo

yesterday even though i live in boston, i live in california but my home state is boston. we were there with sarah palin. [cheering] and tend thousand plus of my case staters joining us to take and reclaim the socialist people's republic of massachusetts for america. jericho you are doing all the hard work though. the only way this country gets fixed is if you do the work in the trenches. we can get you revved up and connected with people but at the end of the day it is organizing committee. it is keeping the hammer down with e-mails and letters and phone calls to restore a constitutional republic to the united states of america. [cheering] don't you dare let anyone tell you you are a racist, angry or are a mob. [cheering] we are a human rights movement. what we are doing is based on the united states constitution. [cheering] the i united states constitution sets up america as the only society in the history of mankind press on the idea that the only legitimate reason for government was to protect the individual civil liberties and rights of citizens. [cheering] it is impo

[cheering] what was it about in boston? it was about the people who pay the tax saving this far and no more. that's what they said and that is what we are seeing here in d.c.. this far and no more. thank you for being here. remember it is all about november. it is all about november. god bless. god bless united states of america. thank you. [cheering] [chanting "usa"] >> usa, the three most beautiful letters in the alphabet. i would like to introduce to you a mild dennis from minnesota who's become one of the leaders from the united states on a fair tax movement. help me welcome from the state of georgia representative john. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for being here. yesterday morning on the floor of the house democratic leaders said in a very serious statement this administration cut taxes more than any administration in the last years. [booing] and you heard the president say as recently as a few weeks ago the trillion dollars stimulus bill was 50% tax cuts. we are grateful in america who we represent here knows t

showers are continuing through connecticut and also through the boston area. that's where it remains a little bit gloomy. t.j., throw up the shot of new york or washington because it does throw the story. we are showing cloudy skies in new york and a lot of light rain out there. it will clear out a little bit later this afternoon. the forecast will be about 56 degrees in new york. the rain will end as the week goes on. 80 by saturday. won't that be nice. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. national car rental knows i'm picky. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pro. >>> thoughts that went through george w. bush's mind as he wrote his memoir. number ten, what's a memoir? number nine, is 36 pages enough? number six. how cool is it that i was president? come on, up high. do you speck nuclee spell nucle two "os" or an "e-w"? and number one, shouldn't cheney be writing this? >> time now to look at the "mor

host: boston, democrats line. caller: i do not want to put you on the spot. the kennedy library honored you and someone else about warning regarding a bubble coming. women think different lead -- differently than we did. you may be a little more cautious and look at the entire picture. i was wondering if you can comment about women and, do you know how many women are on the federal reserve? >> i do not know about the regional banks. some have been nominated, a couple of them. that is a good representation. there are academic studies that show women are more risk averse when it comes to managing issues. diversity is always good and different perspectives and life experiences are good. host: massachusetts. a couple of questions are asked. guest: that is a good question. we are still untangling that. let's talk about what it means to be bailed out. when an institution is built around -- bailed out, investors and creditors take the losses. we provide capital infusions and the preserve value for the shareholders and the bondholders are completely protected. a lot

starting today, scientists plan to release of non-toxic gases and particles into boston's subway tunnels. they want to study of how the materials could spread through the subway system in case of terrorism attack. federal officials want ways to quickly minimize the effect of an airborne attack on the country's 15 sublease systems. those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. host: we have 45 more minutes left in today's "washington journal." we will spend about on conversations about the financial regulations wlaw that has just passed and how it will operate. we will wrap it up with a look at it in total through the eyes of journalist matt taibbi. he joins us from the studios in midtown manhattan. we will start with the headline on your piece in this august addition to "rolling stone." is described as "wall street's big win." why do you and your editors see it that way? guest: i have been following the progress of the bill for about a year now. going back three or four months, the last time we did a piece on the bill before this one, there were still a couple of sections in the bill

here is a front-page story from a boston newspaper. also in the "washington post" today. they think some will sign on to help with the country's woes. california is next. this is a republican. caller: good morning. i wish i had the opportunity to speak with the senator. i am about to go to bed. i have been up all night. i would like to address the prior callers to this last one. i think one was from illinois who brought of the proposition that some states are paying more federal taxes than what is being returned to their states. i am having a brain lock. let me a suspect for a moment. i think the caller's on the liberal side of the spectrum and i have been retired now for a number of years, and i go back to a time when when what is his name, help me out, brian, when he was hosting the show. it was around the 1990's when i started watching. what i found is the liberal callers consistently think that the federal government is there for their safety net. bottom line. to go back to our constitution, this is not a democracy. there are certain rights that states have that allow

the boston globe revealing that in three week when his vote emerged as the pivotal swing vote for reform. he is heed money from execs. brown telling the globe, there is absolutely zero connection between policy and fund-raising. to insinuate otherwise is just plain wrong. with us tonight matt taibbi, the author of "griftopia" thanes for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> can we put any more meat on the bones of this story? >> this is straight up price fixing. it's kind of like bookies in las vegas. imagine if all the casinos in las vegas got together and conspired to make the football lines nonpublished so that when you went to go to bet on a game, nobody knew what the spread was on the game. that's exactly what we're dealing with with derivatives. nobody knows what the prices are of credit the fault is a swaps and interest rate swaps. when these clients go on the mark tote buy this stuff. one side is buying too high, the other side is buying too low and they take all the fat in between. >> most banking tricks are impen etable to the public this is even more impenetrable? >> derivat

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host: our nextall is from boston, massachusetts, elon on the line for independents. >> happy new year. i want to make a comment regarding the way the republicans, administration and congress have run the campaign the past one year. my comment is based on what happened in the 1980's. we saw gingrich when he came to power and we saw how president clinton couldn't do anything. my concern right now as an american is that we are coming to another session where we find john boehner who the pas year has opposed everything the president put on the table. have we come to a position in our country where the two-party system is not working for the average american. i will take the comments after i hang up. thank you. guest: i think that the people, some people would say we have reached t point where the two-party system is not working quite a long time o. but it does work. president clinton passed a huge amount of legislation in the six years with republicans in office. president bush even passed stuff in the democratic senate. i is not like it is completely broken. i'm not so pessimistic on the

the want to assure you this headline from "the boston globe." what is happening on this front? guest: as we talked about earlier, the recession is taking its toll. the one of the issues is that with people losing their jobs, with the transition is taking place in the economy, the ability to care for working families is diminishing. our data shows that it used to be one ire

a story in "the washington times. " the president in boston yesterday. the headline -- the president sees nothing responsible in cutting federal education funds. marty from california. good morning. caller: i just wanted to say that the united states is not broke. no county, no city, no state is broke. they have hidden accounts called a comprehensive and annual financial report. of these accounts are for local governments. it is an undisclosed taxpayer finance -- the value goes up as the public debt and the budget deficits rise. people don't know about these. and people need to get in and look under their state, county, schools. these are hidden accounts of that hold billions and billions and billions of dollars that we don't even know about. we are not broke. they do this to raise the taxes and eliminate services for the people. people get up now. go look under your state and county and schools. look under the comprehensive annual financial report and see the allies being told today. host: front page of "the new york times" has more on the situation in

college, rights -- -- retirement research at boston college, writes -- guest: i have not read the article, but social security has to be there to provide benefits to all americans paying into it. social security has done a good job on that. the last time we had to make adjustments in this insurance program was with president ronald reagan. he worked out a deal with the democrats speaker at the time, tip o'neill, made some adjustments, and made social security solid for another couple of generations. i think we are at that point where we should sit down and ask the question, what steps do we have to take to guarantee the solvency of social security? social security should be protected, and what steps we have to make in order to get from here to there, should clearly be a bipartisan agreement so that we do not use it as a political football. but as a security issue, solvency is critical. it is a separate problem from this fiscal challenge we face with the rest of our budget. host: some of the items that the previous caller mentioned, by adjusting some of those, can we save real money? guest

. >> reporter: wolf, this happened at boston's logan airport on the day before thanksgiving. jetblue flight 1264 had just arrived from austin, texas, and was holding on a taxi way. the ground controller tells the pilot to taxi to the terminal via runway 22 right. instead of taking a left, the pilot took a right and headed for runway 33 left. but barreling down 33 left jetblue flight 417 taking off for palm beach. the ground controller realizes what's about to happen. >> jetblue 1264 hold right there. hold! hold! >> flight 1246 hears him, stops, crisis averted. jetblue calls the crisis a nonissue because 1264 never entered a runway.

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>> in a past life i was a ballet dancer with the boston ballet for 10 years. eating disorders are a huge problem for the ballet community. it isn't the fawflt one "new york times" dance critic who got cute with this couple it's endemic in the community. megyn: is it fair game for a critic to comment on the body of a dancer? >> he is not the problem. the problem is inside the institution with instructors and parents who lay this on vulnerable 12-year-old, 13-year-old girl. and don't teach them the healthy ways to maybe become -- megyn: you can have almost no weight on you, and because you are going to have a lirks staire of the "new york times" saying you had too many sugar plums. >> people who have been defending this say a ballet dancer, their body is critiqued, the way they perform. >> he didn't claim it interfered with her dancing. he also called the male dancer portly and nobody took issue. megyn: nobody cared if they call the guy a little heavy. in the meantime this woman is getting a lot of criticism. you may find it disturk. a woman across the pond who

boston airports no flights arriving or taking off. also more than a hundred cancellations in philadelphia and massive cancellations in atlanta. the entire northeast affected by the form. what is especiallyorth northy here is that even though the cancellations are massive the storm itself was not. joining us right now is thomas boscoe, he is the general manager here at laguardia airport. explain to us why there are so many cancellations although the storm is not that severe. >> first of all port authority crews worked through the night to maintain the airport in safe operating condition. since early this morning we have two runways available and we are fully operational at laguardia. this was the storm that half wasn't. the initial forecast was calling for ten to 16 inches, we got only 7 here at the airport. with that kind of forecast the airlines reacted by canceling virtually their entire schedule for the morning, and in fact two thirds of the whole schedule for today. it's going to take a while for them to get back on track. >> repo

maybe that's what this hawk was thinking when its stopped in the boston rail station. the wayward bird caught a bird's-eye view of commuters that is before being captured by animal control. >>> and last time i checked, legal driving age in most states 16, right? so check this out with me, this is video from a police dash cam, the officer thought he was pursuing a drunk driver, that car right there, speeding along. apparently speeds reached as high as 100 miles an hour. officer gets the car to pull over, hops out, gets up to the driver and lo and behold, that whole show us your license and registration, meant nothing to this driver. he's only 13 years old. he also had three friends in the car joyriding. also the parents had no idea their child was out joyriding until they heard from police. >>> the members of that controversial baptist church, allegedly stalked by a war veteran for demonstrations like these. now he is facing charges, the war veteran, but also getting an outpouring of support. his story is next. this site has a should i try priceline instead? >> no it's

. >> more than a foot in boston. waves, stormy time. big storm about to hit the northeast part of the country. >> i think schools closed today. shovels out, as well. >> yes. >> good day to stay in. snowed in. thank you so much for joining us on this edition of "american morning." >> want to hand it over to the lovely fredericka whitfield. >> aren't you nice? most curious whether, alina, you went shopping with him. i can't believe he doesn't have boots. by now you must! snow's coming. >> i offered. >> snow's there. >> he didn't want my help. >> this is a fashionista. i can't roll with her. >> that's why you want to hook up with alina. she'll steer you right. all right. you all have a great day. great snowy day in new york. >>> i'm fredericka whitfield in for kyra phillips and here's the stories that have us talking this morning. take a look at the images. new york is digging out of the third storm already and blizzard warnings in new england. checking in on the hardest hit cities. >>> and could this be coming to your state? lawmakers in

. >>> officials say a mutilated body discovered near boston was a north carolina teenager who may have fallen from a plane's wheel-well after stoing away. >>> and a south carolina teen has died after setting himself on fire outside his high school. back to "hardball." >>> this was the most deadly terrorist attack in the history of america. and now, nine years later, this body cannot come together to do what's right? we have a moral obligation to protect these men and women and their families because they did the right thing. it is now time for this body to do the very same. >>> welcome back to "hardball." that was of course new york democratic senator kristen gillibrand on the deal that would have helped the other workers down there in ground zero. they're not getting a penny now. the senate blocked the bill just like -- to serve openly in the military and the ratification of the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear treaty. joining me now is ben nelson. jim moran of virginia. i want to start with nelson. we've got one goal, cut taxes especially for people in the highest brackets. nothing gets done u

the banking industry is the worst place to put your money over the last five years according to the boston consulting group you would have lost 1.9% of your money. that despite enormous taxpayer bailouts. but wait, you're saying, i don't get it, didn't we put all that money in there? didn't they take it out? they had record paydays. i'm not talking about the executives. i'm talking about the investors. it turns out banks, like i said, the very worst place you could put your money, if you were an investor in other sectors, for example, you did okay. 16% for chemical and metals, they went up. consumers goods went up 9%. the one sector losing money, banking except the people not losing money are the executives, because they're sucking all the money out of the banks. let me give you examples of golden parachutes. merrill lynch, a guy leaves, $161 million. countrywide, $56 million, lehman brothers there $24 million. bear stearns $13 million. jimmy cayne from bear stearns walked away from $380 million. and richa fuld, kept $5250 million. >> nothing like paying off the politicia politicians. >> t

the president, dccc everybody the fund-raiser in bosten. >>> fundraiser in boston. er paired with an education event the president is doing. we saw this in florida for an event, white house event but also raising money for bill nelson and the democratic campaign committee. this is the slow rollout of the obama presidential campaign. it's coming, never fear. >> thanks, chris. abbreviated chris cillizza. more time tomorrow. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." big show tomorrow. congressman steny hoyer joining us. tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> president obama will touch down in boston, where he is set to deliver a speech on the future of education. >>> plus the president is going to raise a little money for his party. we are live in boston. >>> another uptick in gas prices, as gadhafi supporters recapture a key rebel-held town. the latest on the crisis in libya and the crisis at the pump. "news nation" is just minutes away. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing purina one beyond, a n

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my first job was a with cra officer of the federal reserve bank of boston back in 1981. so my question to you, at that time it seems like the only leverage the community groups had to get all enforced is when one bank wanted to buy another mergers and acquisitions and actually saw -- was involved in a pretty impressive bank i can't say, i don't want to talk about which one from ancient history but was forced to make a commitment into supporting the local community that they wouldn't have done if not for the fact they were applying to buy another bank and you could deny the merger if you found that they weren't, you know, living up to the law. but it seems like that's gone away and no mergers are denied any way. what is the build for leverage? do you see any scope that will return? what plans leverage are available? >> that's a great question. we've been talking to dave cra inflation but some of you know there's been quite a bit of deflationary recently. very recently the ratings are all going down and there is a lot of convergence of cra with fair lending issues and i am

he's a professor at boston university, professor, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> how important is the mr. y idea and publication of this type at this time? >> that was a nice setup and it was a nice setup because i think you really were putting your finger on the big problem, that the sort of rearranging of the deck chairs, exchange of people who we don't think of people who have ideas, panetta, petraeus, i think is indicative of the absence of strategic thinking in the capitol for the last ten years, which brings us to mr. y. i think that mr. y essay is of interest less because of the content, more because of who wrote it. this navy captain, marine corps colonel, and what they're essentially saying is our approach to national security policy has been excessively militarized. we should focus on engagement rather than effort to control or dominate the world. and i think of particular significance, they say we really need to pay more attention to what happens inside the country. they use this phrase "sustainable prosperity." in other words, prosperity is not

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same in philly and boston. check this out, you may be waiting 30 minutes to an hour. in houston, new orleans, rain and low clouds. san francisco, fog and low clouds might keep you stranded for 15 to 30 minutes. if you're doing some driving in south florida along alligator alley, keep those windows down and the air conditioner today, mainly 70s. tampa same story with 71. that is a look at your forecast. as always, we've got more coming up straight ahead. back to you, heidi. >> we'll check in later. thank you, reynolds. >>> hope for the holidays. a major mortgage company issues a reprieve for homeowners on the brink of disaster. we'll have all the details in a moment. ( sneeze ) transform drinks you want, into cold medicine you need. intrpducing fast crystal packs. a new way from alka-seltzer plus to... get cold and flu relief in a taste-free, fizz-free powder. alka-seltzer plus. cartoons duringch hoops your big meeting, and breaking news when it breaks. watch real tv whenever you want. you don't need to get a phone. you need a phone that gets you. i was just in town fo

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fairly comfortable for you in parts of the southeast. 43 in denver and 32 in salt lake city and 27 in boston and 33 in new york. that is the latest on your forecast. we'll send it back to you in new york. >> thank you much, reynolds. we appreciate it. >> renny, that's nice at least it's not tough guy like yesterday. >>> top stories just minutes away, getting pregnant could get you court-martialed. a controversial new order by a general in iraq. can he really follow through on that, though? reaction from the pentagon. >>> also this morning, 7:15 eastern, another test for health care, the senate casting votes, once again, live next hour. now, these are supposed to be formalities but we're still watching for any possible surprises. >>> also at 7:54 eastern. health care in the real world. our dr. sanjay gupta answering your questions and you have a lot of them. those stories and much more at the top of the hour. >>> welcome back to the most news in the morning, it is 55 past the hour. that means it is time for the most news in the morning. >> and you don't bring a gun to a snowball fought. he dr

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looks like it could be a breezy day for you in new york, back up to boston. chance of scattered showers in the highest elevations, but the big story will take place into the afternoon, scattered showers, maybe thunderstorms, perhaps even flash flooding along parts of the florida panhandle into mississippi, louisiana, and alabama. to the rockies we go, breezy conditions and could see fresh powder in steamboat springs. in the pacific northwest, a mix of sunshine, and then by mid-day in the afternoon, more rain and more snow for the cascades and into the northern rockies. that is a look at your forecast. we'll talk about your travel coming up in just a few moments. could be a busy day and busy into the weekend. back to you. >> fresh powder, always a good thing, as long as it's on the mountains. >> you bet. >>> still ahead, joe lieberman proved that one man can make a huge difference when it comes to health care reform. now there's talk in washington that perhaps some disappointed liberals not happy with how this is shaping out could follow lieberman's lead. >>>